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Eunice Hannah COBB was born 23 August 1872 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. Eunice Hannah COBB was the child of Ivory COBB and Celia Ann EDWARDS and the grandchild of: (paternal) William Elwell COBB and Hannah COBB (maternal) Joshua EDWARDS and Eunice VERRILL
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Eunice Hannah married David Albion FRENCH 20 November 1892 in Bath, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children. They divorced. David Albion FRENCH was born 27 February 1857 in Gardiner, Maine, USA. David Albion died 13 September 1934 in Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA. David Albion was the child of David Moulton FRENCH and Matilda W KEENEN.
Eunice Hannah married (2) William MILLER 5 September 1904 in Harpswell, Maine, .
Eunice Hannah COBB died 16 June 1917 in Poland, Maine, USA .
NOTE: Eunice Hannah Cobb French was the sister of Jessie Cobb, the murdered woman in the story above. At the time of the murder, Eunice was married to David Albion French and living in Bath, Maine.
Details of the family tree of Eunice appear below.


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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Eunice Hannah COBB
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David Albion FRENCH-- Date: 20 November 1892 Place: Bath, Maine, USA
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David Albion FRENCH was the child of David Moulton FRENCH and Matilda W KEENEN
name: French
event type: Marriage
event date:
event place: ,,
gender: Male
age:
estimated birth year:
father: David M French
mother: Matilda W Keenen
spouse: Cobb
spouse's father: Ivory Cobb
spouse's mother: Celia Edwards
film number: 9944
dgs number: 4544455
image number: 01054
"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VZQQ-F6V : accessed 05 Oct 2012), Ivory Cobb in entry for French and Cobb,
Maine, Marriage Records, 1705-1922
Name: Ennice H Cobb
Spouse: David A French
Marriage Date: 20 Nov 1892
Marriage Place: Bath
Registration Place: Bath, Sagadahoc
Birth Date: abt 1871
Age: 21
Spouse Age: 35
Gender: Female
Father: Ivory
Mother: Celia
Spouse Father: David M
Spouse Mother: Matilda W
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll #: 20.
Names Start Date Location Record Type Marriage Cert No Bride City of Residence Groom City of Residence Bride State of Residence Groom State of Residence
EUNICE H COBB - Bride
DAVID A FRENCH - Groom Nov 20, 1892 Maine, United States Marriage 0 BATH BATH ME ME
Maine Marriages Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996
Name of Groom: David A. FRENCH
Groom's Place of Residence: Bath, Me.
Name of Bride: Eunice H. COBB
Bride's Place of Residence: Bath, Me.
Marriage Date: Sunday, 20 Nov. 1892
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available
Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_marriage_record.asp?id=180647 : accessed 3 Jun 2012), entry for David A. FRENCH and Eunice H. COBB, Sunday, 20 Nov. 1892, citing Maine Vital Records.
Libelant: Eunice H. French
Libelee: David A. French
Date of Marriage: 20 Nov. 1893
Date of Divorce: 1902
County Where Divorced: Oxford
Notes: Divorce case heard March term.
Source: Maine Divorce Index, 6/ 29
www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_divorce_record.asp?id=7593&firstname=david&lastname=french&spelling=starts
Source citation: "Maine Divorces, 1799-1903," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_divorce_record.asp?id=7593 : accessed 13 June 2012), entry for Eunice H. French & David A. French, 1902, citing Maine Divorce Index, Maine State Archives.
Children of David Albion FRENCH and Eunice Hannah COBB:

David Moulton FRENCH (b.26 September 1893, Bath, Maine, USA d. 13 March 1991, Portland, Maine, USA )
m. Nettie Belle MCALLISTER 31 December 1913 in Lewiston, Maine, USA
m. Daisy Emily DODGE

James Lincoln FRENCH (b.28 September 1895, Bath, Maine, USA d. 30 October 1966, Lewiston, Maine, USA)
m. Susan Louise HANSCOM 29 July 1915 in Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)
m. Ruby ATHERTON 20 September 1956 in , Maine, USA
Gertrude Grace FRENCH (b.2 April 1898, Minot, Maine, USA d. 24 July 1991?, , Maine, USA)
m. Albert Newell Elisha PETTINGILL 9 May 1914 in Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore)
Eunice Hannah COBB married
William MILLER-- Date: 5 September 1904 Place: Harpswell, Maine,
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Name: Eunice French
Spouse: William Miller
Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1904
Marriage Place: Brunswick
Registration Place: Harpswell, Cumberland
Birth Date: abt 1872
Age: 32
Spouse Age: 58
Gender: Female
Father: Ivory
Mother: Celia
Spouse Father: John
Spouse Mother: Rosanna
Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1705-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Maine Marriage Records, 1705-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives
Name of Groom: William MILLER
Groom's Place of Residence: Harpswell, Me.
Name of Bride: Eunice FRENCH
Possible Alternate Name of Bride: Eunice COBB [View alternate record]
Bride's Place of Residence: East Sumner, Me.
Marriage Date: Monday, 5 Sept. 1904
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available
www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_marriage_record.asp?id=180237&firstname=eunice&lastname=french&spelling=starts
name:
event type: Marriage
event date:
event place: Harpswell, , Maine
gender: Male
age:
estimated birth year:
father: John Miller
mother: Rosanna Doyl
spouse:
spouse's father: Ivory Cobb
spouse's mother: Celia Edwards
film number: 9999
dgs number: 4703838
image number: 03943
"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KCDS-VYF : accessed 05 Oct 2012), Ivory Cobb in entry for null and null, .
Children of William MILLER and Eunice Hannah COBB:


