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John Erland Teschek

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Father	William Herman Teschek
Mother	Patricia Susan Dolan

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William Herman Teschek

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Father	Erland Clayton Teschek b. 11 Mar 1921, d. 25 Feb 1966
Mother	Mary Estella Craigie b. 26 Aug 1923, d. 19 Sep 1997

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Child of William Herman Teschek and Patricia Susan Dolan

John Erland Teschek

Patricia Susan Dolan

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Father	John Francis Dolan b. 23 Aug 1917, d. 3 Apr 1965
Mother	Josephine Patricia Busheme b. 20 Apr 1919, d. 5 Oct 2013

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Child of Patricia Susan Dolan and William Herman Teschek

John Erland Teschek

Erland Clayton Teschek

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Father	Herman Teschek b. 8 Mar 1892, d. 4 Feb 1955
Mother	Mildred May Aaron b. 24 Jul 1895, d. 16 Sep 1974

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Birth*	Erland Clayton Teschek was born on 11 March 1921 at the New England Sanitarium in Stoneham, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. At the time of his birth his parents were living in Melrose, Mass.1
Marriage*	He married Mary Estella Craigie, daughter of William Edmond Craigie and Beulah Mabel Atkins, on 11 December 1943 at the First Baptist Church in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Erland died of a heart attack after shoveling snow on 25 February 1966 at his home on Haines Road in Concord, Merrimack County, New HampshireG.3
Burial*	He was buried on 28 February 1966 in Soucook Cemetery in Concord.
	Https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Teschek-2.
	Earl grew up in Melrose, living at 300 Washington Street. He graduated from Melrose High School in 1939 and worked for a short time as a bookkeeper at Benson Coal Co. in Melrose. He was responsible for keeping a record of cash transactions, receipts and disbursements. On 16 Jul 1942 he joined the Coast Guard for the duration of World War II until his discharge on 1 Oct 1945. He eventually rose to the rank of Soundman First Class after taking courses in radar operation at the service school in Key West, Florida. He also took correspondence courses from ICS in bookkeeping and accounting, but didn't finish the accounting program. During the war he served on the Coast Guard cutters Tampa and Mohawk that were involved with hunting German subs in North Atlantic waters, guarding the convoys between New England and Greenland. He was on board the Tampa on the night of 3 Feb 1943 when a German U-Boat sank the S.S. Dorchester killing two thirds of those on board, including the 'Four Chaplains' who were immortalized for giving up their life jackets to others before they themselves died. Earl was entitled to the American Theater Campaign Medal and the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 2/12/44, and the Good Conduct Award 7/15/45. (Military discharge papers) He got married during the war, in December 1943, and afterwards, on 23 Aug 1946 they bought a home at 12 Field's Court in Melrose, only a few doors down from his brother Don who bought the same day. He went back to work for the Benson Coal Co. as an oil burner serviceman. In March of 1953 the family moved to Concord, N.H., where they rented an apartment on Union Street in town. On 10 Jul 1953 they bought a home on Old Pittsfield Road in Concord. In Concord he worked as a sales and service manager for the Aranosian Oil Company and later did their bookkeeping. He was a member of the Concord Lodge of Elks and the family were members of the Immanuel Community Church in Concord. Earl served on the Board of Trustees. In October of 1964 they moved around the corner from their old house to a new house they had built on another piece of their land on Haines (now Asby) Road. It was there that Earl died of a heart attack after shoveling snow in 1966. He was just shy of 45 years old.
	His obituary appeared in the 26 February 1966 Concord Monitor and read as follows: Erland Teschek Stricken Fatally. CONCORD -- Erland C. Teschek, 44, died at his home on Haines Road last night after shoveling snow. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Born in Stoneham, Mass., he had lived in Concord for the past 13 years and was employed by the Aranco Oil Co. Mr. Teschek was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Coast Guard. He was a member of the Concord Lodge of Elks, the Emmanuel Community Church and served on its board of trustees. Members of the family include his wife, Mrs. Mary (Craigie) Teschek; his mother, Mrs. Mildred (Aaron) Teschek of Melrose, Mass; two sons, Robert Teschek and William Teschek, both of Concord; a brother, Donald H. Teschek of Stoneham, Mass., and three nieces. Services will be conducted Monday at 3 p.m. at the Emmanuel Community Church. Friends may call at the Hussey and Wire Funeral Home Sunday from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.4

Children of Erland Clayton Teschek and Mary Estella Craigie

Robert Erland Teschek William Herman Teschek+

Mary Estella Craigie

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Mary Teschek appearing with Red Sox great Ted Williams after she won a radio trivia contest in 1958.

Father	William Edmond Craigie b. 18 May 1882, d. 2 Jul 1958
Mother	Beulah Mabel Atkins b. 3 Mar 1884, d. 24 Aug 1934

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Birth*	Mary Estella Craigie was born on 26 August 1923 in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married first Erland Clayton Teschek, son of Herman Teschek and Mildred May Aaron, on 11 December 1943 at the First Baptist Church in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Marriage*	She married second Armand Joseph Dauphin, son of Joseph Albert Dauphin and Marie Rose Morin, on 17 April 1982 at the Sacred Heart Church in Laconia, Belknap County, New HampshireG.1
Death*	Mary died of ovarian cancer on 19 September 1997 at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, Belknap County, New HampshireG.1
Burial*	She was buried on 25 September 1997 in Soucook Cemetery in Concord, Merrimack County, New HampshireG.1
	Https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Craigie-304.
	Mary's parents were living at 255 Washington Street in Melrose, Mass. when she was born. She grew up in Melrose and graduated High School there in 1941. After graduation she spent a year working at the John Hancock Insurance Company in Boston doing office work. During World War II she spent a couple of years working as a typist in the Patent Office at MIT's Radiation Lab in Cambridge. During the last year or so of the war she did general office work for Army personnel at an airbase a half hour west of Cambridge, perhaps Hanscom AFB. The complex at which she worked was still affiliated with MIT. She lived with her father in Melrose and commuted to work throughout the war, including after her marriage in 1943 while her husband was at sea. In June of 1968, two years after the death of her husband Earl, she and her son Bill moved to 46 Dartmouth Street in Laconia, NH in the upstairs of her brother Harold's two-family home. After her second marriage she moved to 701 Elm Street in Laconia. Beginning in the winter of 1987-88 Mary and her second husband Armand began spending several months each year in the Land O' Lakes Mobile Home Court, Lot #123, 1800 East Graves Avenue in Orange City, Florida. Eventually they spent more time in Florida than in Laconia. In 1996 they sold their mobile home in Florida and stayed in Laconia while Mary waged her losing battle with ovarian cancer. With the exception of some part-time jobs as a typist or a waitress Mary did not work any paying jobs outside the home until her first husband's death in 1966. She then took a job as a secretary at the Dame Elementary School in Concord, NH, where her youngest son Bill was attending school. After moving to Laconia she was a secretary at the Belmont, N.H. High School for nine school years, until the summer of 1977. After that she worked at the Laconia State School doing inventory work until her retirement in August 1985. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Melrose while she lived there, and was married in that church. In Concord, NH she taught Sunday school and served as President of the Ladies Guild at the Immanuel Community Church. She was active in the Mother's group at Dame Elementary School when her son Bob attended. In Laconia she joined the Congregational Church. Her second marriage was in the Catholic Church in Laconia and she and Armand were members of both Laconia churches.3

Children of Mary Estella Craigie and Erland Clayton Teschek

Robert Erland Teschek William Herman Teschek+

John Francis Dolan

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Father	Henry Thomas Dolan b. 14 Nov 1887, d. 26 Mar 1951
Mother	Nora G. Donahue b. 30 Sep 1889, d. 5 Aug 1960

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Birth*	John Francis Dolan was born on 23 August 1917 in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married Josephine Patricia Busheme, daughter of Paul Busheme and Rose Bordieri, on 22 February 1945 at St. Mark's Church in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	John died of liver cancer on 3 April 1965 at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.3
Burial*	He was buried on 6 April 1965 in St. Mary's Cemetery in Salem.3
	Https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114462099/john_francis_dolan.
	John was born and raised in Salem, living with the family at 14 Flint Street and later at 10 Phelps Street. He enjoyed playing sports in school and was a basketball star at Salem High School from 1933 to 1935. He also was on the school baseball team in 1935. While in high school he worked as a dental technician for Essex Dental Laboratory. He graduated from Salem High School in 1935.
	Immediately after graduation in 1935 he joined the Navy and went first to Newport, Rhode Island to the Naval Training Station and then to the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. In May of 1936 he finished his instruction for Hospital Apprentice and was transferred to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Mass. for duty. The following year, building on his experience in High School, he became certified as a prosthetic dental technician. In September 1939 he was transferred to the U.S.S. Nitro, and a month later to the repair ship U.S.S. Rigel in San Diego, California. In February 1940 he was appointed Pharmacist's Mate Third Class, then to Second Class nine months later. In April 1941 the Rigel underwent an overhaul at Bremerton, Washington before sailing to Hawaii for more extensive repairs and alterations, arriving in mid-July. On December 7, 1941, the Rigel was undergoing major repairs and conversion at the U.S. Navy Yard in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attack took place. The Rigel had no offensive capabilities and its engines were down for repair so the crew could not fight back and concerned themselves with rescuing personnel from other ships. The Rigel itself sustained shrapnel damage from a bomb that landed next to the ship, but no one on board was killed. In an interview with two members of the Rigel's medical crew years later one remembered a corpsman named Dolan who spent all day Monday over on the USS Oklahoma assisting there. The Oklahoma was one of the battleships most severely damaged in the attack, ending up upside down in the water. After the attack John remained with the Rigel for a number of months while it was repaired at Pearl Harbor. In April of 1942 he left the Rigel and sailed back to the states, reporting for duty at the U.S. Naval Hospital at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Washington state in May. His military papers do not record it - they are obviously incomplete (probably not a surprise during a chaotic war) - but per John's own recollections he was present for the Battle of Midway in early June of 1942. In August he was transferred to the just-opened U.S. Naval Training Station in Farragut, Idaho where he remained until December when he went to San Diego for duty in the First Corps Medical Batallion, Company B. He was issued an acting appointment as a Chief Pharmacist's Mate at this time. On February 26, 1943 he shipped out of San Diego aboard the SS James B. Francis, arriving at Noumea, New Caledonia nearly a month later. He spent some time in the field hospital in New Caledonia, perhaps suffering from the malaria that stayed with him for years and later contributed to his death of liver cancer. In October he shipped out on board the U.S.S. George Clymer and went to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Offensive operations had ended there the previous year. He was only there a week before he set sail on the U.S.S. LST 447 to the island of Vella Lavella, also in the Solomons, where a small naval battle had taken place 12 days earlier. He remained on Vella Lavella until the following March of 1944 when he embarked on board the U.S.S. LCT 369 and went back to Guadalcanal. There he was transferred to the Medical Company, 4th Marines, Reinforced. He remained at Guadacanal as rear echelon while the remainder of the company landed at Emirau Island where they expected to find Japanese soldiers but did not. In June he was given an acting appointment as Chief Pharmacist's Mate and left Guadalcanal on board the U.S.S. Zielin bound for Guam, stopping briefly at the Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands. On July 21, 1944 American forces invaded Guam, and John participated in the initial assault and seizure against an organized Japanese resistance. He remained at Guam until the end of August, then sailed on board the transport ship Caps Cleare back to Guadalcanal, stopping for three days at the Eniwetok Atoll again. While at Eniwetok the 4th Marines were redesignated as a part of the Sixth Marine Division. On the day he arrived at Guadalcanal he received a commendation from his commanding officer, Lt. J.J. Sacco, as follows: "While attached to Med. Co., 4th Mar. Reinf. during the operation on the Island of Guam, DOLAN, John Francis CphM (AA) USN, performed his duty as a Chief Petty Officer in charge and supervision of his department in a commendable manner. As his Commanding Officer I feel that the initiative, forethought and leadership during the above mentioned operation was directly responsible for the most efficient function of this Medical Company which was highly commended personally by Lt. Col. Alan Shapley, USMC, Commanding Officer, 4th Marines Reinf." A few weeks later he was recommended for promotion to the temporary rank of Pharmacist, but apparently this promotion was not made permanent. In October of 1944 he returned to the States, arriving in Boston in November where he reported in at the Boston Navy Yard. The militiary papers may be incomplete again here at this point, as newspaper articles written a decade or more later recall a story of how he was at the Battle of Iwo Jima, which took place in Feb-Mar 1945, and once was trapped alone in a foxhole for eight hours with Japanese soldiers a few feet away but was able to finally crawl to safety. If he was at Iwo it must have been towards the end of the campaign as we know he was in Boston on 22 Feb 1945 when he and Josephine got married. The next record of him in his military papers is from June of 1945 when he was back at Boston, still at the rank of Chief Pharmacist's Mate.
	Josephine was a member of the women's military auxiliary before World War II where she met John's sister Susan Dolan. One day she noticed John's picture on Susan's shelf and asked her if he was married. She began writing to John, confusing him by asking him if he remembered going on a horse-drawn carriage ride with her in the past, which he hadn't. They became close by writing through the mail, and after exchanging pictures John proposed before they had ever met. At the time of their marriage John was serving in the Navy and stationed at the Boston Navy Yard and Jo was living at 65 Semont Road in Boston. After their marriage John and Josephine moved to 16 Morse Street in Dorchester, Mass., living there until about 1950 when they moved to 23 Ocean Avenue in Winthrop, Mass. Although in July of 1950 when their son Richard was born his birth certificate said that they were living at 10 Phelps Street in Salem, which was John's parents' address. By June of 1953 they had purchased a home at 15 Linden Street in Salem and lived there for the remainder of their marriage.
	After the war John remained in the Navy. In July of 1945 his acting appointment as Chief Pharmacist's Mate was made permanent. In September 1945 he was transferred to the Officer Personnel Separation Center in Boston, where he remained for a year before moving to the Naval Training Station in Newport, R.I. for another year. In September of 1947 he went on board the U.S.S. Shenandoah where, in April of 1948, his rating was changed to that of Chief Dental Technician. He remained with the Shenandoah, a destroyer tender (a ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships), until the end of May, 1949. While on board the Shenandoah they sailed in the Mediterranean. When he left this ship he was returned to the U.S. Naval Shipyard in Chelsea, where he started out several years earlier. The 1950 census found them there living in quarters at the Naval Hospital with the families of a lot of other medical personnel. John and Josephine were with their two oldest children in Building 41B Apartment 1 and his occupation was Chief Dental Technician. In November 1952 he was transferred to the U.S.S. Fulton, a submarine tender that cared for subs based out of New London, Conn. He remained with the Fulton until the end of April 1954 when he was tranferred to the U.S.S. Bennington, an aircraft carrier. He hadn't been on board the Bennington for a month when on the morning of May 26, 1954, while cruising off Narragansett Bay, the fluid in one of her catapults exploded, setting off a series of secondary explosions which killed 103 crewmen and injured 201 others. John related that he had gotten up to brush his teeth and while doing so the explosion occurred, killing everyone in the area that he had just left. He credited good dental hygiene with saving his life. John and many of his crewmates were later cited for heroism during the crisis. Captain W. F. Raborn, skipper of the Bennington, in his citation wrote: "For outstanding performance of duty in connection with the disastrous explosions and fires which occurred on the USS Bennington (CVA-20) on 26 May 1954. At that time, the ship was conducting air operations 75 miles south of Newport, R. I., when a series of violent explosions spread flame, flash fire, intense heat and dense asphyxiating smoke throughout the forward section below the hanger deck, causing severe damage to the ship and death or injury to 220 officers and men. Your capable, willing and untiring efforts in the treatment and care of the numerous personnel casualties were a major contribution to minimizing the number of fatalities and reducing the pain and suffering of the injured." A newspaper article about the citation added that he "rescued several companions during the disaster, saw a Navy doctor killed only a few feet away and worked until nearly exhausted aiding the injured in the below-deck sick bay of the 32,000 ton carrier." In October 1954 he was transferred back to the Chelsea Naval Shipyard, where he finished out his time with the Navy, being released from active duty into the Fleet Reserves in March, 1957. After he got out he went to school at Salem State College where he studied special education, working nights at Soucy's Bar & Grille while studying during the day. In September 1961 he began work teaching special ed and working with mentally challenged children at the Caleb Dustin Hunking school in Haverhill, Mass. Later he returned to Salem State and got a Masters in Psychology, but it wasn't long before he contracted liver cancer and died at the age of 47, spending nearly his last two months in the U.S. Naval Hospital in Chelsea.
	His obituary appeared in the 3 April 1965 Salem Evening News and read as follows: John F. Dolan of 15 Linden street, Salem, husband of Josephine P. (Busheme) Dolan, died this morning in U.S. Navy hospital, Chelsea. Born in Salem, Aug 23, 1917, son of the late Henry T. and Nora G. (Donahue) Dolan. He was graduated from Salem High school, class of 1935. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served 22 years, being discharged in 1957 as chief dental technician. In 1961, he graduated from Salem State College and received his masters degree in 1963. For the past three years, Mr. Dolan had been a teacher of exceptional children at the Phillips school in Salem, and had previously taught in Haverhill. Fraternally he was a member of Verauga council, K. of C., Salem. He was a parishioner of Immaculate conception church, where he served as an usher for several years and was a member of the Holy Name society. Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, John F. Jr., and Richard H. Dolan; three daughters, the Misses Noreen R., Elizabeth J. and Patricia S. Dolan, all of Salem; a sister Mrs. M. Susan Reardon of Salem, three brothers, Henry T., Joseph R., of Salem; and Arthur W. Dolan of Peabody, nieces and nephews. His funeral will take place Tuesday morning at 8:15 from the Henry J. O’Donnell and Sons funeral home, followed by a solemn high mass of requiem in Immaculate Conception church at 9. An account of his funeral appeared in the paper and read: Well-attended funeral services for John F. Dolan of 15 Linden street, teacher at the Phillips school, were held Tuesday from the Henry J. O’Donnell &Sons funeral home, followed by a solemn high mass of requiem in Immaculate Conception church. Rt. Rev. John J. McCarthy was celebrant, Rev. Richard A. Driscoll, deacon and Rev. James H. Riley, subdeacon. Seated in the sanctuary were Rev. Joseph J. Bukay of Bishop Fenwick High school; Rev. John F. O’Donnell of Our Lady of Sorrows church, Sharon; Rev. Bro. Linus, C.F.X. and Rev. Bro. John Francis, C.F.X. of St. John’s Prep., Danvers. Attending the funeral were officials and employes of the Salem school, a delogation of the Sisters of Charity, pupils of St. Mary’s school, students from Boston College, St. John’s Prep., Bishop Fenwick High school and the Phillips school. Also represented were David H. Smith & Co. , Lynn; Indelco, Beverly; New England Light and Power Co., Ivory System, Peabody; J.C. Oil Co., Salem Mary Alley hospital, Marblehead, ILCWU Local 397, Veragua council, K. of C., and Hawthorne Council, Girl Scouts. An honor guard composed of fellow teachers was headed by Supt. of Schools Lawrence J. Fitzpatrick and Peter F. Carbone, retired. Floral offerings, spiritual bouquets, enrollments and religious memorials were numerous. Bearers were George Filion, Philip O’Donnell, Francis Dolan, Paul Busheme, William Porcello, Charles Kelleher, Francis Callahan and Ronald Boyd. Full military honors were accorded the Navy veteran in St. Mary’s cemetery. The firing squad was composed of members of the First Naval District, Boston. The flag was folded and presented to Mrs. Josephine Dolan, wife of the deceased. Committal prayers were by (sic, no further.)4

