Mary Monteith Smith (1860-1946)

Mary Monteith Smith (1860-1946)

Marriage
She married George Keller (1842-1935) around 1885.

Children

 * Hilda Montieth Keller (1888-1978)
 * George Monteith Keller (1895-1986)
 * Walter Smith Keller (1898-1981)

Red Cross
The Hartford Courant on Jul 29, 1918: "Hartford Red Cross Head To Address Windsor Locks Women. Mrs. Mary Monteith Keller, president of the Hartford Chapter of the Red cross will come here Tuesday evening to give an address at the regular Red Cross meeting at Memorial Hall. ..."

World War II
The Hartford Courant on March 7, 1943: "Two Are Too Few, So Mrs. Keller Rents. Park Terrace Family Boosts War Housing Effort Through Conversion; Others Serve. For two persons to be "rattling" around in a 12-room house in housing-starved Hartford seemed ridiculous to Mrs. George Keller of 24 Park Terrace and her daughter, Hilda, so they have leased their place to Uncle Sam for the duration, for conversion into war ..."

Obituary
New York Times; June 29, 1946: "Mrs. George Keller. First Chairwoman of Hartford Democratic Town Committee. Mrs. Mary M. Kelley, widow of George Kelley, noted architect, and the first chairwoman of the Hartford Democratic Town Committee ..."