Mary Tomlinson

born: 24 Feb 1890, Acton,Marion Co.,Indiana
died: 10 Apr 1975, Los Angeles,California
bur.: 13 Apr 1975, Los Angeles,California, at Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills) Cemetery
occu: actress
Will: 19 Jan 1961, Los Angeles,California
spouse: Stanley Lefevre KREBS
marr: 2 Nov 1921
born: 14 Jan 1864
died: 26 Sep 1935, New York,NY
bur.: Los Angeles,California, at Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills) Cemetery
occu: minister, psychologist and lecturer

Pedigree Chart

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           |---------Joseph TOMLINSON (1810, Kentucky - 1863, Indiana)
           |          |
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  |------Samuel Joseph TOMLINSON (1850, Indiana - 1933, Indiana)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------Rans Bird GREEN (1792, North Carolina - 1853, Indiana)
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Nancy GREEN (1818, Indiana - 1900, Indiana)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------Ruth B. MORGAN (1800, or Pulaski Co. KY - 1849, Indiana)
  |
Mary TOMLINSON (1890, Indiana - 1975, California)
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  |                   |
  |        |---------Samuel MCGAUGHEY (1827, Indiana - )
  |        |          |
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  |        |
  |------Jennie L. MCGAUGHEY (1868, Indiana - 1943, Indiana)
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           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Mary BOALS (1833, Pennsylvania - )
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Mary became famous as a movie actress. Her stage name was Marjorie Main. Her best-known role was that of Ma Kettle in a series of movies in the 1940s and 1950s.

When she was born, Mary was delivered by her maternal grandfather, Acton physician Samuel McGaughey. Her father thoroughly disapproved of the acting profession, but Mary was allowed to pursue it.

Mary attended Franklin College, in Franklin, Indiana from 1905--1906.

See also: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=662

Stanley LeFevre Krebs married (first) Anna Frantz on September 17, 1890 at First Reformed Church, Lancaster, PA. Stanley's father, Walter E. Krebs performed the ceremony, assisted by the local pastor. Four children:
Katharine (1891-1892). Buried in Mt.Carmel cemetery, Littlestown, PA
Stanley Walter (1896-1984) music composer
Anna Belle (ca. 1903- )
Josephine (ca. 1906- ) dance instructor

Stanley was pastor of St. Andrew's Reformed Church, Reading, PA 1890-1901. Stanley, Anna, and family moved to First Church, Greensburg, PA in 1901-1906. Then he took a series of secular positions and he ended up as a Chautauqua lecturer. He was a spell binding speaker. He met Marjorie Main in 1913 on the Chautauqua curcuit.

Some time in late 1920 or early 1921 Stanley and his first were divorced. In 1930 Anna was living in an apartment on Riverside Drive, NYC with son Stanley and daughter Josephine. Anna and Josephine had changed their names to Frantz, Anna's maiden name. (One of Marjorie Main's biographies described Stanley as a widower, but that was apparently incorrect.)

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