Eliza Alice5 Skolfield, known as Lida, was born 21 May 1858, at sea, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; married Solon Eben Turner, son of Nathaniel Turner and Jemima
Ramsdell, on 22 April 1885 in Brooklyn, New York, at the residence of Capt. Horatio Hall. She died 27 July 1944 in Brunswick. She is listed as Eliza A. on her marriage license issued in Brunswick, Maine. The following is from the Portland Press Herald dated 1 August 1944 under the headline Bowdoin To Get $500,000 Trust Fund: Endowment
Bequest of Lida M. Turner. Bowdoin College ultimately will receive an endowment fund of at least $500,000 from the estate of Mrs. Lida A. Turner of Brunswick under terms of
her will filed in Probate Court Monday afternoon. Income from the bequest is to be used for general college purposes. Mrs. Turner died Thursday. Her husband, Solon E. Turner, for many years a New York City contracting stevedore, died at Brunswick in 1936. Value of Mrs. Turner's estate was not estimated but cash bequests totaling $173,000 were listed in the will drawn August 29, 1941. Mrs. Frances S. Smith of 153 Maine Street,
Brunswick, a niece, and Mrs. Mary B. Skolfield of La Jolla, California, widow of Mrs. Turner's nephew, George L. Skolfield, Jr., were left $50,000 each. Mrs. Smith was left a house and land at 155 Maine Street, Brunswick, and a cottage at Mere Point and all furnishings. Alfred J. Letarte of Brunswick, Mrs. Turner's chauffeur, was left $5,000; Mrs. Emma J. Webber of New York City and Miss Isabel S. Forsaith of Brunswick, both first cousins, Mrs. Virginia W. Chapman of New York City, daughter of Mrs. Webber, and Ada Dunning of London, England, $2,000 each. The residue was left in trust to Samuel L. Forsaith, also named executor, and William H. Farrar, both of Brunswick, with the provision that income be paid annually in the following amounts: Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Brunswick, $20 each; Opportunity Farm, New Gloucester, $25; and the First Parish Church, Brunswick, $250; remaining net income to be paid quarterly to Mrs. Smith
during her lifetime in addition to payment of $5,000 annually from the principal. The trust is to terminate at Mrs. Smith's death and five trust funds are to be established, all funds to be known as Solon E. and Lida Skolfield Turner Funds, with that to Bowdoin College the
most substantial. The First Parish Church of Brunswick is to have the income from a $20,000 fund for parish work, and the Brunswick Public Library Association the income
from a $10,000 fund for maintenance and support of the library, and the Village Improvement Association of Brunswick, the income from a $10,000 fund for improvement of the so called Lower Mall. A $20,000 fund will go to the Town of Brunswick with the stipulation that the income be used to assist worthy graduates or pupils
of Brunswick High School in pursuing advanced courses of education with the determination of the recipients entrusted to the Superintendent of Schools and
Superintendent of the School committee or to such other representatives as the town may appoint for the purpose. Balance of the estate trust is to be paid to the president and trustees of Bowdoin College as an endowment fund in memory of their nephew, George L. Skolfield, Jr., "It is my expectation and desire that the bequest shall amount to the minimum of $500,000," Mrs. Turner said, adding that "if this amount cannot otherwise be realized the bequests of the First Parish Church, Brunswick Public Library Association, Brunswick Village Improvement Association are to be severally and proportionately
reduced to such an extent as may be necessary to provide Bowdoin with $500,000." Skolfield graduated from Bowdoin in the Class of 1913. He was connected for a time with
a Philadelphia shipbuilding firm; died in California in July 1941. Lida and her husband are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in her father's plot and their names and dates are
inscribed on the north side of the stone with the names and dates of her brother George Lincoln and his wife.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
Ramsdell, on 22 April 1885 in Brooklyn, New York, at the residence of Capt. Horatio Hall. She died 27 July 1944 in Brunswick. She is listed as Eliza A. on her marriage license issued in Brunswick, Maine. The following is from the Portland Press Herald dated 1 August 1944 under the headline Bowdoin To Get $500,000 Trust Fund: Endowment
Bequest of Lida M. Turner. Bowdoin College ultimately will receive an endowment fund of at least $500,000 from the estate of Mrs. Lida A. Turner of Brunswick under terms of
her will filed in Probate Court Monday afternoon. Income from the bequest is to be used for general college purposes. Mrs. Turner died Thursday. Her husband, Solon E. Turner, for many years a New York City contracting stevedore, died at Brunswick in 1936. Value of Mrs. Turner's estate was not estimated but cash bequests totaling $173,000 were listed in the will drawn August 29, 1941. Mrs. Frances S. Smith of 153 Maine Street,
