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Daughter of John Ramsay and Mary Murray.

Name Mary B Ramsey
Event Type Census
Event Date 1940
Event Place Ward 13, St. Louis, St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States
Sex Female
Age 60
Marital Status Single
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Birthplace New York
Birth Year (Estimated) 1880
Last Place of Residence Same Place
Mary B Ramsey Head F 60 New York
Georginia M Ramsey Sister F 43 New York
Citing this Record "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K741-F5Z : accessed 28 July 2018), Mary B Ramsey, Ward 13, St. Louis, St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-328, sheet 7B, line 80, family 180, 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 2194.

Mary, age 75, and Georgianna, age 72, were found frozen to death in their home at 4259 Connecticut St in January 1955. The sisters had been wards of St. Vincent de Paul Society and had consented to go to a nursing home, but after a month insisted on returning home. Miss Mary Ramsay seldom left the house and was hardly able to move about. Miss Georgianna's speech had been affected by a stroke, but neighbours said she was able to go shopping. Father Bremerich said he understood the sisters have a brother who is a patient in an Illinois institution.