Her marriage to George W. Brewer was recorded in the Marley Family Bible on April 2, 1916. Wardie and George had three children and she was expecting their fourth when he was killed when a tornado struck their home on July 16, 1924.
The Mexia Daily News...Friday July 18, 1924
MAN KILLED IN STORM
O'DONNEL, Texas, July 16th...George Brewer was killed and his wife and two of his children were injured late Wednesday when their home was wrecked by a tornado. A three year old child in Brewers arms was unharmed.
At about age 38 Wardie married William Hardy Daffern(68),and had three children by him...a daughter born in 1927 and a son in 1930 who died in 1938 and a third daughter Alma born in 1933. Wardie was a Seamstress/Dressmaker and supported herself and her five children after a diviorce from Daffern.
She spent the last eight years of her life in the Kerville State Hospital where she died on December 19, 1960.
Children:
Ruby Jewell Brewer Coursey (1919-1989)FAGrave#21848270
George H. Brewer (1917-1987)
Arvil Brewer (1925-1985)
Marvin Brewer (1923-1943)
Helen R. Daffern Maisen (1927-2008)FAGrave#59545284
Benjamin P. Daffern (1930-1938)
Alma Daffern Butler (1933-2013)
∼D/O Eli C Morley &
Mary Josephine Leatherwood Morley
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Her marriage to George W. Brewer was recorded in the Marley Family Bible on April 2, 1916. Wardie and George had three children and she was expecting their fourth when he was killed when a tornado struck their home on July 16, 1924.
The Mexia Daily News...Friday July 18, 1924
MAN KILLED IN STORM
O'DONNEL, Texas, July 16th...George Brewer was killed and his wife and two of his children were injured late Wednesday when their home was wrecked by a tornado. A three year old child in Brewers arms was unharmed.
At about age 38 Wardie married William Hardy Daffern(68),and had three children by him...a daughter born in 1927 and a son in 1930 who died in 1938 and a third daughter Alma born in 1933. Wardie was a Seamstress/Dressmaker and supported herself and her five children after a diviorce from Daffern.
She spent the last eight years of her life in the Kerville State Hospital where she died on December 19, 1960.
Children:
Ruby Jewell Brewer Coursey (1919-1989)FAGrave#21848270
George H. Brewer (1917-1987)
Arvil Brewer (1925-1985)
Marvin Brewer (1923-1943)
Helen R. Daffern Maisen (1927-2008)FAGrave#59545284
Benjamin P. Daffern (1930-1938)
Alma Daffern Butler (1933-2013)
∼D/O Eli C Morley &
Mary Josephine Leatherwood Morley
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spouse link courtesy ElleNoelte #49863618
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Martha Jane Marley Carroll
1877–1960
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John Henry Marley
1878–1941
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William Samuel "Bill" Marley
1880–1939
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Anna Etta Marley Christopher
1882–1975
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Zachariah Andrew Marley
1883–1950
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James Benjimin Marley
1888–1978
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Lou Ida Marley Boatman
1890–1911
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Jesse Simeon Marley
1894–1953
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George Holbert Marley
1896–1960
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Albert Marley
1896–1896
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Alta Marley
1896–1896
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Eugene Edward Marley
1899–1900
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