Barbara May Doubleday

1938 - 2025  (86 years)

• Name	Barbara May Doubleday
  Relationship	with Peter Delva
  Birth	27 Oct 1938	Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire   [1, 2, 3]
  Census	1940 (1 years)	Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  She was recorded while living with her parents.
  Age: 1
  Address: 502 Cresent Street
  Residence	1971 (32 years)	Bloomville, Delaware County, New York
  Residence	1993 (54 years)	Bloomville, Delaware County, New York   [4]
  Address: 170 County Highway 33
  Death	30 Jan 2025	Bloomville, Delaware County, New York   [3]
  Obituary	Feb 2025 (86 years)  [3]
  Barbara May Doubleday, 86, of Bloomville, passed away on January 30, 2025 at her home. Born on October 27, 1938 in Nashua, NH, Barbara was the daughter of the late Warren N. and Sigrid (Manty) Doubleday. She received a bachelor's degree from Middlebury College in Vermont where she was a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority, Barbara then received a master’s degree from the University of Hartford in Connecticut and studied for her doctorate at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Barbara began her career teaching Junior High School English in Glastonbury, CT and Buffalo, NY. She moved to the Bloomville area in 1971 and went on to teach 26 years as a Professor of English at SUNY Delhi until her retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1998. She enjoyed the outdoors, and all that nature had to offer, often spending time at her family cabin in Massachusetts, where she taught her sons how to fish. Barbara enjoyed playing cards, especially skät and bridge, playing in local card groups was one of her favorite pastimes. She also learned to play trumpet and bugle as a youth, and in her later years liked to collect antiques. Besides her parents, Barbara was predeceased by her sister: Lois D. Howe. She is survived by her sons: Philip R. and Mark O. Alban both of Maplewood, NJ; a sister: Sandra D. DeCosta, of N. Adams, MA; seven grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. A celebration of Barbara’s life will be held at 11AM on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at the Bloomville United Methodist Church, 35 Church Street, Bloomville, NY. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her honor to American Heart Association or American Cancer Society. Please visit www.hallandpeet.com to share a condolence with Barbara’s family. Published by Hall & Peet Funeral Home, Feb 2025
  Burial	22 Feb 2025  [3]
  Siblings	2 sisters
  > 1. Lois Adelle Doubleday + 2. Barbara May Doubleday,   b. 27 Oct 1938, Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire d. 30 Jan 2025, Bloomville, Delaware County, New York  (Age 86 years) > 3. Sandra Maude Doubleday
  Person ID, Branch	I567	Clan of Jonathan, Tribe of Peter
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Warren Nehemiah "Bun" Doubleday,   b. 8 Feb 1910, Dana, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 3 May 1982, New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sigrid Manty,   b. 23 Nov 1916, Finland
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	01 Sep 1934
  Family ID	F263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner
  Children	+ 1. Philip R. Alban + 2. Mark O'Brian Alban
  Family ID	F362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Oct 1938 - Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Census - 1940 - Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts Residence - 1971 - Bloomville, Delaware County, New York Residence - 1993 - Bloomville, Delaware County, New York Death - 30 Jan 2025 - Bloomville, Delaware County, New York  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources

  [S88] Doubleday, Warren N. Doubleday Genealogical Chart, (Petersham, Massachusetts: manuscript, 1970). [S408] Doubleday, Barbara May. email: 2003-07-26 "Delvee Descent", (Email message from doublebm (at) dmcom.net at Bloomville, New York. 26 July 2003). [S1688] Obituary of Barbara May Doubleday, (Delhi, New York: Hall & Peet Funeral Home). [S500] U.S. Public Records Index, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).