Ernest Trueman Briggs Sr. (1907-1969)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Laney Elenor "Kitty" Carson Ernest Trueman Briggs Sr. 2 Born: 23 Jun 1907, Briggs Corner, NB 2 Marriage (1): Laney Elenor "Kitty" Carson on 16 Jan 1932 in ME 1 Died: 11 May 1969, Portland, ME at age 61 Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME    FamilySearch ID: 2C19-QK3. Find a Grave ID: 117130109.   Events • Census, May 1911, Chipman, NB. 3 • Census, 12 Apr 1930, Searsport, ME. 4 • Census, 12 Apr 1940, Belfast, ME. • Census, 1 May 1950, South Portland, ME. 5 • Obituary: Portland Press Herald, 12 May 1969, Portland, ME. Ernest T. Briggs, 61, of 87 Wermuth Road, South Portland, died Sunday in a Portland hospital following a long illness. He was born in Chipman, New Brunswick, June 23, 1907, son of Mrs. Dora Amanda Briggs and the late Herbert O. Briggs. He attended New Brunswick schools and came to Portland as a young man. He was employed as a truck driver for many years by the Hannaford Bros. Co. He attended the Congregational Church. Besides his mother, of Chipman, N.B., he is survived by two sons, Ernest T. Briggs Jr. and Richard A. Briggs, both of Portland; a daughter, Miss Mary Sue Briggs of South Portland; three brothers, Harland and George Briggs, both of New Brunswick, and Lawson Briggs of Belfast; two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Murray and Mrs. Fern Murray, both of Chipman, N.B., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at 749 Congress St., with the Rev. Robert H. Millar officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Ernest married Laney Elenor "Kitty" Carson, daughter of Frank Alden Carson Sr. and Laney Elenor McDermott, on 16 Jan 1932 in ME.1 The marriage ended in divorce on 16 Apr 1943. (Laney Elenor "Kitty" Carson was born on 19 Feb 1912 in Jackson, ME,6 7 died on 8 May 1985 in Belfast, ME 8 and was buried in Morrill Village Cemetery, Morrill, ME.)

1 Maine State Archives, "Maine Marriages, 1892-1996," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Jul 2012), entry for Ernest T. Briggs and Laney E. Carson.

2 New Brunswick Department of Health, (1907), Briggs, Ernest Truman; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : accessed 8 Feb 2023).

3 1911 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district ?, sub-district 11, Chipman, p. 14, dwelling 118, family 119, Herbert Briggs; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 15 Dec 2020).

4 1930 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, population schedule, Searsport, enumeration district (ED) 0023, sheet 9B, p. 18, dwelling 194, family 205, Emerson Knowlton; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 15 Dec 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll T626.

5 1950 U.S. census, Cumberland, Maine, South Portland, enumeration district (ED) 3-76, sheet 64, p. 65, household 514, Ernest T. Briggs; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 14 Jan 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 459.

6 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.

7 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Not Named Carson; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 16 Oct 2011).

8 State of Maine Department of Human Services, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Dec 2012), entry for Laney E Kenney's 1985 death.