Arthur Hathaway
and his wife Sarah Cooke
and Some of Their Descendants
Tenth Generation


DOROTHY MAY10 HATHAWAY (Adiel9, John8, David7, Love6, Savory5, Simon4, Arthur3, John2, Arthur1) was born at Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, on 23 August 1911, a daughter of Adiel Harvey Hathaway and his wife Julia Reed,[1] and died at Marion, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on 15 April 1993.[2] She married at Fairhaven on 25 June 1930 WALTER EVERETT LANG.[3] He was born at New Bedford, Bristol County, on 23 February 1908, a son of Julius and Mattie (Sorel) Lang.[4] He died at Marion on 1 September 1975.[5]

Dorothy "Dot" Hathaway attended Fairhaven school: kindergarten at the Annex School, then Tripp School, then Rogers School, wehere she graduated from eighth grade in 1926, then Fairhaven High School. When her mother had a nervous breakdown, Dot dropped out of High School to take care of the home. Two years later, on the day her former classmates were graduating, Dot got married. Dot wasn't sure she should get married and leave home, but her mother said, "We'll manage. You go right ahead."

Walter Lang, of Freetown, Plymouth County, had graduated from the Vocational School at New Bedford and was an electrician. Dot and Walter first lived at East Freetown, while he worked for Howard Maxim of Middleboro, Plymouth County. Their first child, Walter, Junior, was born in 1931. Dot recalled he:

was only 3 days old when they took him to Saint Luke's Hospital in New Bedford. He was bleeding from the gums. They didn't give us much hope of his surviving. He lived anyway.

The family had moved to Lakeville, Plymouth County, by 1932, when Natalie was born, and to Middleboro by 1933, when John was born. John died only a few hours after birth. The Langs then moved back to East Freetown, by the time of Roberet's birth in 1936.

In November of 1936 the Lang family moved to Gelette Road, Fairhaven, and Walter worked for Warren Cheetham, well drilling. This did not work out, so in March of 1937 they moved back to Middleboro. They bought a house and Walter went to work for himself.

Walter, Dot and family lived in Middleboro for twenty-five years, and built up a sizeable business. Dorothy answered the phone and did the bookkeeping for the business.

Dorothy reported:

In 1942 we hired a cottage for the month of August on Quelle Lane in Marion. We were near the beach and the children enjoyed that so much. The following year, in 1943, we bought a cottage on the same street. We needed to get away from the business on weekends and in the summer months. Walter went back and forth. In 1962 we moved down there and winterized it for year around living.
This is where Walter died of a massive heart attack, with no warning, in 1975. Dot continmued to live there.[6]

Regarding the children of Dot and Walter:[7]

Dorothy (Hathaway) Lang and her husband Walter had the following children:[10]

