COLES, Mary^[1]

1869 - 1937  (68 years)

• Name	COLES, Mary
  Birth	Apr 1869	New York, USA
  Gender	Female
  Census	26 Jun 1900	Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY, USA
  Cause of Death	Fell from 12-story building, probably suicide.   [2]
  Death	6 Jun 1937	1060 Park Ave, New York, NY USA
  Notes	From NY Times story: Plunge Kills Mrs. Gunari Widow of Importer, Ill, Drops 12 Stories to East 87th Street Mrs. Mary Coles Gunari, widow of Andrew P. Gunari, who was an executive of Ralli Brothers, Ltd., importers, was killed about 10 o'clock yesterday morning when she fell or jumped from a window of her twelfth-floor apartment at 1,060 Park Avenue. She was 65 years old. Detective Martin Hayes said the fall occurred after a nurse, Alice Conway, had left the room to get a bottle of spirits of ammonia. Mrs. Gunari had been under a physician’s care for a nervous disorder. The body landed on a sidewalk near Eighty-seventh street. Mrs. Gunari is survived by a daughter from her first marriage, Mrs. Henry Clews Jr., who is in England. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Annie H. Albertson of Amityville, L.I., and Mrs. Sarah A. Draegert of Brooklyn, and a brother, John H. Coles of Little Neck. Mrs. Gunari’s first husband was Jacob W. Titus of Glen Cove. Her second husband was Isaac J. Van Amburgh. She was married to Mr. Gunari in New Canaan, Conn., on June 9, 1928. He died in 1934. [2]
  Person ID	I3562	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	COLES, William Hewlett,   b. 28 Dec 1832, New York d. Aft 11 Jun 1900 (Age > 68 years)
  Mother	NORTON, Maria A,   b. 1 Nov 1835, Holland, Erie, NY, USA d. 5 Aug 1926 (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	VAN AMBURGH, Isaac J,   b. Sep 1827, New Jersey, USA
  Marriage	Abt 1887  [1]
  Family ID	F2519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2011

  
  

  Family 2	TITUS, Jacob W
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  Children	1. TITUS, Eleanor Coles,   b. Aug 1890, New York, USA
  Family ID	F2520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family 3	GUNARI, Andrew P   d. 1934
  Marriage	9 Jun 1928	New Canaan, Fairfield, CT USA
  Documents		Mary Coles Van Amburgh - Andrew P. Gunari Wedding Invitation 1928 Mr. Andrew P. Gunari and Mrs. Mary C. Van Amburgh announce their marriage on Saturday, the ninth of June One thousand nine hundred twenty-eight at New Canaan, Connecticut Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Gunari will be at home after Monday, the seond of July at Wallack Point Stamford, Connecticut
  Family ID	F2522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Apr 1869 - New York, USA Census - 26 Jun 1900 - Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY, USA Marriage - 9 Jun 1928 - New Canaan, Fairfield, CT USA Death - 6 Jun 1937 - 1060 Park Ave, New York, NY USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Mary Coles
  		Mary Coles Van Amburg

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Census Place: Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York; Roll: T623_1079; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 728. [S717] Plunge Kills Mrs. Gunari. [S717] Plunge Kills Mrs. Gunari, Mrs. Gunari’s first husband was Jacob W. Titus of Glen Cove. Her second husband was Isaac J. Van Amburgh.