Alton Roy Wentworth

1924 - 1993  (68 years)

• Name	Alton Roy Wentworth  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	9 Jun 1924	West Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [4]
  	Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son of Carolyn Wentworth
  FSID	GL5W-TDC  [6]
  Death	30 Mar 1993  [1, 3]
  Burial	Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I31446	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Alonzo Roy Wentworth,   b. 12 Oct 1903, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 27 May 1972, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Caroline Lois Pomroy,   b. 4 May 1908, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 21 May 1987, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	13 Apr 1924	Maine, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F15078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Priscilla Minn Myrick,   b. 21 May 1925, Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 21 Aug 2009, Franklin, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1942
  	Never Married
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F15079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Rose E Kane,   b. 16 Oct 1924, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 9 Feb 1989, Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1943	Maine, USA   [2]
  Marriage End	Mar 1993	Hancock County, Maine, USA   [3]
  	Death of Alton Wentworth
  Family ID	F15080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Jun 1924 - West Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son of Carolyn Wentworth - 1940 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Marriage - 1 Aug 1943 - Maine, USA Marriage End - Death of Alton Wentworth - Mar 1993 - Hancock County, Maine, USA Burial - - Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• DNA Matches

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

  
  

• Sources

  [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S9811] Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Marriage Index, 1892-1996, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;). [S4080] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Alton Wentworth • Bangor Daily News - Mar 1993, (Name: The Bangor Daily News; Location: Bangor ME; Date: 31 Mar 1993;), Alton R Wentworth Obituary. Alton R Wentworth Sr, 68, beloved husband of the late Rose (Kane) Wentworth, died March 30 1993 at an Ellsworth hospital. He was born June 9 1924 in West Tremont. the son of Alonzo Roy and Carolyn (Pomroy) Wentworth. He worked for the HR Hinckley Co for 25 years. Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Alton and Barbara Wentworth Jr of Dover-Foxcroft; four daughters and sons-in-law, Donna Hawes of Carmel, Natalie and Dale Douglass of Brunswick, Penny and Nelson Berry of Sanford, Roxanne and George Rolleston of Sebec; three brothers, James and Allan of Town Hill, Malcolm of Virginia Beach VA; three sisters, Hazel Sanborn of Town Hill, Juanita Campbell of South Carolina, Marion Daniel of Connecticut; 15 grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son Timothy in 1987, a grandson Nelson "Buddy” Berry III in 1974, and a sister Katherine Kelly. Friends are invited to call at Fernald Funeral Chapel, Mount Desert where funeral services will be held. https://www.newspapers.com/image/663486428/?article=add46ba3-33c7-493f-9d38-9d4127717a84&focus=0.33066627,0.75575405,0.48640695,0.97011644&xid=3355 [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: m-t0627-01479; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 5-55. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: m-t0627-01479; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 5-55 [S4503] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Carolyn Leonard • Bangor Daily News - 23 May 1987, Carolyn Lois Pomroy Wentworth Leonard -- The Bangor Daily News; Publication Date: 23 May 1987; Publication Place: Bangor, Maine. https://www.newspapers.com/image/665420536/?article=892ed397-0986-49ed-b924-d43edb2f39e2&focus=0.21183904,0.3598099,0.36028746,0.5114235&xid=3355 [S882] FamilySearch - Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 October 2023, 16:07), entry for Alton Roy Wentworth (PID https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GL5W-TDC ); contributed by various users. https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GL5W-TDC