Mary Ida Britt

Mary Ida Britt was my great, great grandmother on my maternal grandmother's side.

She was born on October 8, 1854 in Decatur, Georgia to Margaret Emily Dunbar and William Gregg Britt.

She married Addison Milton Wier on November 9, 1870.

They had 6 children:

Mamie Wier
William Swansea Wier
Addison Milton Wier, Jr.
Robert Lee Wier
Katie Wier
Ernest Wilkinson Wier

She died on January 6, 1933 in DeKalb, Georgia.
Source: State of Georgia. Indexes of Vita Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998. Georgia, USA: Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998. Certificate: 617.

She is buried __________________.

Census 1860: Mary Ida Britt, 6, Pike, Georgia. Lived with father William G Britt, 32, and mother Margaret E Britt, 25, brother Cassius M Britt, 7. Farmer: owned $4100 in real estate and had $13900 in personal value. : 1860; County: Pike, Georgia. Roll: M653_134; Page: 55; Image: 56.

Slave Census 1860: 19 slaves: 9 men-[30,23 (2), 15, 22, 11, 8, 7, 3], 10 women [26, 24, 12, 8 (2), 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 months]. Number of slave houses: 4. Source: 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. Page 21, (number on right 110), Pike County, GA, taken July 5th, 1860.

Census 1870:

Census 1880:

Census 1900: Addison Wier, October 1847; Mary Wier, October 1854; Milton Wier, son, August 1882; Katie, daughter, August 1885; Robert Wier, son, July 1889; Earnest Wier, son, September 1894.
Source: Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia. Roll: T623_192; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 13.

Census 1910: Addison M Wier, head; Mary Wier, 55, wife, Ernest, son, 14, Hugh Wier, grandson, 4.
Source: Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia. Roll: T624_184; Page 21A; Enumeration District: 20; Image 751.

Census 1920: Addison M Wier, head, 72, writer/news writer. Mary I Wier, 65. Hugh Bean, grandson, 17. Ernest W Wier, 25, son. Ala P Wier, 24, daughter-in-law.

Source: DeKalb, GA. Roll: T625_249; Page 13A; Enumeration District: 13; Image: 151.