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Surnames: Gordon, Carrigan, Patten, Guilbert, Gilbert, Baron, Noyes, Schoonmaker
Classification: Query
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Found more info today, and believe this is the correct Mrs. Carrigan. I found a copy of an
online obituary for Regina L. Gordon, who is the Regina Carrigan listed as the daughter of
Ellard and Avils Carrigan on the 1930 census.
The obituary reads that Mrs. Gordon was born Dec 3 1918 in Lowell, MA, the daughter of
Adelard and Avila (Guilbert) Carrigan. This ties into my earlier "theory" that
the name was Avila and not Avils.
Obituary goes on to list other siblings and grandchildren, who I will now start trying to
locate or get in contact with. Hopefully one of them will remember something about their
grandmother or have some old family info that may help. It would be nice to find and get
in contact with other family members who may be researching their genealogical roots as
well and we could help each other out with the info.
Okay, here are the names and locations listed. Obituary is dated May 6, 2002, so it's
not too old!
Mrs. Regina L. Gordon, age 83, formerly of Rte 106, Belmont, died on Monday May 6, 2002 at
the Belknap County Nursing home where she had been a resident for the last twenty years.
She was the widow of Clifford R. Gordon who died in 1982.
Survivors include a son, Donald Gordon of Loudon, NH; two granddaughters, Kathy
Archikowski of Oakham, MA and Karne Schoonmaker of Loudon, NH; four great grandchildren;
three sisters, Irene Patten of Laconia, twin sisters, Jeannette Baron of Laconia and Jane
Noyes of Belmont; and several nephews and nieces. She was predeceased by a brother, Arthur
Carrigan.
If anyone knows any of these individuals, please let them know I would like to be in
contact with them regarding the family genealogy. Post replies to the message board
please, or if via email to address on file with ancestry, please put Carrigan or Gilbert
in the Subject matter line. THanks! Posting this ot the other surname boards as well as
Belknap, NH Locality Board.