Mary Elizabeth Kable (1904-c1994)

Vital statistics

 * Sex : Female
 * Born: 14 September 1904 at Granville
 * Married:
 * Charles Henry Whiteley, 27 March 1926, St Johns Church at Parramatta


 * Glenn Martin, U.S.A.


 * Died: 1994? in Marysville, WA, U.S.A.

Parents

 * Father: Edgar Sydney Kable (c1848-?)
 * Mother: Elizabeth Javens (1863-1950)

Spouse(s)

 * Charles Henry Whiteley (1893-1960)
 * Glen Martin (?-c1984)

Offspring

 * Valerie June Whiteley (1929-1968)

Family Oral History
Mary was known as Grace all her life. She didn't realise until she was in America trying to get a divorce so she could marry again that she had been registered Mary. I viewed a copy of a letter she had written to U.S. Immigration stating she wasn't trying to hide anything she just didn't know her registered name was Mary. To add to the name confusion she was known as Pat in America. She said she felt the name Grace was too pretentious.

Grace separated from Charles when their daughter was 12. During WWII Valerie, Grace and Graces mother Elizabeth lived in a house at Coogee and billeted U.S. marines, which is how she met Glenn. After the war Grace was on the first civilian transport out of Sydney. Valerie was 17 by then and when given the choice chose to stay in Australia.

Grace arrived in America, gained a divorce from Charles, discovered she was Mary, married Glenn and became Pat. She lived in America until she died in approximately 1994. She came back to visit a few times and family went to America to visit her a few times.

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