FIRST NAME: Marian LAST NAME: McAdow ROLE:
Homemaker
OTHER NAMES: Marian Tyrrell or Tyrell
BORN: 20 Sept. 1869 WHERE: Put-in-Bay, OH
DIED: 16
Sept 1950 WHERE: Bradenton, FL
MOTHER: Born
in Germany
FATHER: Born
in Canada
NATIONALITY:
SPOUSEs: Perry
Wadsworth McAdow (m. 2 October
1897)
CHILDREN: None
PUBLICATIONS: Articles
appeared in Florida Grower, August
16, 1913 and Feb 5, 1916
EDUCATION: 12th grade
RELATIONSHIPS: Perry
McAdow
PLACES AND/OR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF RESIDENCE: Born in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, an island in Lake
Erie a few miles south of the Canadian Border. By age 5, Marian moved to
Brampton, UP Michigan.
OCCUPATION, SPHERE OF ACTIVITY: During her childhood, Marian showed an early
interest in horticulture. 1893-1897 Marian was a school teacher in Chicago,
probably the John Spry School which had over 2,000 students. She had more than
50 students I her class. The parents of all her students were foreign born.
Marian McAdow was the social leader in Punta Gorda. Her home
provided a beautiful location to entertain, she made certain there was live
music, and she was a gracious hostess for numerous parties and entertainments.
In 1900 for 13 weeks, she hosted the seasonal PG Whist Club.
TITLES AND HONORS: Planted
banyan tree on West Retta Esplanade in 1904, still stands today at the entrance
to Gilchrist Park near West Harvey Street.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY:
Marian Ann Terrell , born at Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island,
Lake Erie, Ohio. When she was few weeks old her father gave her to a neighbor
couple, Allen Terrell and his wife, who with their new child, moved to
Escanaba, Upper Peninsula Michigan. Marian developed an interest in
horticulture by the age of five. She became a school teacher and taught in
Chicago where she met Perry McAdow. They were married Oct 2, 1897. She
developed a private tropical garden and was a statewide advocate for the use of
tropical plants, shrubs, and trees in beautifying homes.
Archival records provide yearly details of the McAdows
residency in Punta Gorda.
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