Children of John Francis Dolan and Josephine Patricia Busheme

John Francis Dolan Jr.+ Noreen Rose Dolan+ b. 4 May 1948, d. 27 Jul 2022 Richard Henry Dolan+ Elizabeth Jane Dolan+ Patricia Susan Dolan+

Josephine Patricia Busheme

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Father	Paul Busheme b. 23 Jan 1889, d. 23 Apr 1951
Mother	Rose Bordieri b. 18 Nov 1893, d. 28 Sep 1937

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Birth*	Josephine Patricia Busheme was born on 20 April 1919 at 17 Broad Street in New Britain, Hartford County, ConnecticutG.1
Marriage*	She married first John Francis Dolan, son of Henry Thomas Dolan and Nora G. Donahue, on 22 February 1945 at St. Mark's Church in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.2
Marriage*	She married second Francis Patrick Gormalley, son of Patrick Gormalley and Mary A. Coughlin, on 16 October 1971 at the Immaculate Conception Church in Salem. This marriage ended in divorce on 26 February 1981.3
Death*	Josephine Patricia Busheme died of Alzheimer's Disease on 5 October 2013 at the Maristhill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Waltham, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.4
Burial*	She was buried on 11 October 2013 in St. Mary's Cemetery in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG.
	Https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118399244/josephine_patricia_dolan.
	Jo spent the first nine years of her life living on Queen Street in New Britain, Connecticut. During the Depression they moved to East Boston where her father found work in a brother-in-law's construction business. At the age of ten Jo became sick with rheumatic fever and nearly died. She recovered but was physically weak for a long time as a result. At the age of 17 her mother died and Jo had to quit school, much to her dismay, in order to get a job to help support the family. Though she had no experience as a seamstress, she got a job sewing after she assured her boss that she was experienced. She gained that experience as she worked, and often made up her own patterns. Because she was faster than the other workers, she became a "sample" sewer.
	Josephine was a member of the women's military auxiliary before World War II where she met John's sister Susan Dolan. One day she noticed John's picture on Susan's shelf and asked her if he was married. She began writing to John, confusing him by asking him if he remembered going on a horse-drawn carriage ride with her in the past, which he hadn't. They became close by writing through the mail, and after exchanging pictures John proposed before they had ever met. At the time of their marriage John was serving in the Navy and stationed at the Boston Navy Yard and Jo was living at 65 Semont Road in Boston. After their marriage John and Josephine moved to 16 Morse Street in Dorchester, Mass., living there until about 1950 when they moved to 23 Ocean Avenue in Winthrop, Mass. Although in July of 1950 when their son Richard was born his birth certificate said that they were living at 10 Phelps Street in Salem, which was John's parents' address. By June of 1953 they had purchased a home at 15 Linden Street in Salem and lived there for the remainder of their marriage.
	During her first marriage Josephine worked at home as a seamstress while taking care of her children. After John's death Jo went to night school to get her High School diploma and got another seamstress job at David H. Smith in Lynn, Mass. In 1970 she married her second husband and they lived at 1 Holly Street in Salem with her two youngest daughters. She began working at Salem State College in the admissions office where she also began to take courses, eventually, after her divorce, attaining a B.S. in Business Education with a minor in Psychology in 1981 at the age of 65. After her divorce she purchased a home at 99 1/2 Broadway in Salem, and retired from her job at Salem State in 1991. In the mid 1990s she began a slow descent into Alzheimer's Disease, but lived independently for many years, volunteering at the Salem Senior Citizen Center and joining the choir at the Immaculate Conception Church in Salem. In the summer of 2004 she was no longer able to live alone and was moved to Waltham Crossings, an assisted-living facility in Waltham, Mass., where she resided until she was moved to the Maristhill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, also in Waltham, in August of 2013.
	Her obituary appeared on the website of the O'Donnell Funeral & Cremation Service in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG, and read as follows: SALEM- Mrs. Josephine Patricia (Busheme) Dolan, 94, of Salem, beloved wife of the late John F. Dolan, died October 5, 2013 at the Marist Hill Nursing Home in Waltham. Born in New Britain, CT, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Rosa (Bordiere) Busheme. At a young age she moved to East Boston with her family. In 1945 she married John F. Dolan of Salem and the family moved to Salem where she resided until 2005. She was widowed in 1965. She graduated from Salem State College with her degree in Business Education at the age of 65 in 1985 after putting all her children through college. Mrs. Dolan was employed in the Admissions Department at Salem State College; previously she worked as a seamstress for the David H. Smith Company in Lynn. Her first job was in a candy store. A communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church in Salem, Josephine was also a member of the church choir and volunteered in the thrift shop. She was involved in the Girls Scouts of Salem, a member of the Salem State Bowling League, active in the Salem Senior Center and was a volunteer there. Josephine is survived by her sons John Dolan & his wife Carmen of Topsfield, Richard Dolan & his wife Marlyn of Brooklyn, NY, her daughters Noreen Francis & her husband Michael of Auburndale,(Newton), MA, Elizabeth Lynch of New York, NY, Patricia Teschek & her husband William of Kensington, NH, ten grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, two brothers Edward Busheme of San Antonio, TX, Joseph Busheme of Phoenix, AZ, two sisters Ann Kaenamen of Dorchester, MA, Rose Marie Cataldo of Kalamazoo, MI, several nieces & nephews and sister of the late Samuel, Paul, Francis, Anthony Busheme and Fay Stella. ARRANGEMNETS: Her funeral will be held from The O'Donnell Funeral Home 46 Washington Sq. (at Salem Common), Salem, Friday October 11th at 9:15 AM followed by her funeral Mass in the Immaculate Conception Church, 15 Hawthorne Blvd. at 10:00 AM. Relatives and friends invited. Burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, Salem.5
	Josephine's second husband Francis Patrick Gormalley was the son of Patrick Gormalley and Mary A. Coughlin and was born 17 Sep 1913 in Salem. He died of a heart attack at the Huggins Memorial Hospital in Wolfeboro, Carroll County, New HampshireG, on 21 Jul 1995.6,7

Children of Josephine Patricia Busheme and John Francis Dolan

John Francis Dolan Jr.+ Noreen Rose Dolan+ b. 4 May 1948, d. 27 Jul 2022 Richard Henry Dolan+ Elizabeth Jane Dolan+ Patricia Susan Dolan+

Herman Teschek

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Father	Louis Teschek b. 23 May 1853, d. 19 Oct 1900
Mother	Caroline Sheik b. 29 Nov 1853, d. 1 Mar 1911

