Home Search Login  
Print Bookmark

COUSINS Rebecca Imogene

Female 1910 - 2002  (92 years)


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Less detail
Generation: 1

  1. 1.  COUSINS Rebecca Imogene was born on 11 Oct 1910 (daughter of COUSINS Robert Knowlton and GRINDLE Agatha "Aggie" Cole); died on 11 Oct 2002.

    Notes:

    Died:
    REBECCA I. (COUSINS) KNIGHT
    DEER ISLE - Rebecca Imogene (Cousins) Knight, 92, died Oct. 11, 2002, at a local nursing facility, on the anniversary of her birth. She was born in her Stonington home Oct. 11, 1910, the eldest child of Robert K. and Agatha (Grindle) Cousins. She graduated from Stonington High School as Valedictorian in 1928 and from Bates College in 1932, where she was selected as Wittiest Woman and Biggest Sleepy-head, traits that she continued to demonstrate throughout her lifetime. She taught French, algebra, and history at Stonington High School, worked as a bookkeeper for Ralph Barter, and taught French at Thomaston High School, but her principal work experience was as postal clerk in Stonington, and later in New Canaan, Conn., retiring to her Stonington home in 1972. She was married to Elwood "Buster" Knight, a U.S. Army Ranger who was killed in action on Feb. 25, 1945. She was also predeceased by her sister, Helene (Cousins) Stephens, Dec. 26, 1986; and by her son, Robert Elwood Knight, Feb. 20, 1988. She is survived by her daughters, June (Knight) Carter of Ellsworth and Helene Ada (Knight) Whitehouse of Augusta. She is survived by nine grandchildren, Glendon James Carter and his wife, Mary, Elwood Knight Carter, and Mark Ronald Carter of Ellsworth, Daniel Alton Whitehouse of Arizona, Debra Allison Whitehouse of Augusta, and Rebecca Amber Whitehouse and her husband, Robert Weed of Stonington, and Michael Knight, Christopher Knight, and Michelle "Shelley" Knight of Georgetown, Conn.; her great-grandchildren include: Maegan, Catherine, and Jordan Carter of Ellsworth, Tasha and Ryan Whitehouse of Tennessee, and Spencer, Hannah, Trevor and Mark Anthony Knight of Georgetown, Conn., and Amethyst Rose and Aidan Robert Weed of Stonington. She is also survived by special relatives, Bette (Stetson) Cameron of Camden, Amy (Cousins) Hutchinson of Portland, and Laura (Gross) Griffin of Thornton, Calif. Rebecca was most fortunate in maintaining close long-term friendships while enjoying the fellowship of new friends, former students, bridge partners, fellow church-goers, dedicated care-givers, and cherished neighbors. Friends are invited to visit with the family 6-8 p.m. Sunday, at the Bragdon-Kelley-Campbell Funeral Home, Main Street, Stonington. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Stonington, 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14, with the Rev. Richard A. Lembo, pastor, celebrant. Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery, Oceanville. Guests are invited to the Parish Hall to share conversation and refreshment, two of Rebecca's greatest pleasures. Memorial gifts may be made to Opera House Arts, P.O. Box 56, Stonington, ME 04681 or the Island Nursing Home, Box 124, Deer Isle, ME 04627. 1

    Rebecca married KNIGHT Elwood on 25 Aug 1936. Elwood died in 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. KNIGHT Robert Elwood was born on 13 Oct 1944 in Blue Hill, ME; died on 20 Feb 1988 in Georgetown, CT.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  COUSINS Robert Knowlton was born on 31 Jul 1883 (son of COUSINS Charles Cousins and HOLDEN Melissa Elwood (Colby) Davis); died in 1930.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    or 1884

    Died:
    (drowned off Barter's Wharf in Stonington)

    Robert married GRINDLE Agatha "Aggie" Cole on 01 Jan 1908. Agatha (daughter of GRINDLE Elwood Erastus and LIMEBURNER Emma Phebe) was born on 06 Jul 1882; died on 16 Sep 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  GRINDLE Agatha "Aggie" Cole was born on 06 Jul 1882 (daughter of GRINDLE Elwood Erastus and LIMEBURNER Emma Phebe); died on 16 Sep 1920.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Stonington, ME
    (drowned in a well in Stonington)

