Ada Elizabeth (THORNE) SELLNER
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Birth: 14 October 1872 in Maryland (see * below)
Death: 29 April 1933 in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: 1 May 1933 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot C-12
Headstone Text: SELLNER // GEORGE A. / 1865 - 1965 // ADA E. / 1873 - 1933
* There is a discrepancy on when Ada was born. Her headstone shows 1873, but the funeral home records and 1880 Census give her birth as 1872.
Parents: Samuel Cleggett THORN and Lucy Anne THORN (m. BARRETT)
Parents' Children:
Spouse: George Alfred SELLNER
Children:
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: George and Ada share a headstone at Plots C-12 and C-13. Also buried in this cemetery are: their grandchildren -- Frances, James, Dorothy, Robert; Ada’s parents -- Samuel and Lucy.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33210479), FamilySearch website (#LY14-WBQ), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County Maryland.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
m. = maiden name
h1., h2. = surname of first husband, second husband
Death: 29 April 1933 in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: 1 May 1933 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot C-12
Headstone Text: SELLNER // GEORGE A. / 1865 - 1965 // ADA E. / 1873 - 1933
* There is a discrepancy on when Ada was born. Her headstone shows 1873, but the funeral home records and 1880 Census give her birth as 1872.
Parents: Samuel Cleggett THORN and Lucy Anne THORN (m. BARRETT)
Parents' Children:
- Minnesota Sellner MARTIN (m. THORNE)
- Ellen Nora KERBY (m. THORNE)
- Ada Elizabeth SELLNER (m. THORNE)
- Thomas Enoch THORNE
- Ernest THORNE
- Milton C. THORNE
- Orlando Clagett THORNE
- Sidney THORNE
- Roger Samuel THORNE
Spouse: George Alfred SELLNER
Children:
- Myrtle Isabella MORGAN (m. SELLNER, h1. PADGETT)
- John William SELLNER
- George Clagett SELLNER
- Blanche Elizabeth GIFFORD (m. SELLNER, h1. HUTCHINSON)
- Robert Leroy SELLNER
- Mary Lucille MARTIN (m. SELLNER)
- James Edward SELLNER
- Sydney Thorne SELLNER
- Alfred Lee SELLNER
- Minnie Louise REASEBECK (m. SELLNER)
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: George and Ada share a headstone at Plots C-12 and C-13. Also buried in this cemetery are: their grandchildren -- Frances, James, Dorothy, Robert; Ada’s parents -- Samuel and Lucy.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33210479), FamilySearch website (#LY14-WBQ), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County Maryland.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
m. = maiden name
h1., h2. = surname of first husband, second husband
