McArthur Arthur, Douglas Melvin

Birth Name McArthur Arthur, Douglas Melvin
Gender male
Age at Death 6 years, 4 months

Notes

Note

CHILD DROWNED

Douglas McArthur. 6-year-old son of Samuel McArthur, of 10 Arthur park, was drowned in seven feet of water In the lower Allston marshes, off Western avenue last Saturday afternoon. The tragedy was wltneased by Douglas' brother, who was playing on a raft with him, and by two other boy companions, who were on the shore of the large pond In which the lad lost his life. Douglas and Samuel were balancing themselvea on the raft The former lost his balance and fell In. The brother, terror stricken, was unable to do anything to save him. Employees of the Cambridge Electric Light Co., nearby, notified the Metropolitan Park police and Officer Mercer of the hnetn station procured a boat and grappling Iron and recovered the body. Cambridge Chronicle, 15 May 1920

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1914 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States    
Death May 1920 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father McArthur Arthur, Samuel FranklinOctober 6, 1868
Mother Cowan, Edith Lillian
    Brother     Arthur McArthur, Samuel D. May 27, 1912 July 1967
         McArthur Arthur, Douglas Melvin 1914 May 1920
    Brother     McArthur Arthur, Frederick William August 1915 March 8, 1916