Frederick Parker Bustin, my great grandfather, was born on this date in 1886, in Mechanic Settlement, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada, the ninth of nine children born to Samuel James Bustin and Mary Ross, and their seventh son.
At the age of 18, Fred emigrated to the States, ending up in Portland, Maine. His brothers Benjamin and Thomas eventually left Canada as well and came to Portland.
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| Fred Bustin As A Young Man |
Children arrived quickly for the young couple, first a daughter, and three sons thereafter:
Flora Vesta, b. 1907
Suther Ross, b. 1908
Marvin Howard, b. 1911
and
Laurence Albert, b. 1913
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In 1910, Fred went to work for the Maine Central Railroad, and worked at the Rigby Railroad Yard in South Portland.
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| Rigby Yard railroad crew. Fred, back row, 4th from left. |
Fred and Vina always lived in Morrill's Corner, in what was once known as the Deering District of Portland, at first on Morrill St., and afterwards at two different addresses on Stevens Avenue. They always kept a garden, which yielded a substantial crop of corn and pole beans.
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| Fred Bustin With A Pal In Front of 827 Stevens Ave. Morrill's Corner |
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| Fred and Vina at home |
Fred worked for the Maine Central Railroad for 50 years, as a section hand, an engine wiper, and a machinist, and in 1960 he was presented with a 50-year pass by the president of the railroad. It was noted in the railroad newsletter.
This is how I remember my great grandfather, whom we all called "Pap."
On Christmas Eve in 1965, Pap passed away at the former Osteopathic Hospital on Brighton Avenue, in Portland, Maine. He never used his 50-year pass.
He, and "Nana," are buried in Evergreen Cemetery (not far from "the Corner").
Sources:
1891 Census of Canada;
Census Place: Cardwell, Kings, New Brunswick; Roll: T-6301; Family No: 24,
Frederick G H Bustin.
1901 Census of Canada;
Census Place: Elgin, Albert, New Brunswick; Page: 9; Family No: 75, Fred
Bustin.
1910 US Census; Census
Place: Portland Ward 9, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: T624_539; Page: 1A, Fred P.
Bustin.
1920 US Census; Census
Place: Portland Ward 9, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: T625_640; Page: 4B; Enumeration
District: 59; Image: 907, Fred P. Bustin.
1930 US Census; Census
Place: Portland, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: 831; Page: 13A; Enumeration District:
0075; Image: 796.0; FHL microfilm: 2340566, Frederick P. Bustin.
1940 US Census; Census
Place: Portland, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: T627_1476; Page: 1A; Enumeration
District: 3-110, Frederick P. Bustin.
Ancestry.com. Maine,
Marriage Records, 1713-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2010, Fred Bustin and Melvina Hamilton.
Ancestry.com. Maine,
Naturalization Records - Originals, 1906-1929 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Frederick Parker Bustin.
“Fred P. Bustin,”
obituary, Portland (Maine) Press Herald, 25 December 1965.
Frederick P. Bustin
tombstone, section U, Evergreen Cemetery, Portland (Cumberland County), Maine; photographed by
Pamela Schaffner on 7 August 2009.
New Brunswick.
Registrar-General. Late Registration of
Births, 1810-1899. #1886-B148. 1944. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick,
Fredericton, NB, Canada. http://archives.gnb.ca/. Accessed
and downloaded 5/13/2012.
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This is the 29th in a series, “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks,” coordinated by Amy Johnson Crow at No Story Too Small.
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