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Birth*	Herman Teschek was born on 8 March 1892 at home, 94 Sumpter Street in Brooklyn, Kings County, New YorkG.1
Marriage*	He married Mildred May Aaron, daughter of Joseph Aaron and Carrie Elizabeth Schmelzer, on 16 June 1915 in Stoneham, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Herman died of a heart attack on 4 February 1955 in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.3
Burial*	He was buried on 7 February 1955 in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.3
	Https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Teschek-4.
	His death notice appeared in the 6 February 1955 Boston Post and read as follows: TESCHEK--Suddenly, in Melrose, Feb. 4, Herman Teschek, of 300 Washington st., husband of Mildred M. (Aaron) and father of Donald H. of Stoneham and Erland C. Teschek of Concord, N.H. Services at First Congregational Church, West Foster st., Monday at 2:30. Friends may call at Robinson Chapel, 809 Main st., Saturday, 7-9, and Sunday, 3-5 and 7-9.4
	Herman had no middle name. He grew up with his family in Brooklyn, N.Y. The 1900 census shows the family living at 120 Liberty Avenue in Brooklyn. His father was a 47-year-old house painter, a naturalized American citizen born in Germany, who would die of typhoid fever a little more than four months after the census taker came. Ten years later Herman was still living with his mother and siblings in Brooklyn, this time at 1727 Broadway. He was employed as an electrician in an electrical firm at the time. In 1912, at the age of twenty, he was apparently living and working in Philadelphia, as the city directory for that year (p.1866) lists a Herman Teschek living at 32 North 36th Street and working as an 'attendant'. At some point during the next three years he moved to Massachusetts where he eventually met and married his wife Mildred Aaron. Their niece Carolyn (Aaron) Willard remembers that Herman was working as an orderly in a Boston hospital when he met Mildred through a church function, possibly in Malden. Perhaps the 'attendant' job in Philadelphia was also in a hospital? This author remembers being told by some family member when he was young that Herman was vacationing in Massachusetts when he met Mildred. At the time of their marriage Herman was living in Malden, Mass. and Mildred in Stoneham, Mass. Herman was working at a rubberworker at the time. Two years later, on June 5, 1917, he filled out a World War I draft registration form, claiming his dependant wife as an exemption from service. He and Mildred were living at 306 Washington Street in Melrose and Herman worked as a shoe inspector at the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden. He was described as being of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown hair. When their sons were born in 1918 and 1921 they were still at 306 Washington Street and Herman was employed as a rubber worker. This was likely still at Converse because the 1920 census stated that he was a rubber worker in a shoe factory. Ten years later the 1930 census recorded them as living at 300 Washington Street now. Whether this was a different house or whether the street numbers had changed is unknown at present, but this is the address where Herman lived for the remainder of his years. He was employed as a 'foreman' in a 'die-stamping' business at the time. In 1940 the census stated that they owned their home at 300 Washington and it was valued at $5500. Herman worked as a steel laborer. In 1950 Herman was employed as a sheet metal worker and Mildred's 65-year-old maiden aunt Ella Schmelzer was living with them. She would continue to live with Mildred for the rest of her life. At the age of 50 during World War II he was required to fill out a draft registration card. On it he stated that he worked for the Peter Gray Corporation, 286 3rd Street in East Cambridge, Mass. Records of this corporation are archived by the Cambridge Historical Commission, and an online inventory of the collection says that the company dealt in sheet metal products, and that "by 1930, the company had diversified, and served the diverse industries of Cambridge and Boston by producing specialty stampings for a wide variety of products such as hot water bottles, electric heater parts, tool boxes, traffic signals, safe boxes, etc." Perhaps this was the die-stamping business he worked for back at the time of the 1930 census. At the time of his death in 1955 his occupation was given as a "die stamper." Herman suffered several work-related injuries. According to his niece Carolyn he had lost the ends of several fingers and most of both thumbs due to injuries at work. He was badly burned on one foot when he accidentally stepped into a huge vat in the floor full of scalding hot oil that had been left uncovered. His son Erland's wife Mary drove him back and forth to the doctor on a daily basis to have the dressings changed and it took a very long time to heal. He lost an eye in a freak accident at home at one time. He was trying to fix a spring in one of their chairs and had propped something with a screwdriver. The screwdriver flew out of the chair and went into his eye. He ended up using a glass eye but was still able to drive after the accident. Carolyn writes of Herman's personality: "He was an easy-going man who got really excited when he watched the fights on TV. In fact, after his first heart attack, the doctor wouldn't allow him to watch them for quite some time. All the kids in the neighborhood loved him and he loved the kids. The little girl who lived in back used to stand out at the end of the walkway with him and watch the world go by. When I was a kid (who spent every summer vacation in Melrose) he always gave me a nickle for a Hoodsie when the ice-cream man came around. (It was then a pony-pulled cart and Hoodsie was a small ice cream in a cup.) He also would buy any kids who were playing with me an ice cream. During the war whenever he went to Maine for vacation (and I went along and then back to Melrose with him) he ALWAYS stopped to pick up a serviceman who was hitch-hiking. Even if it meant a couple of us had to sit on someone's lap. (Then it was a long, hot, tiresome ride of about 5 hours!) He always had a Victory Garden during World War II and he and Aunt Mil always sent boxes to [their son] Don in the South Pacific. They included seeds and Don had some good gardens when he was in a place long enough. Uncle Herman always had to have something sweet after his meal -- a piece of cake, a cookie, pie, etc., and Aunt Mil always made sure there was something for dessert. Aunt Mil and Uncle Herman always seemed to have someone living with them. Elizabeth (Lizzzie/Tish) was there for years. She was a real odd one and I can't remember her last name. [There is an Elizabeth Thompson living with them as a lodger in the 1940 census.] They used to bang on the pipes in the dining room when it was time for her to come down to eat. When Lizzie died (or maybe it was even before that) Aunt Ella [Schmelzer, Mildred's aunt] came to live with them. Then in 1951 I arrived and lived there for several years. For years Aunt Mil and Uncle Herman played cards every Saturday night with a couple whose last name was Critchett (sp?). I don't know what game(s) they played but they played for pennies. They had a dish in the den where they put all their pennies and took them with them Saturday nights. For some reason the games always had to be at the Critchett's home but I can't remember why. I always loved shoes and Friday nights I would take the bus to Malden and go shopping. When I came home Uncle Herman always wanted to see what shoes I bought. I don't think I ever heard anyone say a bad word about him -- he was just a sweet, loveable man who enjoyed his children and grandchildren -- he was a good husband and provider. He and Aunt Mil had a really good marriage. He was more like a second father to me than an uncle." His son Don's wife Ellie remembers "that he was an avid reader of newspapers, especially those little fillers at the bottom of articles stating little known facts. He used to come up with little tidbits of knowledge and we didn't always believe him. Turns out he was always right and those little tidbits were his source. He certainly was a really nice man and everyone liked him. He died when [my daughter] Joyce was just about nine months old and I can remember him saying that he wished he could see her grow up, but he didn't think he would be able to. Premonition of his own death?? I really don't know. He died suddenly from a heart attack." She also tells about all the boarders they used to take in. During the war years they took in a boy named Charlie Pease who was "a little slow". She tells how the boarder lady named Elizabeth [the 1940 census says they had a lodger named Elizabeth Thompson] used to jump out of nowhere around the corner and scare Ellie's daughters and other kids. Mildred's cousin Ruth Varney lived there for a time when she couldn't manage her own house any more, and Mildred's parents stayed with her when they visited for a while in summer as did other relatives from Maine. Ella Schmelzer lived there until she passed away in 1973. Herman was a 33rd degree Mason.

Children of Herman Teschek and Mildred May Aaron

Donald Herman Teschek+ b. 16 Apr 1918, d. 15 Jun 1984 Erland Clayton Teschek+ b. 11 Mar 1921, d. 25 Feb 1966

Mildred May Aaron

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Father	Joseph Aaron b. 6 Feb 1866, d. 6 Jan 1951
Mother	Carrie Elizabeth Schmelzer b. 15 or 25 April 1869, d. 6 Nov 1949

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2 Feb 2024

Birth*	Mildred May Aaron was born on 24 July 1895 in Malden, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Herman Teschek, son of Louis Teschek and Caroline Sheik, on 16 June 1915 in Stoneham, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Mildred died of a broken hip & heart disease on 16 September 1974 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.3
Burial*	She was buried on 19 September 1974 in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose.3
	Https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Aaron-827.
	Mildred lived at 300 Washington Street in Melrose, Mass. for many years until she moved in with her son Don at 6 Carmen Ave. in Stoneham a few years before her death. She also spent some time in her latter years living with her daughter-in-law Mary Teschek in Laconia, N.H.

Children of Mildred May Aaron and Herman Teschek

Donald Herman Teschek+ b. 16 Apr 1918, d. 15 Jun 1984 Erland Clayton Teschek+ b. 11 Mar 1921, d. 25 Feb 1966

William Edmond Craigie

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Father	James Christie Craigie b. 29 Dec 1852, d. 11 Apr 1912
Mother	Mary Craigie Harrold b. 27 Jul 1846, d. 23 May 1931

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13 Jan 2024

Birth*	William Edmond Craigie was born on 18 May 1882 at home, 36 Chambers Street in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married first Beulah Mabel Atkins, daughter of Sullivan Holman Atkins and Sarah Abbie Ricker, on 6 October 1910 in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. They were married by Beulah's father who was a Baptist minister.2
Marriage*	He married second Ann Pearle Carter, daughter of Alba Briggs Carter and Eliza Ann Carr, on 11 November 1936 at 239 Main St. in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. Pearle was a good friend of Beulah, William's first wife, which is how they met, but the marriage didn't work out and it ended when they were separated in November 1938 and were divorced the following March 24th.3
Marriage*	He married third Marion Irene Stevens, daughter of Herbert M. Stevens and Eda M. Winslow, on 21 June 1942 in Salem, Rockingham County, New HampshireG. Marion was living in Reading at the time of their marriage. She and William lived at 123 First St. in Melrose after their marriage and Marion continued to live there after his death.4
Death*	William died of a broken hip & heart disease on 2 July 1958 at home, 123 First St. in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.5
Burial*	He was buried on 5 July 1958 in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.6
	William, who also went by the name of Ed, grew up in the Boston area, Concord, NH, and Medford, Mass. On 21 Sep 1908, while living in Medford, he bought a piece of land on Kendrick Road and Arundel Avenue in Wakefield and part of Saugus, Mass. Some of this property was in Essex County and is recorded in those deeds on 20 Oct 19087 when he purchased it and on 15 Sep 19148 when he sold it. On 11 Feb 1910, still living in Medford, he bought land on Esmond Avenue and Spring Street in Wakefield. On 14 Jul 1910 he bought a house at 36 Boardman Avenue in Melrose, Mass. He moved in, married his first wife Beulah in October and they had twins born the following June. On 12 Jun 1912 they purchased a new home, in Beulah's name on the deed, on Park Street West in North Reading. In the following few years he he purchased real estate in other locations and didn't necessary live in all of them. His residence was stated as North Reading on all of the deeds. They may have been presumably investment properties. He bought several plots of land in Wakefield on 15 Apr 1915, a house on Irving Street in Melrose on 23 Aug 1917, and a house on Kent Street and Garden Court in Somerville on 15 Sep 1919. The 1917 Melrose City Directory as well as his World War I draft registration card give his address as 23 Irving Street so he apparently did live there for a while. The draft card described him as being of medium height with a slender build, blue eyes and light brown hair. The date they sold the Park Street West property is presently unknown, but as of 14 Nov 1922 they still owned it. They were there when the 1920 census was taken. Living with them at the time was a Bessie Blair who was said to be their maid. When they next purchased property, on 18 Apr 1923 at 255 Washington Street in Melrose, they were "of Billerica". The 1923 Boston city directory also lists him as residing in Billerica. Deeds for Middlesex County North, of which Billerica is a part, have not yet been searched. They may have rented there while between houses. The family lived on Washington Street for more than seven years, during which time, on 27 May 1927, he purchased a house on Upham Street in Melrose, which is where the family was located in the 1930 census. The house was worth $9000 according to the census. William's mother Mary was living with them at the time. They defaulted on the mortgage for this property in Feb 1931, the second year of the Depression. They sold the Washington Street property on 12 Dec 1930 and next purchased a home at 123 First Street in Melrose on 18 Sep 1931. During the interim they apparently lived at 7 Morgan Street in Melrose Highlands, probably renting.9 The 1940 census adds some additional information, including everyone's education level. William was said to have only an 8th grade education. He still owned his own real estate and insurance business. He was unmarried at the time, between his second and third wives. His daughter Beulah and her two oldest children were living with them, but not Beulah's husband Clarence. 123 First St. was the family's final home, remaining in the family until his third wife Marion sold it many years after his death.      Occupations:      1900: His listing in the 1900 census of Boston, with his parents, gives his occupation as "bookkeeper, wool".      1902-3: Boston city directories give his occupation as "clerk" at 489 Atlantic Avenue in Boston. 1904-6 says "shipper" at same address.      1905-07: Clerk, acc. to Medford city directory.      On 25 Jun 1911 William gave his occupation as "superintendent".      1915: Superintendent, acc. to Wakefield, Stoneham, North Reading and Lynnfield Directory (WSNRL).      1917-18: Worked for Eastern Utilization Co. of Malden (WSNRL and World War I draft registration card).      1917: Melrose city directory says he was in the cotton business.      On 8 Nov 1919 his occupation was given as "cotton dealer".      1920 census said he was a cotton manufacturer.      On 17 Aug 1921 he gave his occupation as "garage".      1923: Salesman, Kenwood Company, 161 Summer Street, room 54, Boston. Kenwood Company dealt in cotton and woolen waste and rags. (Boston city directory)      1924-25: President, Kenwood Company. The 1926 directory lists a new president of this company, at a new address.      Ed borrowed money from his mother to buy his woolen mill business but lost it in the mid 1920s. His mother came to live with him after that as a result of her money being gone.      1929-49: Insurance agent and/or realtor, Melrose (Melrose city directories and birth certificates of children.)      1930 census said he was in real estate and insurance      He and his wife Beulah were members of the First Baptist Church of Melrose, Mass. According to his obituary (Melrose Free Press, 3 Jul 1958, p.2a) he was a member of the Wyoming Lodge A.F. & A.M. and a long time member of the Amphion Club.
	His obituary appeared in the 3 July 1958 Boston Globe and read as follows: William E. Craigie. MELROSE, July 2--William E. Craigie, 76, retired insurance broker and realtor, died today at his home, 123 First st., after a long illness. Born in Boston, he was a resident here for 40 years. He was associated in business in Boston and had an office here for a time. He was a member of the Wyoming Lodge, A.F.& A.M., the First Baptist Church in Melrose, and the Amphion Club. Mr. Craigie leaves a wife, Marion (Stevens); six sons, William E. Jr. of Hartford, Harold R. of Laconia N. H., and Roland A., Kenneth R., David S., and Robert L. Craigie, all of Melrose; and three daughters, Mrs. Beulah Sawyer of Boston, Mrs. Mary E. Teschek of Concord, N. H., and Mrs. Eleanor Paolin of Malden. Rev. Charles L. McEachern of the Green Street Baptist Church will officiate at services Saturday at 2 p. m. in the Robinson chapel, 809 Main st.10

Children of William Edmond Craigie and Beulah Mabel Atkins

William Edmond Craigie Jr.+ b. 25 Jun 1911, d. 21 Jun 1978 Roland Atkins Craigie+ b. 25 Jun 1911, d. 12 Jan 1992 Beulah Louise Craigie+ b. 8 Nov 1919, d. 5 Apr 2002 Harold Ricker Craigie+ b. 17 Aug 1921, d. 31 Mar 2003 Eleanor Gertrude Craigie+ b. 17 Aug 1921, d. 7 Oct 2008 Mary Estella Craigie+ b. 26 Aug 1923, d. 19 Sep 1997

Children of William Edmond Craigie and Marion Irene Stevens

David Stevens Craigie+ Robert Lester Craigie+ Paul Edmond Craigie b. 21 Jan 1948, d. 29 Mar 1948 Kenneth Russell Craigie+ b. 10 Aug 1949, d. 10 Aug 2022

Beulah Mabel Atkins

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Father	Sullivan Holman Atkins b. 14 Feb 1837, d. 5 May 1918
Mother	Sarah Abbie Ricker b. 27 Oct 1844, d. 27 Oct 1936

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19 Feb 2023

Birth*	Beulah Mabel Atkins was born on 3 March 1884 in Milton Mills, Strafford County, New HampshireG. Her birth was recorded in Lynn, Mass., where her father was living at the time, but it stated she was born in N.H. Her marriage and death records state that she was born in Milton or the section of town known as Milton Mills where her parents lived. Her birth record does not appear in the Milton records, however, only those in Lynn.1
Marriage*	She married first William Edmond Craigie, son of James Christie Craigie and Mary Craigie Harrold, on 6 October 1910 in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. They were married by Beulah's father who was a Baptist minister.2
Death*	Beulah died of Hodgkin's disease on 24 August 1934 at home, 123 First St. in Melrose.3
Burial*	She was buried on 27 August 1934 in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose.3
	Beulah grew up in Milton Mills, NH, and Lynn, Needham and Melrose, Mass. She came from pure Yankee stock, with 100% of her ancestry being from colonial Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. This ancestry includes a proven descent from European royalty through the Dudley family and a descent from Salem witch trials victim Mary (Towne) Esty. Her mother's mother was first cousin to the poet John Greenleaf Whittier.

