Robert Mitchell

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• FindaGrave ID: 73260302
• Occupation: Carpenter
• Immigration: 30 Aug 1880, New York, New York, New York, USA
• Naturalization: 1885, Connecticut, USA

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Immigration:
Arrived from Ireland aboard the Devonia

Robert married Rebecca O'Neill in 1862 in Ireland. Rebecca was born on 18 Sep 1837 in Ireland; died on 12 Jan 1912 in Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 73260684
• Baptism: 12 Mar 1863, Ballysodare, Sligo, Connacht, Ireland
• Immigration: 30 Aug 1880, New York, New York, New York, USA
• Education: Between 1891 and 1894, New York, New York, New York, USA; New York Law School
• Occupation: 1894; Admitted to the bar
• Occupation: Between 1894 and 1899, Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut, USA; Practised law
• Occupation: Between 1899 and 1903, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; Chief Clerk - Office of Secretary of State
• Residence: 1900, Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
• Occupation: Between 1903 and 1909, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; Deputy Secretary - State of Connecticut
• Occupation: 1909; Deputy Secretary of State, Connecticut

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Immigration:
Arrived from Ireland aboard the Devonia

John married Edna Leona Lasbury on 26 May 1897 in Rhode Island, USA. Edna (daughter of James Lasbury and Victoria A. Parker) was born on 12 Sep 1863 in Vernon, Tolland, Connecticut, USA; died on 24 Jul 1922 in Columbia, Tolland, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 29 Mar 1868, Ballysodare, Sligo, Connacht, Ireland
• Immigration: 30 Aug 1880, New York, New York, New York, USA

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Immigration:
Arrived from Ireland aboard the Devonia

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• Also Known As: Lizzie Mitchell
• Immigration: 30 Aug 1880, New York, New York, New York, USA

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Immigration:
Arrived from Ireland aboard the Devonia

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• Also Known As: Charles Mitchell
• Occupation: Lawyer
• Immigration: 30 Aug 1880, New York, New York, New York, USA

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CHARLES MITCHELL

On paternal and maternal lines, Charles Mitchell, an honored practitioner at the Bristol county bar located in New Bedford, descends from pure Scotch ancestors, who settled in the north of Ireland, later moving to Sligo, on the northwest coast. There Robert Mitchell lived, and there in the city of Sligo his son, John Mitchell, was born, and there owned and operated a small grist mill. He married Elizabeth McKim, and they the parents of five sons : Robert, of further mention; William, Charles, Kim, and a daughter Jane, married a Mr. Ferguson. John Mitchell was a member of the Episcopal Church, his wife a Wesleyan Methodist.

Robert Mitchell, son of John and Elizabeth Mitchell, and father of Charles Mitchell of New Bedford, was born in Sligo, Ireland, but when a young man came to the United States, and for several years resided near Buffalo, New York. His parents needed him at home, and he returned to care for them in their declining years, and there he resided until their death. While at the old home he married Rebecca O'Neill, of English and Irish parentage, and in 1880, with his entire family, Robert Mitchell again came to the United States. In 1885 he became a citizen, and is yet living in Pitman, Connecticut, his wife deceased. A carpenter by trade, he became a skilled workman and most of his active life was in charge of other men as foreman. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a Republican in politics. Children of Robert and Rebecca (O'Neill) Mitchell: John G. Mitchell, deceased, Deputy-Secretary of State, Connecticut; Elizabeth, deceased; Rebecca, deceased; Charles, of further mention; Emma, married Towne; Isabella, married May; Sarah F., married Terrallee; William McKim.

Charles Mitchell, eldest son of Robert and Rebecca (O'Neill) Mitchell, was born in Baltisodare, County Sligo, Ireland, October 22 1869, and remained in his native land until 1880, when he was brought to the United States by his parents. He was educated in the grade and high schools, taking special courses in the latter, and this supplemented by systematic study under a private instructor. In early life he was employed in thread and silk mills. Later he studied civil engineering, and became an assistant engineer. He next engaged in mercantile business, and while studying law was assistant general manager of a NEW BEDFORD 563 chain of stores. He began the study of law under his elder brother John G. Mitchell, an eminent member of the Connecticut bar, who for a time was Assistant Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Connecticut. This study was in connection with other duties which made progress slower, but he continued a student under his brother until admitted to the bar. He located in New Bedford, and practiced as a member of the firm of Raymond & Mitchell, but recently has practiced alone his offices at No. 16-17 Masonic Building. He is a well established attorney and counsellor, highly rated for his professional learning and skill. His business experience is a valuable asset, and there are few lawyers better furnished for the practice of their profession than he.

