Individual Details
Freda Mae Grant
(30 Sep 1914 - 27 Nov 2010)
Events
| Birth | 30 Sep 1914 | Canterbury, Canterbury Parish, York, New Brunswick, Canada |  | ||
| Immigration | Abt 1916 | Crystal, Aroostook, Maine | |||
| Graduation | 1933 | Island Falls High School, Island Falls, Aroostook, Maine | | ||
| Occupation | secretary for 25 years - the office of Walter Cowan, lawyer and Judge of Probate, Houlton, Aroostook, Maine | | |||
| Marriage | 1949 | Living | |||
| Death | 27 Nov 2010 | Houlton Regional Hospital, Houlton, Aroostook, Maine | | ||
| Bio Note | About 1954,, Freda was appointed by Governor Burton Cross as the first and only woman recorder of Houlton Municipal Court, and only the second woman appointed in Aroostook County. In this capacity she was authorized to act as judge numerous times whenever the municipal judge was unavailable. With the establishment of the Maine District Court in 1962, Chief Justice Arthur Chapman appointed Freda as clerk of the district. In 1978, Governor James Longley appointed her a lifetime Dedimus Justice. | |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Living |
| Mother | Lillian Isabell Grant (1893 - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Eva Louella Grant (1916 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
Endnotes
1. Freda Mae Grant Carson obituary, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, 1 December 2010, p. B6, col. 4.
2. Freda Mae Grant Carson obituary, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, 1 December 2010, p. B6, col. 4.
3. Freda Mae Grant Carson obituary, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, 1 December 2010, p. B6, col. 4.
4. Freda Mae Grant Carson obituary, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, 1 December 2010, p. B6, col. 4.
5. Freda Mae Grant Carson obituary, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine, 1 December 2010, p. B6, col. 4.