| BRAMAN, Robert V. died on Friday May
16, 2008. He was the son of Rollo Warren and Flora Mae
(Barney) Braman born on November 8, 1915 in Torrington. He
attained Eagle Scout with Bronze Palm in 1932 and graduated
from Farmington High School in 1934. He attended the Citadel
in Charleston, SC, participating in football and track. He
joined the United States Marine Corps, becoming a drill
instructor before serving in the South Pacific during World
War II. He owned and operated the Armored Car Company and
worked for Connecticut Natural Gas Company in Hartford as an
energy consultant retiring from that position at age 67. He is
survived by his wife, Frances King Braman, and eight children
from two previous marriages; Barbara Kelly, Douglas Braman,
Lois Albert, Richard Braman, David Braman and Janice Smith
from his first marriage to Arlene Miner Braman, and also
Liliane Boyd and Lisa Braman from his second marriage to
Liliane Taillon Braman. He leaves 13 grandchildren and six
great grandchildren. He was stepfather to five children of his
wife, Frances; Lawrence Sawyer, Joanne Hutchinson, Richard
Holmes, Frederick Sawyer and Peter Sawyer and numerous
generations of grandchildren. After serving more than 50 years
in the First Company Governor's Foot Guard, he left as
Executive Officer, retiring with the rank of Major and life
member; he participated and instructed for the rifle and
pistol teams. He was also a member of the Ale & Garden
Society affiliated with the Governor's Foot Guard. He competed
for 20 years with New England police teams and was a
Connecticut Hunter Safety Instructor for the State of
Connecticut. Mr. Braman was a Master Mason attaining 32nd
Degree; a Sojourner, and a life member of the Veterans of
Foreign War, American Legion and Hunters of North America. In
addition, he was a member of the Sons of the American
Revolution. He enjoyed traveling and seeing much of the United
States, including over 1,000 miles of canoeing, a favorite
sport. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 24, at
1 p.m. at the Gilead Congregational Church, 672 Gilead Street,
Hebron. Burial will be at the convenience of the family.
Memorial donations may be made to The First Company Governor's
Foot Guard, P. O. Box 1771, Hartford, CT 06144 to the General
Fund. |
[Published in the Hartford
Courant on 5/21/2008. - Transcribed by Nancy Washell]
Mary Beth
Duda
June 22, 1969 -- May 2,
2005
EAST HADDAM --Attorney Mary Beth Duda of 9 Evergreen
Lane, East Haddam, CT died at Hartford Hospital, Monday, May 2,
2005, from injuries sustained in an accident in East Haddam on
Sunday, May 1, 2005.
Attorney Duda was born in Norwich, CT on
June 22, 1969, to Attorney Richard J. Duda and Barbara (Perkins)
Duda.
She was married to Francis N. Jacovino, Jr. on October
10, 1998 at St. Mary Church, Jewett City. He survives her, together
with her parents, her brother Christopher M. Duda, his wife Nancy
Mills Duda, her nephew Cameron Duda and niece Caitlin Duda and her
maternal grandparents Franklin W. and Dorothy Perkins of
Mystic.
She is a graduate of St. Mary School, Jewett City,
St. Bernard High School, Uncasville, Salve Regina University,
Newport, RI and The Columbus School of Law at Catholic University,
Washington, D.C.
Since being admitted to the Connecticut Bar
in December, 1994 she has practiced law with her father in Jewett
City.
She is a member of the New London County Bar
Association and the Connecticut Bar Associations.
Visiting
hours will be on Thursday 2 to 4 PM and 7 to 9 PM at the Jewett City
Leffler Funeral Home, 30 N. Main Street, Jewett City. Mass of
Christian Burial will be held on Friday at 11 AM in St. Mary Church.
Interment will follow at Pachaug Cemetery. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to St. Mary School, 54 N. Main Street, Jewett
City, CT 06351.
Published in the Norwich Bulletin on
5/04/2005. - Submitted by a Friend of Free
Genealogy]
Capt. Elisha
Hinman
1807
Died
lately, at New London , Capt. Elisha Hinman, aged 74.
