The WCW Consortium is a partnership of Central Iowa public schools, representing the relatively small suburban and rural community districts of Carlisle, Interstate 35, Martensdale-St. Marys, Norwalk, Southeast Warren, and Winterset. Since the member schools comprise districts from Warren county (plus Winterset, from just across the border), the partnership is called “The Warren County-Winterset Consortium”. Click a school district name to visit their Web site or select from the links above to learn more about the WCW Consortium. [Name: Wayne Fleishman. Primary Job: Principal. Other Duties: WCW Board Member, Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum Director, Goal Team Member. Building Code: M]

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Vol. 58 ; p. 96-97.:
Mrs. Marion Katherine Lang Bailey.
DAR ID Number: 57280
Born in Tilton, N. H.
Wife of Leon J. Bailey.
Descendant of Lowell Lang, Capt. William Prescott, James McDuffee, Simeon or Simon Page, Caleb Hopkinson, Rev. Solomon Lombard, and Calvin Lombard.
Daughter fo William Parker Lang (b. 1844) and Clara Augusta McDuffee (b. 1846), his wife, m. 1873.
Granddaughter of Lowell Lang, Jr. (b. 1874), and Theodate Page, his 2nd wife; Jacob McDuffee (b. 1822) and Martha B. Hopkins (1825-92), his 1st wife, m. 1844.
Gr-granddaughter of Lowell Lang and Susannah Prescott, his wife, m. 1776; James McDuffee (1796-1868) and Hannah Ham, his wife, m. 1821; Moses Hopkinson (1796-1881) and Elizabeth Hamlin (1796-1870), his wife, m. 1821; Siemon or Simon Page and Susannah Peary, his 3rd wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Stephen Hopkinson (1771-1848) and Rachel Lombard (1773-1854), his wife, m. 1724; William Prescott and Susannah Sanborn, his wife; Jacob McDuffee and Abigail Flagg, his wife.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Caleb Hopkinson and Sarah Clay Safford (b. 1743), his wife, m. 1770; Calvin Lombard and Martha Grant (b. 1744), his wife, m. 1767; James McDuffee and Mercy Young, his wife.
Gr-gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Solomon Lombard and Sarah Purrington, his wife, m. 1724.
— Lowell Lang (1754-1822) served as fifer, 1775, and as private at the Rhode Island Alarm, 1778, under Capt. Moses Lovett. He was born at Hampton Falls; died in Sanbornton, N. H.
— William Prescott (1728-1811) entered the army as lieutenant, 1775, for the defense of Piscataqua Harbor and commanded a company in the Burgoyne campaign. He was born at Hampton Falls; died in Sanbornton, N. H.
— James McDuffee (1726-1804) served on the Committee of Safety of Rochester, where he was born and died.
— Simeon or SImon Page (1756-1813) served as a private in Col. Enoch Poor’s regiment. He was born at Hampton Falls; died in Sanbornton, N. H.
— Caleb Hopkinson (1747-1841) served several enlistments and was one of Gates’ bodyguard at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was born in Bradford, Mass.; died in Lemington.
— Solomon Lombard (1702-81) was chairman of the Committee of Safety, 1776; served in the General Court and as Judge of Cumberland County. He died in Gorham, Me.
— Calvin Lombard (1748-1808) served as a volunteer with the Gorham minute men. He was born in Truro, Mass.; died in Lemington, Me.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 34, pages 306-307:
Mrs. Clara A. Mcduffee Lang.
DAR ID Number: 33845
Born in Rochester, New Hampshire.
Wife of William Parker Lang.
Descendant of James McDuffee, of New Hampshire; Caleb Hopkinson, Judge Solomon Lombard and Calvin Lombard, of Maine.
Daughter of Jacob McDuffee and Martha B. Hopkinson (1825-92), his wife, m. 1845.
Granddaughter of James McDuffee (1796-1868) and Hannah Ham, his wife, m. 1821; Moses Hopkinson (1790-1881) and Elizabeth Hamlin (1796-1870), his wife, m. 1821.
Gr.-granddaughter of Jacob McDuffee and Abigail Flagg, his wife; Stephen Hopkinson and Rachel Lombard, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of James McDuffee and Mercy Young, his wife; Caleb Hopkinson and Sarah Clay, his wife, m. 1770;
Calvin Lombard and Martha Grant, his wife, m. 1767.
Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Solomon Lombard and Sarah Purington, his wife, m. 1724.
James McDuffee, (1726-1804), served on the Committee of Safety of Rochester where he was born and died.
Caleb Hopkinson, (1747-1841), served several enlistments and was one of Gates’ body guard at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was born in Bradford, Mass., died in Lemington.
Calvin Lombard, (1748-1808), served as a volunteer with the Gorham minute men. He was born in Truro, Mass., died in Lemington, Maine.
Solomon Lombard, (1702-81), was chairman of the Committee of Safety, 1776; served in the General Court and as Judge of Cumberland County. He died in Gorham, Maine.

