Mary was born in 1888. She is the daughter of Frank Compton and Mary Allen. Her mother passed away when she was 3 days old. She married (1) Edmond Reed in April 1910 in North Dakota.[1] They divorced in 1910.[2] She married (2) Henry Silver on 23 May 1916 in Minneapolis.[2] She passed away in 1958.[3]
↑ Mary Frances Compton
in the North Dakota, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1872-2017. Williams County Auditor's Office; Williston, North Dakota; Williams County, North Dakota Marriage Records, 1800-2016; County: Williams. Ancestry.com. North Dakota, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1872-2017 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
↑ "Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNR-NY77 : 18 February 2021), Mary Frances Silver, 07 Mar 1958; citing Death, Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States, various county recorder offices; FHL microfilm 2,314,024.
See also:
"Minnesota State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ6K-ZPP : 3 April 2016), Mary Compton in household of Catherine Compton, Grove Lake, Pope, Minnesota; citing p. 4, line 27, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,796.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M938-MTT : accessed 7 January 2020), Mary F Compton in household of Frank L Compton, Grove Lake Township, Pope, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 250, sheet 4B, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,782.
"Minnesota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP3G-YG8 : 18 February 2021), Mary Compton, Grove Lake township, Pope, Minnesota; citing p. 207, line 22, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 928,802.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCM5-NX8 : accessed 23 June 2021), Mary F Silver in household of Harry E Silver, East Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 1A, line 26, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1258; FHL microfilm 2,340,993.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBQQ-HXR : 4 January 2021), Mary Silver in household of Harry E Silver, School District 9 East Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25-25, sheet 1B, line 45, family 12, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2222.
Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/54723691/mary-frances-silver : accessed 23 June 2021), memorial page for Mary Frances Compton Silver (21 Apr 1888–7 Mar 1958), Find A Grave: Memorial #54723691, citing Sunset Memorial Gardens, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA ; Maintained by Marilyn LaVelle Poitras (contributor 47156582) .
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