Ancestors of Wayne M Sladen

8. Ervine Sladen, son of Fred Sladen and Agnes Hartley, was born on 21 May 1897 in Holy Trinity Church, Littleborough, Rochdale, Lancashire, England, died on 18 Mar 1980 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 82, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine. Another name for Ervine was Butch Sladen.

General Notes: He was naturalized in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, August 7, 1916 and lived at Lower Main Street in 1935 when he was employed at Sanford Garage. The family later moved to 115 River Street and to East Lebanon, York, Maine. He also moved the family to Detroit, Wayne, Michigan for a short while where he drove trucks.

• Naturalization: 29 Apr 1916, Petition For Naturalization (858) - Us District Court, Portland, Cumberland, Maine.

• Immigration: 11 Aug 1910, Certificate Of Arrival (981699) - Ss Saxonia, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

• Naturalization: 7 Aug 1916, Certificate Of Naturalization (679502) - Us District Court, Portland, Cumberland, Maine.

Ervine married Marie Mathilda Savageau on 23 May 1920 in St George Episcopal Church, Sanford, York, Maine. Mathilda was born on 26 Jun 1901 in Sanford, York, Maine, died on 17 Nov 1982 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 81, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

Marriage Notes: Mr & Mrs Ervine Sladen Are Feted Saturday To Mark Golden Wedding

The 50th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Ervine Sladen of 5 Normand avenue was celebrated at a reception Saturday afternoon at the parish hall of St George's Episcopal Church. Eighty relatives and friends attended the affair which was given by the couple's family. Among the guests were Mr Sladen's cousins, Mrs Marjorie Foxton of Rochdale, England, and Mr and Mrs Bernard Walker of Solihull, England; amd Mrs Sladen's brother, Fred Savageau of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Miss Joy Marie Milligan, a great-granddaughter, was in charge of the guest book. Mr and Mrs Sladen were married May 24, 1920, at the rectory of St George's Episcopal Church. She is the former Marie Savageau of Sanford. Mrs Sladen is a member of St Elizabeth's Guild and active at the Trafton Senior Citizen Center. Mr Sladen, a native of Rochdale, England, has resided here 60 years. He was employed by the American Cynamid Company prior to his retirement. The couple has two children, George Sladen of Sanford and Mrs Dorothy Milligan of Augusta, Georgia; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A buffet lunch was served, Mr and Mrs Sladen cutting a special golden wedding cake. Many gifts, cards, flowers and a money tree were presented to Mr and Mrs Sladen.

Roll 53, Sanford Tribune, Sanford, Maine, January - June 1970, Springvale, Maine Public Library.
May 14, 1970, pg 4.

9. Marie Mathilda Savageau, daughter of George Bartholomew Sauvageau and Mathilda Chaput, was born on 26 Jun 1901 in Sanford, York, Maine, died on 17 Nov 1982 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 81, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

Mathilda married Ervine Sladen on 23 May 1920 in St George Episcopal Church, Sanford, York, Maine. Ervine was born on 21 May 1897 in Holy Trinity Church, Littleborough, Rochdale, Lancashire, England, died on 18 Mar 1980 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 82, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine. Another name for Ervine was Butch Sladen.

10. Arthur Elias Whitcomb, son of Fremont Eugene Whitcomb and Alice May Fletcher, was born on 24 Jun 1899 in Sanford, York, Maine,^³ died on 25 Sep 1948 in Sanford, York, Maine ^³ at age 49, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

General Notes: Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Hurd Funeral Home, Winter street, for Arthur E Whitcomb, 49, electronic technician at the Kittery Navy Yard, who died suddenly Saturday at his home, 260 Main street, where he was born. The Reverend Charles Desrochers of the St Ignatius Church officiated. Burial was in Oakdale Cemetery. A life-long resident of Sanford, the son of Eugene and Alice Fletcher Whitcomb, he was a former wire inspector for the town. Mr Whitcomb was a member of Sanford Lodge of Elks, Bauneg Beg Grange, the Sanford-Springvale Fish and Game Protective Association and former member of Riverside Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Surviving are his wife, Mrs Florence Maurice Whitcomb; two daughters, Mrs George F Sladen of Sanford and Mrs John W Thompson of Panama City, Florida.

