Families of Helen Margaret Sayre

HELEN MARGARET SAYRE, daughter of MARTHA URETTA ELIZABETH STOKER and WILLIAM ALLEN SAYRE, was born September 12, 1892 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana,¹²² and died April 2, 1964 in Delaware Hospital, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware.⁵¹⁵¹

She married (1) JAMES T. C. FORD on February 28, 1911 in Buncombe County, North Carolina.¹⁷⁶⁶

She married (2) WILLIAM PARKER HOWARD on May 5, 1919 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida.¹⁷⁶⁵ He was born January 31, 1880 in Ghent, Carroll, Kentucky,²²⁹⁷ and died March 22, 1939 in Wilimington, New Castle, Delaware.²²⁹⁷

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Helen M. Sayre)

Children of HELEN MARGARET SAYRE and WILLIAM PARKER HOWARD:

1. HELEN MARGARET HOWARD, b. June 23, 1920, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina;⁸⁷ m. (1) JUSTIN MORRILL VOORHEES on September 12, 1942 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware²²⁹⁸, m. (2) HENRY FULTON DAVIDSON on June 10, 1955 in First Baptist Church, Kennett Square, Chester, Pennsylvania⁸⁴⁵⁵; d. March 16, 2008, Ardencroft, New Castle, Delaware.^{56, 507}
2. HILDA ANN HOWARD, b. October 5, 1921, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida; d. December 25, 1990, Veterans Affairs Nursing Home, Elsmere, New Castle, Delaware.⁵¹⁵³

Marriage Announcements and News

Asheville Gazette-News, February 23, 1911³⁹⁷⁴

Sayre—Ford.

Mrs. W. A. Sayre announces the engagement of and approaching marriage of her daughter, Helen Margaret, to James T. C. Ford. Miss Sayre is a charmingly pretty girl and has made many friends in Asheville through her winsome disposition and graces. With her mother, Mrs. W. A. Sayre, she came to the city some years ago from Richmond, Ind. At present they are making their home on Woolsey. Mr. Ford is a prosperous young business man of Cincinnati, where he is connected with the Bourbon Copper and Brass works. The date of the wedding will be given later.

Asheville Citizen, January 2, 1912⁴⁹⁹⁶

DETAILS OF DIVORCE RECENTLY GRANTED

Wedded less than a year, James T. Ford, of Cincinnati, has secured a divorce from his wife who was formerly well known in this city as Miss Margaret Sayre, the daughter of Mrs. W. A. Sayre, of Woolsey.

The following clipping from the Cincinnati Enquire will be read with interest here:

"Announcement was made yesterday of the granting of a divorce to James T. Ford from Helen Margaret Ford, by Judge Youngblut, of Newport, on December 23. Ford is connected with the Bourbon Brass and Copper Works, of this city. He met Mrs. Ford, who was then Miss Margaret Sayre of Asheville, N. C., while traveling through the south for his firm. They were married on February 28, 1911, and came to Ft. Thomas to live. Mrs. Ford, who was prominent in social life in Asheville, found life in this vicinity unpleasant and several months ago returned home. On November 20 Ford filed suit for divorce on the grounds of neglect, and the matter was hushed up at the time. Finding it would be better to have his friends know of the divorce, Mr. Ford himself announced the granting of the divorce yesterday."

Marriage Information

• Helen Margaret Sayre and James T. C. Ford were divorced on December 29, 1911 in Newport, Mahoning, Ohio.^{4996, 3975}

Newspaper Articles

Asheville Sunday Citizen, December 7, 1913⁴⁶⁷²

CANTON, Dec. 6.—Chief of social events here during the past week was the dance given by a number of young men in honor of Miss Margaret Sayre, of Asheville, who has been the guest of her brother, Mr. B. F. Sayre, for several days. There was a number of young people present and dancing continued until quite late.

Asheville Citizen, January 16, 1917⁴⁶⁷³

Miss Margaret Sayre, who is visiting her uncle, Mr. Charles Orr, of Selma, Indiana, will leave ther[e] on February 1, for Los Angeles, Cal., for an extended visit to her brother, Mr. Scott Sayre, a prominent business man of that city.

Obituaries

Wilmington Morning News, March 23, 1939⁵¹⁴⁸

William P. Howard

William P. Howard, 59, of 1024 North Adams Street, died last night at his home after an illness of two days.

A native of Ghent, Ky., Mr. Howard had lived in this city since 1930. He formerly was employed by the Western Electric Company in Atlanta, Ga.

Surviving him are: His wife, Mrs. Hellen Margaret Howard; a son, William P. Howard, Jr., Louisville, Ky., and two daughters, the Misses Hilda Ann and Helen Margaret Howard, this city, both of whom are vacationing in Florida.

Funeral arrangements will be made after the arrival of Mr. Howard's children in this city.

Evening Journal, April 3, 1964⁵¹⁵¹

Mrs. William P. Howard

Mrs. Helen M. Sayre Howard, 71, of West Grove, Pa., formerly of Wilmington, died yesterday in the Delaware Hospital.

She was admitted to the hospital Tuesday, for treatment of pneumococcus meningitis.

Mrs. Howard worked 30 years with the Corset Shop, 9th and King Sts. She retired last year when she moved to West Grove.

She was a former student of Wilmington Unity, a religious organization once active here. Her husband, William P. Howard, died in 1938.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Henry F. Davidson of Longwood, Del., and Mrs. Joseph R. Mills, West Grove; six grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be private.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 11, 1900661	Clyde Twp, Haywood, North Carolina	William Allen Sayre Martha Uretta Elizabeth Stoker Mary Stoker Sayre Helen Margaret Sayre Benjamin Franklin Sayre
May 3, 1910660	Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina	Martha Uretta Elizabeth Stoker Helen Margaret Sayre
January 13, 1920533	Jacksonville, Duval, Florida	Helen Margaret Sayre William Parker Howard Margaret James
April 15, 19301764	Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina	William Parker Howard Helen Margaret Sayre Helen Margaret Howard Hilda Ann Howard
April 5, 19402943	Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware	Helen Margaret Sayre Helen Margaret Howard Hilda Ann Howard
April 22, 19509512	Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware	Helen Margaret Sayre Helen Margaret Howard