Barbara Ann Paige
Birth Name | Barbara Ann Paige |
Gender | female |
Age at Death | 69 years, 6 months, 14 days |
Narrative
Barbara's obituary says that she moved to Stamford in 1951. She and Max Knowlton are in the Bangor City Directory for 1952. Max's Social Security information says he got his SS Card in Connecticut in 1951 or 1952. There are no Knowltons in the Stamford Directory for 1953 or 1957. She and Robert Deegan are in the 1958 Stamford Directory.
Barbara's obituary says that she and Robert Deegan moved to Ridgefield in 1963. They are in the 1962 Stamford City Directory but not in the one for 1963. The first Ridgefield directory on line is for 1966 and they are listed in it.
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | August 27, 1931 | Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | ||
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Barbara Ann Paige Birth Record |
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Death | March 10, 2001 | Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States | 1 2 3 | |
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Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001, ancestry.com
----------------------------- Barbara Deegan, led Meals on Wheels Barbara Ann Deegan of 75 Sugar Loaf Mountain Road, a founder and longtime coordinator of the Meals on Wheels program in Ridgefield, died Saturday, March 10, at Danbury Hospital. She was 69 years old and the wife of Robert A. Deegan. Mrs. Deegan, an outdoorswoman from Maine, had a varied career that included serving as a nurse and working as a professional fly-tier. But she was best known in Ridgefield as a tireless volunteer and one of the people who established the successful Meals on Wheels program more than 25 years ago. A native of Old Towne, Maine, Mrs. Deegan was born on Aug. 27, 1931, a daughter of the late Augustus and Ann McAllister Paige. She grew up in Maine and attended nursing school there. In 1951, Mrs. Deegan moved to Stamford where she worked as a psychiatric nurse at the former Stamford Hall Psychiatric and Rehabilitation Hospital. Twelve years later, she and her husband moved to Ridgefield where she immediately became involved in the Ridgefield branch of the American Red Cross, at first as a donor and eventually as the chief of the Bloodmobile visits in town. She worked with the Aid to Disaster Victims program here in the 1960s, and helped manage the community shelter during the famous December 1973 ice storm that shut down the town for nearly a week. By early 1974, Mrs. Deegan had seen the need for a service that would provide nutritious food to shut-ins and others in need of delivered meals. "We want to help people widowed or living alone," she said that year. "People who have no desire to cook and are in the tea and toast syndrome. We want to help people keep their independence, stay in their homes, not have to go to a nursing home to get proper nutrition." That fall, Meals on Wheels was up and running from a kitchen at St. Mary's School basement. In its first year of operation, some 5,000 meals were served. Today, more than 16,000 are served annually. For many years, Mrs. Deegan was the chief cook, coordinator, and purchasing agent for Meals on Wheels, which grew to have more than 100 volunteers by the 1980s. The organization was often strapped for funds and she had to spend carefully. "I study the food ads on Sunday," she said in 1981, "and at 8 a.m. Monday, I'm in the grocery store, any one that has bargains." Mrs. Deegan retired from Meals on Wheels in the late 1980s. Darwin Yoran, current president of the organization, said Ridgefield's Meals on Wheels is one of the few in the state that is entirely independent of government. "Barbara and the two other founders had the foresight to establish an independent, nonaffiliated organization so we don't have any of the constraints on services or quotas to meet," he said. "We can serve the needs of Ridgefielders as the needs arise." For her work with both the Red Cross and Meals on Wheels, Mrs. Deegan was given the Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award by the Jaycees in 1975. Mrs. Deegan was also a volunteer at the Ridgefield Thrift Shop and taught needlepoint and crafts to senior citizens. She and her husband loved the outdoors and often went camping and fishing. Her interest in fishing led her to a hobby of fly-tying that turned into a profession. In the 1960s, she was supplying a half-dozen outdoor sports stores in Fairfield County with flies and other lures she created at home. They bore such colorful names as Midnight Fancy, Seboomook, Evening Star, and Marian's Favorite. "I once tried a month to make a muddler minnow," she said in a 1965 interview. "I take a great deal of pride in my flies. I feel as though I'm an artist at this." Besides her husband, Mrs. Deegan has no immediate survivors. There will be no formal funeral services.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association, 90 East Ridge, or to Meals on Wheels, 25 Gilbert Street. |
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Census | April 2, 1940 | Orland, Hancock County, Maine, United States | 1940 Augustus E Paige household | |
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1940 Census, Orland, Hancock County, Maine
Augustus E Paige, 34, 3 years high school, born in Massachusetts, electric truck operator, paper mill. worked 40 hours last week and 52 weeks last year for $1440/year. All lived in Bucksport in 1935. Ann provided the information. "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMM6-365 : accessed 29 Mar 2014), Ann M Paige in household of Augustus E Paige, Orland Town, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-38, sheet 1A, family 9, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 1479. |
