Query 853
Matthews - Cox: I am seeking information on my Grandmother Louise (Cox) Matthews, who was born in the late 1890s in Perry, Maine, to John and Abbie (Dean) Cox. Her siblings were: Edward, Roy, Silas, Gertrude, John, Elizabeth, William and Merton. Louise was married in 1912 at Baileyville, Maine to David Oscar Matthews, who was born at St. George. They had 4 children all born in Woodland-Bailyville Maine area: Thelma, Alice, Pearl and Harry. In1920 they were divorced and at time Pearl and Alice were boarded with the Harris M. Choate family of  in Alexander, Maine and Thelma went to the Alden C. Perkins family of  in Alexander. My father Harry at the age of one year was given to Lewis Frye, in Woodland, Maine. The last record I have of my grandmother Louise Cox Matthews was in1920, when she was keeping house for Albert Robinson of Upper Mills, Charlotte County and she was charged with the murder of her illegitimate infant but was found not guilty. Can anyone help me locate information on my grandmother and her life after 1920?
Evelyn Roman, P. O. Box 604, Searsport, Maine, 04974, USA. E-mail to msbruno@acadia.net

Query 854
Reid - Mather - Kimble - O'Hara: I am looking for the descendants of Harriet Eliza Reid, born May 12, 1810 and Alexander Mather who were married September 27, 1830. Their children were: George (baptized 1834,  St. Andrew's Kirk, Saint John, N. B.) and Jane (baptized 1839,  St. Andrew's Kirk, Saint John, N. B.) There may have been other family members. I would also like to find information on the descendants of the following: Lilley Reid, born October 6, 1816 who married John Kimble of Kingston Parish on January 24, 1839 as well as Mary Ann Reid, born June 15, 1820 who married William Francis O'Hara of Saint John City on June 24, 1851.  Marriage performed by Robert Cooney.
 -Vonda M. Adams, 608-611 University Drive, Saskatoon, Sk., Canada, S7N 3Z1. Telephone 1-306-244-5258. E-mail ev.adams@home.com.