The Auckers
 Robert and Clara Aucker celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Nov. 16, 2002, with a family party hosted by their daughter and son-in-law, Roberta and Jim Harvey. The celebration will continue December 2002, with a family cruise around the Hawaiian Islands. They were married Nov. 15, 1952, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and moved to St. Petersburg from Honolulu in 1954.
 Mrs. Aucker retired as an occupational health nurse for Honeywell. Mr. Aucker retired as a printer for the Tampa Tribune. He served in the Navy during the Korean War.
 They attend Holy Cross Catholic Church in St. Petersburg and have a daughter and a granddaughter.
Source : Tampa Bay Times (4 Sep. 2005)

The Biographical Review noted above says this about Hon. Charles N. Skinner:

“[…] ex-judge of probate for the county of St. John, N.B. and in 1900, Recorder for the city of St. John. Born in St. John, 12 March 1833, son of Samuel Skinner, whose father came from New England to the province just before the Revolutionary war. Samuel Skinner was born in N.S. and during his active life was a leading builder and contractor of St. John. He married Phebe Sherwood, daughter of Robert Golding and grand-daughter of Captain Golding, a Loyalist who commanded a company of dragoons through the Revolution, and afterward emigrated with his family to the Maritime Provinces.
 Charles N. Skinner received his elementary education in the schools in St. John, and after studying law with Charles W. Stockton, was admitted an attorney in 1858, and in 1860 was called to the bar. He began the practice of his profession in the city of his birth, where he had since won a reputation as a keen, clear-headed lawyer, prudent in counsel and devoted to the interests of his clients. For nearly twoscore years, Mr. Skinner has been active in politics, and from 1861 to 1868 he was a member of the Legislative Assembly. In August, 1867, he was appointed Solicitor General, an office which he ably filled until March 1868, when he was made Judge of Probate for St. John County. During the same year, he was appointed Queen’s Counsel by the provincial government, and in 1883, was thus honored by the Dominion government. In 1887, Mr.Skinner, who had previously resigned his position as Judge of Probate, was elected to the Dominion Parliament, in which he served until 1892. He subsequently resumed his position as Judge of Probate, having been reappointed in June 1892, and served until January 1894, when he resigned to accept his present office of City Recorder. For several years he was a member of the St. John Council, and while occupying that position took advantage of every opportunity to advance the welfare of the city and the interests of its citizens.
 Fraternally, Mr. Skinner is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and he is a member of the Union Club of St. John. In his religious belief he is a Baptist, and contributes generously toward the support of that denomination. In June 1896, he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from King’s College, Windsor, N.S.”

The ceremony was helded by Rev. William Chipman.

