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Helen Field 1854 - 1903

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• Birth	11 Aug 1854	Whitefield, ME
  Christened	17 Sep 1854	Whitefield, ME
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Mar 1903	Augusta, ME
  Association	Edward Patrick ("The Major") Dunn (Relationship: Husband)
  Person ID	I22	Dunn
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2010

  
  

  Father	Thomas Field,   b. 18 Mar 1818, Ireland ,   d. 10 May 1901, Whitefield, ME
  Mother	Sarah Amy McManus,   b. 09 Jan 1821, Corinth, ME ,   d. 22 Jul 1889, Whitefield, ME
  Married	26 Oct 1844	Whitefield, ME
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Edward Patrick ("The Major") Dunn,   b. 1859, Augusta, ME ,   d. 1944, Augusta, ME
  Married	1882
  Children	1. Anne Marie Dunn,   b. 09 Jun 1983/1884, Augusta, ME ,   d. 30 Apr 1968, Augusta, ME   2. Joseph E. P. Dunn,   b. 16 Mar 1885, Augusta, ME ,   d. 1962   3. Margaret Amy Dunn,   b. 20 Sep 1886, Augusta, ME ,   d. 18 Nov 1979, Augusta, ME   4. Helen Field Dunn,   b. 04 Mar 1888, Augusta, ME ,   d. 13 Nov 1980, Augusta, ME   5. Thomas Field Dunn,   b. 1891, Augusta, ME ,   d. 1923, Whitefield, ME > 6. Leo Francis Dunn,   b. 01 Jun 1893, Augusta, ME ,   d. 13 Feb 1977, Augusta, ME   7. Mary C. Dunn,   b. 15 Jul 1895, Augusta, ME ,   d. 15 Jul 1895, Augusta, ME   8. Mary Agnes Dunn,   b. 03 Jan 1897, Augusta, ME ,   d. 03 Feb 1975, Augusta, ME
  Photos		Photograph of Fields and Larkins? This photograph is of three couples, a single man on the right, and two kids sitting on the grass. The older couple on the left we think is either Alice (Field) Hanley and her husband George Hanley or Helen Field and Edward Patrick (the "Major") Dunn. One of the younger couples, perhaps the one in the middle, we believe is Francis and Kathryn Larkin. The other couple, and the single gentleman on the right, are unknown. The children are unknown, as well, but we believe the one on the left may be Margaret Dunn (daughter of Helen and Edward) and one of her sisters (Annie, Helen or Agnes).
  		Ancestors Outside The Farm, Whitefield, ME 1925 This photo is of members of the Dunn and Field families in front of the farm built by John Field's sons in Whitefield, ME. A handwritten note on the back dates the photo to 1925. Among the people in the photo, we think, are Alice (Field) Hanley and her husband George Hanley, Leo Francis Dunn, Sr. (as a relatively young man), and Edward Patrick (the "Major") Dunn; Helen (Field) Dunn, wife of the Major, would not be shown here because she died in 1903. The younger people on the steps are unknown, but may include one or more of Edward and Helen's children (and Leo's siblings), Annie, Agnes, Margaret, Helen, Thomas and/or Joe.
  Documents		1900 Census, Augusta, ME (Family of Edward Patrick (the "Major") Dunn) Edward Patrick Dunn and his wife Helen (Field) Dunn are living at 12 Lincoln Street in Augusta, ME. He is 41 and she is 44 years old. Children are Annie M. (17), Joseph E. (15), Margaret A. (13), Helen (12), Thomas F. (9) and Leo F. (7).
  		1910 Census, Augusta, ME (Family of Edward Patrick "the Major" Dunn) Edward Patrick (the "Major") Dunn, as head of household with his six children, living on Middle Street in Augusta, Maine in 1910. Edward's wife Helen (Field) Dunn is not listed on the census, as she passed in 1903 from the Typhoid fever outbreak in Augusta and surrounding towns that year.
  		1920 Census, Augusta, ME (Family of Edward P. "the Major" Dunn) Edward P. Dunn is now living at 37 Sewall Street. Helen (Field) Dunn passed in 1903, a victim of the Typhoid epidemic in Augusta and surrounding towns that year. Children at home now include only Margaret, Helen and Leo. Rose Fox, identified as a sister-in-law and housekeeper, lives with the family. When I was a child in the 60s and 70s we would visit "the aunts" at 37 Sewall Street. The aunts, who were actually my great-aunts, were the Major's four daughters (Anne, Agnes, Helen and Margaret, whom we called "Auntie"). We never went to Augusta without visiting the aunts. I remember great food, helping with chores, and playing cards, usually canasta or cribbage.
  Headstones		Headstone of Edward Patrick Dunn & Family Members This is the headstone of Edward Patrick Dunn, his wife Helen (Field) Dunn, and two of their children - Thomas Field Dunn and Ann Marie Dunn. - in St. Mary's cemetery, in the center of Augusta, Maine. Four of the other children (Leo, Margaret, Helen and Agnes) are buried in the "new" St. Mary's cemetery in the town of Chelsea, on the outskirts of Augusta. The other child, Joseph Dunn, lived, died and is buried in California.
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2010
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Wedding Photo Leo Francis Dunn and Margaret Buckley Cunningham on wedding day
  		Helen Field

  
  

  Documents		Baptismal Record of Helen Field Baptism of Helen Field, St. Denis Church, Whitefield, ME
  		1880 Census, Thomas Field Thomas Field is the head of the household in Whitefield, Maine, in 1880, at which point he is 62 years old. His wife Sarah (McManus) Field is living in the home, as are 5 of their children, Thomas' brother Edward, and Tom Fox, an 8 year old boy who was likely a ward of the parish of St. Denis.
  		Death Record of Helen (Field) Dunn This death record shows that Helen (Field) Dunn died in Augusta, Maine, of "nephritis following typhoid" in 1903 at the age of 48. In 1902-1903 there was a typhoid epidemic in Waterville and Augusta. The epidemic appears to have been caused by poor water treatment procedures. The epidemic hit Augusta in January 1903 and Helen died in March. The undertaker is identified as Henry Plummer, the same funeral home that has since attended to wakes and burials for a number of our family members.