Mary Florence Locke (1886 - 1974)

Born 29 Sep 1886 in Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 12 Jan 1974 at age 87 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States

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Biography

Mary Florence Locke was born in Belmont, MA in 1886. She was the daughter of Louis Locke and Lucilla Wright.

She generally went by her middle name, "Florence," but for official purposes, she gave her name as "Miss Mary F. Locke."

She grew up in Belmont, where her family had long been prominent. They ran a local grocery business, but while she was still living at home in 1910, she was working as a bookkeeper for a lumberyard instead. (Perhaps because other siblings were already handling the family bookkeeping duties.)

By 1920, 33-year-old Florence was living in San Francisco; according to the census taken that year, she had no occupation, and was lodging with the family of Wilhelm F. Block.

In 1924, she registered to vote in California as a Republican, listing her occupation as "Secretary."

By 1930, she had rented a home in San Francisco, and was doing clerical work for an employer in the plumbing industry. She was still registered as a Republican in 1932.

Mary Florence never married or had children, but she continued to reside in California, and transitioned into government work. She relocated to Sacramento circa 1936, when she again registered as a Republican, and continued doing clerical work. By 1939, she was working for the State Boards of Equalization, and in July of that year, she made the local newspaper after suing the state for back pay, alongside several other State Boards of Equalization employees. The gist of the dispute seems to be that that they had been underpaid as a result of being assigned to an improper civil service category. The following year, she sailed to New York City, presumably on her way back to Massachusetts to visit family.

But by 1950, she was a Cashier Supervisor at the State Boards of Equalization, still working in Sacramento. She seems to have retired during the 1950s, but remained in Sacramento, where she died 1974, aged 87. She was buried in Sacramento.

Sources

• Florence Locke in the 1900 and 1920 United States Federal Censuses.
• Mary Locke in the 1930 United States Federal Census.
• Mary F Locke in the 1910 and 1950 United States Federal Censuses.
• Miss Mary F Locke in the California, U.S., Voter Registrations, 1900-1968.
• Mary F Locke in the California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997.
• Mary Locke in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014.
• Mary Florence Locke in the U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current.
• Mary F Locke in the Sacramento, California, City Directory, 1938, 1949, and 1955.
• Mary Locke in the New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957.
• Mary Florence Locke in the Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915.
• The Sacramento Bee, 28 Jul 1939, Page 21.