Twelfth Generation (Continued)
Family of Frederick George COMPTON (152) & Mary Elizabeth* “Lizzie” ANDREW
332. Marie Victoria “Mary” COMPTON (Frederick George11, Eliza Pring10, Thomas Compton9, Charlotte Lisle NEWMAN8, Joanna WHITAKER7, Jeremiah6, Jeremiah5, Margaret LISLE4, John3, William2, Anthony1). Born on 4 Aug 1909 in St Eleanors, Prince Co, PEI, Canada. Christened on 14 Nov 1909 in St Johns Anglican Church, St Eleanors, Prince Co., PEI, Canada. Marie Victoria “Mary” died in MA, USA, on 26 Dec 2005; she was 96. Buried in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA.

- 1909 CHRISTENING: T.M. Webster

- 1911 living with parents in PEI:
1911 Census, Lot 17 (4 people in household #53, page 6, area 42):
> Compton Fred G, head, married, Jun 1873, 37
> Compton Elizabeth, wife, married, Mar 1879, 32
> Compton Marie, daughter, single, Aug 1909, 1
> Compton, Edna, daughter, single, Oct 1910, 7/12

From other researchers:
- Uncle Jack and my Aunt Mary had 3 sons. Tragically, they had a son who drowned as well. His name was Jackie. They had 2 other sons who are still living [2009]: Billy and George.

- ... Mary Compton Robbins ... had three sons Jackie,George,and Billy. Her oldest Jackie was in an accident when he was 17 along with my father George. They both had been in a canoe with a friend watching a speed boat race when it was capsized. My father and his friend made it to shore but his brother was no where to be found. My father returned home hoping to find his brother there.What he saw was news reporters telling Mary that both her boys drowned. As she saw the face of George walking in, she thought her other son would soon follow. Unfortunately he never did and his body was pulled from the water the next day. My grandmother and I we're very close and she lived with me for many years. I asked her to tell me everything she could remember about her past, her fathers, etc. She was very detailed even to the very end. Although in the last few years she could remember her childhood,her memory of me faded.

- I believe [Mary’s uncle Charled Edward “Ed” Andrew] was responsible for the permanent injury to my Aunt Mary's arm. Supposedly, he either pushed or threw my Aunt Mary down a flight of cellar stairs over some kind of argument, severely injuring her left arm. She was told not to get medical attention because the doctor at the hospital would naturally inquire how the injury occurred. This could result in criminal charges being filed against her uncle because the doctor would inform the police. Unfortunately, the injury never healed and I believe TB set in to the arm...the elbow area. My aunt spent at least 2 years in a TB Sanitorium...might well have been longer. The arm was quite withered and she wore a heavy cast the rest of her life to give the arm support. She had very limited use of the arm. It was quite amazing she lived to be 95. She did a lot of work on her father's farm when she was young and was able to pay for the trip to Boston to live with her uncle by selling the family bull which she was reluctant and sad to do because the bull was very friendly to her....but not to strangers. (cf. Bob Butt)

- The 1930 census very likely didn't include my "Aunt Mary" (Victoria Marie...I think was her correct name.) because she was probably in a sanitorium in Dorchester, MA (part of Boston) recovering from TB which developed in her arm from being thrown down cellar stairs. She may have spent a few years there. She later married Jack Robbins, who was a lodger at Uncle Ed's rooming house on Auburn St., Cambridge and met him there. Records at city hall in Cambridge show that she was living in Dorchester when she married Uncle Jack. She wore a very heavy arm cast for the rest of her life and lived to be age 93 or so.

- Mary lived with her granddaughter Heather for many years. She was very detailed even to the very end, although in the last few years she coiuld remember her chilhood, but her memory of Heather faded.

- My grandmother (Nana) Mary Robbins died on December 26th, 2005 at 6pm, in Massachusetts.It was a combination I believe of heart problems and she was sick from pneumonia.She had several strokes in the past but she was always a trooper. She was very religious, and wanted to go to heaven to see her son and husband again. She was always up beat and joked with me.A very loving woman but stricked. I remember when our father took us to P.E.I. every summer when we were kids. My Nana had a cabin up there. No electric, no running water, just the well and the out house. My Uncle Billy built it with his father when he was only 12.She would come in and bounce quarters off the beds to see if they had been made right.


