Roland Bailey Lindsay 249
- Born: 22 June 1860, Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine 249,695
- Marriage: Maria Lydia Nutting 19 June 1884 in Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine 693,694
- Died: 1 September 1947, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine at age 87 675
- Buried: 3 September 1947, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine at Southside Cemetery 675
 Cause of his death was coronary occlusion.
Portland Sunday Telegram and Sunday Press Herald
Sept. 7, 1947
Section A, p. 16
Roland Lindsay
Skowhegan, Sept 6 -- Roland Lindsey [--illegible--] .. with the United Shoe Machinery Corporation and a former resident of Beverly, Mass. died Monday at the home of his nieces the Misses Katherine and Nellie White of Summer Street, Skowhegan with whom he had resided for four years.
He was born in North Monmouth June 25, 1860, the son of Roscoe and Eliza Berry Lindsay. He married Mrs. Lydia Maria Nutting who died in Beverly October 29, 1942.
Mr. Lindsay spent his early years in North Monmouth moving later to Lawrence, Mass. and then in 1906 to Beverly. It was in Beverly that he was connected with the United Shoe Machinery Corporation and later became a member of its Quarter Century Club.
He was a member of the Bass River Lodge of Odd Fellows in Beverly and an honorary member of the Masonic Lodge in that city. He was a member of the Dane Street Congressional of Beverly. After coming to Skowhegan, he joined and was an active member of the Skowhegan Rotary Club.
Surviving besides the nieces with whom he lived are a brother George A. Lindsay of North Monmouth, Maine, three sisters Mrs. Mary Sanborn and Miss Clara Lindsay, both of Beverly, Mass. and Mrs. Josie Walker of Rochester, N.Y. There are also several other nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at the Lord Funeral Home in Skowhegan Wednesday with the Rev. Charles L. Kinney officiating. Internment was in South Cemetery beside his wife. Bearers from the Rotary Club were Willis E. Porter, Elmer E. Harris, Lyndall T. Smith and Thomas G. Lord.
Events
• He worked as a foreman, general merchant, machinist and inspector of shoe machinery.
• He had a residence in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts.
• He had a residence at 27 Summer Street in 1947 in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine.
• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine. He lived in the household of his mother and his mother's 2nd husband.
• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts. He lived in the household of his sister, Rossa Jane, and her husband Charles W. Foster.
• He appeared on the census in 1900 in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was head of household.
• He appeared on the census in 1910 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts.
• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts.
• He appeared on the census in 1930 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts. His real estate was valued at $7,200.
• He appeared on the census in 1940 at 45 Baker Avenue in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and owned property valued at $7,700.
Roland married Maria Lydia Nutting, daughter of Prescott Nutting and Sarah W. Rogers, 19 June 1884 in Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine 693.,694 (Maria Lydia Nutting was born 4 May 1860 in Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine,696 died 28 October 1942 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts 696 and was buried 31 October 1942 in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine at Southside Cemetery 696.) The cause of her death was new abdominal growth, lymphnodes and gangerene of the left foot, arterio sclerosis. Autopsy refused.
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