Person:Mary Austin (98)

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Mary Austin
b.10 May 1889 Fort Kent, Aroostook, Maine, United States
d.29 Mar 1925 Fort Kent, Aroostook, Maine, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 29 Sep 1888
  1. William Austin
  2. Franklin Austin
  3. Mary Austin1889 - 1925
  4. Cassius H. Austin1890 - 1976
  5. Ella Austin1894 - 1961
  6. Delia Austin1897 - 1978
  7. Viola Austin1901 - 1976
  8. Walter H. Austin1905 - 1988
  9. Catherine May Austin1908 - 1918
  10. Verginia Helen Austin1911 - 1996
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m. 21 Sep 1910
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Facts and Events
Name Mary Austin
Gender Female
Birth? 10 May 1889 Fort Kent, Aroostook, Maine, United States
Marriage 21 Sep 1910 Fort Kent, Aroostook, Maine, United Statesto William F Gage
Death? 29 Mar 1925 Fort Kent, Aroostook, Maine, United States

Mary was the firstborn of Frank and Delia Austin's children. Mary was helped her mother with her post office duties, one of which was to put the mail bag out for the train to catch as it passed through Fort Kent Mills. Mary would retrieve the sack that was tossed from the train. In those days the train had a mail car where the mailman actually sorted the mail and bagged it for the towns along the track. In this way, Mary and William Gage became acquainted, he the engineer and she the beautiful girl who waited for the mail.

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