RESEARCH NOTES:
- previously thought that Mary and Jack Robbins had 2 sons [instead of 3].
aft 1930 when Marie Victoria “Mary” was 20, she married John Frederick “Jack” ROBBINS. Born in Aug 1901 in Newfoundland, Canada. John Frederick “Jack” died in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, on 24 Sep 1976; he was 75. Buried in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA.

From a descendant:
- Worked as a maintenance employee for a railroad company.

- 1930 census Cambridge MA - was a lodger with Charles Edward Andrew and his wife Mary J - not yet married to Ed’s niece Mary Compton. Listed as John Robbins, single, age 28, male, white, can read and write, born in Canada (English) as were both his parents, immigrated to USA in 1920, naturalization AL, inspector, steam railway, not a veteran

- I think you have the right John Robbins. He was born in NFLD, Canada. He worked for the railroad in the Boston area. I think it was called the B&M Railroad...short for Boston and Maine Railroad. I'm not sure what kind of work he did there. I don't think he was an inspector, although there are all kinds of inspectors. He might have been involved in basic maintenance, cleaning the railroad cars out, something along those lines. His education I believe was rather limited.

- My Grandfather and Nana [Jack and Mary Robbins] both lived in Belmont for as long as [I] could recall. My father [George] and Uncle [Billy] went to school there. My grandfather died of a heart attack. My Nana rrecounted the day several times to me. she said that day he hadn't been feeling well and told her that he knew he was going to die. He told her to come hold his hand. She stayed by his side and it was only a few minutes later that he did pass, at their Belmont apartment.

- From his citizenship papers John Robbins was born in 1901, sorry no month or day. His death was on September 24th,1976, this was from his death certificate. It does however give me how many days and months his death occurred. So I did my math and his birth month and day might have been August 4th, 1901.( If everything is correct) My Grandfather's name was John Fredrick Robbins, not Jack. For some reason people sometimes would call him Jack.As I was saying before the information I have even though it's death certificates/citizenship papers/license etc. has his middle name different each time and dates mixed up.

- I believe my grandfather passed away at his Belmont Massachusetts apartment. He died of a heart attack.He and my grandmother are buried in Belmont. I'll dig through more of the paper work.My grandfather's family came from Europe and I have records all the way back to the 14th century.
They had the following children:
i.
Jack ROBBINS Jr (ca1932-)
ii.
(Living)
iii.
(Living)
333. Edna Eliza Cundall COMPTON (Frederick George11, Eliza Pring10, Thomas Compton9, Charlotte Lisle NEWMAN8, Joanna WHITAKER7, Jeremiah6, Jeremiah5, Margaret LISLE4, John3, William2, Anthony1) . Born on 21 Oct 1910 in St Eleanors, Prince Co, PEI, Canada. Christened on 6 Aug 1911 in St Johns Anglican Church, St Eleanors, Prince Co., PEI, Canada. Edna Eliza Cundall died in 2005; she was 94.

- Edna Eliza Compton and was born in St. Eleanors on her father's farm (Frederick Compton) that he inherited from his father, George Compton, who died suddenly in 1903.
- 1911 CHRISTENING: T.H. Hunt, D.D. Sponsor Anna Haszard
- Church Records give 1910 as her year of birth and 1911 as the baptism year, but are out of date order, or more in keeping with dates of 1920 and 1921. Family confirms birth year of 1910; her first son was born about 1932 (age 74 in 2006).

- 1911 living with parents in PEI:
1911 Census, Lot 17 (4 people in household #53, page 6, area 42):
> Compton Fred G, head, married, Jun 1873, 37
> Compton Elizabeth, wife, married, Mar 1879, 32
> Compton Marie, daughter, single, Aug 1909, 1
> Compton, Edna, daughter, single, Oct 1910, 7/12

