My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameMabel F Bowden 
Birth Date17 Nov 1884
Birth PlacePenobscot, Hancock Co., ME
Death Date1953 Age: 68
Death PlaceCastine, Hancock Co., ME
Burial PlaceCastine Cem., Castine, Hancock Co., ME
FatherUriah Bowden (1853-1913)
MotherLucy J. Farnham (1856-1887)
Misc. Notes
Birth record does not list middle initial: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9974-HWZV?i=2302&cc=1803978
Source: info. from Beverly Henry.
KCA has Mabel Bowden Webster’s oval pressed glass plate that says “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread.”
At the time of the 1900 USC for Penobscot, ME, Mabel Bowden was living with her grandparents, Samuel and Lucy Farnham, after the death of her mother, and the remarriage of her father (p 22).
According to Frances Cole Wallace, "Grammie Webster" is the source of the red hair that has been passed down through the Webster-Cole (primarily) female line:
Beulah Webster Cole (red->white)
Frances Cole Wallace (red)
Edna Cole Cochran (blonde)
Deborah Wallace Gilbert (red)
[Randy Wallace (blonde)]
[Bruce Cochran (blonde)]
[Scott Cochran (blonde)]
[Larry Cochran (blonde)]
Kathrine Cole Aydelott (red->blonde)
Pamela Gilbert (red)
Stephanie Gilbert (red)
Was Mabel F’s middle name Farnham--or perhaps: Frances??
Birth cert. on FamilySearch.org doesn’t list middle name or initial, but in most records she is Mabel F.
Source: info. from Beverly Henry.
KCA has Mabel Bowden Webster’s oval pressed glass plate that says “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread.”
At the time of the 1900 USC for Penobscot, ME, Mabel Bowden was living with her grandparents, Samuel and Lucy Farnham, after the death of her mother, and the remarriage of her father (p 22).
According to Frances Cole Wallace, "Grammie Webster" is the source of the red hair that has been passed down through the Webster-Cole (primarily) female line:
Beulah Webster Cole (red->white)
Frances Cole Wallace (red)
Edna Cole Cochran (blonde)
Deborah Wallace Gilbert (red)
[Randy Wallace (blonde)]
[Bruce Cochran (blonde)]
[Scott Cochran (blonde)]
[Larry Cochran (blonde)]
Kathrine Cole Aydelott (red->blonde)
Pamela Gilbert (red)
Stephanie Gilbert (red)
Was Mabel F’s middle name Farnham--or perhaps: Frances??
Birth cert. on FamilySearch.org doesn’t list middle name or initial, but in most records she is Mabel F.
Spouses
Birth Date1 Jan 1880
Birth PlaceCastine, Hancock Co., ME
Death Date1951 Age: 70
Death PlaceCastine, Hancock Co., ME
Burial PlaceCastine Cem., Castine, Hancock Co., ME
Occupationsea captain; carpenter
FatherCapt. Edward Eugene “Gene” Webster (1848-1922)
MotherSarah “Aunt Sadie” Randall Heath (1861-1931)
Misc. Notes
Household listed on 1910 USC for Castine, ME:
Edward E 61
Sarah R 49
Emery H 30
Mabel F 25
Harry G 7
Owen C 6
Minnie M 3
Howard E 1 1/4
Beulah R 4 mo.
Household on 1920 USC for Castine, ME:
Edward E Webster ae. 71
Sara R ae 58
Emery H ae 40
Mabel F ae 35
Harry G ae 17
Owen C ae 15
Linnie N ae13
Howard E ae 11
Beulah ae 9
Dwight R ae 7
Donald E ae 5
Thomas S ae 4
Nina E ae 2
Martha M ae 7/12
On 1940 USC for Castine, ME:
Emery H ae 60
Mabel F ae 55
Lewis B ae 17
Lloyd W ae 15
Arthur G ae 11
Edward E 61
Sarah R 49
Emery H 30
Mabel F 25
Harry G 7
Owen C 6
Minnie M 3
Howard E 1 1/4
Beulah R 4 mo.
Household on 1920 USC for Castine, ME:
Edward E Webster ae. 71
Sara R ae 58
Emery H ae 40
Mabel F ae 35
Harry G ae 17
Owen C ae 15
Linnie N ae13
Howard E ae 11
Beulah ae 9
Dwight R ae 7
Donald E ae 5
Thomas S ae 4
Nina E ae 2
Martha M ae 7/12
On 1940 USC for Castine, ME:
Emery H ae 60
Mabel F ae 55
Lewis B ae 17
Lloyd W ae 15
Arthur G ae 11
Marr Date17 Aug 1902
Marr PlaceCastine, Hancock Co., ME
Marr MemoAlt date 16 Aug. 1902.
Misc. Notes
Marriage record (back only listing parents’ names): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-RRSH-J8?i=4033&cc=1803978
ChildrenHarry G (1902-1987)
Owen C (1904-1965)
Linnie M (1906-1996)
Howard E (1908-1981)
Beulah Randall (1910-1995)
Dwight Roderic (1911-2004)
Donald Edward (1914-1986)
Thomas Farnham (1915-1982)
Nina E (1917-2000)
Martha N (1919-1989)
Lewis Bates (1922-2005)
Lloyd W (1925-2009)
Arthur G (1928-2009)