CHILDREN: Thomas Albert| Elsie Louisa| Mary Agnes| Walter Leo| Augustus Charles| Mildred Adelaide| Gertrude Madolyn| Cecil Waldo| Clyde Elias| More Haggerty Pix|

THOMAS ALBERT HAGGERTY & MARY SHARKEY:

b: 7 November 1888, Littleton ME; bap: 29 December 1888, St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME

Farmer.... cook, hotel worker, Houlton ME.... US Army WW1.... served 101st Trench Mortar Battery, 26th Division, AEF.... enlisted at 28 years of age, NG Lewiston ME.... 4 July 1917.... SN 147096.... reported for Federal service 25 July 1917.... appointed cook from private 20 August 1917.... Engagements: 2nd Battle of the Marne, July-August 1918; St Mihiel Offensive; Battle of Meuse- Argonne.... overseas: 9 October 1917 to 12 March 1919.... honorably discharged 26 March 1919.... character: excellant, no unauthorized absences.... paid in full at Camp Devens MA, $81.46 including a $60.00 government bonus.... earned the Bronze Victory Medal.... described on his discharge papers as having brown eyes, light brown hair, medium complexion and 5 feet 9 inches in height.... Ricker Classical Institute grad .... Pix: Diploma|... Bates Col, 2years.... chef baker.... bakery owner.... suffered from depression.... resided Lewiston ME

m: Mary Sharkey (aka Pearl); 25 November 1920; (she lived in a nurseing home for a long while during her declining years, 1880-16August1972)

d: Interred Togas Military Cem, Togas ME

ELSIE LOUISA HAGGERTY & JOHN LEE

ELSIE LOUISA HAGGERTY & HERBERT GEORGE DIBBLEE

Clockwise, top: Mary Louise Lee O'Shea,
Arthur Dibblee,
Ruth Dibblee Cogan
Elsie Haggerty Lee Dibblee |See the big Pix ... X|

b: 17 March 1891, Littleton ME; bap: 23 May 1891, St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME

Once owned a country store w/husband Herbert Dibblee which was on the road to Woodstock NB near the Canada border;.... "was the best in school" according to her sister Mildred;.... resided in Houlton ME all of her life.... In the 1930 National Census, the family was living on Willard St, Houlton at $30/month rent w/o a radio; Herbert, of Canadien birth & possible "Loyalist" lineage was an automobile salesman who came to ME in 1915 but was not then a USA citizen, in his automobile work, he had to take horses & mules "in-trade" for new automobiles; Elsie was a saleslady in a department store; their children, Arthur & Ruth Dibblee attended school; also living at home were Elsie's children with, now deceased, John Lee: Earl C Lee, a laborer, his wife, Blondie & their son, Earl J Lee

m: John Harrison Lee, 30 June 1909, eloped to Carlton Co New Brunswick Canada; (b: MI, 1890; father b: ME, mother b: MI; was a farmer (1910 census) who owned his mortgaged farm in Littleton ME; d: TB/pnuemonia; 3 kids):

Majorie J:.... b: 16 July 1914.... d: 12 January 1997....

spent early years residing with GM Louisa at Littleton Ridge.... lifetime RN.... resided OKCity, OK.... m: 25 September 1946, in OK, to Baxter Gann, a US Marine home from duty in SoPac (WW2), whom she met while working in SF.... w: Mary Haggerty, Aunt & Best Lady.... (while I was passing thru SF going oversea's Majorie made sure this soldier went to Sunday Mass & had enough beer for the weekend, EDC).... migrated w/Bax to OKCity, OK.... raised a family, 4 kids: Bill, James, Tom & Mary.... he worked, now retired, USAF (civil), Tinker AF Base.... she private duty nurse.... both retired 1977.... she interred: Resurrection Mem RCCem, OKCity, OK

|PIX: Obit|
|PIX: Redd's & Gann's|
|PIX: Bax note|
|PIX: Majorie at horseplay w/Cousin Mary Costello, probably Houlton ME, 1930's|

