Descendants of Richard Aldrich and Anna Maynard - of Bradford, Vermont
by A. H. Gilbertson
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Preface
My goal in writing this genealogy is to eventually have a hard copy printed and donated to the historical society and/or library of Bradford, Vermont. In the meantime, I am publishing my draft online, in hopes that some other descendants may see it and provide more information. I have added some unidentified photographs which are probably of Aldrich family members. I can be reached at [email protected].
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Descendants of Richard Aldrich and Anna Maynard
1. RICHARD ALDRICH was born 8 Apr 1780, in Bradford, Vt.1 He was the son of Silas Aldrich and Alice Collins. He married, in Bradford, on 16 Oct 1801, ANNA MAYNARD.2 She was born 10 Oct 1779, in Northboro, Mass., and was the daughter of Levi Maynard and Esther Savage.3
Anna is said to have been left without a mother "at an early age."4 She came to Bradford when she was 16 years old as a companion for the wife of a Mr. Norcross. Mrs. Norcross became homesick and left her husband, at which time Mr. Norcross asked Anna to remain and "keep house." "No, sir, I will see you in the bottomless pit first!" she reportedly replied. She was taken into the family of Esquire Peters, "where young Richard Aldrich found her and easily persuaded her to become his wife."5
Richard Aldrich inherited the family homestead in the Goshen district of Bradford. According to the town history, "His advantages in youth for school education were very limited, but the lessons of industry, frugality, kindness to the suffering, and of heroic patriotism in which he was thoroughly drilled, had much to do in forming the character for which he was distinguished in after life." He was active in local affairs, holding several town offices. He served after 1807 as Captain of the Second Company of the First Regiment of the State Militia. In 1832 he donated land adjacent to his residence for construction of what is now known as the Old Goshen Church.
According to the history of Bradford, Richard and Anna Aldrich "were industrious, hard-working people, and it is believed that the destitute and hungry never applied to them for relief in vain. They both became hopefully pious in the maturity of their powers, and united with what was then styled the Christian church, and so remained during their subsequent lives."6 Richard died 25 Nov 1856, in Bradford. Anna died 28 Mar 1875, at age 95. They are buried in the Bradford (Upper Plain) cemetery.7
1 Vermont Vital Records. His father is given as Silas Aldrich and mother as Alice. His birth date also given by McKeen, cited below. 2 Vermont Vital Records. She is called Anna “Minard.” 3 Vital records of Northborough, Mass., to the end of the year 1850 (1901). 4 Esther (Savage) Maynard’s death date is unknown. In 1792 she gave birth to her 12th child, when Anna was about 13. If Anna came to Bradford after the death of her mother, that would mean that Esther must have died between 1792 and 1795. 5 McKeen, History of Bradford, Vt., p. 312- 313. 6 Ibid., p. 314. 7 findagrave.com: Richard Aldrich and findagrave.com: Anna Aldrich
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Their inscriptions are as follows:
ANNA MAYNARD CAPT. RICHARD ALDRICH Wife of DIED Richard Aldrich NOV. 27, 1856 Born at Marlborough, N.H.8 Aged 77 Years DIED 28 Mar 1875 AE 95 ys 5 ms 18d
Richard left a will which is reproduced here in full:
I Richard Aldrich of Bradford in the county of Orange and state of Vermont being in a very infirm state of health and sensible too of my liableness to sudden death at the same time being in my own apprehension of sound mind do judge it best to make and accordingly to hereby make this my last will and testament. It is my will that all my just debts and the charges of my funeral to be paid and discharged by my Executor herein after named and appointed out of my Estate as soon as conveniently may be after my decease and I leave the charges of my funeral to the direction of my said Executor. I give and dispose of all my Estate real and personal save what shall be necessary for the payment of my just debts and funeral charges in the following manner I give to my beloved wife Anna Aldrich for her own to do what she pleaseth with my wearing apparel and all my household furniture of every kind name or description and also will and bequeath her one hundred Dollars out of my money or personal property as she may choose. I also will to her my wife Anna a good and comfortable living and support out of my monies or other property during her life and all expenses for Doctoring Nursing Sickness and funeral charges and I also direct my Executor hererin after named to advance and pay to my wife Anna at any time what money she may call for necessary for her comfort and support during her natural life. I give to Mary Ann Brown five dollars, I give to Richard A Brown five dollars, and I give to Sarah W. Brown five dollars the three last named being heirs of my deceased daughter Eliza Ann Brown meaning the aforesaid fifteen dollars to be all the said Eliza Ann’s heirs are ? to have out of my Estate forever the said 15 dollars to be paid in one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named I will and bequeath to 4 of my sons viz William Aldrich, Richard R. Aldrich, Edwin R. Aldrich, & John D. Aldrich all the Real Estate that I now own in Bradford being a house-barn and the land on which the buildings now stand and all the land round said Buildings situated in Bradford village lying west of the Stage road leading through Bradford village, south by Cobble alley – westerly by Gates land – northerly by land owned by Morrison being the same that William Jones of Bradford deeded to me in November 1855. I give and bequeath to my son Levi M. Aldrich two hundred Dollars. My son Smith Aldrich I have settled with and paid him off his share – also Almira Haseltine and Lydia S. Bolton And what property my wife Anna leaves at her decease that she may have out of my Estate I will shall be Divided equally among my six
8 Her gravestone states she was born in N.H., but this is not true.
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sons William Aldrich, Richard R. Aldrich, Smith Aldrich, Edwin R. Aldrich, John D. Aldrich, and Levi M. Aldrich, but the household furniture I leave to my said wife Anna to dispose of as she may see fit . And I further will that the remainder or residue of my property if any remains at my decease not herein disposed of shall be divided Equally among my six sons – William Aldrich, Richard R. Aldrich, Smith Aldrich, Edwin R. Aldrich, John D. Aldrich, and Levi M. Aldrich. And lastly, I do hereby appoint my son William Aldrich sole Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness thereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal this 18th day of January A.D. 1856.
[signed by Richard Aldrich and witnessed by S. S. Kimball, Sarah A. Aldrich and Jesse Putnam.]
Children, born in Bradford, Vt.:9
2. ALMIRA ALDRICH,10 b. 11 Nov 1802; d. 4 Mar 1863; m. LEVI HAZELTINE
3. LYDIA S. ALDRICH, b. 29 Apr 1804; d. 7 Jan 1892; m. (1st) JOSIAH W. RODGERS; m. (2nd) WILLIAM BOLTON
4. SALLY H. ALDRICH, b. 5 Feb 1806; d. 24 Apr 1811, bur. Upper Plain Cem., Bradford, Vt.11
5. WILLIAM B. ALDRICH, b. 6 Jan 1808; d. 7 May 1900; m. (1st) REBECCA HIGHLANDS; m. (2nd) Anna M. Corliss
6. RICHARD RANSOM ALDRICH, b. 9 Oct 1810; d. 5 Aug 1887; m. EMMA HEATH
7. EDWIN R. ALDRICH, b. 28 Apr 1813; d. 20 Jun 1900; m. HARRIET HAZELTINE
8. ELIZA ANN ALDRICH, b. 6 Aug 1815; d. 28 Oct 1838; m. JAMES R. BROWN
9. REV. SMITH ALDRICH, b. 29 Mar 1818; m. (1st) ELSIE MUZZY; m. (2nd) LYDIA POTTER
10. JOHN D. ALDRICH, b. 19 Apr 1820; d. 1 Dec 1884; m. (1st) HARRIET HIGHLANDS; m. (2nd) PHILINDA WILLIAMS
11. LEVI M ALDRICH, b. 8 Jun 1825; d. 4 Mar 1903; m. SARAH GEORGE
9 All births found in Vermont Vital Records, and all are at Bradford. 10 Spelled “Elmira” in birth records of her children, but spelled “Almira” on death record. 11 Death record, online at Familysearch.org – the record gives both her birth and death date.
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Second Generation
2. ALMIRA ALDRICH (Richard Aldrich) was born 11 Nov 1802 in Bradford, Vt. She died 4 Mar 1863 in Lebanon, N.H.12 She was buried in the School St. Cemetery, Lebanon, N.H.13 Almira married LEVI HAZELTINE, 10 Oct 1825 in Bradford.14 Levi was born 19 Oct 1803 in Newbury, Vt. His surnamed was sometimes spelled “Haseltine.” He was the son of David Haseltine and Anna Carter. He died 19 May 1877 in Enfield, N.H.15
Levi married, second, ELIZABETH (DEARBORN) Rowe, 4 Mar 1865, in Gilford, N.H.16 In 1870, Levi was living in Bristol, Vt., with son Samuel and his family. His second wife is not listed with them. They were divorced 12 Oct 1871, due to “abandonment & willing absence.”17 Levi is called a carpenter, on the 1870 census. Children:
12. SARAH HASELTINE, b. 12 Nov 1825; d. 17 Sep 1913; m. LUCIUS P. HUNT
13. MARTHA HASELTINE, b. Jul 1828 in Newbury, VT; d. 16 Dec 1829, Newbury, Vt.; bur. Rogers Hill Cem., West Newbury, Vt.18
14. SAMUEL F. HASELTINE, b. 12 May 1830; d. 24 Jun 1898; m. HELEN R. EDDY
15. REBECCA HASELTINE, b. about 1832; living 1850, no further record
16. HELEN L. HASELTINE, b. about 1834; d. 21 Apr 1888 in Bristol, Vt.; bur. Greenwood Cem., Bristol, Vt.;19 unmarried. In 1880 she lived in Enfield, N.H., with the family of her sister Mary (Haseltine) Currier.
17. MARY CHAMBERLAIN HASELTINE, b. about 1836; d. 30 Dec 1924; m. JOHN CONVERSE CURRIER
18. GEORGE JABEZ HASELTINE, b. Mar 1838, Bradford, Vt.; d. 22 Dec 1838 in Newbury, Vt.; bur. Rogers Hill Cem.20
12 N.H. death record found through familysearch.org. 13 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104565659/almira-hazeltine 14 Vermont Vital Records. They were married by Rev. Silas McKeen. 15 Ancestry.com: New Hampshire Death and Burials Index, 1654-1949. His parents are listed as John Hazelton and Anna Carter. 16 Ancestry.com: New Hampshire Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947. His parents are listed as David Hazeltine and Annie Carter. Her parents are listed as Emanuel Seward and Jane Dearborn. 17 Ancestry.com: New Hampshire Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947. Marriage date is given as 4 Mar 1866, in Gilford. 18 http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/vt-cemeteries/orange-west-newbury-roger-hill- cemetery.htm 19 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106463014 20 http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/vt-cemeteries/orange-west-newbury-roger-hill- cemetery.htm
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19. ELIZABETH "ELIZA" HASELTINE, b. about 1839; d. 25 Feb 1880; m. MOSES T. BROWN
20. JOHN LAFAYETTE HAZELTINE, b. about 1843; d. 9 Dec 1861, Hilton Head, S.C.; b. School St. Cem., Lebanon, N.H.21 He died of disease during Civil War. He was in Co. K, 3rd Regt. of NH volunteers.
