Mary Olivia (GARNER) ROBEY (*)
Page last updated 9 August 2022.
Birth: 25 November 1871 in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Death: 15 April 1936 in Silesia, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: 17 April 1936 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot F-13
Headstone Text: Headstone was either not engraved or it has worn off over the years.
Parents: Benjamin GARNER and Martha GARNER (m. ROLLINGS)
Parents' Children:
Although the funeral home records give Mary’s parents as Benjamin GARNER and Martha ROLLINGS, her obituary gives her maiden name as ROLLINGS. Will do more research.
Spouse: John Alexander ROBEY
Children:
Employment: Mary was a Housewife.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: John and Mary are buried in Plots F-12 and F-13. Also buried in this cemetery is: their son – John. (There is a possibility that they are related to Robert Downs and Eugene Scott.)
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#203046714), FamilySearch website (#GF3Y-QC7), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
m. = maiden name
(*) = This person was included while working with the cemetery; no evidence yet that we are related.
Death: 15 April 1936 in Silesia, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: 17 April 1936 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot F-13
Headstone Text: Headstone was either not engraved or it has worn off over the years.
Parents: Benjamin GARNER and Martha GARNER (m. ROLLINGS)
Parents' Children:
- Mary Olivia ROBEY (m. GARNER)
Although the funeral home records give Mary’s parents as Benjamin GARNER and Martha ROLLINGS, her obituary gives her maiden name as ROLLINGS. Will do more research.
Spouse: John Alexander ROBEY
Children:
- Bessie Marion MILLER (m. ROBEY)
- Martha Irene MILLER (m. ROBEY)
- Charles Edward ROBEY
- Ada Georgiana TILCH (m. ROBEY)
- John Everett ROBEY
- Aubrey George ROBEY
Employment: Mary was a Housewife.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: John and Mary are buried in Plots F-12 and F-13. Also buried in this cemetery is: their son – John. (There is a possibility that they are related to Robert Downs and Eugene Scott.)
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#203046714), FamilySearch website (#GF3Y-QC7), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
m. = maiden name
(*) = This person was included while working with the cemetery; no evidence yet that we are related.