Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameRoy Phillip Duff 
Birth5 May 1909, Sargent, Custer Co, NE
Death11 Sep 1991, Riverside, Riverside Co, CA
Misc. Notes
Emma got pregnant by Roy (already married with three kids) in Lincoln, Nebraska, then married George Painter in DC before Theresa was born.
Spouses
Birth28 Jan 1912, Lincoln, Lancaster Co, NE
FatherCharles Russell Hitchcock (1886-1964)
MotherClara Belle Wells (1875-1924)
Misc. Notes
Listed with her parents in 1920, then listed with just her brother and sister in Council Bluffs, IA in 1925 - perhaps an orphanage.
In 1930 she is listed with her aunt & uncle, Martin and Pearl Hitchcock back in Nebraska.
She was living in Lynchburg, VA and pregnant with daughter Theresa (from Roy Duff, a married man) in 1931 when she and George Painter gor their marriage license and were married in Washington DC. She listed her name as May Warner (her step-fathers name, for unknown reasons). Both her children, Theresa and George, were born in Washington DC before they moved to Pennsylvania and were listed there in 1940. Wierdly, she is listed as Marlene Painter with her husband and two children in the 1940 census.
She was then listed as Mae Painter of Omaha in her brother’s 1944 obit, apparently having left George.
They divorced and she was remarried to Fred Brandt on 11 Oct 1947 in Baltimore at the Ridgely St Presbyterian Church as Emma Mae Painter; and is listed as Mae D. Brandt (38, NE) in the 1950 Baltimore census with husband Frederick E. Brandt (52, MD) and her son George A. Painter (17, DC).
Was Mrs. Emma Brandt of Baltimore, MD in 1964 when her father died.
She was not still married to Fred Brandt when he died in 1968, as his wife was Lorraine Klem at that time.
In 1930 she is listed with her aunt & uncle, Martin and Pearl Hitchcock back in Nebraska.
She was living in Lynchburg, VA and pregnant with daughter Theresa (from Roy Duff, a married man) in 1931 when she and George Painter gor their marriage license and were married in Washington DC. She listed her name as May Warner (her step-fathers name, for unknown reasons). Both her children, Theresa and George, were born in Washington DC before they moved to Pennsylvania and were listed there in 1940. Wierdly, she is listed as Marlene Painter with her husband and two children in the 1940 census.
She was then listed as Mae Painter of Omaha in her brother’s 1944 obit, apparently having left George.
They divorced and she was remarried to Fred Brandt on 11 Oct 1947 in Baltimore at the Ridgely St Presbyterian Church as Emma Mae Painter; and is listed as Mae D. Brandt (38, NE) in the 1950 Baltimore census with husband Frederick E. Brandt (52, MD) and her son George A. Painter (17, DC).
Was Mrs. Emma Brandt of Baltimore, MD in 1964 when her father died.
She was not still married to Fred Brandt when he died in 1968, as his wife was Lorraine Klem at that time.
Unmarried
ChildrenTheresa Mae (1931-2007)