- 1930 USA Federal Census:
* Title/Collection: Sheet 17a
* Publication Number: T626
* Content Source: NARA
* Census Year: 1930
* Short Description: NARA T626. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
* State: Massachusetts
* County: MIDDLESEX
* Browse Description: CAMBRIDGE CITY, WARD 4
* Enumeration District: 9-37
* Description: CAMBRIDGE CITY, WARD 4 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) MASSACHUSETTS AVE.; (E) PEARL; (S) AUBURN, PLEASANT, WESTERN AVE., GREEN; (W) PUTNAM AVE.
* Sheet Number: 17a - Found on this Document (50)
* Compton, Mary
Full Name: Compton, Mary, Estimated Birth Year: 1909, Age: 21, Family Number: 346
* Compton, Edna
Estimated Birth Year: 1911, Full Name: Compton, Edna, Age: 19, Family Number: 346 ...
1. Compton, Edna (b: 1911*)
Others in Household:
Andrews, Charles (b: 1878*) Andrews, Mary J (b: 1879*) Compton, Mary (b: 1909*) Robbins, Bessie (b: 1898*) [next page lists more lodgers]

- She had 6 sons and a daughter. [Her children] weren't all born in Cambridge. Some were born in Boston, although we never lived there growing up. My mom and dad lived in Belmont after they got married. They lived with my dad's parents for a while....not sure for how long. Money was tight then. Frankly, we were quite poor growing up. My father was fond of going to race tracks, so that made financial matters much, much worse. We had a lot of sugar and bread sandwiches growing up.
ca 1930 when Edna Eliza Cundall was 19, she married George E BUTT Sr. Born on 22 Apr 1908. George E died in USA ca 1986; he was 77.

- From his son: My father was George E. Butt. He wasn't the greatest dad in the world especially when my siblings and I were young. He was a very heavy cigarette smoker, virtually a chain smoker, (smoked Camels), was very fond of going to race tracks to gamble on horses and dogs. :( He died at age 78. Suffice to say, we were quite poor. My surname is very common in NFLD. I believe the original ancestor was a Roger Butt who settled in that province in the 1660's from England. Curiously, my surname is a very common Indian and Pakistani surname as well. In fact, there is a Orthodontist around the corner from where I live with that name. I've never met him but have met his girlfriend. I have joked to her that Dr. Mohammed Butt is my cousin. She gets a good laugh out of that. I'll list the names of my 5 brothers and 1 sister from the oldest to the youngest....in that order. George, Beverly, Clifton, Donald, Ronald, Robert, Kenneth, Kevin (deceased). - cf. Robert Butt

RESEARCH NOTES:
- possible entry in USA 1930 census:
… Massachusetts > MIDDLESEX > BELMONT TOWN > 9-182 > Sheet 42a
1. Butt, George E (b: 1909*)
Others in Household:
Butt, George H (b: 1862*) Butt, Susana (b: 1870*) Williams, Bertha (b: 1893*) Williams, Ralph (b: 1891*)
They had the following children:
i.
(Living)
ii.
(Living)
iii.
(Living)
iv.
(Living)
v.
(Living)
vi.
(Living)
vii.
(Living)
viii.
Kevin E BUTT (Died as Child) (1949-~1955)
334. Edith Eleanor* COMPTON (Frederick George11, Eliza Pring10, Thomas Compton9, Charlotte Lisle NEWMAN8, Joanna WHITAKER7, Jeremiah6, Jeremiah5, Margaret LISLE4, John3, William2, Anthony1). Born on 29 Jan 1912 in PEI, Canada. Christened on 12 May 1912 in St Johns Anglican Church, St Eleanors, Prince Co., PEI, Canada. Edith Eleanor* died in Needham, Massachusetts, USA, on 5 Mar 1994; she was 82.

- 1912 CHRISTENING: C.de W. White. Sponsors Hugh J. Massey, Isabella Massey, Nellie Richardson
- RESIDENCE: lived in the States and in PEI
- Married just once to David McCarthy, an electrician; she was never married to a Mitchell or a Green. She had 2 sons.
- Eleanor was a homemaker and a very kind person. For some years she worked at a fruit packing company. Unfortunately, she developed Alzheimer's disease in her fifties.

