MA MA - Mary Ann Teresa Waite, 25, Brockton, June 1, 1971

[Murkywaters]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Mary Ann Waite was last seen on June 1, 1971 in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Mary was just recently added to NamUs, please help find a photo and more info on Mary.

The Baltimore County Police are investigating this case, so i assume Mary might be from there.

 

[Murkywaters]

Demographics
Missing Age: 25 Years
Current Age: 73 Years
First Name: Mary Ann
Middle Name: Teresa
Last Name: Waite
Nickname/Alias--
Sex: Female
Height: 5' 6" (66 Inches)
Weight: 100 - 200 lbs
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact: June 1, 1971
NamUs Case Created: February 7, 2018
Last Known Location Map
Location: Brockton, Massachusetts
County: Plymouth County
Circumstances of Disappearance: May Ann Waite was last seen on June 1, 1971.

Physical Description
Hair Color: Black
Head Hair Description --
Body Hair Description --
Facial Hair Description --
Left Eye Color: Brown
Right Eye Color: Brown

Investigating Agencies
Case Owner
Baltimore County Police Department
(410) 887-2214
Agency Case Number: B67841
Robin Teal, Corporal Detective

 

[PayrollNerd]

I wonder what the connection between Brockton, MA and Baltimore, MD is. I did a quick Facebook search and Google search but no info even when I use all 4 names. Mary Ann Theresa Waite

She’s a recent add so I wonder if there is family looking into this prompting the add to NamUS.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

I wonder what the connection between Brockton, MA and Baltimore, MD is. I did a quick Facebook search and Google search but no info even when I use all 4 names. Mary Ann Theresa Waite

She’s a recent add so I wonder if there is family looking into this prompting the add to NamUS.

Idk, but I immediately thought of Laurel Jane Doe when I read Mary Ann's NamUs. She's listed with black hair, though, and the timing might be a bit off, but Samuel Little could be messing up the date for when her met and killed Jane Doe (who he claims originated from Boston, so there's your Massachusetts connection, I guess).

 

[Tuck]

Two other women went missing in the same area during the 1970’s who haven’t been entered in NamUs. Not able to find very much information on them either.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

Located a birth date of 5/15/1946 in Brockton, MA a bit confusion if I have the correct person. The same Father and Mother is listed on all three applications.

SS Application

Mary Ann Waite
Submission Date: * Not provided
Signed By: Client's signature
Reference Number: 63066313552
Description: Duplicate SSN [social security number] - change or replacement

Mary Ann MacLeod
Submission date: June 1962
Signed By: Client's signature
Reference Number: 63066313553
Description: Original SSN [social security number]

Mary Ann MacLeod
Mary Oneil
Submission date: Aug 26 1976
Signed By: Client's signature
Reference Number: 76222500508
Description: Duplicate SSN [social security number] - change or replacement

In all I'm thinking that if this is the correct person she may have grew up in Brockton but disappeared from Baltimore.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

OK finally found it her name was Mary Ann MacLeod feel more confident now that her married name was Waite.

Located a mention of her in her Father's obit, says she has been missing since 1972. So I guess a year range between 71 and 72 will help in the search.

 

[PayrollNerd]

If the DOB is 5/15/1946 she should be listed on the 1940 census. I don't have a subscription to Ancestry. I wonder if she is in someone's tree and they have a photo of her. Plus her marriage might be listed too.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

If the DOB is 5/15/1946 she should be listed on the 1940 census. I don't have a subscription to Ancestry. I wonder if she is in someone's tree and they have a photo of her. Plus her marriage might be listed too.

1940 census occurred prior to her birth in 1946. Using two gene sites with free access is where I acquired the social information from and was able to track down her parents.

Looking at trees nothing much yet currently do not have a sub to Ancestry ... maybe someone whom has one will check it and let us know their findings. Think Gardner may have one not sure will see

One thing is that they def at onetime lived in the Whitman, Mass area to the east of Brockton

 

[PayrollNerd]

1940 census occurred prior to her birth in 1946. Using two gene sites with free access is where I acquired the social information from and was able to track down her parents.

Looking at trees nothing much yet currently do not have a sub to Ancestry ... maybe someone whom has one will check it and let us know their findings. Think Gardner may have one not sure will see

Oh yeah. Duh me. I was thinking 1950 census but that’s not out yet.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

Oh yeah. Duh me. I was thinking 1950 census but that’s not out yet.

No unfortunately

 

[PayrollNerd]

I looked on Familysearch.org but wasn’t able to find her under her maiden name or her married name. I was thinking her marriage date would give us an idea of timing, any criminal records for domestic violence or anything to give us a timeline of her travels.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

I looked on Familysearch.org but wasn’t able to find her under her maiden name or her married name. I was thinking her marriage date would give us an idea of timing, any criminal records for domestic violence or anything to give us a timeline of her travels.

right .... have not located anything as of yet either. Will keep searching thou!

