Looking back at the 1880-1940 census (I’m still working on 1950), I’m looking for multi-census residents. Mary Twine Adams appears in Truxton Circle in the 1920-1950 censuses. Mary was an African American woman who lived at 135 P St NW with her husband Harry R. Adams. Her brother Charles A. Twine lived at 31 Q St NW.
Mary “Mamie” Anne Twine was born February 6, 1893 to Andrew Twine and Carrie Thomas Twine in Washington, DC. She had a brother, Charles, and half-sister Ida Twine Upshaw Ponton.
In 1913 she married Harry R. Adams. He was 38 and she was 20 years old. They purchased their home 135 P St NW in 1917. Logically, she appears in the 1920 census as Mary Adams. In all four censuses, she was a wife and homemaker. No children appear in any census to the couple. She remained married to Harry until his death in 1958.
According to the Social Security Death Index she passed away September 15, 1970. Looking at the land records, 135 P St NW was sold by her estate’s executrix Gertrude Farrar.