Samuel Pickering at age 24 was a clerk. In the 1900 US Federal Census for Deer Isle he is listed as a grocer at age 63.
Mary Eva Torrey at age 26 was a school teacher (1880 Federal Census for Deer Isle).
B. Clyde Smith was a carpenter.
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Allan served as a First Engineer, S.S. Oregonian, Merchant Marines during World War II.
He resided in Hancock County, Maine prior to the war.
Allan was declared "Missing In Action" when the Oregonian was attacked by German aircraft about 120 miles Southwest of Svalbard in the North Atlantic and sunk during the war.
22 crew members were killed plus 7 of the armed navy guards. The 14 survivors were picked up by escort vessels and taken to Scotland.
His remains were not recovered.
64192. Brig. Gen. Daniel Wellington Torrey Jr.
Daniel Wellington Torrey, Jr. served as a brigadier general in the Second World War.
64195. George Washington Torrey
George W. Torrey was a master mariner. He was lost at sea in WW2.
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Bertha Maude Haskell
Daughter of Ernest Courtney Haskell and Angie L. Staples who were from Maine. Ernest was a crew member in the America Cup races of 1895 and 1899 which defeated the English both times.
Bertha moved with her parents and siblings from Deer Isle, Maine to Everett, MA in 1910. Bertha graduated from Everett High School, and became a lifelong resident of Everett. She was employed for many years for the Boston Varnish Co. as a bookkeeper.
At the age of 40, Bertha married Captain Winsor William Torrey (1890-1958) in Everett, MA on August 26, 1942. The couple had met in Boston. Captain Torrey had been residing in Everett, but originally came fom Deer Isle, ME. The marriage is registered in both Everett and Deer Isle.
Bertha had one daughter, Ruth Evelyn, born in 1944.
Sometime after her marriage and child rearing, Bertha became employed as a bookkeeper at Boston Mutual Life.
She passed away in 1976 from a massive stroke according to her daughter. She is buried with her husband.
Roland B. Torrey was a yachtsman (1900 US Federal Census for Deer Isle).