Children of Beulah Mabel Atkins and William Edmond Craigie

William Edmond Craigie Jr.+ b. 25 Jun 1911, d. 21 Jun 1978 Roland Atkins Craigie+ b. 25 Jun 1911, d. 12 Jan 1992 Beulah Louise Craigie+ b. 8 Nov 1919, d. 5 Apr 2002 Harold Ricker Craigie+ b. 17 Aug 1921, d. 31 Mar 2003 Eleanor Gertrude Craigie+ b. 17 Aug 1921, d. 7 Oct 2008 Mary Estella Craigie+ b. 26 Aug 1923, d. 19 Sep 1997

Henry Thomas Dolan

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Father	Cormac Dolan b. 15 Aug 1858, d. 16 Apr 1905
Mother	Susan Brady b. 31 Mar 1859, d. 25 Jun 1925

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19 Feb 2014

Birth*	Henry Thomas Dolan was born on 14 November 1887 in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married Nora G. Donahue, daughter of John Donahue and Ellen Murphy, on 22 February 1911 in Salem. They were married by clergyman John J. Cronin of Salem.2
Death*	Henry died of a heart attack on 26 March 1951 at home, 10 Phelps Street in Salem.3
Burial*	He was buried on 29 March 1951 at St. Mary's Cemetery in Salem.3
	They lived in Salem their entire lives. In the 1910 census of Salem Nora was living with her widowed mother and five siblings on 13 Rust Street and was working, like her younger sister Jennie, as a button hole maker in a shoe shop. When they were married and when their son Henry was born in Mar 1913 Henry worked as a stenographer, although when daughter Mary Susan was born in 1911 his occupation read "clerk". Nora gave her occupation as "shoe operative" -- meaning she worked in a shoe factory -- when she was married. When their daughter Ruth was born in 1915 Henry worked as a bookkeeper. In the 1920 census of Salem, Henry, Nora and their first four children were living on Flint Street. Henry worked as a machinist in a machine shop. When son Joseph was born in February of that year they were at 14 Flint Street. In the 1930 census of Salem they were living with all six of their children at 10 Phelps Street where they owned a home worth $7500. He either built this house himself or had it built for the family. Henry was working as a 'revenue agent' for the 'Income Tax Dept.' and daughter Mary was a filing clerk in a shoe factory. Later in life he was a lawyer and was well-respected in Salem. He liked carpentry and wood-working and had a kind of dry humor. Nora liked to tat and she made lots of things - curtains, lace tablecloths, doilies and lace for clothing. She wanted all her grandchildren to come and visit her on Sunday afternoons and on holidays.
	His obituary appeared in the 27 March 1951 Salem Evening News and read as follows: Henry T. Dolan, 10 Phelps street, husband of Mrs. Nora G. (Donahue) Dolan and son of the late Cormac and Susan (Brady) Dolan, died yesterday afternoon following a short illness. An agent of the department of internal revenue, Mr. Dolan was a member of the Massachusetts Bar association and the United Shoe Country club. Besides his wife he is survived by four sons, Henry T., Jr., John F., Joseph R. and Arthur W. Dolan; two daughters, Mrs. M. Susan Reardon of Dorchester and Miss Ruth E. Dolan of Salem; a brother, former City Assessor H. Francis Dolan of Salem; two sisters, Mrs. Susan Burkinshaw of Salem and Mrs. Mary Minigan. Funeral will be held from his late home, 10 Phelps street, Thursday at 8:15 A.M., followed by requiem high mass at St. James church at 9.4

Children of Henry Thomas Dolan and Nora G. Donahue

Mary Susan Dolan+ b. 8 Dec 1911, d. 2 Dec 2002 Henry Thomas Dolan Jr.+ b. 31 Mar 1913, d. 21 Sep 1967 Ruth E. Dolan b. 4 Aug 1915, d. 6 Apr 1963 John Francis Dolan+ b. 23 Aug 1917, d. 3 Apr 1965 Joseph Robert Dolan+ b. 10 Feb 1920, d. 17 Mar 1994 Arthur William Dolan+ b. 14 Nov 1929, d. 23 Aug 1997

Nora G. Donahue

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Father	John Donahue b. 1860, d. 26 Apr 1898
Mother	Ellen Murphy b. 1862, d. 3 Jan 1937

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23 Jan 2023

Birth*	Nora G. Donahue was born on 30 September 1889 in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Henry Thomas Dolan, son of Cormac Dolan and Susan Brady, on 22 February 1911 in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG. They were married by clergyman John J. Cronin of Salem.2
Death*	Nora died of a heart attack on 5 August 1960 at home, 10 Phelps St. in Salem.3
Burial*	She was buried on 8 August 1960 in St. Mary's Cemetery in Salem.3
	Her obituary appeared in the 6 August 1960 Salem Evening News and read as follows: Mrs. Nora G. Dolan of 10 Phelps street died suddenly at her home Friday afternoon. She was the wife of the late Henry T. Dolan and daughter of the late John and Ellen (Murphy) Donahue. Mrs. Dolan was born in Salem and educated in St. Mary’s Parochial school. Since 1927 she has resided in the Ward Three section of Salem. She was a devout attendant of St. James church and a member of the Ladies sodality. Surviving her are three sons Henry T. Dolan Jr. and Joseph R. Dolan of Salem and Arthur W. Dolan of Peabody; two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Susan) Reardon; Mrs. Edward (Ruth) Reilly of Salem, 19 grandchildren, four sisters, Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald and Mrs. Jane Powers of Lynn, Mrs. Ellen Rogers, Mrs. Ann O’Keefe of Salem and nephews and nieces. Her funeral will take place from her home Monday at 8.15 A.M. followed by a requiem high mass in St. James church at 9 o’clock.4

Children of Nora G. Donahue and Henry Thomas Dolan

Mary Susan Dolan+ b. 8 Dec 1911, d. 2 Dec 2002 Henry Thomas Dolan Jr.+ b. 31 Mar 1913, d. 21 Sep 1967 Ruth E. Dolan b. 4 Aug 1915, d. 6 Apr 1963 John Francis Dolan+ b. 23 Aug 1917, d. 3 Apr 1965 Joseph Robert Dolan+ b. 10 Feb 1920, d. 17 Mar 1994 Arthur William Dolan+ b. 14 Nov 1929, d. 23 Aug 1997

Paul Busheme

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Father	Francesco Buscemi b. 24 Jan 1842, d. 4 Aug 1902
Mother	Serafina Gervasi b. 4 Jul 1854, d. 25 Jun 1925

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21 Dec 2024

Birth*	Paul Busheme was born on 23 January 1889 in Priolo, Siracusa, SicilyG.1,2
Marriage*	He married Rose Bordieri, daughter of Salvatore Bordieri and Guiseppa Massa, on 30 March 1913 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.3
Death*	Paul died of rectal cancer on 23 April 1951 at the Lathrop Home in Fall River, Bristol County, MassachusettsG.4
Burial*	He was buried on 26 April 1951 at Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.4
	Https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188836414/paul-joseph-busheme.
	He was born Paolo Buscema or Buscemi, but later in life anglicized his name to Paul Busheme. His descendants continued that spelling of the surname. According to a ship's manifest from his second trip to America in 1912, Paul lived in Connecticut from 1906 to 1909, probably with his brother Giuseppe/Joseph, who came to this country in either 1906 or 1907. There is a record for a Paolo Buscema who arrived at Ellis Island on June 21, 1907 on board the ship Re D'Italia, which departed from Naples, Italy. This Paolo was 18 and a laborer, and had resided in Priolo, Sicily bound for New Britain, Connecticut. It said his passage was paid for by his brother, and that his brother's name was Paolo and lived at 1110 or 1116 Wilder(?) St. in New Britain. Obviously his brother's name wasn't Paolo too, so is likely a mistake by the clerk, and probably was supposed to Giuseppe if this is our Paul. This Paolo was said to have been born in Pachino, but the entry above says Priolo, which agrees with the next passenger list mentioned below, so perhaps the scribe erred as this was in the far right column of the page. He apparently moved to New Britain with his brother and lived there until 1909 when he went back to Sicily to visit family. While there he was drafted to serve in the Italian army and didn't return to America until 1912. On October 18th of that year he arrived at Ellis Island again on board the S.S. Italia out of Palermo, Sicily. The passenger manifest, which can be found on www.ellisisland.org under the name of Paolo Buscema, says he was single and a 23-year-old labourer, and that he could read and write. His last place of residence was given as Priolo, Sicily, which was also given as his birthplace. He was 5 feet 6 inches tall, in good health, and was headed to live with his brother Giuseppe (Joseph) at 28 Lafayette Street in New Britain. He and his wife Rosa were both from the small town of Priolo in Sicily, and their parents lived on the same street for a time, so presumably they knew each other growing up. When they married in March 1913 Paolo was living at 12 Unity Street in Boston and working as a laborer. Rosa lived at 103 Kneeland Street in Boston and was a dressmaker. When the 1920 census was taken Paul and Rosa and their first four children were living with his brother Giuseppe/Joseph in Joseph's home at 46 Queen Street in New Britain. Paul worked as a laborer in a factory. Paul and his brother both gave their first four children the same names of Frank, Paul, Fanny, and Josephine. Their surname was spelled 'Pushine' in that census. The 1922 through 1925 New Britain city directories show the brothers and their families still living at 46 Queen Street, but the 1926 directory shows that Paolo moved his family a few doors away to 72 Queen Street, and was an employee of Stanley Works, which at the time was the world's oldest and largest manufacturer of wrought steel hardware. They appear at the same address in the 1927 and 1928 directories. When the Depression struck Paul lost his job at Stanley Works so the family moved to East Boston, Mass. so he could take a job in the construction industry working for his wife's brother. The 1930 census finds them living in Ward 1 of Boston (which was East Boston) at 39 Trenton Street. Living in the same house with them was the family of Rocco and Angelina Aliberti, whose daughter Antoinetta married Paul Busheme Jr. a few years later. When their daughter Anna was born in December 1930 their address was given as 20 Trenton Street. Paolo was naturalized as an American citizen in Boston on 22 May 1933. By January 1934, when their daughter Rosemarie was born, they were living at at 279 Lexington Street, in East Boston. According to the Boston city directories, in 1938 and 1939 Paul and Angelina Bordieri were also living at this address. In 1938 the Bushemes moved to Dorchester, Mass., but their son Frank and his new wife Antonina Bordieri, daughter of Paul and Angelina, remained at 279 Lexington. When Paul Busheme died in 1951 the family was living at 189 Trenton Street in East Boston. He had been staying in Fall River at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, the cancer center where he died, for 14 days.

Children of Paul Busheme and Rose Bordieri

Paul Busheme+ b. 25 Jan 1914, d. 9 Oct 2003 Frank R. Busheme+ b. 1916, d. 1 or 7 Sep 1944 Sarafina "Fay" Busheme+ b. 8 Mar 1918, d. 6 May 2004 Josephine Patricia Busheme+ b. 20 Apr 1919, d. 5 Oct 2013 Salvatore Busheme+ b. 1 Sep 1921, d. 24 Sep 1993 Edward Sebastien Busheme+ b. 11 May 1925, d. 13 Dec 2017 Joseph Busheme b. 16 May 1927, d. 20 Aug 2017 Ann Marie Busheme+ Rosemarie Antoinette Busheme+ b. 27 Jan 1934, d. 30 Aug 2017 Anthony Busheme b. 27 Nov 1935, d. 26 May 1936

Rose Bordieri

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Father	Salvatore Bordieri b. c 1858
Mother	Guiseppa Massa b. s 1865

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3 Oct 2024

Birth*	Rose Bordieri was born on 18 November 1893 in Priolo, Siracusa, SicilyG.
Marriage*	She married Paul Busheme, son of Francesco Buscemi and Serafina Gervasi, on 30 March 1913 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Rose died of an internal hemorrhage from a fibroid uterus during pregnancy on 28 September 1937 at Strong Hospital in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.2
Burial*	She was buried on 1 October 1937 at Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
	Https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188836391/rose_busheme.
	According to family she came to America when about 14 years old, after her parents were already deceased. She lived with siblings in the Boston area who were already here. A sister stayed in Italy. A brother, possibly named Salvatore, made lots of money in the construction industry in the Boston area. She lived in Massachusetts until she got married, after which she moved to Connecticut with her husband.

