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The Family of
CHARLES HAGGERTY & LOUISA ANNA LAVERTY
CHILDREN:
MASH one:|Martha Anne|
John Edward|
Hannah Myrtle|
Thomas Albert|
Elsie Louisa|
Mary Agnes|
Walter Leo|
Augustus Charles|
Mildred Adelaide|
Gertrude Madolyn|
Cecil Waldo|
Clyde Elias|
More Haggerty PIX|
MARTHA ANNE HAGGERTY & JOHN PATRICK COSTELLO:
Martha Anna Haggerty Costello
early on ...
|PIX: More Early On, Hannah Myrtle,
Martha Anne & John Edward Haggerty|
b: 22 July 1885, Littleton ME, attended by Dr Donald; bap: St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME, 23 August 1885 Teacher; grad Ricker Classical Institute, Houlton ME and BosCtyHosp School of Nurseing, Boston MA; lifetime practising RN; stroke crippled in later years; resided Boston MA; continually housed, counseled & encouraged transiting relatives from farm to city; 8 kids:
m: John Patrick Costello 30 June 1915, St Cecilia's RCCh, Boston MA; w: Thomas Costello & Mary Haggerty; O; Rev John J McGarry
d: 19 July 1972, Framingham MA; interred w/husband John, Evergreen Cem, Brighton MA, 8 kids: (Note: More Family Details|)
Louise Marie; 1916-2007
b: Boston MA
Retired bank mgr, many years a USArmy wife,
inveterate volunteer, no kids
Resided Wash DC, later years
Interred Arlington National Cem,
Washington DC w/husband Albert Barkin,
Colonel USA, 1911-1995
m: Alfred Britton, 1932, dissolved, stillborn boy
m: Henry Miller, 1945, USArmy general officer,
1891-1949 no kids, interred Fort Sam Houston TX
m: Albert Barkin, 1949, no kids
Mary Veronica: 1918-2009
b: Houlton ME; resided for many years in the
Franklin/Wrentham MA area; retired Providence
Journal employee; d: 6 March 2009, interred:
Wrentham Centre Cem
m: John DeNapoli, 1939, b: 1918; retired salesman;
no kids
Margaret Adelaide: 1920-2000
b: Houlton ME; former RN; navy wife; furniture
retailer; real estate agent, in El Cajon CA
interred with Arthur McIntyre, San Diego CA
m: John Murphy,MD, d: 1946; no kids
m: Arthur McIntyre, Cdr, USNavy Submariner,
1917-1997; no kids,
John Patrick Jr: 1922-2010
b: Boston MA; worked for the Telephone Company
for many years; long time resident of
Hartford CT; interred in CT
m: Marie Harding; Hartford resident; 5 kids;
family members reside largely in the Hartford
area
Richard Joyce: 1923-1994
b: Boston MA; worked for NE Airlines & as a
Systems/Business Analyst for many years;
resided in the Boston area; interred w/
wife Barbara at St Joseph's RCCem, West
Roxbury MA
m: Barbara McCann; 8 kids; family resides in the
Boston MA area
Thomas Augustus: 1925-
b: Boston MA; lounges about in the environs
Braintree MA at a variety of occupations
m: Alice Adele Bevilaqua; dissolved; 3 kids
m/so: Christine Louisa Wessling, 2 kids
All of the kids reside in the Boston area
Edward Daniel: 1928-
b: Boston MA; worked for Sylvania Elect, 10
years, retired IBM'er after 30 years; lives
in Raleigh NC
m: Evelyn Brigitta Rompza; no kids
Daniel Joseph:; 1930-2008
b: Boston MA; retired civil engineer, had his
own engineering firm for many years in NH;
lived in Acton MA
m: Julie Zafutto; 4 kids, who mostly reside in the
Acton area
Peter (canis): 1930-1940
family dog; no puppies
JOHN EDWARD HAGGERTY & CATHERINE LANGAN:
JOHN EDWARD HAGGERTY & MARGARET ELLIOT:
b: 16 September 1886, Littleton ME; bap: 10 October 1886, St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME; Littleton Ridge potato farmer ...
