Sixteenth Generation

8207. Mary A Jane Novelle was born on 27 April 1920 in Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Everett, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. She appeared in the census in 1940 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. Mary died on 3 February 1987 at the age of 66 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. Massachusetts Death Index
Name: Mary J Mclaughlin
Event Date: 03 Feb 1987
Event Place: Medford, Massachusetts
Certificate Number: 018862
Birth Date: 27 Apr 1920
Birthplace: Massachusetts
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USA Social Security Death Index
Age: 67
Given Name: Mary
Surname: Mclaughlin
Birth Date: 27 Apr 1920
State: Massachusetts
Last Place of Residence: Middlesex, Massachusetts
Previous Residence Postal Code: 02155
Event Date: Feb 1987
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About 1930 Mary was brought from a foster home in Peabody, Massachusetts to the home of John Morrissey and his wife on Ridgeway Road in Medford, Massachusetts. Her sister had been living with the Morrissey's since she was an infant. Apparently, the Morrissey's called Ada Elizabeth, Betty or Betty Ann for short. The sisters were raised as foster children by the Morrissey's until the age of majority (18 years old.) [Not quite correct as Mary was there aged 20 on the 1940 census.] My mother came to regard Mrs. Morrissey as her mother. During this time Mary was told her middle name was Jane. From her birth record we only know that her middle initial was A.

During World War II Mary worked for the 197 Electric Shop at the Charlestown Navy Yard. The navy yard was engaged in the constructions, repair and servicing of vessels of the USA Navy. She said that during her work at the navy yard many of the ships that came in for repair were English ships. While working at a buffing machine cleaning coils her hand was crushed. Her left thumb was severed off and all the fingers in her hand were broken. She said, "All I remember was seeing a lot of blood and I passed out." After recovering from the injuries she returned to work at the navy yard in a clerical assignment.

My mother Mary only saw her father Thomas one time since the family break-up. When she was separated from her first husband Thomas Fraser and contemplating marriage to my father George McLaughlin, she decided to take the bus to Worcester to meet her father. She said she didn’t stay long… She said, “He was No Good and I didn’t want anything to do with him, and that was that.”
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USA Census, 1940
Name: Mary Novelle
Event Place: Ward 3, Medford, Medford City, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Boarder
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1920
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Mary Morrissey Head F 55 Massachusetts
Mary Novelle Boarder F 20 Massachusetts
Ada Novelle Boarder F 18 Massachusetts
District: 9-311 , Family Number: 210 , Sheet Number and Letter: 11A , Line Number: 31 , Digital Folder Number: 005460883 , Image Number: 00470
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USA Public Records
Name: Mary A Mclaughlin
Residence Date: 01 Mar 1985
Residence Place: Somerville, Massachusetts
Address: 105 Rogers Ave., Somerville, Massachusetts 02144
Address Date: 01 Mar 1985
Possible Relatives: James J Mclaughlin
Record Number: 14716219

Mary A Jane Novelle and Thomas Girard Fraser Jr were married in 1940 in Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. Massachusetts, Marriage Index:
Name: Thomas Girard Fraser
Spouse: Mary Jane Novella
Marriage Year: 1940
Marriage Place: Somerville, Massachusetts
Volume Number: 94
Page Number: 515
Index Volume Number: 118
Reference Number: F63.M36 v.118
Thomas Girard Fraser Jr, son of Thomas Girard Fraser and Mary A ?, was born on 30 January 1916 in Massachusetts, USA. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Everett, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. He died on 1 January 1987 at the age of 70 in Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. Massachusetts Death Index
Name: Thomas G Fraser
Event Date: 01 Jan 1987
Event Place: Malden, Massachusetts
Certificate Number: 014653
Birth Date: 30 Jan 1916
Birthplace: Massachusetts
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USA Census, 1930
Name: Thomas G Fraser
Event Place: Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1890
Birthplace: Canada
Immigration Year: 1892
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Thomas G Fraser Head M 40 Canada
Mary A Fraser Wife F 35 Massachusetts
Marie H Fraser Daughter F 17 Massachusetts
Thomas G Fraser Jr. Son M 14 Massachusetts
John M Fraser Son M 11 Massachusetts
William C Fraser Son M 9 Massachusetts
James F Fraser Son M 6 Massachusetts
Joseph W Fraser Son M 5 Massachusetts
Muriel L Fraser Daughter F 2 Massachusetts
District: 0232 , Sheet Number and Letter: 5A , Household ID: 112 , Line Number: 38 , GS Film number: 2340653 , Digital Folder Number: 004607653 , Image Number: 00482
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USA World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: Thomas G Jr Fraser
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 05 Sep 1942
Event Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1916
Birthplace: MASSACHUSETTS
Education Level: 2 years of high school
Civilian Occupation: Unskilled occupations in laundering, cleaning, dyeing, and pressing apparel and other articles
Marital Status: Married
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: Ordnance Department
Army Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source Reference: Civil Life
Serial Number: 11088660
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 00661.59
Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946