Roll 30, Sanford Tribune, Sanford, Maine, January - December 1948, Springvale, Maine Public Library.
September 30, 1948, pg 2.

Arthur married Florence Marie Maurice on 1 Jan 1920 in St-Mary's Church, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. Florence was born on 28 Oct 1890 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, died on 7 Sep 1953 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 62, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

11. Florence Marie Maurice, daughter of Albert Angelbert Honorius Maurice and Florence Marie Belanger, was born on 28 Oct 1890 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, died on 7 Sep 1953 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 62, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

General Notes: Mrs Florence Marie Whitcomb, 62, widow of Arthur E Whitcomb, died late Monday evening at the H D Goodall Hospital after a long illness. She resided at 284 Main street. She was born October 28, 1890 in Dover, New Hampshire, the daughter of Albert and Florence Belanger Maurice. A Sanford resident the past 34 years, she was a past trustee of the Emblem Club and also was a member of Mater Circle, Daughters of Isabella, the Catholic Action Group and the Altar Society of St Ignatius Church. Mrs Whitcomb is survived by two daughters, Mrs John W Thompson of Quincy, Florida, and Mrs George F Sladen of Sanford; two sisters, Miss Florienne Maurice and Mrs William Sullivan of Dover, New Hampshire; two brothers, Selectman Maurice J Maurice of Sanford and Raymond G Maurice of Dover, New Hampshire; five grandchildren, two nephews and two nieces. Services were conducted this morning at the Hurd Funeral Chapel, 10 Winter street, followed by a Solemn High Requiem Mass at St Ignatius Church. Burial was in Oakdale Cemetery.

Roll 35, Sanford Tribune, Sanford, Maine, January - December 1953, Springvale, Maine Public Library.
September 10, 1953, pg 2.

Florence married Arthur Elias Whitcomb on 1 Jan 1920 in St-Mary's Church, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. Arthur was born on 24 Jun 1899 in Sanford, York, Maine,^³ died on 25 Sep 1948 in Sanford, York, Maine ^³ at age 49, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

12. Rodolphe Joseph Pepin, son of Joseph Ludger Pepin and Jane Pepin, was born on 1 Oct 1898 in St-Norbert, St-Norbert, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada, died on 17 Mar 1959 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 60, and was buried in St-Ignatius Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

General Notes: Emigrated to the United States from St-Eusebe, Princeville, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada on June 5th, 1923.

In 1968, The Brothers of Christian Fellowship dedicated the Baseball Field (to which he did all the excavating work) in his name. The small plaque still stands today (1999) in front of the Food Hall and the baseball field is in the back. It is located in Alfred, York, Maine off of Route 202.

He sold his house on Gowen Street in Sanford for approximately $2500.00 and bought an 85 +/- acre field with a farmhouse on it for approximately $4500.00 (corner of June Street in Sanford, York, Maine). He started his own concrete business R. Pepin & Sons Construction on the land he purchased shortly after the depression.

