Mildred Marie BOQUEL

1903 - 1987  (83 years)

• Name	Mildred Marie BOQUEL  [1, 2]
  Relationship	with Regis John CARR
  Born	09 DEC 1903	Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1910	Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 47 433 Agustus Boquell Head Male White abt 1867 43 Married Pennsylvania Ireland Ireland 48 433 Cassie Boquell Wife Female White abt 1871 39 Married New Jersey Ireland Ireland 49 433 Peter Boquell Son Male White abt 1900 10 Single New Jersey Pennsylvania New Jersey 50 433 Mildrid Boquell Daughter Female White abt 1903 7 Single New Jersey Pennsylvania New Jersey   Transcript ID is  dbid=7884&iid=31111_4330912-00691
  Residence	31 MAY 1916	544 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA
  Education	27 JUN 1918
  St Bridget's Grammar School
  Occupation	1920	Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA
  Secretary at the Dixon Pencil Factory
  RJCarr (25 NOV 2007): After high school graduation Mildred was alleged to have been escorted around the corner by a nun and introduced to the management at the Dixon Pencil factory where she was given a job. She would continue to work there until shortly before her death. She never married. She inherited an excellent coin collection that was stolen from her home late in her life. Wikipedia: In 1827, Joseph Dixon began his business in Salem,Massachusetts and, with his son, was involved with the Tantiusques granite mine in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Dixon discovered the merits of graphite as a stove polish and an additive in lubricants, foundry facings, brake linings, oil-less bearings, and non-corrosive paints.He also refined the use of graphite crucibles, refractory vessels used for melting metallic minerals. A heat-resistant graphite crucible he invented was widely used in the production of iron and steel during the Mexican-American War. This invention's success led Dixon to build a New Jersey crucible factory in 1847. The Dixon Ticonderoga is a pencil model distributed by the Dixon Ticonderoga Company, which was originally located in downtown jersey city, New Jersey. While their products are akin to those of similar companies, because of the company's 19th century origins and large size this brand name has long been a fixture of life in the united states and elsewhere, especially for primary school children. during the 1860s, people typically wrote with quill pens and ink even though Dixon introduced graphite pencils in 1829. But the American Civil war created a demand for a dry, clean, portable writing instrument and led to the mass production of pencils. At the time of Joseph Dixon's death in 1869, the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company was the largest manufacturer of graphite products in the world. By 1870, The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company was the worlds largest dealer and consumer of graphite. By 1872 the Dixon company was making 86,000 pencils a day.
  Census	1930	Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 20 1 August Boquel Head Male White abt 1866 64 Pennsylvania France Irish Free State 21 1 Cassie Boquel Wife Female White abt 1866 64 New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey 22 1 Mildred Boquel Daughter Female White abt 1903 27 New Jersey Pennsylvania New Jersey   Transcript ID is  dbid=6224&iid=4660905_00308
  Census	1940	Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 31 253 Michael Byrnes Head Male White abt 1871 69 Widowed Eire Blacksmith 32 253 Matthew Byrnes Son Male White abt 1899 41 Single New Jersey Bus Owner 33 253 Cornelius Byrnes Son Male White abt 1905 35 Single New Jersey Chauffeur 34 253 Eileen Gomperts Granddaughter Female White abt 1918 22 Single New Jersey 35 253 Mildred Boquel Head Female White abt 1900 40 Single New Jersey Stenographer   Transcript ID is  dbid=2442&iid=m-t0627-02407-00378
  Died	6 JAN 1987	Manasquan, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  Age	83 years
  Buried	Aft 06 JAN 1987	Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, Bergen, New Jersey, USA
  View memorial: 98171518.
  Person ID	I110	Carr-Scott
  Last Modified	7 FEB 2016

  
  

  Father	Augustus William BOQUEL           b. 1866, Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA           d. Bef 13 MAR 1940, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Cathryn MCMULLEN           b. 1871, New Jersey, USA           d. Bef 09 JAN 1930, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Married	Abt 1899
  Family ID	F257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 09 DEC 1903 - Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA Census - 1910 - Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA Residence - 31 MAY 1916 - 544 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Secretary at the Dixon Pencil Factory - 1920 - Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA Census - 1930 - Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA Census - 1940 - Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA Died - 6 JAN 1987 - Manasquan, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Buried - Aft 06 JAN 1987 - Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, Bergen, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Documents » Slide Show	5 documents
  	Boquel, Mildred: 1916 Circle Club meeting Mildred hosted a Daisy Circle Club meeting at her parent's home at 544 Montgomery Street, Jesey City, NJ. While I can't find explicit reference, it appears that a Daisy Circle was a name for an early Girl Scout group...organized by Juliette "Daisy" Gordon in 1912. It would be the equivalent of a Cub Scout Den?
  	Boquel, Mildred: 1987 Prayer card This prayer card was distributed to the friends and family of Mildred Marie Boquel by the Colonial Funeral Home in Manasquan, NJ.
  	Boquel, Mildred: 1918 St Bridget Grammar School Graduation Mildred is shown graduating from St. Bridget's Grammar School "Commercial Class" on the evening of 27 June 1918. If commercial class is equivalent to secretarial school, that lends exceptional credence to the family story that she was accompanied by a nun the short 2.5 blocks north to the Dixon Pencil Company for employment! Mildred remined employed by Dixon for all of her years of employment. (Article is in the upper left of the full page of the newspaper.)
  	Boquel, Adelaide: 1922 Jersey City Directory Adelaide, Florence, Frank, Joseph, Joseph W and Catherine were living at 27 Westervelt Place. August, Cassie, Perry and Mildred were living at 544 Montgomery
  	Boquel, Mildred: 1918 St Bridget Graduation Article is in the upper left of the full page of the newspaper.

  
  

  Headstones

  Boquel, Augustus (1866-1940) Plot: Block 8, Section A, Grave 120

  
  

• Sources

  [S250] 1930 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey; Roll: 1352; Page: 41A; Enumeration District: 76; Image: 302.0; FHL microfilm: 2341087. Record for Mildred Boquel [S378] 1940 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey; Roll: T627_2407; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 24-214. Record for Mildred Boquel