The D.H. Boyd family migrated from Londonderry, New Hampshire, in the 1870’s, homesteading on a farm north of Ocheyedan. They had a family of eight, of whom Frank J. Boyd was the youngest. Frank farmed the family farm until 1918, when he sold it and bought the mortician and furniture business of William Marshall, and the family moved to town. He worked with the Waltons of Sibley and his son, Robert A. Boyd. An employee of the Waltons at that time, George Wick, recalled that the Waltons had Mr. Boyd furnish the automobile hearse for their funerals, and "Uncle Hugh" Walton did Mr. Boyd’s embalming in the back room of the old store on the east side of the street. As a 19-year-old greenhorn, George Wick sat through many a two- or three-hour session with Mr. Boyd and “Uncle Hugh”, "helping" with the process but mostly listening to Mr. Boyd recounting the early days-the 1800’s. Frank Boyd operated the business for 24 years, and in 1942, it was dissolved.
 Frank married Mary Van Cleve, and they had one son and three daughters. He was intensely interested in the Masonic Lodge and fishing. He died in July of 1943.
 Source: Ocheyedan Post Office Article: “D.H. Boyd, grandfather of Rose Boyd Bruns, succeeded Mr. Ireland as postmaster."

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sergeant William J. Beardsley, 25, of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, died February 26, 2007, in Diwaniyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.Beardsley was assigned to the 260th Quartermaster Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Troop Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.
(source: Arlington National Cemetery).

TULSA, Okla. — A soldier with Minnesota ties who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq this week was a native Oklahoman who lived briefly in Coon Rapids, Minn., where he worked as a landscape contractor.
 Army Sgt. William “B.J.” Beardsley, 25, a Muskogee native, was seven months into his first tour of duty in Iraq when he was killed Monday, according to the Defense Department. He was due back home next month on leave, family members said.
 “At 25, you got the rest of your life ahead of you, why not enjoy it, right?” said Beardsley’s aunt, Charlotte Guinn of Tahlequah.
 Enlisting in the military at 18, Beardsley was planning to become a career soldier, his family said. He spent three years stationed in South Korea and at Fort Campbell, Ky.
 He left the Army briefly in 2005 to work as a landscape contractor with his father in Coon Rapids but decided the military life was for him, said his mother, Lavonna Harper. So he re-enlisted last May and eventually shipped out for Iraq.
 At first, he believed the U.S. cause in Iraq was just, Harper said. But just a few weeks ago, Harper received an e-mail from him that said he couldn’t make sense anymore of why he was over there.
 “I wrote him back and told him to be careful and keep his head down and his butt covered,” Harper said. “I asked him what he needed me to send and when he was coming home.” She never got a response.
 Beardsley was born in Muskogee. When he was 5, he moved with his mother and stepfather — a career military man himself — to Germany and Georgia. He returned to Oklahoma when he was 16, moving to Tahlequah. He was married at 20 and recently divorced, his family said. Harper said her son was a devoted father to his two kids, enjoyed weightlifting and riding motorcycles.
 “I’ll miss talking to him, hearing his voice, touching him, just hearing me say the words ‘I love you, son,’” Harper said. “When they’re gone, it’s like ‘Oh my God.’”
 Beardsley was assigned to the 260th Quartermaster Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Troop Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division of Fort Stewart, Ga. He was the 52nd person with strong Minnesota ties to die in connection with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The family was enumerated on the 1850 and 1860 Census for Polk, Mo. Lyle Keith WILLIAMS, p. 57, only stated that George married and resided in Adel, IOWA.

The flowering of Islam has been brought to the historical and cultural forefront of the modern world by a team of gifted flowers who bloom in the cultural garden of Richmond, NH. Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom, who have lived on Old Homestead Highway since 1987, and where they raised two children, Felicity and Oliver, have emerged as two of the most well known and respected scholars in the field of Islamic art. Among their many books and writings is Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power, the companion reading to the acclaimed PBS documentary, Islam: Empire of Faith.

Born in Montreal, Sheila grew up in Connecticut. She attended Tufts, and later majored in Fine Arts and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard. Jonathan grew up in New York, went to Harvard College, took an MA at the University of Michigan, and began his PhD at Harvard where he met Sheila. They both graduated with PhDs having traveled and researched throughout the Middle East and Central Asia.