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Residence | April 2, 1940 | Orland, Hancock County, Maine, United States | Orland, Maine | |
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living in Orland, Maine, when the 1940 census was taken |
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Census | April 25, 1950 | Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, United States | 34 Highland St, Sister's Hospital | 4a |
Event Note
1950 Census Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, ED 6-76, sheet 72 supplementary information for Barbara. was not living in this house a year ago. parents born in US. completed 12 years of school. worked 18 weeks last year, but "None" is checked off and circled. |
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Residence | 1952 | Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | 806 1/2 State St | |
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1952 Bangor City Directory |
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Residence | 1952 | Connecticut, United States | see Max's SSN information | 1 |
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Max Knowlton's Social Security information says he obtained his SSN in 1951 or 1952 in Connecticut. |
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Visit | August 4, 1954 | Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States | ||
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The Ellsworth American, August 4, 1954 |
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Visit | December 31, 1955 | Orland, Hancock County, Maine, United States | ||
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The Bangor Daily News, December 31, 1955 |
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Residence | 1958 | Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States | 48 Stillwater Ave | |
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1958 Stamford City Directory [note: they are not listed in Stamford in 1957] |
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Residence | 1960 | Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States | 48 Stillwater Ave | |
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1960 Stamford City Directory |
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Residence | 1961 | Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States | 48 Stillwater Ave | |
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1961 Stamford City Directory |
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Residence | 1962 | Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States | 48 Stillwater Ave | |
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1962 Stamford Directory |
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Residence | June 26, 1963 | Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States | ||
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Mr and Mrs Robert Deegan of Ridgefield, Conn., spent the weekend with her parents, Mr and Mrs Augustus Paige. |
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Residence | 1966 | Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States | Sugar Loaf Mountain Road | |
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1966 Ridgefield City Directory |
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Residence | 1986 | Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States | Sugar Loaf Mountain Road | 5 |
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U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, ancestry.com |
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Residence | 1993 | Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States | Sugar Loaf Mountain Road | 5 |
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U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, ancestry.com |
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Residence | March 2001 | Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States | Sugar Loaf Mountain Road | 3 |
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Barbara's residence at the time of her death. |
Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Augustus Ezra (“Zeke”) Paige | April 13, 1905 | June 29, 1964 | |
Mother | Ann May McAllister | December 16, 1905 | January 11, 1984 | |
Barbara Ann Paige | August 27, 1931 | March 10, 2001 |
Families
Family of Max Ernest Knowlton and Barbara Ann Paige |
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Married | Husband | Max Ernest Knowlton ( b. March 26, 1933 d. May 30, 2004 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Family of Robert W Deegan and Barbara Ann Paige |
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Married | Husband | Robert W Deegan ( b. February 8, 1931 d. August 19, 2003 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pedigree
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Augustus Ezra (“Zeke”) Paige
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Ann May McAllister
- Barbara Ann Paige
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Ann May McAllister
Source References
- original: U.S. Social Security Administration: Social Security Death Index
- Obituary
- Connecticut Death Index, ancestry.com
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1950 United States Census
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- Page: Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, ED 6-76, sheet 72
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Citation:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/17061427:62308?_phsrc=tFw357&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=Barbara&gsln=paige&ml_rpos=1&queryId=2006157a68687bf133ce45f53797be09
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- US Public Records
- Connecticut Marriage Index, ancestry and familysearch