Barbara Ellen Files

1914 - 1998  (84 years)

• Name	Barbara Ellen Files  [1]
  Birth	4 Feb 1914	Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 May 1998	Gorham, Cumberland, Maine   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I21496	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Dr. Ernest Woodbury Files,   b. 24 Sep 1881, Maine d. 1958 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mabel Burrougs Haskell,   b. 19 Feb 1886, Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine d. Dec 1968 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1912	Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F11076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dr. Kenneth Laughlin,   b. 18 Oct 1908   d. Dec 1974 (Age 66 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F12979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Portland Press Herald (ME) May 20, 1998 Barbara Ellen Files Laughlin of Bay View Drive died Monday in a Gorham health-care center after an extended illness. Born in Westbrook, a daughter of Ernest W. and Mabel B. Haskell Files, she attended Waynflete School, graduated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in 1935, from Katharine Gibbs School with a certificate in 1937 and from the former Peabody Law School, Portland, in 1941. She was admitted to the Maine Bar in 1941. Mrs. Laughlin was a member of the Cumberland Bar Association, a former president of Western Maine Wellesley Club, a former president of the Junior League of Portland, a member of the Child and Family Services board and a former president of the Portland YWCA. She also was a vestrywoman of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, clerk and directress of the Altar Guild and a member of the Thursday Group. Mrs. Laughlin was a volunteer at Maine General Hospital and later Maine Medical Center, worked on the cancer and Red Cross blood drives, and was involved with the Maine Audubon Society here and the Memorial Library. Surviving are three sons, Kent A. of Kent, Del., Jeffrey S. of Saco and Gary B. Laughlin of North Yarmouth; and four grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S27479] Haskell Journal, Issue 65, 2003, A Wedding Dress celebration, (Journal of the Haskell Family Association). [S39363] 1930 census, Maine, Cumberland county. [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index. [S38011] Obituary, Portland Press Herald (ME), Barbara Ellen Files Laughlin, (May 20, 1998). [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index (Reliability: 0). Name:Barbara E. Laughlin SSN:006-14-5768 Last Residence:04097 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA BORN:4 Feb 1914 Died:18 May 1998 State (Year) SSN issued:Maine (Before 1951) [S27363] Genealogy of the descendants of William Haskell and Mary Tybott, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S74531] Ancestry.com, Ward Family Tree [ratchsullivan].