Earl: interred Jacksonville FL

Mary Louise (Lee) O'Shea.... resided NYC.... secretary to the president of St John's Univ.... 2 sons earned full scolarships at Power Mem HS NYC & Iona Col Westchester Co NY.... son , Johnny, a teacher, tought math at one time, PhD, NYU, political science.... 2 daughters: Nancy (O'Shea) Mercante (4 kids: Joseph, James, Marie & Theresa) & Mary Elizabeth O'Shea, m: dissolved, educated at Mary Lewis Academy, Jamaica, NY ....interred, 9 January 1990, with other family members in Gate of Heaven RCCem, White Plains NY

|PIX: Early Mary Louise & Majorie & other O'Shea's

m: Herbert George Dibblee, 12 August 1918, Houlton ME.... b: 8 January 1874.... d: July 1962.... SSN 007-12-5638; at one time had an automobile agency which accepted horses in trade for new automobiles; not well liked by & often accused by his sisters-in-law of wife beating; last years were spent living with daughter Ruth in NYC; he died when on a trip to his childhood home in NB Canada, where he was interred, his kids did not attend his funeral; 2 Kids:

Arthur.... d: 14 January 1997.... served in the USArmy 31 March 1941 to 23 October 1945.... resided in FL.... cremated in New Port Ritchie, FL, his stepdaughter made the arrangements.... had 4 wives.... no known kids

Ruth.... b: 5 March 1922.... m: Randy Cogan, dissolved in Mexico; m: to two others, one was named Andy.... d: June 1971, cremated.... interred Gate of Heaven RCCem White Plains NY.... Evelyn Costello, Muriel Seibert (1st lady of the NYSE & State of NY financial official) & Majorie Gann attended.... she worked for Mr Merkle at the Madison Fund.... great antique collector....had one blue eye pupil & one brown one.... last husband was suspected of "pushing pills into her", according to her Aunt Mildred, (who knows?).... no kids.... SSN: 076-18-6063... |PIX: Gravesite|

d: 19 December 1954; heart decease; interred St Mary's RCCem, Houlton ME, gravestone in place....|PIX: Gravesite, Elsie Haggerty Diblee|

MARY AGNES HAGGERTY:

Mary Haggerty &
niece Theresa Haggerty
|See the Big Pix ...X|

b: 9 September 1892, Littleton ME; bap: 23 October 1892, St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME

Early on, after suffering an unrequited love affair (a Mr Henderson), entered the convent; mother Louisa tried to prevent it; stayed 3 years, exited prior to final vows; in the convent she had cut off all of her hair, mother Louisa tried to keep her out of sight til the hair re-grew .... entered Ricker Col, finished 2nd in her class .... after col, taught school for a year+, not her bag ....exec secretary in Houlton (at Watsons Hdwe where l'affair w/Mr Hassell occurred), Boston & NYC.... once owned a Studebaker automobile roadster, known as "Studie".... "nicknamed" thru the years as "Dollie" or "Ag".... enjoyed making home brew, some of which was non-volatile, her pal Mame Conlogue assisted.... not married ....in the 1930 national census, she is noted as living as a boarder on Court St, Houlton ME with a Ms Bessie Nevers .... resided Maple St Houlton ME, Boston MA, NYC.... helped bring up the Costello kids; got nephew Richard interested in airlines work & nephew Edward interested in acctg/finance....

d: 4 December 1950.... NYC.... age 58 years.... stroke.... waked at the Ridge Rd farm, Littleton ME, on a very cold & windy December day; (nephew Ed "bunked in" at the "Ridge" during the wake, required to use the "attached" privy, the cold frozen wind almost blew the privy & him away; did'nt understand how the ancients survived, let alone multiply in that climate) ....interred St Mary's RCCem, Houlton ME.... gravestone in place |PIX: Obit|....|PIX: Gravesite|

|PIX: A Young Mary Haggerty|
|PIX: Madolyn, Mildred, Mary, early on|

WALTER LEO HAGGERTY:

b: 24 April 1894, Littleton ME

d: 24 August 1894; cholera; interred St Mary's RCCem, Houlton ME, gravestone in place

.....Pix: Gravestone

AUGUSTUS CHARLES HAGGERTY & MARGUERITE McKINNON:

Gus Haggerty Family, ~1930's, Houlton ME

b: 16 April 1896, Littleton ME; bap: 3 July 1896, St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME .... from the records of St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME: "Augustus Charles Haggerty, son of Charles Haggerty & Louise Laverty, b: 16 April 1896, bap. 3 July 1896. Sponsors: John McLoughlin & Mrs Anna Abbott. Off. Rev Wm Lonergan."

