[29757]
Henry m. Anna Maria _____ (b. 1797, d. 6 Sept 1870). This line is from descendant Dan Thornton
[19032]
NEGHR 150:324 shows her husband as Hugh Shirley (d. 1403); they as parents of Ralph Shirley who m. Joan Basset and had Ralph Shirley of Wiston (in 1449) and Beatrix Shirley who m. John Brome (d. 1483) from whom descends Thomas Dudley of New England colonial fame.
[53852]
The unverified file LTCT-GB2 in familysearch.org offers: "When Lawrence Karst Gessner was born on 22 October 1928, his father, Lawrence George Gessner, was 24 and his mother, Mable Josephine Karst, was 25. He married Anne M. Conner on 18 July 1953, in New Hampshire, United States. He lived in North Plainfield, Somerset, New Jersey, United States in 1940. He died on 16 January 2005, in Madison, Morris, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 76."
[11477]
Sir Robert's wife, Elizabeth, predeceased him. They had Robert de Holand on whom Sir Robert settled the manors of Nether Kellt, Wanborough and Denford. Robert d.v.p. 1372/3 but m. ca. 1355 and had Maud de Holand (b. ca. 1356, heir to her grandfather, Lord Holand - she d. May 7, 1423 - she m. Sir John Lovel, K.G., Lord Lovel and Holand of Titmarsh [d. Sept. 10, 1408]). See "Magna Carta Ancestry," Douglas Richardson (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005), p. 431.
[5526]
AKA Anna Charlotte Amalia of Nassau-Dietz. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalia_of_Nassau-Dietz which reports "Her husband died shortly after the birth of their second child. Afterward she suffered a chronic nervous disease."
[44674]
Lewis and Rebecca had Annie Ritzman Guldin (1874-1953) & Malvina Ritzman Bear (1876-1963).
[11932]
Sir Humphrey, Knight of Grafton, commissioner in 1436, was living in 1467. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STAFFORD2.htm reports that Humphrey was also Governor of Calais.
"The Ellsworth American [Ellsworth, Maine], 1 October 2013":
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Beatrice DE BRAOSE
[19032]
____ - 1440
Father: Peter II DE BRAOSE
Mother: Joan DE PERCY
_William DE BRAOSE ____________+
| (.... - 1210) m 1197
_John DE BRAOSE ______________|_Maud (or Matilda) DE CLARE ___
| (.... - 1232) m 1220 (.... - 1213)
_William I DE BRAOSE _|
| (.... - 1291) |
| | _Llewellyn "Fawr" ap IORWORTH _+
| | | (1173 - 1240) m 1205
| |_Margaret, Princess of WALES _|_Joan, Princess of WALES ______
| (.... - 1264) m 1220 (.... - 1237)
_Peter I DE BRAOSE __|
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| | _William DE ROS _______________+
| | | (.... - 1258)
| | _Robert DE ROS _______________|_Lucia Fitz PIERS _____________
| | | (.... - 1285)
| |_Mary DE ROS _________|
| (.... - 1326) |
| | _William D'AUBIGNY ____________+
| | | (.... - 1285)
| |_Isabel D'ALBINI _____________|_Albreda BISET ________________
| (.... - 1301)
_Peter II DE BRAOSE _|
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|--Beatrice DE BRAOSE
| (.... - 1440)
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| _Nicholas DE PERCY __|
| | (.... - 1324) |
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|_Joan DE PERCY ______|
(1322 - ....) |
| _______________________________
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| ______________________________|_______________________________
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| _Walter DE FOLIOT ____|
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| | |______________________________|_______________________________
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|_Joan FOLIOT ________|
(1304 - ....) |
| _______________________________
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|_Ada DE SANFORD ______|
(.... - 1331) |
| _______________________________
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William FISKE
1518 - 30 JAN 1578
Family 1
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Lawrence Karst GESSNER
[53852]
22 OCT 1928 - 16 JAN 2005
Family 1
: Anne M. CONNER
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Sir Robert de Holand, Lord HOLAND
[11477]
CA. 1312 - 16 MAR 1373
Father: Sir Robert DE HOLAND
Mother: Maud ZOUCHE
Family 1
:
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_Robert DE HOLLAND _________|_______________________________
| (.... - 1242)
_Thurston DE HOLAND ____|
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| |_Cecily DE COLUMBERS _______|_______________________________
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_Sir Robert DE HOLAND ____|
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_Sir Robert DE HOLAND _|
| (1270 - 1328) |
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| | _Roger DE SALMESBURY _______|_______________________________
| | | (1193 - ....)