Rudolph J Pepin, Local Contractor Many Years, Dies

Rudolph J Pepin, 60, president of R Pepin and Sons, general contractors here, died early Tuesday morning shortly after entering the Henrietta D Goodall Hospital. He resided on Shaw's Ridge Road. Mr Pepin, a native of St Norbert, Quebec, was born October 1, 1898, son of Ludger and Jeanne Pepin and had resided here for the past 35 years. He was a communicant of Holy Family Church and a member of the League of Sacred Heart, Order of Altar Society, Les Artisans, and Order of the Propagation of the Faith. He is survived by his widow, the former Lydia Voyer; four sons, Gerard of Kennebunk and Sylvio, Bertrand and Roger, all of Sanford; three daughters, Mrs Leo Dolbec, Mrs Alvie Caron and Mrs Donald Berthiaume, all of this town; four brothers, Nelson, and Robert Pepin, both of Montreal, Conrad of Sherbrooke, Quebec, and Armand, Conway, New Hampshire; six sisters, Mrs Philippe Gagne, Mrs Ernest Hurtubise and Miss Jeanne Pepin and Mrs Arthur Laitres, all of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mrs Bernard Foucault and Mrs Alferi Allard, both of Sanford; and 27 grandchildren. Prayers will be said at the LaFrance Funeral Home Friday morning, 7:30 am followed by a Solemn High Requiem Mass at Holy Family Church, Entombment will be in St Ignatius Cemetery.

Roll 41, Sanford Tribune, Sanford, Maine, January - December 1959, Springvale, Maine Public Library.
March 19, 1959, pg 2.

• Naturalization: 18 Sep 1929, Alfred, York, Maine. Certificate Of Citzenship (3178123)

• Immigration: 5 Jun 1923, Island Pond, Essex, Vermont. On The Grand Trunk Railway

Rodolphe married Marie Lydia Camille Voyer on 18 Jun 1920 in St-Norbert, St-Norbert, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada. Lydia was born on 8 May 1898 in St-Norbert, St-Norbert, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada, died on 25 Feb 1975 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 76, and was buried in St-Ignatius Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

i. Carmen Rachel Pepin (born on 25 May 1921 in St-Felix-DE-Valois, Kingsey, Drummond, Qiuebec, Canada - died on 23 Mar 2004 in Sanford, York, Maine)

v. Bertrand R Pepin (born on 21 Dec 1928 in Sanford, York, Maine - died on 9 Aug 1992 in Sanford, York, Maine)

vii. Roger L Pepin (born on 25 Sep 1934 in Sanford, York, Maine - died on 14 Aug 2004 in Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont)

13. Marie Lydia Camille Voyer, daughter of Francois Xavier Voyer and Exilia Camire, was born on 8 May 1898 in St-Norbert, St-Norbert, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada, died on 25 Feb 1975 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 76, and was buried in St-Ignatius Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

General Notes: Following a long illness, Mrs Lydia Pepin, 76, of Shaw's Ridge road, died Tuesday at a local nursing home. Bron in St Norbert P Q, May 8, 1898, she was the daughter of Zavier and Exelia Camire Voyer, and a resident here for 51 years. Mrs Pepin was a communicant of Holy Family Church and a member of the St Anne Sodality and the Order of the Propagation of the Faith. She is survived by four sons, Gerard of Kennebunk and Sylvio, Bertrand and Roger of Sanford; three daughters, Mrs Carmen Dolbec, Mrs Alvie Caron and Mrs Donald Berthiaume, all of Sanford; 33 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Brother Gerard Voyer, Redemptorist Order, St Anne Basilica, Quebec, and Joseph Voyer of Normberville, P Q; and sister Mrs Zelpha Letourneau of Victoriaville, P Q. Prayers will be said Friday at 9 am at the Lafrance-Boisvert Funeral Home, 29 Winter street, followed by a Funeral Mass at10 am at Holy Family Church. Entombment will be in St Ignatius Cemetery.

Roll 64, Sanford Tribune, Sanford, Maine, January - June 1975, Springvale, Maine Public Library.
February 27, 1975, pg 2.

• Immigration: 4 Jun 1923, Island Pond, Essex, Vermont. On the Grand Trunk Railway.