3. LYDIA S. ALDRICH (Richard Aldrich) was born 29 Apr 1804 in Newbury, Vt. She died on 7 Jan 1892 in Newbury. She was buried in Boltonville Cemetery, Boltonville, Vt.22 Lydia married JOSIAH W. RODGERS,23 7 Mar 1824, in Bradford, Vt.24 Josiah was born in Nov 1799, probably 17 Nov 1799.25 He was the son of Samuel Rodgers and Ruth Stevens. He died 17 Feb 1843, and is buried in West Newbury Cemetery.26 According to the History of Newbury, Vt., Josiah was a farmer and a major in the militia. He lived in West Newbury until 1831, “when he settled a half mile west from Hall’s Pond, and in that year built a house known later as the Myron Abbott house, which was burned Jan. 17th 1900.”27
Lydia married, second, WILLIAM BOLTON, 1 Jan 1846.28 Lydia (Aldrich) (Rogers) Bolton Photo courtesy of Brianne Newell William was born 8 May 1799, in London, N.H. He died 27 Oct 1883, in Newbury, and is buried in Boltonville Cemetery.29 William was the son of John Bolton and Betsey Tilton. His first wife was Alma Hooker, who died in 1840. In 1820 he came to Newbury, and settled in a place called “Brock’s Falls,” which was later called Boltonville. There he was a miller and postmaster. He “was an anti-mason, Whig and Republican.”30 He had five children by his first wife. Children:
21 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100099796 22 findagrave.com: Lydia S. Bolton 23 Spelled Rodgers on gravestone, but referred to as Rogers in the History of Newbury, Vt. 24 Vermont Vital Records. 25 He died 17 Feb 1743 at age 43 years and 3 months, according to his gravestone. 26 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99621619/josiah-w_-rogers 27 Frederic Wells, History of Newbury, Vt. (1902), p. 679. 28 History of Newbury, p. 467. 29 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73753706 30 History of Newbury, p. 467.
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21. HON. EDWIN ALDRICH RODGERS, b. 20 Oct 1824, Newbury, Vt.; d. 29 Jun 1898, San Francisco, Calif.; m. HENRIETTA C. MORROW, 24 Dec 1864.31 They had no children. Henrietta was born about 1843, and died 2 Feb 1900. Edwin was a lawyer. He graduated from Harvard University, class of 1852,32 and went to California in 1854, settling in Sonora. He “gained much distinction at the bar and on the bench.”33
22. GEORGE EDSON RODGERS,34 b. 19 Feb 1826; d. 23 Oct 1846
23. RUSSELL KIMBALL ROGERS, b. 21 Oct 1827; d. 30 Oct 1866; m. CLARISSA B. WALBRIDGE
24. FRANK S. RODGERS, b. 14 Aug 1830; d. 5 Jan 1914; m. MARY BYRNE
25. HENRY W. RODGERS,35 b. 28 Aug 1832; d. 26 Jan 1853
26. NELSON JOSIAH ROGERS, b. 5 Nov 1834; d. 22 Sep 1912; m. (1st) CLARISSA HUNKINS; m. (2nd) DELILAH AUGUSTA PEER
27. ELIZA LAWRENCE RODGERS, b. 13 Sep 1836; d. 1 May 1925; m. DR. MARK TYLER DODGE
28. LYDIA ANNETTE RODGERS, b. 26 Sep 1839; m. JOHN FRANCIS JENNESS
29. EMELIE STEVENS ROGERS, b. 2 Jan 1842, Newbury, Vt.; d. 4 Jul 1910, Boston, Mass.; m. NATHANIEL FRANCIS FLETCHER, 15 Mar 1866, in Medford, Mass. He died 16 Feb 1915, in Stoneham, Mass. No children. Emelie died after an illness of about two years, of a “malady of an internal cancerous nature.” According to the 1890 census she had one child who had died by 1890.36 Nathaniel was a Civil War veteran. He was a carpenter. He and Emily lived in California from 1875-1893, before returning to Massachusetts. They are both buried in Woodbrook Cem., Woburn, Mass.37
30. CARLOS EDSON BOLTON, b. 3 Apr 1847; d. 11 Aug 1920; m. AUGUSTA SOMES
31. ARABELLE F. “BELLE” BOLTON, b. 15 Jan 1849; d. 15 Oct 1915, Boltonville, Vt.; bur. Boltonville Cem.;38 m. NATHANIEL ROBINSON. Nathaniel was born 26 Apr 1849, of Scots-
31 History of Newbury, p. 679. 32 He also attended Wesleyan Univ. and left after one term. 33 Randolph Herald & News, 28 Jul 1898. 34 Name, Birth and death dates from History of Newbury, Vermont, p. 676. There is a record of a George E. Rogers dying in Boston, 22 Oct 1846, at age 21. But it says he was from Dorchester. 35 Name, Birth and death dates from History of Newbury, Vermont, p. 676 36 Although most of the 1890 census was lost, fragments exist. See Ancestry.com: United States Federal Census Fragment. She lived in Washington DC in 1890 when she was a clerk in a law office. 37 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138122336 (no gravestone photo). 38 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161467607/belle-f-robinson
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Irish parents at Rockport, Ireland. He came to America as a child. Arabelle and Nathaniel had one adopted child, Florence Shaw Robinson.39 Nathaniel’s death date has not been found.
5. WILLIAM B. ALDRICH (Richard Aldrich) was born 6 Jan 1808 in Bradford, Vt.40 He died 7 May 1900 in Prairie Du Sac, Wisc., at age 92.41 William married REBEKAH HIGHLANDS, 14 Sep 1831, in Bradford.42 She was born in about 1808, and was the daughter of Thomas Highlands and Rebecca Tabor. She died 18 Aug 1860, at age 52, in Bradford. She is buried in the Upper Plains Cemetery, in Bradford.43 William married, second, ANNA M. CORLISS, 28 May 1862, in Bradford.44 She was born 11 Jun 1820, in Bradford,45 the daughter of Jeremiah Corliss. She died 12 Sep 1895, in Wisc. William and Anna are both buried in the Praire Du Sac Cemetery.46 William moved to Wisconsin, between 1870 and 1880. An obituary states that “He had lived in Vermont sixty- eight years when he said ‘I will try the west.’” However, he is still found in Bradford, Vt., on the 1870 census. He was a farmer. He first lived in Ripon, Wisc., before moving to Prairie Du Sac. “He was a true faithful Christian, always hopeful of the life to come. He was a hardworking and industrious man though all his active life.”47 Child, by his first wife Rebecca:
32. ANN REBECCA ALDRICH, b. 27 Jun 1832; d. 15 Apr 1923; m. LEONARD BENTON FLETCHER
39 History of Newbury, Vt., p. 467. 40 Vermont Vital Records. 41 Obituary in Bradford Opinion (copied from Sauk Co. News), 25 May 1900. He died “at his home.” 42 Ancestry.com: Vermont Vital Records. They married by Rev. Ezra Sprague. The marriage record gives his middle initial as “B.” 43 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197976440 44 Ancestry.com: Vermont Vital Records. They were married by Rev. Silas McKeen. 45 According to Vermont Vital Records. However her gravestone says June 14, 1820. 46 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120518149 47 Obituary in Bradford Opinion, 25 May 1900, copied from a Praire Du Sac newspaper
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6. RICHARD RANSOM ALDRICH (Richard Aldrich) was born 9 Oct 1810 in Bradford, Vt. He died 5 Aug 1887 in Bradford.48 Richard married EMMA HEATH 10 Jun 1832 in Lowell, Mass.49 Emma was born 4 Apr 1812 in Groton, Vt., “her father being with his regiment at Plattsburg at the time of her birth.”50 She was the daughter of Thomas Heath and Vodica Sly.51 She died 25 Feb 1901 in Bradford. They are both buried in the Upper Plain Cemetery, in Bradford.52 Richard served in State Legislature in 1854 as a member of the Know Nothing party. According to his obituary in the Bradford United Opinion, he was a “natural mechanic,” who “spent his life in his work shop and in the midst of tools and machinery…. More than a dozen years ago Mr. Aldrich lost his left hand by a circular saw, but he still kept up his labors.” He died at his home on Maple Street, in Bradford. His widow Emma died after an illness of two years and eight months, being cared for by her daughter Eliza Barrett. She died of Chronic Bronchitis.53 “She was a good wife and mother, a kind neighbor and a true friend to all.”54 Children:
33. CHARLES ALDRICH, b. abt. Sep 1835; d. 31 Oct 1855, Bradford, Vt.; bur. Upper Plain Cem.; he died of typhoid fever, at age 20 years and 1 month.55 According to the History of Bradford, Vt., he “showed a remarkable genius for mechanical pursuits.”56
34. RICHARD D. ALDRICH, b. abt. 1838; d. 22 Jun 1858, Bradford, Vt.; bur. Upper Plain Cem.; he “committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart…He had been sick for some time and partially insane, very low spirited, but was supposed to be recovering.”57 It was thought that his suicide was due “to aberration of mind, caused by rheumatic fever settling on his brain.”58
35. ELIZA ANN ALDRICH, b. 26 Aug 1840; d. 20 Dec 1928; m. NORMAN W. BARRETT
36. JOSEPHINE EMERY ALDRICH, b. 10 Aug 1842, Bradford, Vt; d. 8 Apr 1872, Bradford, Vt.; m. JOSIAH HENRY BENTON JR., 19 May 1866. No children. Josiah was a well-known lawyer.
48 Death record, online at Familysearch. org. The death record does not give the name of the cemetery. He died of gangrene. 49 Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850. 50 Groton Times, 1 Mar 1901. 51 Her death record says Thomas Heath and “Vodana L. Sly.” According to family trees, which I cannot confirm, her mother’s name was actually Vodica. Note that the card index of Vermont Vital records is a typed record based on earlier handwritten records – it’s possible the name was mistranscribed in the typed record. 52 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195893135 53 Ancestry.com: Vermont Vital Records. She died at age 88 years, 10 months and 21 days. 54 Groton Times, 1 Mar 1901. 55 Death notice in Aurora of the Valley, 3 Nov 1855. 56 History of Bradford, Vt, p. 316. 57 Vermont Journal, 26 Jun 1858. 58 History of Bradford, Vt., p. 316.