The full memorial service for Dr. John Rowe, longtime friend and employee of Hope International University. Dr. Rowe began serving HIU in 1967 and held a number of positions in his time including Professor, Dean of Students, and Senior Advancement Officer. He was a friend and mentor to many, influencing the lives of generations of students, staff, faculty and members of our community. He passed away April 7 but the effects of his ministry will be felt for many years to come. A memorial service was held on Friday, April 25th in HIU’s Pacific Auditorium.

Visit facebook.com/drjohnrowe to share your memories of Dr. Rowe and his incredibly ministry.

In Memory of John Rowe (1929-2014)
Posted: April 8, 2014
 We are saddened to announce the passing of longtime employee and friend of Hope International University, Dr. John Rowe. Dr. Rowe began serving HIU in 1967 and held a number of positions in his time here including Professor, Dean of Students, and Senior Advancement Officer. He was a friend and mentor to many, influencing the lives of generations of students, staff, faculty and members of our community. He passed away on April 7, 2014, just six weeks shy of his 85th birthday, but the effects of his ministry will be felt for many years to come.
 One of John Rowe’s earliest memories was talking to God in the parlor of his Grandpa Rowe’s farmhouse. As a youth, John talked to God through his music, when he became the church pianist at the Church of the Brethren in Dallas Center, Iowa. Later, he talked to congregations as a pastor, to students as a professor, and to troubled souls as a counselor.
 “John was HIU’s ‘Renaissance Man,’” commented President John Derry. “There is not an area of campus where his presence has not been felt.”
 Dr. Rowe began his career at HIU when he and his wife, Katherine, moved to Long Beach in 1967. His positions of service also included a Professor of Preaching and Philosophy, Dean of Students, Athletic Director, Financial Aid Officer, and Housing and Food Services Manager. He wrote in his autobiographical notes that he believed the Lord brought him to HIU to work primarily with young preaching majors, because of his years of experience in various denominations and church-related organizations. He wrote with fondness of his work at HIU and the changes he had witnessed.
 Multiple generations of Hope International University alumni owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Rowe for talk of another kind: the kind of talk that builds relationships and raises funds for a cause.
 “John Rowe was never afraid to ask a prospective donor to invest in HIU,” said Vice President for Institutional Advancement Michael Mulryan. “He has played a significant role in the lives of our campus and students over the course of many decades.”
 Dr. Rowe held a Bachelor of Arts degree in Preaching Ministry from Minnesota Bible College, and both Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Vanderbilt University. He was licensed as a Counselor in Tennessee, Indiana, and Illinois, and served in the mental health field during the early 1960s, in addition to his work as a minister and a church musician.
 A memorial service for Dr. Rowe was held on Friday, April 25th in HIU’s Pacific Auditorium. A video recording of the service is available at www.youtube.com/hiuniversity.
 Visit www.facebook.com/drjohnrowe to share your memories of Dr. Rowe and his incredible ministry. Those wishing to extend their sympathy to Katherine may send cards to:
 Hope International University, Attn: Katherine Rowe
 2500 E. Nutwood Ave, Fullerton, CA 92831
 In lieu of flowers, Katherine has requested donations to the John & Katherine Rowe Endowment Scholarship Fund, which may be sent to: Hope International University, 2500 E. Nutwood Ave, Fullerton, CA 92831

The New York Times – January 31, 1982
Mr. and Mrs. R. Foster Nevius of Essex Fells, N.J., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Carolyn C. Nevius, to Douglas Elliot Woodbury, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Newton Edgar Woodbury of Wayne, Pa.
A spring wedding is planned in Essex Fells.
Miss Nevius, an artist in Bangor, Me., where she is owner of an art workshop, attended Montclair State College. Her fiance, a realestate investor in Bangor, was graduated from the American University. His marriage ended in divorce.
The future bride’s father is general manager of the R.H. Wager Company in Chatham, N.J., specialists in marine engineering and manufacturing of electronic equipment. Her mother, Dr. Janet Dryden-Nevius, is a relationships executive with the consumers’ services group of Citicorp in New York.
The senior Mr. Woodbury is retired treasurer of the American Baptist Church in Valley Forge, Pa.