A Republican in politics, Mr. Mitchell takes an active interest in public affairs as a citizen, his election as delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917 being the first public position he has accepted. He is a member of the local and State law societies, is a Master Mason of Eureka Lodge, a companion of Odoniram Chapter and in Scottish Rite Masonry has attained the thirty-second degree Massachusetts Consistory. In religious affiliation he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr. Mitchell married, August 21 1901, at Wallingford, Connecticut. Edith L. Turner, born in Wallingford, June 16, 1871, daughter of Willes and Ammelia A. (Hersey) Turner. Her father was a meat and provision merchant until the last years of his life, when he bought a farm near New Bedford, where he resided until his death. Mr. and Mrs Mitchell are the parents of: Bradford, born June 4. 1907; Edith Hersey. January 3, 1910; Raymond McKim, November 4, 1911

Immigration:
Arrived from Ireland aboard the Devonia

Charles married Edith L. Turner on 21 Aug 1901 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Edith (daughter of Willes Turner and Amelia A. Hersey) was born on 16 Jun 1871 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 5 Nov 1871, Ballysodare, Sligo, Connacht, Ireland

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• FindaGrave ID: 115908400
• Baptism: 28 Feb 1873, Ballysodare, Sligo, Connacht, Ireland
• Immigration: 30 Aug 1880, New York, New York, New York, USA

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Immigration:
Arrived from Ireland aboard the Devonia

Emma married Adfer Marcus Towne on Yes, date unknown. Adfer (son of Marcus Fayette Towne and Mary Jane Kinney) was born on 14 Feb 1870 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 May 1928 in Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 30 Aug 1880, New York, New York, New York, USA

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Immigration:
Arrived from Ireland aboard the Devonia

Isabelle married George William May, MD on 27 Nov 1902 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. George was born on 1 Apr 1866 in Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 23 Oct 1940; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 8 Jun 1875, Ballysodare, Sligo, Connacht, Ireland
• Immigration: 30 Aug 1880, New York, New York, New York, USA

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Immigration:
Arrived from Ireland aboard the Devonia

Robert married Lillian Edith Manning on Yes, date unknown. Lillian (daughter of Alfred Nelson Manning and Martha Emma Birchard) was born on 16 Dec 1882 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 5 Sep 1946 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 115667133
• Immigration: 30 Aug 1880, New York, New York, New York, USA

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Immigration:
Arrived from Ireland aboard the Devonia

Sarah married Frank Eugene Lavallee on 7 Sep 1898 in Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut, USA. Frank (son of Charles E. Joseph Lavallee and Agnes Stacy) was born on 15 Oct 1874 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Apr 1972 in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 8 Oct 1878, Ballysodare, Sligo, Connacht, Ireland

William married Helen Genevieve Israel on 22 Apr 1914 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Margarette Rebecca Mitchell
• FindaGrave ID: 73260838
• Alt Birth: 14 Jul 1897
• Residence: 1900, Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
• Alt Death: 21 Nov 1902

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• Residence: 1900, Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
• Residence: 1910, Columbia, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
• Residence: 1920, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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Memory of her father by Ruth Mitchell

My father, John Mitchell Jr., was anxious to enlist and serve in Word War I.

Because he was quite thin, he was afraid that he would not make the weight minimum. To get around this problem, he ate a large number of bananas before going to the draft office.

Eating bananas, he had heard, would result in an instant weight gain. Unfortunately, he hadn't made allowances for the instant new girth which suddenly appeared.

Since he could no longer button his pants, he was forced to go to the draft board in an overcoat... on a very warm day!

John married Mary Agnes Sweeney on Yes, date unknown. Mary (daughter of Timothy Edward Sweeney and Ellen Rockett) was born on 22 Apr 1905 in Knox, Albany, New York, USA; died on 3 Oct 1980 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Catherine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Marion M. Booth on Yes, date unknown. Marion was born in 1897 in New York, New York, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Raymond McKim Mitchell was born on November 3, 1911, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to Charles Mitchell and Edith L. Turner. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Wesleyan University in 1933 and his Juris Doctor degree from Boston University in 1941.

Mitchell enlisted as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service (AFS) during World War II. He departed from New York with AFS unit ME 39 in January 1943 and arrived in the Middle East in April. Mitchell was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in May 1944 and was subsequently wounded in action during the Italian Campaign. In July he was promoted to Lieutenant, immediately followed by the rank of Captain, and in November 1944 he was promoted to Major and served as the Commanding Officer of the AFS 485 Ambulance Car Company in Italy before being repatriated to the United States in June 1945. By the end of the war, Mitchell had served in the Middle East (Syria), North Africa, and Italy, including seeing action in Italy during the crossing of Volturno River and at the Battle of Monte Cassino. Mitchell received the United States Armed Forces Good Conduct Award, the World War II Victory Medal, and the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal for his services during the war. King George VI and Queen Mary appointed him as honorary officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1945 for his service with the British Eighth Army, a distinction earned by only eleven AFS officers in World War II. Mitchell received the OBE medal on December 17, 1946 from Lord Inverchapel, British Ambassador the United States at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. Mitchell's involvement with AFS continued in the post-war years when he was elected to the AFS Board of Directors and founded the Greater New Bedford Chapter of the AFS International Student Scholarship Program with his wife, Marian, in 1953. He served as the chapter's president and hosted students from Italy, Austria, and Japan.