Children of Rose Bordieri and Paul Busheme

Paul Busheme+ b. 25 Jan 1914, d. 9 Oct 2003 Frank R. Busheme+ b. 1916, d. 1 or 7 Sep 1944 Sarafina "Fay" Busheme+ b. 8 Mar 1918, d. 6 May 2004 Josephine Patricia Busheme+ b. 20 Apr 1919, d. 5 Oct 2013 Salvatore Busheme+ b. 1 Sep 1921, d. 24 Sep 1993 Edward Sebastien Busheme+ b. 11 May 1925, d. 13 Dec 2017 Joseph Busheme b. 16 May 1927, d. 20 Aug 2017 Ann Marie Busheme+ Rosemarie Antoinette Busheme+ b. 27 Jan 1934, d. 30 Aug 2017 Anthony Busheme b. 27 Nov 1935, d. 26 May 1936

Louis Teschek

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Father	Johann Heinrich Louis Gericke d. a 10 Feb 1878
Mother	Eva Czerwinska b. c 1808, d. 10 Feb 1878

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17 Dec 2024

Birth*	Louis Teschek , son of Johann Heinrich Louis Gericke and Eva Czerwinska, was born on 23 May 1853 in Berlin, Brandenburg, PrussiaG. His death record on 19 Oct 1900 said he was aged 47 years, 4 months, and either 26 or 27 days. The last digit has a 6 and a 7 written on top of each other. That calculates to a birth date of 22 or 23 May 1853. The 1900 census states that he was born in May 1853, and some of his children's birth records give him an age that suggests a birth in 1853. German marriage records show a Johann Heinrich Ludwig Gericke with the correct parents who has a birthdate of 23 May 1851. It seems highly likely that this is him. The 1851 date is two years off but the marriage record could easily be wrong on the year, especially considering that his bride was born in 1840, so was much older than he was. He may have wanted to make himself look a bit closer in age to her at the time. Unfortunately no birth or baptism record has been located for him yet.1
Marriage*	Louis Teschek married first Katharina Thomann, daughter of Wilhelm Thomann and Rosine Stark, on 11 October 1877 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, GermanyG.1
Marriage*	He married second Caroline Sheik, daughter of Henry L. Sheik and Katharine Kniss, on 12 June 1886 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New YorkG. On the marriage certificate it said that it was the second marriage for the groom and the first marriage for the bride. It was probably the second marriage for both of them. They were married by the Rev. John Meury, Pastor of the Germany Presbyterian Church at 230 Hopkins Street in Brooklyn.2
Death*	Louis died of an intestinal perforation due to typhoid fever on 19 October 1900 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New YorkG.3
Burial*	He was buried on 23 October 1900 in the Pisgah section of Evergreen Cemetery, grave no. 3340, in Brooklyn. There is no gravestone on his grave.4,5
	The names of his parents given here are probable, but not proven, as his birth or baptismal record in Germany has not yet been located. Here is what we do know. According to family tradition Louis was born with the surname Gehrig. His mother had married again, either before or after his own father, a man named Teschek and had a son by that marriage. The two sons came to this country together and Louis decided to take the name Teschek like his half-brother. His granddaughter Gloria Schilter reports that there was once a letter that belonged to Louis' daughter Caroline Benz that was written in German, sent from Louis' mother back in Germany, in which she expressed her anger about the name change. At one point she supposedly wrote, "You were born a Gehrig and you should die a Gehrig." There was also a family bible that was at one time in the possession of his daughter Margaret Woessner that reportedly contained information about the name change. The names of his parents given on his 1886 marriage certificate were Louis Teschek and Eva Carwinsky, but on his death certificate his parents' names were listed as John L. and Mary J. Teschek. The marriage record is the one more likely to be correct, as he would have been able to provide his parents' names himself. Which brings us to the family currently attached here as his parents. The mother Eva Czerwinska (sometimes spelled Scherwinske) was married first to a Tescheck and second to a Gericke and had children by both. The name Czerwinska is close to Carwinsky, and Gericke is close to Gehrig, so the odds are strong that these are his parents. Then there is the marriage record to Catharine Thomann in 1877, with a Johann Heinrich Ludwig Gericke born to the same parents on 23 May (one of Louis' two possible birthdays) in 1851. (Ludwig being a German version of Louis.) So if family tradition is correct, he came to this country with a Tescheck half-brother - perhaps Johann Christoph - and decided to take the surname of Tescheck (changed to Teschek at some point) like his older half brother. And there is a John Teschek in New York at the same time he was. His brother Johann Christoph married a woman by the name of Alwine, and an Alwina Teschek is recorded as dying in King's County in 1889. If the 1877 marriage record to Catharine Thomann is our Louis, he may have emigrated to this country shortly after the wedding, as according to the 1900 census he came to this country in 1877. On the other hand, the possible death record for Catharine in 1885 says that she was living in this country for 2 1/2 years. Thus far it has not been possible to locate him in the 1880 census using the indexes at ancestry.com and familysearch.org and trying multiple spelling variations, so perhaps they hadn't emigrated by 1880. He is also not found in the Manhattan or Brooklyn city directories in the 1870s. His death certificate in 1900 stated that he had been in America for 40 years, 26 of those in New York City. That implies that he came to this country as a child around 1860 and had been living in NYC since about 1874. If either is true then the German marriage record to Catharine Thomann can't be him, but it seems very unlikely that he had been in America since 1860 so we'll assume the death certificate was in error. The information was probably given by a relative who didn't know the facts. In December 1885 when his possible first wife died he was living at 214 Throop Avenue in Brooklyn. John Teschek the wood carver, likely his half brother, was living at 230 Throop Avenue in 1884-85 according to city directories. In April 1887 when Louis and his second wife Caroline's daughter Caroline was born he was a tailor and they were living at 43 Ellery St. in Brooklyn, NY. When a census was taken in Brooklyn on 16 Feb 1892 they were living at 176 Marion Street. Louis and 14-year-old son Willie (actually his stepson) were painters. When their son Herman was born in March 1892 Louis was again a painter but they were now living at 94 Sumpter St. in Brooklyn. The 1895 Brooklyn City Directory shows Louis at 1843 Dean Street, occupation painter. From the Standard Union newspaper of Brooklyn, 8 Aug 1896, p.8: a list of unclaimed letters at the Brooklyn Post Office includes "Teschek L" The 1899 Brooklyn directory has him living at 2127 Bergen Street, occupation printer. [sic] A "Jacob" Teschek was also listed who is undoubtedly his brother John misprinted. He gave his occupation as painter again at the time of the 1900 census, and the family was living at 120 Liberty Ave. in Brooklyn. He was then a naturalized American citizen. When he died a few months later in October his occupation on his death certificate was given as "clerk," and his residence was still 120 Liberty Ave. in Brooklyn. The 1899 directory of Brooklyn, however, said that Louis Teschek, a printer, was living at 2127 Bergen Street. The 1905 New York State census shows the family at 206 Bradford Street in Brooklyn. Caroline's occupation was given as a school matron. The 1906 Brooklyn directory has Caroline Teschek, matron, widow of Louis, living at 206 Bradford Street. When the 1910 census was taken on April 15th, Caroline and all eight of the children were living at 1727 Broadway Street in Brooklyn. For Caroline's occupation it just states 'None.' His granddaughter Gloria Schilter says that Louis was born a Catholic and his wife Caroline Schick was a Protestant. The children were brought up Protestant.

Children of Louis Teschek and Katharina Thomann

Male Teschek b. 25 Jul 1878 Margaret Teschek b. 22 Feb 1881, d. 17 Sep 1963

Children of Louis Teschek and Caroline Sheik

Caroline Teschek+ b. 19 Apr 1887, d. 28 May 1953 Louis Teschek b. 16 Apr 1888, d. 13 Mar 1934 John Teschek+ b. 18 May 1889, d. 19 Mar 1931 Henry Teschek b. 29 Nov 1890, d. 29 Jan 1936 Herman Teschek+ b. 8 Mar 1892, d. 4 Feb 1955 Arthur Teschek+ b. 2 Jun 1893, d. 2 May 1935

Caroline Sheik

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Father	Henry L. Sheik b. c 1826, d. a 1865
Mother	Katharine Kniss b. 4 Apr 1836, d. a 1867

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23 Jan 2024

Birth*	Caroline Sheik was born on 29 November 1853 in New York, New YorkG.1
Marriage*	She married first Unknown Fischer.
Marriage*	She married second Louis Teschek, son of Johann Heinrich Louis Gericke and Eva Czerwinska, on 12 June 1886 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New YorkG. On the marriage certificate it said that it was the second marriage for the groom and the first marriage for the bride. It was probably the second marriage for both of them. They were married by the Rev. John Meury, Pastor of the Germany Presbyterian Church at 230 Hopkins Street in Brooklyn.2
Death*	Caroline died of a pulmonary edema on 1 March 1911 at St. Mary's Hospital probably in Brooklyn. The official cause of death was listed as "pulmonary edema secondary to chronic myocarditis and hypertrophic cirrhosis of liver." The death certificate did not state what borough she died in, only that it was in St. Mary's Hospital. Since Caroline lived in Brooklyn it was probably the St. Mary's in that borough.3
Burial*	She was buried on 4 March 1911 in the Pisgah section of Evergreen Cemetery, grave no. 3340, in Brooklyn.4,5
	Prior to her marriage to Louis Teschek Caroline had a son William Fisher or Fischer born about July 1879. No record has yet been found of Caroline or William in the 1880 census, so it is unknown as to whether she and the father of William were ever married, or who he was. Her death certificate states her address as 2613 Atlantic Avenue, no borough mentioned, but it was probably Brooklyn. She had lived in New York City all her life.
	Her obituary appeared in the 3 March 1911 Standard Union of Brooklyn and read as follows: Caroline Shiek Teschek. who died Wednesday at her home, 2613 Atlantic avenue, is survived by two daughters, Margaret and Caroline, and six sons, William, Louis, John, Henry, Herman and Arthur. Funeral services will be held at her late home tomorrow at 2 P.M.6

Child of Caroline Sheik and Unknown Fischer

William Fischer b. c Jul 1879, d. Nov 1947

Children of Caroline Sheik and Louis Teschek

Caroline Teschek+ b. 19 Apr 1887, d. 28 May 1953 Louis Teschek b. 16 Apr 1888, d. 13 Mar 1934 John Teschek+ b. 18 May 1889, d. 19 Mar 1931 Henry Teschek b. 29 Nov 1890, d. 29 Jan 1936 Herman Teschek+ b. 8 Mar 1892, d. 4 Feb 1955 Arthur Teschek+ b. 2 Jun 1893, d. 2 May 1935

Joseph Aaron

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Father	Moss Aaron b. 17 Aug 1836?, d. 24 Dec 1902
Mother	Martha Goodwin Hamblen b. Jan 1844, d. 25 Aug 1913

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13 Mar 2023

Birth*	Joseph Aaron was born on 6 February 1866 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married Carrie Elizabeth Schmelzer, daughter of Heinrich Julius Schmelzer and Hermine Siebert, on 1 June 1887 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Joseph died of rectal cancer on 6 January 1951 at the home of his daughter Mildred at 300 Washington Street in Melrose.3
Burial*	He was buried on 9 January 1951 in Maple Grove Cemetery in Mechanic Falls.3
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	When they were married in 1887 Joseph was employed as an action-maker and Carrie was a tailoress. They were both living in Cambridge, Mass. at the time. Their first three children were born in Cambridge between 1888 and 1891, but beginning in 1893 their remaining children were born in Malden, Mass. so they must have moved around 1892. In 1888 and 1890 Joseph was an "action maker", which involved making parts for pianos. In 1891 he was a tin peddler, and in 1893 he was a "driver". He gave his occupation as "baker" in 1895, and his obituary said he was once a baker in Boston. On the birth certificates of his remaining children, 1897-1903, he was again a driver. Their address in Malden in 1899-1903 was 205 Adams Street, which is where they were living when the 1900 census of Malden was taken on June 4th. Joseph was working as a baker at the time. In 1905 their address may have been either 205 or 208 Adams Street. The 1908, 1909 and 1910 Malden city directories show them living at 203 Adams St. and gave Joseph's occupation as "grocer". The 1910 census, taken on April 21st, has them at the 203 Adams Street address and said that Joseph was a porter in a cotton house. Carrie was listed as a retail merchant who worked on her "own account". By 1911 they were living at 295 Wyoming Avenue in Melrose. That is where they were found when the 1920 census was taken on January 3d. Joseph and Carrie were living with three of their children: Chester, Gladys and Joseph. Joseph worked as a porter in a cotton mill and the three children were employed as "rubber workers" for a rubber shoe company. The name of their street was listed as "West Wyoming Avenue". In addition they were also enumerated two or three days later by the census taker for neighboring Stoneham, with the street address being 295 Wyoming Avenue. A current map shows Wyoming Avenue as being in Melrose, but right on the border with Stoneham. Their granddaughter Caroline Hawes remembers that the house was right next to the Jerry Jingle Restaurant, which was right on the Melrose-Stoneham line, which probably explains the confusion as to which town they lived in. They moved from Massachusetts to North Street in Mechanic Falls, Maine not long after the 1920 census was taken and lived there until at least 1949. Joseph was employed there at the Waterfalls Paper Company, retiring in 1935. The 1930 census of Mechanic Falls finds them on North Street and their daughter Gladys and her husband Kenneth Hawes were living with them. Their son Chester Aaron and his wife Carmen were living nearby. They all worked in the paper mill, Joseph as a "caser". The 1940 census found them all in the same place. Joseph was 74 and retired. They spent the winter of 1948-49 living with relatives in Melrose, Mass. before returning to their home in Maine. When Joseph died at his daughter's home in Melrose in 1951 his residence was 84 Pleasant Street in Mechanic Falls, Maine, but he had been wintering with his daughter in Melrose. The death certificate said he had been a resident at the 84 Pleasant Street address for one month and 15 days. It also said he was a retired papermaker and baker. His funeral was held at the Baptist Church in Mechanic Falls.
	His obituary appeared in the 8 January 1951 Lewiston Evening Journal and read as follows: Joseph Aaron, 84, died in Melrose, Mass., Saturday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Teschek. He had been in poor health two years. Born Feb., 6, 1866, in Cambridge, Mass., he was the son of Moss and Martha Hamblin Aaron and came to Mechanic Falls 30 years ago. Mr. Aaron was employed by the Waterfalls Paper Mill. He had been a baker in Massachusetts. Mrs. Aaron, the former Carrie E. Schmelzer, died two years ago. Surviving are three sons, Harry J., Melrose, Mass; Chester L., Mechanic Falls; Joseph C., Caribou; three daughters, Mrs. Martha Sutherland, Mrs. Mildred Teschek, Mrs. Gladys Hawes, all of Mechanic Falls [not true]; two brothers, Harry and Lewis, both of Melrose, Mass., nine grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, several nieces and nephews.4

Children of Joseph Aaron and Carrie Elizabeth Schmelzer

Martha Hermine Aaron+ b. 21 Oct 1888, d. 14 Mar 1976 Ella Louisa Aaron b. 29 Dec 1890, d. 26 Feb 1891 Carrie Isabel Aaron b. 23 Dec 1891, d. 5 Apr 1892 Edward Franklin Aaron+ b. 18 Jun 1893, d. 15 Oct 1917 Mildred May Aaron+ b. 24 Jul 1895, d. 16 Sep 1974 Harry Joseph Aaron+ b. 17 Jul 1897, d. 17 Jun 1986 Chester Lewis Aaron+ b. 13 Oct 1899, d. 22 Dec 1969 Gladys Amelia Aaron+ b. 16 Jul 1901, d. 21 Jan 1992 Joseph Clayton Aaron+ b. 16 Dec 1903, d. 27 Apr 1968 Carolyn Katherine Aaron b. 31 Aug 1905, d. 6 Nov 1905

Carrie Elizabeth Schmelzer

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	Joseph and Carrie (Schmelzer) Aaron

Father	Heinrich Julius Schmelzer b. 12 Jun 1840, d. 27 Jan 1885
Mother	Hermine Siebert b. 17 Nov 1842, d. 14 Dec 1907

