Obituary of Charles A McDonald prominent Bristol resident
Charles Allan McDonald 54 died Sunday morning at Jane Brown Memorial Hospital Providence after an appendicitis operation. Born Aug 18 1870 in Shelburne Nova Scotia he moved to Bristol in 1891 worked as a carpenter at Herreshoff Manufacturing and held roles in Knights of Columbus St Vincent de Paul Society and the Herreshoff Marine Band. He leaves a wife Mary Greene a daughter and three brothers. Funeral at St Marys Church with high mass and burial in St Marys Cemetery. The surviving Kennedy family member is noted along with service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Allan McDonald
Jane Brown Memorial Hospital
Providence
Mr McDonald
Shelburne
Nova Scotia
Roderick
Ann (Coutanche) McDonald
Herreshoft Manufacturing Company
Bristol
Frank J Treanor
West Englewood
John R McDonald
East Providence
James McDonald
Lynn
William W McDonald
Kingston
Jamaica
Franklin Street
St Mary's Church
Thomas Gillan
Fr Fullam
Greeley
Annie Peters
James J Walsh
Hugh F Kellex
Ernest FE Alder
Augustine P Nerone
Owen Hughes
James A Treanor
New York
St Mary's Cemetery
Warren
James L Sherman veteran of Cassis War dies at Soldiers Home
James Lewis Sherman of Providence a Cassis War veteran died at the Soldiers Home after months of illness He was admitted June 5 this year and had been confined to the hospital He was born October 11 184 in Wrentham Massachusetts served three years and three months in the Civil War Later joined the Providence police in 1876 and served 41 years retiring in 1917 Funeral held yesterday in Providence at Horace B Knowles chapel Benefit Street Burial in North Burial Ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lewis Sherman
Providence
Sherman
Mr Sherman
Wrentham
Mass
Horace B Knowles
Benefit Street
Mrs Anne Kennedy Dies At Home After Illness
Mrs Anne Kennedy a longtime resident of this town died Sunday evening at her Second Street home after several weeks illness. She was born in Ireland and had resided here for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Kennedy
Second Street
Ire
Bristol rail yard inspector dies by own action
Henry Paul Trudell 38 of Mount Hope Avenue East Providence yards New Haven railroad committed death by own action Sunday afternoon by hanging at his home. Relatives cite no clear motive only suspected temporary insanity from illness and overwork. He informed wife at 4 PM he would rest, found hanged before five in attic. death attributed to hanging per medical examiner Dr Siegel. A World War veteran and Bristol Athletic Association figure, he leaves a wife a 15 month old daughter his mother and several siblings. funeral planned private tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Paul Trudell
East Providence
New Haven Railroad
Mount Hope Avenue
Consolidated
Trude
Nelson Trudell
Emily Golden
Peter F
Nelson, Jr
Florda
Titus
Ellensburg
NY YY
Elsie Flint
Riverside
Kearney Post
American Legon
Bristol Train of Artillery
Parochial Festival Eve Sermon By Bishop Sanford
Bishop Louis Sanford of the Diocese of San Joaquin will preach Sunday evening at St Michaels Church on the eve of the Parochial Festival which starts Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Sanford
Diocese of
San Joaquin
Cal
St Michaels Church
Prayer for Deliverance Leaves Man Lonesome
Lonesome verse reflects on praying for relief from troubles and feeling isolation when the plea is answered. The speaker laments lack of sympathy as he endures solitude despite relief from his burdens.
Pratt Howe Wedding Unites New Bedford and New York
Miss Louise Pratt daughter of Dr and Mrs Charles A Pratt of New Bedford Massachusetts wed Wallis Eastburn Howe son of Mr and Mrs Wallis E Howe of this town in Grace Church New Bedford The ceremony was led by Rt Rev James DeWolf Perry Jr The reception followed at the Pratts Orchard Street home The couple will reside in Garden City Long Island They will honeymoon by motor in the White Mountains The bride a New Bedford native a Porter’s School graduate The groom a Dartmouth 1923 graduate employed by Atlantic Monthly Company in New York City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe—Pratt
Bristol
Providence
Louise Pratt
Charles A. Pratt
New Bedford
Mass
Wallis Eastburn Howe
New York
Wallis E. Howe
Grace Church
James DeWolf Perry, Jr
John Groton
Orchard Street
Miss Pratt
Elizabeth Pratt
Rosalind Howe
Anne Beebe
Maryland
Ruth Allen
Sylvia Russell
Ellen J. Evans
Madeline Childs
Chicago
John Hammond
Sherbrooks
Canada
Adelaide Cooke
John D Pratt
William Scott Keith
Deerfield
John D Lewis
Richmond
Edwin B. Lynch
Aberdeen
Stanford C. Richmond
Stoughton
Donald C Starr
Winchester
Clifford D Couch
Peekskill
Quincy Howe
Boston
George Locke Howe
Mrs Pratt
Mrs. Howe
Howe
White Mountains
Garden City
Traveling gavel presentation at Central Falls University
The American Legion Auxiliary will present the traveling gavel at Central Falls University on Friday evening, September 26. Kearney Post and Auxiliary members are invited, with reservations requested via secretary Nora E Dwyer before Thursday noon. The trip will be by auto. Kearney Post members should wear Legion caps and Auxiliary members their armbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Alls Uni
