Cropper, Mary Bess

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Title: Cropper, Mary Bess
Alias: Cropper, Mary E.
Gender: Female
Biography: The sister of famed judge Carroll Lee Cropper, Mary Bess was a college graduate and well-traveled woman. She attended the University of Southern Minnesota in Mankato (Minn.) in the 1960s. She is probably best known for her travel memoir, 'Ten Weeks Abroad.'; Ship manifests and border documentation show her departing from New York City and arriving in Southampton, England on June 21, 1933 aboard the Cunard White Star ship R.M.S. Aquitania. She is later documented arriving in Quebec, Canada from Le Havre, France aboard the Cunard ship R.M.S. Ascania on August 21, 1933.; Immigration and Naturalization Service records in New York show her arriving in New York City from Shannon, Ireland on September 5, 1962 aboard Pan Am Flight 105.
Member: Cropper family
Birth date: 9 Feb 1903
Place of birth: Boone County (Ky.)
Father: Cropper, Woodford Lee
Mother: Kirtley, Anna G.
Death date: 15 Oct 1970
Death and burial information: Bullittsburg Baptist Church Cemetery (Bullittsburg, Ky.)
Related resource: 'Ten Weeks Abroad' by Mary Bess Cropper [PDF]
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #15454796; UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960; U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960; New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967
Source(s): Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910; Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920; Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930; Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940; Find A Grave.com

Item sets: Persons--Kentucky--Boone County

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Title	Class
Cropper, Woodford Lee	Person
Kirtley, Anna G.	Person