Mamie Catherine Butland
Sex: F
AKA: Marge,
Mary
Individual Information
Birth Date: Jan 1872 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Christening:
Death: 3 Jul 1927 - King's Daughters' Hospital, Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi, United States
Burial: in St. Patrick Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Cause of Death: Skull fracture suffered in car accident
Find A Grave ID: 1406545518
Spouses and Children
1. *John Joseph Prendergast Sr. {FGID: 140645680}
Marriage: 2 Apr 1891 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Children:
1. George Edward Prendergast
2. Catherine Agnes Prendergast
3. John Joseph Prendergast Jr {FGID: 115593439}
4. Mary Grace Prendergast {FGID: 153958773}
5. Alice Margaret Prendergast {FGID: 115593724}
6. James Thomas Harahan Prendergast {FGID: 154217848}
7. Anna Statia Prendergast {FGID: 154217878}
8. Marguerite Mercedes Prendergast {FGID: 154217862}
Notes
General:
Per 1900 US Census 1223 S Robertson Ave, Ward 2, Eighth Precinct, New Orleans, LA:Marriage Notes (John Joseph Prendergast Sr.)
Head of household is 32 year old white male John Prendergas. Born in March 1867, he has been married 9 years. He was born in Mississippi, his father in Ireland, his mother in Louisiana. He can read and write, speaks English, is employed as an engineer, and rents his home. His wife, 28 year old Mary, married nine years, has had 4 children, all still living. She was born in Louisiana in 1872. Her father was born in Maine, her mother in Ireland. She also reads, writes and speaks English. The children:
Son - George E, age 8, born February 1892 in Louisiana.
Daughter - Catherine A. age 6, born November 1893 in Louisiana.
Son - John J., age 4, born January 1896, in Louisiana.
Daughter - Mary J., age 1, born December 1898 in Louisiana.
Per 1910 US Census Series T624 Roll 519 Page 145:
John J Prendergast is 39 years old. Born in Mississippi, his father was born Ireland, his mother in Louisiana. John is a locomotive engineer residing at 1117 South Rampart St, New Orleans, LA.
Wife, Mary is 38, born in Louisiana, she is a housewife raising their children all born in La
Son George 18 apprentice in a machine shop
Daughter Kate 16
Son John 14
Daughter Mary 11
Daughter Alice 6
Son Harry 3
Daughter Anastasia 8 months
Per 1920 US Census:
John J Prendergast 52 years old Born in Mississippi, Father born in
Ireland, mother in Louisiana. John is a locomotive engineer for a steam
reg.
Wife is 47 year old Marge
Daughter Kathryn A. 26 years old
Son John J Jr 23 years old machinist in a foundry
Daughter Mary G. 21 years old
Daughter Alice M. 15 years old
Son Harry J. 13 years old
Daughter Anna 10 years old
Daughter Marguerite 8 years old
Per Article in Times-Picayune 7/4/1927 Page 1
DRUNKEN DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER FATAL COLLISION
New Orleans Woman Is Hurled from Auto in Crash on Highway
Catapulted from her son's car in a head on collision with another car alleged to have been operated by a drunken driver, on the highway between Mississippi City and Biloxi shortly before 10 o'clock Sunday night, Mrs. John J. Prendergast, 54 years old, 1520 Melpomene street, died a short time later in the King's Daughters' hospital, Gulfport.
Mrs. Prendergast was seated in the front seat of the car with her son, John J. Prendergast, Jr., who was driving. Her two daughters, Mrs. Albert R. French, Jr., of Pass Christian, Miss., and Miss Alice Prendergast were also occupants of the car.
The Prendergast car was crashed into, according to the police, by a car operated by Lonnie Thompson, Hattiesburg, Miss., salesman, and driven on the wrong side of the road. Thompson was lodged in the Gulfport jail on a charge of manslaughter, reckless driving and operating a car while intoxicated, after he had been treated at the King's Daughters' hospital for minor injuries.
Mrs. Prendergast was the wife of J. J. Prendergast, engineer employed by the Yahoo and Mississippi Valley railroad. She had been spending the week-end with Mrs. French at Pass Christian and went for a ride with her children early Sunday night. The party was returning to Pass Christian when the accident occurred.
She is survived by her husband and the following daughters and sons: Mrs. French, Pass Christian; the Misses Catherine, Alice, Anna and Margaret Prendergast, all of 1520 Melpomene street; and George E., John J. Jr., and Henry Prendergast, of the same address.
Per Times-Picayune 7/5/1927 Page 3
DRIVER IN GULF COAST CRASH OUT UNDER $1000 BOND
Body of Mrs. Prendergast Sent Here for Interment
Gulfport, Miss., July 4 -- Lawrence H. Thompson, charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Mrs. John J. Prendergast of New Orleans, which followed an automobile accident on the beach near the Gulf Coast Military academy last night, was released at 2 o'clock this morning on $1000 bond signed by Mayor J. W. Milner and E. Toms, cashier of the Bank of Richton, of Richton, Miss., occupants of the car driven by Thompson. Another occupant of the car was David Thomas, also of Richton, who was said to be the owner of the car.
