Joseph Emery Family Compiled by Bruce A. Fowler Hartland Historical Society 2014 (Updated 2018) George Emery b. 9 Aug 1811 New York 24 Jan 1873 Palmyra (Warren Hill Cemetery, Palmyra) at 61 yrs m3. c1833 (his 3 rd marriage) Mahala Brasier b. 12 Apr 1815 17 Jan 1885 Palmyra (WHC) at 69 yrs Living in Palmyra by C/1840 1. George A. Emery, b. 1834, 1862 at 29 yrs (WHC) 2. Joseph J. Emery, b. 1836, 1904 at 68 yrs 3. Mary J. Emery, b. 1839, 1857 at 18 yrs (WHC) 4. Susan T. Emery, b. 1844, 1916 at 72 yrs 5. Margaret M. Emery, b. 1847, 1850 at 3 yrs (WHC) 6. John H. Emery, b. 1849, 1850 at 1 yr (WHC) 7. John R. Emery, b. 1851, 1922 at 71 yrs 8. Lecta M. Emery, b. 1853, 1862 at 9 yrs (WHC) 9. Julia A. Emery, b. 1855, 1870 at 15 yrs (WHC) 10. Charles W. Emery, b. 1858, b. 1862 at 4 yrs (WHC) 2. Joseph J. Emery Civil War 1 st Maine Company F b. 8 Sep 1836 Montville 14 Nov 1904 Palmyra (WHC) at 68 yrs Charlotte b. 1843 They are living in Palmyra in C/1860 with Charlotte noted as his wife and their son Charles at 1 month. 1. Charles A. Emery b. May 1860 Palmyra 12 Dec 1860 Palmyra (WHC) at 7 mths His headstone notes him as the son of Joseph J. & Charlotte Emery m2. 29 May 1862 Abby Johnson b. 1846 They are living in Palmyra in C/1870 with Abby noted as his wife and their 2 sons. 2. George T. Emery b. 1863 Palmyra before C/1940 Watertown, Massachusetts 1885 Maine
Stella Lois Bean d/o Charles Bean & Paulina Brown b. 29 Jan 1866 Harmony Watertown, Massachusetts They were living in Waterville in C/1900, Bangor in C/1910 then moved to Watertown by C/1920. She is living with her son in Watertown in C/1940 noted as a widow at 74 yrs ol A) Gladys Ruth Emery b. 14 Nov 1892 Pittsfield 19 Feb 1977 Waltham, Massachusetts at 85 yrs 15 June 1914 Watertown, Massachusetts Joseph William Bryant B) Erroll George Emery WWI U. S. Army b. 31 Jan 1896 Hartland 25 Mar 1956 Watertown, Massachusetts (Ridgelawn Cemetery, Watertown) at 60 yrs married Hannah 3. Perley Alexander Emery, Sr Spanish-American War U. S. Army b. 10 Dec 1868 Palmyra 13 Sep 1946 Hartland (Pine Grove Cemetery) at 77 yrs 25 Dec 1928 Maine Maria Pearl Varney Pearl d/o Horace Eugene Varney & Etta Mae Carson b. 25 June 1906 St Albans 21 Dec 1972 Hartland (PG) at 66 yrs A) Perley Alexander Emery, Jr b. 1935 Palmyra 1935 Palmyra (PG) at 9 mths B) Arlene Emery b. Sept 1939 Palmyra C) Perley Alton Emery b. 28 Aug 1940 Palmyra 7 Dec 1993 Santa Clara, California at 53 yrs m3. 8 May 1873 Palmyra Sarah J. Allen b. 1855 Pittsfield 1 Feb 1889 Palmyra (WHC) at 33 yrs 4. Warren L. Emery b. 1874 Palmyra 28 Nov 1880 Palmyra (WHC) at 6 yrs
5. Elsie Eunice Emery b. Jan 1877 Palmyra 6 Apr 1963 Hartland (Pine Grove Cemetery) at 86 yrs 30 Mar 1896 Alexander M. Vanadestine Sandy s/o Ebenezer Vanadestine & Martha Cassidy of New Brunswick b. 1868 Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada 1950 Palmyra (PG) at 82 yrs He emigrated from Canada in 1885. Ch. VANADESTINE: A) Everett Joseph Vanadestine WWI U. S. Navy b. 24 Jun 1898 Palmyra (noted as the 1 st child by Dr. Charles Moulton) 20 Feb 1966 (PG) at 67 yrs 20 Dec 1921 Fairfield Iona Belle Bacon b. 1902 Benton 