Who's Who at Good News Chapel, Attleboro, MA

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Good News Chapel, Attleboro, Bristol, MA (OB) 1935-2025+

Early Commendations

  • N.D. Short +1945+

Notable Families

Jacobsen family

  • Walter Jacobsen 1935+
  • Florence Jacobsen 1935+

Quarnstrom family

  • Ernst Johan Quarnstrom +1939+ (b. 1871 Sweden, emig. 1891, d. 1945 Attleboro, MA)
  • Mabel Wilmarth Shaw Quarnstrom +1939+ (m. 1899 @ Attleboro, MA), daughter of Joseph Blossom Shaw (b. 1859 Fairhaven, Bristol, MA - d. 1913 Attleboro, MA) & Emily Bicknell Shaw (b. 1859 R.I. - d. 1950 Attleboro, MA). In 1899, E.J. co-founded a plated jewelry manufacturer known as Carter, Qvarnstrom & Remington, which employed 75 operatives, and specialized in lockets, as per a 1930 history on jewelry businesses in Attleboro.
  • Eugene Quarnstrom 1935+
  • Hilda Quarnstrom 1935+

Short family

N.D. Short was commended to the Lord's work by this assembly, as per Letters of Interest, laboring in San Antonio, Texas in 1945.

  • N.D. Short
  • Mrs. Short

Stebbings family

Arthur & his brother Frank Matheson Stebbings (b. 1906 Bradford, Eng. - d. 1997 Warwick, Kent, R.I.) owned the Hope Printing Co. which printed stationery, commercial and job printing, advertising cards, and office supplies. It was located at 126 Union in 1942, which is where Arthur lived. In 1939, the Hope office was at 149 Pine, Arthur lived @ 287 S. Main, and Frank @ 217 Lowden, Pawtucket, R.I. Frank's wife was Edith May Shelburne Stebbings (b. 1916 Chicago, IL - d. 1982 Providence, R.I.)

  • Arthur Ord Stebbings 1935-1941+ (b. 1908 Bradford, Manchester, Eng. - d. 1999 Attleboro, MA), son of Osborne Henry Stebbings (b. 1874 Suffolk Twaite) & Mary Elizabeth Dixon Stebbings (b. 1874 Bradford, Manchester, Eng. - d. 1951 Central Falls, R.I.).
  • Ceinwyn Wheatley Stebbings 1935-1941+ (b. 1908 Pawtucket, R.I. - d. 1998 Attleboro, MA), daughter of Joseph Henry Wheatley (b. 1884 Derby, Eng. - d. 1959 Johnston, Providence, R.I.) & Margaret Ellen Hunt Wheatley (b. 1886 Llwynpia, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales - d. 1920 Pawtucket, R.I.).

Vaslet family

  • Howard Earl Vaslet +1942+ (b. 1909 Pawtucket, R.I. - d. 1991 Attleboro, MA), son of George J. Vaslet (1881-1956) & Carrie M. Corrigan Vaslet (1885-1977);
  • Loretta Cardinal Vaslet (b. 1914 CT - d. 2012 Attleboro, MA).


Sources

  • AAB's
  • Ancestry.com