Tuesday, May 29, 2018

The Basic Genealogy of George White The Son of William White and Nancy Avery and His wife Susan Elizabeth Cushing daughter of Samuel Cushing and Susan B. Bacall

The Basic Genealogy of George White The Son of William White and Nancy Avery and His wife Susan Elizabeth Cushing daughter of Samuel Cushing and Susan B. Bacall


The genealogy of the Cushing family, an account of the ancestors and descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638
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Name: George White
Born: June 7, 1820 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Died: January 15, 1899, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse: Susan Elizabeth Cushing
Parents: William White, Nancy Avery
Occupation:  Grocery Store owner
Cause of Death:  Cardiac Asthma
Date of Burial: January 16, 1899
Age at Death: YRS: 78 MOS: 9 DYS: 8
Death Certificate #: v 495 p 29
Funeral:
Find A Grave Memorial 190160300
Interment:  Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  Lot: 26, Sec: 6



Name: Susan Elizabeth Cushing
Born: March 26, 1826 Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA
Died: April 8, 1889 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse: George White
Parents: Samuel Cushing, Susan B. Bacall
Occupation: Housewife
Cause of Death: Acute Peritonitis
Date of Burial: April 9, 1889
Age at Death: YRS: 63 MOS: 0 DYS: 17
Funeral:
Find A Grave Memorial 178773882
Interment: Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Married: 7 Apr 1845 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Issues:  Augusta Cushing, Susan Elizabeth, George,  Anna Avery, William Henry White



Children
1..      Augusta Cushing White
Born: November 13, 1846 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Died: January 1, 1936 Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse: Blanchard Tyner Pettengill
Parents: George White, Susan Elizabeth Cushing
Occupation: Housewife
Cause of Death:
Date of Burial: 2 Feb 1914
Age at Death: YRS: 63 MOS: 3 DYS: 13
Death Certificate #: Volume Number: 29 Page Number: 156 Index Volume Number: 98
Residence: 462 Chestnut Hill Ave, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Funeral:
               Findagrave.com Find A Grave Memorial 190160581
Interment:  Walnut Hill Cemetery West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Married: June 2, 1880 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Issues: Annie Tyner, George White, & Mary Louise White

News Article Boston Herald Wednesday, Jan 08, 1936  Boston, MA Page: 24
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Mrs. A.C. Pettengill Bequeaths $50,000
Cash bequests totaling $50,000 and provision for a trust fund of undetermined amount were set forth in the will of Mrs. Augusta Cushing Pettengill of 462 Chestnut Hill avenue, Brookline, it was disclosed yesterday, when the document was filed in Norfolk probate court.  Mrs. Pettengill, the widow of Blanchard T. Pettengill, died Jan. 1 at the age of 89.

After ordering payment of debts and funeral expenses, the document bequeathed $25,000 to each of two daughters, Mrs. Annie T. Hale of Concord.  N.H. and Miss Mary L. Pettengill of Brookline.  The rest of the estate is to be set up in a trust fund which shall be divided equally by the two daughters.



 2.      George White
 Born:  5 Dec 1848 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 14 Jun 1857 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Parents: George White, Susan Elizabeth Cushing
Cause of Death:
Date of Burial: 1857
Age at Death: YRS: 8
Death Certificate #:
Funeral:
Find A Grave Memorial 190161048
Interment:  Unknown


The genealogy of the Cushing family, an account of the ancestors and descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638

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3.      Susan Elizabeth White
 Born: 8 Nov 1853 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 21 Jun 1941 111 Beacon  Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Parents: George White, Susan Elizabeth Cushing
Occupation: None
Cause of Death:
Date of Burial: June 24, 1941
Age at Death: YRS: 87
Death Certificate #: 1941
Residence: 111 Beacon, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Funeral: 93 Dean Road, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Find A Grave Memorial 190160952
Interment: Walnut Hill Cemetery,  West Newbury, Essex,  Massachusetts, USA

News Article Boston Herald Monday, Jun 23, 1941  Boston, MA Page: 9
White June 21st, Susan Elizabeth White of 111 Beacon at, Brookline, daughter of the late George and Susan E. White of Boston, Funeral services at the home of her brother, William H. White, 93 Dean Road, Brookline on Tuesday, June 24, at 3 P.M. Please do not send flowers.