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He married again, but had no children by that marriage either. Josephine died of pneumonia. She was “from childhood an invalid and a sufferer…her highly sensitive nature and great delicacy of feeling led her to endure in silence, in patience, in sweet resignation; and to seek in her nearest friends the sympathy and comfort her heart so yearned for.”59
7. EDWIN R. ALDRICH (Richard Aldrich) was born 28 Apr 1813 in Bradford, Vt. He died 20 Jun 1900 in Bradford, and is buried in the Upper Plain Cemetery there.60 Edwin married HARRIET HAZELTINE, of Newbury, in 1835.61 She was born in Jul 1815, in Corinth, Vt., and died 19 Aug 1888, in Bradford. She was the daughter of David Haseltine Jr. and Olive Chamberlin.62 She was thus the cousin of her brother-in-law Samuel Haseltine. Edwin was “a carpenter by trade and a man of excellent judgement. He was respected and honored by all who knew him.”63 According to the History of Bradford, he was a house carpenter and joiner, and assisted by his son in law, Benjamin Baldwin, “has done much in the way of house building here.”64 He lived on a house on Main Street, in Bradford. After his wife’s death he lived with his daughter Olive. Children: 37. (son), died in infancy
38. LAURA ALDRICH, b. 3 Mar 1835; d. 9 Jul 1835; bur. Rogers Hill Cem.65
39. OLIVE ANN ALDRICH, b. 1 Sep 1840, Bradford, Vt.; d. 26 Dec 1925, Brattleboro, Vt; bur. Upper Plain Cem., Bradford, Vt.;66 m. BENJAMIN P. BALDWIN. Olive died from injuries resulting from an automobile accident on the Northfield-Hinsdale road. Benjamin was born about 1832 in Bradford, Vt and died 25 Feb 1890 in Bradford. He was “in the livery business for some years, and later in the grocery trade until within eight years, but for the past few years worked at his trade as a carpenter and jointer.”67 One adopted child, Elena (“Lena”) Baldwin, died 22 Aug 1888, was the natural daughter of Anthony Sweetland and Eliza Barstow.
59 Bradford Opinion, 12 Apr 1872. 60 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195866914 61 Marriage year according to History of Bradford, Vt. 62 Vermont Vital Records, for date of death, place of birth, and parents’ names. 63 Montpelier Daily Journal, 26 Jun 1900. 64 History of Bradford, Vt. 65 http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/vt-cemeteries/orange-west-newbury-roger-hill- cemetery.htm 66 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195866850 67 Montpelier Argus & Patriot, 5 Mar 1890.
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8. ELIZA ANN ALDRICH (Richard Aldrich) was born 6 Aug 1815 in Bradford, Vt. She died 29 Oct 1838 in Wells River, Vt., at age 23. She was buried in the Upper Plain Cemetery, Bradford.68 Eliza married JAMES R. BROWN, son of Elisha Brown and Hannah Richardson, 21 Mar 1832 69 James was born 24 Jan 1810 in Danvers, Mass., and was the son of Elisha Brown and Hannah Richardson. He died 4 Jun 1896 in Melrose, Mass., and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery Wakefield, Mass.70 In a deposition in the pension application of James R. Brown, daughter Mary A. Pratt remembered the circumstances of her mother's death:
"I was taken into the room to look at her before her burial. I remember that there was a snow storm at time of funeral, and I remember how afraid I was to go into the room where my said mother lay in her coffin; and I can remember that at the burial of my said mother I think in front of grown people and very near the grave, and I remember how solemn and awful it sounded when they sang, 'Hark from the Tomb a doleful sound.'"71 James married, second, Mabel Sly, 21 Nov 1839, in Newbury, Vt., and had several more children. He was a blacksmith, and a Civil War veteran. He was injured by a horse kicking him in his side when he tried to shoe it. He Sacred to / the memory of / ELIZA ANN / consort of / James R. Brown / & daughter of was at the battle of Chancellorsville, where he caught a fever. / Richard Aldrich / who died Oct. 28 / 1838 He had a patent on pipe tongs. Children, by Eliza Ann Aldrich:
40. MARY ANN BROWN, b. 29 Dec 1832; d. 5 Apr 1915; m. FRANCIS LOWELL PRATT
41. RICHARD ALDRICH BROWN, b. 15 Aug 1834; m. MARY A. PILLSBURY
42. SARAH WHEELER BROWN, b. Apr 1837; d. 3 Dec 1875; m. JEREMIAH F. DOW
68 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20506921 69 Alvin J. Aldrich, The George Aldrich Genealogy (1971), Vol. 3, p. 24. Location of marriage not known. 70 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20506657/james-r_-brown 71 Affidavit of Mary A. Pratt, part of Civil War pension application of James R. Brown, on file at National Archives.
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9. REV. SMITH ALDRICH (Richard Aldrich) was born 29 Mar 1818 in Bradford, Vt.72 Smith married ELIZA MUZZY. Eliza (or Elsie) was born about 1819. She was almost certainly the daughter of John Muzzy, or Muzzey, and Betsey Aldrich.73 She died in the fall of 1871 in Osceola Co., Iowa, “very suddenly, of heart disease.”74 He married second, LYDIA J. POTTER, 23 Apr 1873 in Jackson, Ia. Lydia was born about 1831 in N.Y.
According to the History of Bradford, Vt., “He lived for some while in Corinth (Vt.), engaged in farming; then moved to Northumberland, N.H., where he and his wife united, on profession of their faith, with the Methodist E. church. He almost at once felt it his duty to preach, and set about it in the fear of God. As a preacher he has endeavored to declare the truth, without attempting any great display of rhetorical eloquence. About 1854 he went West, where he has since been preaching.” He moved to Wisconsin and is listed on the 1870, 1880 and 1900 censuses there.75
According to the History of Osceola County, Ia., “In June 1871, Rev. Smith Aldrich arrived in the county and settled in Section 30, west Holman. When it became known that Aldrich was a preacher, it was thought best to have services the following Sunday, so E. Morris and some others went around to what few there were and gave out the notice. The preaching was in Morrison and Churchill’s shack. There were about twenty-five present, and his sermon, no doubt, was the first preached in the county, though W. W. Webb claims that some other was the first. In the fall of 1871, Mrs. Aldrich, wife of the reverend gentlemen, died on their claim. This was the first death in the county, and at that the undertaker’s shop was far away, so that Mr. A. M. Culver made the coffin and Mrs. John Douglass stained it with grape juice. The simple services at the funeral were impressive, for Mrs. Aldrich was a woman much respected. Her body was removed east some time after its burial here, and Mr. Aldrich himself went away after remaining here a few years.”76
His death date has not been found, although it must have been after 1900. A Lydia J. Aldrich, widow of Smith, is found on a 1907 Los Angeles city directory.
Children, by his first wife Eliza:
43. CHASTINA MARIE ALDRICH, b. Jan 1840; d. 14 Jul 1919; m. WILLIAM H. ANDERSON
44. ORRIN ALDRICH, b. about 1855, Wisc.; no further record
72 Vermont Vital Records. 73 If so, she and Smith Aldrich would have been first cousins. From the History of Bradford, we know that John Muzzey and Betsey Aldrich settled in Corinth, Vt. 74 History of Bradford, for “very suddenly, of heart disease.” 75 In 1900, he is listed as “S. Aldrich” born March 1818 in Vermont, living with son in law W. Anderson and daughter C.M. Anderson, in Burns, Wisc. 76 D. A. W. Perkins, History of Osceola County, Iowa (1892), p. 80.
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10. JOHN D. ALDRICH (Richard Aldrich) was born 19 Mar 1820 in Bradford, Vt. He died 1 Dec 1884 in Bradford,77 and is buried in the Upper Plain Cemetery there.78 John married HARRIET HIGHLANDS, 16 Jan 1845, in Bradford.79 She was born in about 1820 and died 1 Mar 1851, at age 31.80 She was the daughter of Thomas Highlands and Rebecca Tabor, and hence the sister of Rebecca (Highlands) Aldrich, first wife of William Aldrich. She is buried in Upper Plain Cemetery.81 John married, second, PHILINDA WILLIAMS in about 1857. Philinda was born about 1825 in Vt., and was the daughter of Benjamin Williams Sr., and Esther Blood. She died 17 Feb 1889 in Bradford, and is buried in the Upper Plain Cemetery.82 According to the History of Bradford, John “owns and occupies the pleasant homestead on Main Street which formerly belonged to Judge Stebbins.”83 A death record states that his widow Philinda died “after a protracted illness,” and that “her age was about 64 years.”84 Children, by his second wife Philinda:
45. JOHN ALBERT ALDRICH, b. 11 Jun 1858, Bradford, Vt.; d. 6 Feb 1926, Bradford, Vt.; bur. Upper Plain Cem.85 Unmarried. On his death record his occupation is listed as coal dealer.
46. CHARLES RICHARD ALDRICH, b. 3 Oct 1859, Bradford, Vt.; d. 1880; bur. Upper Plain Cem., Bradford.
11. LEVI M. ALDRICH (Richard Aldrich) was born 8 Jun 1825 in Bradford, Vt.86 He died 4 Mar 1903 in Wilmington, Mass.87 He was buried in Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Mass. Levi married SARAH A. GEORGE. Sarah was born 22 Mar 1826 in Bradford. She died 27 Aug 1905 in Lowell.88 She was buried in Edson Cemetery. According to a short death notice, he was “a prominent member of the American Mechanics.”89 On the 1900 census, he is listed in Wilmington, Mass., as a railroad “station agent.” Sarah is listed in 1900 in Lowell, Mass., married, living with daughter Etta. The
77 Death record, online at Familysearch.org. 78 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176319770/john-d_-aldrich 79 Vermont Vital Records. They were married by Rev. Lyman Ames. 80 Gravestone. 81 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106790906 82 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176319712 83 McKeen, History of Bradford, Vt., p. 318. 84 Bradford Opinion, 22 Feb 1889. 85 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195940029 86 Vermont Vital Records. 87 Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915 (with original image.) He died of heart disease. 88 Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915 (with original image). She died of “Hernia (umbilical)” at age 79 years, 5 months and 5 days. 89 Lowell Sun, 6 Mar 1903.
