The Slovak Yankee

Amanuensis Monday: Obituary of Catherine Y. Kinmond

Portland Evening News, Tuesday, February 24, 1931, page 14 [Maine]

MRS. CATHERINE Y. KINMOND

WESTBROOK--The funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Y. Kinmond, 86, who died Monday at her home on Pierce Street, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 from the funeral parlors of H.A.G. Hay, Main Street.  Mrs. Kinmond made her home with her son John Y. Kinmond, and was ill but a very short while before her death.  She was born in  Brechin, Scotland, and had resided in Westbrook almost 50 years.  Being a member of the Westbrook Congregational Church.  She leaves beside her son John, two other sons: James Kinmond of this city and Ernest Kinmond of Three Rivers, Mass.; also three daughters, Mrs. Annie K. Smith and Mrs. Veramus (sic) C. Hanson of the city, and Mrs. Betsy J. High of Methuen, Mass.

Portland Evening News, Thursday, February 26, 1931, page 16

MRS. CATHERINE Y. KINMOND

WESTBROOK--Funeral services were held Wednesday for Mrs. Catherine Y. Kinmond, wife of Ernest F. Kinmond from 795 Maine street, the Rev. Ray Gibbons of the Westbrook Congregational Church officiating.  Six grandsons were bearers, these being Ernest F. High of Methuen, Mass., Harold Kinmond of Three Rivers, Mass., Robert Smith, Ernest F. Kinmond, Philip Hanson and Roland Pinkham of this city.

 

N.B.  It is interesting that had I not continued reading I would have missed the second notice which ties my Pinkhams to this woman.  Her daughter, my great-grandmother, had predeceased her and was not mentioned in her obituary.

Amanuensis Monday: Obituary of Charles A. Keene

Beverly Evening Times (Beverly, Mass.)

CHARLES H. KEENE

Charles H. Keene residing at 29 Wallis Street and well known in Beverly passed away at the Beverly Hospital yesterday after an illness of about two months at the age of 63 years.

Mr. Keene was employed by the Boston & Maine Railroad and has a host of friends who will be sorry to learn of his passing.  He was a member of Liberty Lodge A. F. & A.M. The Scottish Rite Bodies of Salem and Boston, Aleppo Temple Shrine, Bass Rover Lodge I.O. D.F. and the Anchor Club.  Besides his son John W. Keene of Norristown, Pa. he elaves (sic a typo!) a sister in Watertown, three brothers Fred of New York City, William and Alonzo Keene of Boston and six grandchildren.  The funeral services will be held at the Funeral  Chapel of Curtis H. Gentlee Ellis Square, Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock.

Note: His full name was Charles Arthur Keene, and the H. is an error.  See his marriage and birth records at: Massachusetts Births for 1873, 250:188 and Massachusetts Marriages for 1892, 424:301.

Amanuensis Monday: Obituary of Ada S. Keene

Beverly Evening Times (Mass.) [April 28, 1934]

MRS. ADA S. KEENE

Mrs. Ada S. Keene, wife of Charles A. Keene who made her home in  Beverly for many years and who had many friends here, passed away this morning in South Hamilton where she had been living for the past several months.

Mrs. Keene was a member of the Methodist Church of Beverly, the Friendship Rebekah lodge of which she was a Past Noble Grand and a Past Deputy, Diana Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, being a Past Worthy Matron a member of the Friendship club and of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.

Besides her husband, Charles A. Keene, she leaves a son John W. Keene of Philadelphia, five brothers and six grandchildren.

DIED

KEENE--In South Hamilton, April 28, Mrs. Ada S. Keene, wife of Charles A. Keene, age 59 yrs., 27 dys.  Funeral services will be held Monday April 30 at 2 p.m. from the Methodist church, Cor. Dane and Cabot streets, Beverly.  Relatives and friends are invited.

Amanuensis Monday: Obituary of Winifred L. James

Portland Press Herald (Me.), August 6, 1964, p. 2.

MRS. WINIFRED L. JAMES

WESTBROOK -- Mrs. Winifred L. James, 79, widow of Augustus James, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leigh Hoar of Winthrop.  Mrs. James resided at 40 Waltham St.

Born at Naples, she was the daughter of Charles and Mary Stack Gammon.  She had been a resident of Westbrook for 45 years, coming here from Mechanic Falls.  Her husband died in 1928.