American Legion Auxiliary
Kearney
Nora E Dwyer
Auxiliary
World’s Oldest Volume: The Papyrus Prisse Highlight
The oldest known surviving volume is the Egyptian papyrus named Prisse. It represents a landmark artifact in antiquity studies and sheds light on early writing and cultural history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prisse
Providence Optimism Message Lauds Ideals and Civic Progress
A Providence leader extols American ideals from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars to World War involvement. He praises public service, high public opinion, and prudent finances with a $14 million net debt and $2.30 tax rate, noting water works progress at Scituate and urging community cooperation for ongoing city improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Prussia
United States
Providence
Scituate
Provedence
Bristol
Scouting Notes on Mohawk Village Return and Upcoming Events
Deputy Commissioner George R. Fish and Eagle Scout G Irving Parker of Troop 2 Bristol Providence return from Mohawk Indian Village at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield Mass. The Greater Providence Council booth earned fourth place for aviation and signaling. Troop plans include Scout Day at Brockton Fair, efficiency contests, patrol reorganizations, and hikes and stunts with meetings set for Thursday and Friday evenings. new recruits invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Fish
Louis
Stabila
Bristol
G. Irving Parker
Providence
Springfield
Mass
Fish
Greater Providence
Rhode Island
Newport
Woonsocket
Brockton Fair
I- 15
Probate Court hears multiple estates actions yesterday
Probate Judge Edward L Leahy presided. Harold Gross named executor of LeBaron Colt Will with a 300000 bond. Administratrix of Sophie J D Wolf to pay for monument care and burial lot, petitions continued to Oct 6. Guardianship accounts for Henry Dreyer D Wolf Westcote Hershesholf Anna Maria Spata and Hannah Billings Munro accepted. DesLauriers petition for administratrix approved with 4500 bond. Various appraisers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fdward L. Leahy
LeBaron B Colt
Harold Gross
Tudor Gross
Sophie J. D'Wolf
Sophie J D'Wolf
Arthur DesLauriers
Doral DesLauriers
John G Des Lauriers
John G. Des Lauriers
Frank T Remneres
Hannah Billings Munro
Francis F. D'Wolf
Algernon Prepares for Proposal Says He Learns to Cook
Dialogue hints at a planned marriage proposal as Algernon discusses learning cooking skills with his confidant. The tone suggests social expectations and romantic gearing in a domestic arc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flapper
Algernon
Menard 25th Wedding Anniversary Celebrated at Home
Mr and Mrs Albert Menard marked their silver anniversary at 27 Oliver Street with a Sunday reception from 4 to 9 attended by relatives and friends from Fitchburg Lawrence Boston Attleboro Pawtucket and nearby towns. Dwyer's Orchestra provided music and Bertha Menard helped host. Mr Menard, a Cranston Worsted Mills foreman, and Mrs Menard, formerly Mary Bertrand, have three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Menard
Oliver Street
Fitchburg
Lawrence
Boston
Attleboro
Pawtucket
Dwyer
Menard
St. Mary’s Church
Patrick McCabe
Mass Mary Louie Bertrand
Bertha Menard
Edward
Leo Menard
Mainttnarice
Cranston Worsted Mills
Bristol Aerie
Fraternal Order of Eagles
the Foresters
Crack Newport athlete named Bristol Y physical director
Edwin White of Newport, a prominent local athlete and Y worker, is named Bristol Y physical director and will start next Monday. He brings basketball, volleyball, baseball, track, coaching and refereeing experience, and will supervise the Y facilities and social and bowling activities for boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Whte
Nouwpeart
Bristol “Y
Mr White
Newport
Y McA College
Springfield
Newport “Y
American Legion
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Bristol
Bristol and Warren Water Works to Install 16 Inch Main
The Bristol and Warren Water Works will lay 16 inch cast iron pipes along Main Road north of Colt Drive replacing 35 year old sheet iron cement covered mains. Supt James M Jones notes stock on hand will be used and service extended to the stand pipe at Half Way Hill when prices permit. The project aims to greatly reduce water shutoffs due to breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol &Warren Water Works
Colt Drive
James M. Jones
Half Way Hill
Fossil Mammoth Blood Stain Found in Ancient Sands
A British scientist reports fossil remains of a mammoth buried ages ago. The surrounding sand shows a dark stain of iron, possibly from blood oozed from meat and bone, suggesting preservation within the fossil site.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cura
Rubbersea
Fox Hill Avenue
Tel
A. A. Edmonds CO
Hove Se
Charles. A. McDonald
Sand
John F Kennedy
Richard Foley
Marguerite Kennedy
John
Burton Street
St. Mary's Church
James L. Sherman
Mrs
Burgess St. Providence
Fred Suzman
Hope Street
Atlanta Constitution
F. M. Gifford
Usher Place
Bristol Neck
D'wolf—Barrys
Henry Dreyer O'Wolf
Marguerite E Barrys
BOY Scout Notes
Probate
LA Touraine
Rumford
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!