Margaret Hope DARCY

Margaret married Aaron William HOYDICH [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Monica Lynne GORHAM [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 3 Apr 1930, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; Address:
  346 14th Street
• Residence: 4 Apr 1940, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; Address:
  460 48th Street

Notes:

Buried:
CSM US ARMY KOREA, VIETNAM

Paul married Joan P WHITEHOUSE. Joan (daughter of William Royal WHITEHOUSE and Julia ROEHRS) was born on 28 Aug 1932 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1940, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; Attended School; Address:
  399 17th Street
• Misc: 18 Jul 1955, Idlewild, New York, United States; Traveling to Frankfurt Germany via The Flying Tiger Line

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 4 Apr 1950, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  60 Ingersoll Grove
• Graduation: Jun 1962, Technical High School, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
• Misc: 7 Feb 1991, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; Obituary Published

Notes:

Birth:
Roger was born in Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago. His doctor was Commander Dorr. He weighed 9 pounds 5 1/2 ounces.

Misc:
LARGO, Fla. — Roger W. Watkins, 46, of Largo, died on Monday. He was a member of the law firm of Peznola & Watkins, Springfield, Mass., for which he did legal and title research. Born in Chicago, he lived in Wilbraham, Mass., and Longmeadow, Mass., for many years. He attended local schools in the Springfield area, and was graduated from Western New England College there. He moved to Florida in 1981. He leaves his wife, Ginger (Ramonas)_ Watkins of Largo; a daughter, Monica Darcy of Tennessee; two stepsons, Joseph Petrila of Largo and James Petrila of the Gilbertville section of Hardwick; his father, Edwin Watkins of Fort Myers, Fla.; two brothers, Craig Watkins of Fort Myers and Douglas Watkins of Dallas, Texas, and an aunt, Louise Watkins of Longmeadow. A memorial service will be conducted Thursday afternoon at Moss-Feaster Memorial Home, with cremation to follow. Memorial contributions may be made to the Red Cross.

Source: Springfield Union-News, February 7, 1991

Died:
Cause of death: Hypertensive heart disease

Roger married Whitney Ann WALLACE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 4 Jun 1900, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; Address:
  98 Stockton Street
• Residence: 1 Jun 1905, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; Attended school; Address:
  44 Third Street
• Residence: 22 Jun 1910, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; Attended School; Address:
  44 Third Street
• Drft: 5 Jun 1917, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; Address:
  397 4th Avenue
• Milit-Beg: 20 Oct 1917, Fort Slocum, New York, United States
• Milit-End: 21 Jun 1919, United States
• Drft: 1942, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; Address:
  6205 5th Av.

Notes:

His son Paul's SS Application lists him as John T. Darcy.

Residence:
Listed as John Darcey

Drft:
His occupation appears to be "Operator, Navy Yard."

Drft:
Employer: NYC Department of Sanitation

Died:
Find a Grave says he died 16 Mar 1955

Buried:
St. Albans, System: CEM, Section: ALBA, Row: A, Plot: 92

John married Margaret PARKS about 1914 in New York State. Margaret was born on 8 Mar 1896 in New York State; died in Aug 1969 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Another source says he was born on 24 April 1911.

Buried:
PLOT  MA, 0, 232

William married Julia ROEHRS before 1933. Julia (daughter of Charles ROEHRS and Appolonia CLEMENT) was born on 10 Apr 1914 in New York State, United States; died on 15 Feb 1975 in Largo, Pinellas, Florida, United States; was buried in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 19 Apr 1930, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; Helper working for a private family; Address:
  366 18th Street

Notes:

Residence:
Listed as Julia Rohrs

Notes:

Residence:
Listed as William and Julia Whitehouse

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 19 Apr 1910, Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States
• Residence: 1918, Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States; Address:
  813 Bellefontaine Avenue
• Residence: 1919, Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States; Address:
  820 Bellefontaine Avenue
• Residence: 1920, Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States; Address:
  820 Bellefontaine Avenue
• Residence: 1922, Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States; Address:
  820 Bellefontaine Avenue
• Residence: 1924, Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States; Address:
  820 Bellefontaine Avenue
• Residence: 1926, Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States; Address:
  1022 West Spring Street
• Residence: 9 Aug 1926, Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States; Celebrated birthday with friends; Address:
  1022 West Spring Street
• Occupation: Between 1928 and 1937, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; Traveling District Manager for Automatic Phonograph, Inc. - Actually he worked in various parts of Pennsylvania before moving to Springfield in 1934.
• Residence: 12 Apr 1930, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States; Commercial Traveler for Automatic Phonograph Corp
• Education: Jun 1939, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; Valedictorian of the law school graduating class; Address:
  Northeastern University
• Milit-Beg: Mar 1943
• Residence: 4 Jan 1944, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States; Filed an application to register his birth because he claimed it was not recorded in the county of his birth; Address:
  3117 Topeka
• Military: Between 5 Apr 1944 and 12, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States; Student officer; Address:
  US Naval Training Station
• Military: Between 19 Jun 1944 and 11 Jul 1944, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; Lieutenant Junior Grade; Address:
  Bureau of Ships
• Military: Between 12 Jul 1944 and 28 Feb 1945, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; Lieutenant Junior Grade
• Military: Between 28 Feb 1945 and 31 Aug 1945, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; Lieutenant
• Military: Between 1 Sep 1945 and 28 Nov 1945, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; Lieutenant
• Milit-End: Dec 1945, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
• Residence: 1947, York Beach, York, Maine, United States; This is simply to document the year at which Ed and Muriel bought the land for their summer home in Maine
• Misc: 31 Dec 1955, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  60 Ingersoll Grove
• Anecdote: 3 May 1962, Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; Appointed as Town Council for Wilbraham, MA
• Misc: 1996, York Beach, York, Maine, United States; Sold the property in York Beach

Notes:

Residence:
This was the first time he was listed individually in the City Directory.

Residence:
Edwin Watkins entertained a few friends, Monday evening at his home, 1022 West Spring Street, in honor of his birthday anniversary. Contests and dancing furnished the diversion after which refreshments were served.

Guests included: Missus Dorothy Smith, Jean Dunn, Mary Dunlap, Ruth Pratt, Lucille Whitman, and Dorothy Preston; Messrs. James Steiner, Richard Overholtz, Robert Timmerman, William Snow, Ray Eversole, and host.

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Lima News, 11 Aug. 1926

Residence:
Boarder at 241 Adams Avenue, Scranton

Milit-Beg:
Ancestry.COM, U.S. Select Military Registers, 1862-1985, File No. 361581 dated 7/1/1944 says that his pay entry base began 4/2/1943, and that he was a LTJG, and that his date of precedence was 2/18/1944.

Military:
Contract planning. Negotiate technical details and deliveries with contractors. Liaison between contractor and technical sections of the Bureau of Ships. Handle contract modifications and technical letters from contractors.

Milit-End:
Ancestry.COM, U.S. Select Miliary Registers, 1862-1985, Dated April 1, 1951
says that his rank was Lieutenant, a rank he attained 7/1/1945 and that his pay entry date was 4/2/1943

Residence:
Ed and Muriel bought two acres at the end of the Nubble
Peninsula in York Beach where they built a summer cottage.
Over the years they added twelve additional rental cottages.
They named their business Lighthouse Village.

In 1979, Ed formed a condominium association for the
twelve cottages, and sold each of them under this arrangement.
At that time he kept their own cottage for their summer
enjoyment.

Finally in 1996 he sold their own cottage to a private
party who tore it down and built a four season dwelling
on the footprint of the original cottage.


Misc:
Having sold each of the rental units over the years from 1979 onward, Ed sold his house in York.

Died:
Advanced dementia
Gastroesophageal reflux
Cardiac dysrhythmia

William married Muriel Towne GUY on 16 Feb 1943 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States. Muriel (daughter of Raymond Durwood GUY, Sr. and Sophia May TOWNE) was born on 21 Feb 1922 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; died on 28 May 1990 in Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 11 Apr 1930, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  179 St James Av
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; House Worker, Private Home; Address:
  179 St James Av
• Residence: 12 Dec 1940, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; Clerical, Traveler's Insurance; Address:
  971 Asylum Av

Notes:

Residence:
For some strange reason she was listed twice in the same household - once as Muriel Towne and once as Muriel Guy - the second time she was listed as a sales person in a women's retail store.

Notes:

Married:
Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Original data: Index to Marriages, New York City Clerk's Office, New York, New York.

Residence:
Muriel and Ed joined the "flight from the city", built a new home, and moved to Wilbraham, MA, a suburb of Springfield.

Residence:
Ed and Muriel built a home in Fort Myers which they used as a winter home spending increasing amounts of time there until Muriel died in 1990 and Ed in 2000.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 12 Jan 1920, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: 10 Apr 1930, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; Attended School; Address:
  588 Longmeadow Street

John married Eloise Whitney MILLIGAN on 2 Nov 1940 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. Eloise (daughter of Thomas Pringle MILLIGAN, Sr. and Frances WHITNEY) was born on 5 Mar 1920 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States; died on 21 Aug 1991 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 14 Apr 1930, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; Attended School
• Misc: 2 Apr 1937, New York City, New York, New York, United States; Arrived from Hamilton, Bermuda