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Mary <I>Gray</I> Chew

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Mary Gray Chew

Birth
Death
8 Apr 1948 (aged 87–88)
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
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She was the youngest and last survivor of 15 siblings (plus more siblings who died as infants), , who are buried in Rock Creek, Oak Hill and Mount Olivet cemeteries in the District of Columbia.

She and husband George Biscoe Chew Sr. had four children, none of whom had children of their own. Son "Joseph" Beverly Grayson Chew did marry twice; the others did not marry.

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Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, April 11, 1948

CHEW, MARY GRAY. On Thursday.
April 8. 1948. MARY GRAY CHEW of
1954 Columbia rd. n.w., wife of the late
George Biscoe Chew, mother of Marie
Theresa. Beverly Grayson and John
Hunter Chew. Remains resting at the
above residence. Services at St. Margaret's
Episcopal Church. Conn ave. and Bancroft
pl., on Monday. April 12 at 2:30 p.m. In
terment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Mrs. Chew, who lived at 1954
Columbia road N.W., died Thursday
at her home after an illness of
several years.

Born in Georgetown In 1860, she
was a life-long resident of the Dis
trict and liked to compare her
memories of old-time Washington
with published accounts of the city’s
history. She was the youngest and
last survivor of a family of 15 chil
dren, nearly all of whom lived here.
Three children survive her. They
are Miss Marie Theresa Chew and
John Hunter Chew of the Columbia
road address and Beverly Grayson
Chew, Great Falls, Mont.

[ Transcribed and provided by brgeorge # #46792998 ]
She was the youngest and last survivor of 15 siblings (plus more siblings who died as infants), , who are buried in Rock Creek, Oak Hill and Mount Olivet cemeteries in the District of Columbia.

She and husband George Biscoe Chew Sr. had four children, none of whom had children of their own. Son "Joseph" Beverly Grayson Chew did marry twice; the others did not marry.

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Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, April 11, 1948

CHEW, MARY GRAY. On Thursday.
April 8. 1948. MARY GRAY CHEW of
1954 Columbia rd. n.w., wife of the late
George Biscoe Chew, mother of Marie
Theresa. Beverly Grayson and John
Hunter Chew. Remains resting at the
above residence. Services at St. Margaret's
Episcopal Church. Conn ave. and Bancroft
pl., on Monday. April 12 at 2:30 p.m. In
terment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Mrs. Chew, who lived at 1954
Columbia road N.W., died Thursday
at her home after an illness of
several years.

Born in Georgetown In 1860, she
was a life-long resident of the Dis
trict and liked to compare her
memories of old-time Washington
with published accounts of the city’s
history. She was the youngest and
last survivor of a family of 15 chil
dren, nearly all of whom lived here.
Three children survive her. They
are Miss Marie Theresa Chew and
John Hunter Chew of the Columbia
road address and Beverly Grayson
Chew, Great Falls, Mont.

[ Transcribed and provided by brgeorge # #46792998 ]


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