Sunday, October 18, 2015
MHC_Segment 1
Segment 1 - As you enter the cemetery, take your right parallel to Old Main Street Extension all the way to the end and turn on the last paved roadway. This segment is the first one on your right.
Friday, October 16, 2015
Ferdinand, Ralph E & Eleanor C
Much of his life, Ralph worked for the Joslin Showcase Company of Boston and Cambridge. A business that began with his Uncle, Edmund Joslin (brother of Ralph's mother). Ralph started as a sales representative before becoming the general manager about 1938. After his uncle's death in 1944 he became the owner.
The Joslin Showcase Co. was the principal supplier of interior store equipment to the Jordan Marsh Company of Boston and other stores all over New England. Joslin supplied most of the interior furnishings for Jordan's new store at the Framingham Shoppers World, built after the end of World War II.Ra Elelph marriedanor Constance Dunn, daughter of John and Elizabeth Whelan Dunn on May 20, 1930. They lived in an apartment in Quincy, Mass., and then bought a home at 75 Maple Street, Milton, Mass., in 1937. In 1962, they winterized and moved into their former summer house on the South River in Marshfield, Mass.
Ralph suffered from periods of mental depression in his mid-forties. He sold the showcase business in 1956, during one of these depressions and semi-retired.
In 1964, Ralph purchased the Tides Motel at Chatham, on Cape Cod and operated it for two years. In 1968, he purchased and operated another Cape Cod motel property for a year. His wife, Eleanor, shouldered a great deal of responsibility in Ralph's later enterprises due to his recurring depressions.
Ralph had a strong interest in religion and supported all churches. He particularly enjoyed his class reunions at MIT and had a sincere desire to help those less fortunate.
Ralph and Eleanor had two sons: Paul Joslin Ferdinand and Warren Arthur Ferdinand.
Ralph died on the twenty-third day of December 1974 at South Weymouth, Massachusetts of injuries received from being struck by an automobile on Plain Street (Rt 139) in Marshfield on the eleventh of December while trying to cross the street.
References:
Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Bradley, Joseph H (1878-1952) - Marshfield Farmer 1935-1952 on Cornhill Avenue.
The 1940 Census for Marshfield shows that Joseph H. Bradley was a sixty-three years old, single male, who was born in New York, renting a farm on Cornhill Avenue on which he conducted his own farming business. He was the second to the youngest child and second son of Michael & Jane Bradley of New York City, New York, who immigrated from Ireland to the US. His siblings were George (b. 1867), Mary (b.1868), Kate (b.1875) and Elizabeth (b.1879). What could have brought him out here to take up farming in Marshfield?
Monday, October 12, 2015
Raymond M Haak (1930-2011)
Who were Raymond M & Delores (Jones) Haak?
SOUTHBURY — Mr. Raymond M. Haak, 81, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at his home. He was the husband of Dolores (Jones) Haak. Mr. Haak was born Feb. 10, 1930, in Canandaigua, New York. He received his BS degree from M.I.T. and his master's degree from R.P.I.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Raymond Haak Jr. of Kettering, Ohio; a daughter, Cynthia Ahmuty of Bronxville, N.Y.; a sister, Elaine Macca; a brother, Bob Haak; and five grandchildren.
A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Instead of flowers, contributions may be made to Waterbury VNA Hospice, 58 Brookside Road, Waterbury 06708; or St. George's Episcopal Church, Tucker Hill Road, Middlebury 06762. The Southbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere, 235 Main St. North, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made through www.munsonloveterefuneralhome.com.
According to the 1940 census, Raymond M. Haak Jr was the oldest of three children born to Raymond M. & Bertha Haak. At that time, he was still single and living at 260 Fayette Street in Palmyra, Wayne, New York. Since this residence is the same as in 1935, perhaps it is his birthplace. His siblings were a Robert "Bob" Haak, born about 1931, and a sister Elaine Ann (Haak) Macca, born about 1937. He graduated from M.I.T. in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1950.
He had two children by Delores, Raymond M. Haak III of Kettering, Ohio and a daughter, Cynthia H. (Haak) Ahmuty of Bronxville, New York. Cynthia was born in September of 1954. She married Atty. Steven J. Ahmuty, Jr. They have two sons - Steven J. III and Tyler H. Her brother, and his wife have three children.
Still no luck on how Marshfield, Mass came to be their final resting place. Hopefully someone can add this piece of information to complete there story.
