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Melinda Etta “Minnie” <I>Bickford</I> MacPhail

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Melinda Etta “Minnie” Bickford MacPhail

Birth
Jonesport, Washington County, Maine, USA
Death
25 Aug 1945 (aged 73)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section M, Tier 21, Grave 65
Memorial ID
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Note: Cemetery records and California Death Index show last name spelled McPhail. To comply with FindAGrave naming conventions, last name was changed to match what's on the marker.

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1945 Los Angeles City death certificate #13297 available at FamilySearch;

Name: Minnie Etta McPhail

Father: Justus Bickford - Birch Harbor, Maine

Mother: Alferetta (unknown) - Jonesport, Maine

Spouse/Informant: John McPhail

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Minnie's father, Justus White Bickford, Jr (1845-1905), was born in 1845 at Prospect Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA and died 1905 in Vinelhaven, Knox, Maine, USA.

Minnie 1st married: 27 Jan 1888 in Jonesport, Washington, Maine, USA - Sea Capt Orrin Willis "Willie" Drisko (linked below). They had two children: Daughter, Faustina W (Drisko) Baxter Rowan (1890-1980), and son, Ralph Bickford Drisko, who was killed in World War I.

At some point after 1893, Minnie married John Archibald "Jack" McPhail (linked below, and buried next to her). There were no known children born to this marriage.

(Additional bio information courtesy of contributor #47142712)

Note: Cemetery records and California Death Index show last name spelled McPhail. To comply with FindAGrave naming conventions, last name was changed to match what's on the marker.

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1945 Los Angeles City death certificate #13297 available at FamilySearch;

Name: Minnie Etta McPhail

Father: Justus Bickford - Birch Harbor, Maine

Mother: Alferetta (unknown) - Jonesport, Maine

Spouse/Informant: John McPhail

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Minnie's father, Justus White Bickford, Jr (1845-1905), was born in 1845 at Prospect Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA and died 1905 in Vinelhaven, Knox, Maine, USA.

Minnie 1st married: 27 Jan 1888 in Jonesport, Washington, Maine, USA - Sea Capt Orrin Willis "Willie" Drisko (linked below). They had two children: Daughter, Faustina W (Drisko) Baxter Rowan (1890-1980), and son, Ralph Bickford Drisko, who was killed in World War I.

At some point after 1893, Minnie married John Archibald "Jack" McPhail (linked below, and buried next to her). There were no known children born to this marriage.

(Additional bio information courtesy of contributor #47142712)



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  • Created by: GVMP Vols
  • Added: Feb 3, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47541169/melinda_etta-macphail: accessed ), memorial page for Melinda Etta “Minnie” Bickford MacPhail (2 Mar 1872–25 Aug 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47541169, citing Grand View Memorial Park and Crematory, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by GVMP Vols (contributor 47223172).