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Author: chieffpd51
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Harry and his family moved to New Bedford around 1900. Catherine married a Manuel Souza
in 1922 or 1923 in, I believe California but am not sure. I never knew him becuse they
got a divorce very shortly thereafter. But not before my father Francis was conceived, he
was born in January, 1924 in New Bedford, MA. He was an only child as Catherine
"Souza" never re-married. She lived with her parents and brothers in New
Bedford. She eventually became a teacher at Perkins School for the blind in Watertown and
died in Fairhaven, MA in 1986. My father died in Fairhaven in 1989. I am now the police
chief in Fairhaven.
Catherine had two brothers who lived past infancy. Roger who died in New Bedford around
1974 and Floyd who died in 1882 in either Maine or Florida (he lived in St. Petersburg,
FL). Her two other brothers Harry and Francis died in infancy.
She along with her parents and all other siblings except Floyd, are buried in Newport. I
know how to get to the cemetary but am not sure of the name. It is a very old brying
ground.
Catherine was the only one of her siblings to have a child. So my brother, Brent, and I
are the only living decendants of Harry Champlin and Annie Irish that I am aware of.
Does your lineage also go through Wiiliam son of Paul?
Gary Souza
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