| | _William DE SALMESBURY _|
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| | | |_Margaret FITZOSBERT _______|_______________________________
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| |_Elizabeth DE SALMESBURY _|
| (1256 - ....) |
| | _______________________________
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| | _William DE NORTON _________|_______________________________
| | | (1190 - ....)
| |_Avena DE NORTON _______|
| (1231 - ....) |
| | _______________________________
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| |____________________________|_______________________________
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|
|--Sir Robert de Holand, Lord HOLAND
| (.... - 1373)
| _Roger La ZOUCHE ______________+
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| _Alan La ZOUCHE ____________|_Margaret BISSET ______________
| | (.... - 1267) (.... - 1231)
| _Sir Roger La ZOUCHE ___|
| | (.... - 1285) |
| | | _Roger DE QUINCY ______________+
| | | | (.... - 1264)
| | |_Elena ("Helen") DE QUINCY _|_Lady Elena of GALLOWAY _______
| | (.... - 1296) (1208 - 1245)
| _Alan La ZOUCHE __________|
| | (1267 - 1314) |
| | | _William (I) LONGESPéE _______+
| | | | (1176 - 1226) m 1196
| | | _Stephen LONGESPéE ________|_Ela DEVEREAUX ________________
| | | | (1216 - 1260) (1187 - 1261)
| | |_Ela LONGESPéE ________|
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| | | _Walter DE RIDELISFORD ________+
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| | |_Emmeline DE RIDLESFORD ____|_Annora _______________________
| | (.... - 1276)
|_Maud ZOUCHE __________|
(1289 - 1341) |
| _Stephen DE SEGRAVE ___________+
| | (1176 - 1241)
| _Gilbert DE SEGRAVE ________|_______________________________
| | (.... - 1254) m 1231
| _Nicholas SEGRAVE ______|
| | (1237 - 1295) |
| | | _Robert DE CHAUCOMBE __________
| | | | (1180 - ....)
| | |_Amabil CHAUCOMBE __________|_______________________________
| | (.... - 1281) m 1231
|_Eleanor SEGRAVE _________|
(.... - 1314) |
| _Walter II DE LACY ____________+
| | (1172 - 1241) m 1200
| _Gilbert DE LACY ___________|_Margaret DE BRAOSE ___________
| | (.... - 1230) m 1225 (.... - 1210)
|_Maud LACY _____________|
(1230 - 1304) |
| _Hugh Bigod, Earl of PEMBROKE _+
| | (.... - 1225) m 1207
|_Isabel BIGOD ______________|_Maud (aka Matilda) MARSHALL __
(.... - 1301) m 1225 (.... - 1248)
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Walter Lee (Jr) HOLLAND
17 JAN 1905 - 30 JUL 1988
Family 1
: Doris Mildred LEIGHTON
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Charlotte Amalie of ORANGE
[5526]
13 OCT 1710 - 17 SEP 1777
Father: Jan Willem Friso, Prince of ORANGE
Mother: Marie Louise "Maaike Meu" of HESSE-CASSEL
Family 1
: Friedrich Magnus, Prince of BADEN
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_Hendrik Casimir II, Prince of NASSAU _|
| (1657 - 1696) |
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_Jan Willem Friso, Prince of ORANGE ________|
| (1687 - 1711) m 1709 |
| | __________________________________________
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| | _John Casimir, Prince of ANHALT-DESSAU __|__________________________________________
| | | (1596 - 1660) m 1623
| | _Johann Georg II, Prince of ANHALT-DESSAU _|
| | | (1627 - 1693) m 1659 |
| | | | _Moritz "The Learned" of HESSE-CASSEL ____+
| | | | | (1572 - 1632) m 1603
| | | |_Agnes of HESSE-KASSEL __________________|_Juliane of NASSAU-DILLENBURG ____________
| | | (1606 - 1650) m 1623 (1587 - 1643)
| |_Henrietta Amalie of ANHALT-DESSAU ____|
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| | _William "The Silent", Prince of ORANGE __+
| | | (1533 - 1584)
| | _Frederick Henry, Prince of ORANGE ______|_Louise DE COLIGNY _______________________