Brunswick, a niece, and Mrs. Mary B. Skolfield of La Jolla, California, widow of Mrs. Turner's nephew, George L. Skolfield, Jr., were left $50,000 each. Mrs. Smith was left a house and land at 155 Maine Street, Brunswick, and a cottage at Mere Point and all furnishings. Alfred J. Letarte of Brunswick, Mrs. Turner's chauffeur, was left $5,000; Mrs. Emma J. Webber of New York City and Miss Isabel S. Forsaith of Brunswick, both first cousins, Mrs. Virginia W. Chapman of New York City, daughter of Mrs. Webber, and Ada Dunning of London, England, $2,000 each. The residue was left in trust to Samuel L. Forsaith, also named executor, and William H. Farrar, both of Brunswick, with the provision that income be paid annually in the following amounts: Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Brunswick, $20 each; Opportunity Farm, New Gloucester, $25; and the First Parish Church, Brunswick, $250; remaining net income to be paid quarterly to Mrs. Smith
during her lifetime in addition to payment of $5,000 annually from the principal. The trust is to terminate at Mrs. Smith's death and five trust funds are to be established, all funds to be known as Solon E. and Lida Skolfield Turner Funds, with that to Bowdoin College the
most substantial. The First Parish Church of Brunswick is to have the income from a $20,000 fund for parish work, and the Brunswick Public Library Association the income
from a $10,000 fund for maintenance and support of the library, and the Village Improvement Association of Brunswick, the income from a $10,000 fund for improvement of the so called Lower Mall. A $20,000 fund will go to the Town of Brunswick with the stipulation that the income be used to assist worthy graduates or pupils
of Brunswick High School in pursuing advanced courses of education with the determination of the recipients entrusted to the Superintendent of Schools and
Superintendent of the School committee or to such other representatives as the town may appoint for the purpose. Balance of the estate trust is to be paid to the president and trustees of Bowdoin College as an endowment fund in memory of their nephew, George L. Skolfield, Jr., "It is my expectation and desire that the bequest shall amount to the minimum of $500,000," Mrs. Turner said, adding that "if this amount cannot otherwise be realized the bequests of the First Parish Church, Brunswick Public Library Association, Brunswick Village Improvement Association are to be severally and proportionately
reduced to such an extent as may be necessary to provide Bowdoin with $500,000." Skolfield graduated from Bowdoin in the Class of 1913. He was connected for a time with
a Philadelphia shipbuilding firm; died in California in July 1941. Lida and her husband are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in her father's plot and their names and dates are
inscribed on the north side of the stone with the names and dates of her brother George Lincoln and his wife.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
Eliza Alice5 Skolfield, known as Lida, was born 21 May 1858, at sea, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; married Solon Eben Turner, son of Nathaniel Turner and Jemima
Ramsdell, on 22 April 1885 in Brooklyn, New York, at the residence of Capt. Horatio Hall. She died 27 July 1944 in Brunswick. She is listed as Eliza A. on her marriage license issued in Brunswick, Maine. The following is from the Portland Press Herald dated 1 August 1944 under the headline Bowdoin To Get $500,000 Trust Fund: Endowment
Bequest of Lida M. Turner. Bowdoin College ultimately will receive an endowment fund of at least $500,000 from the estate of Mrs. Lida A. Turner of Brunswick under terms of
her will filed in Probate Court Monday afternoon. Income from the bequest is to be used for general college purposes. Mrs. Turner died Thursday. Her husband, Solon E. Turner, for many years a New York City contracting stevedore, died at Brunswick in 1936. Value of Mrs. Turner's estate was not estimated but cash bequests totaling $173,000 were listed in the will drawn August 29, 1941. Mrs. Frances S. Smith of 153 Maine Street,
Brunswick, a niece, and Mrs. Mary B. Skolfield of La Jolla, California, widow of Mrs. Turner's nephew, George L. Skolfield, Jr., were left $50,000 each. Mrs. Smith was left a house and land at 155 Maine Street, Brunswick, and a cottage at Mere Point and all furnishings. Alfred J. Letarte of Brunswick, Mrs. Turner's chauffeur, was left $5,000; Mrs. Emma J. Webber of New York City and Miss Isabel S. Forsaith of Brunswick, both first cousins, Mrs. Virginia W. Chapman of New York City, daughter of Mrs. Webber, and Ada Dunning of London, England, $2,000 each. The residue was left in trust to Samuel L. Forsaith, also named executor, and William H. Farrar, both of Brunswick, with the provision that income be paid annually in the following amounts: Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Brunswick, $20 each; Opportunity Farm, New Gloucester, $25; and the First Parish Church, Brunswick, $250; remaining net income to be paid quarterly to Mrs. Smith
during her lifetime in addition to payment of $5,000 annually from the principal. The trust is to terminate at Mrs. Smith's death and five trust funds are to be established, all funds to be known as Solon E. and Lida Skolfield Turner Funds, with that to Bowdoin College the
most substantial. The First Parish Church of Brunswick is to have the income from a $20,000 fund for parish work, and the Brunswick Public Library Association the income
from a $10,000 fund for maintenance and support of the library, and the Village Improvement Association of Brunswick, the income from a $10,000 fund for improvement of the so called Lower Mall. A $20,000 fund will go to the Town of Brunswick with the stipulation that the income be used to assist worthy graduates or pupils
