Arthur Ward de Moulpied

I happened to be in York, Maine today for an event and remembered that a deMoulpied was buried there. I thought Charles Kenneth de Moulpied was buried there but it turned out to be Arthur Ward de Moulpied. Before I went, some Internet clues suggested the First Parish Cemetery. The church is located right on the main drag going into York Village; a beautiful 250 year old building.
After driving up and down the rows, just on my way out I found the grave stone of Arthur Ward de Moulpied, section O, Lot TS, Row Z. The church has a list of people buried there.

The second photo here is as you enter the cemetery, looking to the left. The third stone back on the left is Arthur's.
Arthur Ward de Moulpied was born, according to my records, on December 5, 1892. However, on his grave stone it says 1893. I guess we'll have to sort that out.

Aurthur died on February 21, 1938 at the age of 45 (or so), still a very young man, leaving behind two very young children, Deborah and David. (not me)




Arthur married Margaret E. Cheney, b. April 29, 1909; d. 1992.

Arthur was the second child born to Alfred de Moulpied, b. March 12, 1861, Quebec, d. September 5, 1925 in Manchester, NH; and Marcella Ward, b. Oct 1863, d. August 8, 1929.

Arthur lived most of his life in Manchester. He apparently liked his politics and worked as a reporter for the Manchester Union Leader. He also served as a State Representative for New Hampshire.

Arthur also liked York, Maine. I remember my father talking about spending summers at the beach when he was a child. So it must have been the thing to do.

It was a lovely day in York. I can see why it would be a great place to be.

Mystery in Maine

Four weeks ago I joined cousin Kathy and Deborah, who's from Maine, to go to Gaspe, Canada to finalize information about Joseph and his early life. While in Maine, I revisited my notes about a lineage there that I would like to clarify.

Starting with Joseph, he had 6 children - Emily Sophia, Sophia Hamelin, Francis Arthur, Charles, Walter and Alfred. I come from Charles, who settled in Manchester, NH.

Charles had six children - Clara, Walter (my grandfather), Maybelle, Elizabeth, Maude and Charles Kenneth. Charles Kenneth went to Maine.

Looks like Charles married an Elizabeth Pinkham and had only one daughter- Sandra. A Maine obit reads: daughter of Charles K. and Elizabeth
M.
(Pinkham) deMoulpied. Sandra was employed by Sears for
several years before retiring in 1990. She is survived
by her
three daughters, Julie A. Perkins and her husband, Kevin
of
Bucksport, Suzanne E. Brown and her husband, Bruce of
Veazie and Carol A. Hanscom and her husband, Ronald of
Brewer; six grandsons, William "BJ" Mooney, Matthew
Perkins, Daniel Hanscom, Jared and Justin Brown and
Samuel Hanscom.

What's fuzzy is it looks like Kenneth married again to an Eleanor and there is a Virgie name floating around too that I would like information on.

Any Maine cousins out there? I would love to hear from you: demoulpied@gmail.com

More later