| | | (1583 - 1647)
| |_Henriette Catherine of NASSAU ____________|
| (1637 - 1708) m 1659 |
| | __________________________________________
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| |_Amalie zu SOLMS-BRAUNFELS ______________|__________________________________________
| (1602 - 1675)
|
|--Charlotte Amalie of ORANGE
| (1710 - 1777)
| _Moritz "The Learned" of HESSE-CASSEL ____+
| | (1572 - 1632) m 1593
| _Wilhelm V, Landgrave of HESSE-CASSEL ___|_Agnes of SOLMS-LAUBACH __________________
| | (.... - 1637) m 1619 (1578 - 1692)
| _Wilhelm VI, Landgrave of HESSE-CASSEL ____|
| | (1629 - 1663) m 1649 |
| | | _Filips Lodewijk II of HANAU-MüNZENBERG _
| | | | (1576 - 1612) m 1596
| | |_Amalie Elisabeth of HANAU-MüNZENBERG __|_Catharina BELGICA _______________________
| | (1602 - 1651) m 1619 (1578 - 1648)
| _Karl, Landgrave of HESSE-CASSEL ______|
| | (1654 - 1730) |
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| | |_Hedwig Sohpie VON BRANDENBURG ____________|
| | (1623 - 1683) m 1649 |
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|_Marie Louise "Maaike Meu" of HESSE-CASSEL _|
(1688 - 1765) m 1709 |
| _Gotthard VON KETTLER ____________________
| | (1517 - 1587) m 1566
| _Wilhelm KETTLER ________________________|_Anna, Duchess of MECKLENBURG ____________
| | (1574 - 1640) (1533 - 1602)
| _Jacob KETTLER ____________________________|
| | (1610 - 1682) m 1645 |
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| | |_Sophia of BRANDENBURG-PRUSSIA __________|__________________________________________
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|_Marie Amalie of COURLAND _____________|
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| _George William, Elector of BRANDENBURG _|__________________________________________
| | (1595 - 1640) m 1616
|_Louise Charlotte of BRANDENBURG __________|
(1617 - 1676) m 1645 |
| _Frederick IV, Elector PALATINE __________
| | (1574 - 1610)
|_Elisabeth Charlotte of the PALATINATE __|_Louise Juliana VON ORANGE-NASSAU ________
(1597 - 1660) m 1616
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Lewis A. RITZMAN
[44674]
14 MAR 1846 - 25 FEB 1923
Father: William RITZMAN
Mother: Mary GAILWIGS
Family 1
: Rebecca KAHLEY
_Johann RITZMAN __________________+
| (1668 - 1723) m 1693
_John Jacob RITZMAN _____|_Anna Barbara RENTZ ______________
| (1708 - 1755) m 1734
_Peter RITZMAN ______|
| (1735 - 1796) m 1757|
| | __________________________________
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| |_Eva Margaretha KRIEGER _|__________________________________
| m 1734
_John RITZMAN _______|
| (1772 - 1827) m 1796|
| | __________________________________
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| | _Martin STUPP ___________|__________________________________
| | | (.... - 1755)
| |_Christina STUPP ____|
| m 1757 |
| | __________________________________
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| |_Anna Catharina SCHULTZ _|__________________________________
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_William RITZMAN ____|
| (1804 - 1880) m 1829|
| | _Johann Caspar STRAUSS ___________+
| | | (1688 - 1754) m 1709
| | _Albrecht STRAUSS _______|_Maria Barbara LOSCH _____________
| | | (1711 - 1787) (1685 - 1759)
| | _John Jacob STRAUSS _|
| | | (1737 - 1780) m 1759|
| | | | _Johann Martin (Zirben or) ZERBE _+
| | | | | (1671 - ....) m 1697
| | | |_Maria Margaretta ZERBE _|_Anna Elizabeth JUNGEL ___________
| | | (1715 - 1787) (.... - 1750)
| |_Catherine STRAUSS __|
| (1778 - 1857) m 1796|
| | _Johannes Michael BRECHT _________+
| | | (1662 - 1719) m 1684
| | _Johann Stephan BRECHT __|_Anna Katharina HOFFMAN __________
| | | (1692 - 1747) m 1725 (1664 - ....)
