Marie Hearn Lecates

  General Notes:

See general notes on her husband to surmise her maiden name as LeCates.

Assuming the Lecates surname us correct (this family is confirmed as the family for this subject by Sherwood Cemetery records giving the full name as Marie Hearns Garrett. The Hearns name is the maiden name of Marie's mother ... see below:
The 1920 Federal Census for Sussex Co., Delaware, District 189 records James H. (59) and Ida F. (63) Lecates with children Grace (26) and Marie (20). James is a farmer.
The 1910 Federal Census for Sussex Co., Delaware, District 117 records James H. (49) and Ida F. (54) Lecates with children Howard E. (21), Grace M. (17), Florence V. (14), and Marie H. (10). James is a farmer.
The 1900 Federal Census for Gumboro, Sussex Co., Delaware, District 94 records James H. (June 1861) and Ida F. (July 1860) Lecates with children Howard E. (March 1888), Grace M. (March 1893), Florence V. (Aug 1895), and Marie (May 1899). James is a farmer.

An ancestry.com family tree records:
James H. Lecates
Born: 19 Jun 1861
Harrington, Kent Co., Delaware, USA
Died: 12 Sep 1937 in Sussex Co., Delaware, USA

Spouse: Ida Florence Hearn
Born: 21 Jul 1855
Died: 11 Nov 1926
Marriage: abt 1889

Children:
Howard E. Lecates M 19 Mar 1888 in Delaware
Homer W. Legates M 7 Mar 1891 in Delaware
Grace M. Lecates F 25 Mar 1893 in Whitesville, Sussex, Delaware
Florence V. Legates F 6 Aug 1895 in Delaware
Marie U. Lecates F 28 May 1899 in Delaware
AND that the husband to Marie Lecates is William S. Garrett.


The SSDI records:
Marie L. Garrett SSN: 224-36-5851 Last Residence: 15215 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States of America Born: 28 May 1899 Died: 2 Sep 1994 State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951). Marie's son, William S. Garrett is living in Pittsburgh, PA at this time ... see notes on him. The cemetery records indicate that some 6 weeks passed before internment. Apparently, Marie was cremated and returned to Salem to be buried next to her husband.

Marie married William Starling Garrett Sr., son of James Price Garrett and Anna Lee Mitchell, about 1926 in Roanoke City, Virginia. (William Starling Garrett Sr. was born on 20 Feb 1899 in Henry Co., VA, died on 14 Mar 1977 in Roanoke City, VA and was buried on 17 Mar 1977 in Sherwood Memorial Park, 1045 Lynchburg Turnpike, Salem, Roanoke Co., VA.)