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4.     Anna Avery White
Born: 14 Mar 1856  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Died: August 29, 1948 Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse: William Albert Stetson
Parents: George White, Susan Elizabeth Cushing
Occupation: Housewife
Cause of Death:
Date of Burial: August 31, 1948
Age at Death: YRS: 93
Death Certificate #: Volume Number: 37 Page Number: 386 Index Volume Number: 111
Funeral: Forest Chapel
                Morton St.
                Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Find A Grave Memorial 190161175
Interment:  Forest Hills Cemetery Jamaica Plain, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Married: October 30, 1880 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Issues:  Albert Winthrop & Howard Stetson

News Article Boston Traveler Monday, Aug 30, 1948  Boston, MA Page: 15

Stetson In Norwood, Mass., Aug 29, 1948  Annie White Stetson, in her 93rd year, formerly of Brookline, Widow of William A. Stetson and mother of Howard Stetson of Batavia, New York.  Funeral Services at the Forest Chapel, Forest Hills Cemetery,  Morton St.  Forest.  Forest Hills On Tuesday, Aug 31st, at 2:30 P.M.


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 5.      William Henry White
 Born: 21 Jan 1860 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 21 Feb 1944 93 Dean Road, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse: Fannie Whitton Merrill 1st
               Helen Kenfield Small 2nd
Parents: George White, Susan Elizabeth Cushing
Occupation: Banking Industry
Cause of Death:
Date of Burial: February 23, 1944
Age at Death: YRS: 84
Death Certificate #: 1944-30-60
Funeral: 93 Dean Road, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Find A Grave Memorial 190161226
Interment: Forest Hills Cemetery Jamaica Plain, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

News Article Boston Herald Wednesday, Feb 23, 1944 Boston, MA Page 12  William Henry White

WHITE In Brookline, Feb 21, William Henry, husband of Helen Small White and Father of Lt. William Merrill White USN.  Funeral services at his late Residence, 93 Dean Rd, Brookline, on Wednesday, February 23, at 2:30 P.M. 

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1st Married: 21 Jan 1891 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Fannie Whitton Merrill
EOM: Death of Fannie Whitton Merril
Issues: William Merrill White

2nd Married:  15 Feb 1919 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Helen Kenfield Small
EOM:  Death of William Henry White
Issues: Ø



Monday, May 14, 2018

HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY TO Rachel S. Harlow Billebault Born: May 15, 1948 Southside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

HAPPY  70TH BIRTHDAY TO  Rachel S. Harlow Billebault

Richard Finocchio
Born: May 15, 1948  Southside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Rachel S. Harlow
Reborn:  Transited to Female Full operation 1971-1972
Partner:  John “Jack Kelly Jr. [1975-1976]
Spouse: Gerard Billebault
               Married: April 18, 1981  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents:
Father: : Joseph Anthony Finocchio
Mother: : Rose Anna Mignogna
Occupation:  Actress, Hostess, Model & Business Woman.


The Philadelphia Inquirer  Apr 18, 1989  Tue Pg. 2  Richard Finocchio AKA Mrs. Rachel Billebault
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Richard Finocchi The Family Genealogy of AKA Rachel S. Harlow Billebault Italian Transgender Heritage Romance with John Brendan Kelly Jr. PrinceSS Grace Younger Brother.

Richard Finocchio  the famous AKA Rachel S. Harlow Billebault  Italian Transgender Heritage
Romanced John Brendan Kelly Jr AKA Jack Jr. [1975-1976]
Younger Brother of HRH PrincesS Grace Formerly
Actress Grace Patricia Kelly
Former wife of Famous Chef Gerard Billebault [1981-1993]



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The Philadelphia Inquirer  Apr 18, 1989  Tue Pg. 2  Richard Finocchio AKA Mrs. Rachel Billebault
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THE HERITAGE OF 

RACHEL S. HARLOW
FINOCCHIO


Richard Finocchi AKA Rachel S. Harlow Billebault



FATHER





Name: Joseph Anthony Finocchio
Alias: Joseph Fennel Curly/ Curley
Born: June 12, 1904 Philadelphia, Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, USA
Died: October 27, 1968 1620 South Juniper Street  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Residence: 1930-1968  
                     1620 South Juniper Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Spouse: Rose Ann Mignogna
Parents: Innocenzo Finocchio, Maria Vincenza Fidelia’s

Occupation: Butcher Felix Spatula and Sons
Cause of Death: Peripheral Circulatory Collapses
                              Due to  Chronic  Cirrhosis of the liver
Age at Death: YRS: YRS: 64 MOS: 7  DYS: 13
Date of Burial: October 30, 1968
Pennsylvania, Death Certificate# 103712-68
Number: 181-10-9875; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951
Physical Description: Weight: 157 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Black Height: 5 6
Funeral: Annunciation Church
               1511 10th Street
              Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Mortuary:  Carto Funeral Home
                   22145 South Broad Street
                 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  USA 19145
WWII:  Serial #965 Order # 10758
Residence: February 14, 1942  1620 Juniper St Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Informant: Mrs. Rose Finocchio Deceased Wife
                    1620 South Juniper Street
                   Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Find A Grave Memorial #189721908
Interment: Holy Cross Cemetery Yeadon, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA




Find A Grave Memorial 189721908


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The Philadelphia Inquirer October 28, 1968 Mon Page 28 Joseph Fennel Curly Finocchio
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FINOCCHIO Fennel-Curly
JOSEPH, husband of Rose [Mignogna], father of Kathleen Alberici and Joseph, Jr., brother of Harry, Rose Tuzio, Katie DiSanto, Lillian DiJohn, & Sidney Marie Lanzilotta, Relatives and friends invited to funeral Wed., 8:30 A.M., CARTO FUNERAL HOME,  2214 S. Broad St. Solemn Requiem Mass.  10 A.M., Annunciation Church.  Int. Holy Cross Cemetery. Viewing Tues., 7-10 P.M.



Pennsylvania, Death Certificate# 103712-68




MOTHER


Name: Rose Anna Mignogna
Born:  February 9, 1905  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died:  January 14, 1996  Methodist Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Residence 1930-1996
                    1620 South Juniper Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Spouse: Joseph Anthony Finocchio
Parents: Michael Angelo Mignogna, Catharine Bertolino
Occupation:  Housewife
Cause of Death:  Heart Failure
                               Cerebral Vascular Accident
                                NIDDM.-- A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS
Date of Burial:  July 17, 1996
Pennsylvania Death Certificate# 074618
Age At Death: YRS: 91 MOS: 5 DYS: 5
Social Security #: Number: 167-20-8985; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951
Funeral: Annunciation Church
               1511 10th Street
              Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Mortuary:  Carto Funeral Home
                   22145 South Broad Street
                 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  USA 19145
Informant: Mrs. Katherine P. Raymond
                    1620 Juniper Street
                    Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Find A Grave Memorial 189722575
Interment: Holy Cross Cemetery Yeadon, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA




Find A Grave Memorial 189722575
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The Philadelphia Inquirer Pennsylvania  PA July 16, 1996 Pg 16  Tue  Rose Mingnogna Finocchio
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Finocchio—[Nee’ Mignogna]
Rose, July 14, 1996, age 91, beloved wife of the late Joseph “Curley”; dearest Mother of Kathy Raymond, Rachel Billebault and the late Joseph “Toddy”; grandmother of Debbie Finocchio and Christopher Giordano; aunt of Francis, Junior and Sonny Cozzi. Relatives and friend invited to Funeral Wed. 8 A.M.  Carto Funeral Home, INC., 2212-14 S. Broad St. Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 A.M.  Annunciation Church. Int.  Holy Cross Cemetery Viewing Tues. 7-9:30 P.M.


Pennsylvania Death Certificate# 074618



Married: 1932 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
License Number# 613708
Issues: Joseph Jr.  Kathleen, & Richard [AKA Rachel]

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Richard Finocchi AKA Rachel S. Harlow Billebault





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Richard Finocchio
Born: May 15, 1948  Southside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Rachel S. Harlow
Reborn:  Transited to Female Full operation 1971-1972
Partner:  John “Jack Kelly Jr. [1975-1976]
Spouse: Gerard Billebault
               Married: April 18, 1981  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
               Divorced: 1993
Occupation:  Actress, Hostess, Business Woman.


Acknowledged as a woman by Judge Ned Hirsh September 19, 1973 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Special Notes:  Richard Chose his name as a dedicate to the Late Jean Harlow.  On June 30, 1981 She won a Costume Contest Dressed and Inspired by the late Actress. 

Rachel, has two siblings.  Kathleen and a deceased brother Joseph Anthony Finocchio Jr.  AKA Toddy. who is deceased.  He in 1995.  A Year before their Mother Rose who was 91 when she passed away from a Stroke.

Rachel is of Italian Heritage.  He is Second Generation.


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Richard Finocchio was raised in South Philadelphia and bullied at school for being too pretty. A friend of the family was a gay man who introduced young Finocchio to the gay subculture, where acceptance was found.

Finocchio started winning drag contests. The Hotel Philadelphia (now demolished) at Broad and Vine Streets was the site of the annual Miss Philadelphia contest. The contest was organized by
Sabrina (Jack Doroshow). The big winner in 1967 was Finocchio using the name Harlow (in homage to Jean Harlow, the 1930s movie star). Harlow did a few times visit The Stonewall Inn when in New York but preferred the straight uptown scene.