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31 Aug 2024

Birth*	Carrie Elizabeth Schmelzer was born 15 or 25 April 1869 in GermanyG.1
Marriage*	She married Joseph Aaron, son of Moss Aaron and Martha Goodwin Hamblen, on 1 June 1887 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Carrie died at the home of her daughter Gladys, on 6 November 1949, at the home of her daughter Gladys, in Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin County, MaineG.3
Burial*	She was buried on 9 November 1949 in Maple Grove Cemetery in Mechanic Falls.
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	She came to the United States with her parents in 1872. She resided in Melrose, Mass. before her marriage where she was a member of the First Congregational Church. After moving to Mechanic Falls, Maine she joined the Baptist Church there and became president of the Ladies' Aid Society for 20 years.
	Her obituary appeared in the 8 November 1949 Portland Press Herald and read as follows: MRS. JOSEPH AARON. MECHANIC FALLS--Mrs. Carrie Elizabeth Aaron, 80, wife of Joseph Aaron, died last night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Hawes on Pleasant Street after an illness of six months. She was born April 25, 1860 in Germany, the daughter of Henry and Hermine Siebert Schmelzer, and came to the United States in 1872. She resided in Mechanic Falls for over 30 years after coming from Melrose, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron recently observed their 62nd wedding anniversary. Mrs. Aaron was a member of the Melrose First Congregational Church, and president of the Ladies' Aid of the Baptist Church in Mechanic Falls for 20 years. Besides her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Martha H. Sutherland, and Mildred E. Teschek of Melrose, Mass., and Mrs. Gladys Hawes of Mechanic Falls; three sons, Harry J., of Melrose, Chester L., of Mechanic Falls, and Joseph C. Aaron of Caribou; three sisters, Ella Schmelzer of Melrose, Mrs. Louise Montgomery of Malden, and Mrs. Maria Baker of Medford, Mass., one brother, Henry Schmelzer, of Billerica, Mass; nine grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.4

Children of Carrie Elizabeth Schmelzer and Joseph Aaron

Martha Hermine Aaron+ b. 21 Oct 1888, d. 14 Mar 1976 Ella Louisa Aaron b. 29 Dec 1890, d. 26 Feb 1891 Carrie Isabel Aaron b. 23 Dec 1891, d. 5 Apr 1892 Edward Franklin Aaron+ b. 18 Jun 1893, d. 15 Oct 1917 Mildred May Aaron+ b. 24 Jul 1895, d. 16 Sep 1974 Harry Joseph Aaron+ b. 17 Jul 1897, d. 17 Jun 1986 Chester Lewis Aaron+ b. 13 Oct 1899, d. 22 Dec 1969 Gladys Amelia Aaron+ b. 16 Jul 1901, d. 21 Jan 1992 Joseph Clayton Aaron+ b. 16 Dec 1903, d. 27 Apr 1968 Carolyn Katherine Aaron b. 31 Aug 1905, d. 6 Nov 1905

James Christie Craigie

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Father	William Baikie Craigie b. 31 Oct 1831, d. 24 Dec 1884
Mother	Mary Rae Bain b. 28 Jul 1825, d. 24 Jan 1901

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9 Mar 2024

Birth*	James Christie Craigie was born on 29 December 1852 in Kirkwall, Orkney, ScotlandG. He was baptized the first Sabbath of February 1853 by the Rev. Robert Paterson.1
Marriage*	He married Mary Craigie Harrold, daughter of James Harrold and Jean Craigie, on 4 June 1872 at home on 7 Canon St. in Edinburgh, ScotlandG. According to their marriage certificate, James and Mary were second cousins. In actuality they were first cousins once removed. Mary's mother Jane and James' grandfather William were brother and sister.      They were both living at 7 Canon St. in the District of St. George in Edinburgh, Scotland at the time of the wedding, and were married at home by John Wilson, a minister of the United Presbyterian Church, Canongate, Edinburgh. James was a journeyman tailor at the time, and Mary was a dressmaker. The dictionary defines "journeyman" as one who, having served his apprenticeship to a handicraft or trade, is qualified to work at it for days' wages, or someone who is distinguished on one side from an apprentice, and on the other from a master. Joan Harrold and William Wilson were witnesses to the wedding. Joan was probably Mary's sister. James was 19 and Mary was 25 at the time of their wedding. Mary probably already had a son John Charles Harrold who became John Harrold Craigie after the marriage.2
Death*	James died of pulmonary tuberculosis on 11 April 1912 at home, 9 Sumner Avenue in Medford, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. James had been suffering from tuberculosis for about 4 years, according to his doctor who listed "occupation and possibly habits" as contributing factors in the disease.3
Burial*	He was buried on 13 April 1912 in the Mystic Lawn section of Oak Grove Cemetery in Medford.3
	His obituary appeared in the 13 April 1912 Boston Herald and read as follows: James Christie Craigie died at his home, 9 Sumner avenue, on Thursday morning, April 11, after an illness covering many months, during the last six of which he was confined to his home. He was born in Scotland, but came to this country about 35 years ago, taking up his residence in Boston, where he remained until about nine years ago, when he came to Medford to live. By occupation he was a tailor and followed that trade until about six months ago, when failing health required him to retire. His was a long, trying illness, but he stood his suffering and pain with great patience and fortitude. In early life, before leaving Scotland, he married Mary Harrold, and she survives him, as do also three sons, John of Auburndale, William Edmund of Stoneham, and Frank of Medford. A daughter, Mary, passed away about a fortnight previous to the death of her father, and the double bereavement has made this home indeed a house of mourning. The deceased was a Forester and also was a member of Clan McKenzie, No. 2, Scottish Clans. The funeral service, which was conducted by Rev. G.F. Bolster, pastor of the South Medford Baptist church, was held on Saturday afternoon, being attended by a large number of relatives and friends. A male quartet sang "Nearer My God To Thee," "Safe in the Fold" and "I am With Thee."4
	Before James was born at the end of 1852 his parents and one brother were living at 45 Bridge Wynd in Kirkwall (the capital city of Orkney), this according to the 1851 census. By March of 1855 when a third child was born the family was living on Victoria Street in Kirkwall, and was evidently still there, again on Victoria Street, when the 1861 census was taken. Between 24 Mar 1868 when his brother John Rendall Craigie died young, and 15 Sep 1869 when his last brother John Corstorphine Craigie was born, the family had left Victoria Street for an address "off Albert Street" in Kirkwall. They were still there at the time of the 1871 census. James' occupation was listed as apprentice tailor at the time. On 19 May 1871 James was a witness at the wedding of his brother William Bain Craigie in Edinburgh, so may have been living there by then. James and his wife Mary were both living at 7 Canon Street in the District of St. George, Edinburgh at the time of their wedding in Jun 1872. Their daughter Mary Jane was born 26 Feb 1873 at 3 Spittal Street in St. George, Edinburgh, which may have been their residence at the time. With two young children and one more on the way James and Mary left Scotland for their new home in America in the summer of 1874. They arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on 31 Aug 1874 aboard the S.S. Samaria of Glasgow, which had departed from Liverpool, England. They and their two young children John and Mary Jane were among a total of 527 passengers. James' occupation was listed as "sailor" on the passenger manifest, but as his lifetime occupation was as a tailor this could be an error. [Mass. Archives, ship passenger lists, Aug. 1874, p.169, nos. 9-12] The small family settled on Everett Street in East Boston. Four months later James Alexander was born and the address was given as 8 Everett Street The 1875 Boston city directory gives their address as 33 Everett Street. By 1876 they had moved into Boston and were living at 57 Cross Street, but moved by 1878 to 55 Lowell Street. In Apr of 1878 James was in Montreal where he witnessed the death of his wife's brother James Scarth Harrold, a resident of that city. His name is signed as a witness on Harrold's church death record. When their two-year old daughter Annie died of the croup in Feb 1880 they were living at 22 Willard Street, but soon moved again to 3 McLean Court, where daughter Wilhelmina was born prematurely and died 20 days later. They were recorded at that address in the 1880 census. The 1881 city directory has them again moving, this time to 36 Chambers Street, where their sons William and Frank were born. In 1884 they left Boston for a while on a trip back home to either Scotland or England. James' father was suffering from Bright's disease of the kidneys during the second half of 1884 and died of it on Christmas Eve, so perhaps they went back to be with him one last time. They didn't stay for his death, however, because on 25 Oct 1884 James and his family arrived in Boston aboard the S.S. Pavonia of Liverpool. [Mass. Archives, ship passenger lists, Oct 1884, pp.69(236)-237, nos.42-48]. James, his wife Mary and children John, Mary Jane, James, "Edmund", and Frank were among a group of 389 passengers, mostly in steerage. There are errors in this passenger list where it states that all members of the family were born in Scotland, and where it says that young Frank was only 7 months old and had never been in the United States before. James, Edmund, and Frank were all born in Boston or East Boston and Frank would have been 14 months old at the time Their place of last residence is stated simply as "Manchester", which may refer to the city in England. James' father was residing in Edinburgh, Scotland at the time, and died there. Once back in Boston they settled at 11 Lindall Place for a few years before moving across the river to Charlestown, where the 1887-91 city directories record them as living at 41 North Russell. On 20 Jan 1892 James and Mary appear in the Middlesex County South deed books [2092:513-7] when they first purchase a piece of property at lot #27 in Campbell Park, Somerville from Henry F. Campbell of Belmont, Mass. James and Mary were "of Boston" at the time. The 1892 Boston directory doesn't record the James Craigie family but does list son John H. as being employed in Boston and states that he resided at West Somerville. As John was living with his parents before and after this time the family was probably in West Somerville at the time. Perhaps they were renting from Henry Campbell. In 1893 they were back in Boston on 42 Anderson, and the next year on nearby 40 S. Russell in Boston (not Charlestown). The family moved to Concord, New Hampshire in 1894 or 1895 and were listed in the Concord, NH, city directory in 1895, living at 89 North Main Street, room 1. His last name was spelled incorrectly in the directory as Craigue. Family tradition has it that he owned his own tailor shop in Concord, but in the years he is recorded in the city directory there he is not listed under "Tailors" in the business directory section. There is a Thomas W. Williams listed as a tailor whose address is also 89 North Main St. however, so perhaps he just worked for him and didn't own the shop. By 1897 they had moved a short distance to 154 North Main Street, room 3. By 1898 they were no longer listed in Concord. James appears in the 1898 and 1899 city directories of Somerville, Mass., living at 12 Richdale Avenue. In 1898 it said he was a tailor at 372A Medford Street, but the following year it said he was a tailor in Boston. By the time of the 1900 census the family was living in an apartment house at 73 Chambers Street in Boston. James wasn't an American citizen at the time. The city directory has them there until 1903 when they were listed as living at 41 Revere Street. On 14 May 1903, in a deed in Mary's name, they bought a home on 9 Sumner Avenue. in Medford, Mass. where they both lived until James died in 1912. [Middlesex Co. South, Mass., Deeds, 3036:289] According to his granddaughter Blanche Russell, James, and possibly his daughter Mary Jane, worked as tailors at the Jordan Marsh store in Boston at some point. According to his grandson Laurence Carbee Craigie, he was an alcoholic. In a 1976 letter he writes that James was "a very capable tailor" who "apparently drank himself out of a successful business". The period from 1910 to 1913 must have been a very hard time for the family, beginning with the death of son James in 1910 in a train accident, followed by the long illnesses and subsequent deaths of daughter Mary Jane and father James in early 1912, and ending with the Christmastime 1913 death of grandson John in a car accident. The "Medford Mercury" for 19 Apr 1912 had the following page 5 obituary for James: He left no will and there are no listings for him in the Middlsex County, Mass. probate indexes. The widow Mary continued to live at 9 Sumner Avenue in Medford, part of that time with her son Frank and his wife and infant children, until around 1918-20 when she went to Stoneham to live with her son John and his family. [Medford directories, 1914-1920] When she sold the house in Medford she gave some money to her son John to fix a place for her to live with him. In the 1922 through 1925 Stoneham Street Directories she was living with John and his family on 21 Duncklee Avenue in Stoneham, Mass. Supposedly mother and son couldn't get along so eventually she left to live with her son William about 1925. She spent a summer in North Quincy with her son Frank and his family in either 1928 or 1929. She was living with William at 7 Morgan Street in Melrose, Mass. at the time of her death in 1931. According to her granddaughters Blanche Russell and Mary Teschek Dauphin she had lent her son William money for his woolen business and because he lost it all in the the mid-1920's when his business failed he took her in when her money was gone. She left no will, but her probate records are in Middlesex Co. South, Mass., Probate File 184514. Her son William was the administrator.

Children of James Christie Craigie and Mary Craigie Harrold

John Harrold Craigie+ b. probably 17 May 1870, d. 15 Sep 1950 Mary Jane Craigie b. 26 Feb 1873, d. 22 Mar 1912 James Alexander Craigie+ b. 4 Jan 1875, d. 22 Nov 1910 Margaret Isabella Joan Craigie b. 17 Oct 1876, d. 13 Aug 1877 Annie Bella Craigie b. 26 Oct 1877, d. 1 Feb 1880 Wilhelmina Alice Craigie b. 11 Jul 1880, d. 31 Jul 1880 William Edmond Craigie+ b. 18 May 1882, d. 2 Jul 1958 Frank Livingstone Craigie+ b. 12 Aug 1883, d. 25 Sep 1945

Mary Craigie Harrold

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Father	James Harrold b. c 1810, d. 23 Jun 1890
Mother	Jean Craigie b. c 1811, d. 15 Oct 1866

