Gertrude Grace FRENCH

(b. 2 April 1898 , Minot, Maine, USA d. , )

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Gertrude Grace FRENCH was born 2 April 1898 in Minot, Maine, USA

Gertrude Grace FRENCH was the child of David Albion FRENCH and Eunice Hannah COBB and the grandchild of: (paternal) David Moulton FRENCH and Matilda W KEENEN (maternal) Ivory COBB and Celia Ann EDWARDS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Gertrude Grace married Albert Newell Elisha PETTINGILL 9 May 1914 in Livermore Falls, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Albert Newell Elisha PETTINGILL was born 9 May 1894 in Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore). Albert Newell Elisha died 3 July 1963 in Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore). Albert Newell Elisha was the child of Elbridge Wilson PETTINGILL and Etta Arvilla CHILDS.

NOTE: Gertrude French was the niece of Jessie Cobb, the murdered woman in the story above.

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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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Family and Children of Gertrude Grace FRENCH

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Gertrude Grace FRENCH married

Albert Newell Elisha PETTINGILL-- Date: 9 May 1914 Place: Livermore Falls, Maine, USA
Albert Newell Elisha PETTINGILL was the child of Elbridge Wilson PETTINGILL and Etta Arvilla CHILDS

Children of Albert Newell Elisha PETTINGILL and Gertrude Grace FRENCH:

Albert Elbridge PETTINGILL (b.29 May 1915, Livermore Falls, Maine, USA d. 3 June 1972, , Maine, USA)

Freda PETTINGILL (b.25 July 1917, Jay, Maine, USA d. 19 March 2005, Lakewood, Colorado, USA)
m. William TRACHTENBERG 18 February 1944

Frederick C PETTINGILL (b.abt. 1918, Jay, Maine, USA d. 5 October 2001, , Maine, USA)
m. Virginia KING 13 March 1942

Beryl Etta PETTINGILL (b.11 August 1922, Jay, Maine, USA d. 12 December 2010, Shelton, Connecticut, USA )
m. Robert Marshall HUNTON 1 February 1943 in , Maine, USA
m. Ralph Charles HENNESSEY

Beverly PETTINGILL (b.13 September 1926, , Maine, USA d. January 1990, )
m. Oscar Thomas EMMONS 7 July 1946 in , Maine, USA

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1898 Birth
Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907
name: Grace Gertrude French
event type: Birth
event date: 02 Apr 1898
event place: Minot,,Maine
gender: Female
age:
estimated birth year:
father: David A French
mother: Eunece H Cobb
spouse:
spouse's father:
spouse's mother:
film number: 9944
dgs number: 4544455
image number: 01342
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1900 Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine
name: Gertrude G French
titles & terms:
residence: Bath city, Sagadahoc, Maine
birth date: Apr 1898
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Daughter
spouse:
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's birthplace:
father: David A French
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother: Eunice French
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthplace: Maine
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name: David A French
gender: Female
marital status:
years married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
enumeration district: 0211
page: 4
sheet letter: A
family number: 69
reference number: 23
film number: 1240599
image number: 00221
Household Gender Age
parent David A French M
parent Eunice French F
David M French M
Jas L French M
Gertrude G French F

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1914 Marriage / Partner
Gertrude Grace FRENCH and Albert Newell Elisha PETTINGILL 9 May 1914, Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore)

She was 16 years old.

1915 Birth of Child
Albert Elbridge PETTINGILL was born 29 May 1915, Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore)

Gertrude Grace was 17 years old.

1917 Birth of Child
Freda PETTINGILL was born 25 July 1917, Jay, Maine, USA

Gertrude Grace was 19 years old.

1920 Jay, Franklin, Maine
name: Gertrude Pettengill
residence: , Franklin, Maine
estimated birth year: 1895
age: 25
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Wife
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
film number: 1820642
digital folder number: 4300997
image number: 00549
sheet number: 24
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Albert Pettengill M 30y Maine
wife Gertrude Pettengill F 25y Maine
son Albert Pettengill M 4y Maine
son Frederic Pettengill M 2y Maine
dau Freda Pettengill F 2y Maine
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1922 Birth of Child
Beryl Etta PETTINGILL was born 11 August 1922, Jay, Maine, USA

Gertrude Grace was 24 years old.

1926 Birth of Child
Beverly PETTINGILL was born 13 September 1926, , Maine, USA

Gertrude Grace was 28 years old.

1930 Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Grace Pettingill
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, Maine
gender: Female
age: 32
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1898
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0013
family number: 744
sheet number and letter: 31B
line number: 67
nara publication: T626, roll 828
film number: 2340563
digital folder number: 4584728
image number: 00257
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Albert Pettingill M 35 Maine
wife Grace Pettingill F 32 Maine
son Albert Pettingill M 14 Maine
son Frederick C Pettingill M 12 Maine
daughter Freda Pettingill F 12 Maine
daughter Beryl E Pettingill F 7 Maine
daughter Beverly Pettingill F 3 Maine
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Name: Gertrude Freida PETTINGILL
Date of Death: Wednesday, 24 July 1991
Place of Death: Lewiston, Me.
Age: 92 years
Death Certificate Number: 9106061

www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_death_record.asp?id=379905&firstname=&lastname=pettingill&spelling=starts&pagenum=2

Gertrude is buried at: Pleasant View Cemetery Livermore Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA

Added: 1/13/2012 7:08:00 PM - Updated: 3/30/2025 11:50:05 PM