Sadie Emma Louise (Gilman) Savage (1883 - 1956)

Born 22 Apr 1883 in Melbourne, Richmond, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Died 7 Dec 1956 at age 73 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Born Sadie Emma Louise Gilman (as she signed her name in the Vermont 1910 Census "Sadie E. L."), after two marriages and a highly professional career as head nurse at Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA.), she had amassed this long name: Sarah Louise “Sadie” Gilman Suitor Savage (Findagrave.com). She was a Graduate of the Sherbrooke, Quebec, Hospital School of Nursing.
She married Dr. Henry A. Suitor in 1907, and moved to Deerfield, MA., in 1910 where her husband was a physician.
Dr. Henry Suitor died in 1923, and she married Robert L. Savage, in Deerfield, MA., in 1927. She joined the staff of Deerfield Academy and was head nurse of the infirmary for 28 yrs, retiring in 1953.

Survived by her husband; a brother George H. Gilman of Belmont; 2 sons, John H. Suitor of Deerfield and Dr. Douglas G. Suitor of Springfield.

Sources

• Vermont 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPFV-DWM : Fri Oct 06 16:28:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Henry A Suitor and Sadie E L Suitor, 1910.
• Burial; Findagrave.com

Research Notes

Initial record created. Bookmark for future source attention (TCW). Wow. This has been a FULL day gathering all this data. What an amazing woman! I wish I could have met her, I missed her by a decade. My father knew her, of course, and always had respected and liked her very much. -TCW