The whole family emigrated to Swiss in 1942 (Oct, 13th). [Registred at the Genova border]

Source: La fuite en Suisse (Les Juifs à la frontière franco-suisse durant les années de « la Solution finale »), Ruth Fivaz-Silbermann, Calmann-Lévy, 2020.

D’autres parents laissent leurs enfants en France pour leur éviter, dans un premier temps au moins, les imprévus et dangers de la fuite. Ils les confient à l’OSE ou à d’autres organisations avant de partir. Jankiel et Johanna Bialystock, apatrides en voie de naturalisation hollandaise, ne sont pas venus de Belgique, mais des Pays-Bas à travers la Belgique. Avant l’ultime phase du « voyage », ils laissent leurs deux fils de 6 et 7 ans dans une colonie de la Croix-Rouge suisse – Secours aux enfants, à Pringy, près d’Annecy. Le 23 septembre, ils réussissent leur passage. Il faut imaginer qu’ils ne peuvent pas être sûrs que ces homes d’enfants ne seront pas raflés, car les mesures d’exception de Vichy font rage. En Suisse, ils obtiennent une autorisation d’entrée pour leurs enfants. Six mois plus tard, une femme hollandaise, en route vers la Suisse avec un passeur de la Cimade, reçoit la mission de les prendre au passage à Pringy et de les amener aux parents. Un rapport du commissaire aux réfugiés – dont nous évoquons le rôle plus loin révèle l’état de santé pitoyable dans lequel ont vécu beaucoup des enfants à la suite de leur longue cavale en France, ou même plus tard, cachés : le petit Rafael Bialystock, 6 ans, a eu les pieds gelés et des furoncles sur tout le corps.

They had no children.

They had no children.

They have 1 boy and 1 girl.

They have 2 sons.

They have 2 sons.

They resided in Digby, N.S., where he worked as an accountant in the bank. He died in 1918, a victim of the flu epidemic.

Thomas Catlin was a Second Lieutenant in the Litchfield Co. commanded by Capitan Abraham Bradley, which formed a part of six battalions (Second Batallion, Wadsworth’s Brigade, Fifth Company), ordered by The General Assembly in June 1776, to be raised to march to New York to join the Continental Army. On September 4th, following, he was taken prisoner by the British Troups on New York Island, and confined eleven days in close jail.
 Finally on December 25th, 1776, he with two-hundred and twenty-five others was put on board the Glasgow at New York, to be carried to Connecticut for exchange.
 In 1777, Thomas Catlin was voted one of a committee to purchase and provide clothing to the Continental Army, from Litchfield, Connecticut. In 1780 Thomas Catlin of Litchfield was appointed one of the inspectors of rations for the army. (Source: Connecticut in the Revolution, pg. 395)
 Thomas was the son of Thomas Catlin and Abigail Bissell. He married Avis Buell on December 25, 1763 in Litchfield, CT. They had six children, Thomas 3rd, Truman, Abel (Dr.), Levi, Avis, and Ann Catlin.

Thomas Gordon Jackson is a veteran of World War I
Regimental number: 1668
Religion: Congregational
Occupation: Manager, bookseller
Address: 2 Edenthorpe Terrace, Kooyong Road, Caulfield, Victoria
Marital status: Married
Age at embarkation: 30
Next of kin: Wife, Mrs Margaret Josephine Jackson, ’Beltana’, Poath Road, Oakleigh, Victoria
Enlistment date: 23 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll: 2 September 1915
Rank on enlistment: Private
Unit name: 39th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number: 23/56/2
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll: 39th Battalion
Fate: Returned to Australia: 22 July 1917

Thomas PERDRIAU est le fils de Joseph PERDRIAU et d’Elisabeth PASQUIER.
On trouve son nom dans le registre d’écrou et de bagne de Chinon.