Harlow won the Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant held in New York in 1967 (again organized by Sabrina). This was filmed, and released as The Queen, 1968. The contestants are shown chatting in their hotel rooms, discussing how they were not called in the draft, their boyfriends, why they would never have a sex change. Harlow throws a fit because he does not have a suitable wig (although her own hair is quite feminine enough). The other standout among the contestants is Miss Manhattan (
Crystal LaBeija, who later founded the House of LaBeija) who stages a tantrum when Harlow wins. The film includes shots of only Harlow arriving and departing, and on stage she gets longer and better-lit close-ups than the other contestants.

She went to Cannes International Film Festival with the film and was a center of attention. David Bowie, in his androgynous phase, cited her influence. A few other minor film roles followed, and, especially in Philadelphia, she became a night-life personality. Bar owner Stanley Rosenbleeth opened Harlow's in the Old City area in 1970, with Rachel as hostess. The place was an immediate sensation. A short time later, a second Harlow's was opened in Atlantic City. There were also interviews, endorsements, modeling jobs and television appearances.

Rachel Harlow completed gender correction in 1972.

The Philadelphia disco-nightclub was a place that attracted celebrities, and one person who came was John B. Kelly Jr., brother of
Grace Kelly, film star and Monaco princess. In his own right Kelly was an accomplished rower, a four-time Olympian, and an Olympic medal winner. He was also a businessman and was 12 years on Philadelphia council. He separated from his first wife in 1969. In 1975 he began a well-publicized affair with Rachel. He ran to be the Democratic candidate  but his mother publicly and financially supported his opponent. This combined with the publicity over his affair led to his dropping out. He claimed that he intended to marry Rachel, but a year later, after his mother threatened to disinherit him, he ended the relationship.

Rachel was having problems finding her identity. She dropped out of the night-life business and the gay subculture. She did continue to work as a model in New York but avoided publicity.

"I was burned out. I was tired of being on all the time. I began to dread meeting new people, having to talk about my life.  Even now, the only way I can talk about my life is to think of it as just a story. It's as if it all happened to somebody else, and I'm just telling about it."


One night in 1979, she and a woman friend stopped for a drink in a small bistro, got into conversation with two men, and a year later Rachel and Gerard Billebault were married. On the wedding day:


“I came out of my mother's South Philadelphia house and there were 500 to 600 people waiting in the street for me to leave the house. It wasn't the neighbors, it was the neighborhood. I turned to my mother and said `Look mom, it's all the neighbors - I guess they have forgotten, too' ''.


Billebault was a chef and had founded a bakery. After a trip to Paris Mr. & Mrs. Billebault opened Harlow's, a restaurant, in 1988, with Mrs. Billebault as the hostess.

However later both the marriage and the restaurant failed.




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The Philadelphia Inquirer September 20, 1973  Page 13, Richard Finocchio AKA Rachel Legal Harlow

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Harlow Another Switch
He Changed Sex; Now She Changes Name

Harlow, once Richard is now Rachel.

Richard Finocchio became Harlow after a sex change operation in 1972.  She has operated a popular nightclub.  By the name at 32 S. Bank St.

Wednesday, September 19, 1973had her name changed to Rachel.  Common Pleas Judge New Hirsh approved the Petition, which asked for the change for  “personal and business reason.”

 John Brendan Kelly Jr.





JOHN BRENDAN KELLY JR
During the course of the marriage, Kelly had a number of affairs and the couple separated in 1969. In 1975, Kelly began a well-publicized relationship with a 28-year old transsexual named Rachel Harlow after meeting her at the Philadelphia nightclub she owned. Harlow, born Richard Finocchio, had sex reassignment surgery in 1972 and was well known in Philadelphia. Shortly after beginning the relationship, Kelly decided to run as the Democratic candidate in the 1975 Philadelphia mayoral election. The publicity over the relationship coupled with Kelly's mother's decision to publicly and financially support Kelly's opponent were factors in his decision to drop out of the election before he was nominated. Kelly reportedly wanted to marry Harlow but ended the relationship after a year when his mother threatened to disinherit him.[11][12] Kelly and Freeman finally divorced in 1980.[10]

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The Philadelphia Inquirer  Apr 18, 1989  Tue Pg. 2  Richard Finocchio AKA Mrs. Rachel Billebault


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FAMOUS CHEF GERARD BILLEBAULD


April 1, 1990






 

 June 30, 1981


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