Winfield Scott GATCHELL

1859 - 1940  (81 years)

• Name	Winfield Scott GATCHELL
  Born	20 Feb 1859	Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Dec 1940	Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, USA
  Buried	Berlin Corner Cemetery, Berlin, Washington, Vermont, USA
  Notes	Obituary: The Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Vermont) 09 Dec 1940, Mon: "Winfield S. Gatchell MONTPELIER. Dec. 8. Winfield Scott Gatchell. 81 years of age, died at his home, 57 Berlin street, Saturday afternoon following a short illness. He was born in Brunswick, Me., Feb. 20, 1859, the son of James H. and Margaret (MacLean) Gatchell. He was married to Miss Josephine Vance of Masstown, N.S. and she died in January 1936. Mr. Gatchell learned the blacksmith's trade in the shipbuilding yards of Bath, Me., and for the past 35 years he had been employed in the machine shops of the Mon ? and Wells River railroad in this city, where he was known by his fellow associates as an industrious, able and faithful worker. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alice Steadman of Barre and Mrs. Rene Jeffrey of this city; several grandchildren, Mrs. Joseph Grenier, Mrs. Wilfred Soule, Mrs. Pearl Jones, Arthur Simmons, all of Barre, Mrs. Norman James of Montpelier, Ralph Simmons of Woodsville, N.H., two sisters, Mrs. Charles Hayward of Lowell, Mass., and Mrs. Elnora Stevens of San Francisco, Cal, and three great-grandchildren, Norman James, Jr. of Montpelier and Patricia and Shirley Simmons of Barre. The funeral will be held Monday at the Willett Funeral Home, 118 Barre st., at 2 .m. with Rev. Gerald R. Fitzpatrick of the Church of the Messiah officiating. Burial will be at Berlin Corner." Nme on headstone reads: Winfield Scott (last name may be on other side of headstone. Headstone also has names "Josephine Mildred Vance 1869-1936 and Irene Vance Jeffrey 1898-1969.
  Person ID	I21723	Lowell&Block
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	James H. GATCHELL,   b. 31 Jul 1828, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, USA ,   d. 11 Nov 1885, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Margaret E. MACLEAN,   b. 16 Oct 1827, Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 1911, Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F15782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Josephine Mildred VANCE,   b. 25 Apr 1862, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1936, Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	28 Dec 1881	Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Children	1. Alice Mary GATCHELL,   b. 4 Dec 1882,   d. 4 Jun 1966, Barre, Washington, Vermont, USA  (Age 83 years)   2. Irene "Rene" Vance GATCHELL,   b. Nov 1895,   d. 1969, Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, USA  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F16144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Feb 1859 - Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA Married - 28 Dec 1881 - Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada Died - 7 Dec 1940 - Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, USA Buried - - Berlin Corner Cemetery, Berlin, Washington, Vermont, USA  = Link to Google Earth