Mary Veronica Cruise Woldin
Born on 16 Dec 1905 in Lambertville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, the fourth of eight children to Bartley Cruise and Nellie Flood Cruise; both parents of Irish descent. DOCUMENT 
Enumerated on 1 Apr 1915 in the New Jersey State Census with her parents and siblings in the Lambertville 2nd Ward. DOCUMENT
Enumerated on 2 Apr 1930 in the 15th Decennial Census of the United States as an unmarried boarder (listed as "Mary B. Cruise," middle initial apparently an error), age 24, employed as a teacher in public school, residing with the family of Elmo C. Hoagland and Georgiana F. Hoagland at 314 East Main Street, Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey. DOCUMENT
Married on 26 Nov 1930 to Samuel Irving Woldin at City Hall in Manhattan, City of New York, by city clerk Michael J. Cruise (no known relation).
Letter of 15 Sep 1956 to the new mother-in-law of her daughter, Opal B. Rue of Livonia, Michigan. DOCUMENT
Mother of three children and grandmother of nine. Employed during her lifetime as a teacher, actress, photographer, and owner of a gift shop. DOCUMENT
Died 2 Dec 1968 at Somerset Hospital, Somerville, New Jersey. DOCUMENT
Buried 4 Dec 1968 at Lake Nelson Memorial Park, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey.
"Sicerely, Mary" - Twin portraits of Mary Cruise in attire reminiscent of the flapper era, circa 1920.
Four generations - Mary Ann McGuire Flood, Nellie Flood Cruise, Mary Cruise Woldin, William Sander Woldin, circa 1935.
Three generations - Mary Ann McGuire Flood (left center), Nellie Flood Cruise (right center), Mary Cruise Woldin (right front) with older brother William Bernard Cruise (left rear), younger brother Robert Cruise (right rear) and sister Ella Cruise (left front).
Home from the war - Mary and her mother, Nellie Flood Cruise, along with two of Mary's children and older brother William Bernard Cruise, circa 19[44?].
At the Wisconsin State House in Madison with her sister-in-law Gertrude Jeanette Woldin and an unidentified woman, circa 1950. No clue what they were doing there.
With her daughter's new in-laws - Sam and Mary Woldin; Opal Brooks Rue and Arthur Harold Rue, after their children's wedding in Bound Brook, New Jersey, Sep 8, 1956.
Publicity shot for The Miracle Worker - She had a part in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker 
Notes on the back indicate the photo ran in two columns of the Bound Brook Chronicle (02-21-1962, p. 1) and, "Photograph by Harvey Patterson, Jr. Studio: 182 Main St., So. Bound Brook, N.J. ELliot 6-9362". DOCUMENT. Photos of the actual scenes in which she appeared in the movie are here and here.
Christmas Day 1962 - at the home of her daughter Ann and son-in-law Bud Rue, 314 North 8th Avene, Manville, Somerset County, New Jersey.
With her mother-in-law, Anne Sitz Woldin and a former Mayor of Somerville and his wife (names unknown), Somerville, New Jersey.
Back yard barbecue at 80 West Cliff Street, Somerville - Mary Woldin with her husband Sam, his mother, Anne Woldin, along with their three children children and spouses at that time, and six of an eventual total of nine grandchildren, Jun 1966.
Art
Pencil sketch of Benjamin Franklin given as a Christmas gift to her grandson in 1966. Inscription on reverse reads "Merry Christmas to Tom, Dec 1966. Love, Grandma Downstairs."
Poem "To Essie with love" written by Mary Woldin in honor of friend Essie Baldinger for serving for two years as president of the Somerville Women's Auxiliary; she then replaced Essie as president (no date); accompanied by a cover letter dated 31 Dec 1992 from Mary's first cousin, Judd Woldin, addressed to Mary's oldest son, Bill.
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