Notes for Marguerite "Mags" Louise Orcutt: [My Grandmother]
Royal Frazier, her son, said she had a good sense of humor. An uncle (her brother or half brother) discovered a washed up body, which was believed to be a Mafia-related hit. She called him and pretended to be from the Mafia. "They" were very upset that he had reported his find to the police. Marguerite Searles said that she was a fairly proper English woman. Very enamoured of the British Royal family. SHe thought the abdication of the throne by Duke Edward so that he could marry a commoner was the most romantic thing she had ever seen.
She is buried in the same plot as her husband in Mt. Hope Cemetery under a maple tree at the back high row. She does not have a headstone or marker. Homer has a PA-Issued World War I marker.
A photo dated 1923(age 15), shows her 7th grade class in Port Dickerson. She looks younger than 15.
From the Oct 2, 1956 family letter written to Marguerite Orcutt-Frazier: "Marguerite L. Orcutt Born May 29, 1908 Paper Mill Crossing (48 eh?)"
Funeral Home book from Esther Frazier's collection ======================================================= Margauerite Louise Orcutt Frazier R.D. #3 Born Clayville, NY, My 29, 1908 Died May 11, 1957 (old notes say May 10th--not sure what source) Mass: St. Paul's Church, Norwich, NY May 14, 1947, 9 am RT Rev. Monsignor Henry L. Contois (Pastor St. Paul's Church) Laid to rest in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norwich, May 14, 1957 10:15 Officiating at Cemetery: Rev. Edwin Comesky
The list of Relatives attending is hand signed by the visitors as follows: Mr. Norman E. Orcutt Leo & Dorothy King & daughter (likely that this is Dorothy L. Orcutt, Norman E.'s daughter) Minnie O. Graf + children, Binghamton (?? can't be her mother--she lived in Durhamville, another Orcutt of Norman E.) Lee Orcutt (descendant of Norman E.?) Norman Orcutt Jr. (Norman E.'s son) Vicki Orcutt (descendant of Norman E.?) Sharon Orcutt (descendant of Norman E.?) Audrey Orcutt (descendant of Norman E.?) Mrs. Norman Orcutt Beverly A. White, Utica Ronald W. White, Utica (flowers from Mr. & Mrs. Ralph White) Mrs. and Mr. Tournay + son Howard (Maude Congdon) Charles Pitfido/Ciltido (can't figure out handwriting, no idea who this is) Mr. & Mrs. Henry Parker (sister Isabelle) Mrs. Agnes Bernway Walter M. Congdon Mr. & Mrs. Norman Courtmanche (flowers are from Norm, Peg + Rick Courtmanche) Mr. & Mrs. Howard Congdon (flower are from Howard & Ethel) Anna Detrick, Port Dickerson Gertrude Heller Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Dillman (Gertie Congdon) Mr. & Mrs Lester Congdon (flowers from Lester & Mildred)
UTICA OBSERVER DISPATCH, May 12, 1959 Obituary: MRS. HOMER A. FRAZIER, FORMERLY OF CLAYVILLE Norwich--Mrs. Homer A. Frazier, 48, Norwich RD 3, formerly of Clayville, died May 11, 1957 in the Chenango Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Frazier was born Marguerite Louisa, May 29, 1908 in Clayville, a daughter of Mrs. Minnie Anderson Orcutt and the late Eli Orcutt. In 1928 at Binghamton she was married to Mr. Frazier who died last February. Mrs. Frazier was a communicant of St. Paul's Church in Norwich. Besides her mother, who now resides in Durhamville, she leaves a daughter, Mrs. Bernard Detrick, Binghamton; two sons, Robert H. and Royal E. Frazier, Norwich, and a brother, Norman Orcutt, Binghamton. Also, three half brothers, Howard Congdon, North Hartford, Conn; Lester Congdon, Vernon Center; Lester Congdon, Clayville; a sister, Mrs. Harry Packer, Auburn; two half-sisters, Mrs. Arthur Tourney, Utica, and Mrs. Clyde Gillman[err. Dillman], Durhamville. The funeral will be at 8 a.m. Tuesday from the Robert J. Fahy funeral home in Norwich and at 9 from St. Paul's Church where a requiem high Mass will be celebrated. Interment will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norwich.
A Wedding invitation reads: "Mr. and Mrs. Homer Frazier request the honour of your presence at the marraige of their niece Marguerite Louise Searles to Mr. Nelson Edward Correll on Saturday, the first of October at high noon Zion Episcopal Church, Greene New York Reception at one o'clock Sherwood Hotel"
October 1, 1938 was a Saturday. October 1, 1949 was a Saturday. October 1, 1951 was a Saturday. October 1, 1955 was a Saturday.
Nelson E. Correll was born July-Aug 1927 to Walter E. & Lillian A. Correll
Marguerite Searles (this is not likely as it would have her last married name) SSN: 130-12-1272 Born: 18 Dec 1919 Last Benefit: 10027 New York, New York, New York, United States of America Died: Apr 1977 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951 )
Marguerite Correll SSN: 074-18-7934 Last Residence: 10309 Staten Island, Richmond, New York, United States of America Born: 17 Oct 1917 Died: 15 Jul 1994 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951 )
If Marguerite Searles was a real niece, then the likely connection is she is the daughter of Edna Ruth Orcutt & ____ Searles. Edna died of blood poisoning after Helen in 1934, Binghamton (assume the last child she gave birth to) was born. In the 1930 census Marguerite Searles is with Marguerite Orcutt-Frazier. She is listed as a granddaughter after Lillian Orcutt(17). Edna is the only missing daughter and she did die young--which matches what Marguerite Searles told me herself. One I have some corroboration of this, it can move under Edna.
More About Marguerite "Mags" Louise Orcutt: Burial: Unknown, Mt. Hope Cemetery, 5697 State Highway 12, Norwich, Chenango, NY; Sec 11 Lot 10 (no headstone).
More About Marguerite "Mags" Louise Orcutt and Homer Alden Frazier: Marriage: Nov 5, 1928, Binghamton, Broome Co., NY.185
Children of Marguerite "Mags" Louise Orcutt and Homer Alden Frazier are:
Ethel May Frazier, b. Mar 23, 1929, Binghamton, Broome, NY, d. Mar 23, 1929, Binghamton, Broome, NY.
Marguerite "Mags" Louise Orcutt (b. May 29, 1908, d. May 10, 1957)
Notes for Marguerite "Mags" Louise Orcutt: