The Long and Winding Tree of Olive Maloon Cilley, Carmel & Waterville, Maine, 1890s

 

"Gram Brown's sister Olive Maloone"

Almost ten years ago now, I wrote a blog post about a baby picture of Lottie Brown that had the most complicated set of family relationships I've encountered here on FPR. Revisit that one here to see what I mean.

One name that kept popping up when researching the little girl was Olive Maloon, who was probably her aunt. I don't know why I didn't catch on then, but I just discovered a photograph of Olive in my collection. Olive's dress, particularly the tight sleeves, peaked shoulders and a hairstyle with frizzy curls that frame her face points to a date of around 1890-1892.

The photographer was Ferdinand Cortez Nealey who operated studios in Brooks and Winterport, Maine at the time this photograph was taken. Someone has written, "Gram Brown's sister Olive Maloone," on the back of the cabinet card.

Olive was born in Carmel, Maine in June of 1872 to James Albert Maloon and Alice E. Conant Maloon. Olive had two sisters, Ida Mae, born in 1874 and Ora Jenny, in 1880. Ida married twice, first to William Cassidy in 1888, and then to the widower Joseph Edward Brown in 1899. Perhaps the mystery child in my previous post was the daughter of Joseph and Jenny. Olive worked as a shop girl prior to her marriage to Shederick W. Cilley, a press-cutter. The couple had seven children in their household: Valeria, b. 1906; Clarence, b. 1891; Merle, b. 1901; Edna, b. 1914; Alice Brown, b 1896; Clyde, b. 1904; and Raymond, b. 1910. If you had a close read of the comments section in the earlier post, we learned that Clarence may have been adopted. I suspect Alice may also be an adoptee.

Olive died in 1948 and is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville, Maine. If you have Olive in your tree, and you'd like to share more about her life, I'd love to hear from you.

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"Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCNT-YYN : 27 November 2014), Shadrack W Cilley and Olive E Maloon, 20 Dec 1895; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-QB9X-68?cc=1803978&wc=71R8-FMK%3A1029440301%2C1029447801 : 04-12-2021), Marriage of Joseph A Brown to Ida M. Cassidy, 30 Jan 1899, Burnham, ME. Vital records 1892-1907 > Brown, 1893-1904 > image 2129 of 4026; multiple sources, Maine.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQM-YR3 : 19 November 2021), Olive E. Maloon in household of Albert Maloon, Carmel, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm

"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ3K-32S : 2 March 2021), Olive E Maloon in entry for Valiria G Cilley, 13 May 1906; citing Hermon, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-4Z2M : 2 March 2021), Olive V Maloon in entry for Clarence A Cilley and Carrie Copeland, 30 May 1912; citing Houlton, Aroostook, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR34-2C6 : accessed 4 December 2021), Olive E Cilley in household of Shredric W Cilley, Waterville Ward 1, Kennebec, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 121, sheet 7A, family 126, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 542; FHL microfilm 1,374,555.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMDM-SHB : accessed 4 December 2021), Olive E Cilley in household of Shedrick W Cilley, Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 16A, line 20, family 374, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 834; FHL microfilm 2,340,569.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMMF-RPK : 5 January 2021), Olive E Cilley, Waterville, Waterville, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-60, sheet 3B, line 71, family 64, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1481.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158587798/olive-e-cilley : accessed 04 December 2021), memorial page for Olive E Maloon Cilley (Jun 1872–1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 158587798, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Sky at blueskyzupabove@zoho.com (contributor 47507075) . 

"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F4-52R : 14 January 2020), Ida M. Maloon in entry for William Cassidy, 17 Nov 1888.