Earl Eugene Hunnewell (1901 - 1982)

Born 29 Apr 1901 in Beachmont, Revere, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Died 23 Dec 1982 at age 81 in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Earl was born in Revere, Massachusetts in 1901, the 1st of 7 children of Henry Hunnewell and Eva Tracey.^[1] Eva took Earl back to Nova Scotia to visit her parents in 1903, along with some of her Bishop cousins.

The family moved to Melrose, Massachusetts where Earl's siblings were born: Gladys (1904),^[2] Mildred in 1907,^[3] Irma in 1909,^[4] Walter in 1912, ^[5] and Charles (Billy) in 1916.^[6] The family lived in a small house built by Henry at 387 Grove Street. ^{[7] [8]}

Henry promised Eva he would build them a grander house in Melrose, but he suffered for many years from a paralytic disease and was an invalid much of the time.^[9] The older children left school early to help support the family.^[10] Earl left school after 8th grade and worked as a carpenter along with Henry. Gladys and her sister Mildred were stitchers at local clothing factories. ^[10] Earl also worked as a milkman.

Eva died in September 1931 at age 52, just 7 months after she had news of her father's death in Nova Scotia.^[11]. Henry died two years later in 1933, leaving all the children living at home, aged 17 to 32. Henry and Eva are buried together at Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Massachusetts.^{[12] [12]}

The three girls all married soon after Henry's death: Mildred married George Albert Newbury just 3 weeks later, Gladys married John Copp the following March and Irma married Travis Crowell in June 1934. The family home on Grove Street was given up for back taxes, as none of the children could afford to pay off this accumulated debt from his father's illness.

Earl worked as a utility repairman and mechanic and during WWII he enlisted in the Reserves. He later trained as a mechanic in the Air Corps and was honorably discharged.^[13]

He became a stamp dealer and lived in Malden, Massachusetts. He never married.

He served again as an Army mechanic during the Vietnam war. After his brother-in-law John Copp died, Earl moved into the household of his widowed sister, Gladys, in Melrose, where he lived until his death.

Earl died at age 81 in Massachusetts^[14] and is buried in the Veterans section, Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose. ^[15]

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch ( 1 March 2016), Henry Eugene Hunnewell in entry for Earle Eugene Hunnewell, 29 Apr 1901, Revere, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #CN 98, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,386.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 1 March 2016), Hunnewell, 09 Nov 1904, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #v 543 p 566, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,437.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 1 March 2016), Henry E. Hunnewell in entry for Mildred Hunnewell, 27 Feb 1907, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #p 608, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,133.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 9 August 2017), Henry E. Hunewill in entry for Irma Winefred Hunewill, 20 May 1909, , Melrose, Massachusetts, United States; citing reference ID #P.601, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,253.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 1 March 2016), Henry E Hunnewill in entry for Walter Hunnewill, 19 Nov 1912, Melrose, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #Item 1 p 712 cn 260, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,409,729.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 4 December 2014), Henry E in entry for Charles Willard Hunnewell, 14 Mar 1916; citing Birth, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 98, page 761, State Archives, Boston.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch ( accessed 4 February 2018), Gladys G Hunnewell in household of Henry E Hunnewell, Melrose Ward 7, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 948, sheet 4A, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 602; FHL microfilm 1,374,615.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 4 February 2018), Gladys Honeywell in household of Henry E Honeywell, Melrose Ward 7, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 345, sheet 18A, line 35, family 388, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 715; FHL microfilm 1,820,715.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 12 December 2014), Henry Eugene Hunnewell, 1917-1918; citing Melrose City no 28, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,684,684.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch ( accessed 4 February 2018), Gladys G Hunnewell in household of Henry E Hunnewell, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 350, sheet 7B, line 87, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 925; FHL microfilm 2,340,660.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Undated newspaper clipping from family scrapbook, possibly from Melrose Free Press (Massachusetts), c 4 Sept 1931 (based on known date of death mentioned in clipping), Mrs. Eva Hunnewell.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3} Find A Grave Index, database, FamilySearch (accessed 13 December 2015), Henry Eugene Hunnewell, 1933; Burial, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Wyoming Cemetery; citing record ID 59923431, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, database, FamilySearch (accessed 5 December 2014), Earl E Hunnewell, enlisted 30 Sep 1942, Boston, Massachusetts, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (accessed 19 May 2014), Earl Hunnewell, Dec 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} Find A Grave Index, database, FamilySearch (accessed 13 December 2015), Earl Eugene Hunnewell, 1982; Burial, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Wyoming Cemetery; citing record ID 59923429, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.