Mrs. James was a member of the Warren Congregational Church and belonged to Group D. of the church's Women's Fellowship.  She was a member of the Beulah Chapter, OES, of Westbrook.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Leigh Hoar of Winthrop, and Mrs. Richard Wilson and Mrs. Leigh Flint both of Westbrook; a son Raymond C. of Westbrook; a brother, Philip Gammon of Revere, Mass.; 20 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday from 795 Main Street. The Rev. Clarence Clark of York will officiate. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Note: Her mother's obituary is here.

Transcription Monday (Amanuensis): Obituary of Mrs. Mary A. Gammon

Portland Press Herald, [Maine] November 26, 1931, page 2

Gammons Funeral Friday

Westbrook, Nov. 25 - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Gammon, widow of Charles Gammon, who died today on her 82nd birthday at her Rochester Street home, will be held at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon at the residence.

Mrs. Gammon was born at Bangor, the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Stack.  She went to Scarboro to make her home after her marriage to Mr. Gammon in 1867.  She also lived at Raymond, Gorham and Oxford. She came to Westbrook from the latter town in 1920 following the death of her husband.  She was a member of the Warren Congregational Church of this city and a charter member of the Larry Relief Corps of South Windham.

She is survived by three sons, Clyde E. Gammon of Rumford, Philip H. Gammon of Westbrook and Walter E. Gammon of Portland; four daughters Mrs. Henry Chaplin of Oxford, Mrs. M.S. Whitacker of Lynn, Mass., and Mrs. Winnifred G. James and Miss Ethylle M. Gammon of Westbrook; 14 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.  Internment will be in the family lot in the Oxford Cemetery.

Notes:  It was Thomas and Abbie Stack (not Mary) and she was born in St. John, New Brunswick not Bangor.  Don't believe everything you read!

Transcription Monday (Amanuensis): Obituary of Mrs. Harris Duncan

Portland Press Herald (Me.) 17 May 1960:

MRS. HARRIS DUNCAN

WINDHAM--Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Duncan, 58, wife of Harris Duncan, died at her home on the Cook Road Monday following a long illness.

She was born in Falmouth Oct. 21, 1901, daughter of J.P. and Elizabeth Stacks Pratt.  She attended Falmouth and Westbrook schools.

She came to Windham from Westbrook 14 years ago.

Besides her husband she is survived by a son James E. of California; a daughter, Mrs. Nancy McAvoy of South Portland; four brothers: John D. Pratt of Steep Falls, A.P. Pratt, Steve Pratt and Ross Pratt, all of Westbrook, a sister Mrs. James Waltham of Belfast, two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. 

Funeral services will be held at 2 p/m Wednesday at the  Dolby Funeral Home, South Windham.  Internment will be in Forest City Cemetery.

Notes:  J.P. should be J.T./Stacks should be Stack/A.P. Pratt, again should be A.T. Pratt.  This is how I would track down the deaths of my ancestors's siblings.  In this particular case, my great-grandfather Archibald Thompson Pratt.  I had his obituary and knew this sibling died previously.  By getting her death certificate and then her obituary, I found more places where the family had moved to.  I then moved forward through time to get the rest of the family.   And yes, this was all done by mail and microfilm before the Internet.

Transcription Monday (Amanuensis): Obituary of Susan (Dolinsky) Hollick

Undated newspaper clipping from unknown newspaper:

SUSAN DOLINSKY HOLLICK, 85, Wall Township, died yesterday at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch.  She was a nurse's aide at Neptune Conva Center for 10 years, retiring in 1991.  Prior to that, she was a nurse's aide in Jersey City for many years.  She was a member of the Memorial United Methodist Church, Neptune City.  Mrs. Hollick was born in Nesquehoning, Pa., and lived in Jersey City most of her life before moving to Wall in 1984.

Surviving are a son, Paul J., Pompton Plains; a daughter Betty Lamonea, Wall; a brother, Martin Dolinsky, Toms River; two sisters, Bette Dolinsky, Allentown, Pa., and Christine Miranda, Nesquehoning, Pa; and five grandchildren.  Johnson Funeral Home, Wall Township, is in charge of arrangements.  

Notes: She was the daughter of last's week's transcription.  Gravestone here.  Picture here.

Transcription Monday (Amanuensis): Obituary of Anna (Kristofik) Dolinsky

1. [undated clipping from an unknown newspaper]

Mrs. Anna Dolinsky

Mrs. Anna Dolinsky, 75, of 102 West Columbus Avenue, Nesquehoning, died this morning at 4:15 o'clock in the Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital, Lehighton.  She had been hospitalized one week.

