Maurice Edwin Bonia

1917 - 2002  (84 years)

• Name	Maurice Edwin Bonia  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]
  Birth	22 Sep 1917	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [10]
  Census	1930	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [11]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Census	1940	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  Military Draft Registration	1942	Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 14]
  	Draft Registration - WWII
  Military Service	4 Aug 1942  [3, 8, 17, 19]
  	US Army - WWII: Selectee
  		Military Poster-WWII (Army)
  Arrival	17 Jul 1949	Oakland, Alameda, California, USA   [2]
  	Departed Guam aboard Transocean Airlines
  Social Security Number	Bef 1951	Massachusetts, USA   [5, 9]
  	014-12-7282
  Arrival	14 Dec 1951	Guam, USA   [1]
  	Departed Oakland via Tranocean Airways Flight 901
  Residence	1986	Florida, USA   [18]
  Residence	1992	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [13]
  Obituary	Mar 2002	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [15]
  	Boston Globe - 20 Mar 2002 - Page 68
  		Obituary-BONIA Maurice E Obituary of MAURICE EDWIN BONIA -- Boston Globe - 20 Mar 2002 - Page 68
  FSID	L2CW-PMX
  Death	18 Mar 2002	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 17, 20]
  	Age: 84
  Burial	Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [17]
  Person ID	I26327	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Maurice Alphonsus Bonia,   b. 7 Jun 1892, Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada d. 28 Oct 1971, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Retha Zulma Gott,   b. 28 Dec 1894, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 15 Oct 1986, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	16 Apr 1917	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [9, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25]
  		Vital_Marriage-BONIA Retha and Maurice Marriage of Retha Zulma Gott and Maurice Alphonsus Bonia
  Marriage End	1971  [18, 26]
  	Death of Maurice Bonia
  Family ID	F11310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Teresa Cook,   b. 28 Sep 1926, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Jan 2009, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years)
  Married	1944	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [15, 27, 28]
  	Helen Cook and Maurice Bonia
  Marriage	24 Aug 1957	Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA   [16]
  	Helen Coleman and Maurice Bonia (Remarriage of Helen and Maurice)
  Family ID	F11497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Sep 1917 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - 1920 - Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1930 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Census - 1940 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1942 - Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Married - Helen Cook and Maurice Bonia - 1944 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Arrival - Departed Guam aboard Transocean Airlines - 17 Jul 1949 - Oakland, Alameda, California, USA Social Security Number - 014-12-7282 - Bef 1951 - Massachusetts, USA Arrival - Departed Oakland via Tranocean Airways Flight 901 - 14 Dec 1951 - Guam, USA Marriage - 24 Aug 1957 - Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Residence - 1986 - Florida, USA Residence - 1992 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Obituary - Boston Globe - 20 Mar 2002 - Page 68 - Mar 2002 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Death - 18 Mar 2002 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Military Poster-WWII (Army)

  
  

  Obituaries		Obituary-BONIA Maurice E Obituary of MAURICE EDWIN BONIA -- Boston Globe - 20 Mar 2002 - Page 68
  		Obituary-BONIA Retha (Gott) Obituary of RETHA ZULMA GOTT BONIA - The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 14 Oct 1986, Tue, Page 70

  
  

  People

  BONIA-Family Portrait BACK: Dottie, Ralph, Retha, Barbara, Maurice CENTER: Eddie, Robert, Frannie, Mary FRONT: Clyde, Richie

  
  

• Notes

  1. McKinley is now known as Bass Harbor, Maine. 1. McKinley is now known as Bass Harbor, Maine.

  
  

