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Daughter of George Dyment and Nora Bailey.

The (partial) obituary for Nora Ann Bailey Dyment lists her children as Harry and Dorothy, Mrs. Lila Glassman, Mrs. Mattie Baker and Mrs. Nora Gordon. Seattle Daily Times February 24 1928

In his obituary, George Dyment's children were Mrs. Lila Nauss, Mrs. Nora Gordon, Mrs. Jean Barry of Spokane, Mrs. Dorothy Burke of Saranac Lake, New York. (1953).

Thomas Smith Baker, age 23, married Mattie Dyment, 18, of Seattle in 1919.

Name Thomas B Baker
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 20 Sep 1919
Event Place King, Washington, United States
Spouse's Name Matie Dyment
Citing this Record "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPML-352V : 28 November 2018), Thomas B Baker and Matie Dyment, 20 Sep 1919, King, Washington, United States, Washington State Archives, Olympia; FamilySearch digital folder 004197844.

In 1920, they were married but living apart, Mattie with a Baker family - perhaps her in-laws? In 1930, Mattie was living in Los Angeles with her daughter Dorothy, age 9. She was divorced. Matie Baker, daughter of George Dyment and Nora Bailey, married Frederick Brett Stokes in 1930 in California (California marriages on familysearch.org). Stokes' father founded a well known publishing company.

Matie Stokes, born in Washington DC can be found in the 1940 US census in New York State with her daughter Dorothy Stokes, age 20. Her husband was a patient in a hospital.

Frederick Brett Stokes, husband of the late Matie Dyment Stokes of Saranac Lake died in 1946. His partial obituary in the New York Times read : "Frederick Brett Stokes, for many years an official of the Frederick A. Stokes Company, publishers, and subsequently an adviser of the J: B. Lippincott Company of ..."

From Green-Wood National Historic Site webpage:

STOKES MATIE DYMENT 1945-06-14 390 33
STOKES FREDERICK BRETT 1946-06-12 390 33

Stokes, Matie Dyment beloved wife of Frederick B. Stokes on June 10 1945, after a long illness at Saranac Lake New York. Funeral services at St. Luke's church, Saranac Lake NY Tuesday June 12 11 am, please omit flowers.

Canadian connection: "Then, following a bitter lawsuit with her first American publishers, Lucy Maud Montgomery switched to Canadian publishers MCCLELLAND AND STEWART and American publishers Frederick Stokes."

 

 

 

"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8NB-T8B : accessed 07 Mar 2013), Fredrick Brett Stoke and Matie Baker, 1930.
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQB4-FWD : accessed 07 Mar 2013), Matie D Stokes, Ward 11, Yonkers, Yonkers City, Westchester, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68-122, sheet 9A, family 203, NARA digital publication T627, roll 2867.
Source Citation: "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHNP-MVT : accessed 20 June 2012), Matie Baker in household of Lovender G Baker, , King, Washington.
Citing this Record "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCVM-3BX : accessed 07 Feb 2013), Matie Baker, Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California; citing enumeration district (ED) 0070, sheet 12A, family 340, NARA microfilm publication .