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9 Mar 2024

Birth*	Mary Craigie Harrold was born on 27 July 1846 in Sandwick, Orkney, ScotlandG. Her birth is recorded in the parish of Stenness, but was recorded well after the event. The 1851 census of Stenness (2:5) states that she was born in Sandwick, a parish, like Stenness, also on the main island of Orkney. Family members state that her birthday was always celebrated on August 12th, which was always easy to remember because her son Frank was also born on that day. Her age at death also indicates an August 12th birthday rather than July 27th. It seems likely that there was some confusion over the records of birth for her and her sister Isabella, as Isabella's birthday was listed as August 12th in the Orkney records. Her granddaughter Blanche Russell presents some interesting confusions regarding the issue of Mary's birth, and, in fact, her actual identity. Blanche claims that her mother Blanche was of the quiet opinion that Mary was in actuality Isabella, not Mary. That somehow, for some reason, the two had either switched names or switched roles in life. Her name does not even appear on her gravestone, which Blanche claims is because the family didn't want to put "Mary Craigie" on the grave of Isabella. The confusion over the birth date is further evidence. There is of course no way to prove this, but it is an interesting speculation. As for Isabella, we know that she married a William Begg and continued to live in Scotland until at least 1881, when we find them living in Edinburgh at the time of the 1881 census. They had a three day old infant child, as well as two older children at the time. Was that actually Mary living in Edinburgh? Who knows?1
Marriage*	She married James Christie Craigie, son of William Baikie Craigie and Mary Rae Bain, on 4 June 1872 at home on 7 Canon St. in Edinburgh, ScotlandG. According to their marriage certificate, James and Mary were second cousins. In actuality they were first cousins once removed. Mary's mother Jane and James' grandfather William were brother and sister.      They were both living at 7 Canon St. in the District of St. George in Edinburgh, Scotland at the time of the wedding, and were married at home by John Wilson, a minister of the United Presbyterian Church, Canongate, Edinburgh. James was a journeyman tailor at the time, and Mary was a dressmaker. The dictionary defines "journeyman" as one who, having served his apprenticeship to a handicraft or trade, is qualified to work at it for days' wages, or someone who is distinguished on one side from an apprentice, and on the other from a master. Joan Harrold and William Wilson were witnesses to the wedding. Joan was probably Mary's sister. James was 19 and Mary was 25 at the time of their wedding. Mary probably already had a son John Charles Harrold who became John Harrold Craigie after the marriage.2
Death*	Mary died of injuries sustained in a fall on 23 May 1931 at Melrose Hospital in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. Her death certificate says she had an accidental fall on the floor of her room and listed a fractured left femur, arterio sclerosis and a cerebral hemorrhage as contributing factors.3
Burial*	She was buried on 26 May 1931 in Oak Grove Cemetery in Medford.3
	Her obituary appeared in the 29 May 1931 Melrose Free Press and read as follows: Mrs. Mary C. Craigie, widow of James C. Craigie and mother of William E. Craigie, Melrose Center real estate dealer, died at the Melrose Hospital Saturday night. She had been ill since the first of April. Mrs. Craigie made her home with her son, William E. Craigie at 7, Morgan street, Melrose Highlands. Mrs. Craigie was 77 [actually 84] years old, and had been a resident of this city the past six years. She resided in Reading [not true] a number of years. She was a member of the Scoville Class of the First Baptist Church here. Surviving her are three sons, William E. Craigie, of Melrose, John H. Craigie of Stoneham, and Frank Craigie of Woburn, also 13 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon in Whitney's funeral parlors, 30 Laurel street, and were conducted by Rev. Walter V. Jensen, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and Rev. Frank M. Holt, pastor of the Green Street Baptist Church. Numerous relatives and friends attended the services. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, and there were numerous beautiful flowers.4

Children of Mary Craigie Harrold and James Christie Craigie

John Harrold Craigie+ b. probably 17 May 1870, d. 15 Sep 1950 Mary Jane Craigie b. 26 Feb 1873, d. 22 Mar 1912 James Alexander Craigie+ b. 4 Jan 1875, d. 22 Nov 1910 Margaret Isabella Joan Craigie b. 17 Oct 1876, d. 13 Aug 1877 Annie Bella Craigie b. 26 Oct 1877, d. 1 Feb 1880 Wilhelmina Alice Craigie b. 11 Jul 1880, d. 31 Jul 1880 William Edmond Craigie+ b. 18 May 1882, d. 2 Jul 1958 Frank Livingstone Craigie+ b. 12 Aug 1883, d. 25 Sep 1945

Sullivan Holman Atkins

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Father	Thomas Atkins b. 29 May 1803, d. 22 Jan 1868
Mother	Lucinda Fairbanks b. 2 Feb 1807, d. 8 Feb 1868

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30 Jun 2024

Birth*	Sullivan Holman Atkins was born on 14 February 1837 in Canaan, Somerset County, MaineG.1
Marriage*	He married first Frances Wilkins, daughter of William Kimball Wilkins and Lovina Lovejoy, on 3 May 1857 in Rollinsford, Strafford County, New HampshireG.2
Marriage*	He married second Jane Randall Townsend, daughter of John Townsend and Jane Matilda Townsend, on 25 December 1865 in Brookline, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG.3
Marriage*	He married third Sarah Abbie Ricker, daughter of Stephen Ricker and Sarah Ann Clement, on 14 May 1870 in Somerville, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.4
Death*	Sullivan died of chronic interstitial nephritis on 5 May 1918 at home, 69 Myrtle Street in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.5
Burial*	He was buried on 8 May 1918 in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose.5
	Sullivan grew up in Canaan, Maine under the influence of his father, whom the Dudley Genealogy called a "religious zealot". The first record (other than census) we have for Sullivan is when he purchased a plot of land in Somersworth, NH on 14 Oct 1856.6 No house was mentioned in the deed. In 1857 he married Frances Wilkins, who evidently died in 1865. They are recorded in the 1860 census of Somersworth with no children and Sullivan gave his occupation as 'Trader' at the time. They lived in the section of town called "Great Falls". They had one child together in 1862. When he married his second wife Jennie in 1865 Sullivan was a merchant whose residence was Great Falls and Jennie was a resident of Brookline. They were living in Holyoke, Mass. when their daughter Gertrude was born in 1869, and Sullivan's occupation was 'merchant' at that time. When Jennie died in 1869 they were still living in Holyoke. When he married his third wife Abbie in 1870 he gave his occupation as salesman and his residence as Boston, while Abbie gave her residence as Great Falls, N.H. By 1873 they living on Highland Street in Milton Mills, NH, where he remained until the mid 1880s. On 21 Jul 1873 he was "of Milton" (Milton Mills village was a part of the greater town of Milton) when he sold land on Highland Street to his father-in-law Stephen Ricker7. When the 1880 census was taken he gave his occupation as "felt manufacturer." Throughout his years In Milton Mills he bought and sold land around that area and some other areas of town. Many of the deeds were in his wife's name. One such deed from 2 May 1885 states that S. Abbie Ricker was from Milton and her husband Sullivan was "of Lynn, Mass."8 It appears that Sullivan was living in Lynn, Mass. for a period of time while his wife was still in Milton Mills. The birth of their daughter Beulah is recorded in the Lynn, Mass. records but not in the Milton records where it actually took place. That birth record stated that Sullivan was living at 58 Green Street in Lynn and was employed as a salesman. Two deeds in 1884 dated March 69 and Oct. 310 give Sullivan's residence as Milton. Perhaps he had two residences at the time, working in Massachusetts while his family was back home in Milton Mills. If he was frequently absent from home on business it would explain why his wife is so frequently the person mentioned first on deeds when they bought and sold land. Deeds in Essex County, Mass. show Abbie and Sullivan buying property on Washington Street in Lynn in April 1885 Their residence was given as Lynn in the deed.11 In February of 1886 their residence was given as "of Milton Mills, formerly of Lynn" when they sold the same property on Washington Street.12 The last deed in which they are both mentioned as "of Milton" was on 5 Feb 189013. Their next deed, on 11 Jan 1894 gives their residence as Lynn, Mass., when they sold some land adjoining Milton Brook.14 An 1892 map of Milton Mills does show an Atkins residence, so perhaps they were still there at that time. They do not appear in Strafford County Deeds again until 27 Jan 1907, living now in Needham, Mass., when they sold for $1 their land on Highland Street in Milton Mills to Abbie's sister Carrie's husband Everett F. Fox of Milton.15 Essex deeds in the period 1893-4 show them as living in Lynn once again when they passed papers several times on a piece of property at the corner of Verona Street and Euclid Avenue in Lynn, and their widowed daughter Winnifred Tolman of Lynn was a participant in this.16 His brother Frank W. Atkins was recorded as Justice of the Peace on some of these deeds. Frank was a real estate dealer and is listed on several pages of the Essex Co. grantor and grantee indexes. In his later years, if not earlier, Sullivan was a Baptist minister. He performed the marriage of his daughter Beulah to William Craigie in 1910 in Melrose, Mass., where both Sullivan and Abbie lived their last years. In the 1920 census of Melrose Abbie was living with her daughter Mary Edna Larrabee and her husband John at 106 West Foster Street. Abbie died on her 92nd birthday.
	His obituary appeared in the 8 May 1918 Boston Globe and read as follows: MELROSE. Rev. Sullivan H. Atkins, whose death occurred at the age of 81, was the father of Mrs. John Larrabee, wife of Ex-Mayor Larrabee, and a brother-in-law of J.E. Ricker, whose death followed within a few hours. He held pastorates in Maine and New Hampshire. He was a native of Canaan, Me.17

Child of Sullivan Holman Atkins and Frances Wilkins

Winnifred A. Atkins+ b. 26 Aug 1862, d. 22 Jan 1945

Child of Sullivan Holman Atkins and Jane Randall Townsend

Gertrude L.M. Atkins b. 1 Jan 1869, d. 1869 or 1870

Children of Sullivan Holman Atkins and Sarah Abbie Ricker

Mary Edna Atkins+ b. 21 Oct 1873, d. 30 Aug 1962 George A. B. Atkins b. 14 Nov 1875, d. 2 Feb 1933 Beulah Mabel Atkins+ b. 3 Mar 1884, d. 24 Aug 1934

Sarah Abbie Ricker

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Father	Stephen Ricker b. 13 May 1812, d. 21 Nov 1879
Mother	Sarah Ann Clement b. 8 Jan 1818, d. 14 May 1873

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19 Feb 2023

Birth*	Sarah Abbie Ricker was born on 27 October 1844 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.
Marriage*	She married third Sullivan Holman Atkins, son of Thomas Atkins and Lucinda Fairbanks, on 14 May 1870 in Somerville, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Sarah died of arterio & cerebral sclerosis on 27 October 1936 at home, 106 West Foster St. in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. She was buried in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose.2

Children of Sarah Abbie Ricker and Sullivan Holman Atkins

Mary Edna Atkins+ b. 21 Oct 1873, d. 30 Aug 1962 George A. B. Atkins b. 14 Nov 1875, d. 2 Feb 1933 Beulah Mabel Atkins+ b. 3 Mar 1884, d. 24 Aug 1934

Cormac Dolan

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Father	Hugh Dolan b. c 1839, d. 10 Jul 1911
Mother	Bridget (?) d. b Nov 1870

Last Edited

27 Aug 2024

Birth*	Cormac Dolan may have been born on 15 August 1858, possibly in Marlbank, Killesher, County Fermanagh, IrelandG. He was baptized on 23 Sep 1858 in Killesher, which is the name of the civil parish in which Marlbank sits, and the sponsors were John Dolan and Mrs. McHugh.1,2
Marriage*	He married Susan Brady, daughter of Henry Brady and Susan Murphy, on 22 April 1883 in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG.3
Death*	Cormac Dolan died on 16 April 1905 in Marlbank. He had emphysema for six months and died of heart failure.4
Burial*	He was buried in IrelandG.
	In the 1884 Salem city directory their address was 15 Franklin Street, and by 1886 they were at 95 North Street. In that year they were living with Susan's sister Jane Maguire and her husband Bernard. In 1888 they were at 10 Vale Street, in 1890 at 4 Vale Street, and in 1893 at 6 Phelps Street. During this time period Cormac worked as a currier at Lowd & Buxton's currier business located on Foster Street in Peabody, Mass. Curriers were associated with the leather business, which was thriving in Peabody at the time. There are several different things that a currier might do, but it seems Lowd & Buxton's were in the delivery business, transporting raw hides from the railways to the factories to be processed, and transporting the tanned hides to other locations later on. Cormac was naturalized as an American citizen in Boston on 28 Nov 1887 (Cert. #182-99). By 1895 Cormac was no longer working as a currier. He had taken his first steps towards self-employment, with his Salem directory calling him a "junk dealer" living at 8 Vale Street. Two years later the directory calls him a "produce peddler" and they were now living at 53 Warren Street. When their daughter Ruth was born in Feb 1898 Cormac's occupation was listed as "trader." By 1899 he had found his final occupation as he took over a grocery store at 10 Flint Street. He remained the owner of a grocery store for the rest of his life, which for him was only another 5 years or so. By the time the 1903 city directory was published they owned a grocery store in a different location -- at 44 Broad Street. This grocery store remained in the family well into the next generation, going to their son H. Francis after Cormac and Susan had died. Cormac's 1905 Irish death certificate gave his occupation as "Shopkeeper in America". According to family tradition he was forced by his older sons to return to Ireland after committing years of physical and emotional abuse on his family. After he died no one wanted his body brought home for burial. He may have been buried in the Killinagh Old Graveyard in the neighboring town of Blacklion, but if there was ever a stone it no longer exists. Another family member states that they have seen his gravestone elsewhere, but as yet this is only hearsay and hasn't been proven. A death notice appeared in the Saturday Morning Citizen of Beverly, Mass. on 22 Apr 1905 that read: "A telegram has been received announcing the death in Ireland of Cormac Dolan of this city, a well-known resident of Ward Four who was on a visit to the old country.The burial will be in Ireland." Their residence remained at 53 Warren Street until at least 1899, but by the time the 1900 census was taken they were living at 6 Flint Street, only a few doors down from their grocery store at 10 Flint. When they took over the store at 44 Broad Street they also moved the family into the same address, and remained there, with one brief exception. That was in 1914 when an enormous fire struck the city of Salem on June 25th. The fire, which started in the Korn Leather Factory, burned 253 acres and 1376 buildings. Some 20,000 people lost their homes, 10,000 their jobs, and a few their lives. The section of Broad Street where the Dolans made their home and ran their small grocery store was part of the area lost to the flames. In the immediate aftermath of the fire, tent cities were set up in local parks for the thousands of homeless refugees. The Dolans were quick to find alternative housing, moving their family to 13 Rust Street and their business to 58 1/2 Highland Avenue. They were one of the first businesses to get back up and running at their old location, as they rebuilt their store and home at 44 Broad Street by the time the 1915 city directory was published. Susan remained there for the remainder of her life. Census records state that Susan was the mother of eight children, but only seven are accounted for here.
	Cormac's family came from the small townland of Marlbank, which lies in the parish of Killesher in County Fermanagh. Cormac's parents were Hugh and Bridget Dolan. A local historian in the neighboring town of Blacklion, Harold Johnston, did some research on the family in the census and in a source called "Griffith's Valuation", a mid-19th century survey of the entire country, and found the Dolan family in the same location. In Griffith's the family was headed by another Cormac, who may be our Cormac's grandfather. Today Marlbank is right on the border of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and actually lies in Northern Ireland. According to the 1900 census Cormac emigrated to this country in 1880, although his name could not be found in the passenger list indexes for Boston. He does not appear in the 1880 census, so may not have arrived by that point. That same census said that his wife Susan emigrated in 1882, so they may not have met until in this country. Although since they did come from the same general area of Ireland their families may have known each other over there.
	Cormac and Susan were living in Salem from at least 1883 until their deaths.5

