WATERFALL Ada Mary b. 18 Apr 1917 Raipur, Chhattisgrah, India d. 17 Sep 2011 Bellevue, Washington, USA: Waterfall One Name Study

Waterfall Family History

1917 - 2011 (94 years)

Name	WATERFALL Ada Mary
Born	18 Apr 1917	Raipur, Chhattisgrah, India [1]
Christened	24 Jun 1917	Chattisyork Chaplaincy, Raipur, Chhattisgrah, India
Gender	Female
Occupation	Between 1938 and 1939	London, England [2]
	Secretary
Occupation	Between 1941 and 1946 [2]
	Section Officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force Balloon Command.
Emigration	1949	Seattle, Washington, USA
Died	17 Sep 2011	Bellevue, Washington, USA [2]
Obituary	13 Oct 2011 [2]
	The Seattle Times
	Ada Mary LAURITSEN Mary was born April 18, 1917 in Raipur, C.P., India, the eldest daughter of the late Sir Francis and Lady Waterfall, Exeter, U.K., and died September 17, 2011 in Bellevue, WA. She is survived by sisters Helen Roberts and Ruth Howard; brother Charles Waterfall and numerous nieces and nephews in the U.K. She was preceded in death by her sister Jean Bovett, husband Reginald C. Franklin and husband John K. Lauritsen. Mary was educated in Exeter, England and worked as a secretary at St. Thomas Hospital, London from 1938-39. She served as a Section Officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force Balloon Command from 1941 to 1946. Mary immigrated to Seattle in 1949 with her husband Reginald C. Franklin and became a U.S. citizen in 1965. In Seattle, she worked as a secretary for various Seattle businesses including a mechanical and engineering company, Siemens Corporation and Washington Dental Service from which she retired in 1982. Mary and John K. Lauritsen were married at Juneau, Alaska in 1977 and resided for many years at the Ida Culver House Broadview. At her request, Mary will be cremated and her ashes placed with her parents at Colyton, Devon, U.K. where services will be held. A prayer service will be conducted at Evergreen-Washelli, 11111 Aurora Avenue N., Seattle at 1:00 pm, Saturday, October 15, 2011.
Reference Number	C015
Person ID	I1093	Derbyshire Waterfalls
Last Modified	20 Mar 2017

Father	Sir WATERFALL Charles Francis, b. 24 Feb 1888, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England , d. 23 Oct 1954, Coylton, Devon, England (Age 66 years)
Mother	DUCKWORTH Ada, b. 9 Nov 1885, Bury RD, Lancashire, England , d. 28 Mar 1973, 1 Sunnyside, South Street, Coylton, Devon, England (Age 87 years)
Married	27 Dec 1915	St Thomas' Catherdral, Bombay, India [3]
Family ID	F323	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	FRANKLIN Reggie
Married	Between 1 Jul 1947 and 30 Sep 1947	Exeter RD, Devon, England [4]
Last Modified	17 Mar 2017
Family ID	F339	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 2	LAURISTEN John
Married	1977	Juneau, Alaska, USA
Last Modified	13 Mar 2017
Family ID	F340	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Sources

[S261] Burma Baptisms - Ada Mary Waterfall.
[S299] The Seattle Times, Washington. Seattle., "Ada Mary Lauritsen," 13 October 2011; digital images, \i Legacy.com\i0 (www.legacy.com : accessed 20 Mar 2017). (Reliability: 3).
[S288] St Thomas' Chathedral, Bombay, Marriages, St Thomas' Chathedral (Bombay, Maharashtra, India), (Dc Thompson Family History. \i Find My Past\i0 . www.findmypast.co.uk.), "Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay, 1709-1948," Marriage of Charles Francis Waterfall and Ada Duckworth, 27 December 1915, folio 204, entry 88; accessed 16 Mar 2017 (Reliability: 3).
Archive Reference: N-3-114
[S275] GRO Marriage Index, General Register Office, ((www.freebmd.org.uk)), (www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 17 Mar 2017), entry for Ada M Waterfall, volume 7a, page 982, September quarter 1947, Exeter district; citing the General Register Office's England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes (Reliability: 3).