Third Generation


26. Anne Marie SVITAK was born on 24 November 1914 in Maryland. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Baltimore (Independent City), MD. She died in February 1983 at the age of 68 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD.

Anne Marie SVITAK and George Wentworth HALEY were married on 5 September 1939 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD.
The Daily Mail, Hagerstown, MD, newspaper article: "Anne Arundel's town had a new first lady named Anne tonight after George Haley, the bachelor Mayor, took Miss Anne Svitak, of Baltimore, as his bride in a surprise ceremony.

The marriage, performed in St. Mary's Catholic Church by the Rev. Father Thomas J. Fallen, was kept secret from all but their closest intimates by the couple. The State capital's new first lady, successor to the consorts of first citizens since colonial times, is the daughter of Mrs. Anna Svitak and the late Florian Svitak, of Baltimore. She is the sister of Mrs. Emory C. Rice, of Baltimore.

Mayor Haley is an Annapolis lawyer, a native of Massachusetts. He was graduated from the University of Maryland and the University of Virginia. He has been active in fraternal, civic and political life in the State capital since he started practice. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Haley, of Annapolis.

Mayor Haley assumed office in January, succeeding Louis N. Phipps, who entered the State Senate. He was previously city attorney and a member of the Board of Aldermen. Haley is the youngest Mayor of Annapolis in recent history.

Mr. and Mrs. Haley left tonight on an extended cruise in a private yacht."

. George Wentworth HALEY was born in Massachusetts.