|PIX: More Early On, Hannah Myrtle, Martha Anne & John Edward Haggerty|
m: Catherine P Langan; (b: 1886/13 February 1887, Richmond NB [Canada]; d: 28 November 1922, interred St Mary's RCCem, Houlton ME, gravestone in place... |Gravesite Pix|); p: Catherine Cane & Thomas Langan, respectively from Debec & Fredericton NB; 7 kids:
un-named
Catherine Louise.... b: 25 Nobember 1917, interred St Mary's RCCem Houlton ME, gravestone in place
Gerald Michael.... b: 16 October 1915/1916, Littleton ME; d: 21 March 1921, interred St Mary's RCCem Houlton ME, gravestone in place; burial expenses paid in full, cash, to Dunn's Funeral Home, Houlton ME
John Herald.... b: 24 June 1913.... m: Alice Gertrude O'Donnell, |PIX: Wedding| on 20 August 1945; she was b: 1925.... They honeymooned in Boston MA.... He d: 18 October 1946, Boston City Hospital, Boston MA, ulcers operation.... interred St Mary's RCCem, Houlton ME.... gravestone in place...|PIX: Gravesite|
James Patrick.... b: 27 May 1914.... worked on the Littleton ME Ridge Rd family potato farm as a young man; moved on to NYC, lived with his Aunt Mildred, worked at the 1939 Worlds Fair for GMC, migrated to Hartford CT during early 1940's, there, & for many years thereafter, worked for United Aircraft; served in the USArmy during WW2.... 2004, Peg, his wife had d: & Jim, then, resided Hartford CT in an 'assisted-living-facility' ..... d: 1July2005 ..... 6 kids: John & Cindy, James & Zofia, Kevin & Nancy, Mary, Brian & Linda, Sheila & Barton; 12 G/kids.
Sheila said "My dad was always fun. He was a hoot and a great guy. I miss him in a big way. He and John (Costello) had a bachelor pad in the Brown Thompson building on Main Street. They used to reminisce about partying on the roof of the building."
|PIX: Jim, Early 1940's|
...|PIX: OBIT|
Alice Mary.... b: 21 August 1919, probably at the farm (now GWTW), on Haggerty Ridge Rd, Littleton ME USA; d: 15 July 2010...*Obit*); .... included in both US Federal Census of 1920 & 1930 as a resident of the family farm on the Ridge Rd, Littleton.... 1937 grad of Houlton High school.... grad RN, Simms Arlington Hosp, Arlington, MA.... practised at St Elizabeth's Hosp, Brighton MA, Boston Lying Inn Maternity Hosp, Boston MA.... USArmy Nurse Corp, ETO during WW2.... met & married her husband Erschel D Redd (b: 21December1915, d: 6December2005, TX; of NewMexico origin; SSN:525-01-0460) while oversea's in USArmy in Nurenberg Germany.... resided, 2006-2010, Houston TX St Dominics Village "assisted living" facility.
