11 Sep 2005                   

            Husband: Joshua B. Irish     died at age: 57 

               Born: 20 Feb 1827          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  1
               Died: 16 Jan 1885          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  2
             Buried:                      in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  
             Father: Elisha Irish 
             Mother: Mary Libby 

               Wife: Ellen Augusta Marean      died at age: 69 
            Married: 14 Oct 1869          in   3   his age: 42   her age: 35 
      Marriage Bann: 06 Oct 1869          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  4

               Born: 29 Apr 1834          in Standish, Cumberland, ME  5
               Died: 20 Dec 1903          in Parsonsfield, York, ME  6
             Buried:                      in Standish, Cumberland, ME  7
         Occupation:                      Housewife  6
             Father: John Marean, Jr. 
             Mother: Anna Shaw 

          F Child 1: Mary L. Irish      
               Born: 28 Dec 1870          in   8

          M Child 2: John Marean Irish       died at age: 72 
               Born: 17 Sep 1872          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  9
               Died: 05 Mar 1945          in Augusta, Kennebec, ME  10
             Buried:                      in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  7
         Occupation:                      Farmer  11
             Spouse: Mabel (May Bell or Mary Belle) Newcomb  b. 12 Oct 1877  d. 11 Jul 1962  
            Married: 10 Mar 1895          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  12
      Marriage Bann: 04 Mar 1895          in Gorham, Cumberland, ME  12


Sources:
(1) Hugh Davis McLellan, History of Gorham, Maine (The New England History 
Press, Somersworth, NH, 1980), History of Gorham 1, page 590. 
(2) Maine Pre-1892 Statewide Vital Record Returns. Death record. 
(3) Grace Blake Maxwell, Vital Records of Standish, Maine (Grace Blake Maxwell, 
Hallowell, Maine, 1951), Vital Records of Standish, Maine, page 111. 
(4) Gorham Town Records, Vol. 6, page 46. 
(5) Albert J. Sears, Early Families of Standish, Maine (Heritage Books, Bowie, 
MD, 1991), EF, page 149. 
(6) Maine Statewide Vital Record Returns, 1892-1907, Death Record. 
(7) DEE1, Personally verified by Dana E. Edgecomb. 
(8) Jennie J. Wight Howes, Descendants of James Irish, 1710-1940, Descendants 
of James Irish, page 64. 
(9) Jennie J. Wight Howes, Descendants of James Irish and Allie Families, 
1710-1940 (Portland, ME : The Dingley Press, Inc., 1941), James_Irish, page 
140. 
(10) Death certificate in Maine Statewide Vital Records, 1892-1907 at the Maine 
State Archives. 
(11) Standish Marriages, 1892-1939, page 145. 
(12) Maine Vital Records, 1892-1907, Deaths (Maine State Archives, 1907), MVR 
1892-1907D_2. 

                     Copyright 2005 by:
                     Dana E. Edgecomb
                     nighthawk@psouth.net

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