Margaret Mae SCALES^[1]

1875 - 1945  (69 years)

• Name	Margaret Mae SCALES
  Nickname	Maggie
  Birth	26 Oct 1875	Raleigh, Wake Co, NC   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 May 1945	New Bern, Craven Co, NC
  	Maggie died at her home, 131 Broad Street, in New Bern, North Carolina at 6:45 am on 19 May 1945. She was 69 years old. Cause was noted as "cardio-renio vascular disease", with arteriosclerosis as a contributing factor.
  Burial	21 May 1945	New Bern, Craven Co, NC
  	Her body was interred in the G.H. & G.S. Waters family plot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in New Bern, North Carolina on 21 May 1945.
  Person ID	I51395	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	George B. SCALES,   b. c.1833, Ireland
  Mother	Elisa HAZELTON,   b. c.1840, Nova Scotia
  Family ID	F6413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gilbert Stanley WATERS,   b. 6 Oct 1868, Beaufort Co, NC d. 15 Feb 1950, New Bern, Craven Co, NC (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1892	Raleigh, Wake Co, NC   [2]
  Notes	problem with birth dates for first two children
  Children	1. Julia Frances WATERS,   b. 31 Mar 1894   d. 25 Jun 1894 (Age 0 years)   2. Pearl WATERS,   b. 18 Aug 1895, North Carolina d. 24 May 1973, New Bern, Craven Co, NC (Age 77 years)   3. Robert Turner WATERS,   b. 31 Jan 1899, North Carolina   4. Ernest Edward WATERS,   b. 11 Nov 1900, New Bern, Craven Co, NC d. 13 Nov 1957, New Bern, Craven Co, NC (Age 57 years)   5. Margaret Louise WATERS,   b. 30 Mar 1904, New Bern, Craven Co, NC d. 28 Oct 1954, New Bern, Craven Co, NC (Age 50 years)   6. Frank Hughs WATERS,   b. 5 Jan 1906, North Carolina d. 4 Feb 1971, Raleigh, Wake Co, NC (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F2740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1900 US Census / Waters, Guilford 80 Broad Street, New Bern, North Carolina.
  		1910 US Census / Waters, Gilbert S. New Bern, North Carolina.
  		1920 US Census / Waters, Gilbert S. 131 Broad Street, New Bern, North Carolina.
  		1930 US Census / Waters, Gilbert S. 131 Broad Street, New Bern, North Carolina.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1718] Margaret Scales Waters, North Carolina death certificate no. 8905 (1945). [S3939] Jim and Esther Chauncy, abstractors, Chauncy & Chauncy,Abstracts of Marriages and Deaths of Extant Washington, NC Newspapers, Volume 2 1884 - 1904, ((Washington, NC: Beaufort County Genealogical Society, 1994)). Waters - Scales marriage, p. 20.