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married 27 Aug 1909 Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire Margaret (Marjorie) R. [Stella Marjorie] Potts BIRTH 23 Mar 1888 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana DEATH 25 Oct 1936 Manhattan, New York, BURIAL Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana PLOT Sec: 39, Lot: 579 daughter of Alfred F. and May (Barnaby) Potts. |
She Walter Vonnegut and Marjorie Potts Vonnegut, were professional actors.
Marjorie Vonnegut, who comes from Indianapolis, os one of th most decorative and otherwise pleasing menbers of the otganization of Washington Square Players. She wins audiences by her youth good looks, pose and sincerity. She litterally sobbed her way to success in New York. It was in ALice Brown's one-act play "Sugar House". SHe feared that she would be peranently a sub-sister, but that fates that perch upon theatre roofs gave her an opportunity in comedy. Her emotional gifts are displayed in "Habit" and her sense of humor in "Supressed..." Wife of Don Marquis Dies - New York, Oct. 26 (AP). Mrs. Marjoried Potts Marquis, actress wife of Don Marquis, the author, died yesterday. SHe was born in Indianapolis forty-four years ago. Besides her husband, two chidlren by a previous marriage survie. e Roanoke World-News (Virginia 26 Oct 1936
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married 2nd' 2 Feb 1926 - Manhattan New York Donald Robert Perry "Don" Marquis Birth 29 July 1878 in Walnut, Illinois Death 29 Dec 1937 in Forest Hills, Long Island New York, New York County, New York Burial Maple Grove Cemetery Kew Gardens, Queens County, New York son of Dr. James Stewart Marquis & Virginia F. Whitmore He was married 1st 1909 to Reina Melcher Marquis 1885–1923 They had two children , Robert Marquis(1915-1921) and Barbara (1918-1931). |
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Marquis, Noted Humorist, Dies
New York, Dec. 29, (AP) - Don Marquis, playwright, poet and former newspaperman, died at his home in suburban Forest Hills today after an illness of several years, He was 58
Marquis' health had been failiing rapidly and for some months he had been cared for by his sister and a male nurse. Only a short time ago he suffered a severe stroke of paralysis.
Friends from the literary and theatrical worlds were organizing a benefit to aid him financially when death intervened.
Creator of the beloved "Old Soak", "Archy the Cockroach", "Mehitabel the Alley Cat" and a host of other characters whose antics stirred Nation-wide laughter, Don Marquis belonged to the pioneer era of newspaper columnists made famous by Franklin P. Adams (F.P.A.), O. O. McIntyre, Walt Mason and Bert Leston Taylor of the Chicago Tribune's "Line-o'Type or Two".
Baptized RObert Perry Marquis he was born on July 29, 1878 at Walnut Bureau county, Ill. - Oakland Tribune Oakland, California 29 Dec 1937
Humorist. He created the famous characters "archy and mehitable," a cockroach and an alley cat, to provide wry commentary for his newspaper columns. Marquis claimed their stories were written at night in his deserted office by archy, who used only lower-case letters because he could not operate the shift key on the typewriter. The bug often mused on the sordid exploits of the cat mehitabel, whose motto was "toujours gai" ("always happy"), and came up with witticisms like, "The high cost of living isn't so bad if you don't have to pay for it," and, "If a man tells you he got rich through hard work, ask him: Whose?" Marquis collected their adventures in the books "Archy and Mehitabel" (1927), "Archy's Life of Mehitabel" (1933), "Archy Does His Part" (1935), and "The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel" (1940). Donald Robert Perry Marquis was born in Walnut, Illinois. His early career as an itinerant newsman included a stint as assistant editor to humorist Joel Chandler Harris, who encouraged his predilection for fantasy. In 1909 Marquis settled in New York City, where he wrote the daily humor column "The Sun Dial" for the Evening Sun (1912 to 1922), and "The Lantern" for the Herald Tribune (1922 to 1925). He was then a weekly columnist for "Collier's" magazine until 1936, when he was disabled by a series of strokes. Marquis also wrote the hit play "The Old Soak" (1922) based on another of his satirical creations, Clem Hawley, a philosophizing drunk trying to get by during the dry years of Prohibition; and he contributed to the screenplay for the film "Skippy" (1931). His complete writings comprise over 40 volumes. The wits of the Algonquin Round Table (among them Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, and James Thurber) looked up to Marquis as a father figure, and E. B. White called him "a very funny man, his product rich and satisfying, full of sad beauty, bawdy adventure, political wisdom, and wild surmise; full of pain and jollity, full of exact and inspired writing." Bio by: Bobb Edwards Find A Grave.