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47. HELEN "NELLIE" ALDRICH, b. 25 Dec 1847; d. 1 Sep 1902, Lowell, Mass.; m. WILLIAM E. BURNS, 16 Jul 1873 in Lowell, Mass.;90 No children. William was born about 1849 in Canada. On the 1880 census he is listed as a carpenter. 48. (daughter), died in infancy, birth order unknown
49. MARIETTA "ETTA" ALDRICH, b. abt. Jan 1850,91 in Bradford, Vt; d. 10 Apr 1920, Lowell, Mass.; bur. Edson Cem., Lowell, Mass. Unmarried. She worked as a buyer for the grocery dept. of A. G. Pollard Co. She was killed by an automobile as she was crossing the street.92
50. HARRIET H. "HATTIE" ALDRICH, b. 25 Sep 1852; d. 31 May 1941; m. THOMAS TRENHOLM
51. EMMA ALMIRA ALDRICH, b. Oct 1855; d. 16 Jun 1931; m. GEORGE E. BLANCHARD
52. IDA ALICE ALDRICH, d. 7 Feb 1858, Bradford, Vt.; d. 30 Nov 1936, Lowell, Mass.; bur. Edson Cem., Lowell, Mass.; m. NATHAN FLANDERS, 15 Jul 1875, Lowell, Mass. No children. Nathan was born 5 Sep 1854 in Andover, Mass. He died 3 Jul 1918 in Lowell, Mass. On the 1910 census his occupation is listed as milliner.
90 Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Marriages, 1840-1915. 91 According to 1900 census she was born in Nov 1853 but this can’t be correct. She is listed as 7 months old on the 1850 census, and 10 years old on the 1860 census. 92 Lowell Sun, 12 Apr 1920.
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12. SARAH HASELTINE (Almira Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 12 Nov 1825 in Bradford, Vt. She died 17 Sep 1913 in Lowell, Mass.93 She was buried in Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Mass. Sarah married LUCIUS P. HUNT.94 The marriage ended in divorce. Lucius was born in 1815. He died in 1896. He is buried in the Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.95 In 1900, Sarah lived with her sister Mary Currier, in Danbury, N.H. On the census she is listed as the mother of one child. Child:
53. JESSIE HUNT, b. about 1858, Nashua, N.H.; d. 14 Oct 1927, Lowell, Mass.;96 m. FRANK ERNEST SPOFFORD, 3 Nov 1880, Lowell, Mass.97 Frank was born about 1858. He died 6 Sep 1883 in Lowell, Mass. A 1927 city directory of Lowell, Mass., states that Jessie, widow of Frank, had moved to Dracut. No known children.
14. SAMUEL F. HASELTINE (Almira Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 12 May 1830 in Newbury, Vt. He died 24 Jun 1898 in Bristol, Vt. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery Bristol, Vt.98 Samuel married HELEN R. EDDY. Helen was born 10 May 1832 in Starksboro, Vt., and was the daughter of Israel Eddy. She died 27 Oct 1903, in Bristol, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.99 An obituary states that she died after a short illness, and “was a kind wife, mother and neighbor.”100 Samuel’s obituary says he was “for many years” a resident of Bristol, and was “a man respected by all,” who had “a large circle of friends.”101 Children:
93 Ancestry.com: Death Certificate. It states she was the widow of Lucius P. Hunt, and the daughter of Levi Hazeltine and Almira Aldrich. 94 The marriage record of Jessie Hunt gives her father’s name as Lucius P. Hunt. 95 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157391377/lucius-p-hunt 96 There is a record in both Lowell and Dracut of a Jessie H. Spofford dying in 1927. At first I thought these were different people, but there’s only one Jessie H. Spofford listed in Lowell city directories. Perhaps the death was recorded in both places. In the Lowell Sun, 15 Oct 1927, there is a death notice for Jessie H. Spofford. She may have been a resident of Dracut at the time but died in Lowell if that was the nearest hospital. The death notice states she was survived by a sister, Mrs. Oscar Smith, of Westport, Conn. It’s not clear if this was a sister or half- sister, since the 1900 census states Sarah (Haseltine) Hunt was the mother of 1 child. 97 Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Frank’s occupation is given as “machinist” in the marriage record. Her birthplace is given as Nashua, N.H. and her parents as Lucius P. and Sarah A. His parents as George G. and Julia A. 98 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97824698 99 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97824648 100 Bristol Herald, 29 Oct 1903. 101 Bristol Herald, 30 Jun 1898.
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54. ALICE R. HASELTINE, b. 9 Jun 1858, Bristol, Vt.; d. 28 May 1893, Bristol, Vt.; bur. Greenwood Cem., Bristol;102 m. WALLACE E. FRANK, 30 Jun 1880, Bristol, Vt. Wallace was born 13 Oct 1857 in Lincoln, Vt. He died 25 May 1902 in Bristol. No children. She died, at age 34, of heart failure. An obituary states that “She was the light and joy of her home, a loving and devoted wife, daughter and sister.”103 Wallace remarried to Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) Butler, in 1896, but had no children. He is listed as a farmer on the 1900 census.
55. FRANKLIN L. HASELTINE, b. Sep 1862; d. 23 Jul 1932; m. FANNIE S. PHAIR
56. ALMIRA (“MINA”) HASELTINE, b. about 1866; d. 25 Oct 1876, Bristol, Vt.; bur. Greenwood Cem.104
17. MARY CHAMBERLAIN HASELTINE (Almira Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 5 Mar 1836105 in Bath, N.H. She died 30 Dec 1924, in Concord, Vt. She is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Enfield, N.H.106 Mary married JOHN CONVERSE CURRIER, 17 Aug 1862. John was born 21 Sep 1828 in Wentworth, N.H. He was the son of John and Martha Currier. He died 2 Sep 1888 in Enfield, N.H. He was a Civil War veteran, and Mary received a widow’s pension. John was in Co. H, N.H. 11th infantry. John had married, first, Kate Goodhue, by whom he had at least two children, Fred and Marcia. Children:
57. FRANK M. CURRIER, b. about 1865; d. 15 Apr 1881, Enfield, N.H.
58. JOHN WESLEY CURRIER, b. 20 Jan 1866; d. 7 Jul 1953; m. (1st) MAYORA JANE BATTIS; m. (2nd) MILDRED E. CASWELL
59. CLARENCE CONVERSE CURRIER, b. 22 Jul 1869; d. 28 Sep 1929; m. LENA MAY SHELDON
60. MARY EMILY CURRIER, b. about 1872; d. 26 Apr 1931; m. NEWTON BAXTER COLBY
61. LUCY ARABELLA CURRIER, b. 12 Jan 1873, Enfield, N.H.; d. 31 Mar 1881, Enfield, N.H.
62. HELEN E. CURRIER, b. about 1876; d. 2 Apr 1881, Enfield, N.H. She died of diphtheria.107
102 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97638947 103 Bristol Herald, 1 Jun 1893 104 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97824765 105 According to findagrave 106 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204812924 (no gravestone photo). 107 Ancestry.com: New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records 1754-1947, with image.
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19. ELIZABETH "ELIZA" HASELTINE (Almira Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born about 1839 in Bradford, Vt. She died 25 Feb 1880, in Lebanon, N.H. She was buried in School St. Cemetery, Lebanon, N.H.108 Eliza married MOSES T. BROWN, 1 May 1853, in Vermont.109 Moses was born in 1829 in Newbury, Vt. He was the son of Absalom Brown and Polly Tuttle. He died 11 Mar 1893 in Lebanon, N.H. He was buried in School St. Cemetery, Lebanon.110 Moses was a Civil War veteran. He married, second, Helen S. Merritt, 12 Jul 1885, in Lebanon, N.H. He is listed on an 1890 veteran’s census as having liver disease.111 Children:
63. FLORA BROWN, b. 15 Feb 1860; bur. School St. Cem., Lebanon, N.H.
64. ALFRED J. BROWN, b. 7 Jun 1861, Lebanon, N.H.; d. 12 Dec 1880, Enfield, N.H.; bur. School St. Cem., Lebanon, N.H.
65. ALBERT P. BROWN, b. 21 Oct 1865; d. 14 Aug 1924; m. LORETTA R. GEE
66. AGNES M. BROWN, b. 2 May 1873; d. 18 Nov 1873; bur. School St. Cem., Lebanon, N.H. .
23. RUSSELL KIMBALL ROGERS (Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 21 Oct 1827 in Newbury, Vt. He died 30 Oct 1866, in Searsville, Calif.112 Russell married CLARISSA BLUNKSANE “CLARA” WALBRIDGE, 9 Aug 1856 in San Francisco, Calif. Clara was born 12 Mar 1830 in Wolcott, Vt. She was the daughter of Daniel Augustus Walbridge and Roxanna Brown. She died 29 Oct 1917 in Easton, Calif. They are both buried in Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.113 According to the History of Newbury, Vt., Russell came to California in 1852, and was a lawyer. Russell is listed as a farmer, living in Nicasio, Calif., on the 1880 census. In 1910,
Clara lived in San Francisco with daughter Nellie. Russell Kimball Rogers Photo courtesy of Brianne Newell Children:
108 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104563459 109 Vermont Vital Records. The bride’s name is difficult to read, looks like “Elvia B. Haseltine.” 110 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100096733 111 Ancestry.com: 1890 Veteran’s schedule. 112 A death notice in the San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Nov 1886, gives the place of his birth and death. 113 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198834160/russell-kimball-rodgers. There appears to be no existing gravestones, however.
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67. NELLIE MAY ROGERS, b. 31 Mar 1857, San Francisco, Calif.; d. 29 Jun 1945, Marin Co., Calif.; PERRY GEORGE HOLSTEAD in 1902 in Washoe Co., Nev. The marriage ended in divorce. Perry was born about 1875. He died in 1935 in Painesville, Oh.
68. LENA ALICE ROGERS, b. 22 Feb 1861; d. 9 Jun 1863, San Francisco
69. ADELAIDE L. ROGERS, b. 3 Dec 1864; d. 1 Nov 1934; m. WALTER J. R. BARTLETT
70. HARRY DUSTAN ROGERS, b. 6 Jan 1867; d. 17 Mar 1927; m. MINNIE DUJARDIN
24. FRANK S. RODGERS (Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 14 Aug 1830 in Vt. He died 5 Jan 1914 in Nicasio, Calif. He was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.114 Frank married MARY BYRNE in about 1858. Mary was born Nov 1838 in Ireland. She died 26 Aug 1920 in Nicasio, Calif. She was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael. According to the History of Newbury, Vt., Frank went to California in 1855. According to his obituary, he came 55 years before his death, or 1859. On the 1880 census he is listed as a farmer. His obituary calls him “one of Marin county’s oldest pioneers,” and states that he died of an illness lasting a few weeks. He came to Marin Co. in about 1871. “From 1879-80 he served as a supervisor in the Nicasio district. During his term the poor farm was established.”115 Children:
71. MARY ANNETTE RODGERS, b. Jul 1859; d. 8 Jun 1913; m. HARRY WAKE
72. LILLIAN A. RODGERS, b. 25 Oct 1862; d. 7 Mar 1935, Marin Co., Calif.; bur. Mt. Olivet Cem., San Rafael, Calif.;116 m. MICHAEL FITZGERALD, in about 1902. It was his second marriage. They had no children. Michael was born 17 Apr 1843 in Ireland and came to the United States in about 1866. He died 25 Oct 1921 in Marin Co., Calif., “after a long illness from heart trouble.”117 He was buried in Mt. Olivet Cem., San Rafael.
