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Harry Eugene McDonald
BIRTH: 20 Mar 1870, East Corinth, Penobscot, Maine
DEATH: 25 Mar 1930, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine
Gertrude Morrill
BIRTH: 23 Dec 1874, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine
DEATH: 03 Aug 1952
Harry E. McDonald
Harry was born to Timothy McDonald II (1831-1895) and Mary Ellen Dexter (1838-1911) in 1870 in Corinth, Maine, the third of seven children. His oldest sister, Carrie (1862-1867), died at age 5 before he was born.
He first appears on the 1870 Census. At that point, Timothy (39) and Mary E. (33) are living next door to Henry (59) and Hannah (63) Dexter, and have two children, Renaldo H (6) and Harry E (3 months) at home. Harry is a clerk in a store with $450 in personal effects (not a real estate owner). Henry Dexter (Mary Ellen's father) is a Grocer, so it's likely that Harry worked for his father-in-law. Living with them was Thomas R Savage (18), who was also a store clerk, and Lizzie Brown (25), a domestic servant.
In 1880, the family of 6 led by Timothy (49) and Mary (42) is living on a farm, while Renold (15), Harrie (10), Clauda (7), Anna (2), and Donald (10 mos) are at home. Hannah Dexter, Harry's grandmother, (73) is listed as the head of the house. Grandfather Henry Dexter must have passed away between 1870-1880.
Gertrude Morrill
Gertrude Morrill was born to Joseph S Morrill (1832-after 1910) and Pauline ____ (1832-1879)
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Gertrude Morrill |
Siblings in that family were:
Mary E (1853)
Susan (1857)
Joseph (1860)
Perkina/Pauline (14) (1870) m. 1875 Gideon Varnum
Susan (13) (1870)
Matilda (1863-1943) (1870, 1880)
Evangelist Joseph (1867-1939) (1870, 1880)
Agnes (1870-??) (1870, 1880)
Isabella (1871-??) (1880)
Gertrude (1880) (1880)
As of 1880, her father, Joseph S (48) was married to Margaret E (45) (1834-??). Joseph is listed as Canadian born, with both parents from Canada, and Margaret is Irish born, with both parents from Ireland. All of their children are listed as being born in Maine.
In the household at the time were:
Anne Moran (24)
Matilda (17)
Evangelist (13)
Agnes (10) (listed as "feeble")
Isabella (9)
Gertrude (5)
Gertrude was a 4 year high school graduate.
Life Together
Harry and Gertrude married about 1894 (1900 Census says married 6 years). At the time of birth of their first and second children, Maxwell (1895) and Pauline (1898), Harry was working as a clerk in Presque Isle. Gertrude, sometimes called "Gertie" was not working.
For the 1900 Census, Gertrude(24) and Harry (30) lived in Presque Isle. They had been married for 6 years and had two children, Maxwell (4) and Pauline (1). Harry was employed as a manager at the Lumber Mill, and owned his house, free and clear. They had a servant, 19 year old Ethel Nichols, an English Canadian who immigrated in 1890. She had worked for them for the previous 9 months (as of the June 4th Census recording).
In 1901, they lived in Presque Isle, Maine, and had their son Harry E McDonald (later adapted to "Harrie Eugene Macdonald")
When Pauline died in 1905, Harry is listed as a lumberman. Pauline died of Tubercular Meningitis (TBM).
Of their five children, three turned out to be doctors. Two of the children died young.
Maxwell E (1895-1975): a psychiatrist, m. c.1925 Sylvia Lovejoy (1906)
Pauline M (1898-1905): died young at age 7.
Harrie Eugene (1901-1963): a neurosurgeon m 1933 Rosamond Edwardes (1911-2000)
Kenneth "Morrill" (1912-1934): died at 22
Donald F (1914-1967): an OB/GYN, m 1942 Katherine Elizabeth Gross (1917-2004)
From the 1910 Census, father Harry was a retail merchant (married 15 years), running a grocery. They owned a home at 257 State Street, Bangor. (House either renumbered or no longer standing).
By 1920, they were at the same home in Bangor. Gertrude and Harry E at that point had four kids at home: Maxwell (23), Harry E Jr (18), Kenneth M (7), and Donald F (5).
As of 1930, Gertrude (54) is leading the household, as Harry E Sr had passed away in March of that year 5 days after his 60th birthday. The home is valued at $7000, and "has a radio set". Harry E (29), Morrill K (17), and Donald F (15) are living at home. Gertrude is listed as proprietor of the Grocery store, and the street address is now 259 State Street. Dr. Maxwell had married 5 years prior to Sylvia, and was living in Milton, Massachusetts with his 3 young daughters while working as a physician (in a $15,000 house! with a radio! 6 Windsor Street).
In 1940, Gertrude (65, widow) was living in Bangor with her widowed sister Isabel M Renney. They are recorded to have received income not from wages (pension, or rent from lodgers?)
Donald F (25) still lived with his motherand was single as of 1940, but had finished 5 years of college already. Donald was employed as a "Boys Camp Councilor" as of April of that year. Perhaps he was still finishing his medical schooling, because he only recorded working for 8 weeks of 1939 for a wage of $100.
Gertrude had lodgers at her house, four single adults working in the medical field (nurses, medical stenographer, etc) at the time of the Census.
Gertrude died in 1952, and was buried in Corinthian Cemetery, Corinth, Maine.
Stories from Jean Pratt, her granddaughter
Grammy McDonald was a sweetie, and her granddaughter, Jean, remembers going to visit her in Bangor for a week or so at a time. Her apartment was over the OB/GYN. She was a devout Catholic, and would say, "Stop talking, I'm trying to say my prayers!"
Yarmouth (where Gene lived) took about 2 1/2 hours to get to Bangor, and one of her sons would go pick up Grammy Macdonald. When she came to visit Gene and Roz at their house on Bridge Street, you would hear her in the kitchen listening to her favorite radio program, and when static became a nuisance, she would bang the radio on the table.
According to family lore, Maxwell thought McDonald sounded too Irish, so he began spelling the name Macdonald in order to avoid being discriminated against.
Prior to Roz leaving for the islands to join up with Gene, she and the children had gone to see Grammy Macdonald one last time. She was under care at that point. After they reached the islands, they received news that Gertrude had passed.
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