Officers who investigated the scene of the wreck last night said that the marks on the car showed that the Prendergast car was on the right side of the road, while the car driven by Thompson was on the wrong side. The two cars collided head-on. Mrs. Prendergast, who suffered a fracture of the skull, died at King's Daughters' hospital, where she was taken following the accident. Mrs. Prendergast's son, J. J. Prendergast Jr., who was driving the car, and two daughters escaped injury. Thompson suffered cuts on the head and was taken to the hospital, where he was placed under arrest by officers.
Thompson, who was charged with manslaughter, will be arraigned at a hearing before Justice T. F. Evans, July 8.
The body of Mrs. Prendergast was sent to New Orleans this morning for interment. Funeral services will be held from P. J. McMahon and Sons' funeral home at 3 p. m. Tuesday.
Per Times-Picayune 7/22/1927 Page 22
MAN IN FATAL CAR CRASH IS CLEARED BY MAGISTRATE
State's Witnesses' Story Of Drunken Driving Discounted by Defense
Gulfport, Miss., July 21 -- Charges against Lonnie H. Thompson, Hattiesburg, wholesale grocery salesman, growing from an automobile collision on the Beach Boulevard near Gulf Coast Military academy the night of July 3, in which Mrs. John J. Prendergast of New Orleans suffered injuries from which she died a few minutes later in the King's Daughters' hospital here, today were dismissed by Justice of the Peace T. F. Evans.
The affidavit against Thompson charged him with operating an automobile while intoxicated and causing the death of Mrs. Prendergast. A large number of witnesses for the state and for the defense conflicted sharply.
The four surviving occupants of the Prendergast automobile swore to the presence of only two cars on the section of road where the accident occurred, and said the Thompson car, swerving from side to side on the highway, was on the wrong side of the road when it struck them. State's witnesses also testified that Thompson and other members of his party had been drinking.
Defense witnesses, chiefly the four men in the Thompson car, said the road was filled with lines of automobiles moving in opposite directions, and that the Prendergast car crashed into their car as its driver tried to run around an automobile ahead of it. None of the occupants of the Thompson car had been drinking, they said.
The damage to both cars was described as consisting chiefly of smashed right front fenders, which the state's attorney contended was proof that the Thompson car was on the wrong side. Thompson's companions at the time of the accident were Hugh Thomas, agent for the Standard Oil Company at Richton, Miss.; his brother, David Thomas, cashier of the Bank of Richton and owner of the automobile in which the four men were riding, and W. Burnham Hickman, Hattiesburg. They were on their way to Gulfport to see the Fourth of July ball game between the Hattiesburg and Gulfport teams, they said.
With Mrs. Prendergast at the time of the crash were her son, John J. Prendergast, Jr., of New Orleans; her daughters, Miss Alice Prendergast of New Orleans and Mrs. A. R. French, Jr., of Pass Christian, and Mrs. Albert Namias of Pass Christian, friend of Mrs. French, who held a baby in her arms. Mrs. Prendergast suffered a broken neck as a result of the crash and the four men in the Thompson car all suffered minor injuries, chiefly cuts and bruises.
New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804-1949
Name:Mary Butland Prendergast
Age:55 yrs
Death Date:3 Jul 1927
Color:W
Page:1410 Volume:194
Per Findagrave
Mary C Butland Prendergast
BIRTH1872
DEATH3 Jul 1927 (aged 54\endash 55)
BURIALSaint Patrick Cemetery #3 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
MEMORIAL ID140645518
age 55
PRENDEGAST
At Gulfport, Miss, Sunday evening July 3, 1927 from an automobile accident, Mary Butland, wife of J J Prendegast
Services from P J McMahon and Son funeral home 4809 Camp street
New Orleans Daily Picayune 2/19/1927 p 2 c 8
Also
Article about the accident New Orleans Daily Picayune 2/19/1927 p 1 c 2
Spouse
John J Prendergast 1867\endash 1943
Per New Orleans marriage index:
Groom: Prendergast, John J. 23 M -
Bride: Mamie C. Butland 19
Dare: 04/02/1891
Volume 15 Page 144
Per New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Marriage Records Index, 1831-1964
NameJohn J. Prendergast
GenderMale
Age23 Birth Date abt 1868
Marriage Date2 Apr 1891
Marriage PlaceNew Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
SpouseMamie C. Butland
GenderFemale
Age19 Birth Date abt 1872
Per Louisiana, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925
NameJohn J. Prendergast
Marriage Date2 Apr 1891
Marriage PaceOrleans, Louisiana, USA
SpouseMamie C. Butland