Born in Czechoslovakia, she came to this country 62 years ago.  She was a member of St. John's Slovak Lutheran church, Lansford.

Her husband, Paul Dolinsky, died in 1937.

Surviving are the following children: John, at home; Mrs. Christine Miranda of Nesquehoning; Miss Alzbeth Dolinsky of Allentown; Mrs. Susan Hollick and Martin of Jersey City, N.J., and Paul of Astoria, Long Island; 12 grandchildren.

2. [undated clipping from an unknown newspaper]

Death Notice

DOLINSKY--Mrs. Anna of 102 West Columbus Avenue, Nesquehoning, in the Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital, Lehighton, Tuesday, March 31, 1959.  Funeral at 1:30 p.m. with further services in St. John's Slovak Lutheran Church Lansford with the Rev. John Kovacik, pastor, officiating.  Internment in Slovak Lutheran cemetery, Nesquehoning. Friends may call Wednesday 4 p.m. until time of funeral.  JOseph E. Sniscak, funeral director.

Note:  The above details are all correct except that she arrived in the U.S. in 1899 not 1897.  As a child, my great-uncle John still owned that house and I was in it several times.

Amanuensis Monday: Obituary of Agnes Elizabeth (Pratt) (Pinkham) Caron

Mrs. Edward J. Caron

Westbrook [Maine], Mrs. Agnes E. Caron, 56, wife of Edward J. Caron, of 85 Haskell Street, died Sunday night in a a Pompton Plains, N.J., hospital, after a brief illness.

She was a lifelong resident of Westbrook, being born in this city Sept. 8, 1915, the daughter of Archie and Lila Quigley Pratt.  She attended Westbrook schools, graduating from Westbrook High School.

She served as the first woman city clerk here.

She was employed a the former Dana Warp Mill and for the past 15 years had worked in the office at Sebago-Moc Co., factory here.

Mrs. Caron attended Warren Congregational Church.

Besides her husband she is survived by a brother Warren T.  Pratt of Windham, two daughters, Mrs. Sharon Hollick with whom she was visiting at the time of her death, and Miss Lyla Pinkham, Westbrook, three grandchildren and several cousins.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at 795 Main St. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

[The Portland Press-Herald of July 25, 1972]

Note: if only all obituaries could be this informative!

Transcription Monday (Amanuensis): Obituaries of Abraham and Isaac Brown

The obituary for Abraham Brown of Leavenworth, Kansas appeared in the Zanesville (Ohio) Daily Courier on October 26, 1876.  It was originally transcribed here on a Ancestry.com message board.

The death of Hon. Abraham Brown occurred at his residence in Leavenworth, Kansas, a few days since after a protracted illness. The deceased was a man eminently respected by all who knew him. He was posessed by a kind heart and generous impulse, and by acts of kindness had won the love of many warm friends who deeply deplore his death. He was at one time a member of the Kansas legislature, Judge of the Court, and during his sojourn in Kansas, had filled many positions of honor and trust. He was a brother of the late Isaac M. Brown, who was so many years a resident of Zanesville. He had attained the ripe age of seventy years.

This dovetails with the obituary of Isaac M. Brown which appeared in the same newspaper in 1870:

There is a sad warning to all in the death of an old friend.  There is a deep, quiet voice in the empty seat and the name that has lost its owner--a voice that recalls to our memory the kindly heart, the genial face, and the affectionate nature of a good man, and a respected fellow citizen who has passed to his long, long home.  Such a man was Isaac Brown, who died in Paris, Ky., October 8, 1870, aged 73 years with paralysis of the brain, while visiting his oldest daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Mundy.

Mr. Brown was born in Middleburg, Loudon County, Virginia, May 21, 1797, and married Christena Kyle, January 8, 1818.  He left Virginia November, 1832, came to this city in 1833 and continued to reside here the greater part of that time.  A good friend, a true patriot, a kind husband, an indulgent father, and above all, an honest man.  Mr. Brown was essentially a man of charity, with a heart that ever beat in unison toward all, and with a fund of genial humor that ever rendered him a welcome guest to all, both old and young.  His remains were brought back to this city and laid by the side of his inestimable wife, who crossed the river just one year and eight months before him.  He died in full fellowship with the Masonic fraternity, where he had been a member for m any years.  

Thus, tying these two obituaries together, I know where Abraham Brown (Michael's 3rd great-grandfather) came from.  But who in their right mind (and certainly not me) would have looked for a Leavenworth Kansas obituary in an Ohio newspaper?  That's why the transcriptions are so important.  My google search found the transcription.