30 Dec 1970 Hartland (PG) at 68 yrs Ch. VANADESTINE: I. Donald Everett Vanadestine WWII U. S. Army 35 th Infantry, Co. C KIA b. 4 Nov 1922 Benton 20 Apr 1945 Luzon, Philippines (PG) at 22 yrs Killed in Action II. Linwood Roy Vanadestine b. 3 Jul 1924 Benton 25 Feb 1990 (PG) at 65 yrs 3 Jul 1947 Pittsfield Marion W. Ireland b. 22 Nov 1924 13 Dec 1973 (PG) at 49 yrs III. Vernard Bacon Vanadestine b. 12 Aug 1926 Benton 28 Sep 1998 (PG) at 72 yrs Faye A. b. 29 Oct 1925 IV. Velma I. Vanadestine b. 10 Dec 1928 Benton 12 Apr 2009 Sidney at 80 yrs m1. 5 Mar 1947 Vando C. Spaulding m2. 16 Apr 1953 Gurdon H. Boothby She graduated from Hartland Academy Class of 1946
B) Donald E. Vanadestine b. 1900 Palmyra 3 Mar 1916 Augusta (PG) at 15 yrs (Pneumonia following appendix operation) C) Archibald P. Vanadestine Archie b. 23 Feb 1903 Palmyra (noted as the 3 rd child by Dr. Charles Moulton) 1924 Hartland (PG) at 21 yrs D) Walter Vanadestine b. 1904 Palmyra 7 Feb 1907 Hartland (PG) at 2 yrs 7 mths (Whooping Cough noted by Dr. Blanchard) E) Clayton Walter Vanadestine b. 11 July 1907 Palmyra (noted as the 5 th child by Dr. Lynne H. Blanchard) 28 Feb 1910 Hartland (PG) at 2 yrs 7 mths (Meningitis noted by Dr. Moulton) F) Richard Henry Vanadestine WWII U. S. Navy b. 19 Mar 1910 Palmyra 25 Oct 1972 Westerly, Rhode Island (PG) at 62 yrs 26 Sep 1931 Jennie L. Stafford b. 29 Aug 1914 20 May 1997 (PG) at 82 yrs G) Willard A. Vanadestine b. 15 July 1912 Palmyra (noted as the 7 th child by Dr. Charles Moulton) 28 Aug 1956 Southington, Connecticut (PG) at 44 yrs 11 Jun 1940 Annie Arlene Salley b. 1914 1967 (PG) at 53 yrs H) James Harrison Vanadestine b. 16 Aug 1914 Palmyra (noted as the 8 th child by Dr. Lynne H. Blanchard) 16 May 1988 Bristol, Connecticut at 73 yrs 15 Jun 1940 Isabelle I. Dumont 6. Alton Joseph Emery b. 7 Jul 1879 Palmyra 12 Apr 1948 South Portland (Forest City Cemetery, South Portland) at 68 yrs m1. 15 Jul 1897 Worcester, Massachusetts (divorced by 1905) Eva Mae Parkhurst b. 28 Jan 1878 St Albans 28 Dec 1927 at 49 yrs They are living with his father in Palmyra in C/1900 after they married with their daughter noted as Vestie M. Emery at 1 yr ol A) Vesta Merle Emery Merle b. 2 May 1899 Hartland (1 st child as noted by Dr. Charles A. Moulton)
23 Oct 1979 Brunswick (PG with Charles) m1. 4 Dec 1918 Canaan (1 st marriage for both; she at 19 yrs, he at 51 yrs) Charles H. Goodwin (See Goodwin Family) s/o John Goodwin & Lydia Burrill of Canaan b. 1867 Canaan 1928 Hartland (PG) Ch. GOODWIN: I. Donald Chauncey Goodwin, Sr WWII U. S. Army Air Corps b. 2 July 1919 Hartland 14 Mar 2008 Elyria, Ohio (Eastlawn Gardens, Brunswick, OH) at 88 yrs Viola Katherine Dixon II. Myrtle R. Goodwin Millie b. 29 Jan 1922 Hartland (2 nd child as noted by Dr. Charles Moulton) m1. 14 Apr 1937 Donald L. Keith m2. O Neal III. Nettie E. Goodwin b. 1925 m2. 5 Jan 1930 Yarmouth Robert G. McLean b. 1872 Colorado Ch. MCLEAN: IV. George McLean b. 1932 Yarmouth V. Mildred Ann McLean b. 1933 Yarmouth VI. Beverly McLean b. 1934 Yarmouth VII. Eleanor McLean b. 1937 Yarmouth VIII. Doris McLean b. 1940 Yarmouth IX. Harry Bernard McLean b.
