My 'Maine' Grandparents

My grandfather was:

Cecil Roy MacNeil 

(He spelled it McNeil... not sure why.)

He was born on March 5, 1908 in Bath, Maine

to James Roderick MacNeil and Annie Augusta (Barnes) MacNeil.

My grandmother was:

 Ethel Sparrow (Jacobs) MacNeil

She was born on June 24, 1911 in Portland, Maine

to Walter Randall Jacobs and Ethel Bliss (Sparrow) Jacobs.

Cecil and Ethel were married on November 7, 1931.

(Divorced sometime in the 1970's)

Ethel S. Jacobs and Cecil R. MacNeil

The couple had 6 children in the course of their marriage.

(Dates listed for those that have already died, no dates available for those still living, and I'll get to who married who, later.)

Walter Jacobs MacNeil

B. May 5, 1932

D. October 11, 1998

Franklin R. MacNeil (Living)

Frances Jacobs MacNeil

B. August 17, 1935

D. March 27, 2005

Gordon Conrad MacNeil

B. December 23, 1937

D. August 27, 2008

Alice E. MacNeil (Living)

Raymond R. MacNeil (Living)

Cecil died on March 29, 1980 in Gardiner, Maine.

Ethel died on August 6, 2008 in Freeport, Maine.

Cecil R. MacNeil is buried in the MacNeil family plot at Oak Grove Cemetary

- Bath, Maine

  

Ethel is buried in the Sparrow family plot at Evergreen Cemetary - Portland, Maine