Looking through the area yearsbooks .. nothing there as of yet

 

[alb1on]

Ancestry is very informative, if correct. According to a tree she remarried in Florida in 1973 and died in Lake City, Florida in 2006 as Mary Ann O'Neil. The tree is supported by an entry from the US Social Security and Claims Index which gives her birthdate of 15/5/1946, her birthplace as Brockton, Mass. and her various surnames as MacLeod, Waite and O'Neil. She married Leslie Edward O'Neil, who divorced his first wife in Florida in 1971 - so perhaps this all hangs together. The school picture of her on the tree at least matches hair colour (see attached).

Back in 2008 the owner of the tree posted the following;
" This is a very difficult story to tell. While living in Brockton, Mary Ann left her husband and young children and disappeared. SHe was found in Ithica, New York and brought back home. A few months later, she left again and was not heard from again. We do not know if she is alive. After seven years her husband went to court and shortly after re-married."
I assume they found the Social Security entry subsequently and updated the tree.

I cannot confirm all of this and am always reluctant to rely on family trees, but in this case the owner seems to have details of events around 1971, and official records back the tree. On balance I am inclined to think this case is as recorded, but further proof is needed.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

Excellent work alb1on

 

[PayrollNerd]

Ancestry is very informative, if correct. According to a tree she remarried in Florida in 1973 and died in Lake City, Florida in 2006 as Mary Ann O'Neil. The tree is supported by an entry from the US Social Security and Claims Index which gives her birthdate of 15/5/1946, her birthplace as Brockton, Mass. and her various surnames as MacLeod, Waite and O'Neil. She married Leslie Edward O'Neil, who divorced his first wife in Florida in 1971 - so perhaps this all hangs together. The school picture of her on the tree at least matches hair colour (see attached).

Back in 2008 the owner of the tree posted the following;
" This is a very difficult story to tell. While living in Brockton, Mary Ann left her husband and young children and disappeared. SHe was found in Ithica, New York and brought back home. A few months later, she left again and was not heard from again. We do not know if she is alive. After seven years her husband went to court and shortly after re-married."
I assume they found the Social Security entry subsequently and updated the tree.

I cannot confirm all of this and am always reluctant to rely on family trees, but in this case the owner seems to have details of events around 1971, and official records back the tree. On balance I am inclined to think this case is as recorded, but further proof is needed.

The timing and the story is off but I'm just not sure what/how. Why would someone who's death has been recorded be listed as missing? Is one side of the family not in contact with the other side of the family. It would be easy for Mary to fall off the grid back then but it is interesting that she remarried but the person on Ancestry isn't aware? This sure sounds like the same lady but is it really?

Is there a marriage/divorce record for Mary and her first husband Mr Waite?
How about birth records for the children? (Not to post them but to verify the story.)
Why Ithaca, NY and who brought her back home? Her 1st husband? Her family? Wouldn't there be a newspaper article about this? A wife/mother bails and it should make the news.
I tried to do a timeline but I'm not very good at it. Just trying to wrap my head around this case.

 

[alb1on]

I share the surprise at the development suggested by Ancestry, but will add a few points in its favour;

• there is a very similar case to this (Stella Horrell) who disappeared in the 1940s, died in the 1990s and where the family (or some of it) apparently did not know the story and listed her on the mp sites and posted on this site. She had gone off with a new partner (who she married in the 1980s after nearly 40 years!). AZ - AZ - Stella Horrell, 18, Phoenix, 22 Aug 1943
• there are marriage records for Mary Ann with both the first husband (Waite) and the second husband in 1973 (variously O'Neil or Oneil). I omitted mention of these because I thought the Social Security record, with all 3 names and dob and place of birth, more important.
• the family (or at least some) now seem to know the facts - bit like the Horrell case. Whilst the tree owner on Ancestry did not know them in 2008 (when she posted the message about Mary Ann being missing), she subsequently added the Social Security record and date and place of death. I am not an expert on US records, but I imagine that a Social Security record of a 2006 death may not have surfaced by 2008 (or if it had, was not easily available online at the time)

I am still cautious, but it looks more convincing than not to me.

 

[alb1on]

Just a bit more. I think (from the layout of the tree on Ancestry) that the owner is either a first cousin of Mary Ann or first cousin once removed (probably the former). The tree is comprehensive and detailed, including full details of Mary Ann's parents, even down to her fathers war medals. The owner has also been on Ancestry and building her tree since 2003 and seems to be a competent genealogist. It proves nothing but adds a bit more confidence.

 

[Odyssey]

Deaths are recorded when someone is declared dead. A death record doesn't necessarily mean the person has been found, though the different last name on the death record is odd...

 

[Andreee]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Mary Ann Waite was last seen on June 1, 1971 in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Mary was just recently added to NamUs, please help find a photo and more info on Mary.

The Baltimore County Police are investigating this case, so i assume Mary might be from there.

wonder why she is only being added now after all these years!