COLES, Mary

COLES, Mary[1]

Female 1869 - 1937  (68 years)


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  • Name COLES, Mary 
    Birth Apr 1869  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 26 Jun 1900  Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause of Death Fell from 12-story building, probably suicide.   [2
    Death 6 Jun 1937  1060 Park Ave, New York, NY USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 29 Jan 2025 

    Father COLES, William Hewlett,   b. 28 Dec 1832, Duck Pond, Glen Cove, Nassau, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1900, Glen Cove, Nassau, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother NORTON, Maria A,   b. 1 Nov 1835, Holland, Erie, NY, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1926, Zion Street, Little Neck, Queens, NY USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage Y  [3
    Family ID F163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 TITUS, Jacob Willis,   b. Abt 1860   d. 16 Jan 1895, Glen Cove, Nassau, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 7 Jan 1888  Glen Cove, Nassau, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Children 
     1. TITUS,   b. 21 May 1888, Glen Cove, Nassau, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1888, Glen Cove, Nassau, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +2. TITUS, Eleanor Coles,   b. Aug 1890, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 

    Family 2 VAN AMBURGH, Isaac J,   b. Abt 1824, Newark, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1911, Glen Cove, Nassau, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 15 Dec 1898  Forest Avenue, Glen Cove, Nassau, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    • Married at house of Mary’s parents
    Notes 
    • From the Brooklyn Citizen, 16 Dec 1898

      A GLEN COVE WEDDING.

      Mrs. Mary Coles Titus Becomes Mrs. Van Amburgh.

      GLEN COVE, L.I., Dec. 16.-Mrs. Mary Coles-Titus, widow of Jacob W. Titus, of this place, and Mr. Isaac J. Van Amburgh, of Peekskill, were quietly married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Coles, on Forest avenue at 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon by the Rev. John W. Gammack, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, this village. Only members of the bride's family were present at the ceremony, and the happy couple left on the 2:42 westbound train en route for Buffalo, where they will remain until Christmas.

      They will then go to Folrida for the remainder of the winter. They will go to California in the spring, and during their absence a house will be built for them in this village, where they will next summer take up their permanent residence. Mrs. Van Amburgh wore a beautiful traveling dress of a rich dark brown material, which was covered when she emerged from the house by a superb sealskin saque, a present from her husband. People are commenting everywhere on the rumor that he settled $70,000 on her shortly before the ceremony, some saying he gave her the bulk of his property. Mr. Van Amburgh is between seventy and eighty years old, and his bride just thirty.


      From the Brooklyn Eagle, 16 Dec 1898

      Van Amburgh - Titus

      Glen Cove, L.I., Dec 16 - Mrs. Mary Coles Titus and Isaac J Van Amburgh were married yesterday afternoon, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. & Mrs William H Coles of Forest Avenue. The Rev. John W Gammack, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, officiated. Only the immediate family were present. Mr. and Mrs. Van Amburgh left on the evening train for Buffalo, where they will spend a few weeks before their departure for Florida, where they will spend the winter. Mr. Van Amburgh was for many years a resident of Greenpoint, but has recently resided at Peekskill, NY. [6, 7]
    Family ID F2519  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2025 

    Family 3 GUNARI, Andrew P,   b. 4 Jan 1870, New York City, NY USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1934, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 9 Jun 1928  New Canaan, Fairfield, CT USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Apr 1869 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Jan 1888 - Glen Cove, Nassau, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Dec 1898 - Forest Avenue, Glen Cove, Nassau, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 26 Jun 1900 - Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Jun 1928 - New Canaan, Fairfield, CT USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Jun 1937 - 1060 Park Ave, New York, NY USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S717] Plunge Kills Mrs. Gunari.

    3. [S405] William Wade Hinshaw, (1940, Ann Arbor, MI), p 404: William H., s Thomas & Amelia, b 12-28-1832, d 3-12-1900, b MK, m. Maria A Norton, dt Anson & Almena, b Holland NY 11-1-1835, d 8-5-1926 ae 89 y 9m.

    4. [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.

    5. [S1463] Jacob W. Titus-in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967.

    6. [S1471] Van Amburgh - Titus.

    7. [S1481] A GLEN COVE WEDDING.



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