Back Row: Martha Anne, Hannah Myrtle, John Edward;
Mid Row: G/M Louisa Laverty, Elsie Louise, G/F Charles, Thomas Albert;
Front: Walter Leo or Augustus Charles (lap), Mary Agnes (lap)...Taken during the 1890's
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b: He: October 1849 Belfast Academy Grant (Ludlow ME, USA)
b: She: 11 March 1858 (1859/gravestone) Oak Mt, NB, Canada
m: 16 September 1884, Bangor ME USA; probably St Johns RCC by Rev McSweeney; 12 kids
Martha Anne m: John Patrick Costello
1885-1972 1881-1966
John Edward m: Catherine P Langan
1886-1961 1886-1922
m: Margaret Elliot
1891-1988
Hannah Myrtle m: Edward Clarence Donovan
1887-1969 1881-1939
Thomas Albert m: Mary sharkey
1888-? ??
Elsie Louise m: John Harrison Lee
1891-1954 ??
m: Herbert George Dibblee
1874-1962
Mary Agnes m: not
1892-1950
Walter Leo m: not
1894-1894
Augustus Charles m: Marguerite McKinnon
1896-1974 1905-1987
Mildred Adelaide m: not
1898-1980
Gertrude Madolyn m: not
1899-1973
Cecil Waldo m: not
1900-1903
Clyde Elias m: Blanche M Kiley
1902-1978 1904-1979
d: He: 29 March 1922 Bangor ME USA, age 72 years
d: She: 8 December 1930, Madigan Hosp, Houlton ME USA; 71 years
Interred together at St Marys RCCem, Houlton ME USA
Gravestone Inscription:
HAGGERTY
CHARLES 1st his LOUISE LAVERTY
1849-1922 wife 1859-1930
HE
SHE
* The Peter Haggerty family
arrived at the Littleton
ME farm (Williams College
Grant) during the 1860s
from Ludlow ME (next door)
prior to that the family
migrated, sometime after
1831, from Bangor ME
|* She worked for the Chalmers
family as domestic person in
a boarding house (1880 census)
prior to her m: to Charles
* At the Littleton farm on
Haggerty Ridge Rd, they
grew potatoes for market
* Charles acquired title to
the farm from his mother
* He was a prosperous farmer,
tax collector and Littleton
ME community leader; "the
WASPs respected him"
* Reported to have been appointed
by the USA President to help
open northern CA (?)
* He was b: and raised in Ludlow ME
(Belfast Academy Grant) where
Haggerty Hill and Brook are prominent
landmarks
* After his return from CA to the
Littleton farm, he assumed its
management and where Louisa was
taking care of his mother, they,
there met and were married
|* Others have described her as:
"witty", "a charmer",
"a great cook","loved to
entertain", had great parties
when the girls (her dau's)
came home to visit","the
teachers all stayed at the
Haggertys, it was fun";
"she met the 1928 USA
presidential nominee Al Smith
in Albany NY"; "her daughters
made her dresses for the visit"
* The farm which was once prosperous
is now (1998) unworked and down
to 125 acres; the barn has blown
away; the farmhouse remains
* Charles w/family were included
in the USA National Census from
1860-1900 for both Ludlow & Littleton ME
|* Distantly related to Dr Joe Donovan, the family physician,
thru his mother(?)
* Great Teddy Roosevelt supporter
* Known as "big Charley" to
distinguish him from "little
Charley Haggerty", his cousin,
who lived down the road
* Charter member of the Littleton
Grange communicant of St Marys,
RCCh Houlton ME
|* She managed the farm w/her sons
after Charles demise/death and
subsequently passed the property
to son Clyde; farm is now owned
by his daughter (1998),
Mrs Madolyn Boutilier of Houlton ME
* Suffered severe & acute depression
in later years, a disease that was
rampant in the Haggerty family,
described as "a worry wart", 15 years
in a Bangor hosp, noted in the 1920
USA census for Penobscot Co, Bangor ME
as a patient in the Bangor State Hosp;
four, then living,sons acted as pall
bearers at his funeral: John, Albert,
Augustus & Clyde
* Formal education advocate; ascertained
that all of his children get the best
education avail: Martha, Mildred & Madolyn,
all received formal private & nurseing
school education, Mary & Elsie were
business school grads; son Thomas Albert
attended Bates; all others attended school.
His kids in turn all became education
advocates.
|* Suffered from arthritis for
which she applied lard as a
palliative & Brights disease &
arterio sclerosis during her
later years; obit..."cheerful
in adversity and upheld by an
ardent faith, she was an
interesting companion whos
memory will be cherished by a
large circle of friends"
In one family transaction, Nancy Haggerty, Charles mother loaned him $1300 and he in return pledged the family farm (108 acres) in support of the loan; the loan could be satisfied , though, by the following:
" I Charles Haggerty, shall, will and truly support and maintain said Nancy Haggerty during her natural life on the above described premises, and shall provide her with a suitable room, bed, bedding, clothing, fuel and fire, food , drink, medicine and medical attendance, and nurseing when sick, and all other necessaries according to her age and condition in life, and shall treat her with kindness and consideration, and shall maintain her cow for her, on said place, free of expense to her...."
Ggm Nancy did'nt fool around, even from her kids she got it in writing, especially where her cow was involved
Dr O'Regan, NYC surgeon, performed hysterectomys on Mildred Haggerty, Myrtle Haggerty Donovan & Elsie Haggerty Lee Dibblee
PARENTS:
PETER & NANCY (McGUIRE) WILLIAM & HANNAH (KELLY)
HAGGERTY LAVERTY
He: 1807 Ireland-1881 USA
She: 1807 Ireland-1886 USA He: 1815 Ireland-1860's, d: possibly PA, USA
She: 1831 Ireland-1890 USA
Both interred together in Hannah is interred alone in
St Mary's RCCem, Houlton ME USA St Mary's RCCem, Houlton ME USA
(gravestone in place, 1998) (gravestone in place, 1998)
They emigrated Co Donegal Ireland He emigrated Co Armagh Ireland w/his mother prior to 1829 to 1816 w/parents to Carlton Co,
Canada, then to Bangor ME USA NB Canada;
then to Bangor ME
He, naturalized/USA: June 1846 She: b: Ireland
He, naturalized/USA: September 1846
SIBLINGS:
Mary Ann, Bridget Sophia, Nancy,
Peter Jr, Margaret, John, James,
Thomas, Francis.
Mary Elizabeth, John, William,
Annie Jane, Hannah, Edward & Henry
MASH one:|Martha Anne| John Edward| Hannah Myrtle| Thomas Albert| Elsie Louisa| Mary Agnes| Walter Leo| Augustus Charles| Mildred Adelaide| Gertrude Madolyn| Cecil Waldo| Clyde Elias| More Haggerty Pix|
Ed Costello