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Mary Matilda Digges Newell

Birth: 8 Feb 1898
Death: 9 Apr 1982 (aged 84)
Burial: Washington Heights Memorial Park

South Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 115830829 View Source

Mary Matilda Digges was born in Missouri to William Dudley Digges and Lily Mae Jackson.
She married Milton Edward Newell on May 28, 1919 in Wichita, Kansas. She was working as a waitress in a café, and Milt worked for the Railroad.
They had 3 children, Marion Elizabeth, Milton Joseph, and an infant son who died due to the Kansas dustbowl effect. They moved their family to Ogden, Utah, where Mary worked at the Defense Depot, and Milt retired from the railroad.

Siblings:
Anna Mae 8/26/1895-4/20/1961
William Robert 3/15/1899-7/23/1932
Frank McKinley (twin) 12/3/1900-4/3/1932
Ernest Roosevelt (twin) 12/3/1900-8/1/1980
Roma Washington 2/15/1903-12/8/1968
Frances Elizabeth 9/11/1904-12/11/1978
Charles Henry 5/12/1906-10/16/1966
Nellie Opal 3/25/1907-3/27/1978
George Benjamin 5/22/1909-5/26/1975

Sister Nellie Opal Digges Palmer Wasson. 1907-1978
Possibly died in California. Nellie's spouse Thomas Edward "Eddie" Palmer. Looking for clues!

Mary Matilda Digges was born in Missouri to William Dudley Digges and Lily Mae Jackson.
She married Milton Edward Newell on May 28, 1919 in Wichita, Kansas. She was working as a waitress in a café, and Milt worked for the Railroad.
They had 3 children, Marion Elizabeth, Milton Joseph, and an infant son who died due to the Kansas dustbowl effect. They moved their family to Ogden, Utah, where Mary worked at the Defense Depot, and Milt retired from the railroad.

Siblings:
Anna Mae 8/26/1895-4/20/1961
William Robert 3/15/1899-7/23/1932
Frank McKinley (twin) 12/3/1900-4/3/1932
Ernest Roosevelt (twin) 12/3/1900-8/1/1980
Roma Washington 2/15/1903-12/8/1968
Frances Elizabeth 9/11/1904-12/11/1978
Charles Henry 5/12/1906-10/16/1966
Nellie Opal 3/25/1907-3/27/1978
George Benjamin 5/22/1909-5/26/1975

Sister Nellie Opal Digges Palmer Wasson. 1907-1978
Possibly died in California. Nellie's spouse Thomas Edward "Eddie" Palmer. Looking for clues!

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1893–1960

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Added: Aug 21, 2013
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115830829/mary_matilda-newell: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Matilda Digges Newell (8 Feb 1898–9 Apr 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115830829, citing Washington Heights Memorial Park, South Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Copperific (contributor 48209798).

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