Dolda (Medini) Brewer (1899 - 1936)

Born 11 Jul 1899 in Madison, Somerset, Maine, United States

Wife of Reuben Stephen Brewer — married 20 Nov 1918 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine

Died 18 Apr 1936 at age 36 in East Boothbay, Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States

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Biography

Daughter of Austrian immigrants. She was born in the US.^[1]

Early life with family of origin^[2][3]

Married at 18 years of age to Reuben S. Brewer, a lobsterman, from Lincoln County, Maine. ^[4]

Lived with her husband^[5][6]

She was murdered by her husband at their home in Ocean Point, Maine in April 1936. ^[7] He was tried, convicted and sent to prison for life. He was transferred at some point to the Augusta Mental Health Institute, where he died.

Dolda is buried at Hallowell Village Cemetery, just outside of Augusta, Maine with her sister and her sister's husband^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCDM-BZ2 : 27 December 2014), Darda Medini, 1899.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMGM-LFY : accessed 14 May 2019), Dalda Medini in household of Matos Medini, Madison town Madison village, Somerset, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 157, sheet 5B, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,600.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR37-GVX : accessed 14 May 2019), Dalder M Medini in household of M N Medini, Augusta Ward 1, Kennebec, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 85, sheet 5A, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 541; FHL microfilm 1,374,554.
4. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-981S : 13 March 2018), Reuben Stephen Brewer and Dolda Medina, 20 Nov 1918; citing Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZP-RCQ : accessed 14 May 2019), Dolda Brewer in household of Ruben S Brewer, Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States; citing ED 86, sheet 10A, line 1, family 214, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 645; FHL microfilm 1,820,645.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMD9-58Q : accessed 14 May 2019), Dolda Brewer in household of Reuben S Brewer, Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 5B, line 67, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 835; FHL microfilm 2,340,570.
7. ↑ https://newspaperarchive.com/biddeford-daily-journal-may-13-1936-p-1/
8. ↑ Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99FQ-C7TK?i=492&cc=2242151
9. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 March 2020), memorial page for Dolda Medini Brewer (1899–1936), Find A Grave: Memorial #171502338, citing Hallowell Village Cemetery, Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Deirdre (contributor 48960828) .

Research Notes

Dolda's name has several different spellings: Dolda/Dalda and Medini/Medina. She was buried using her maiden, not married name.

See also:

• https://gw.geneanet.org/jerecubby?lang=en&pz=robert&nz=wylie&ocz=1&p=dolda+m.&n=medini