In addition to his commitments with AFS, Mitchell served as a legal partner with his father and then with his son at Mitchell and Mitchell in New Bedford, where he practiced law for fifty years. Mitchell was also involved with local civic organizations in various capacities throughout his life, which included service as longtime trustee and member of the board of investment in the New Bedford Institution for Savings, treasurer of the New Bedford Port Society, chairman of the Greater New Bedford Community Chest campaign, moderator of the Fairhaven Town Meeting and Town Counsel, first New Bedford member of the National Council of the YMCA, trustee of the Millicent Library in Fairhaven, and past president of the YMCA of Greater New Bedford, the Fairhaven Improvement Association, the English-Speaking Union of Southeastern Massachusetts, and the New Bedford Board of Commerce.

Raymond McKim Mitchell died on May 5, 2001, at age 90.

The Raymond M. Mitchell Collection was donated to the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs by his son, Charles M. Mitchell, and other members of the Mitchell family in various stages between December 1999 and June 2006.

Raymond M. Mitchell Collection; Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs, New York, NY.

http://www.afs.org/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=12

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• Military Service: 5 Nov 1942; US Army Air Force

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Died:
William McKim Mitchell died peacefully at his home following a recent period of declining health.

He was born in Brattleboro, VT on January 6, 1921, son of Robert and Lillian (Manning) Mitchell. He graduated from Brattleboro High School, class of 1939. He was a member of the Brattleboro High School Ski team as a ski jumper. He ski jumped all over New England until extensive leg fractures sustained at a ski meet on Harris Hill in Brattleboro in February of 1942 ended his ski jumping ventures. He was employed in his early years by the Brattleboro Reformer and the Stephen Daye Press.

On November 5, 1942 William enlisted in the Army Air Force and went into the Civilian Pilot Training Program to be a flight instructor. The program was canceled in 1943. He transferred to the Aviation Cadet Program in the class of 1944. He graduated from Napier Field, Dothan, Al in December of 1944 with a 2nd Lt. Commission and received his fighter pilot's wings. He had fighter gunnery at Eglin Field, Fla, Auxiliary Field #7. He was transferred to Lincoln Air Force Base in Lincoln, NE where he received his combat gear and overseas shots. The day he was to ship out to P-47 School the program was canceled. He was transferred to Perrin Field in Texas to wait out the end of the war. There were many flight training fields for British Cadets in Texas and Oklahoma, when the war in Europe ended. He flew many of those planes to the airplane junkyard in Albuquerque, N.M. He was honorably discharged from the Army on November 5, 1945.

He married Prudence Skerry on May 17, 1949. They made their home in Chesterfield in 1951, running a dairy farm from 1951 to 1967. William was an active member of the community over the years seen behind the wheel of a school bus during his dairy farming years and served the town as a member of the Fire Department, the Historical Society, the Budget Committee, the Board of Adjustment and the Board of Selectmen. His handiwork lives on to be seen in various towns in VT and NH by his art of stone wall laying and house building as well.

He was a member of the Gideons International and a founder of Friends of Pisgah, having served as it's first president. His home was the site of countless Bible studies beginning in the 1960s, fostering his love of the study of and the teaching of the Word of God, including Word of Life meetings for teens in the 1970's and he still was teaching from his home as recently as January, 2012. He was a devoted attendee of Grace Community Evangelical Free Church on Swanzey Road in Spofford, NH, which is pastored by Lew M. Miller, who was a member of the first Word of Life meetings at the Mitchell home.

William was pre-deceased by his wife, Prudence, in May 2003, his brother Richard of Hinsdale in September of 1989 and his brother, Donald, of Chester VT in January of 2007.

He is survived by 2 sons also of Chesterfield: McKim William and his partner Jon Glende; and Peter Edmund and his wife Shelly. He had three beloved grandchildren: SSG. Peter William of the United States Army stationed in Colorado Springs, Co, and his wife Melinda; Sally Lynne currently of San Francisco, CA; and Emily Esslinger and her husband Gregory from Rindge, NH.

A memorial service will be held at Grace Community Evangelical Free Church, 49 Old Swanzey Rd. Spofford, NH on Friday, June 1, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. A private graveside service will take place earlier. Fletcher Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 33 Marlboro St., Keene, NH is in charge of the arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Grace Community Evangelical Free Church in Spofford, NH.

William married Prudence Skerry on 17 May 1949. Prudence died in 2003. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 115667092

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• FindaGrave ID: 84252840

Robert married Hope Sargent Henderson on Yes, date unknown. Hope (daughter of Bartlett Whiton Henderson and Martha Belle Spencer) was born on 7 May 1911 in Windsorville, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 12 Mar 2006 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 101625210

Family/Spouse: Robert Hermes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Evelyn Render on 15 Jun 1940 in Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA. Mary was born on 1 Sep 1915 in Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA; died on 20 Aug 2005 in Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Raymond K. Houston. Raymond was born on 26 Jan 1917 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Dec 2009 in Monterey, Monterey, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Genevieve married John Minot Bartlett, Jnr. on 26 Dec 1942 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. John was born on 10 Jul 1920 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Dec 2008 in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Paul Michael Kelly. Paul was born on 3 Oct 1937 in Rockville, Allegany, New York, USA; died on 15 Aug 2018 in Blairsville, Union, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]