Marie
(dates unknown)
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Marie was the grandmother of civil-rights leader Walter White and mother of Madeline Ware White. White’s family tradition described her as Dilsia’s daughter, born in slavery, and alleged that President William Henry Harrison was her father. That paternity remains disputed and should not determine her surname as fact. Her connection to White’s maternal family identifies the intended woman. The master’s 1893–1955 lifespan belongs to Walter White; Marie’s dates remain unknown.
EARLY LIFE
Marie was Walter White’s maternal grandmother and the mother of Madeline Ware White. White’s family tradition described her as Dilsia’s daughter, born into slavery. Her birth date, birthplace and securely documented surname remain unknown. The Harrison paternity tradition is disputed.
Marie is known through Walter White’s maternal family history. Published accounts associate her with Augustus Ware and LaGrange, Georgia, but her independent life dates and occupation have not been established. The birth and death dates formerly assigned to her belong to Walter White.
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The date and circumstances of Marie's death remain unestablished. She is identified in the family account as the mother of Madeline Ware White and the grandmother of civil-rights leader Walter White, with connections to Augustus Ware and LaGrange, Georgia. Those relationships locate her in an earlier generation but do not supply a dependable lifespan or terminal medical history. The linked article concerns Walter White, whose death from a heart attack in New York on March 21, 1955, is his own documented event. It is not evidence that Marie died then or from the same cause. No securely matched notice, burial record, medical account, or description of her final days has been established in the material available here. The limited surviving family information should therefore be preserved as context without filling the silence with a descendant's deathbed story.
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