Gordon Ropes Cantell

M, #4752, b. Apr 5, 1906, d. Dec 29, 1954
Relationship1st cousin 2 times removed of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr.
Pedigree
ChartsCantell Descendants Chart
Father*Merritt Burton Cantell b. Feb 16, 1879, d. Sep 9, 1948
Mother*Eva May Shufelt b. Aug 9, 1876, d. Nov 8, 1969

Family

Helen M. Snow b. May 24, 1906

Chronological Events

Birth*Apr 5, 1906 Gordon Ropes Cantell was born on Apr 5, 1906 at Montgomery, Franklin County, Vermont, United States. 
 He was the son of Merritt Burton Cantell and Eva May Shufelt. 
Marriage*circa 1928 Gordon Ropes Cantell married Helen M. Snow, daughter of William Joseph Snow and Mary Ann Minahan, circa 1928. 
Milit-Beg*Dec 12, 1940 Gordon Ropes Cantell began military service on Dec 12, 1940 at Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States, in Quartermaster Corps. (Marital Status - Single) Serial No. 11014368. 
Death*Dec 29, 1954 He died on Dec 29, 1954, at age 48 at West Enosburg, Franklin County, Vermont, United States, from asphyxia - smoke inhalation, in a fire that swept his second-floor apartment, over a blacksmith shop.1,2 
ObituaryDec 30, 1954  OBITUARY: GORDON R. D. CANTELL, 48, a barber, died Dec. 29, 1954, in a fire which swept his second-floor apartment, over a blacksmith shop. Firemen found his charred body on the pantry floor.

Cantell and Robert Kittell, 12, of East Richford, a visitor, had fled the burning building but Cantell re-entered, presumably in an effort to save money recently acquired through sale of Enosburg property.

Kittell told officials a bedroom oil heater tank was leaking when he and Cantell retired for the night. The boy was not injured but suffered from shock and was taken to his parents’ home.

Published in The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass - Thursday, December 30, 1954.3

 
Burial*Dec 31, 1954 He was buried on Dec 31, 1954 at Montgomery Center Cemetery, Montgomery Center, Franklin County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 33578124.4 

Military *

 

Listed as a Military Veteran who served in wartime combat in World War 2.

 

Citations

  1. [S4094] Vermont - Death Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S623] Newspaper - GenealogyBank.com, online at GenealogyBank.com.
  3. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  4. [S80] Gravestones - Death Cert Proof, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.

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