Posted: 6th November 2020

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These  articles relate to the descendants of John and Jane Restarrick who emigrated with their children from Grampound, Cornwall in 1846 and settled in Boston. See Chapters X-Z of Section VI of the Record and Cornwall Chart pages 2-3.

ELLA LOUISA RESTARICK was the eldest child of John and Amelia (Lampee) Restarick.  John born 1829 in Grampound was John and Jane’s eldest son.
Boston Globe, 8 Nov, 1938:
MASON – In Augusta, Maine, November 5, Ella L Restorick(sic) wife of the late Frank P Mason, born in Boston, Mass, Jan 24 1851, daughter of Emila Lampey(sic) and John Restorick(sic). She is survived by her son, F H Mason; a brother Charles of Roslindale, Mass; two grandchildren, Richard Restorick of Bengin, Mass, and Robert of Dudley, Mass.  Funeral services Monday at 2pm at her son’s home, 48 Green Street, August, Maine. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Forest Hills, Mass, Tuesday at 2pm.

ROBERT, born 1859, was the third son of John and Amelia Restarick. The next article refers to him:
Boston Globe, 4 Apr 1894:
BUNKER HILL DISTRICT – Yesterday afternoon Robert Restarick, a call fireman connected with ladder 9, and employed as a blacksmith’s helper in the navy yard, fell from a ladder in the rolling mill, a distance of 25 feet, dislocating his shoulder and receiving internal injuries.  He was attended by Dr John H Neilson of the dispensary department, and afterwards taken to the Massachusetts general hospital.
The article below refers to his retirement following severe injuries in 1907.
Boston Globe, 12 Apr 1907:

Boston Globe, 27 Apr1936
ROBERT J RESTARICK, Randolph, Apr 26 – Robert J Restarick, 77, of South Main Street died today at the Goddard Hospital, Breckton, after a short illness.  A native of Charlestown, Mr Restarick was for many years a member of the Boston Fire Department, retiring in 1907.  For some years he was custodian of the Turner Library here, was later employed by the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, and at the time of his death was in the employ of the Weymouth Power and Light Company. He leaves a brother, Charles W Restarick, for many years real estate editor of the Boston Globe, and two sisters, Mrs Elizabeth Alden, Randolph, and Mrs Frank T Mason, Augusta, Maine. Funeral services will be held at 2pm Wednesday at the First Congregational Church. Interment will be in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston.

ELIZABETH NEWTON RESTARICK, born 1867, youngest child of John and Amelia married Frederick Hart Alden in 1885, below is her obituary.Boston Globe 18 Dec, 1937
RANDOLPH, Dec 17 – Elizabeth N Alden, 70, widow of Fred H Alden, who was 44 years a member of the staff of the Boston Globe, died today at her home, 15 South Main Street.  She is survived by a brother Charles W Restarick, retired real estate editor of the Globe, and a sister, Mrs Ella Mason of Augusta, Me. She was the daughter of the last John Restarick and Amelia Lampee, and for 50 years resided in this town.  Services will be held Sunday at 2pm in the Cartwright & Hurley Funeral Home, North Main Street.  Interment will be in Central Cemetery, Randolph.

CHARLES WALTER RESTARICK mentioned in the articles below was John and Amelia’s youngest son.
Boston Globe, 11 Mar 1899:
Henry M Quinlan was indicted for robbery, being armed. It is alleged that he held up Charles W Restarick, a newspaper reporter, on the night of Dec 27, in Stanhope Street. The case is the most important this month.  If the defendant is convicted a sentence of life imprisonment will be imposed, that being the punishment prescribed by statute. Bail was increased from $$2000 to $3000.
Tampa Bay Times (St Petersburg, Florida) 5 Apr, 1942
Mrs Grace Restarick died at 6.30 o’clock last night at her winter residence, 827 Twenty-eighth Street North.  She came to St Petersburg from Roslindale, Mass, in January.  Survivors include her husband Charles F(sic) Restarick. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by The Palms Memorial.Charles W Restarick’s obituary is below.
Boston Globe, 18 Apr 1944:
CHARLES W RESTARICK
Former Real Estate Editor Boston Globe

