My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Vernon Redding 
Birth Date11 Feb 1868
Birth PlaceDixfield, Oxford Co., ME
Death Date11 Dec 1939 Age: 71
Burial PlaceWest Sumner Cem., West Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
Occupationmillman
FatherOliver Canwell Redding (1837-1884)
MotherIsabel(la) Southerland Holman (1842-1906)
Misc. Notes
Listed in 1900 USC for Sumner. Lillian is listed as his wife. 1920 USC for Sumner, William is living alone.
Spouses
Birth Date14 Sep 1891
Death DateJun 1956 Age: 64
Death PlaceBuckfield, Oxford Co., ME
FatherThomas Jefferson “Jeff” Andrews (1835-1910)
MotherMary Evelyn Canwell (1858-1898)
Misc. Notes
At the time of the 1910 USC, Millie was living with her brother Chester and his wife Lena (her father, T. Jefferson Andrews, had just died in Mar 1910, leaving her an orphan at 18).
At time of 1920 USC for Sumner, ME, Millie A (28) was listed as married to Merton Rowe (37), two children: Audrey L (8) and Urban (5).
At the time of the 1930 USC for Buckfield, Millie (38) was listed as married to Willie V Redding (62), and her children with Merton were listed as William’s stepchildren.
At time of the 1940 USC for Buckfield, Millie (48) is listed as divorced. Urban F (26) and Ivan M (19) Rowe were living with her.
MRS. MILLIE REDDING
Buckfield — Mrs. Millie A Redding, 64, died unexpectedly, Tuedsay noon, at the home of Harold Record.
She was born Sept. 14, 1891, at Sumner, daughter of Jefferson and Mary Canwell Andrews.
Survivors are two sons, Urban and Ivan Rowe, Buckfield; a daughter, Mrs. Audrey Knoppenberger [sic], Baltimore, MD; a brother, Leland Andrews, Sumner; a sister, Mrs. Edith Cole, West Paris; and three grandchildren.
~ Lewiston Evening Journal — 20 Jun, 1956
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19560620&id=ncdGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8fMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1833,5703899&hl=en
At time of 1920 USC for Sumner, ME, Millie A (28) was listed as married to Merton Rowe (37), two children: Audrey L (8) and Urban (5).
At the time of the 1930 USC for Buckfield, Millie (38) was listed as married to Willie V Redding (62), and her children with Merton were listed as William’s stepchildren.
At time of the 1940 USC for Buckfield, Millie (48) is listed as divorced. Urban F (26) and Ivan M (19) Rowe were living with her.
MRS. MILLIE REDDING
Buckfield — Mrs. Millie A Redding, 64, died unexpectedly, Tuedsay noon, at the home of Harold Record.
She was born Sept. 14, 1891, at Sumner, daughter of Jefferson and Mary Canwell Andrews.
Survivors are two sons, Urban and Ivan Rowe, Buckfield; a daughter, Mrs. Audrey Knoppenberger [sic], Baltimore, MD; a brother, Leland Andrews, Sumner; a sister, Mrs. Edith Cole, West Paris; and three grandchildren.
~ Lewiston Evening Journal — 20 Jun, 1956
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19560620&id=ncdGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8fMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1833,5703899&hl=en
Marr Date1 Jun 1929
Marr PlaceSumner, Oxford Co., ME
Div Datebef 1940
Birth DateApr 1866
Death Date1919 Age: 52
Burial PlaceWest Sumner Cem., West Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
Birth Dateabt 1866
FatherJames H. Andrews (1826-1894)
MotherAngelia Robbins (~1829-1907)
Misc. Notes
In 1900 USC, Lillian lists her father as from Wisconsin.
Marr Date15 Nov 1891
Marr PlaceFranklin Plt., Oxford Co., ME