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- According to his WWI Draft Registration, Fred was tall with a slender build. He had brown eyes and brown hair.
Also living with Fred and Ethel during the 1930 Census, was his niece Barbara ARBOUR. Whose daughter was she? She was brother Henry's daughter. Fred and Ethel appear to have reaised her after her parents separated. Perhaps they even adopted her, asshe is mentioned in his obituary as their daughter.
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Times Record (Troy, NY) -- Tuesday 09 Sep 1975
FRED ARBOUR; FORMER RESIDENT OF MECHANICVILLE
North Pownal, VT -- Funeral Service for Fred Arbour, 81, formerly of North Pownal and Mechanicville, were held Monday at 11 am from the San Soucie Funeral Home in North Adams, MA. Rev. Lafayette Sprague, rector ofSt John's Episcopal Church,officiated. Interment was in Southview Cemetery, North Adams. Mr. Arbour died Friday at his home after a long illness. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mose Arbour. He was formerly employed by the New York State Power Company in Mechanicville for 38years. He had resided in North Adams since his retirement. Survivors include his wife, the former Ethel Woodbury of North Adams, and a daughter, Mrs. Vernon Ray, of Boxford, NY.
--> Note added 22 Mar 2012: Fred and Ethel must have disowned their son, Henry, after his unsavory actions as a young man.
--> Note added 04 Jul 2012: Henry was actually a son of Fred's brother Henry and his wife Daisy. After Daisy's untimely death, Fred and Ethel raised Barbara and Henry.
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