Twin brother of Roberta Lois (Piersdorf) Zabel (b. 31 Mar 1929, d. 22 Feb 2006). Son of Lloyd and Emma (Mann) Piersdorf.

Twitter : https://twitter.com/marypadgelek

Two Women, Injured In Accident, Recover Mrs. Virginia Ker, daughter of Lillian Trainor Riggs of Los Angeles. Calf., and niece of Mrs. M. H. Glassford, 621 West Green street, has recovered from injuries received last week in a car accident on route 36 near Buffalo. Mrs. Ker left Decatur yesterday for Brooklyn, N. Y., and will leave soon to join her husband in Wiesbaden, Germany. She was accompanied to New York by Mrs. Cecelia Ayer of Los Angeles who was also injured in the accident. – Source : The Decature Daily Review, Illinois. Wed., August 27, 1947.

Un autre Antoine Poignet, fils de Pierre Poignet et Jeanne Lachappelle est né à Collonges le 11 février 1806 (cf. Source : Archives de la Corrèze. Collonges-la-Rouge, naissances 1797-1822, vue 143.), sa date de naissance coïncide avec l’âge mentionné sur son acte de décès.

US 1880 Census Place: Township 109, Brookings, Dakota Territory.

Valory Messier completed her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 1998 and the Master of Arts in Sociology in 2000 at Sacramento State University. She started working with the Institute in 1998 as a graduate assistant. She became a full-time researcher with the Institute in 2001. She has worked on numerous applied research projects conducting research using self-administered, interviewer-administered, phone, mail, and CATI interview formats. She has managed the CEDA database since 2001.

Vernon studied in Harvard Law School, and graduated in 1897. He was at the head of Mass. State Penitentiary System. Then he left Massachusetts and settled in California (abt. 1914) where he married Jenny.

Source: The Municipal Register, City of Boston, 1908. p. 74
Vernon V. Skinner, Penal Institutions Commissioner. Term ends in 1910. Salary, $5000.

Source: The New York Times, December 25, 1909
Boston penal officials out. – Mayor Removes Commissioner Skinner and Deputy Carruth.
 BOSTON, Dec. 24. – Mayor George A. Hibbard’s Christmas surprise for Penal Commissioner Vernon V. Skinner to-day was his removal from office and the appointment in his place of Stree Commissioner Gui C. Emerson. Mayor Hibbard directed Emerson to dismiss Deputy Commissioner Herbert S. Carruth as well.
 Mayor Hibbard bases his action on the allegation that Skinner and Carruth have been guilty of “suppression and misrepresentation” of the conditions existing at Deer Island, where the Suffolk County Hous of Correction is maintained.
 Skinner on Wednesday testified before the Finance Commission that the penal institution’s steamer Monitor had been loaned for private excursions at the request of the Mayor or his secretary, James C. White; that officers at the Deer Island institution had been kept in office after having been detected supplying prisoners with morphine, and that intoxication among the officers at the institution was not extremely rare.

Source: History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America, vol. I, 1908.
Skinner, Vernon Villiers: born Boston, Nov. 22, 1868, son of Dr. John and Jeanie (Reid) Skinner; admitted Suffolk bar 1897, U.S. Circuit and Circuit Court of Appeals 1899; in partnership with George J. Weller since 1901 under firm name of Weller & Skinner; offices, 16 Court Sq. Boston, residence, 2848 Washington St., Boston; has served as treasurer Lincoln Club of Bonston (Inc.), vice-president Rep. City Committee and Penal Institutions Commissioner of Boston; member of Marshall Club, and ranks high as an officer in the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities.

Source: Harvard alumni directory, 1914
Skinner, Vernon Villiers [l 94-97, LL.B. Law] 662 S. Hill St., Los Angeles, Cal.