Charles W Restarick, for 46 years real estate editor of the Boston Globe, from which position he retired in 1936, died yesterday at the Faulkner Hospital at the age of 80.  His sole survivor is a nephew, Frank Mason, of Winthrop, Maine.  Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Thursday at the Waterman Chapel, 497 Commonwealth Ave. Born in Charlestown, Mr Restarick had a long newspaper career.  His first newspaper job was as correspondent for the Charlestown Enterprise, a job he took when a schoolboy.  Later he worked for the Boston Evening Star and the old Boston Advertiser.  In 1883, Mr Restarick obtained his first job on the Boston Globe.  He was a district reporter for a number of towns in Norfolk County and then became a member of the Globe city staff for about a year.  He left the Globe and went west, working successively for the Portland Oregonian, Pendleton Tribune, Spokane Falls Review and as city editor of the Spokane Globe.  Returning to Boston in 1891, Mr Restarick was real estate editor for two years of the Boston Traveller.

In 1893 he returned to the Globe, becoming its real estate editor, a job he held until his retirement.  At that time the Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange, of which he was a charter member, honoured him with a dinner at the Hotel Sheraton, where the city’s foremost real estate men gathered to pay him tribute.   Two years ago Mr Restarick’s wife Grace F Restarick, died.  He and his wife had made their home for years at 21 Montclair Av, Roslindale.  Since his wife’s death he made his home with his friends Mr and Mrs Charles I Blumenthal, 18 Sunset Hill Rd, Roslindale.  Despite his advanced age, Mr Restarick had been active in recent years.  On Palm Sunday he attended services at the Church of Our Saviour, Roslindale, at which a memorial window was dedicated. Mr Restarick presented the window to the church as a memorial to his wife and himself.

 

 