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David Albion FRENCH was the child of David Moulton FRENCH and Matilda W KEENEN
name: French
event type: Marriage
event date:
event place: ,,
gender: Male
age:
estimated birth year:
father: David M French
mother: Matilda W Keenen
spouse: Cobb
spouse's father: Ivory Cobb
spouse's mother: Celia Edwards
film number: 9944
dgs number: 4544455
image number: 01054
"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VZQQ-F6V : accessed 05 Oct 2012), Ivory Cobb in entry for French and Cobb,
Maine, Marriage Records, 1705-1922
Name: Ennice H Cobb
Spouse: David A French
Marriage Date: 20 Nov 1892
Marriage Place: Bath
Registration Place: Bath, Sagadahoc
Birth Date: abt 1871
Age: 21
Spouse Age: 35
Gender: Female
Father: Ivory
Mother: Celia
Spouse Father: David M
Spouse Mother: Matilda W
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll #: 20.
Names Start Date Location Record Type Marriage Cert No Bride City of Residence Groom City of Residence Bride State of Residence Groom State of Residence
EUNICE H COBB - Bride
DAVID A FRENCH - Groom Nov 20, 1892 Maine, United States Marriage 0 BATH BATH ME ME
Maine Marriages Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996
Name of Groom: David A. FRENCH
Groom's Place of Residence: Bath, Me.
Name of Bride: Eunice H. COBB
Bride's Place of Residence: Bath, Me.
Marriage Date: Sunday, 20 Nov. 1892
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available
Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_marriage_record.asp?id=180647 : accessed 3 Jun 2012), entry for David A. FRENCH and Eunice H. COBB, Sunday, 20 Nov. 1892, citing Maine Vital Records.
Libelant: Eunice H. French
Libelee: David A. French
Date of Marriage: 20 Nov. 1893
Date of Divorce: 1902
County Where Divorced: Oxford
Notes: Divorce case heard March term.
Source: Maine Divorce Index, 6/ 29
www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_divorce_record.asp?id=7593&firstname=david&lastname=french&spelling=starts
Source citation: "Maine Divorces, 1799-1903," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_divorce_record.asp?id=7593 : accessed 13 June 2012), entry for Eunice H. French & David A. French, 1902, citing Maine Divorce Index, Maine State Archives.
Children of David Albion FRENCH and Eunice Hannah COBB:



m. Nettie Belle MCALLISTER 31 December 1913 in Lewiston, Maine, USA
m. Daisy Emily DODGE



m. Susan Louise HANSCOM 29 July 1915 in Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)
m. Ruby ATHERTON 20 September 1956 in , Maine, USA


m. Albert Newell Elisha PETTINGILL 9 May 1914 in Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore)
Eunice Hannah COBB married

