Violet McLean

1918 - 1998  (80 years)

• Name	Violet McLean  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	3 Apr 1918	St George, Knox, Maine, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1950	Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA   [2]
  	Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Harlan Davis
  Death	20 Oct 1998	Camden, Knox, Maine, USA   [4, 5]
  Burial	Achorn Cemetery, Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I29394	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Craig McLean,   b. 3 Jan 1889, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland d. 26 Jul 1964, St George, Knox, Maine, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mildred Hilda Rhonda Page,   b. Jan 1897, Maine, USA d. 21 Apr 1984, Camden, Knox, Maine, USA (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	8 Feb 1916	Maine, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F13086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Harlan Augustus Davis,   b. 14 Jun 1917, Union, Knox, Maine, USA d. 1 Jul 1984, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1937	Maine, USA   [3, 5]
  Marriage End	Mar 1954	Knox County, Maine, USA   [7]
  	Divorce of Violet from Harlan Davis for Cruel and Abusive Treatment
  Children	1. Holman Thomas 'Buzz' Davis,   b. 27 Jan 1941, Thomaston, Knox, Maine, USA d. 24 May 2019, Emmett, Gem, Idaho, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F13087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	William James Edwards,   b. 5 Sep 1932, Belfast, Waldo, Maine, USA d. 30 Jul 2005 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1964	Maine, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F13064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Ernest Daniel Bowen,   b. 18 Sep 1924, Morrill, Waldo, Maine, USA d. 21 May 1990, Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1955	Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA   [3, 4, 8]
  Marriage End	May 1964	Knox County, Maine, USA   [8]
  	Divorce of Violet from Ernest Bowen
  Family ID	F13090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Apr 1918 - St George, Knox, Maine, USA Marriage - 15 May 1937 - Maine, USA Census - Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Harlan Davis - 1950 - Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA Marriage End - Divorce of Violet from Harlan Davis for Cruel and Abusive Treatment - Mar 1954 - Knox County, Maine, USA Marriage - 21 Jan 1955 - Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA Marriage End - Divorce of Violet from Ernest Bowen - May 1964 - Knox County, Maine, USA Marriage - 1 Aug 1964 - Maine, USA Death - 20 Oct 1998 - Camden, Knox, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• DNA Matches

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

  [S813] Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll Number: 37. Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922 Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll Number: 37 [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Rockland, Knox, Main. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Rockland, Knox, Main [S9811] Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Marriage Index, 1892-1996, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;). [S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). [S5785] Find a Grave: McLEAN Violet Edwards 1918-1998, Violet McLean Edwards. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37127049/violet_edwards [S4507] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Thomas McLean • Bangor Daily News - 27 Jul 1964, Thomas Craig McLean -- The Bangor Daily News; Publication Date: 27 Jul 1964; Publication Place: Bangor, Maine. https://www.newspapers.com/image/661950347/?article=72d4a3de-a69e-4e30-b21e-0dfcad5c15ec&focus=0.15409768,0.53416234,0.2711712,0.70281106&xid=3355 [S9900] Newspapers.com: Divorce of DAVIS Violet and Harlan • Bangor Daily News - Mar 1954, (Name: The Bangor Daily News; Location: Bangor ME; Date: 19 Mar 1954;), JUSTICE GRANTS FOUR DIVORCES IN KNOX COURT. Superior Court Justice Randolph Weatherbee of Bangor granted four addltional divorces Wednesday following a two-day special session between terms held at the Knox county superior courtroom here. Divorces granted for cruel and abusive treatment went to ... Violet M Davis of Rockland from Harlan A Davis of South Portland, custody of four minor children to the mother https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bangor-daily-news/155608113/?xid=637 [S9902] Newspapers.com: Divorce of BOWEN Violet and Ernest • Portland Press Herald - May 1964, THREE COUPLES GIVEN DIVORCE IN KNOX COURT. Justice Abraham Rudman granted divorces in the closing hours of the May term of Knox County Superior Court which adjourned Tuesday night. Granted divorces on grounds of cruel and abusive treatment were to: . . . Violet M Bowen of Rockland from Ernest D Bowen of Camden They were married here Jan 21, 1955. She may resume her former name of Violet M Davis. https://www.newspapers.com/article/portland-press-herald/155609995/?xid=637