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Mary Cashel

Mary Cashel.
From photo c.1887.

Mary Cashel,
born Kodiak Island, think 1 Sept 1871,
mar 1stly, 16 July 1888 [her age 16, him age 25], Unga, to Nehemiah Guttridge [born Aug 1863 in California, poss. Nihemiah or Neamiah],
Nehemiah died September 28, 1904, age 41 yrs, in a mine accident in Douglas, think NOT in Unga,

mar 2ndly, 1905 (think NOT 1902 or 1903), Douglas [his 2nd mar too]
to William Homer McBlain [or McBlane, born 1861 in "Kelivinning" (must be Kilwinning), Scotland, son of Quentin McBlain and Mary Strathdee],
William had come to Caledonia, Ontario, Canada, in 1874 with his parents,
he had mar 1stly to Elizabeth Miller [Annette Elizabeth Miller] and had issue,
he might be "William H. McBlaine", gold miner, born 1867, parents from Scotland, listed on Douglas Island in [US Census, 1 June 1900],
William was Post Master, Warm Springs Bay, Alaska,
Mary died 29 Nov 1918 in Warm Springs Bay, age 47 yrs, believed to have died of flu (there being no doctor out there), bur Douglas,
he died 8 Feb 1939 in Douglas, age 78 yrs,
bur February 26, Odd Fellows Cemetery in Douglas,
[Marti Murray] lists issue Nettie McBlain, but [Cashel family tree] says she was from McBlain's 1st mar (to Miller).

Mary Cashel and her 1st husband Nehemiah Guttridge.
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Mary Cashel.
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Mary Cashel.
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