Monthly Archives: January 2021

Dorchester Illustration no. 2495 Prendergast Preventorium

Dorchester Illustration no. 2495   Prendergast Preventorium Illustration: Photograph from Boston Traveler, October 29, 1952. Robert Love is at the left with Lorraine Ryan and Dianne Melluso. After hearing the Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, present at the Inauguration, a phrase … Continue reading

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Henry Paul Louis Bertocchi

Henry Paul Louis Bertocchi World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Henry Paul Louis Bertocchi was born on May 2, 1900, at 84 Quincy Street in Roxbury, to Antonio and Delfina (Gazza) Bertocchi. Henry’s parents were born in Italy, immigrating … Continue reading

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Hyman James Berson

Hyman James Berson World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Hyman James Berson (sometimes spelled Birson) was born in March, 1896, in Vilnius, Lithuania. His birthdate was reported as either March 20, 28, or 30. In 1906, he immigrated to … Continue reading

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Arthur Archie Bernstein

Arthur Archie Bernstein World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Arthur Archie Bernstein was born on June 15, 1895, in New York City. His father, a tailor named Hyman Bernstein, was born in Russia. His mother, Annie Feldman, was from … Continue reading

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Nathan Bensusan and Gershan Bensusan

Nathan Bensusan and Gershan Bensusan World War I Veterans By Camille Arbogast Brothers Nathan and Gershan Bensusan both served in the Quartermaster Corps during the First World War. Nathan was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, on December 10, 1890. … Continue reading

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Walter Ernest Bauer

Walter Ernest Bauer World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Walter Ernest Bauer was born on July 31, 1888, at 84 Albion Street in Roxbury. His father, John Edward Bauer, was a Bostonian of German ancestry. His mother, Emily (Trochsler), … Continue reading

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Richard Balukjian

Richard Balukjian World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Richard Balukjian, known as Dick, was born to Hagop and Anna (Panosian) Balukjian in Amasia, Shirak, Armenia, on February 25, 1893. In 1910, Dick immigrated to the United States, sailing from … Continue reading

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Thomas Bagley

Thomas Bagley World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Thomas Bagley was born in County Mayo, Ireland, most likely in either Claremorris or Ballyhaunis, to Denis and Margaret (Moran) Bagley. His birthdate was alternately reported as April 24, 1889, April … Continue reading

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Marion Frances Backer

Marion Frances Backer World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Marion Frances Backer was born on July 17, 1898, at 79 Salem Street in Boston’s North End. Her parents, Rebecca (Levin), known as Lena, and Gabriel Backer, had immigrated from … Continue reading

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Clarence Fulton Ashe

Clarence Fulton Ashe World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Clarence Fulton Ashe was born on July 27, 1890, in Saint John, New Brunswick, to Annibel Meribah (Steeves), known as Annie, and John Wilkinson Ashe. John and Annie married in … Continue reading

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