Catherine Marshall Lankford

1919 - 1966  (46 years)

• Name	Catherine Marshall Lankford  [1]
  	Her name is shown in some family records as Catherine Fitzsimons Marshall Lankford and written on the back of some old pictures as Catherine Mary. Her name is shown as Catherine Marshall Lankford in the wedding announcement to David June Carver. (Baltimore Sun 18 Sep 1938, p. 64) Catherine attended private school at Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, PA, then Goucher College for Women in Baltimore and graduating as Catherine Lankford Carver in 1941. Her name is shown as Catherine Lankford Carver in the marriage announcement to Gering Gessford in the Salisbury Times of 7 Aug 1954 (p.9). Family members say she took her own life.
  Birth	14 Oct 1919	Princess Anne, Somerset Co, Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Census with grandfather	1920	Princess Anne, Somerset Co., Maryland   [2]
  Census with grandfather	1930	Princess Anne, Somerset Co., Maryland   [3]
  Census with husband	1940	Baltimore, Maryland   [4]
  	David Carver, MD, 24, is a clerk for the railroad. His wife's name is June, 20, MD. (Likely a mistake, as her name was Catherine and June was his middle name). He was renting the home at 1206 Bolton Street, HH#72.
  Obituary	1966	Baltimore, Maryland   [5]
  	Mrs. W. H. Goodwin, Baltimore - Private funeral services with interment in Greenmount Cemetery were held here Monday afternoon for Mrs. Catherine Goodwin, 46, who died suddenly on Friday. Mrs. Goodwin was the daughter of the late Drs. Henry M. and Catherine Lankford of Princess Anne. The Baltimore City medical examiner's office reported today that the cause of death has not been established, pending a series of autopsy tests. Police records show she was taken by ambulance from her home at 2721 N. Calvert St. on Friday and pronounced dead on arrival at Union Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her husband, W. H. Baldwin Goodwin, Jr. of the Calvert St. address and a brother, Henry F. Lankford of Princess Anne. (The Daily Times, Salisbury, MD, Tue. 19 Jul 1966, p. 10)
  Death	15 Jul 1966	Baltimore, Maryland
  Burial	Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
  Person ID	I124447	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Dr. Henry Marshall Lankford,   b. 26 Feb 1881, Somerset Co., Maryland d. 7 Oct 1951, Somerset Co., Maryland (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Dr. Catherine Alice Fitzsimmons,   b. Mar 1883, Kansas City, Missouri d. 28 Sep 1937 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1908
  	Kansas Marriage Records The Leavenworth Times Thu. 24 Dec 1908: License to marry was issued to the following couples by Judge Thomas L. Johnson in the probate court yesterday: Henry Marshall Lankford and Aliuce Catherine Fitzsimmons, both of Leavenworth county, Kansas.
  Family ID	F44712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	David June Carver, Jr.,   b. 24 Jan 1916, Baltimore, Maryland d. 9 Sep 1948, Baltimore, Maryland (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1938	Emmananuel Protestant Episcopal Church, Bel Air, Maryland
  	Miss Catherine M. Lankford, Bride Of Mr. Carver Dr. Henry Marshall Lankford, of Beckford, Princess Anne, has announced the marriage of his daughter, Miss Catherine Marshall Lankford, to Mr. David J. Carver, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. David J. Carver, of Guilford, which took place Wednesday morning at Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church in Bel Air. Mrs. Carver, who attended the Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., and Goucher College, is the daughter of the late Mrs. Lankford and was one of the duchesses at the Preakness Ball last spring. Mr. Carver, who is a student at the University of Virginia, has two sisters, Miss Ann White Carver and Mrs. Farrand Flowers, of Washington.
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2023
  Family ID	F44713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Gerring Walter Gessford,   b. 25 May 1909   d. 14 Nov 1967, Baltimore, Maryland (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1954	Baltimore, Maryland   [5]
  	Mrs. Catherine Carver, Gering Gessford Wed Princess Anne j- The marriage of Mrs. Catherine Lankford Carver of Baltimore, formerly of Princess anne and Salisbury, to Gering Walter Gessford of Baltimore was announced today by her brother, Henry Fillmore Lankford of Princess Anne. They were married June 12 in Baltimore, where they are making their home. Mrs. Gessford is the daughter of the late Dr. Harry Lankford and Dr. Catherine Lankford of Princess Anne. They were both physicians. A graduate of Goice College, he made her debut in Baltimore. Mr. Gessford is a building contractor. (The Daily Times, Salisbury, MD, Sat. 7 Apr 1954)
  Divorce	Bef 1966
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2023
  Family ID	F44715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	W. H. Baldwin Goodwin, Jr.
  Marriage	1961
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2023
  Family ID	F44714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Catherine Marshall Lankford 1919-1966

  
  

• Sources

  [S3241] Stell, Judith Marshall, Stell, Judy- The Giant Family Project, 2020 . [S3244] 1920 Census. [S3245] 1930 Census. [S3246] 1940 Census. [S69] Daily Times, Salisbury, MD, 69.