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Descendants of LAUGHLIN McLAUGHLIN

Generation No. 4

8. CAROLINE MATILDA⁴ MCLAUGHLIN (JAMES³, THOMAS², LAUGHLIN¹) was born July 18, 1847 in Meddybemps, Maine or New Brunswick, and died June 02, 1935 in Princeton, Maine. She married ALFRED KNIGHT MONK October 27, 1867 in Princeton, Maine, son of JOHN MONK and K/CATHERINE DORITY/HANSON. He was born May 18, 1845 in Mohannes, New Brunswick, Canada (St David) or Maine, and died July 08, 1922 in Princeton, Maine.

Notes for CAROLINE MATILDA MCLAUGHLIN:
Homemaker/housewife, could not read or write
Smoked a corncob pipe
Records disagree places and dates of birth
1900 US census lists her brother Harry S McLaughlin as boarder
Emmigrated to Maine in 1860.
See Alfred Monk's info

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More About CAROLINE MATILDA MCLAUGHLIN:
Cause of Death: Heart disease
occupation: homemaker/housewife

Notes for ALFRED KNIGHT MONK:
Could read, write and speak English

Immigrated to the US (Maine) in 1846

Death certificate states lived in Princeton, Maine 50 years and before that lived in New Brunswick
Worked as common laborer, farmer and blacksmith

Most records and census disagree places and dates of birth

1880 US census(Alfred, Caroline, Catherine, James, Helen)
1900 US census states married 35 years, 15 children, 8 living. (adopted grand-son George Wentworth)
1910 US Census states he immigrated to US in1846 (immigration records, Portland, Maine state 1850), married 44 years, 7 children living

Dept of Indian Affairs census 1953-1980 lists Monks (child #14 & #15)

At age of 18 he served in Civil War as a substitute, 16th Maine Reg as a Private in Co D (infantry) Oct 6, 1864 to Jun 26, 1865. It is said he was paid $700.00 to enter Army for someone else and used the money to build his home. Copy of discharge & pension application papers

US census, Town records, Birth, marriage (copy of "witness of marriage" signed by James McLaughlin and X'd by Catherine Mclaughlin) & death records, Maine state archives, family members, Dept of Indian Affairs Census 1818-1979 (Washington Cnty, Maine)

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More About ALFRED KNIGHT MONK:
Cause of Death: Natural//old age
Medical Information: Dark skin and Hair Treated for Spinal disease and Neuralgia of the intestines
occupation: Blacksmith///Laborer

Children of CAROLINE MCLAUGHLIN and ALFRED MONK are:

CATHERINE (CASSIE) M⁵ MONK, b. October 11, 1873, Princeton, Maine; d. November 1958, Princeton, Maine.

Notes for CATHERINE (CASSIE) M MONK:
Never married, lived in Calais and was housekeeper for Eaton family

Very sedate and prim, wore hair in a bun

Family home and property given to her by her mother Apr 23, 1894, transfer recorded May 1, 1894. She then sold it to George and Elsie Monk in 1948.

More About CATHERINE (CASSIE) M MONK:
occupation: housekeeper in Calais for doctor

ii.

JAMES MONK, b. February 17, 1876, Princeton, Maine; d. Abt. 1900, _________________; m. _________________, Unknown, ________________; b. Unknown, ________________; d. Unknown, ________________.

Notes for JAMES MONK:
May have moved to Wisconsin

	iii.		____________ MONK, b. Abt. 1878, _________________; d. Unknown, _________________; m. ________________, Unknown, ________________; b. Unknown, ________________; d. Unknown, ________________.
	iv.		HELEN MONK, b. Abt. January 1879, Princeton, Maine; d. March 22, 1943, Bangor, Maine; m. (1) WALTER (OR WILLIAM) WENTWORTH, September 14, 1896, Princeton, Maine; b. Unknown, ________________; d. Unknown, ________________; m. (2) RALPH FLAGG, Unknown, ____________; b. Unknown, _______________; d. Unknown, _______________.

Notes for HELEN MONK:
1900 US census
Living with Drisco family as servant
Married 3 years, 3 children - 2 living
Buried in Pine Grove Cem, Cunningham Family plot with sister Lina and other memebers of Lina's family

ALONZO G MONK, b. December 28, 1881, Princeton, Maine; d. January 14, 1968, Connecticut (buried in Princeton, Maine); m. TERESA CATHERINE WILSON, June 21, 1903, Princeton, Maine; b. January 14, 1886, __________________; d. September 1973, Danforth, Maine ¹.