Source: Harvard alumni directory, 1919
Skinner, Vernon Villiers [l 94-97, LL.B. Merc.] 5543 Sierra Vista Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.

Véronique Soufflet est une actrice et auteure-compositrice-interprète française. Active dans le doublage, elle est notamment la voix française régulière de Christina Applegate et Bellamy Young, ainsi qu’une voix récurrente de Rose McGowan. Voir sa notice Wikipedia.

Veteran of the Spanish American War, 3rd Texas Volunteer Infantry, Co. F,

Vincent and Mildred had 2 boys and 3 girls.

Viola Beatrice Kneeland ’30 LL.M.
 Clearly a woman ahead of her time, Viola Beatrice Kneeland established her own law firm in Boston with a partner in 1933 and continued to practice until she was nearly 70. She was among the first women admitted to Columbia Law School and was the first to receive an LL.M. degree. Born in Boston, she graduated from Wellesley College in 1920 and went on to complete an M.A. in literature at Columbia in 1923. After working briefly as a Greek tutor, she enrolled at Boston University Law School, where she earned her LL.B. cum laude in 1927. She entered Columbia Law School in 1929, finishing her LL.M. degree in just a year.
 Ms. Kneeland worked for Blodgett, Jones, Burnham & Bingham in Boston before establishing her own firm, Kneeland & Splane. In her more than 30 years of practice on Federal Street, she specialized in admiralty and marine insurance law, coffering a territory that spanned from Eastport, Me., to Brownsville, Tex. It was quite an accomplishment, considering admiralty law was largely the bailiwick of male practitioners. Although she lived most of her adult life on Boston’s Beacon Street, Ms. Kneeland was a cosmopolitan woman who traveled the world. In 1952, she wrote to the Wellesley alumnae magazine: "Our office has grown by leaps and bounds. However, in spite of the press of business or perhaps because of it, I find time about every six months to go abroad…. The last trip was a cruise on the Caronia around South America – before that it was the Caronia to the North Cape and Norway and Sweden - and before that a flying trip to Portugal, Spain, the Riviera, and Paris."

Violet was a dance instructor.

Virginia has been KGMG Program Director from 1964 to 1965. (source: This Day in Portland Radio History)

Voir fiche Wikipedia.

Voir Geneanet - Henri Simon LUCET

VOL DE FARINE. — Un vol très important de farine aurait été commis à la gare des marchandises à Brive. Il concerne cinq balles de farine, destinées à M. Duché, boulanger, avenue de la gare, à Brive, provenant du moulin de Gervais (Dordogne), représenté à Brive par M. Gauthier, boulevard de la Sous-préfecture. Lorsque le camionneur voulut prendre livraison de la marchandise, il ne trouva que 11 balles sur les 16 expédiées. Le vol est évalué à 150 fr. Plainte a été déposée. (Source : Le Courrier du Centre, 24 novembre 1905).

WALDO W. SKINNER
Waldo W. Skinner, practising at the Montreal bar as a member of the firm of Simth, Markey, Skinner, Pugsley & Hyde, was born at St. John, New Brunswick, a son of the late Hon. C. M. Skinner, K. C. His youthful days were largely devoted to the acquirement of an education in the schools of his native city and at Upper Canada College, Toronto, and having determined upon the practice of law as his life work, he entered McGill University in preparation for the bar, and was graduated B. C. L. in 1901. In 1913 Mr. Skinner was created a king’s counsel. The year following his graduation he entered upon the active work of his profession and his course has been marked by continuous progress. He is now associated with one of the leading law firms of the City, Smith, Markey, Skinner, Pugsley & Hyde, and is actively interested in much importante litigation, in connection with which he is retained as counsel for the defense or prosecution. From the outset of his carreer he has recognized the fact that careful preparation is one of the indispensable elements of success, so that thorough work precedes his presentation of his cause in the courtroom. His reasoning is clear and cogent and his arguments strong and forceful.
In June, 1907, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Skinner and Miss Loulou Forget, the eldest daughter of the late Hon. L. J. Forget, senator. Mr. Skinner in his social relations is well known, being a member of the Mount Royal, St. James and Montreal Clubs, while his interest in sports is further indicated in his membership in the Montreal Racquet and Royal Montreal Golf Clubs. Attractive social qualities render him popular in those organisations, in which he has gained many friends.