Lydia married Rodolphe Joseph Pepin on 18 Jun 1920 in St-Norbert, St-Norbert, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada. Rodolphe was born on 1 Oct 1898 in St-Norbert, St-Norbert, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada, died on 17 Mar 1959 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 60, and was buried in St-Ignatius Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

14. Frank Cecil Bland, son of James Hargreaves Bland and Sarah Jane Midgley, was born on 17 Jul 1897 in Sanford, York, Maine, died on 19 Apr 1971 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 73, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

General Notes: Frank Cecil Bland, 73, husband of Mrs Clara Camire Bland of 29 River street, died Monday evening at a local nursing home. Born July 17, 1897, at Sanford, the son of James and Sarah Midgley Bland, he was a life-long resident here. Mr Bland was a former spinning room foreman at the Goodall-Sanford mills. he was a 50-year member of the Preble Lodge, AF & AM. He is survived by his wife, two sons, Donald R of Springvale and Raymond E of Alexandria, Virginia; three daughters, Mrs Gertrude Pepin of Sanford, Mrs Pauline Wilson of Oxen Hill, Maryland, and Mrs Beatrice Corley of Yakima, Washington; a brother, Howard Bland, St Petersburg, Florida; 15 grandchildren and a great-grandson. The funeral will be held todayat 1:30 pm at the Hurd Funeral Home 10 Winter street, with the Reverend Adrien H Palardy, pastor of St Ignatius Church. Interment is to be in Oakdale Cemetery.

Roll 55, Sanford Tribune, Sanford, Maine, January - June 1971, Springvale, Maine Public Library.
April 22, 1971 pg 2.

• Census: 7 Jan 1920, Corner River & Cottage St, Sanford, York, Maine / Grocer.

Frank married Marie Annette Clara Camire on 10 May 1923 in Sanford, York, Maine. Clara was born on 18 Sep 1900 in St-Antoine-DE-Padoue, Baie-Du-Febvre, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada, died on 25 Dec 1976 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 76, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

15. Marie Annette Clara Camire, daughter of Edmond Camire and Alphonsine Pelletier, was born on 18 Sep 1900 in St-Antoine-DE-Padoue, Baie-Du-Febvre, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada, died on 25 Dec 1976 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 76, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

General Notes: She arrived in the United States in Newport, Vermont under the name of Marie Annette Clara Camire on September 1, 1905 on the Boston & Maine Railroad Company. She had been absent from the United States since that date, as follows: October 1928 returned within three or four days, entered Canada through Canaan, Vermont and returned through the Derby Line by automobile July 1922, stayed three weeks and entered Canada through Island Pond and back through Derby Line.

The place where she bought her ticket and boarded the train in Canada to come to America was in Nicolet, Quebec, Canada.

She paid $20.00 head tax in Portland, Cumberland, Maine on March 11, 1932.

She received a Declaration of Intention, number 724 on April 19, 1924 in Alfred, York, Maine, Supreme Judicial Court.

Mrs Clara A Bland, 76, widow of Frank C Bland, died Saturday at the Goodall Hospital. She resided at 15a Errol St. A native of Bayville, Quebec, she was born September 18, 1900, daughter of Edmond and Alphonsine Pelletier Camire, and came to Sanford in 1903 with her family. Mrs Bland was employed in the former Goodall-Sanford textile mills. She was a communicant of Holy Family Church. Her husband died in 1971. Surviving are two sons, Donald of Sanford and Raymond of Wells; three daughters, Mrs Gertrude Pepin of Sanford, Mrs Pauline Wilson of Oxen Hill, Maryland, and Mrs Beatrice Corley of San Diego, California; two sisters Mrs Alexina Libby and Mrs Melina Roussin, borh of Sanford; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Prayers are to be said at 9 am Wednesday at the Sanford Funeral Home, 145 Middle St. A Funeral Mass will follow at 10 am at Holy Family Church. Entombment is to be in Oakdale Cemetery.

Roll 67, Sanford Tribune, Sanford, Maine, July - December 1976, Springvale, Maine Public Library.
December 29, 1976, pg 2.

• Naturalization: 19 Apr 1924, Alfred, York, Maine. Declaration Of Intention (724)

Clara married Frank Cecil Bland on 10 May 1923 in Sanford, York, Maine. Frank was born on 17 Jul 1897 in Sanford, York, Maine, died on 19 Apr 1971 in Sanford, York, Maine at age 73, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Sanford, York, Maine.

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