1900 United States Federal Census Name Marjorie Potts [Margorie Patts] Age 12 Birth Date Mar 1888 Birthplace Indiana, USA Home in 1900 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Ward of City 2 Street East 13th House Number 604 Sheet Number 6 Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation 109 Family Number 109 Race White Gender Female Relation to Head of House Daughter Marital Status Single Father's Name Alfred F Potts Father's Birthplace Indiana, USA Mother's Name May B Potts Mother's Birthplace Iowa, USA Occupation Student Attended School 9 Can Read Y Can Write Y Can Speak English Y Neighbors View others on page Household Members (Name) Age Relationship Alfred F Potts 43 Head May B Potts 40 Wife Marjorie Potts 12 Daughter Deborah Potts 8 Daughter Amanda Barney 75 Mother-in-law Laura B Nash 36 Sister-in-law Sallie Robinson 27 Servant New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971 Name Stella M Potts Race White Age 21 Birth Date abt 1888 Birth Place Indianapolis, Indiana Marriage Date 27 Aug 1909 Marriage Place Rye, New Hampshire Father Alfred F Potts Mother May Barney Spouse Walter Vounegat Box Number 849 1910 United States Federal Census Name Marjorie Vonigut [Marjorie Vonigert] [Marjorie Vonnegut] Age in 1910 22 Birth Date 1888 [1888] Birthplace Indiana Home in 1910 Indianapolis Ward 8, Marion, Indiana, USA Sheet Number 9a Street E 15th St Race White Gender Female Relation to Head of House Wife Marital Status Married Spouse's Name Walter Vonigut Father's Birthplace Indiana Mother's Birthplace Indiana Native Tongue English Able to read Y Able to Write Y Enumeration District Number 0141 Years Married 0 Number of Children Born 0 Number of Children Living 0 Enumerated Year 1910 Neighbors View others on page Household Members (Name) Age Relationship Walter Vonigut 26 Head Marjorie Vonigut 22 Wife Cora Overman 23 Cook 1920 United States Federal Census Name Marjorie P Vonnegut Age 30 Birth Year abt 1890 Birthplace Indiana Home in 1920 Manhattan Assembly District 21, New York, New York Street Edgecomb Ave Residence Date 1920 Race White Gender Female Relation to Head of House Wife Marital Status Married Spouse's Name Walter Vonnegut Father's Birthplace Indiana Mother's Birthplace Indiana Able to Speak English Yes Able to read Yes Able to Write Yes Neighbors View others on page Household members Name Age Walter Vonnegut 34 Marjorie P Vonnegut 30 Oma V Stine 24 Irina R Vonnegut 7 New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018 Name Marjorie Vonnegut Gender Female Marriage License Date 2 Feb 1926 Marriage License Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Spouse Donald P Marquis License Number 3069 1930 United States Federal Census Name Marjorie Marquis Birth Year abt 1888 Gender Female Race White Age in 1930 42 Birthplace Indiana Marital Status Married Relation to Head of House Wife Homemaker? Yes Home in 1930 Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Map of Home Manhattan,New York,New York Street Address East 62 Street Block N House Number 125 Dwelling Number 141 Family Number 780 Age at First Marriage 21 Attended School No Able to Read and Write Yes Father's Birthplace Indiana Mother's Birthplace Indiana Able to Speak English Yes Occupation Actress Industry on stage Class of Worker Wage or salary worker Employment Yes Neighbors View others on page Household members Name Age Don Marquis 52 Marjorie Marquis 42 Ruth Vonnegut 17 Walter A Vonnegut 7 New York, New York, U.S., Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948 Name Marjorie Potts Marquis [Marjorie Potts Potts] Gender Female Race White Marital Status Married Age 48 Birth Date 23 Mar 1888 Birth Place Indiana Residence Street Address 276 Riverside Drive Residence Place New York Years in US Life Death Date 25 Oct 1936 Death Street Address 276 Riverside Drive Death Place New York City, Manhattan, New York, USA Cause of Death Coronary Sclerosis Chronic Myocarditis Burial Date 26 Oct 1936 Burial Place Ferncliff Crematory Occupation H W Father's Birth Place USA Mother's Birth Place USA Father Alfred M Potts Mother May Potts Spouse Don Marquis Executor Don Marquis Executor Relationship Husband Certificate Number 22942
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