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• 1930 Federal Census, Fulton County, Georgia, 15 April, East Point Burough (Atlanta), District 159, page 2A, 503 Jefferson Avenue, Hse #16, Fam #18
  Keith, Arnold E Head Rents $45 M W 37 Married at age 22 TN TN TN Insurance Agent
  Keith, Grace Wife F W 36 Married at age 21 TN TN TN
  Keith, Arnold Jr Son M W 15 TN TN TN
  Keith, Robert Son M W 9 GA TN TN
  Keith, Mary Dau M W 7 GA TN TN
  
  1940 Federal Census, Bibb County, Georgia, 8 April, Macon, District 11-37, Page 5A, 107 Callahan St, Fam #113, Rents $25
  Keith, Arnold E Head F W 46 Married Grade H3 b Tennessee  Atlanta, Fulton GA in 1935 Auto Insurance Salesman
  Keith, Grace G Wife F W 47 Married Grade H2 b Tennessee  Atlanta, Fulton GA in 1935 Housewife
  Keith, Robert G M W 19 Single Grade H4 b Georgia  Atlanta, Fulton GA in 1935 Bookkeeper, Textile Manufacturing Co
  Keith, Mary G Dau F W 17 Single Grade H4 b Georgia  Atlanta, Fulton GA in 1935 Parttime Waitress, TTen Cent Store
  
  Mary Grace KEITH
  Birth 03 Sep 1922 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia
  Death 25 Nov 2008 in Laguna Hills, Orange, California
  Parents:
  Arnold Edison KEITH Sr 1892 - 1967
  Grace Nell GRIFFIN 1892 - 1965
  Married 10 Jun 1944 at Age 21 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
  to Joseph Cayton MENDES
  Birth 18 Feb 1925 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
  Death 27 Apr 1983 in Rhode Island, Jamestown, Newport
  "Met during WWII in FL. She took a train to San Diego to meet him before he shipped out to war in the Pacific. They were married in Tijuana, Mexico."
  Divorce from Joseph Cayton MENDES Sep 1956, Age: 34
  "1st Divorce Joe & Mary"
  Marriage to Joseph Cayton MENDES 1961, Age: 39, Nevada, USA
  "Second Marriage Joe & Mary"
  Divorce from Joseph Cayton MENDES 1963, Age: 41 Santa Cruz County, California, USA
  "2nd Divorce Mary & Joe"
  --  Ancestry Trees, Mendes/Keith/Griffin Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/47656131/person/6817732661?ssrc=&ml_rpos=8
  
  "Mary Constance Terry Keith is my Great Grandmother. I found pictures of her in my mother's things after she passed in 2008. Mother [Mary Grace Keith] was named after her, and she did look like her".
  --  Cindy Mendes, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 2 February 2014
  
  A directory record in Lakewood, Califonria, has her birth date as a year earlier than that reported on her grave and in family source.  Social Security has 3 September 1922.
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2 about Mary K Mendes
  Mary K Mendes
  Birth 3 Sep 1921
  Address 4552 Nipomo Ave, Lakewood, CA, 90713-2822
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current about Mary Mendes
  Mary Mendes
  Born 3 Sep 1922
  Died 25 Nov 2008
  Last Residence Fountain Valley, Orange, California 92708
  SSN issued Georgia (Before 1951)
  
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  Mary Grace Keith Mendes
  Birth Sep. 3, 1922 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
  Death Nov. 25, 2008 Laguna Hills, Orange County, California
  
  Sister of:
  Arnold Edison Keith Jr 1914-1974
  Robert Griffin Keith 1920-1982
  
  Parents:
  Arnold Edison Keith (1892 - 1967)
  Grace Nell Griffin Keith (1893 - 1965)
  
  Spouse Joseph Cayton Mendes (1925 - 1983)
  
  Burial Harbor Lawn-Mount Olive Memorial Park, Costa Mesa, Orange County, California
  
  Created by Cindy Nov 21, 2012
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #101075560, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101075560
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Sources

• 1. 1930 Federal Census, Fulton County, Georgia
  • 15 April, East Point Burough (Atlanta), District 159, page 2A, 503 Jefferson Avenue, Hse #16, Fam #18
• 2. 1940 Federal Census, Ouachita County, Arkansas
  • 8 April, Macon, District 11-37, Page 5A, 107 Callahan St, Fam #113, Rents $25
• 3. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. Email Sources
• 6. Ancestry Trees
• 7. Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001
  • Certificate #4180