Children of Cormac Dolan and Susan Brady

Hugh Francis Dolan+ b. 24 Jan 1884, d. 7 May 1955 Mary Jane Dolan+ b. 11 Oct 1885, d. 2 Oct 1962 Henry Thomas Dolan+ b. 14 Nov 1887, d. 26 Mar 1951 Susan Frances Dolan+ b. 19 Oct 1889, d. 23 Nov 1953 James Cormack Dolan b. 13 Aug 1892, d. 25 Jun 1898 John J. Dolan b. 3 Mar 1894, d. 12 Jun 1894 Ruth Rose Dolan b. 26 Feb 1898, d. 7 Mar 1899

Susan Brady

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Father	Henry Brady
Mother	Susan Murphy

Last Edited

27 Aug 2024

Birth*	Susan Brady was born on 31 March 1859 in Corraglass, Holywell, County Fermanagh, IrelandG.1,2
Marriage*	She married Cormac Dolan, son of Hugh Dolan and Bridget (?), on 22 April 1883 in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG.3
Death*	Susan died of chronic interstitial nephritis on 25 June 1925 at 22 Wellman Street in Beverly, Essex County, MassachusettsG. Nephritis is an inflammation of the kidneys. Her obituary states that she died at home, but the death certificate disagrees. However. the address of 22 Wellman is probably incorrect, as her daughter Mary Jane Minigan lived at 30 Wellman St. and, according to city directories, there was no one living at 22 in either 1924 or 1926.4,5
Burial*	She was buried on 27 June 1925 at St. Mary's Cemetery in Salem.4
	She emigrated to this country in 1882, according to the 1900 census, but in 1880 according to the 1920 census. The 1920 census further stated that she was naturalized in 1886, but the 1900 census does not say that she is naturalized, even though it did say her husband Cormac was. She may have come to this country with her siblings, as her sisters Jane, Katherine and Mary all emigrated as well and lived in the Boston area. After Cormac's death she became the owner of the family grocery store and continued in that business for the remainder of her life. In her final years she was taken care of by family members who lived with her, including the families of her son H. Francis Dolan and daughter Susan Burkinshaw.6
	Susan and Cormac were living in Salem from at least 1883 until their deaths.7
	Her obituary appeared in the 26 June 1925 Salem Evening News and read as follows: Mrs. Susan B., widow of Cormac Dolan, died yesterday after a long illness at her home, 44 Broad street. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Mary J. Minnigan [sic] and Mrs. Susan Burkinshaw; two sons, H. Francis Dolan and Henry J. Dolan; 23 grandchildren and three sisters. She was a well known resident of Ward Three, having conducted a grocery and provision store for many years. She was burned out in the great fire June 25, 1914, and was one of the first to build up her home and store.8

Children of Susan Brady and Cormac Dolan

Hugh Francis Dolan+ b. 24 Jan 1884, d. 7 May 1955 Mary Jane Dolan+ b. 11 Oct 1885, d. 2 Oct 1962 Henry Thomas Dolan+ b. 14 Nov 1887, d. 26 Mar 1951 Susan Frances Dolan+ b. 19 Oct 1889, d. 23 Nov 1953 James Cormack Dolan b. 13 Aug 1892, d. 25 Jun 1898 John J. Dolan b. 3 Mar 1894, d. 12 Jun 1894 Ruth Rose Dolan b. 26 Feb 1898, d. 7 Mar 1899

John Donahue

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Father	John Donahue
Mother	Mary Murphy

Last Edited

27 Mar 2024

Birth*	John Donahue was born in 1860 in IrelandG.1
Marriage*	He married Ellen Murphy, daughter of Timothy Murphy and Mary Connors, circa 1882.2
Burial*	John Donahue was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG.3
Death*	John died of pneumonia and heart failure on 26 April 1898 at Salem Hospital in Salem.4,5
	John and Ellen were living at 175 Charlestown Street in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG, on 6 December 1884 when their son Timothy was born. He was employed as a laborer at the time.6
	When their daughter Nora and son James were born between 1886 and 1889 John and Ellen were living in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG. John was still employed as a laborer.7,8
	His obituary appeared in the 28 April 1898 Salem Evening News and read as follows: The funeral of John Donahue, who died at the Salem hospital on Tuesday of pneumonia, was held in the church of the Immaculate Conception this forenoon, Rev. Francis Walsh officiating. The burial was in St. Mary’s cemetery.5
	John may have come from County Cork, as that is the place of birth stated for both he and Ellen on their daughter Mary's 1966 death certificate. He and Ellen may have been married in Ireland or in this country. It is unknown which at this point. The first record we have so far of them in America is the birth of their son John in Mar 1883 in Salem, at which time John was employed as a currier. They remained in Salem for the rest of their married lives. John's occupation was usually given as "laborer" on the birth records of his children. In the 1900 census of Salem Ellen was listed as a widow living with five of her children at 13 March Street. She was born in Ireland in May 1864 and gave her occupation as a washerwoman. Among her children neither Nora or Daniel were listed for some reason, although we know they were both alive at the time. It said that she emigrated to the U.S. in 1881. When the 1910 census of Salem was taken the widow Ellen, aged 46, was living at 13 Rust Street with six of her children. It stated that she was the mother of nine children, seven of whom were then living. Living with them as boarders were James and Catherine Welsh. James was a widower, aged 45, born in Ireland, and Catherine was single, aged 18, born in Massachusetts, and perhaps his daughter. This is very likely the James Welch whom the widow Ellen Donahue married a few years later. James worked as a paver for the railroad according to the census. Ellen, widow of John, was still living at 13 Rust Street in Salem in the 1910 and 1912 city directories. James Donahue, a shoeworker, and presumably her son, was living at the same address both years. After she married James Welch, Ellen and her second husband appear in the 1920 census of Salem living at 12 Osgood Street. James worked as a foreman for the street railroad. Living with them were Ellen's 25-year-old daughter Ellen Donahue, a shoe factory worker, as well as her 23-year old daughter Ann with her husband Edward O'Keefe and three of their children. It said that Ellen came to this country in 1882 and was naturalized in 1913. James came to this country in 1884 and was naturalized in 1900. They were still at the same address in the 1930 census, with James still employed as a foreman for the street railroad. Living with them were Ellen's son James, as well as the O'Keefe family again. Their dates of immigration were now given as 1884 for Ellen and 1890 for James. The 1930 census said that both James Donahue's and Anna O'Keefe's parents were born in the Irish Free State, which in that year was the name given to the part of Ireland that did not include Northern Ireland. Their daughter Nora's 1930 census said the same thing about her parents.

Children of John Donahue and Ellen Murphy

John Donahue b. 8 Mar 1883, d. b 1900 Timothy J. Donahue b. Mar 1884, d. 19 Mar 1906 James J. Donahue b. 24 Mar 1886, d. 23 May 1948 Mary Agnes Donahue+ b. 2 May 1887, d. 14 Jun 1966 Nora G. Donahue+ b. 30 Sep 1889, d. 5 Aug 1960 Jennie Donahue+ b. 24 Jul 1891, d. 9 Nov 1983 Daniel J. Donahue b. 4 Feb 1893, d. 1917 Ellen Donahue b. 13 Oct 1894, d. 3 Feb 1976 Anna G. Donahue+ b. 15 Sep 1896, d. 27 Jun 1974

Ellen Murphy

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Father	Timothy Murphy
Mother	Mary Connors

Last Edited

10 Jul 2024

Birth*	Ellen Murphy was born in 1862 in IrelandG. The 1930 census says that she was born in the "Irish Free State," which was the name given to the current Republic of Ireland at the time of the census, but she was born before it was created.1
Marriage*	She married John Donahue, son of John Donahue and Mary Murphy, circa 1882.2
Marriage*	She married second James J. Welch, son of Michael Welch and Catherine Condon, on 29 June 1913 in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG. They were married by the Rev. John P. Sullivan, a Catholic Priest.3
Death*	Ellen Murphy died of acute carciad dilatation on 3 January 1937 at home 18 Highland Avenue in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG.4
Burial*	She was buried on 5 January 1937 in St. Mary's Cemetery in Salem.4

Children of Ellen Murphy and John Donahue

John Donahue b. 8 Mar 1883, d. b 1900 Timothy J. Donahue b. Mar 1884, d. 19 Mar 1906 James J. Donahue b. 24 Mar 1886, d. 23 May 1948 Mary Agnes Donahue+ b. 2 May 1887, d. 14 Jun 1966 Nora G. Donahue+ b. 30 Sep 1889, d. 5 Aug 1960 Jennie Donahue+ b. 24 Jul 1891, d. 9 Nov 1983 Daniel J. Donahue b. 4 Feb 1893, d. 1917 Ellen Donahue b. 13 Oct 1894, d. 3 Feb 1976 Anna G. Donahue+ b. 15 Sep 1896, d. 27 Jun 1974

Francesco Buscemi

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Father	Giuseppe Buscemi
Mother	Domenica Buccheri

Last Edited

18 Dec 2024

Birth*	Francesco Buscemi was born on 24 January 1842, probably in Priolo, Siracusa, SicilyG.1,2
Marriage*	He married Serafina Gervasi, daughter of Mario Gervasi and Carmela Lombardo, on 4 May 1871, probably in Siracusa, SicilyG.3
Death*	Francesco died on 4 August 1902 in Priolo, Siracusa, SicilyG.4
	According to family, Francesco and a couple of his brothers were visiting the Vatican and were impressed with the uniforms of the guards there. Thinking they would like to be part of that they applied for employment, but only Francesco got a job, working at the Vatican as a guide of sorts for a couple of years. Some descendants claim that Francesco came to this country, as did Serafina in 1909 and 1913, but the death record for him in Priolo in 1902 would make that unlikely. Serafina, age 62, listed as Serafina Gervasi on the Ellis Island website, came to this country with her son Giuseppe's wife Sebastiana Bordieri and their three young children, arriving on the ship Calabria on 21 Mar 1913. It states that she was headed to live with her son Paolo Buscemi in New Britain, Conn., and further than she had already been in this country between 1909 and 1912. She was actually listed twice, on pages 840 and 844, once said to be five feet tall and once four feet seven, with dark brown hair. The 1922 New Britain city directory has a Fanny Buscemi (Fanny is an Americanization of Serafina) living at 55 Lafayette St., the same address as 'Camalo' Buscemi, wife of Sebastiano. Sebastiano and Carmella had no children so this Fanny is presumably Serafina. The 1926 New Britain city directory has a Francesco Buscine with wife Rene living at 100 Queen St. at the same time as our Francesco's two sons Giuseppe and Paulo were living at 46 and 72 Queen St., respectively. This Francesco was an employee of the Corbin Screw Corp. at the time.

Children of Francesco Buscemi and Serafina Gervasi

Domenica Buscemi5 b. 12 Feb 1872, d. 12 Apr 1912 Sebastiano Buscemi b. Oct 1874, d. 17 Mar 1943 Giuseppe "Joseph" Buscemi+ b. 8 Nov 1876, d. by 1957 Nunzio Buscemi6 b. 25 Mar 1880 Carmela Buscemi+ b. 29 Mar 1883, d. 6 Mar 1951 Paolo Buscemi b. 13 Mar 1886, d. by 1889 Paul Busheme+ b. 23 Jan 1889, d. 23 Apr 1951 Michele "Mike" Buscemi+ b. 1 Jan 1893, d. 28 May 1962 Santa Buscemi+ b. 17 Feb 1894, d. 22 Aug 1956

Serafina Gervasi

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Father	Mario Gervasi
Mother	Carmela Lombardo b. 14 Feb 1809, d. 23 Dec 1882

Last Edited

20 Dec 2024

Birth*	Serafina Gervasi was born on 4 July 1854, probably in Priolo, Siracusa, SicilyG.1
Marriage*	She married Francesco Buscemi, son of Giuseppe Buscemi and Domenica Buccheri, on 4 May 1871, probably in Siracusa, SicilyG.2
Death*	Serafina died on 25 June 1925 at home, 17 Broad Street in New Britain, Hartford County, ConnecticutG.3,4
Burial*	She was buried in Saint Mary Cemetery in New Britain.5
	Https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179964237/serafina-buscemi.
	Her death notice appeared in the 29 June 1925 New Britain Herald and read as follows: Serafina Buscemi, aged 70, died at her home, 17 Broad street, last night. The funeral will be held from her late home tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock and at 10 o'clock from St. Mary's church. Burial will be in the St. Mary's cemetery.6

Children of Serafina Gervasi and Francesco Buscemi

Domenica Buscemi7 b. 12 Feb 1872, d. 12 Apr 1912 Sebastiano Buscemi b. Oct 1874, d. 17 Mar 1943 Giuseppe "Joseph" Buscemi+ b. 8 Nov 1876, d. by 1957 Nunzio Buscemi8 b. 25 Mar 1880 Carmela Buscemi+ b. 29 Mar 1883, d. 6 Mar 1951 Paolo Buscemi b. 13 Mar 1886, d. by 1889 Paul Busheme+ b. 23 Jan 1889, d. 23 Apr 1951 Michele "Mike" Buscemi+ b. 1 Jan 1893, d. 28 May 1962 Santa Buscemi+ b. 17 Feb 1894, d. 22 Aug 1956

Salvatore Bordieri

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Last Edited

8 Aug 2020

Birth*	Salvatore Bordieri was born circa 1858.1
Marriage*	He married first Guiseppa Massa before 1887.2
Marriage*	Salvatore Bordieri married second Paolina Lombardo.3
	On his daughter Rosa's birth certificate it said that Salvatore was a "muratore" or bricklayer. His family continued the profession in Boston. The two children Josephine and Salvatore below are included based on family lore. They may or may not belong here, and there may be other children not included. They are attached here as children of Giuseppina Massa, but they may be from Salvatore's second wife instead.

Children of Salvatore Bordieri and Guiseppa Massa

Josephine Bordieri Salvatore Bordieri Paola Bordieri b. 24 Jan 1883 Vincenza Bordieri b. 16 Mar 1885 Sebastiano Bordieri+ b. 11 Nov 1887, d. 29 Mar 1938 Paolo Bordieri+ b. 12 Aug 1890, d. 1 Nov 1960 Rose Bordieri+ b. 18 Nov 1893, d. 28 Sep 1937 Sebastiana Bordieri b. 25 Jul 1896 Agostina Bordieri b. 23 Aug 1899 Giuseppe Bordieri b. 9 Mar 1902