George Albert Carson (1852-1918)

Selena Irene Raven (1856-1942)

Frank Alden Carson Sr. (1877-1968)

Laney Elenor McDermott (1887-1932)

Edith May Carson (1915-1964)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. William Lawson Briggs Living Living Living Living+ Richard Allan Briggs Edith May Carson 2 Born: 21 Dec 1915, Ashland, ME 2 Marriage (1): William Lawson Briggs on 7 Mar 1936 in Belfast, ME 1 Died: 5 Dec 1964, Belfast, ME at age 48 3 Buried: Grove Cemetery, Belfast, ME    FamilySearch ID: 2C19-QVY. Find a Grave ID: 20239765.   Events • Census, 12 Jan 1920, Thorndike, ME. 2 • Census, 16 Apr 1930, New Marlborough, MA. 4 • Census, 3 Apr 1940, Belfast, ME. • Census, 13 Apr 1950, Belfast, ME. 5 • Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 7 Dec 1964, Bangor, ME. BELFAST -- Mrs. Edith M. Briggs, 48, of Huntress Avenue, here, died Saturday after a long illness. She was born December 21, 1915 at Ashland, daughter of Frank A. and Laney (McDermott) Carson. She was a member of the Belfast Methodist Church. Besides her husband William L., she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. June Riley and Mrs Nancy Pattershall of Belfast; two sons, William E. of Belfast, and Robert D. Briggs of U.S. Air Force in Germany; her father of Morrill; a step-son, Clinton A. Briggs of Morrill; a foster son, Peter Patten of Belfast; three sisters, Mrs. Selena Littlefield and Mrs. Laney King of Belfast, Mrs. Zelma Westgate of Berkley, Mass.; a brother, Frank A. Carson Jr. of Morrill; four grandchildren; several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at Coombs Funeral Home, here Tuesday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Norman C. Young of the Belfast Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Grove Cemetery. Edith married William Lawson Briggs on 7 Mar 1936 in Belfast, ME.1 (William Lawson Briggs was born on 25 Jul 1904 in Briggs Corner, NB,6 died on 21 Jan 1990 in Gorham, ME 7 and was buried in 1990 in Grove Cemetery, Belfast, ME.)

1 Maine State Archives, "Maine Marriages, 1892-1996," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Jul 2012), entry for William L. Briggs and Edith M. Carson.

2 1920 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Thorndike, enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 2, p. 2A, dwelling 36, family 36, Frank A. Carson; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 Sep 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_649.

3 State of Maine Department of Human Services, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Dec 2012), entry for Edith M Brigg's 1964 death.

4 1930 U.S. census, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, population schedule, New Marlborough, enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 7, p. 7A, dwelling 185, family 198, Lionel H. King; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 May 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 884.

5 1950 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, Belfast, enumeration district (ED) 14-2, sheet 26, p. 27, household 233, William L. Briggs; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 2 Jan 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 985.

6 New Brunswick Department of Health, Birth 306 (1904), William L. Briggs; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : accessed 1 Dec 2020).

7 State of Maine Department of Human Services, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Dec 2012), entry for William L Brigg's 1990 death.