Mary A Jane Novelle and Thomas Girard Fraser Jr had the following children:

Mary A Jane Novelle and George Joseph Bibby McLaughlin were married on 6 September 1947 in Salem, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, USA. Name: George Joseph Mclaughlin
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 06 Sep 1947
Event Place: Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Age: 33
Birth Year (Estimated): 1914
Father's Name: Neal Mclaughlin
Mother's Name: Margaret Adams
Spouse's Name: Mary Jane Fraser
Spouse's Age: 27
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1920
Spouse's Father's Name: Thomas Novelle
Spouse's Mother's Name: Lucy Chadwick [Chatfield]
GS Film number: 2293344 , Digital Folder Number: 4244846 , Image Number: 478
George Joseph Bibby McLaughlin, son of Nathaniel McLaughlin and Margaret Bibby Adams, was born on 6 July 1914 in Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. He died on 24 April 1991 at the age of 76 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA. Massachusetts Births
Name: George Bibby Mclaughlin
Event Date: 06 Jul 1914
Event Place: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Father's Name: Nathaniel Mclaughlin
Mother's Name: Margaret Bibby
Reference ID: p 856 , GS Film number: 2409800 , Digital Folder Number: 4401721 , Image Number: 970
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Massachusetts Death Index
Name: George J Mclaughlin
Event Date: 24 Apr 1991
Event Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Certificate Number: 002842
Birth Date: 06 Jul 1914
Birthplace: Massachusetts
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USA Census, 1920
Name: George Mclaughlin
Event Place: Somerville Ward 5, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1915
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Scotland
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Neil Mclaughlin Head M 39 Ireland
Margaret W Mclaughlin Wife F 38 Pennsylvania
Margaret Mclaughlin Dau F 10 Scotland
Catherine Mclaughlin Dau F 7 Scotland
George Mclaughlin Son M 5 Massachusetts
Annie Mclaughlin Dau F 3 Massachusetts
Francis Mclaughlin Son M 1 Massachusetts
Neil Mclaughlin Jr. Son M 0 Massachusetts
James Mclaughlin Brother M 36 Ireland
District: 429 , Sheet Number and Letter: 3A , Household ID: 41 , Line Number: 27 , GS Film number: 1820719 , Digital Folder Number: 004301116 , Image Number: 00011
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USA World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: George J Mc Laughlin
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 08 Jan 1941
Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment
Event Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1914
Birthplace: MASSACHUSETTS
Education Level: Grammar school
Civilian Occupation: Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Army Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Reference: Civil Life
Serial Number: 31002881
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 03823.103
Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946

Mary A Jane Novelle and George Joseph Bibby McLaughlin had the following children:

Mary A Jane Novelle and George Joseph Bibby McLaughlin were married about February 1950 in Massachusetts, USA. In 1980 I found another marriage record of George and Mary McLaughlin at the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, at the McCormack Building in Boston. As I recall, that marriage occurred about February, 1950. My Mother told me at the time that her and my father married twice, but gave no explanation.
George Joseph Bibby McLaughlin, son of Nathaniel McLaughlin and Margaret Bibby Adams, was born on 6 July 1914 in Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA. He died on 24 April 1991 at the age of 76 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA. Massachusetts Births
Name: George Bibby Mclaughlin
Event Date: 06 Jul 1914
Event Place: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Father's Name: Nathaniel Mclaughlin
Mother's Name: Margaret Bibby
Reference ID: p 856 , GS Film number: 2409800 , Digital Folder Number: 4401721 , Image Number: 970
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Massachusetts Death Index
Name: George J Mclaughlin
Event Date: 24 Apr 1991
Event Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Certificate Number: 002842
Birth Date: 06 Jul 1914
Birthplace: Massachusetts
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USA Census, 1920
Name: George Mclaughlin
Event Place: Somerville Ward 5, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1915
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Scotland
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Neil Mclaughlin Head M 39 Ireland
Margaret W Mclaughlin Wife F 38 Pennsylvania
Margaret Mclaughlin Dau F 10 Scotland
Catherine Mclaughlin Dau F 7 Scotland
George Mclaughlin Son M 5 Massachusetts
Annie Mclaughlin Dau F 3 Massachusetts
Francis Mclaughlin Son M 1 Massachusetts
Neil Mclaughlin Jr. Son M 0 Massachusetts
James Mclaughlin Brother M 36 Ireland
District: 429 , Sheet Number and Letter: 3A , Household ID: 41 , Line Number: 27 , GS Film number: 1820719 , Digital Folder Number: 004301116 , Image Number: 00011
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USA World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: George J Mc Laughlin
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 08 Jan 1941
Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment
Event Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1914
Birthplace: MASSACHUSETTS
Education Level: Grammar school
Civilian Occupation: Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Army Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Reference: Civil Life
Serial Number: 31002881
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 03823.103
Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946