of Brunswick High School in pursuing advanced courses of education with the determination of the recipients entrusted to the Superintendent of Schools and
Superintendent of the School committee or to such other representatives as the town may appoint for the purpose. Balance of the estate trust is to be paid to the president and trustees of Bowdoin College as an endowment fund in memory of their nephew, George L. Skolfield, Jr., "It is my expectation and desire that the bequest shall amount to the minimum of $500,000," Mrs. Turner said, adding that "if this amount cannot otherwise be realized the bequests of the First Parish Church, Brunswick Public Library Association, Brunswick Village Improvement Association are to be severally and proportionately
reduced to such an extent as may be necessary to provide Bowdoin with $500,000." Skolfield graduated from Bowdoin in the Class of 1913. He was connected for a time with
a Philadelphia shipbuilding firm; died in California in July 1941. Lida and her husband are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in her father's plot and their names and dates are
inscribed on the north side of the stone with the names and dates of her brother George Lincoln and his wife.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
Ramsdell, on 22 April 1885 in Brooklyn, New York, at the residence of Capt. Horatio Hall. She died 27 July 1944 in Brunswick. She is listed as Eliza A. on her marriage license issued in Brunswick, Maine. The following is from the Portland Press Herald dated 1 August 1944 under the headline Bowdoin To Get $500,000 Trust Fund: Endowment
Bequest of Lida M. Turner. Bowdoin College ultimately will receive an endowment fund of at least $500,000 from the estate of Mrs. Lida A. Turner of Brunswick under terms of
her will filed in Probate Court Monday afternoon. Income from the bequest is to be used for general college purposes. Mrs. Turner died Thursday. Her husband, Solon E. Turner, for many years a New York City contracting stevedore, died at Brunswick in 1936. Value of Mrs. Turner's estate was not estimated but cash bequests totaling $173,000 were listed in the will drawn August 29, 1941. Mrs. Frances S. Smith of 153 Maine Street,
Brunswick, a niece, and Mrs. Mary B. Skolfield of La Jolla, California, widow of Mrs. Turner's nephew, George L. Skolfield, Jr., were left $50,000 each. Mrs. Smith was left a house and land at 155 Maine Street, Brunswick, and a cottage at Mere Point and all furnishings. Alfred J. Letarte of Brunswick, Mrs. Turner's chauffeur, was left $5,000; Mrs. Emma J. Webber of New York City and Miss Isabel S. Forsaith of Brunswick, both first cousins, Mrs. Virginia W. Chapman of New York City, daughter of Mrs. Webber, and Ada Dunning of London, England, $2,000 each. The residue was left in trust to Samuel L. Forsaith, also named executor, and William H. Farrar, both of Brunswick, with the provision that income be paid annually in the following amounts: Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Brunswick, $20 each; Opportunity Farm, New Gloucester, $25; and the First Parish Church, Brunswick, $250; remaining net income to be paid quarterly to Mrs. Smith
during her lifetime in addition to payment of $5,000 annually from the principal. The trust is to terminate at Mrs. Smith's death and five trust funds are to be established, all funds to be known as Solon E. and Lida Skolfield Turner Funds, with that to Bowdoin College the
most substantial. The First Parish Church of Brunswick is to have the income from a $20,000 fund for parish work, and the Brunswick Public Library Association the income
from a $10,000 fund for maintenance and support of the library, and the Village Improvement Association of Brunswick, the income from a $10,000 fund for improvement of the so called Lower Mall. A $20,000 fund will go to the Town of Brunswick with the stipulation that the income be used to assist worthy graduates or pupils
of Brunswick High School in pursuing advanced courses of education with the determination of the recipients entrusted to the Superintendent of Schools and
Superintendent of the School committee or to such other representatives as the town may appoint for the purpose. Balance of the estate trust is to be paid to the president and trustees of Bowdoin College as an endowment fund in memory of their nephew, George L. Skolfield, Jr., "It is my expectation and desire that the bequest shall amount to the minimum of $500,000," Mrs. Turner said, adding that "if this amount cannot otherwise be realized the bequests of the First Parish Church, Brunswick Public Library Association, Brunswick Village Improvement Association are to be severally and proportionately
reduced to such an extent as may be necessary to provide Bowdoin with $500,000." Skolfield graduated from Bowdoin in the Class of 1913. He was connected for a time with
a Philadelphia shipbuilding firm; died in California in July 1941. Lida and her husband are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in her father's plot and their names and dates are
inscribed on the north side of the stone with the names and dates of her brother George Lincoln and his wife.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
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