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Name: Eunice French
Spouse: William Miller
Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1904
Marriage Place: Brunswick
Registration Place: Harpswell, Cumberland
Birth Date: abt 1872
Age: 32
Spouse Age: 58
Gender: Female
Father: Ivory
Mother: Celia
Spouse Father: John
Spouse Mother: Rosanna
Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1705-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Maine Marriage Records, 1705-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives
Name of Groom: William MILLER
Groom's Place of Residence: Harpswell, Me.
Name of Bride: Eunice FRENCH
Possible Alternate Name of Bride: Eunice COBB [View alternate record]
Bride's Place of Residence: East Sumner, Me.
Marriage Date: Monday, 5 Sept. 1904
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available
www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_marriage_record.asp?id=180237&firstname=eunice&lastname=french&spelling=starts
name:
event type: Marriage
event date:
event place: Harpswell, , Maine
gender: Male
age:
estimated birth year:
father: John Miller
mother: Rosanna Doyl
spouse:
spouse's father: Ivory Cobb
spouse's mother: Celia Edwards
film number: 9999
dgs number: 4703838
image number: 03943
"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KCDS-VYF : accessed 05 Oct 2012), Ivory Cobb in entry for null and null, .
Children of William MILLER and Eunice Hannah COBB:
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1892 Marriage / Partner
Eunice Hannah COBB and David Albion FRENCH 20 November 1892, Bath, Maine, USA
1893 Birth of Child
David Moulton FRENCH was born 26 September 1893, Bath, Maine, USA
1895 Birth of Child
James Lincoln FRENCH was born 28 September 1895, Bath, Maine, USA
1898 Birth of Child
Gertrude Grace FRENCH was born 2 April 1898, Minot, Maine, USA (West Minot)
1904 Marriage / Partner
Eunice Hannah COBB and William MILLER 5 September 1904, Harpswell, Maine, (Orrs Island)
1917 Death
16 June 1917
Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)
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1872 Birth
Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
name: Eunice Hannah Cobb
gender: Female
baptism/ christening date:
baptism/ christening place:
birth date: 23 Aug 1872
birthplace: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Ivory Cobb
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Celia A.
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C52051-1
system origin: Maine-EASy
source film number: 11333
reference number: yr 1823-1875 p 2
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Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
name: Eunice Hannah Cobb
gender: Female
baptism/ christening date:
baptism/ christening place:
birth date: 23 Aug 1872
birthplace: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Ivory Cobb
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Celia A.
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C52051-1
system origin: Maine-EASy
source film number: 11333
reference number: yr 1823-1875 p 2
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1880 Raymond, Cumberland, Maine
name: Eunice H. Cobb
residence: Raymond, Cumberland, Maine
birthdate: 1873
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Daughter
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: Jerry Cobb
father's birthplace: Maine, United States
mother's name: Hattie Cobb
mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 7 years
occupation:
nara film number: T9-0478
page: 450
page character: A
entry number: 502
film number: 1254478
Household Gender Age
parent Jerry Cobb M 34
parent Hattie Cobb F 33
Eunice H. Cobb F 7
Jessie Cobb F 5
Gertrude M. Cobb F 2
1880 U.S. Census
name: Eunice H. Cobb
residence: Raymond, Cumberland, Maine
birthdate: 1873
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Daughter
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name: Jerry Cobb
father's birthplace: Maine, United States
mother's name: Hattie Cobb
mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 7 years
occupation:
nara film number: T9-0478
page: 450
page character: A
entry number: 502
film number: 1254478
Household Gender Age
parent Jerry Cobb M 34
parent Hattie Cobb F 33
Eunice H. Cobb F 7
Jessie Cobb F 5
Gertrude M. Cobb F 2
1880 U.S. Census

Eunice Hannah COBB and David Albion FRENCH 20 November 1892, Bath, Maine, USA
1893 - Bath
Living in Bath, Maine around 1893, according to Frank Williams.
Lewiston Saturday Journal, Lewiston, Maine, October 20, 1900
Living in Bath, Maine around 1893, according to Frank Williams.
Lewiston Saturday Journal, Lewiston, Maine, October 20, 1900

David Moulton FRENCH was born 26 September 1893, Bath, Maine, USA

James Lincoln FRENCH was born 28 September 1895, Bath, Maine, USA

Gertrude Grace FRENCH was born 2 April 1898, Minot, Maine, USA (West Minot)
1900 Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine
name: Eunice French
titles:
residence: Bath city, Sagadahoc, Maine
birth date: Aug 1872
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head-of-household: Wife
spouse name: David A French
spouse titles:
spouse birth place: Maine
father name:
father titles:
father birthplace: Maine
mother name:
mother titles:
mother birthplace: Maine
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name: David A French
gender: Female
marital status: Married
years married: 8
estimated marriage year: 1892
mother how many children: 3
number living children: 3
immigration year:
enumeration district: 0211
sheet number and letter: 4A
household id: 69
reference number: 20
gsu film number: 1240599
image number: 00221
Household Gender Age
spouse David A French M
Eunice French F
child David M French M
child Jas L French M
child Gertrude G French F
1900 U.S. Census
name: Eunice French
titles:
residence: Bath city, Sagadahoc, Maine
birth date: Aug 1872
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head-of-household: Wife
spouse name: David A French
spouse titles:
spouse birth place: Maine
father name:
father titles:
father birthplace: Maine
mother name:
mother titles:
mother birthplace: Maine
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name: David A French
gender: Female
marital status: Married
years married: 8
estimated marriage year: 1892
mother how many children: 3
number living children: 3
immigration year:
enumeration district: 0211
sheet number and letter: 4A
household id: 69
reference number: 20
gsu film number: 1240599
image number: 00221
Household Gender Age
spouse David A French M
Eunice French F
child David M French M
child Jas L French M
child Gertrude G French F
1900 U.S. Census

Eunice Hannah COBB and William MILLER 5 September 1904, Harpswell, Maine, (Orrs Island)
1910 Jay, Franklin, Maine
name: Eunice H French
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household:
residence: Jay, Franklin, Maine
marital status: Widowed
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 311
page number: 22
Household Gender Age
Leonard F Walker M 60y
Eunice H French F 36y
Gertrude French F 12y
1910 U.S. Census
name: Eunice H French
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household:
residence: Jay, Franklin, Maine
marital status: Widowed
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 311
page number: 22
Household Gender Age
Leonard F Walker M 60y
Eunice H French F 36y
Gertrude French F 12y
1910 U.S. Census

16 June 1917
Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)
Minot, June 18 - Mrs. Eunice French passed away Saturday, June 16, at the home of her son, Lincoln. She has been a long patient sufferer.
The Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
June 19, 1917
Eunice is buried at: Lane Cemetery
Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)
The Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
June 19, 1917
Eunice is buried at: Lane Cemetery
Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)
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