B) Sadie Belle Emery b. 22 Nov 1901 St Albans 1 Jun 1991 Hartland (PG) 20 Sep 1922 Hartland Harry Adelbert Elliott (See Elliott Family) s/o Almon Adelbert Elliott & Eva Leona Brown b. 19 Aug 1895 Harmony 20 Dec 1963 Canaan (PG) Ch. ELLIOTT: I. Eva Leona Elliott b. 23 Jan 1928 Hartland 1 Feb 1928 Hartland (PG) at 1 week II. Lewis Payson Elliott Korea U. S. Air Force b. 25 Aug 1929 Hartland 2 Feb 2008 Hartland (Fullers Corner Cemetery) married Arlene Marie Munroe III. Alton Charles Elliott b. 18 Apr 1931 Hartland 27 Jun 2008 Stockton, California married Doris IV. Hilda Mae Elliott b. 15 Dec 1932 Hartland Jan 2003 Portland married Warren W. Viles V. Lorraine Elliott b. 1935 Hartland married Wesley Post VI. Weston Adelbert Elliott b. 30 Jan 1937 Hartland married Charlotte Nettie Munroe (Sister of Arlene Munroe) VII. Edwin Ellis Elliott II b. 16 May 1946 Hartland 11 Apr 1967 South Vietnam (PG) Killed In Action Vietnam 9 th Calvary Company B KIA C) Ervin Joseph Emery *twin* b. 29 Sep 1904 Palmyra (as noted by Dr. Charles Moulton) The twins, Ervin and Mervin, are living with their mother at her brother-in-law Perley A. Emery in Palmyra in C/1910 & C/1920 in Canaan. Perley is from Alton's 1 st marriage. b. 1868 1946 (PG) D) Mervin Charles Emery, Sr *twin* b. 29 Sep 1904 Palmyra (as noted by Dr. Charles Moulton)
19 Dec 1964 Los Angeles, California Helen Demeny b. 1912 California Ch. EMERY I. Mervin Charles Emery, Jr b. 28 Sep 1931 San Diego, California 21 Aug 1994 California 18 Feb 1957 Los Angeles, California Marilyn Armonde E) Jean Aseneth Emery-Corson Janet b. 19 Mar 1905 Palmyra 2 Dec 1996 Hartland (PG) At the age of 5, she was adopted by John & Vesta Corson, when her parents divorce 23 Oct 1923 Hartland Vernard Vialle Stedman (See Stedman Family) b. 22 Jun 1901 Hartland 10 Aug 1960 Hartland (PG) Ch. STEDMAN: I. Arland Vernard Stedman WWII U. S. Army b. 17 May 1923 Hartland 20 Apr 2017 Hartland (PG) married 1 st Jacqueline Buker married 2 nd C. Adelle Patterson II. Charlene Clara Stedman b. 1 Mar 1926 Hartland 27 Apr 1991 Shawmut (PG) married Lewis Leonard Bartley WWII U. S. Army III. Shirley Jean Stedman b. 1928 married Henry James Whittemore (See Nevens Family) WWII IV. Vaughn Adair Stedman b. 27 Aug 1932 Hartland 14 July 2015 Hartland (PG) married Janet Francis Seekins U. S. Army (See Stephen Seekins Family) V. Florence Dolores Stedman b. 1935 married Philip Leroy Gardner m2. 21 May 1910 Hartland (divorced) Florence E. Jackman d/o William C. Jackson & Mary J. Jordan b. 1870 Mt Vernon