73. FRANK EDWIN RODGERS, b. 27 Sep 1867; d. 15 Jul 1938; m. CAROLINE FRANCES SCOTT
74. CLARA E. RODGERS, b. 2 Sep 1870; d. 17 Aug 1961, Decoto, Calif.;118 m. LANDON ATTFIELD BELL. The marriage ended in divorce, before 1940. Landon was born on 5 Sep 1873. He was secretary of a copper mining company. He died 28 Jun 1941, in San Francisco.
75. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS RODGERS, b. 3 May 1872; d. 19 Jan 1954, Alameda Co., Calif.; m. NELLIE CATHERINE TANFORAN in about 1899. They had no children. The marriage ended in divorce, in about 1918. Nellie was born 13 May 1877. She died 22 Jul 1950 in San Francisco Co.,
114 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138105884 115 Marin Journal, 8 Jan 1914. 116 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108105071/lillian-fitzgerald 117 Marin Journal, 27 Oct 1921. 118 Ancesty.com: California Death Index, 1940-1997. Also, San Rafael Daily Independent Journal, 25 Aug 1961.
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Calif. She was buried in Holy Cross Cem., San Francisco. In 1900, William was proprietor of a grocery store in San Francisco.
76. ELIZABETH “LIZZIE" RODGERS, b. 29 Sep 1876; d. 23 Feb 1890, Nicasio, Calif.; bur. Mt. Olivet Cem., San Rafael, Calif.119
26. NELSON JOSIAH ROGERS (Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 5 Nov 1834 in Newbury, Vt. He died 22 Sep 1912 in San Francisco, Calif., and is buried in the Cypress Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Colma, Calif.120 Nelson married CLARISSA HUNKINS, 22 Oct 1865 in Boston, Mass.121 Clarissa was born 7 Jul 1840, in Haverhill, N.H. vShe was the daughter of Jonathan and Betsey (Smith) Hunkins. She died 6 Jun 1875, in San Francisco.122
Nelson married, second, DELILAH AUGUSTA PEER, 3 Jun 1883.123 Delilah was born in about 1849 in Whichchurch, Ontario, Canada. She died 26 Aug 1890, in San Francisco. According to the history of Newbury, Vt., Nelson first went to California in 1854, and returned to Vermont in 1862. He had returned to California by 1867 when he is included in a voter list, in San Francisco, with occupation milkman.124 Nelson’s marriage record lists his occupation as mechanic. On the 1880 census he is listed in San Francisco as an “expressman.” Children, by his first wife Clarissa:
77. ELVA WINNORA ROGERS, b. about May 1867, San Francisco, Calif.; d. 9 Nov 1887, San Francisco125
78. CLARENCE J. ROGERS, b. 12 Sep 1872, San Francisco, Calif; d. about 1885126 Children, by his second wife, Delilah:
79. ANNIE GRACE ROGERS, b. about 1887; m. ELMER MCKEAN
80. ROSWELL PEER ROGERS, b. 26 Sep 1889; d. 4 Feb 1959; m. BEATRICE ADELINE CLARK
119 Sausalito News, 28 Feb 1890. Cause of death not given. 120 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135904090 121 Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915. She is called “Clara J. Hunkins” in the marriage record. 122 History of Newbury, Vt. 123 Ibid. 124 Ancestry.com: California Voter Registers, 1866-1898. 125 Death notice in San Francisco Bulletin, 10 Nov 1887: “ROGERS – in this city, November 9. Elva W., daughter of N. J. Rogers, a native of San Francisco, aged 20 years and 6 months.” 126 According to an ancestry tree; however, history of Newbury says he died in his 18th year, which would be around 1889.
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27. ELIZA LAWRENCE RODGERS (Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 13 Sep 1836 in Vt. She died 1 May 1925 in San Francisco, Calif.127 Eliza married DR. MARK TYLER DODGE, 25 Mar 1855 in Jamestown, Calif. Mark was born 14 May 1832 in New York City, N.Y, the son of Dr. Jonathan Dodge and Sophia Tyler. He died 15 Dec 1866 in Jamestown, Calif., and is buried in the Sonora Masonic Cemetery.128 She died of cancer.129 Eliza, aged 17, arrived in San Francisco on 20 Mar 1854, as a passenger on the steamship Uncle Sam. She had come from Vermont to California to live with her older brother Edwin who had arrived there in the same year. She was chaperoned on her trip by a family friend.130 She was married a year later, and in 1866, at age 30, became a widow. She never remarried. She taught school in Tuolumne Co., before moving to Stockton in around 1888. In 1910, Eliza lived in Stockton, Calif., with daughter Adelaide. Children:
81. DR. HENRY WASHINGTON DODGE, b. 3 Jun 1859; d. 30 Jun 1919; m. (1st) ALICE LUCILLE (LAMPSON) SHEPARD; m. (2nd) RUTH VIDAVER
82. ADELAIDE LOUISE DODGE, b. 27 Feb 1862; d. 12 Sep 1927; m. FRANCIS DAVID NICOL
28. LYDIA ANNETTE ROGERS (Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 26 Sep 1839 in Wells, Vt. Lydia married JOHN FRANCIS JENNESS. John was born 5 Mar 1839 in Beverly, Mass. He was the son of Francis Jenness and Lydia Dodge. He died in about 1890 in Calf. Francis was a veteran of the Civil War. He moved to California in 1872. According to the History of Newbury, Vt., he moved to Southern California and died 1 Apr 1886. Lydia’s death date has not been found. In 1910 She was living in Alameda, Calif., with a nurse. She is listed in a 1912 city directory of Oakland, living at 2205 Central Ave. Children:
83. HENRY HERBERT JENNESS, b. 30 Dec 1866; d. 19 Dec 1959; m. FLORENCE ELLEN FROST
84. INEZ PAULINE JENNESS, b. 14 Jul 1870; d. 10 Sep 1941; m. WALLACE FRANKLIN FEADER
127 Ancestry.com: California Death Index, 1905-1939, for date and place of death. 128 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51275178 129129 Ancesty.com: California: San Francisco Funeral Home Records. Cause of death given as “Carcinoma
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30. CARLOS EDSON BOLTON (Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 3 Apr 1847 in Newbury, Vt. He died 11 Aug 1920 in Douglas, Ariz. He was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Douglas, Ariz.131 Carlos married AUGUSTA H. SOMES, 7 Oct 1869 in Charlestown, Mass. Augusta was born about 1845 in Mass. She died in 1895 in Blaine Co., Idaho. She was buried in Hailey Cemetery, Blaine Co.132 Carlos was a private in the Civil War, Co. G, Vermont Infantry. He was later promoted to Corporal. By 1880 he and his wife were living in Tuolumne Co., California, where he was a machinist. Soon after they moved to Idaho. Before 1910, he and his family moved to Arizona. Child:
85. FREDERICA EDINGTON BOLTON, b. 8 Apr 1883; d. 17 Oct 1970; m. EDWARD HUGHES TAYLOR
32. ANN REBECCA ALDRICH (William Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 27 Jun 1832 in Vt. She died 15 Apr 1923 in Prairie Du Sac, Wisc., and was buried in the Prairie Du Sac Cemetery.133 Ann married LEONARD BENTON FLETCHER 5 Feb 1862. Leonard was born 13 May 1838 in Vermont. He was the son of Leonard Fletcher and Lucinda Tyler.134 He died 12 May 1874, in Prairie Du Sac, and is also buried in the Prairie Du Sac Cemetery.135 Ann and Leonard moved to Wisconsin, sometime between 1870 and 1874. Children:
86. ESTELLA ELIZABETH FLETCHER, b. 2 Sep 1865; d. 31 May 1889; m. FREEMONT J. AVERY
87. WILLIAM LEONARD FLETCHER, b. 4 Sep 1871; d. 14 Oct 1948; m. ELIZABETH RAY
35. ELIZA ANN ALDRICH (Richard Ransom Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 26 Aug 1840 in Newbury, Vt. She died 20 Dec 1928 in Bradford, Vt. Eliza married NORMAN W. BARRETT, son of Nathan Barrett and Louisa Farnsworth, 11 Apr 1865 in Newbury, Vt. Norman was born on 18
131 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63184170/carlos-edson-bolton 132 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71523826/augusta-h-bolton 133 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118758950 134 Tyler Genealogy. 135 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120518323/leonard-b-fletcher
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Nov 1835 in Bristol, Ct. He died 29 Apr 1904 in Bradford.136 In 1900, his occupation is listed as a farmer. Child:
88. RICHARD ALDRICH BARRETT, b. 25 Apr 1868; d. 14 Feb 1931; m. MINNIE L. BROWN
40. MARY ANN BROWN (Eliza Ann Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 29 Dec 1832 in Haverhill, N.H. She died 5 Apr 1915 in Pomona, Calif. She was buried in Pomona Cemetery, Pomona, Calif. Mary married FRANCIS LOWELL PRATT, son of William Pratt and Harriet Gilson, 21 Sep 1862 in Boston, Mass. Francis was born 25 Oct 1840 in Quincy, Mass. He died 14 Mar 1907 in Pomona. He was buried in Pomona Cemetery. Mary Ann was an amateur artist, having taken lessons with Boston painter George A. Frost.137 Her husband Francis (“Frank”) Pratt was city messenger of Cambridge, Mass., before retiring to California. He was an amateur singer. Maryann (Brown) Pratt Photo courtesy of Allan Gilbertson Children:
89. HARRY STILLMAN PRATT, b. 22 Aug 1867; d. 28 Dec 1944; m. (1st) ALICE MAUD CLARK; m. (2nd) VIRGINIA (BROADWELL) EMBREE
90. GRACE ANNA PRATT, b. 29 May 1869, Cambridge, Mass.; d. 11 Oct 1873, Cambridge, Mass.; bur. Pomona Cem.
91. ERNEST LAWRENCE PRATT, b. 5 Mar 1872, Cambridge, Mass.; d. 12 May 1893, Pomona, Calif.; bur. Pomona Cem. He died in a freak electrocution accident while working at an electric power plant.
41. RICHARD ALDRICH BROWN (Eliza Ann Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 15 Aug 1834 in Vt. Richard married MARY A. PILLSBURY 15 May 1856 in Newbury, Vt.138 Mary was born in about 1839 in N.H. She is said to have died in 1862. Richard’s death date is not known. Mary is said to have died at the time of the birth of her daughter Nellie, in 1862. She was the daughter of William R. and Mary Jane Pillsbury.
136 Vermont Vital Records. Parents names and place of birth and death are given. He died of pneumonia. 137 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Albert_Frost 138 Vermont Vital Records.
