Mae Gaston(1885-1962)
- Actress
Mae Gaston was the daughter of Grace Roberts of Llanfairfechan, Caernarvonshire, Wales and Edmund Warrener born in London. The family immigrated to East Boston, MA in 1884 (three siblings were born in Wales - Jane, Nancy & Robert) - they lived at 6 Wilbur Ct. at the time of Mae's birth. By 1889 they had relocated to Illinois where siblings Margaret and Edmund were born - her mother, Grace died in childbirth in 1897 and by 1900 her father had remarried Sarah Jane "Jennie" Saunders of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - only brother Edmund was living at home in 1900.
She appears in over 40 titles, many as leading lady with Francis Ford. On Sunday, 24 Oct 1920, the Boston Herald describes a movie town known as "Filmland City" on the Fellsway in Medford, Massachusetts where 8 episodes of the popular "Nick Carter" series have been recently filmed. Mae is the leading lady opposite star Tom Carrigan.
She married first Fred Curtis Aldrich 24 March 1903 in Chicago, IL. They had two children Edmund and Ardelle. Mae abandoned her husband and children. In Dec 2013, Fred married Estelle Hendricks and they raised Mae's children together.
She married second a bond broker, 30 year old Harold Hoover Baker. Mae lied about her age - A 43 year old divorcee claiming to be 32 residing in Beverly Hills and never mentioned that she had children.
In 1940 Mae and Harold have been living on 17104 Figueroa in Compton, California, for at least 5 years, a home valued at $2,500 (one of the least expensive in the area). Harold is an Operator on a Poultry Ranch, she is a housewife.
Mae died 27 May 1965 in Sonoma, California.
She appears in over 40 titles, many as leading lady with Francis Ford. On Sunday, 24 Oct 1920, the Boston Herald describes a movie town known as "Filmland City" on the Fellsway in Medford, Massachusetts where 8 episodes of the popular "Nick Carter" series have been recently filmed. Mae is the leading lady opposite star Tom Carrigan.
She married first Fred Curtis Aldrich 24 March 1903 in Chicago, IL. They had two children Edmund and Ardelle. Mae abandoned her husband and children. In Dec 2013, Fred married Estelle Hendricks and they raised Mae's children together.
She married second a bond broker, 30 year old Harold Hoover Baker. Mae lied about her age - A 43 year old divorcee claiming to be 32 residing in Beverly Hills and never mentioned that she had children.
In 1940 Mae and Harold have been living on 17104 Figueroa in Compton, California, for at least 5 years, a home valued at $2,500 (one of the least expensive in the area). Harold is an Operator on a Poultry Ranch, she is a housewife.
Mae died 27 May 1965 in Sonoma, California.
