On 24 Sep 1938 Melvin Llewellyn married Marion Ruby Hall in Lowell, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.17 Born on 20 Aug 1917 in Plainville, Hartford Co., Connecticut, U.S.A. Marion Ruby died in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A., on 15 Oct 2004; she was 87. Occupation: Librarian, Bookkeeper.

Melvin and Ruby Wilson resided at 21 Roper Street, Lowell, Massachusetts according to the 1940 United States federal census. They rented their home for USD 14.00 per month. Melsin Wilson was a section hand at a woollen mill. Marion Wilson was a [barber?] at the United Elastic Company. (T627-1694, Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., ED 18-135, Lowell ward 11, p. 8A)

After graduating from Lowell High School in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1935, Marion Hall worked as a librarian at the Lowell Public Library. She married Mel Wilson on 24 September 1938 and continued working at the library until her children were born. In 1944, Mel Wilson joined the Army and was shipped overseas. For two years, with two small children, Marion Wilson supported the war effort by making blankets at the Lowell Mills. In 1946, he returned from overseas and moved his family to Portsmouth to continue working for the Department of Defense at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Marion was a “stay at home” mom, raising five children, until 1959, when she became the secretary/bookkeeper at the Portsmouth Salvation Army, which was then located at 50 State Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Eventually, she became the social worker at The Salvation Army, a position she held until her retirement in 1982.