This venerable gentleman was one of the ablest marine
officers who shone in the struggle for our independence.
On many trying occasions he evinced great steed and bravery,
and was entrusted by a discerning government with the command of
several rational vessels – the most important of which was the
frigate Alfred. His talents as a warrior were
adorned by the Christian virtues; to alleviate the horrors of war,
with him was equally a duty and pleasure, and his vanquished enemy
often became his warmest friend. Having suffered
almost a total loss of his property in the conflagration of that
city by the British troops, the close of the war found his means
inadequate to the necessities of a growing family, and he was
compelled in the wane of life to risk a constitution shattered by
the privations, anxieties and labors of war, to seek in an
inhospitable climate the means of lightening the cares of his
declining years. Having returned home in moderate
circumstance, the command of the Revenue cutter was offered him by
President Washington, but it was not then convenient for him to
accept it; on the death of Capt. Maitbie, in 1798 this sinecure,
which had now become desirable to him, and to which by his talents
and his services he was justly entitled, was given him by President
Adams – the duties of which humble station he performed with
scrupulous attention and fidelity. He continued
in the office till the year 1802, when, without any cause being
assigned, and without any being known, except that he had been
uniformly the friend of the administrations of Washington and Adams,
he was removed in favor of the present commander, a man of different
political principles. The intrepid warrior who had often braved his
country’s foes at the cannon’s mouth, who when captured in the
Alfred, fought for several glasses a very superior force, the real
patriot, the man of high and honorable feelings, whose heart had
never been appalled by danger, surrendered at a single broadside of
ingratitude. To this period he uniformly
supported a character remarkably distinguished by the practice of
the Christian and the moral virtues. From the
time of his being turned out of office, the weight of years grew
doubly heavy, the vital blow was struck; the remainder of his life
was merely a lingering death. He died highly
respected by a very numerous acquaintance. Thus
are rewarded the heroes of 76.
[The Centinel -
Gettysburg, PA - Oct 21, 1807]
[Submitted by Nancy
Piper]
MANIERRE, EDWARD. tailor, 43 Clark, bds Elisha Clark, 1st Ward [died, New London, Conn., July 26, 1890, aged 78.] [Deaths Listed in the city of Chicago, Illinois 1843 Directory]
Transcribed by K. Torp
STANTON, DANIEL D., merchant, Ashley Gilbert, bds Mrs. John K. Boyer [died, Mystic, Conn., April 23, 1887, aged 71] [Deaths Listed in the city of Chicago, Illinois 1843 Directory]
Transcribed by K. Torp
Died at Lebanon, Conn., Miss Hepsibah Strong, aged 67 years. It is presumed that few cases have ever had a parallel with hers. When she was 19 years old, she injured, by a fall, the spinal marrow, in consequence of which, for the long space of 48 years, she has never walked, or been able to raise her head from the pillow; most of the time she has been unable to bear the least noise, or the light; and has gone through a scene of suffering, which nothing but Religion could have enabled her to have borne. She possessed in her youth a good understanding and a fine person, and was on the eve of being married, when the misfortune happened, which forever blasted all her earthly prospects. Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) October 23, 1822 Page 3 (Contributed by Nancy Piper)
Death of
Gurdon Williams, Esq. – Died, at his residence in
this city, at 1 ½ o’clock, yesterday morning, Gurdon Williams, Esq.
The deceased was born at Ledyard, in the County of New-London, and
State of Connecticut, on the 28th day of March, 1791, and
left his father’s home at the age of 21 years. He afterwards resided
in Maryland, and for several years at Salina, Syracuse, and Buffalo,
in the State of New York. He afterwards removed to Detroit, in 1842,
where he has since lived. As a business man, he was energetic,
enterprising, and assiduous, by which means he accumulated and left
a handsome fortune, unspotted by stain of dishonesty or breach of
faith. His remains have been taken to Connecticut for internment. –
Detroit Inquirer, July 21
[The New York Times -
July 24, 1854]
[Contributed by Michelle]
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