| |_Elizabeth BRECHT ___|
| (1738 - 1795) m 1759|
| | __________________________________
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| |_Anna Praxedis KRAEMER __|__________________________________
| (1705 - 1745) m 1725
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|--Lewis A. RITZMAN
| (1846 - 1923)
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|_Mary GAILWIGS ______|
(1813 - 1849) m 1829|
| __________________________________
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|_____________________|
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|_________________________|__________________________________
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Humphrey STAFFORD
[11932]
1400 - 7 JUN 1450
Father: Humphrey STAFFORD
Mother: Elizabeth BURDET
Family 1
: Eleanor AYLESBURY
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_John STAFFORD ______|
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| |_________________________________________|_______________________________________
|
_Ralph DE STAFFORD __|
| (.... - 1410) |
| | _Edmund Stafford, First Lord STAFFORD _+
| | | (1272 - 1308)
| | _Ralph Stafford, First Earl of STAFFORD _|_Margaret BASSET ______________________
| | | (1301 - 1372) (.... - 1337)
| |_Margaret STAFFORD __|
| |
| | _Hugh AUDLEY __________________________+
| | | (1289 - 1347) m 1317
| |_Margaret AUDLEY ________________________|_Margaret CLARE _______________________
| (1310 - 1347) (1293 - 1342)
_Humphrey STAFFORD __|
| (1384 - 1419) |
| | _______________________________________
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| | _____________________|
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| | | |_________________________________________|_______________________________________
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| |_Maud DE HASTANG ____|
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| | _______________________________________
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| | _________________________________________|_______________________________________
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| |_____________________|
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| |_________________________________________|_______________________________________
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|
|--Humphrey STAFFORD
| (1400 - 1450)
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| | |_____________________|
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| | |_________________________________________|_______________________________________
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|_Elizabeth BURDET ___|
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| _______________________________________
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| _________________________________________|_______________________________________
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| _____________________|
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| | |_________________________________________|_______________________________________
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|_________________________________________|_______________________________________
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Bernard C. STAPLES
[51089]
4 NOV 1932 - 26 SEP 2013
Father: Clark Russell STAPLES
Mother: Olive L. PARKS
_Joshua STAPLES _________+
| (1783 - 1861) m 1805
_Johnson STAPLES ____|_Mary ("Polly") CLOSSON _
| (1826 - 1904) m 1848 (1787 - 1866)
_Dana W. STAPLES ____|
| (1850 - 1906) m 1872|
| | _________________________
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| |_Lucy Ann CHATTO ____|_________________________
| (1831 - 1887) m 1848
_Russell Roy STAPLES _|
| (1883 - 1908) m 1904 |
| | _________________________
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| | _____________________|_________________________
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| |_Eliza F. SARGENT ___|
| (1853 - 1946) m 1872|
| | _________________________
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| |_____________________|_________________________
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_Clark Russell STAPLES _|
| (1905 - 1990) m 1930 |
| | _________________________
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| | _____________________|_________________________
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| | _____________________|
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| | | | _________________________
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| | | |_____________________|_________________________
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| |_Leslie E. OTT _______|
| (1888 - 1918) m 1904 |
| | _________________________
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| | _____________________|_________________________
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| |_____________________|
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| |_____________________|_________________________
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|
|--Bernard C. STAPLES
| (1932 - 2013)
| _________________________
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| | |_____________________|
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| | |_____________________|_________________________
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|_Olive L. PARKS ________|
(1910 - 2005) m 1930 |
| _________________________
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| _____________________|_________________________
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| _____________________|
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| | |_____________________|_________________________
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|_____________________|_________________________
Bar Harbor - The Honorable Bernard C. Staples of Bar Harbor entered the house of his Father on Sept. 26, 2013, after a long illness that resulted in a blessedly short decline. Bernard was affectionately known to all of his friends as 'Bernie.' He was born Nov. 4, 1932, to Clark R. Staples and Olive Parks Staples.