Wallace is the author of Robert Fulton: Pioneer of Undersea Warfare, Mar 1981.

Walter Blanchard was a railroad engineer. He died in a railroad accident near Millington, Tennessee.

Walter served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II in Company C 103 Infantry from March of 1941 to May of 1945. Mr. Doughty earned the rank of Staff Sergeant and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon, the American Defense Service Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Theater Campaign Ribbon with four Service Stars, a Purple Heart for wounds received in action in the Philippine Islands, and two Bronze Stars, one of which was presented on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004.

Waterville — Mrs. J. Edgar Batton, from Kentville, is spending a few days with her sisters, the Misses Skinner. (The Register, July 21st, 1897)

We are sorry to report that Mrs. Mildred Million Crews passed away last week. They had her funeral Monday, Feb. 18th. Mildred was the wife of the late Gene Million. She has a son, Dave, who lives in the Ellsinore area. We send our sympathy to Dave and family, and to his sisters and brother. (Source: The Current Local (Van Buren, Missouri), Thursday, February 28, 1985).

Wedding Bells Bowlby - Wotton
A very pretty home wedding took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wotton, Wilmot on Wednesday morning, Dec. 27th, when their youngest daughter, Jennie Raymond, became the bride of Neil Ross Bowlby also of Wilmot. The bride was attended by Miss Evelyn Bowlby, sister of the groom, while the groom was supported by Louis E. Wotton, brother of the bride. Little Jean Bowlby acted as ring bearer. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. D. Skinner, of Yarmouth, uncle of the bride, the double ring ceremony being used. The bride was tastefully attired in white silk and bridal veil and carried a large bouquet of ferns and bridal roses. The bridesmaid was dressed in blue silk and carried a bouquet of pink carnations. The grooms present to the bride was a gold watch and chain, to the bridesmaid a ring and the ring bearer a locket and chain. Among the number of handsome presents was a large rocker from the Wilmot Sunday School and some valuable dishes from the Wilmot Club and a nice assortment of silverware, china etc. from a large number of invited guests present. After a dainty wedding breakfast the happy couple were driven to Middleton where they took the D.A.R. express for Boston where they will visit relatives. On their return they will reside at Wilmot.

Their marriage certificate is numbered 2412. The clergyman was Rev. J.D. Skinner, her uncle an United Baptist minister. The witnesses were Charles L. Wood of Annapolis, N.S. and John G. Marsters, Melvern

Wedding performed by rev. Thos Trotter

WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., June 15--Announcement has been made by Mr. and Mrs. Frederic L. Felton of Wellesley Hills, and Newagen, Me., of the engagement of their daughter, Joan Wells, to Gorham Damont Cross Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Cross of Cambridge and Marion, formerly of this community. (Source: The New York Times, June 16, 1951)

WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 10 — Mr. and Mrs. William Gris­wold Phelps have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Judith Laing Phelps, to John West Felton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Luther Fol­ton of Cumberland Foreside, Me., formerly of Wellesley.   Miss Phelps, a graduate of Concord Academy, is a senior at Smith College. She was pre­sented at the Concord Country Ball in 1961. She is a grand­daughter of Mrs. George Hub­bard Blakeslee of Worcester and of the late Dr. Blakeslee. Mr. Felton is an alumnus of the Noble and Greenough School and Trinity College. He is with the G. Arnold Haynes Construction Company here. (Source: The New York Times, October 11, 1964.

Wheaton Weddings:
Virginia E. Gibb ’51 and John F. Keith were married June 11 in Beverly Farms, Mass.