• Born: 18 July 1866, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{2 3}
• Marriage (1): Thomas SPOWART on 25 July 1904 in Mahoning County, Ohio, USA
• Died: 5 October 1947, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA at age 81 ^{4 5}
• Buried: 7 October 1947, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ^{4 5 6}

   Cause of her death was Cerebral Hemorrhage, 6 mos.; Renal Cardio-Vascular disease, 1½ years..⁵

   Another name for Mary was Mary Ann NALLAS.²

  General Notes

Mrs. Mary N. Spowart
   Solemn requiem high mass for Mrs. Mary Nellis Spowart, who died Sunday at Erie, Pa., was sung this morning at the Sacred Heart Church.
   Her only survivor is her husband, Thomas Spowart, retired official of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., formerly of 1154 Murrayhill Ave., Squirrel Hill.
   Mrs. Spowart had been ill since she had a stroke in May, 1935, in her home here. Her condition became critical after the death of her only child, Dr. Charles N. Spowart, last February.
   Burial was in the Calvary Cemetery.

- obituary from The Pittsburgh Press, Wednesday, 8 October 1947, page 18, column 2 (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SvYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Fk0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1433%2C2844707)

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  Death Notes

at her home residence at 1219 West 8th Street

  Burial Notes

Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Section H, Lot 589

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• Parents: John Nellis and Mary Curran. ^{2 7}

• She has conflicting birth information of 6 August 1866 and Scotland. ⁵

• She has conflicting birth information of Abt 1874 and Ayrshire, Scotland. ^{8 9}

• She has conflicting birth information of 6 August 1877 and Scotland. ⁷

• Arrival: 1880.

• She worked as a domestic servant on 8 June 1880 in Wadsworth Township, Medina County, Ohio, USA.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census on 8 June 1880 in Wadsworth Township, Medina County, Ohio, USA.
  James Nellis       18
  Mary Nellis       40
  Johny Nellis       15
  Lily Nellis       11
  Mary Ann Nellis       13
  Margaret J. Nellis       9
  Ellen Nellis       7
  Katie Nellis       3

• She appeared on the 1910 US Federal Census on 18 April 1910 in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  Thomas Spowart       39
  Mary A Spowart       35
  Robert Spowart       15
  Janet D Spowart       12
  Thomas Spowart       10
  Charles Spowart       4

• She appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 16 January 1920 in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  Thomas Spowart       49
  Mary A Spowart       45
  Charles N Spowart       13

• She had a residence in 1948 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Mary married Thomas SPOWART, son of Robert SPOWART and Mary SINCLAIR, on 25 July 1904 in Mahoning County, Ohio, USA. (Thomas SPOWART was born on 27 September 1870 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland,^{2 10 11 12 13} died on 18 March 1957 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA ⁵ and was buried on 21 March 1957 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA ⁵.). The cause of his death was Congestive Heart Failure; ASHD with Coronary Insufficiency.⁵