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Charles Russell Cavanagh

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Charles Russell Cavanagh World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Charles Russell Cavanagh, known as Russell, was born on January 2, 1899, at 13 River Street in Lower Mills, to Charles R. and Elizabeth G. (Herman) Cavanagh. Both parents were … Continue reading →

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Patrick Canavan and John Canavan

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Patrick Canavan and John Canavan World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Brothers Patrick and John Canavan were born in South Boston; Patrick Joseph on March 6, 1892, and John Michael on August 23, 1895. Their parents, Thomas R. and … Continue reading →

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Max Ralph Butter

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Max Ralph Butter World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Max Ralph Butter was born on August 2, 1898, at 33 Oneida Street in Boston’s South End (today the location of the Ink Block development). His parents, Harry and Annie … Continue reading →

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Robert Towle Burr

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Robert Towle Burr World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Robert Towle Burr was born in Dorchester on April 12, 1896. His parents, Charles Sargent Burr and Annie L. (Towle) were Bostonians with ancestral connections to northern New England; Charles’s … Continue reading →

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Frank Hastings Burns

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Frank Hastings Burns World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Frank Hastings Burns was born on February 22, 1889, in Damariscotta, Maine, to Helen (Hastings), known as Nellie, and Lewis R. Burns. Both parents were born in Bristol, Maine. They … Continue reading →

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Joseph Douglas Bruce

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Joseph Douglas Bruce World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Joseph Douglas Bruce was born on December 30, 1899, at 215 Norfolk Street in Dorchester. He was the oldest son of Joseph L. and Mary H. (Blaisedell) Bruce. Joseph, Sr. … Continue reading →

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Roger Ellis Bonney

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Roger Ellis Bonney World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Roger Ellis Bonney was born on December 24, 1894, in Dedham, Massachusetts. His father, Daniel Weston Bonney, was also born in Dedham. His mother, Eva (sometimes reported as Evangeline) Melissa … Continue reading →

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Charles Stephen Bolster

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Charles Stephen Bolster World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Charles Stephen Bolster was born in Dorchester on December 20, 1894, the only child of Edith Rebecca (Lynch) and Percy Gardner Bolster. Percy was born in Roxbury; Edith in Boston. … Continue reading →

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Peter Gregory Blessington

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Peter Gregory Blessington World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Peter Gregory Blessington was born on March 4, 1894, at 764 Washington Street in Dorchester. His mother, Anne E. (Lally) Blessington, immigrated from Ireland in the late 1870s and worked … Continue reading →

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Alice Ethel Bland

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Alice Ethel Bland World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Alice Ethel Bland was born on August 12, 1885, in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, to Alice Lavinia (Shay) and Samuel Bland. Samuel, who was born in England, married Alice Lavinia around … Continue reading →

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