MABEL was the eldest daughter, born 1858, of John and Jane Restarick’s fourth son Thomas Clinton Restarick and his wife Helen (Hobbs). She married Albert Bernard, her obituary is below
Boston Globe, 9 Mar 1922:
BERNARD – In Brookline, March 7, Mabel C Bernard, widow of Albert Bernard.  Funeral services at 303 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, on Thursday March 9, at 2 o’clock.
JOHN EDWARD RESTARICK, born 1867. was the second surviving son of John and Jane’s fifth son Joseph and his wife Mary Burns (nee Doherty).
Boston Globe, 15 Sep, 1926:
RESTARICK – In Dorchester, Sept 13, John E, husband of Elizabeth J Restarick (nee Flanagan).  Funeral from his home, (?) Maryland Street, Thursday at 8.30 am.  Requiem high mass at St William’s Church at 9 am. Relatives and friends invited.
The following items relate to the children of John Edward and Elizabeth (Flanagan) Restarick.
LILLIAN, youngest child of John Edward and Elizabeth Restarick, married John Tanian. The obituaries below refer to their son and to Lillian.
Boston Globe, 6 Sep 1985:
TANNIAN – Of Revere, formerly of Arlington, Sept 4, 1985, John J, father of Christina, Jacqueline and Michael all of Arlington. Son of Lillian (Restarrick), brother of Maureen Connors of Concord. Funeral from Saville Funeral Home, 418 Mass Ave, Arlington, Saturday, Sept 7 at 8 am. Funeral Mass in St Agnes Church at 9am.
Boston Globe, 12 Apr 1991:
TANNIAN – of Lexington, April 4, 1991, Lillian (Restarrick). Wife of the late John J. Mother of Maureen Connors of Concord and the late Thomas and John.  Also survived by 6 grandchildren. Funeral Mass in St Francis de Sales Church, Bunker Hill St.’ Charlestown at 10 am.
ELIZABETH MARY RESTARRICK below, born 1894 was the eldest daughter of John Edward and Elizabeth (Flanagan) Restarrick. She married John F Cronin in 1915.
Boston Globe, 21 Nov 1975:
CRONIN – of Stoughton, Nov 19, Elizabeth M (Restarrick) Cronin of 80 Lincoln Street; widow of John F; mother of John F of Hingham, Neil P of Quincy, Mrs Elizabeth O’Reilly of Dorchester, Mrs William (Mary) Mackey of Quincey; Sister Christina of Gate of Heaven Parish, South Boston, Mrs Frank (Irene) Atkinson of Stoughton, Mrs Claire DASilva of Dorchester and the late Joseph L of Stoughton; sister of William Restarrick of South Yarmouth, Mrs Lillian Tannian of Lexington. Funeral Mass in the Immaculate Conception Church at 9 am on Saturday.
Below is the obituary  for John and Elizabeth Cronin’s daughter Christiana who became a nun.
Boston Globe, 2 Sep 2018:
SISTER CHRISTIANA CRONIN, CSJ
In her 77^th year as a beloved member of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston, died Thursday, Aug 30, 2018. Devoted daughter of the late John F and Elizabeth (Restarrick) Cronin and beloved sister of the late Elizabeth O’Reilly, Mary Theresa Mackey, John Cronin, Joseph Cronin, and Claire DaSilva. Survived by her loving sister Irene Marie Atkinson, and brother, Neil Paul Cronin, her over 100 nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, great grandnieces and great grandnephews, and her Sisters in the Congregation.  Formerly missioned as a teacher at Sacred Heart School, Watertown; St Joseph School, Amesbury; Immaculate Conception School, Marlboro; St Mary School, Dedham; St Catherine School, Norwood, Gate of Heaven School, South Boston; and Jackson School, Newton.  Sister Christiana served as Coordinator at Fontbonne Convent, Milton; ministered as the Pastoral Associate at St Gerard Majella Parish, Canton; as well as serving in Leadership of the Sisters of St Joseph of Boston as Area Councillor. Funeral Mass and Prayers of Final Commendation at 10.45 am, Tuesday Sep 4^th.  Burial will follow at St Patrick Cemetery, 180 Pond Street, Natick, Ma.
WILLIAM FRANCIS RESTARRICK, born 1904, was third son of John Edward and Elizabeth (Flanagan) Restarrick. (On page 3 of Cornwall Chart, BARRY can be inserted under William’s wife’s Christian name Phyllis.
RESTARICK – William F, Jan 29, in Hyannis, at the age of 74, a resident of South Yarmouth, formerly of Boston, beloved husband of Phyllis (Barry) Restarick of South Yarmouth and brother of Mrs Lillian Tanian of Lexington, Mass; also survived by several nieces and nephews; late of the Commerce 21 Club. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Feb 1, at 9.15 am from the Hallett Funeral Home, 283 Station Ave, South Yarmouth; followed by a funeral Mass in St Pius X Catholic Church, South Yarmouth at 10 am. Burial will be in the Ancient Cemetery, Yarmouth.
WALTER RESTARICK below was John and Jane’s youngest son born 1845. He married Henrietta C White in 1868. Their daughter Daisy Etta died in 1886.
Boston Globe, 24 Oct 1880
Hoseman Walter Restarick, of Chemical Engine Company, No. 2, was hit in the mouth by the pole of the engine, at the Beacon Street fire on Friday night, and had several of his teeth knocked out.  He was endeavouring to stop the horses at the time, as they had become frightened and started to run.
Boston Globe, 28 Feb 1882:
Mr W Restarick, formerly of Engine 26, wishes to state that he is not soliciting charity.  He alleges that he was dismissed from the company wholly upon false charges of intoxication with opportunity to state his case, and that he has been unable to obtain a hearing.  He says that he is not soliciting charity in the ordinary sense of the word, but being in poor health has asked several of his friends to extend him temporary assistance.
Boston Globe, 15 Mar, 1882
Walter C Restarick was arraigned by Officers Sargeant and Dean of Division 9 for assaults on his wife, Etta C Restarick, and his daughter, Daisy E Restarick.  The accused was formerly a member of Engine Company 26, but has sadly degenerated in the last year or two.  He was fined $10 and costs for assault on his wife and was held in £100 to keep the peace six months.  The case against him for assault on his daughter was filed.  He returned to the island for not complying with the orders of the court.
JENNIE (JANE LELIA) RESTARICK mentioned in the next article was Walter and Henrietta’s only surviving daughter. Both Walter and Jennie were actors.
Boston Globe, 9 May 1903:
Coupe – Restarick
NEEDHAM, May 9 – Walter Coupe was married at 11 this forenoon to Miss Jennie Restarick of Boston, at the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs Robert Coupe of Rosemary Hill Street, Highlandville.  Rev Robert Lee Webb, pastor of Needham First Baptist church, performed the ceremony in the presence of the immediate friends of the family.  A wedding breakfast and informal reception followed. Mr and Mrs Coupe left at noon for Pittesburg, where Mr Coupe has a three months’ engagement.