    Children:
    1. 1. COUSINS Rebecca Imogene was born on 11 Oct 1910; died on 11 Oct 2002.
    2. COUSINS Helene "Lar" Elwood was born on 17 May 1916; died on 26 Dec 1986.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  COUSINS Charles Cousins was born on 02 Sep 1843 in Oak Point (Trenton), ME; died in Mar 1908 in Stonington, ME.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery

    Charles married HOLDEN Melissa Elwood (Colby) Davis on 17 Dec 1876 in Webb's Cove, Stonighton Co., ME. Melissa was born on 27 May 1844 in Webb's Cove, Stonighton Co., ME; died on 13 Oct 1920 in Stonington, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  HOLDEN Melissa Elwood (Colby) Davis was born on 27 May 1844 in Webb's Cove, Stonighton Co., ME; died on 13 Oct 1920 in Stonington, ME.

    Notes:

    Died:
    buried in Woodlawn Cemetery

    Children:
    1. 2. COUSINS Robert Knowlton was born on 31 Jul 1883; died in 1930.

  3. 6.  GRINDLE Elwood Erastus was born on 09 Oct 1855 in Brooksville, ME (son of GRINDLE Mark Hatch and FARNHAM Mary A.); died on 17 Apr 1912 in Stonington, ME.

    Notes:

    Died:
    bur.Woodlawn Cemetery, Stonington, ME

    Elwood married LIMEBURNER Emma Phebe on 25 Dec 1876. Emma (daughter of LIMEBURNER William and FARNHAM Mary) was born on 30 Nov 1858 in Brooksville, ME; died on 20 Mar 1937 in Camden, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  LIMEBURNER Emma Phebe was born on 30 Nov 1858 in Brooksville, ME (daughter of LIMEBURNER William and FARNHAM Mary); died on 20 Mar 1937 in Camden, ME.

    Notes:

    Died:
    bur.Woodlawn Cemetery, Stonington, ME

    Children:
    1. GRINDLE Elnora "Nora" May was born on 30 Mar 1877 in Brooksville, ME; died on 07 Aug 1940 in Stonington, ME.
    2. GRINDLE Augusta "Gus" W. was born on 18 Jan 1879; died on 14 Jul 1931.
    3. 3. GRINDLE Agatha "Aggie" Cole was born on 06 Jul 1882; died on 16 Sep 1920.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  GRINDLE Mark Hatch was born on 12 Oct 1827 in Brooksville, ME; died on 21 Jul 1906 in Brooksville, ME.

    Notes:

    Mark Hatch Grindle served in the Civil War as a Corporal in Company H., 26th Regiment Infantry of Maine Volunteers.

    His home was always on the farm which was "taken up" by his father Ichabod.

    Birth:
    or Oct 10th

    Died:
    bur. Grindle Cemetery; Vol. III

    Mark married FARNHAM Mary A.. Mary (daughter of FARNHAM Gersham and TAPLEY Alis Elsy (Elsie)) was born on 03 Sep 1831; died on 12 Nov 1856 in Brooksville, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  FARNHAM Mary A. was born on 03 Sep 1831 (daughter of FARNHAM Gersham and TAPLEY Alis Elsy (Elsie)); died on 12 Nov 1856 in Brooksville, ME.
    Children:
    1. GRINDLE Flora H. was born on 12 Mar 1851.
    2. 6. GRINDLE Elwood Erastus was born on 09 Oct 1855 in Brooksville, ME; died on 17 Apr 1912 in Stonington, ME.

  3. 14.  LIMEBURNER William

    William married FARNHAM Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  FARNHAM Mary
    Children:
    1. 7. LIMEBURNER Emma Phebe was born on 30 Nov 1858 in Brooksville, ME; died on 20 Mar 1937 in Camden, ME.