Howard Edwin Small was the son of William Lois Small and Maud Faustenia Hapworth Small. He had one sister, Georgia Etta Small (Ward, Gray). He fell in love and married a beautiful young woman from New Brunswick, Janet Beatrice Giberson. Together they had four children: Joy Clarence, Laurel Maud, Bessie Amelia, and Valeda Irene.
Most of his life was spent living and working the family farm in East Bucksport, (R.D. #2 Bucksport listed on his WWI Draft Registration Card on 5 Jun 1917) Although the newly weds did spend some time living in Canada. The family also ran a small country store along with their farm so they were all kept very busy. His parents sold the farm to move to Texas, but only stayed there for a short time before they longed to return to Maine where Howard and his young family were living. Then they all moved to Bangor, Maine.
Valeda was born in Bangor, and when she was only a few weeks old, both Howard and his wife were stricken with the Flu Pandemic of 1918 and died, leaving their four small children, ages 4, 3, and 2 years, and less than 1 month, to be raised by his parents, William and Maud Small. His sister Georgia and her two husbands never had children of their own, so they helped to bring fun into the lives of the children. Although the children were very young when their parents died, they were always very proud of the legacy their parents left of being people of integrity, hard workers, service and compassion oriented, full of fun and excitement for life, and most of all, loving toward their family.
A cousin, Viola M. Hawkins, published a History of the Bangor Ward in 1994. It includes the following entry on page 17:
About a year previous to [December 1918] the Smalls had moved to Bangor. Janet Beatrice Giberson Small, daughter-in-law of William and Maud Small, was still in bed after the birth of her fourth child, Valeda Irene, when a kind hearted neighbor not knowing that she, herself, was coming down with influenza called on the new mother, who caught the fatal disease .... Howard Small, Janet's husband, had been working in Aroostook County. He was returning home on the train when he was stricken with the flu. Walking home from the train, he was staggering so badly that a police officer followed him some distance believing he was intoxicated. He was taken to his home, and later to the home of his parents where he was cared for until his death.
Most of his life was spent living and working the family farm in East Bucksport, (R.D. #2 Bucksport listed on his WWI Draft Registration Card on 5 Jun 1917) Although the newly weds did spend some time living in Canada. The family also ran a small country store along with their farm so they were all kept very busy. His parents sold the farm to move to Texas, but only stayed there for a short time before they longed to return to Maine where Howard and his young family were living. Then they all moved to Bangor, Maine.
Valeda was born in Bangor, and when she was only a few weeks old, both Howard and his wife were stricken with the Flu Pandemic of 1918 and died, leaving their four small children, ages 4, 3, and 2 years, and less than 1 month, to be raised by his parents, William and Maud Small. His sister Georgia and her two husbands never had children of their own, so they helped to bring fun into the lives of the children. Although the children were very young when their parents died, they were always very proud of the legacy their parents left of being people of integrity, hard workers, service and compassion oriented, full of fun and excitement for life, and most of all, loving toward their family.
A cousin, Viola M. Hawkins, published a History of the Bangor Ward in 1994. It includes the following entry on page 17:
About a year previous to [December 1918] the Smalls had moved to Bangor. Janet Beatrice Giberson Small, daughter-in-law of William and Maud Small, was still in bed after the birth of her fourth child, Valeda Irene, when a kind hearted neighbor not knowing that she, herself, was coming down with influenza called on the new mother, who caught the fatal disease .... Howard Small, Janet's husband, had been working in Aroostook County. He was returning home on the train when he was stricken with the flu. Walking home from the train, he was staggering so badly that a police officer followed him some distance believing he was intoxicated. He was taken to his home, and later to the home of his parents where he was cared for until his death.
Howard Edwin Small was the son of William Lois Small and Maud Faustenia Hapworth Small. He had one sister, Georgia Etta Small (Ward, Gray). He fell in love and married a beautiful young woman from New Brunswick, Janet Beatrice Giberson. Together they had four children: Joy Clarence, Laurel Maud, Bessie Amelia, and Valeda Irene.
Most of his life was spent living and working the family farm in East Bucksport, (R.D. #2 Bucksport listed on his WWI Draft Registration Card on 5 Jun 1917) Although the newly weds did spend some time living in Canada. The family also ran a small country store along with their farm so they were all kept very busy. His parents sold the farm to move to Texas, but only stayed there for a short time before they longed to return to Maine where Howard and his young family were living. Then they all moved to Bangor, Maine.
Valeda was born in Bangor, and when she was only a few weeks old, both Howard and his wife were stricken with the Flu Pandemic of 1918 and died, leaving their four small children, ages 4, 3, and 2 years, and less than 1 month, to be raised by his parents, William and Maud Small. His sister Georgia and her two husbands never had children of their own, so they helped to bring fun into the lives of the children. Although the children were very young when their parents died, they were always very proud of the legacy their parents left of being people of integrity, hard workers, service and compassion oriented, full of fun and excitement for life, and most of all, loving toward their family.
A cousin, Viola M. Hawkins, published a History of the Bangor Ward in 1994. It includes the following entry on page 17:
About a year previous to [December 1918] the Smalls had moved to Bangor. Janet Beatrice Giberson Small, daughter-in-law of William and Maud Small, was still in bed after the birth of her fourth child, Valeda Irene, when a kind hearted neighbor not knowing that she, herself, was coming down with influenza called on the new mother, who caught the fatal disease .... Howard Small, Janet's husband, had been working in Aroostook County. He was returning home on the train when he was stricken with the flu. Walking home from the train, he was staggering so badly that a police officer followed him some distance believing he was intoxicated. He was taken to his home, and later to the home of his parents where he was cared for until his death.
Most of his life was spent living and working the family farm in East Bucksport, (R.D. #2 Bucksport listed on his WWI Draft Registration Card on 5 Jun 1917) Although the newly weds did spend some time living in Canada. The family also ran a small country store along with their farm so they were all kept very busy. His parents sold the farm to move to Texas, but only stayed there for a short time before they longed to return to Maine where Howard and his young family were living. Then they all moved to Bangor, Maine.
Valeda was born in Bangor, and when she was only a few weeks old, both Howard and his wife were stricken with the Flu Pandemic of 1918 and died, leaving their four small children, ages 4, 3, and 2 years, and less than 1 month, to be raised by his parents, William and Maud Small. His sister Georgia and her two husbands never had children of their own, so they helped to bring fun into the lives of the children. Although the children were very young when their parents died, they were always very proud of the legacy their parents left of being people of integrity, hard workers, service and compassion oriented, full of fun and excitement for life, and most of all, loving toward their family.
A cousin, Viola M. Hawkins, published a History of the Bangor Ward in 1994. It includes the following entry on page 17:
About a year previous to [December 1918] the Smalls had moved to Bangor. Janet Beatrice Giberson Small, daughter-in-law of William and Maud Small, was still in bed after the birth of her fourth child, Valeda Irene, when a kind hearted neighbor not knowing that she, herself, was coming down with influenza called on the new mother, who caught the fatal disease .... Howard Small, Janet's husband, had been working in Aroostook County. He was returning home on the train when he was stricken with the flu. Walking home from the train, he was staggering so badly that a police officer followed him some distance believing he was intoxicated. He was taken to his home, and later to the home of his parents where he was cared for until his death.
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