|NOTE: Alice's 90th Birthday, 2009|
|PIX: Redd's & Gann's|
|PIX: Early Alice|
|PIX: Alice & Erschel Redd Marriage|
|PIX: Phillips Family Update, 2006|
|PIX: Phillips Family Update, 2010; Alison Phillips Martin Fam: Alex, Ian & Andrew and the family of & David & Jackie Phillips|Male Baby.... b: 14 May 1921, Littleton ME; d: 18 May 1921; interred in St Mary's RCCem, Houlton ME
m: Margaret Elliot.... b: 25 December 1891, Debec, NB, Canada.... lived w/daughter Catherine Louise for many years in San Antonio TX.... d: 30 June 1988, age 96 years, San Antonio TX.... interred w/husband John, St Mary's RCCem Houlton ME; 4 kids:
Catherine Louise.... b: 23 October 1926.... d: 4 May 1997.... was "boss lady" at Burke Hosp San Antone TX.... interred Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta ME.... not married
From the Bangor Daily News, in part...."Major Catherine Louise Haggerty, Ret USArmy Nurse Corp, the daughter of John E and Margaret (Elliot) Haggerty died May 4, 1997, in San Antonio TX, after a long illness with scleroderma. Louise graduated from Houlton High school, Madigan Memorial Hospital School of Nurseing and Southwest Texas Univ where she received a Bachelor of Arts. Prior to her military service she was employed by Boston City Hosp, NYCity VA Hosp and Georgetown Univ Hosp in Washington DC where she was a head nurse. She was a member of the retired army nurses assoc and was involved in various civic activities in San Antonio. While in the US Army Nurse Corps, Louise served in France, Korea and Vietnam. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated May 8, 1997, at the main post chapel at Ft Sam Houston in San Antonio TX"
|See Pix:.. Army Retirement doc|Margaret Mary.... b: 23 July 1925.... d: 13 December 1995.... 1ST Lieut, USArmy Nurse Corps, 19 November 1951 to 12 January 1954, served in France & Korea .... interment location: Maine Veterans Memorial, Augusta ME .... for many years was a patient at St Elizabeth's Hosp in Washington DC .... spent her last days in Chelsea ME.... married not.
Robert Charles; b: June 1928, Houlton ME; d: 4 June 1992, at home, East Windsor CT; 63 years of age; USArmy vet, served 9 January 1951 to 24 December 1952; mem Vets of Foreign Wars, American Legion; worked 14 years for Union Carbide Corp ; m: Cecile Plourde of Houlton ME; 15 June 1953; 3 kids: Robert C, Patricia, & Catherine
Helen Gertrude.... Wintered in TX with her sister Louise, summered in Rockport ME; ...at one time worked for the CIA; ... she & her dog Sheba are pictured in the church directory, Rockport ME; ... b: 7 November 1929, died 7 March 2002, creamated, lung cancer, memorial service 13 May 2002, interred with her parents at St Mary's RCCem Houlton ME .... married not ...SSN:007-24-0065... ...|Pix: Helen "Obit"| |Pix:.. Helen & Sheba|
d: 22 April 1961, age 74 years; interred w/Margaret, St Mary's RCCem, Houlton ME, gravestone in place....|Pix: Gravesite|
In the 1930 National Census all 9, then living, family members resided at the Littleton Ridge farm (w/o radio) then owned by John; he was 43 years old, she, 38.
HANNAH MYRTLE HAGGERTY & EDWARD DONOVAN:
Hannah Myrtle Haggerty Donovan &
Martha Anna Haggerty Costello
early on ...
|PIX: More Early On, Hannah Myrtle,
Martha Anne & John Edward Haggerty|
b: 10 December 1887, Littleton ME, attended by Dr Donald; bap: 19 December 1887, St Mary's RCC, Houlton ME
Farm wife & farmer, Ludlow ME; "had the gout"; "made great pies, doughnuts, chicken stews & dumplings", during the WW2 food scarcity, she supplied her city sisters/cousins with much desired butter & potatoes, her sister Martha, with whom she was a close confidant, said: "Myrtle had a green thumb"; SSN: 007-36-1748; 5 kids:
m: Edward Clarence Dovovan, 13 November 1912, St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME, Officiating: Rev Silke, witness: Thomas McMonigle & Etta Smith;
The Donovan Family, Michael & Jeremiah, emigrated Co Cork, Ireland, 1832 to Ludlow ME.... Edward, b: 27 October 1883, Ludlow ME.... mother d: when he was 5 years old.... attended Houlton schools.... went west on harvest excurisions.... worked for American Copper, Butte MT.... barbered for a time.... returned to farming, an activity for which he was greatly respected.... purchased his first Model T Ford in 1919.... chewed tobacco.... d: 56 years of age 11 November 1939, cancer; spent much time at Bostons Lahey Medical Clinic attempting to cure the problem .... interred at St Mary's RCCem, Houlton ME
From Genealogy.com.