More About ALONZO G MONK:
Cause of Death: cancer
occupation: laborer in sawmill

vi.

SAMUEL MONK, b. November 30, 1882, Princeton, Maine; d. Unknown, Los Angeles Cnty, California; m. BESSIE M KAY(E), September 05, 1905, Calais, Maine (Lubec); b. Abt. 1885, New Brunswick, Canada; d. Unknown, Maine.

Notes for SAMUEL MONK:
May have moved to California

More About SAMUEL MONK:
occupation: laborer in sawmill

Notes for BESSIE M KAY(E):
1910 US census: Bessie living with her mother in Calais, immigrated to Maine in 1895 from New Brunswick, could read & write, married 5 years but separated from husband.

	vii.		_____________MONK, b. Abt. 1884, ________________; d. Unknown, ________________.
	viii.		ADELAID (ADDIE) MONK, b. December 28, 1885, Princeton, Maine; d. Unknown, Orrington, Maine; m. (1) WILLIS H MCLAUGHLIN, July 09, 1905, Princeton, Maine; b. Unknown, Lubec, Maine; d. Unknown, ________________; m. (2) MONFORD DOWNS, June 20, 1941, ______________; b. Unknown, ____________; d. Unknown, Orrington, Maine.

Notes for ADELAID (ADDIE) MONK:
Married cousin

Baptised Pentacostal

ix.

EDWARD JOHN MONK, b. November 01, 1888, Princeton, Maine; d. November 11, 1972, Blue Hill, Maine; m. (1) MYRTLE COCHRAN, 1910, Maine; b. Unknown, Topsfield, Maine; d. Unknown, _________________; m. (2) ADA GRAY, December 1920, Maine; b. Unknown, ____________; d. Unknown, ________________; m. (3) ALICE FAYE LEACH, September 04, 1937, Sedgwick, Maine; b. January 24, 1915, Massachusettts; d. May 15, 1996, Blue Hill, Maine.

More About EDWARD JOHN MONK:
Burial: Mountain View Cem Blue Hill, Maine

More About ALICE FAYE LEACH:
Burial: Mountain View Cem Blue Hill, Maine

	x.		_____________MONK, b. Abt. 1889.
	xi.		LINA GRANT MONK, b. May 23, 1890, Princeton, Maine; d. November 23, 1947, Bangor, Maine (Pine Grove Cem); m. ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM JR, December 30, 1910, St Stephen, New Brunswick (Methodist Parsonage); b. July 02, 1892, So Newcastle, Maine; d. August 03, 1934, Bangor, Maine (Pine Grove Cem).

Notes for LINA GRANT MONK:
Worked as housekeeper before marriage and after Alexander died
1910 US census (recorded with Ewd Barnard Family of Baileyville, Maine as housekeeper)

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US census, State Archives in Augusta, Maine, Family Members, Bangor Library, Bangor Daily News microfilm, Dept of Indian Affairs Census 1818-1979 (Washington Cnty, Maine)

More About LINA GRANT MONK:
Cause of Death: Broncho pnuemonia, cancer
Medical Information: Biopsy-hyper nephroma Carcinoma of kidney which spread to bone

Notes for ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM JR:
Alexander was a laborer for the Maine Central RR. His family had been RR workers for two generations and moved from place to place throughout Maine during construction of the line. He met Lina while working in the Calais, Maine area, they were married in St Stephen, NB. She was employed as a housekeeper prior to marriage. They lived in Princeton for a short time and then moved to Bangor.
Alexander served in the Army during WW1, but saw no action.

Family burial plot in Pine Grove Cem
Alexander 8-5-34
Helen Flagg 3-14-43
Lina G 11-26-47
George Bartlett 5-9-62
Francis 12-3-76

*** see more in Cunningham files

More About ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM JR:
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis of both lungs

	xii.		____________ MONK, b. Abt. 1892.
	xiii.		____________ MONK, b. Abt. 1894.
	xiv.		____________ MONK, b. January 11, 1895, recorded in Bureau of Indian Affairs census.
	xv.		CHARLES W MONK, b. April 29, 1896, Princeton, Maine (recorded in Dept of Indian Affairs census); d. July 10, 1896, Princeton, Maine.

More About CHARLES W MONK:
Cause of Death: Spinal meningitis

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