Mae Gladys Holmes ^{1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Rockford, IL on 8 January 1920. ⁶

1920 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 190, Dwelling 93, Family 183, Roll 417
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
806 Elm Street; house owned with mortgage
May G. Holmes..Daughter..6..IL

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Rockford, IL on 7 April 1930. ⁷

1930 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 101-28, Dwelling 76, Family 124, Roll 571
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
806 Elm Street; home owned, $20000
May Holmes..Daughter..16..IL

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Rockford, IL on 10 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 101-24, Family 161, Roll 912, Ward 2
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
409 South Second Street
Mae Mattus..Lodger..26..IL..1 yr. High School..Waitress, Restaurant..earned $280 in 1939

(Mae and husband were lodging at the home of Ralph and Nora Clayton.)
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• She was buried after 25 December 1969 in the Willwood Burial Park in Rockford, IL.

Find A Grave Memorial 154439574
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Mae married Thomas Mitkusevitch, son of Joe Mitkusevitch and Hellen Stanavich, on 20 April 1934 in Boone County, IL.^{1 2} (Thomas Mitkusevitch was born on 5 January 1912 in Spring Valley, IL,^{2 10} died on 22 July 1996 in Rockford, IL ¹⁰ and was buried after 22 July 1996 in Rockford, IL ¹⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: Image, on 20 April 1934, in Boone County, IL. ¹

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Rockford, IL on 10 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 101-24, Family 161, Roll 912, Ward 2
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
409 South Second Street
Ralph Clayton..Head..18..IL
Nora Clayton..Wife..17..IL
Kenneth Clayton..Son..0..IL
Albert Watson..Lodger..54..IL
Tom Mattus..Lodger..28..IL..1 yr. High School..Laborer, Paper Box..earned $600 in 1939
Mae Mattus..Lodger..26..IL..1 yr. High School..Waitress, Restaurant..earned $280 in 1939

(Thomas and Mae were lodging at the home of Ralph and Nora Clayton.)
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Thomas Mitkusevitch
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1934
Event Place: Boone, Illinois, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mae Gladys Holmes
Spouse's Gender: Female
Page: 12040
GS Film Number: 001914103
Digital Folder Number: 004539271
Image Number: 00768

Citing this Record:
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X226-PNP : 3 March 2016), Thomas Mitkusevitch and Mae Gladys Holmes, 1934; citing Boone, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,914,103.
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The Holmes Family verbal history as told by relatives gives the name of Mae's husband as Thomas Mattus and they had one son, Roger Mattus.

There is a marriage record in 1934 for Mae Gladys Holmes and Thomas Mitkusevitch in neighboring Boone County. There was one daughter, Joyce Mae, that was stillborn on 11 Dec 1934.

Continuing research shows Thomas's surname of Mitkusevitch being changed either officially or un-officially to "Mattus". There was a son born named Roger Mattus probably around 1941. An email in 2017 from the son of Roger, Michael Mattus" further confirms the spelling as "Mattus".

The Find-A-Grave memorial page for Thomas shows his name entered as "Thomas Mitkusevitch Mattus".

Personal knowledge indicates that Mae was divorced from her husband, Thomas Mattus about 1958 and she remained single for the next ten years or so. She was then re-married to Larry Salivar in about 1968 but Mae died about one year later in December of 1969 and was buried in Rockford. The name on the gravestone is Mae Gladys Salivar. Unfortunately, I can find no record of this marriage which might indicate her previously married name being spelled as either Mattus or Mitkusevitch.

I suspect that Thomas was originally born under the Mitkusevitch surname thus explaining the marriage record between Gladys Holmes and Thomas Mitkusevitch in 1934. He may have changed his surname at some time after 1934 to a more American-like name such as Mattus, thus explaining the still-born daughter in 1934 of Mitkusevitch and the later birth of his son as Roger Mattus.
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Mae next married Lawrence R. Salivar about 1968.³ (Lawrence R. Salivar was born on 2 September 1913 in Rockford, IL,^{11 12} died on 13 January 1994 in Rockford, IL ^{11 12} and was buried after 13 January 1994 in Rockford, IL ¹².)