Ida May MacMillan

1889 - 1970  (81 years)

• Name	Ida May MacMillan
  Born	9 Jan 1889	Westville, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 Sep 1970	Saugus, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I24407	William Blundell and Elizabeth Ann Morris
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2019

  
  

  Family	James Blundell,   b. 9 Aug 1885, Hatchet Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 30 May 1944, Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 58 years)
  Married	21 Oct 1918	Sommerville, Massachusetts, USA
  	Witness Maude Wessels and George Blondell Divorced 30 jan 1918 Suffolk County, mA
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Katharine (Kay) Adams Blundell,   b. 18 Feb 1920, Medford, MA ,   d. 30 Sep 1992, Saugus, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 72 years)   2. Marjorie (Margie) Gertrude Blundell,   b. 12 Aug 1921, Medford, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 23 Jan 2000, Saugus, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 78 years)   3. Ethel Miller Blundell,   b. 3 Aug 1923, Medford, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 2 Dec 2002, Boston, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 79 years)   4. George Blundell,   b. 10 Nov 1924, Medford, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 20 Jan 1987, Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 62 years)   5. Alice May Blundell,   b. 23 Jul 1926, Medford, MA ,   d. 26 Nov 2009, Roulette, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 83 years)   6. James Blundell,   b. 7 Jun 1928, Medford, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1 Mar 1993, Ventura, California, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2014
  Family ID	F8283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  found information on rootsweb - posted by Jocelyn Contestabile in 2002 From Karen deSteuben Gallese My grandmother was born in Nova Scotia. Her father died in a coal mine accident and shortly after she immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts to become a nanny to a wealthy family who live on Beacon Hill, the most opulent neighborhood in the city. My grandfather's ship came into the Port of Boston and they met. I don't know how or how long they knew each other before they married. My mother told me, that the family my grandmother worked for had asked her to accompany them to Europe and instead she chose to marry my grandmother. She also raised my Uncle Jerry, the son from my grandfather's first marriage. I know my mother's family struggled during our Depression in the 1920's -1930's. My mother often told us she owned two dresses; my grandmother would wash one out each night. My grandfather found it difficult to find work. He was a finished carpenter. My grandparents never owned their own home but rented, staying in the town where their children grew up, Saugus, Massachusetts. A couple of times, in exchange for rent, my grandfather would repair the house they were living in. A family story that was passed around was that he built a beautiful pool table in one house, but when it was time to move, the family had to leave it behind. It was too heavy and large to move. One Christmas he carved a pair of wooden roller skates for my mother. She said she was embarrassed to wear them and tossed them out. As an adult, she regretted being so foolish and wished she had held on to them. The family consisted of five girls and two boys (three with my Uncle Jerry). My mother was Ethel McMillan Blundell de Steuben, the third daughter. She died in 2002 at the age of 79, a year after my dad. My grandparents had twenty grandchildren; ten boys and ten girls.