In the 1920 National Census, he's listed as a "farmer" & "head-of household" at the Littleton Ridge farm, living w/siblings; in the 1930 National Census, he's a farmer with a w/o a radio set living on rented property located on the County Rd in New Limerick ME, with wife Marguerite & dau's Dolores & Marie.... once worked at the Houlton Grange.... Houlton ME town policeman.... carpenter.... quit school in the 6th grade to work the farm at Littleton Ridge.... quit farming at 29 years of age after being kicked by a horse.... "never drank or smoked".... "worry wart".... when visiting sister Mildred in NYC, he attended daily Mass at St Patricks and visited Radio City Music Hall.... resided Littleton Ridge, New Limerick, Houlton ME, Manchester CT.... "had a personalty much like his father": Charles Haggerty ....SSN 006-14-9261.... 6 kids:

m: Marguerite McKinnon; 12 May 1925, St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME; (b: 27 February 1905; d: 8 May 1987, Hartford CT); w: Leland McKinnon & Agnes McKinnon; SSN 004-16-0124

d: 8 November 1974, @ 4am, Manchester CT; 78 years old; kidney trouble; "down to 140 pounds"

Dolores Louise (Jordan).... m: Robert L Jordan of Andalusia AL, 27 December 1952.... d: 29 April 2000 .... from the records of St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME: "Doloris Louise Haggerty, daughter of Augustine Haggerty & Margaret McKinnon, b: 17 August 1926, bap. 19 September 1926. Sponsors: Glen McKinnon & Catherine J McKinnon, Off: Rev PM Silke. (Married here to Robert Jordan, 27 December 1952)". ... 7 kids, 16 grandkids
|NOTE: Dolores "obit"|
|Jordan Family Newsletter|

The Rob Jordan Family: 1st row, left to right: Gretchen Struble (future daughter-inlaw), Aedan, Finn. 2nd row: SlaneyRose, Myles, James Allen (Erin's friend), Erin, Kate, Rob.

|....................................Theatre Commentary|

Marie Jean (Corey).... from the records of St Mary's RCCh. Houlton ME: " Marie Jean Haggerty, dtr of Augustine Haggerty & Margaret McKinnon, b: 13 July 1928, bap. 12 August 1928. Sponsors: Leland McKinnon & Agnes McKinnon. Off. Rev PM Silke. (Married to Frederick T Corey at St Joseph's Church, Hartford CT, 25 June 1956 by Rev Francis O'Neill)" .... summers, 5 months of the year at the old custom house border station in the Houlton ME area w/husband Fred (d: 23 December 2000) .... son Dan farms 2000 acres in nearby Monticello: potatoes, soy etc.... acquired nearby land free that once contained her Aunt Elsie's & Uncle Herb Dibblee's retail store.... her Aunt Mil says, "Marie looks & talks much like her Gm Louisa Laverty Haggerty .... |NOTE: Marie Corey|

7 kids,

One, Kathleen Corey Rahme, two term Methuen MA City Councilor, 2003-2007, competed in a 2007 mayoral election.... |PIX: Councilor Rahme|
|NOTE: Newspaper Acclamation|
|Metheun City Council Elect 2005|
|Councilor Rahme's Address, Lebanese American's|
|Eagle-Trib News Bio, 2007 Mayoral Elect|
|Mayoral Elect Farewell "scotch-on-the-rocks" Speech|
|Lebonese Parents|...

Agnes Mary Brid'gie (Luby).... worked her way thru the Univ of Maine.... she and husband were both schoolteachers.... from the records of St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME: Agnes Marie Haggerty, dtr of Augustus Haggerty & Margaret McKinnon, b: 5 June 1930, bap. 22 June 1930. Sponsors: A Shields & Teresa McKinnon. Off: Rev PM Silke. (Married John E Luby at St James Church , Manchester CT, 14 July 1962)" .... 5 kids

|PIX: Brid'gie & her Aunt Mary|

Ann Marguerite (O'Brien) .... m: Clinton O'Brien, 31 October 1953 ....now, year 2003, live in Laurel Hill FL; during 1972, family moved nr the towns of Opp & Red Level AL (these are real places), to the town of Andalusia AL, which had 3 Catholic families & where the many O'Briens overloaded the capacity of the local Catholic Ch, took up the simple life on a small farm raising everything from cows to snakes (?) .... from the records of St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME: "Ann Marguerite Haggerty, dtr of Augustus Haggerty & Marguerite McKinnon, b: 15 May 1932, bap: 5 June 1932. Sponsors : Alphonse Shields & Margaret Crafts. Off: Rev. PM Silke. (Married to Clinton Elliott O'Brien, Jr at St Augustine's Church, Hartford CT on 31 October 1953, by the Rev. John Cotter)"

|NOTE: Ellen Lee O'Brien Kaslewicz, a cousin|

11 kids, following, in no particular order:

John O'Brien, prop. of a scrap business (won scrap contract for the USS Cole) m: Jill, a local Physicans Asst, live in one of the older/largest houses in town, have 2 boys & a girl.

Marguerite, named after her Gm Marguerite McKinnon Haggerty, the oldest of the kids, lives in NYC w'husband Yvon & one dau: Jocelyne, both parents are artists & photographers.

Subject: Re: Marguerite O'Brien - Fine Art Photography To: costello13@juno.com HI, JOCELYNE JEANNOT IS THE DAUGHTER OF MARGUERITE O'BRIEN-JEANNOT AND YVON JEANNOT. THE PHOTOS SENT BY MARGUERITE O'BRIEN IS THE MOTHER OF JOCELYNE JEANNOT. MARGUERITE IS THE GRANDAUGHTER OF MARGUERITE AND AUGUSTUS HAGGERTY. MARGUERITE OBRIEN-JEANNOT MARRIED NOV.28 1987 IN EPERNAY , FRANCE TO YVON JEANNOT . GAVE BIRTH TO DAUGHTER JOCELYNE JEANNOT ON JAN. 18, 1989, IN NYC. THE PARENTS OF MARGUERITE O'BRIEN-JEANNOT ARE ANN O'BRIEN AND CLINTON O'BRIEN. ANN IS THE DAUGHTER OF MARGUERITE HAGGERTY AND AUGUTUS HAGGERTY. MARGUERITE CAME TO NYC IN 1975 AND HAS BEEN LIVING THERE EVER SINCE AND HAS HAD THE SAME APT.SINCE 1976 ON THE UPPER EASTSIDE.

|PIX: Fine Art Photography|
|PIX: MARGUERITE O'B JEANNOT Note|
|MARGUERITE O'B JEANNOT Note#2|
|PIX: Jocelyne's Easter Bonnet, 2007|
|PIX: Jocelyne's Easter Commentary, 2007|

Clinton O'Brien III, who lives in Chicago w/two kids (& presumedly a wife); Michael Paul who lives in NJ & Amber, a homebody.

Darren O'Brien lives in Deatsville AL, nr Slapout AL (also real places), ran for County Sheriff, 2002; won 1700 votes but lost the race.

Ellen Lee O'Brien Kaslewicz lives in Orlando FL, 4 kids: Liz, John, Susan, Brian & 1 Gk: Emmalee.

Fallon Thomas O'Brien & Nancy live in IN with 2 kids: Fallon (female) & Thomas (male).

Kelly O'Brien, m: Mark VanDyke, both RN's, live in Winston-Salem NC w/pets.

Jimmy O'Brien, wife & 3 kids: Noah, Ethan & Shay-Shay live with Clinton & Ann in Crestview FL.

Annie O'Brien, d: 1968, age 11, automobile incident.

2 kids d: at birth.

Charles Augustus Haggerty.... b: 18 July 1934, Houlton ME.... d: 29 June 1994 in Anchorage AL....Interred:Fort Richardson National Cem, Anchorage AK.... From the records of St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME: Charles Augustus Haggerty, son of Augustus Charles Haggerty & Edith Marguerite McKinnon, b: 18 july 1934, bap. 19 August 1934. Sponsors: Wilfred Donovan & Theresa McKinnon. Off. Rev PM Silke. (Married Carla J Kafton, annulled 1 January 1976 by the Tribunal, Diocese of Sioux City, 1821 Jackson St, Iowa)". ....6 kids: Barbara Jean, Patricia Ann, Augustus Charles, Daniel Thomas, Bernard Patrick (b: 1964, Anchorage AK, in Grad School, Vancouver BC, 2005),|NOTE: From Bern Haggerty, 2005| Kevin Alan (b: 1970, resides Mankato MN).... resided 34 years, Anchorage AK.... served in the USAir Force.... m: dissolved.... former wife has a nurseing home in Mapleton Iowa.... had a nervous breakdown

Thomas Haggerty.... m: Gail Shea.... a marine engineer.... school teacher.... served in the US Marine Corp.... he & his father were life long best friends.... reside Pawcatuck CT.... 1 dog, 1 cat .... From the records of St Mary's RCCh, Houlton ME: Thomas Haggerty, son of Augustus Haggerty & Marguerite McKinnon, b: 16 February 1936, bap. 15 March 1936. Sponsors: Albert Donovan & Alice Haggerty. Off. Rev Joseph Sullivan. (Married Gail Shea at St Agnes Church, Niantic CT, 31 July 1976 by Rev RM Gaulin)"

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