Marion Bates

1928 -

• Name	Marion Bates
  Born	24 May 1928	Ridley Park, Delaware County, PA, USA
  Gender	Female
  Census	12 Apr 1940	300 W Ridley Ave., Ridley Park, Delaware County, PA, USA
  		1940 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Ridley Park, Enumeration District 23-157, Sheet 6B. 1940 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Ridley Park, Enumeration District 23-157, Sheet 6B.
  Person ID	I1227	Helms Family
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Harry Howard Bates,   b. 10 Aug 1889, Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV, USA ,   d. 15 Dec 1965, 300 Glenlock Rd., Ridley Park, Delaware County, PA, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Martha Darlington Helms,   b. 10 Jan 1895, Chester, Delaware County, PA, USA ,   d. 1 Feb 1994  (Age 99 years)
  Married	30 Jun 1922	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, USA
  Family ID	F536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Donald Frederick Bruce,   b. 8 Jun 1925, Newark, Essex County, NJ, USA
  Married	19 Aug 1950	Ridley Park Presbyterian Church, Ridley Park, Delaware County, PA, USA
  	Delaware County Daily Times, 21 Aug 1950: Bruce-Bates Miss Marian Helms Bates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Howard Bates, of 300 Glenloch Rd., Ridley Park, and Donald Frederick Bruce, son of Mrs. Christopher Dana Bruce, of East Orange, N. J., and the late Mr. Bruce, were united in marriage on Saturday, August 19, at 12 o'clock noon in the Ridley Park Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. Harold Guy performed the ceremony. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father wore an off-white suit dress of metallic brocade satin and a corsage of white orchids. Miss Barbara Burt Helms, of Upper Providence, the bride's cousin was her only attendant. She wore a suit dress of American Beauty fall with a matching hat and she carried a nosegay. Benjamin Talbot Ridgeley, of Towson, Md., served as best man for Mr. Bruce and William Helms Bates, of Ridley Park, brother of the bride, and John S. Sawyer, of Virginia Beach, Va., acted as ushers. A luncheon for the bridal party, the immediate families and a few intimate friends at the home of the bride's parents followed the ceremony. Upon their return from a wedding trip to the Virginia Beach and Williamsburg, Va., Mrs. Bruce will reside temporarily with her parents and Lieutenant (j. g.) Bruce, U. S. Naval reserves, who has been called to active duty, will go to his ship. The bride is a graduate of Ridley Park High School and Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va., and is a member of the Sigma, Sigma, Sigma sorority. Lieutenant Bruce attended the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania. he is a member of the National Honorary Engineering Society, Tau Beta Pi.
  Children	1. C.D. Bruce   2. S.D. Bruce   3. W.B. Bruce   4. L.D. Bruce
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2017
  Family ID	F646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 24 May 1928 - Ridley Park, Delaware County, PA, USA Census - 12 Apr 1940 - 300 W Ridley Ave., Ridley Park, Delaware County, PA, USA Married - 19 Aug 1950 - Ridley Park Presbyterian Church, Ridley Park, Delaware County, PA, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Martha Helms Bates No. 434A