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Served in Army during World War II; Bronze Star recipient ?; on Omaha Beach 2 weeks after D-Day (19 years old). Disabled veteran (pin in leg).
26th Division "Yankee Division" - France, Germany & Czechoslovakia.
As of 1979, Senior Principal Engineer with Honeywell, Computer Control Division.
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Elaine believes Susan was born about 4:30 or 5 pm
Secretary.
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From 1979 Eaton book: He was a master pattern maker at Bethlehem Steel for thirty eight years and is now retired.
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Per Elaine Whitehead Kell, 11-Jan-2009:
Louise and William were married on his birthday in 1921.
They divorced sometime in the 1940's.
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west side of North Road, Sunapee, New Hampshire
Headstone was purchased by Nancy Kell several years after burial. The inscription is from epitaph notes Bill left behind:
As you are now, so once was I.
Take heed an know that you must die.
An now my soul has took its flight,
I bid my spiteful foes goodnight.
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per Marj Swallow 1987: May have lived with sister, Bertha, in California when she left Bill. May have died in California.
Per Elaine Whitehead Kell, 11-Jan-2009:
Louise and William were married on his birthday in 1921.
They divorced sometime in the 1940's; she left him due to abuse.
Louise moved to California to live with Bert and Wally Detrick.
She died of cancer.
Per Elaine Whitehead Kell, 1986: "Louise called police and cab when she left (while Bill Jr. was in Europe)."
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Mother says born 2:50 am
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Place of birth as "Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada" from a user-submitted tree on ancestry.com
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Name "Dowell" and place of birth as "Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada" from a user-submitted tree on ancestry.com
1900 census says she had 8 children, 5 living at that time.
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Graduate of Boston Teachers College; BS degree. Had a stroke and was cared for by her mother, Ethel, for years and then by her sister, Mildred, from at least 1985 to 1991. She spent her last years (1991 to 1999) in a nursing home.
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From 1979 Eaton book: He served with the United States Naval Reserve from 22 August 1942 to 14 December 1945 and was awarded four bronze stars.
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As of 1979, secretary.
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1910 census form indicates 13 births and 10 children living
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Remembrance card says death was September 3, 1923
Eaton book has her last name as JOHNSON; page 176 & page 322.
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Per notes of Mildred Whitehead Clapp, she was ill on Feb. 23rd, and died April 6th, 1905.