Bernie graduated from Rockland High School, then received his Bachelor of Arts in Classics, studying Latin and Greek, from Bates College in 1955. He spent two years in the United States Army, and taught high school for a year. He then went to Boston University Law School and graduated with honors in 1961, earning a spot as a senior editor of the Law Review.
Bernie then worked as an attorney for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in West Virginia, returned to Maine, and entered into practice with Ralph Masterman in Bar Harbor. Bernie married Jeanette Staples in 1964, and the couple had a daughter, Heather, in 1967. Jeanette retired from her employ as librarian at the Jesup Memorial Library, and Bernie continued in his practice, notably as county attorney for Hancock County for a term.
Bernie worked long hours as an attorney, focusing his practice on transactional law. He also did public defense work, and included among his cases a homicide matter. Bernie also practiced municipal law, and was town and city attorney to many of the municipalities in the area. He was appointed to the District Court bench in February 1989, serving in Belfast for a time. He also served the court in Bar Harbor until that court was closed in 2005. Notably, Bernie was the District Court judge in Ellsworth for over 21 years. During his time on the bench, he oversaw thousands of cases, primarily involving family law, child protective and criminal law matters. Bernie took his responsibility as the judge in Hancock County very seriously, spending most weekends in his office writing decisions. Above all, he believed that serving the citizens of Hancock County meant serving not only the adults, but most importantly the children in the family law and child protective matters he dealt with most days.
Bernie retired in 2010, and enrolled in Grace Evangelical Seminary in Bangor. A deeply religious man, he enjoyed the education he received, keeping himself fully engaged studying Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic. He welcomed all of his church family entirely into his life as close members of his community, and continued to be involved with them until his passing. Bernie was a member of the Church of Our Father in Hulls Cove for decades, but also enjoyed being a part of the church communities at the Southwest Harbor Congregational Church and the Tremont Congregational Church. Bernie also was very involved in his community in roles other than as a judge and devout Christian; he was part of the SAFE Family Exchange in Hancock County, which provides a safe and peaceful setting for high conflict families to exchange their children for visitation, and in the past he was one of the founding members of the MDI Alcohol and Drug Abuse Group. He was a member of the Bar Harbor Rotary, as well as a past member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
Bernie enjoyed many recreational activities. Never content to sit and let life pass him by, in the past he would take yearly sailing trips with his friends for a week exploring many locations together. He was a lifelong reader, belonging to a very vibrant book club made up of close friends. Bernie loved music and theater, enjoying thoroughly the Met shows at The Grand. While in college he even once performed in 'Brigadoon.' He did not have a singing role, however. More recently, Bernie found a passion for kayaking, finding great pleasure and a closer relationship with his Father while paddling beautiful locations with a very close kayaking 'buddy,' who was much like a son to him.
He is survived by his daughter, Heather Staples of Bar Harbor, who also is an attorney and engaged him nightly in legal argument; Bernie usually won. He also is survived by his daughter-in-law, Michelle Staples of Bar Harbor, who brought great joy to his life along with a certain peacefulness that words cannot express. He is further survived by his much loved cousins, James and Harriet ONeil of Thomaston. Bernie will be greatly missed by his two cats, Stella and Spats; and a beagle named Hank. Bernie was predeceased by his wife, Jeanette, who passed in 2006.
Bernie, as a lawyer and a judge, may be remembered by many things, but perhaps one concept would be of primary importance:'De minimis non curat lex.' Or, 'the law does not bother itself with little things.' Bernie always focused on the key issues of every case and controversy brought before him, giving great heed to the evidence and arguments made about law by his peers, but did not fail to see the big picture and he gave justice fairly and honestly.
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