MARY MARGARET WILSON RODGERS

Class of 1939

Mary Margaret Wilson, RN, married Joseph H. Rodgers, Jr. in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1940. She was working at Ohio Valley Hospital in Steubenville, Ohio at the time, and he was a salesman residing at 42nd St., Pittsburgh.

Mary M. was the daughter of Anthony and Anna (Peterson) Wilson, both born in Lithuania, and residents of Steubenville, where Anthony worked as a laborer at Wheeling Steel.

At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, Anthony and Anna were the parents of Charley, 20, born in Scotland; Anna, 17, Hellen 16, John, 14, and Mary, 12, all born in Canada, and Catherine, 11, Frank, 10, Anthony, Jr., 8, Caroline, 7, and Rose, 6, all born in Ohio. They settled in the United States in 1919.

Anna died in 1937, and Anthony in 1945.

Mary M. and her husband separated and/or divorced at some point and were living separately when their daughter, Judith, married in 1965.

Mary M. Wilson Rodgers, born July 27, 1917, died September 15, 2005. She is buried at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio.



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