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On the 1870 census, Frank H., 13, and Nelly A., 8, are living with their grandparents, William R. and Mary J. Pillsbury, in Piermont, NH. Fred also lived in Piermont, with the family of Jonathan Stanley. Little information is known about Richard A. Brown. He enlisted in the Union army on 25 Aug 1861.139 It is possible he was the Richard A. Brown, aged 45, living in Williamston, N.C. in 1880, with wife Caroline.140 Although Richard Brown is a common name, this man is listed on the census as having been born in Vermont, so it seems possible that after his wife Mary’s death, and after the Civil War, he may have remarried and moved to North Carolina. In 1870, this same man lived in Hagerstown, Md., born in Vermont and listed as a carpenter. Children:
92. FRANK H. BROWN, b. 2 Feb 1857; d. 15 Jul 1890; bur. Clay Hollow Cem., Peirmont, N.H.141 He died on Lake Morey, near Fairlee, Vt., when a steamship he was piloting capsized in bad weather.
93. FRED ERASTUS BROWN, b. 18 Feb 1858; d. 4 Dec 1929; m. ETTA E. FOSTER
94. NELLIE A. BROWN, b. 27 Mar 1862; d. 20 Oct 1947; m. (1st) FRANK GEORGE HADLEY; m. (2nd) FRED G. W. COOPER
42. SARAH WHEELER BROWN (Eliza Ann Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 8 Apr 1837 in Craftsbury, Vt. She died 3 Dec 1875 in Waterbury, Vt. She was buried in Green Mount Cemetery, E. Montpelier, Vt.142 Sarah married JEREMIAH F. DOW, 28 Aug 1858 at the Eagle Hotel in Montpelier, Vt.143 Jeremiah was born 4 Mar 1830 in Vt. He was probably the son of Jeremiah Dow and Parnal Phelps. He died 22 Jan 1882 in New York City, N.Y. A Jeremiah F. Dow, aged 31, from Vermont, registered for the Civil War draft, in 1863. His death is mentioned in the Montpelier Argus and Patriot: “in New York city, January 22, of consumption, Mr. Jeremiah F. Dow, formerly of Montpelier, aged 51 years, 10 months and 48 days.” He is buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier.144 Child:
139 Ancestry.com: American Civil War Soldiers. The record states his residence was Bradford, Vermont. 140 1880 US Census. Listed occupation: “Works at Saw Mill.” They lived with Caroline’s niece, Nettie Caughey, aged 13. 141 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171321683/frank-h-brown 142 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148466971/sarah-wheeler-dow 143 Vermont Vital Records. He is called J. F. Dow, and she, Sarah M. Brown. The wedding was performed by Rev. H. P. Cushing. Jeremiah is called a Carpenter. 144 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148466946/jeremiah-f_-dow
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95. HATTIE DOW, b. 1 Mar 1860, Craftsbury, Vt.; d. 7 Jun 1898 in Waterbury, Vt.145 bur. Green Mount Cem., Montpelier, Vt.;146 m. ----- TROY
43. CHASTINA MARIE ALDRICH (Smith Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born in Jan 1840 in Vt. She died 14 Jul 1919 in Tacoma, Wash.147 Chastina married WILLIAM H. ANDERSON, 27 Jul 1862, in Leon, Wisc.148 He was born in Mar 1842. The marriage record states he was born in England. He was the son of Joseph and Ann Anderson, according to the marriage record. He died 11 Nov 1928, in Sparta, Wisc. William was a farmer, and lived with his family in Burns, Wisc., in 1880 and in 1900. His father-in-law, Smith Aldrich, lived with them in 1900. In 1910 the family was living in Sparta, Wisc. Children:
96. NETTIE ANDERSON, b. May 1874; d. 7 Nov 1910; m. (1st) WILLIAM ELLIS WILLSEY; m. (2nd) WILLIAM CARPENTER GRAY
97. ALVAH SMITH ANDERSON, b. 30 Apr 1876; d. 1933; m. BERTHA MAY LEVERANZ
49. HARRIET H. "HATTIE" ALDRICH (Levi M. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 25 Sep 1852 in Vt. She died 31 May 1941 in Medford, Mass. Hattie married THOMAS TRENHOLM 10 Nov 1871 in Charlestown, Mass.149 Thomas was born about 1846 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died 4 Aug 1904 in Boston, Mass. His death record lists his occupation as carpenter. Harriet’s obituary states that she died “after a long illness,” and was survived by a niece, Miss Etta Blanchard, and a nephew, W. W. Blanchard.150 Child:
98. EVA M. TRENHOLM, b. 17 May 1872, Lowell, Mass.; d. 16 Mar 1889, Boston, Mass.; she died of Typhoid Fever
145 Ancestry.com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908. Her birth place is given as Craftsbury, VT, and parents listed as J. F. Dow and Sarah W. Bruce. 146 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185726678/hattie-m-troy 147 Ancestry.com: Washington Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960. Her father is given as Smith Aldrich. 148 Wisconsin Marriages, on familysearch.org. She is listed as daughter of Smith and “Alsa” Aldrich. 149 Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Thomas was the son of Howard and Mary Trenholm. Harriet is called the daughter of Levi and Cynthia Aldrich, in the marriage record. It is not clear why her mother is called “Cynthia.” The marriage record also states she was born in Rutland, Vt. 150 Lowell Sun, 2 Jun 1941.
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51. EMMA ALMIRA ALDRICH (Levi M. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born in Oct 1855 in Bradford, Vt. She died 16 Jun 1931 in Thornton's Ferry, N.H.151 Emma married GEORGE E. BLANCHARD, 26 Jul 1873, in Lowell, Mass. George was born 16 Jun 1851 in Mass. He was the son of Joseph Blanchard and Rhoda W. Goodwin. He died 6 Aug 1916, in Merrimack, N.H. He is buried in Thornton Graveyard, Merrimack, N.H.152 George was a farmer, according to the 1900 census. Her obituary states she was survived by son Wilbert W. Blanchard, daughter Etta A. Blanchard, and sisters Harriet A. Trenholm and Ida A. Flanders.153 Children:
99. WILBERT WISEMAN BLANCHARD, b. 24 Sep 1877; d. 26 Sep 1970; m. ETHEL B. ATWOOD
100. ETTA A. BLANCHARD, b. 14 May 1884, Merrimack, N.H; d. Nov 1963; unmarried
151 Death notice in Lowell Sun, 20 Jun 1931. She had lived in Thornton’s Ferry for 47 years. 152 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36027107 153 Lowell Sun, 20 Jun 1931. She had lived in Thornton’s Ferry for the last 47 years of her life.
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55. FRANKLIN L. "FRANK" HASELTINE (Samuel F. Haseltine, Almira Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born in Sep 1862 in Lebanon, N.H. He died 23 Jul 1932 in Mendon, Vt., and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Bristol, Vt.154 Frank married FANNIE S. PHAIR, 29 Jun 1893, in Bristol, Vt. Fannie was born 14 Sep 1873 in Vergennes, Vt., and was the daughter of Henry William Phair and Loretta Goodrich. She died 16 Jul 1947 in Rutland, Vt. Frank lived in Rutland, Vt., for the last 19 years of his life, dying in Mendon, his summer home. On the 1930 census he is listed as a cabinetmaker. Children:
101. RAY FRANCIS HASELTINE, b. 5 May 1894, Bristol, Vt.; d. 29 Apr 1961, Rutland, Vt.; bur. Evergreen Cem., Rutland, Vt.; m. MILDRED MARY DUNN. He was an engineer for the Rutland Railway for 47 years. Children: (1) Ray Francis Haseltine Jr., b. 13 Aug 1925; d. 9 May 1990 (2) Joyce Ann Haseltine, b. 29 Aug 1931; d. 10 Mar 2013; m. Matthew Bernard Burke Jr.
102. NEWTON ELMER HASELTINE, b. 26 Oct 1898, Bristol, Vt.; d. 8 Sep 1961; Rutland, Vt.; m. CATHLEEN FAXON GRINNELL. He was a post office employee. Cathleen was born 18 Oct 1892, and died 3 Dec 1958, in Rutland. Children: (1) Janice Mildred Haseltine, b. 9 Sep 1921; d. 12 Oct 2010 (2) June Phyllis Haseltine, b. 14 Jun 1924; d. 1 Jan 2003; m. Gene Emmett Noble
103. JENNIE DELLA HASELTINE, b. 2 Aug 1914, Bristol, Vt.; d. 28 Jan 2005, Rutland, Vt.; bur. Evergreen Cem., Rutland; m. ROBERT TRUMAN ALDRICH. She was a nurse’s aide. Robert was born 23 Jun 1896, and died 18 Sep 1972, in Hartford, Vt. Robert had a previous marriage to Dorothy Frances Leonard, who died 14 Oct 1938. In 1940 he was an automobile sales manager. Children: (1) Jennine Sprague Aldrich, b. 27 Jan 1947; d. 8 Jun 1999, Rutland, Vt.; m. Living (2) Robert Truman Aldrich Jr., b. 6 Jun 1951; d. 3 Jul 2011, Springfield, Vt.; m. Claudia Lynn Cimonette; divorced
58. JOHN WESLEY CURRIER (Mary Chamberlain Haseltine, Almira Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 20 Jan 1866 in Enfield, N.H. He died 7 Jul 1953, probably in Florida. John married MAYORA JANE BATTIS, 30 Apr 1892 in Concord, N.H. The marriage ended in divorce. Mayora was born 20 Mar 1877. She died in 1941 in Florida. John married, second, MILDRED E. CASWELL, 26 Jan 1921, in Nashua, N.H. Mildred was born in about 1859 in Barnstead, N.H. She died 2 Nov 1942 in St Petersburg. Fla.
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104. EDITH ESTHER CURRIER, 14 Feb 1893, Concord, N.H.; d. 14 Feb 1893, Concord, N.H.; bur. Oak Grove Cem., Enfield, N.H.; premature birth
105. ARCHIE WESLEY CURRIER, b. 25 Oct 1899; d. 13 May 1900; bur. Blossom Hill Cem., Concord, N.H.; died of bronchitis
106. PERLIE MAYNARD CURRIER, b. 3 Mar 1902, Concord, N.H.; d. 5 Mar 1963, St. Petersburg, Fla.; bur. Memorial Park Cem., St. Petersburg;155 m. LINA HOFFMAN. One living child.
59. CLARENCE CONVERSE CURRIER (Mary Chamberlain Haseltine, Almira Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 22 Jul 1869 in Enfield, N.H.156 Clarence married LENA MAY SHELDON, 14 Aug 1894 in Bristol, Vt.157 Lena was born in May 1874. She died 28 May 1952 in Mount Rainier, Md. Clarence’s death date has not been found. He is listed on the 1940 census with wife Lena and his two children, living in Mt. Rainier, Md., at age 70. He was probably retired at the time, as his occupation is not given. On the 1930 census he was listed in Mt. Rainier as a bookkeeper for Potomac Electric Power Co. Children:
107. DORIS M. CURRIER, b. 4 Nov 1900, Bristol, Vt.; d. 1 May 1958, Arlington, Va.; bur. George Washington Cem., Chillum, Md.; m. ----- MORRISON. One living child.