He is living on North Street in C/1910 (taken on April 17 th ) with his future wife Florence who is then noted as his Housekeeper. He notes he is divorced and works in the saw mill. m3. 5 Apr 1928 Portsmouth, New Hampshire Georgia E. Jordan Georgie d/o Richard Jordan & Amanda Bubar b. 1884 Fort Fairfield 1963 South Portland (Forest City Cemetery, South Portland) at 84 yrs They are living in South Portland in C/1930 & C/1940. He is noted as a Carpenter and she as a Nurse. F) Christine M. Emery b. Feb 1927 South Portland 7. Roscoe Henry Emery b. 21 Mar 1884 Palmyra 1945 Jonesport (Greenwood Cemetery, Jonesport) at 60 yrs 7 Oct 1912 Charlotte, New Brunswick Rena M. Bickford d/o Thomas F. Bickford & Delphina Norton b. 15 Jan 1893 Jonesport 15 Apr 1963 Jonesport (Greenwood Cemetery, Jonesport) at 70 yrs They had no children They moved to Pittston where he was a Maine State Fire Warden by C/1920 then onto Jonesport by C/1930 where he became a carpenter at the ship yar 8. Carroll Cecil Emery b. 16 Jan 1885 Palmyra 1956 (Pittsfield Village Cemetery) m1. 8 May 1906 Palmyra (divorced, she remarried to Walter Scott Gross on 4 Jun 1917) Inez M. Fields d/o Nathaniel & Nettie Fields b. 1887 St Albans Ch. EMERY A) Evelyn Louise Emery b. 25 Nov 1906 Hartland (noted as the 1 st child by Dr. Charles Moulton) Dec 1993 Hartland (Pittsfield Village Cemetery) at 87 yrs c1927 Arthur Ubald Hebert s/o Ubald Hebert & Clara Currier b. 9 Oct 1908 Skowhegan Feb 1967 Pittsfield (Pittsfield Village Cemetery) m2. 24 Oct 1918 Portland Erma Mae Ross d/o Charles Ross & Nichols of St Albans b. 1897 St Albans
1968 (Pittsfield Village Cemetery) B) Dorothy Ruth Emery b. 26 Dec 1920 Pittsfield 17 June 1989 Norwich, Connecticut at 68 yrs 24 Feb 1940 Joseph Fernand Dallaire b. 14 May 1917 Waterville 17 Dec 1965 Berwick (Saint Francis Catholic Cemetery, Waterville) C) Frances Lucille Emery b. 30 Mar 1922 Pittsfield 25 Nov 2002 Pittsfield (Burnham Village Cemetery) at 80 yrs m1. 8 Jan 1940 (divorced) George William Brown b. 25 Sep 1918 Attleboro, Massachusetts 8 Nov 1981 Auburn (buried in Monson) at 63 yrs m2. Wilton S. Buckley WWII & Korea U. S. Army b. 31 Oct 1925 15 Feb 2001 Burnham (Burnham Village Cemetery) at 75 yrs D) Kenneth Ross Emery b. 28 July 1924 Pittsfield 15 May 1977 at 52 yrs E) Nena Arlene Emery b. 24 Nov 1926 Pittsfield 24 Mar 1997 Woburn, Massachusetts at 70 yrs Charles E. Pollard b. 3 June 1920 Woburn, Massachusetts 22 Mar 2007 Reading, Massachusetts at 86 yrs F) Lawrence Roscoe Emery Larry b. 10 May 1929 Pittsfield 1 Feb 2007 Bangor at 77 yrs G) Glenice Mae Emery b. 10 Sep 1933 Pittsfield 19 Apr 2005 Pittsfield at 71 yrs H) Carol Jean Emery b. 29 May 1942 Pittsfield 1 Mar 2010 Pittsfield at 67 yrs Paul A. Nichols
b. 5 May 1938 12 Dec 2012 Bangor at 74 yrs