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Mary Margaret SHEPARDSON

Mary Margaret SHEPARDSON

Female 1926 - 2011  (85 years)


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  • Name Mary Margaret SHEPARDSON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Birth 12 Apr 1926  Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Gender Female 
    Burial Sep 2011  Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
    Death 21 Sep 2011  Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    • Age: 85
    Obituary    		 Obituary
    Obituary notice posted on September 28, 2011 to the Boston Globe, Quincy Patriot Ledger, New Bedford Standard-Times, and Westport Shorelines.
    Person ID I224  My Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Father Winthrop Earl Shepardson,   b. 26 Nov 1904, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1976, Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Catherine McKenzie,   b. 25 Sep 1898, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1980, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 28 Sep 1925  Albany, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • marriage registered in Albany, NY. ceremony performed at 1st Lutheran Church of Albany by Dr. Chalmers D. Fronz.
    Family ID F52  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Raymond Everett Bence, Jr.,   b. 26 Aug 1925, Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1994, Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 27 Sep 1947  Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9, 14] 
    Children 
     1. Living BENCE  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F64  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

  • Photos
    Mary Margaret SHEPARDSON    		Mary Margaret SHEPARDSON
    Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
    World War II Cadet Nursing Corps Card Files, 1942-1948    		World War II Cadet Nursing Corps Card Files, 1942-1948
    Membership Cards providing details on women who joined the Cadet Nurse Corps created during World War II.
    Union Cong Young People's reunion    		Union Cong Young People's reunion
    Reunion of the 1945-7 young people's group of Union Congregation Church
    Ray Bence seated at left, Peg Bence seated in white shirt, Water Leavitt standing at right
    Wedding invitation    		Wedding invitation
    Wedding invitation for Mary Margaret Sehpardson and Raymond Everett Bence Jr
    Catherine MacKenzie Shepardson and daughter Mary Margaret    		Catherine MacKenzie Shepardson and daughter Mary Margaret
    Catherine (MacKenzie) Shepardson and her daughter Mary Margaret
    Wedding Raymond and Peg Bence    		Wedding Raymond and Peg Bence
    Wedding photo at Union Congregational Church of Braintree and Weymouth, East Braintree, Massachusetts

    John and Catherine West Mary and Raymond Bence Jr, Bertha and Raymond Bence
    Peg Bence and Jean Porter    		Peg Bence and Jean Porter
    Mary Margaret (Shepardson) Bence and Jean Porter sitting on a stone wall
    Winthrop Shepardson and his daughter Mary Margaret    		Winthrop Shepardson and his daughter Mary Margaret
    Edwina and Winthrop Earl Shepardson with Mary Margaret (Shepardson) Bence and her daughter Catherine
    Raymond and Peg Bence    		Raymond and Peg Bence
    Raymond Everett Bence Jr. and his wife Mary Margaret (Shepardson) Bence
    Quincy Hospital School of Nursing 1940s    		Quincy Hospital School of Nursing 1940s
    Quincy City Hospital School of Nursing students, Peg Bence standing at far right

    Histories
    Obituary    		Obituary
    Obituary notice posted on September 28, 2011 to the Boston Globe, Quincy Patriot Ledger, New Bedford Standard-Times, and Westport Shorelines.

  • Notes 
    • Family Search ID: L854-KXP

  • Sources 
    1. [S330] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Merlin Data Publishing Corporation, comp. Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings. Merli;).
      Birth date: 12 Apr 1926
      Birth place:
      Residence date: 1985
      Residence place: Westport, MA
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uspublicrecords3&h=357356703&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    2. [S268] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts City Directories, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).

    3. [S52] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 936; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 95; Image: 476.0.
      Name: Mary M Shepardson
      Birth Date: abt 1926
      Birth Place:
      Residence Date: 1930
      Residence Place: Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=16419214&ti=0&indiv=try

    4. [S54] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Merlin Data Publishing Corporation, comp. Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings. Merli;).
      Birth date: 12 Apr 1926
      Birth place:
      Residence date: 1935-1993
      Residence place: Westport, MA
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uspublicrecords2&h=222705874&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    5. [S349] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;).
      Birth date: abt 1927
      Birth place: Massachusetts
      Residence date: 1 Apr 1940
      Residence place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=92031408&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    6. [S43] Mrs. John West (bride's mother), Wedding Invitation for Mary Margaret Shepardson and Raymond Everett Bence Jr, (Location: Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Date: 1947;), Wedding Invitation.
      Mrs. John West | requests the honour of your presence| at the marriage of her daughter | Mary Margaret Shepardson | to | Mr. Raymond Everett Bence, Jr. | Saturday evening, September twenty-seventh | nineteen hundred and forty-seven | at seven-thirty |
      Union Congregational Church | of Braintree and Weymouth | East Braintree, Massachusetts
      Wedding invitation      		 Wedding invitation
      Wedding invitation for Mary Margaret Sehpardson and Raymond Everett Bence Jr


    7. [S358] Ancestry.com, U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Braintree High School; Year: 1943.

    8. [S356] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory titl;).

    9. [S204] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    10. [S343] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security;), Number: ; Issue State: Massachusetts; Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Birth date: 12 Apr 1926
      Birth place:
      Death date: 21 Sep 2011
      Death place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=91131140&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    11. [S80] Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com. Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.;).

    12. [S366] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
      Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970      		 Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970


    13. [S358] Ancestry.com, U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Braintree High School; Year: 1943.
      U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999      		 U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999
      "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Braintree High School; Year: 1943


    14. [S436] Personal Collection of Catherine Lee Bence, Wedding Invitation.


 

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