- 1940 "United States Census, 1940," Eleanor Mccarthy
name: Eleanor Mccarthy
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Ward 1, Cambridge, Cambridge City, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 76 Fifth Street
gender: Female
age: 28
marital status: Married
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife
birthplace: Canada
estimated birth year: 1912
residence in 1935: Same Place
enumeration district number: 16-5
family number: 97
sheet number and letter: 5B
line number: 72
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1683
digital folder number: 005460955
image number: 00092
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head David Mccarthy M 30 Massachusetts
wife Eleanor Mccarthy F 28 Canada
son David Mccarthy M 7 Massachusetts
son Frederick Mccarthy M 4 Massachusetts

- Died before Edna, about 15 years ago (as of 2006)
- 1994 "Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003,"
name: Eleanor Mccarthy
event: Death
event date: 05 Mar 1994
event place: Needham, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 024620
birth date: 29 Jan 1912
birthplace: Canada [no image]

RESEARCH NOTES
Old information that is NOT correct:
- Married twice: 1) Mr. Green 2) Mr. Mitchell [not true...]
- Did not have a doctorate in nursing (others claimed she had a Doctorate of Nursing and was the Head Nurse at a teaching hospital, possibly in Minneapolis) . - altough likely a nurse.
Edith Eleanor* married (Living).
They had the following children:
i.
(Living)
ii.
(Living)
335. Jessie Lillian* COMPTON (Frederick George11, Eliza Pring10, Thomas Compton9, Charlotte Lisle NEWMAN8, Joanna WHITAKER7, Jeremiah6, Jeremiah5, Margaret LISLE4, John3, William2, Anthony1) . Born on 15 Aug 1913. Christened on 16 Nov 1913 in St Johns Anglican Church, St Eleanors, Prince Co., PEI, Canada. Jessie Lillian* died abt 1991; she was 77.

- 1913 CHRISTENING: C. de W. White. Sponsors Isabella Harriet Richardson
- RESIDENCE: She lived in BC, Canada
- Was married and had one son, whose name may be Roy, living in NY.

- She died before Edna, approx. 30 years ago (as per 2006); believe to have had a protracted illness. Revised: according to Shirley, Clifton’s wife, she had a series of strokes and was in good health until she had her first stroke. Evenually she lived in a nursing home. She died in 1991 or 1992.
Child:
i.
(Living)
336. Sarah Andrew “Sadie” COMPTON (Frederick George11, Eliza Pring10, Thomas Compton9, Charlotte Lisle NEWMAN8, Joanna WHITAKER7, Jeremiah6, Jeremiah5, Margaret LISLE4, John3, William2, Anthony1). Born on 12 Mar 1915 in St Eleanors, Prince, PEI, Canada. Christened on 13 Jun 1915 in St Johns Anglican Church, St Eleanors, PEI, Canada. Sarah Andrew “Sadie” died bef 2005; she was 89.

- 1915 PEI Baptism Index:
Child's Full Name Sarah Andrew Compton
Birth Date 12 March 1915
Place of Birth Residence, St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 13 June 1915
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy C. de W. White
Father's Name Frederick Compton
Mother's Name Elizabeth Compton
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 2
Record Book Page 43
CHRISTENING: C. de W. White

- HEALTH: suffered from mental illness

- MARRIAGE: married a MacKinnon
Sarah Andrew “Sadie” married (Living).
337. Clifton Hubert George COMPTON (Frederick George11, Eliza Pring10, Thomas Compton9, Charlotte Lisle NEWMAN8, Joanna WHITAKER7, Jeremiah6, Jeremiah5, Margaret LISLE4, John3, William2, Anthony1) . Born on 9 Jan 1919. Christened on 28 Sep 1919 in St Johns Anglican Church, St Eleanors, Prince Co., PEI, Canada. Clifton Hubert George died in PEI on 26 Jun 1986; he was 67.

- MARRIED: Shirley; they had no children.
- RESIDENCES: Ladysmith, BC [previously had him living in wetaskiwin AB - probably confused with his Uncle Clifton Compton]. Clifton and Shirley Compton settled in BC; I’m quite certain they never lived in Wetaskiwin, AB
- WORK: dry cleaning business in Ladysmith, BC
- DIED: on holiday in PEI.
Clifton Hubert George married (Living).
(Living) married Bert SPEARING. Born ca 1920. Bert died in Victoria, BC, Canada, in 1993; he was 73.

- May have been born in England.
- RESIDENCE: Victoria, BC
- invalid with polio
- He passed away some years ago [as of 2006].; he died 13 year ago [as of 2006].
They had the following children:
i.
(Living)
ii.
(Living)
iii.
(Living)
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