MAINE--A HISTORY, page 26
"EDWARD C. DONOVAN--Owner of two hundred and eighty-five acres in Houlton Township, Aroostook County, on the Ludlow Road, Edward C. Donovan is one of the most prosperous farmers and public spirited members of the community. He engages in general farming, raising hay, grain and potatoes, which he sells in the local market."
"Edward C. Donovan was born on the farm he now conducts, in Aroostook County on October 27, 1883, son of Timothy J. and Alice (Hogan) Donovan. Timothy and Alice Donovan were each decended from families long established in New England and well and favorably known, the former having been born on the Houlton farm and the latter at Limerick. Timothy Donovan was active in matters of the community and wielded considerable power in politics. He was high in the estimation of the people of the town and countryside, and devoted his entire life to the farm, varying the crops and specializing in the raising of potatoes. Timothy and Alice Donovan were the parents of five children."
"Edward C. Donovan attended the public schools of Houlton and went immediately to work upon the farm for his father. His career has been an honorable one, and his prosperity deserved. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Catholic Church."
"Edward C. Donovan married Myrtle Haggerty, born at Littleton, daughter of Charles and Louisa (Laverty) Haggerty, her father having been a native of Houlton and her mother born at Benton, New Brunswick. Mr. and Mrs. Donovan are the parents of five children: John, Wilfred, Albert, Justina, and Timothy."
d: 3 June 1969, age 81 years; very sick at the end; interred St Mary's RCCem, Houlton ME
In the 1930 National Census, all 7 family members were from ME, living on the farm which was owned & had a radio; Edward was 46 years old, Myrtle 42.
John Emmet.... m: Beryl McKeen, 16 June 1938, .... b: 19 September 1913 on the farm in Ludlow ME.... d: 2000.... musically inclined, performed in the Houlton Band .... attended Northeastern Univ Boston MA, while there he often visited his Boston cousins bringing ice cream cake & other goodies.... was an auto & aircraft mechanic.... was in the plumbing & heating business in Houlton.... taught in the Maine Vocational Tech School....
|PIX: Sandra Louise Brownfield|)
Patricia Donovan Fitzpatrick (HHS Alumni Sect ((dau. Rachel Fitzpatrick is family historian))).... past resident of Gorham ME....--|PIX|--)
|Pix:.. Majorie Lee, Louise Costello, Wilfred Donovan & John Donovan|
|PIX:.. John Donovan, 1935|
|Pix:.. Family Tree #1| |Family Tree #2|
|PIX:.. Majorie Lee, Louise Costello, Wilfred Donovan & John Donovan at the Littleton Ridge farm|
|PIX:.. With his cousins William Abbott, Jimmy Rush & Mary Costello|
|PIX:.. Wilfred: his tractor & his potatoes, digging for Fred Mooers, 1989|
|Pix:.. Family Tree #1| |Family Tree #2|
|Pix:.. Family Tree #1| |Family Tree #2|
|PIX:.. Granny, dau. Justina w/husband & kids|
|Pix:.. Family Tree #1| |Family Tree #2|
|Pix:.. Family Tree #1| |Family Tree #2|
The Donovan's, 1989
f/r: Eric, Mathew, Sarah, Rachel, Ryan, Jeremy
2/r: Tim, Wilfred, Justina, Gwen, TomFitz, Patty, Judy
3/r: Albert (standing), Eddie (holding Michael), Sandy, Kim (Tom Giles), Rosemary, Mary Cath Hansen, Jimmy Donovan
Standing: Tom Giles, Kim Donovan (Pats wife), Cathy, Marion, Anne Blier, Pat Donovan, Bart, Bill Hansen
Steve D's wife & adoptive child
MORE: ...Thomas Albert|
Elsie Louisa|
Mary Agnes|
Walter Leo|
Augustus Charles|
Mildred Adelaide|
Gertrude Madolyn|
Cecil Waldo|
Clyde Elias|
More Haggerty Pix| Ed Costello
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