108. GLENN SHELDON CURRIER, b. 16 Jun 1904; d. 2 Jul 1977, Annandale, Va.; bur. George Washington Cem.; m. (1st) ELIZBETH A. TEMPLIN; m. (2nd) VIRGINIA NATALIE MURRAY. Two living children.
155 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155461598 156 Ancestry.com: Social Security Applications and Claims Index. This gives birth date, place, and parents’ names. 157 Vermont Vital Records.
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60. MARY EMILY CURRIER (Mary Chamberlain Haseltine, Almira Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born in about 1872 in Enfield, N.H. She died 26 Apr 1931 in Concord, N.H. Mary married NEWTON BAXTER COLBY, 8 Jul 1890 in Enfield, N.H. Newton was born 16 Dec 1865 in Hanover, N.H. He was the son of Moses Thomas Colby and Martha Houston. He died 18 Dec 1936 in York Beach, Me. On the 1920 census, Newton is listed as a baggage master for a steam railroad, in Concord, N.H. After his wife’s death, he moved to York Beach, Me. Children:
109. CARL CONVERSE COLBY, b. 16 Jan 1896, Concord, N.H.; d. 1 Dec 1979, Meredith, N.H.; m. RUTH E. CLOUGH. In 1936 he was a professor at Mt. Allison Univ., in New Brunswick, Canada. Children: (1) Margaret Helen Colby, b. abt. 1919; d. 17 Oct 2002; m. Charles Gordon Rand (2) Kenneth Clough Colby, b. 12 May 1923; d. 8 Oct 1963; m. Living
110. RUEL NEWTON COLBY, b. 17 Dec 1905, Concord, N.H.; d. 11 May 1977, Bow, N.H.; m. (1st) CARRIE ALMA TABOR; m. (2nd) MARION GERTRUDE MALOON. He was Sports Editor of the Concord Monitor, and was named New Hampshire sportswriter of the year four times. Marion died 10 Jul 1994. No children.
111. RUTH HELEN COLBY, b. 17 Dec 1905, Concord, N.H. (twin); d. 18 Mar 2002; m. DONALD CLARE HODGSON. Donald died 18 Jun 1958, in Ventura Co., Calif. Children: (1) Wilbert Newton Hodgson, b. 16 Feb 1931; d. 9 May 2010; m. Living (2) Living (3) Living
65. ALBERT P. BROWN (Elizabeth Haseltine, Almira Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 21 Oct 1865 in Lebanon, N.H. He died 4 Aug 1924 in Bristol, Vt. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Bristol, Vt.158 Albert married LORETTA R. GEE 15 May 1895 in Bristol, Vt. Loretta was born 23 Jan 1867 in Monkton, Vt. She died 9 Aug 1920 in Bristol, Vt. She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Bristol, Vt.
158 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154918430/albert-p-brown
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According to an obituary, “he had been in charge of the machine shop of the Bristol Manufacturing company for nearly 30 years.”159 Children:
112. VIRGINIA BROWN, b. 4 Apr 1897, Bristol, Vt.; d. 6 Apr 1897, Bristol, Vt.;160 bur. Greenwood Cem., Bristol, Vt.161
113. RANDALL EDWARD BROWN, b. 10 Jan 1902, Bristol, Vt.; d. 4 Aug 1992, Glens Falls, N.Y.; bur. Greenwood Cem.;162 m. MARY HALL SMITH. He established Falls Foto Finishers in Glens Falls; “he enjoyed playing piano and was an avid Dixieland jazz fan. In his early years, he played piano for vaudeville productions and later for silent movies.” Children: (1) Robert Albert Brown, b. 18 Jul 1932; d. 13 Oct 2000; m. Living (2) Living
69. ADELAIDE L. ROGERS (Russell Kimball Rogers, Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 3 Dec 1864 in San Francisco, Calif. She died 1 Nov 1934 in Larkspur, Calif.163 Adelaide married WALTER J. R. BARTLETT, 27 Nov 1889 in San Francisco.164 The marriage ended in divorce, prior to 1900. Walter was born in Jan 1867 in Calif. He died after 1930. According to an obituary, she had been a resident of Larkspur for 15 years, and before then, “was for many years employed in the assessor’s office” in San Francisco.165 In 1922, she visited Hawaii. Children: 114. Son, b. and d. 27 Oct 1890166
115. BEATRICE BARTLETT, b. 17 May 1892; d. 5 Feb 1912 in San Francisco Co., Calif.; bur. Mt. Tamalpais Cem., San Rafael, Calif.167
159 Middlebury Register, 22 Aug 1924. 160 Vermont Vital Records does not give her first name, gives age as 54 hours; cause of death is given as “spasms.” 161161 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154918540 162 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77216664 163 Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, 4 Nov 1934 164 San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Nov 1889: “In this city, November 27, by Rev. J. A. Cruzan, Walter J. R. Bartlett to Adelaide L. Rogers, both of this city.” 165 Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, 4 Nov 1934. 166 According to an ancestry family tree. Also San Francisco Examiner, “in this city, Oct. 27, infant son of Walter J. R. and Adelaide Bartlett.” 167 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31121861
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70. HARRY DUSTAN ROGERS (Russell Kimball Rogers, Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 6 Jan 1867 in San Francisco, Calif. He died 17 Mar 1927 in Burlingame, Calif., and is buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.168 Harry married MINNIE DUJARDIN, 25 Jun 1887, in San Jose, Calif., a little over a month before her 17th birthday. Minnie was born 1 Aug 1870 in Calif. She was the daughter of Fredericus Adophus Dujardin and Lucretia Sarah Price. She died 12 Oct 1942 in San Mateo Co., Calif., and is also buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.169 In 1900, Harry is listed on the census as a secretary in an iron works. Harry Dustan and Minnie Rogers with children Children: Edwin, Lucille and Russell. Photo courtesy of Brianne Newell 116. EDWIN ALLAN ROGERS, b. 8 Apr 1888, San Francisco, Calif; d. Dec 1963; bur. Ula Cem., Westcliffe, Colo.;170 m. ANNA KENNICOTT. In 1930 he lived in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was an engineer for an iron works. 1940 he remained in Honolulu, and was a manufacturing agent at a power plant. Anna died 15 Nov 1963 in Colorado. Children: (1) Beatrice Rogers, b. 1 Nov 1913; d. 6 Oct 1981; m. Robert William Brown (2) Gertrude Lucille Rogers, b. 18 Feb 1918; d. 18 Dec 2006; m. Elmer Wayne Schooley (3) Allan Kennicott Rogers, b. 21 Sep 1920; d. 3 Jun 1944. Unmarried. Died in a plane crash in N.M. (4) Mary Eunice Rogers, b. 6 Sep 1924; d. 18 Oct 2002; m. Harold Page Martin
117. LUCILLE WALBRIDGE ROGERS, b. 1 Sep 1889, San Francisco, Calif.; d. 2 May 1961, Santa Rosa, Calif.; bur. Chapel of the Chimes, Santa Rosa, Calif.;171 m. HARRY LEE JONES. Harry was a Pacific Gas & Electric engineer. He died 30 Oct 1942 in Burlingame, Calif. Children: (1) Kenneth Lee Jones, b. 8 Jul 1917; d. 20 Mar 2004, Sacramento, Calif.; m. Living (2) Adelaide Lucille Jones, b. 3 Dec 1918; d. 25 Mar 2010, Santa Rosa, Calif.; m. Lewis Leroy Preston
118. RUSSELL KIMBALL ROGERS, b. 15 Apr 1893, San Francisco, Calif.; d. 7 Oct 1974, Ventura, Calif.; m. HELEN VIOLET WHITE. In 1940 he worked as a fireman in an oil field, in Ventura. Helen died 6 Nov 1990, in Ventura. Children:
168 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37675152 169 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37674982/minnie-rogers 170 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53557107/edwin-allan-rogers 171 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100936563/lucille-walbridge-jones
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(1) Hazel Janice Rogers, b. 1 Jun 1923, McGill, Nev.; d. 3 Jul 2013; m. (1st) William Livingston Basham; m. (2nd) Richard Horne; m. (3rd) Andrew Manjoras (2) Living
119. HARRY ELBERT ROGERS, b. 11 Aug 1899, San Francisco, Calif.; d. 5 Oct 1962, San Mateo Co., Calif.; bur. Cypress Lawn Mem. Park, Colma, Calif.;172 m. MARJORIE TAYLOR. In 1940 he was a district manager for a steel company, in San Mateo, Calif. Child: (1) Marjorie Jane Rogers, b. 20 Jun 1922; d. 18 Nov 1995, San Mateo Co., Calif.; unmarried
71. MARY ANNETTE "NETTIE" RODGERS (Frank S. Rodgers, Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born in Jul 1859 in Calif. She died 8 Jun 1913 in Nicasio, Calif. She was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetert, San Rafael, Calif. Nettie married HARRY WAKE in about 1881. Harry was born in Aug 1855 in Ireland. He died 6 Aug 1932 in San Francisco, Calif. He was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael. Children:
120. FRANK WILLIAM WAKE, b. 29 Jun 1882; d. 23 Mar 1976, Solano Co., Calif.; m. HELEN MADELEINE POWER. Helen died 7 Dec 1988. Child: (1) Jeanne Clare Wake, b. 2 Jun 1925; d. 29 Aug 2014; m. Francis A. Macinnes
121. HARRY RAY WAKE, b. 13 Oct 1887, San Francisco Co., Calif.; d. 10 Aug 1958, Oakland, Calif. Unmarried.
122. ARTHUR RUSSELL WAKE, b. 9 Sep 1890; d. 28 Jan 1981; m. MARGARET LUCETTA FORD Child: (1) Margaret L. Wake, b. abt. 1924; d. 21 May 2015; m. Joseph B. Fuller
123. ALICE C. WAKE, b. 20 Feb 1896; d. 14 Sep 1972; m. TERRENCE WAVERLY FIELDS Child: (1) Harry Thomas Wake Fields, b. 24 Jun 1936; d. 20 May 2007; m. Living
73. FRANK EDWIN RODGERS (Frank S. Rodgers, Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 27 Sep 1867 in Calif. He died 15 Jul 1938 in San Rafael, Calif., and was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif. Frank married CAROLINE FRANCES SCOTT, 8 Sep 1900 in Marin Co. Caroline was born 30 Jan 1874. She died 1 Dec 1957. She was also buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery San Rafael. Children:
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124. FRANCIS SCOTT RODGERS, b. 22 Sep 1902, Nicasio, Calif; d. 1 Nov 1991; m. RUTH GWENDOLYN BLAKE. One living child.
