Margaret Haskell

1920 - 2011  (90 years)

• Name	Margaret Haskell  [1]
  Birth	14 Aug 1920	Newton Centre, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Mar 2011	Freeport, Cumberland, Maine   [5, 6]
  Burial	Pine Grove Cemetery, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine   [7]
  Person ID	I15047	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	William Andrew Haskell,   b. 18 Aug 1864, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 4 Jul 1927, Newton Centre, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Margaret Lincoln Barry,   b. 11 Jan 1888, Hyde Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 11 Aug 1967 (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F2581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Halsey Smith,   b. 10 Jul 1921   d. 21 Aug 1981 (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	19 Dec 1942	Newton Centre, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [6]
  Children	1. Margaret Coburn Smith   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Family ID	F9716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Portland Press Herald March 24, 2011 FREEPORT -- Margaret Haskell Smith, of Windsor Post Road, Freeport, died on March 21, 2011, at home in Freeport. Mrs. Smith was born on Aug. 14, 1920, in Newton Center, Mass., the daughter of William A. Haskell and Margaret Lincoln Barry. She spent her years in Newton Center attending local schools. In 1935 she entered The Emma Willard School in Troy, N.Y., from which she graduated in 1938. She then attended Smith College, graduating in 1942. Her summers were spent at the family cottage in Blue Hill, and it was in Blue Hill at the age of 16 that she met her future husband Halsey Smith of South Orange, N.J. They were married in Trinity Episcopal Church, Newton Center on Dec. 19, 1942.In 1945, after Mr. Smith's return from duty in the Marine Corps., they settled in Orange, N.J., where they lived until 1951. In September of that year, Mr. Smith became associated with the Casco Bank and Trust Company and the family moved to the Portland area, settling on the Blackstrap Road in Falmouth. In 1969 they moved from Falmouth to Freeport. Mrs. Smith was predeceased by her parents; her husband; her brother, William A. Haskell of Topsham; and a son-in-law, Gerald A. Shafts. She is survived by her four children, Margaret Coburn Smith and her partner Sandra Bishop of Landrum, S.C., Karen W. Shafts of West Roxbury, Mass., Halsey Smith Jr. and his wife Cynthia of Wellington, Fla., and Ellen Ebert and her husband Daric of Freeport. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Heather Winson of South Portland and her husband Rob, Melissa Sykes of Lynnfield, Mass., and her husband David, Emily Ebert of Burnham-on-Crouch, UK and her husband Harry, Nicholas Ebert of Portland, Zachary Smith and Dean Smith of Wellington, Fla.; and eight great- grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S35874] Obituary, Boston Globe, William "Bill" A. Haskell, (18 April, 2010). [S39709] 1930 census, Massachusetts, Middlesex county. [S27292] Family records and notes courtesy of William Andrew Haskell, 1995. [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index. [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index (Reliability: 0). Name: Margaret H. Smith Last Residence: 04032 Freeport, Cumberland, Maine Born: 14 Aug 1920 Died: 21 Mar 2011 State (Year) SSN issued: Maine (1962) [S38097] Obituary, Portland Press Herald, Margaret Haskell Smith. [S10473] Cemetery index, Pine Grove Cemetery, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, (Find-a-Grave).