Update - his wife, Del, was the connection to Marshfield. She graduated from Marshfield High:
In sadness, we mourn the sudden passing of Delores (Del) Haak, age 86, of Southbury, Connecticut on April 4, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Raymond M. Haak. Born on September 28, 1930, Del graduated from Marshfield High School and Mt. Ida Junior College. She was the consummate homemaker and loving mother, fun, charming and easy going. Del was always the life of the party. She loved helping other people, visiting them when they were ill and comforting them. Del had many interests and hobbies, especially traveling. Gardening was her true joy; she was happiest digging in the dirt with mud under her nails. Del is survived by her loving fiancé, Forest Herron. Wonderful mother to Cindy Ahmuty and Chip Haak. Adoring grandmother to Trace and Tyler Ahmuty, and Morgan, Carter and Payton Haak. A memorial service will be held at 11:30 AM on June 10, 2017 at the Watermark, Southbury, CT. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to St. George’s Episcopal Church, Tucker Road, Middlebury, CT 06762 or The United Church of Christ, 283 Main Street North, Southbury, CT 06488. Munson Lovetere Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Friday, October 9, 2015
Who was Robert P. Colligan (1926-1959)?
Robert Pierce Colligan
(July 21, 1926 - Feb 23, 1959)
Massachusetts F1 USNR - WWII
Robert Pierce Colligan was one of eight children born to James H. & Ailda "Ida" (Montosi) Colligan on July 21, 1926 in Quincy, Massachusetts.
He enlisted for service on April 8, 1944 and served as a fireman first class in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Though he never received a medal, his service was enough for his country.
He married Phyllis C. Calkin. Phyllis was the youngest child of James C & Gertrude (Prouty) Calkin of Scituate, Massachusetts. They lived on Springfield Avenue in Marshfield. They had three children - two sons and three daughters.
On March 5, 1959, she filed an application for a military headstone in Marshfield. She outlived him several years, passing away in 2011. A flat granite marker serves as recognition for his devotion and services to his country.
The Judson Ewell Family
(1839 - 1917)
by
Donna L. Beals
Local Family Historian
Judson Ewell was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts on October 23, 1839. He married first, to Maria Leonard, who bore him four children all born in Marshfield, Massachusetts:
*(1) Leonard G Ewell - born 6 Feb 1873
*(2) Emeline Ewell - born on 14 Jun 1877
(3) Walter Ewell - (1870-1870)
(4) George E Ewell - (1881-1882).
The latter two son both died in infancy. Maria was born in Marshfield, Mass also in 1848 to George & Emeline Charlotte (Washburn) Leonard. She died in Marshfield, Mass on
8 Jul 1881.
His second wife was Julia Frances Rogers, born in Marshfield, Massachusetts on Dec. 22, 1851, the daughter of Charles & Nancy (Carver) Rodgers. Julia bore Judson four children. The children by Julia were:
*(5) Ralph Ewell, born in Marshfield, Mass. on December 5, 1886
*(6) Marion Rogers Ewell, born in Marshfield, Mass on January 30, 1888
*(7) Ezra Gilbert Ewell, born in Marshfield, Mass on March 20,1890;
and supposedly died in 1922, according to the gravesite
*(8) Edna F. Ewell,who was born on October 4, 1891.
All listed here are buried in the Marshfield Hills Cemetery. Judson’s second wife, Julia died in 1911.
The Second Generation
There were eight children all together fathered by Judson Ewell, of which two have continued into this next generation from his first marriage and the last four from his second marriage.
(1) Leonard Gordon Ewell - born in Marshfield, Mass. on 6 Feb 1873. He married a
lady named Nina (-). On September 12, 1918, Leonard registered for the World War I draft. He was of medium height and stout stature. with brown hair and eyes. At the time of his draft registration he was residing at 11 Stickney Avenue, Somerville, Mass. On 1894 he married (1) Maud Eunice Livermore of Charlestown, Mass. She was the daughter of Perkins R and Julia (Adams) Livermore. On April 15, 1930 they were listed he was listed at 2 Woodside Street in Salem, Massachusetts with his wife , Nina C (Billings) Ewell (age 60) and her widowed motherSylvia Billings Ninah was a twin sibling of Silvia Billings, both 34 years of age in 1900 and living with their father in Maine.. On April 15, 1940 they were both listed at the age of 67 as residing in a house at 2 Woodside Street in Salem, Massachusetts since 1935. Leonard worked in the private sector in banking as a vault clerk for Old Colony Trust out of Boston, Massachusetts. His wife was a homemaker.It appears he had no offspring.
(2) Emeline Ewell - born in Marshfield, Mass. on 14 Jun 1877.
(3) Ralph Ewell, born in Marshfield, Mass. on December 5, 1886
(4) Marion Rogers Ewell, born in Marshfield, Mass on
January 30, 1888
(5) Ezra Gilbert Ewell, born in Marshfield, Mass on March 20,1890; and supposedly
died in 1922, according to the gravesite
(6) Edna F. Ewell,who was born on October 4, 1891.
Marion married Arthur G Dresser (1884-1966).
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