  1. WALTER EVERETT11 LANG Jr. b. at Acushnet, Bristol County, on 27 May 1931; m. at Middleboro on 11 October 1951 MURIEL VINCENT GLOVER, b. at Middleboro on 13 May 1932. Children of Walter and Muriel:
    1. Keri Jean Lang b. at Middleboro on 28 June 1957; m. on 2 February 1976 Karl Tecano b. at Middleboro on 28 October 1958. Children of Keri and Karl:
      1. Joshua Peter Tecano b. at Wareham, Plymouth County, on 23 July 1976.
      2. Haakon John Tecano b. at Norway, Oxford County, on 5 February 1980.
    2. Kurt Alden Lang b. at Middleboro on 2 February 1961; m. at Great Falls on 18 July 1980 Laura Daigle b. at Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 3 November 1959. Children of Kurt and Laura:
      1. Jessica Lynne Lang b. at Great Falls on 8 October 1980.
      2. Justin Raymond Lang b. at Great Falls on 23 April 1982.
  2. NATALIE ANN11 LANG b. at Lakeville on 20 June 1932; m. at Middleboro on 17 September 1961 GERALD THOMAS SMITH, b. at New Bedford on 4 October 1932, d. at Marion on 13 April 1997,[11] child of Holger G. and Virginia M. (Vokes) Smith. Children of Natalie and Gerald:
    1. Martin Gerais Smith b. at Middleboro on 15 July 1963, d. at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on 12 October 1967.
    2. Matthew Thomas Smith (adopted) b. at Bourne on 13 October 1968; adopted on 20 December 1968.
    3. Christian Everett Smith b. at Wareham on 30 April 1970.
  3. JOHN HATHAWAY11 LANG b. at Middleboro on 11 August 1933; d. there same day.
  4. ROBERT HATHAWAY11 LANG b. at Acushnet on 18 August 1936; d. on 19 April 2007, last residence Edgewater, Voluysia County, Florida;[12] m(1). at Middleboro on 17 October 1958 SHIRLEY GOUCHER, b. at Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, on 19 May 1937; div. on 26 August 1976; ; m(2). on 1 October 1976 GRACE (LEONARD) HALLOCK, b. at Brockton, Plymouth County, on 11 August 1942. Children of Robert and Shirley:
    1. Robin May Lang b. at Middleboro on 19 April 1960; m. at Middleboro on 9 June 1979 Michael Zagelski b. at Brockton on 19 October 1957. Child of Robin and Michael:
      1. Shawn Michael Zagelski b. at Taunton, Bristol County, on 18 January 1983.
    2. Robert Alexander Lang b. at Middleboro on 11 June 1965.
    3. Rebecca Louise Lang b. at Middleboro on 16 May 1967.


NOTES

1Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, v. 598, p. 198, e. 60; Births Fairhaven 1911, Dorothy Hathaway, ; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 1 October 2019).
2Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 April 2017), Dorothy M. Lang, 033-36-3584. Letter from Eleanor Hathaway Pease Brunelle, to Charles A. Maxfield, 18 October 1995; held in by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
3Dorothy Hathaway Lang, Marion, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, taped interview by Charles A. Maxfield, 13 June 1984; privately held by Natalie Lang Smith.
4Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 1 October 2019), v. 574, p. 313, e. 555; Births New Bedford 1908; Walter E. Lang.
5"U.S. Social Security Death Index", Walter Lang, 030-03-7864. Dorothy Hathaway Lang, taped interview, 13 June 1984.
6Unless otherwise indicated, information on the family of Walter and dorothy Lang is from the following: Dorothy Hathaway Lang, taped interview, 13 June 1984. Letter from Dorothy Hathaway Lang, to Charles A. Maxfield, 25 November 1985; held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
7Unless otherwise indicated, narrative information on the children of Walter and Dorothy is from: Dorothy Hathaway Lang, taped interview, 13 June 1984. Letter, Dorothy Hathaway Lang to Charles A. Maxfield, 25 November 1985.
8"Gerald T. Smith," undated clipping, 1997, from unidentified newspaper; Genealogical Collection of Charles A. Maxfield, provided by Eleanor Hathaway Pease Brunelle; privately held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
9Personal knowledge of the author.
10Unless otherwise indicated, detailed information on the children of Walter and Dorothy is from: Dorothy Hathaway Lang, taped interview, 13 June 1984. Letter, Dorothy Hathaway Lang to Charles A. Maxfield, 25 November 1985.
11"Gerald T. Smith."
12U.S. Social Security Death Index", Robert H. Lang.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brunelle, Eleanor Hathaway Pease. Letter. 18 October 1995, to Charles A. Maxfield. Privately held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

"Gerald T. Smith." Undated clipping, 1997, from unidentified newspaper. Privately held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Lang, Dorothy Hathaway. Marion, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Taped interview by Charles A. Maxfield, 13 June 1984. Privately held by Natalie Lang Smith.

________. Letter. 25 November 1985, to Charles A. Maxfield. Privately held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Massachusetts Archives. "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910." Digital images. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org : 2019.

________. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915. Digital images. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org : 2019.

United States Social Security Administration. "U.S. Social Security Death Index." Database. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2017.


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