• Sources

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Bonia [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1675; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 15-563. Birth date: abt 1917 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1675; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 15-563. [S352] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Database online. Record for Maurice Bonia [S10809] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Retha Zulma Gott [S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Medford Ward 5, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_715; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 325; Image: . Record for Maurice A Bonia 1920 United States Federal Census Year: 1920; Census Place: Medford Ward 5, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_715; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 325 [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 954; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0449; Image: 230.0; FHL microfilm: 2340689. 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0449; FHL microfilm: 2340689 [S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). [S39] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;). [S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Massachusetts, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 85. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Massachusetts, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 85 [S2814] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Maurice E Bonia • Boston Globe - Mar 2002, (Name: Boston Globe; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 20 Mar 2002;), Maurice Edwin Bonia Obituary. BONIA, Maurice of Cambridge, March 18. Devoted husband of Helen (Cook) Bonia. Beloved father of Louise Ann O'Leary, John Norris, Kathleen Foote and the late William Coleman. Also survived by many loving grandchildren, great grandchildren and several sisters and brothers. Funeral from the Dono-van-Aufiero Funeral Home, 140 Otis St. (at 6th St.), EAST CAMBRIDGE Thursday at 9 AM followed by his Rite of Christian Burial in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Thursday at 10 AM. Visiting Wednesday 2-4 a 7-9 PM. interment Cambridge Cemetery. Late W W. II veteran. https://www.newspapers.com/image/442622253/?article=3fb52107-fdc6-4e09-8874-dae09ca64284&focus=0.20895974,0.559385,0.36042666,0.63249564&xid=3355 Obituary-BONIA Maurice E Obituary of MAURICE EDWIN BONIA -- Boston Globe - 20 Mar 2002 - Page 68 [S667] Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2021;), New Hampshire Department of Health; Concord, New Hampshire; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969. New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971 New Hampshire Department of Health; Concord, New Hampshire; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969 [S5189] Find a Grave: BONIA Maurice E 1917-2002, Maurice Edward Bonia (Veteran). BIRTH: 22 Sep 1917 Tremont, Hancock County, Maine DEATH: 18 Mar 2002 (aged 84) Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts BURIAL: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts MEMORIAL ID: 235021201 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235021201/maurice-edwin-bonia [S1726] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Retha Bonia • Boston Globe - Oct 1986, (Name: The Boston Globe; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 14 Oct 1986;), Retha Zulma Gott Bonia Obituary. BONIA - Retha Z (Gott) of Quincy, October 13, formerly of Dorchester. Beloved wife of the late Morris A Bonia. Mother of Morris E Bonia of Florida, Ralph and Edward Bonia, both of Brockton, Richard Bonia of South Boston, Robert Bonia of Wetmouth, Mrs Mary M Cummings and Mrs Frances E Donohue both of Quincy, Mrs Dorothy McGee of Roslindale, and Mrs Barbara Moon of SC. Also survived by 27 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Reposing at the Joseph Sweeney Funeral Home, 74 Elm St, Quincy Center where services will be held Wednesday morning at 11:30 o'clock. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend, Visiting hours Tuesday 7-9 pm only. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery. -- The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 14 Oct 1986, Tue, Page 70 https://www.newspapers.com/image/526992560/?article=65e70b03-41c7-44e7-804a-80f0a951ba9d&focus=0.1973663,0.58485544,0.3529175,0.64423305&xid=2378 Obituary-BONIA Retha (Gott) Obituary of RETHA ZULMA GOTT BONIA - The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 14 Oct 1986, Tue, Page 70 [S3021] Fold3: Maurice E Bonia, Maurice Edwin Bonia, US Army Selectee, World War II. Military Service World War II Branch: Army Enlistment Date: 4 Aug 1942 Army Branch:None Army Component:Selectees (Enlisted Men) Army Serial Number: 31158509 Enlistment Place:Boston Massachusetts Enlistment Term: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Source of Army Personnel: Civil Life http://www.fold3.com/page/85591480_?xid=1945 [S645] Ancestry.com, Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2012;). Death date: Abt 2002 Death place: Cambridge MA [S78] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;), Bonia.FTW. [S1238] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records, 1789-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2017;), Boston Archdiocese; Boston, Massachusetts; Sacramental Records; Volume: 60525; Page: 53. Vital_Marriage-BONIA Retha and Maurice Marriage of Retha Zulma Gott and Maurice Alphonsus Bonia [S1238] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records, 1789-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2017;), Boston Archdiocese; Boston, Massachusetts; Sacramental Records; Volume: 60525; Page: 53. [S8038] Find a Grave: GOTT Retha Bonia 1894-1986, GOTT Retha Zulma Bonia 1894-1986. BONIA - Retha Z (Gott) of Quincy, October 13, formerly of Dorchester. Beloved wife of the late Morris A Bonia. Mother of Morris E Bonia of Florida, Ralph and Edward Bonia, both of Brockton, Richard Bonia of South Boston, Robert Bonia of Wetmouth, Mrs Mary M Cummings and Mrs Frances E Donohue both of Quincy, Mrs Dorothy McGee of Roslindale, and Mrs Barbara Moon of SC. Also survived by 27 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Reposing at the Joseph Sweeney Funeral Home, 74 Elm St, Quincy Center where services will be held Wednesday morning at 11:30 o'clock. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend, Visiting hours Tuesday 7-9 pm only. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106309429/retha-zulma-bonia [S140] Ancestry.com, Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Database online. Record for Cheryl Lynn Smith Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Database online. [S4163] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Maurice Bonia • Boston Globe - Oct 1971, (Name: The Boston Globe; Location: Boston MA; Date: 31 Oct 1971;), Maurice Alphonsus Bonia Obituary. BONIA, In Dorchester, Oct 28, 1971, Maurice A, beloved husband of Retha Z (Gott). Devoted father of Maurice E Jr, Ralph C, Clyde F, Richard A, Robert V, Edward A, Mary M Cummings, Barbara L Moon, Dorothy A McGee, Frances M Donohue. Also survived by 28 grandchildren and 7 great grand-children. Funeral from the Harold L O'Neil Funeral Home, Dorchester, followed by a blessing of Christian burial at St Mark's Church. Late member Atlantic Fishermen's Union No 691. https://www.newspapers.com/image/435889385/?article=a9140dad-4aed-4a74-a410-b8ab193e11dd&focus=0.043930408,0.33041352,0.16555782,0.39618433&xid=3355 Obituary-BONIA Maurice A Obituary of MAURICE A BONIA • The Boston Globe • Boston, Massachusetts • Sun, Oct 31, 1971 • Page 74 [S300] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;). Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970 [S5184] Find a Grave: COOK Helen Coleman 1926-2009, Helen Teresa Cook Bonia-Coleman. BIRTH: 28 Sep 1926 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts DEATH: 30 Jan 2009 (aged 82) Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts BURIAL: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts MEMORIAL ID: 167881992 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167881992/helen-bonia-coleman