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Leroy Perkins Howe

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Leroy Perkins Howe Veteran

Birth
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
1949 (aged 62–63)
Burial
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
118
Memorial ID
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On this partially illegible gravestone:

"P.T.E."
LEROY PERKINS HOWE
15 THBN CEF
1886-1949
CANADA
"Lest we forget"

This stone is one of 14 stones/markers surrounding a tall patriotic monument. On the monument is a Woman and Banner and Eagle.
"This plot is consecrated as a final resting place for those who served their country in time of war. This memorial is erected by the MARLBORO PATRIOTIC LEAGUE, 1924."

Other names on stones/markers surrounding this monument:
ROBERT D. PAGE, RAYMOND I. MILES, ALFRED E. MONTGOMERY, JOSEPH STAVRO, FREDERICK J. SASSEVILLE, GEORGE K. BRISSETTE, WILLIAM S. RUSSELL, LEROY PERKINS HOWE, HERBERT F. AKROYD, WALLACE A. PARMENTER, JOHN A. WHEELER, FRANK D. TUCKER, FRANK L. "JELLISON" [?], & GEORGE G. SCHOFIELD.

Names listed on this plot on the 1934 map of Maplewood, but are no longer visible:
WILLIS H. PAGE
CHARLES O. COSMO
JAMES GOGOS
C.A. BELLOWS
A.A.CLEVERSEY
FRED W. WYMAN

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1886 Oct. 8 Birth Record Marlborough, MA. LEROY PERKINS HOWE born to parents: shoe shop worker E.F. HOWE (born in Brookfield) & ABBIE E. McGRATH (born in Hubbardston).

1907 Jan. 21 Marriage Record, Keene, NH. LEROY PERKINS HOWE age 21, paper hanger, residing in Hudson, MA, parents: EDWARD FRANCIS HOWE & ABBIE E. McGRATH. The bride is FLORENCE MABEL TRASK age 28, parents: WILLIAM HUNT TRASK & ESTHER C. WRIGHT.

1917 June 5 World War I Regis. Card for LEROY PERKINS HOWE age 30, born Oct. 8, 1886 in Marlborough, MA, residence is 27 State St, Marlborough. Occupation is Paper Hanger, self employed, single, he has a father who is dependent on him. He is tall with a medium build, blue eyes and black hair.

1918 Feb. 19 - Canadian Attestation Form World War I - LEROY PERKINS HOWE, born Oct. 8, 1886 in Marlboro, MA, USA, single, machinist, joining the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. "I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King George the Fifth, His Heirs and Successors, in Person, Crown and Dignity, against all enemies...."

1942 World War II Draft Regis. Card for LEROY PERKINS HOWE age 55, born Oct. 8, 1886 in Marlboro, MA. Residence is Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Works at Narragansett Race Track.
Next of Kin: Miss Sylvia C. Howe, in Keene, NH.
On this partially illegible gravestone:

"P.T.E."
LEROY PERKINS HOWE
15 THBN CEF
1886-1949
CANADA
"Lest we forget"

This stone is one of 14 stones/markers surrounding a tall patriotic monument. On the monument is a Woman and Banner and Eagle.
"This plot is consecrated as a final resting place for those who served their country in time of war. This memorial is erected by the MARLBORO PATRIOTIC LEAGUE, 1924."

Other names on stones/markers surrounding this monument:
ROBERT D. PAGE, RAYMOND I. MILES, ALFRED E. MONTGOMERY, JOSEPH STAVRO, FREDERICK J. SASSEVILLE, GEORGE K. BRISSETTE, WILLIAM S. RUSSELL, LEROY PERKINS HOWE, HERBERT F. AKROYD, WALLACE A. PARMENTER, JOHN A. WHEELER, FRANK D. TUCKER, FRANK L. "JELLISON" [?], & GEORGE G. SCHOFIELD.

Names listed on this plot on the 1934 map of Maplewood, but are no longer visible:
WILLIS H. PAGE
CHARLES O. COSMO
JAMES GOGOS
C.A. BELLOWS
A.A.CLEVERSEY
FRED W. WYMAN

______________________________________________________________

1886 Oct. 8 Birth Record Marlborough, MA. LEROY PERKINS HOWE born to parents: shoe shop worker E.F. HOWE (born in Brookfield) & ABBIE E. McGRATH (born in Hubbardston).

1907 Jan. 21 Marriage Record, Keene, NH. LEROY PERKINS HOWE age 21, paper hanger, residing in Hudson, MA, parents: EDWARD FRANCIS HOWE & ABBIE E. McGRATH. The bride is FLORENCE MABEL TRASK age 28, parents: WILLIAM HUNT TRASK & ESTHER C. WRIGHT.

1917 June 5 World War I Regis. Card for LEROY PERKINS HOWE age 30, born Oct. 8, 1886 in Marlborough, MA, residence is 27 State St, Marlborough. Occupation is Paper Hanger, self employed, single, he has a father who is dependent on him. He is tall with a medium build, blue eyes and black hair.

1918 Feb. 19 - Canadian Attestation Form World War I - LEROY PERKINS HOWE, born Oct. 8, 1886 in Marlboro, MA, USA, single, machinist, joining the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. "I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King George the Fifth, His Heirs and Successors, in Person, Crown and Dignity, against all enemies...."

1942 World War II Draft Regis. Card for LEROY PERKINS HOWE age 55, born Oct. 8, 1886 in Marlboro, MA. Residence is Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Works at Narragansett Race Track.
Next of Kin: Miss Sylvia C. Howe, in Keene, NH.


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