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Mabel Kathleen Strang

Female 1909 - 2001  (92 years)


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  • Name Mabel Kathleen Strang 
    Born 5 Mar 1909  Malden, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Misc two sons and three daughters  [2
    Died 2 Aug 2001  Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 6 Aug 2001  St James Cemetery, Whitman, , Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • !ID= ST 15165

      From Colleen Houlahan's GEDCOM - Mabel's mother, Mabel (Hennessey) Strang, died giving birth to her. Mabel never knew her mother but adored her father. She moved to the States in the early 1920's with Russell and Madeline. Mabel died at the Brockton Hospital, Brockton, Mass., U.S.A. after a brief illness. Buried at St. James Cemetery, Whitman, Mass.
      Address prior to death was: 5 Oakwood Avenue, Whitman, Mass. At the time of death, Mabel was the last surviving child of Fletcher Strang. She also had the lengthiest life, living to the age of 92. Her six other siblings all died between the ages of 57 and 66. Her father, Fletcher, lived to be 81.

      Notes from obituary:
      "Mabel attended schools in Malden, New Brunswick and Mount Carmel Academy in Saint John, N.B. before moving to Boston where she worked for many years as a secretary for Houghton Mifflin Book Co. She later moved to Hyde Park and Rockland, Mass. where she was active in both Democratic Town Committees in the '50s and '60s. She and her husband, Tom, were guests at John F. Kennedy's inauguration. A Whitman resident for many years, she was a communicant at Holy Ghost Church and belonged to the Blessed Mary Sodality. She and her husband served with the Pine Street Inn meal preparation group at the church."
    Person ID I353  Arthur - Research
    Last Modified 7 May 2005 

    Father Gabriel Fletcher Strang,   b. 2 Dec 1869, Emigrant Road, , New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1951, Hyde Park, , Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Mabel Katherine Hennessy,   b. 16 Sep 1874, Malden, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1909, Malden, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Family ID F3754  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Stephen Cunniff,   b. 4 Dec 1906, Cambridge, , Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 2001, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Married 11 Feb 1934 
    Notes 
    • Married by Rev. Edward Crowley in Boston, Mass.
    Children 
     1. Thomas Lawrence Cunniff
     2. Bernard Francis Cunniff
     3. Dorothy Ann Cunniff
     4. Carolyn Marie Cunniff
     5. Catherine Mabel Cunniff
    Family ID F16731  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Mar 1909 - Malden, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Aug 2001 - Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 6 Aug 2001 - St James Cemetery, Whitman, , Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1542] Info: Colleen Houlahan, Strang GEDCOM, received 5 Feb 2005, citing Thomas Lawrence Cunniff.

    2. [S626] BOK0033 Book: Wrights of Bedeque, V.1, p.275.


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