125. ALICE RODGERS, b. 9 Sep 1903, Nicasio, Calif.; d. 2 Mar 1990, San Rafael, Calif.; bur. Golden Gate National Cem., San Bruno, Calif.;173 m. (1st) ----- HICKOX; m. (2nd) HARRY FRANCIS TREANOR. No children. Harry was born 4 Jan 1892 in San Rafael. He died 12 Sep 1961 in Santa Rosa, Calif.
126. ARTHUR WILLIAM RODGERS, b. 24 Oct 1906 in Marin Co., Calif.; d. 13 Feb 1954, San Rafael, Calif.; m. HAZEL DOROTHY BAGLEY, 24 Oct 1928. No children. Hazel was born 11 May 1904. She died 15 Oct 1955 in Santa Clara Co., Calif. She was buried in Mount Tamalpais Cem., San Rafael.
79. ANNIE GRACE ROGERS (Nelson Josiah Rogers, Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born in 1887 in Calif. Annie married ELMER MCKEAN 7 Feb 1909 in San Francisco., Calif. Elmer was born about 1888 in Calif. He died 27 Aug 1923 in San Francisco. Annie’s death date has not been found. Children:
127. CRYSTAL GRACE MCKEAN, b. 27 May 1913, San Francisco, Calif.; d. 21 Jan 1999, Pittsburg, Calif.; m. ----- CHAPMAN
128. JEWEL MADELYN MCKEAN, b. 8 May 1915 in San Francisco, Calif.; d. 28 Feb 2005; m. ARCHIBALD M. DESOTO
80. ROSWELL PEER "ROSS" ROGERS (Nelson Josiah Rogers, Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 26 Sep 1889 in San Francisco, Calif. He died 4 Feb 1959 in Marin Co., Calif. He was buried in Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.174 Ross married BEATRICE ADELINE CLARK. Beatrice was born 16 Sep 1893 in San Francisco. She died 10 Jul 1982 in Brentwood, Calif. Children:
129. ELIZABETH ANN "BETTY" ROGERS, b. 20 Dec 1922, Stockton, Calif.; d. 8 May 2009; m. FRANK REGALIA. Two living children.
173 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3642453 174 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135902503 (no grave photo).
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130. CHARLOTTE LEILANI ROGERS, b. 29 Jan 1927 in Honolulu, Hawaii; d. 19 Jun 2009. Santa Rosa, Calif.; bur. Chapel of the Chimes, Santa Rosa;175 m. ----- HARRIS
131. LIVING
81. DR. HENRY WASHINGTON DODGE (Eliza Lawrence Rogers, Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 3 Jun 1859 in Sonora, Calif. He died 30 Jun 1919 in San Francisco, Calif. He was buried in Cypress Lawn Mem Park, Colma, Calif.176 Henry married, first, ALICE LUCILLE (LAMPSON) SHEPARD, 11 Feb 1891, in San Francisco.177 Alice was born 19 Apr 1864 in Tuolomne Co., Calif. She had several children by her previous marriage to Charles H. Shepard. She died 21 Jun 1959 in San Mateo Co., Calif. The marriage ended in divorce. He married, second, RUTH (VIDAVER) (FONTAINE) BROWNE, 12 Apr 1906. Ruth was born 27 Mar 1874 in Cleveland, Oh., according to some sources, although others say she was born in New York. She died on 25 Jul 1950 in New York City, N.Y. She was the daughter of Rabbi Falk Vidaver and Anna Taubenhaus, who were natives of Poland.178 Ruth was married previously, first to P. Henri Fontaine, a wealthy diamond mine owner, and secondly to Thomas Henry Browne. At the time of her marriage to Henry Washington Dodge, she was still legally married, her divorce not being finalized until the following year. He graduated from the medical college of the University of California,179 and was at one time professor of Therapeutics there.180 He practiced medicine until 1896 when he was elected supervisor in San Francisco. After two years, was elected assessor. In about 1912 he accepted a position as vice president of the Anglo and London Paris National Bank. He and his wife were survivors of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. He and Ruth had traveled to Europe to treat a blood disease. On the return trip, on the night of the sinking he helped his wife and son into lifeboat 5 before escaping himself in lifeboat 13. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.181 He was found in his garage at 840 Powell street “from a self-inflicted shot fired into his left temple.” He is said to have been experiencing “constant brooding and worry” over an allegation involving a business transaction.
175 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186232054 176 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7947495 (no photo, but contains bio). 177 San Francisco Call, 16 Feb 1891. The wedding took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hermann, 23 Baker St. 178 https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/ruth-dodge.html 179 San Francisco Examiner, 1 Jul 1919. 180 San Francisco Call, 16 Feb 1891. 181 Oakland Tribune, 22 Jun 1919.
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After his death Ruth moved to New York City. She continued to travel extensively, visiting Greece, France, Turkey, Portugal and Spain. Child, by his first wife Alice:
132. HENRY WASHINGTON DODGE, b. 29 Nov 1891, San Francisco, Calif.; d. 1 Aug 1967, San Francisco, Calif.; m. FLORENCE BOTHIN BANDMANN. He was an insurance broker. Florence died 24 Jan 1968. Child: (1) Ferris Ann Dodge, b. 29 Mar 1926; d. 21 Aug 1993; m. (1st) Gordon Brown Tribble; m. (2nd) Bradford Pierce Hovey Jr. Child, by his second wife Ruth.
133. WASHINGTON DODGE, b. 23 Sep 1907, San Francisco, Calif.; d. 3 Dec 1974, New York City, N.Y.; m. (1st) HELEN KENT HUBBARD; m. (2nd) HELEN BROWN. Along with his parents, he was a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic. He was an investment advisor. Children, by his first wife: (1) Jonathan Washington Dodge, b. 24 Jul 1933; d. 24 Apr 1991; m. Cynthia Warner Vodrey; divorced (2) Kent Hubbard Dodge, b. 20 Oct 1936, d. 3 Feb 2001; m. Living
82. ADELAIDE LOUISE DODGE (Eliza Lawrence Rogers, Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 27 Feb 1862 in Jamestown, Calif. She died 12 Sep 1927 in San Francisco, Calif. She was buried in Stockton Rural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.182 Adelaide married FRANCIS DAVID NICOL, 30 Jul 1883. Frank was born 17 Feb 1859 in Alton, Ill. He died 19 Mar 1910 in Stockton and was also buried in Stockton Rural Cemetery. According to an obituary, Frank was “one of the best known attorneys in the State, an orator of note and a life-long Democrat.” “Practically his entire life had been spent in California.”183 Children:
182 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111131155 183 Napa Daily Journal, 22 Mar 1910.
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134. EDWIN ESTEL NICOL, b. 9 May 1884, Sonora, Calif.; d. 25 Nov 1957, Oakland, Calif.; m. HAZEL MARSHALL. Hazel was born 25 Jan 1892 in Ariz. She died in Sep 1980 in Oakland. No children.
135. SUSAN ALICE NICOL, b. 8 Dec 1885, Sonora, Calif.; d. 2 Jan 1959, San Mateo Co., Calif.; m. ROBERT HAYS SMITH. Robert was born 13 Jan 1877 in Cumberland Co., Penn. He died 15 Jun 1962 in San Mateo Co., Calif. No children.
136. LAURENCE NICOL, b. 17 Sep 1888, Stockton, Calif.; d. 28 Mar 1984, Concord, Calif.; m. IRENE HUND. Irene was born 7 Mar 1896, and died 15 Aug 1988, in Walnut Creek, Calif. Children: (1) Frank D. Nicol, b. 14 Oct 1921; d. 28 Apr 2015 (2) Living (3) Living
137. HELEN M. NICOL, b. 30 Jun 1892, Stockton, Calif.; d. 15 Mar 1957, Alameda Co., Calif.; m. JOSEPH L. NEILSON. Children: (1) Joseph Leroy Neilson, b. 13 Feb 1916; d. 17 Feb 1966 (2) Susan A. Neilson, b. 8 Nov 1918; d. 8 Jan 1992; m. ----- Marcus (3) Soffe Eliza Neilson, b. 6 Nov 1920; d. 2 Dec 1981; m. Fletcher Hale
83. HENRY HERBERT JENNESS (Lydia Annette Rogers, Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 30 Dec 1866 in Charlestown, Mass.184 He died 19 Dec 1959 in Berkeley, Calif.185 He was called “Herbert Henri Jenness” in his obituary.
Henry married FLORENCE ELLEN FROST, 10 Apr 1892 in Paso Robles, Calif.186 Florence was born 26 Sep 1869 in Maumee, Oh. She was the daughter of William Bosworth Frost and Flora Jane McKenney. She died 28 Jun 1943 in Alameda Co., Calif.187 He came to California at age six, and was “formerly engaged in the commission business.” His family home was established in Berkeley. In about 1946 he moved to Manhattan Beach, to be with his daughter Lulette.188
184 Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Birth Records, 1840-1915. His first name is not given. Parents John Francis Jenness and Nettie L. Jenness. 185 Ancestry.com: California Death Index, 1940-1997, “Herbert Henri Jenness,” mother’s maiden name Rodgers 186 Ancestry.com: California Select Marriages, 1850-1945. Her name is given as “Ellen A. Frost.” 187 Ancestry.com: California Death Index, 1940-1997. Her mother’s maiden name is given as “McKeirney,” and father’s surname “Frost.” Birthplace Ohio, and name “Ellen J. Jenness.” 188 Oakland Tribune, 20 Dec 1959.
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138. LULETTE FROST JENNESS, b. 7 Jul 1896; d. 26 Aug 1997, McLean, Va.; m. ROBERT ROWE THOMPSON. Robert died 5 Aug 1968. Children: (1) Flora Jean Thompson, b. 8 Oct 1917; d. 10 Apr 1980; m. Harry Augustus Seymour (2) Robert Rowe Thompson Jr., b. 12 Apr 1920; d. 25 Nov 2009; m. Alice Rose Pilerri
139. FLORA ANNETTE JENNESS, b. 21 Apr 1898; d. 23 Jan 1980, Alameda Co., Calif.; m. (1st) MALCOMB WHITLOW SCHLOTCHER; m. (2nd) ROBERT GIBBS MACGREGOR. Child, by first marriage: (1) Herbert S. Schlotcher, b. 23 Jun 1922; d. 1 Nov 2003 .
84. INEZ PAULINE "INA" JENNESS (Lydia Annette Rogers, Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 14 Jul 1870 in Charlestown, Mass. She died 10 Sep 1941 in Los Angeles, Calif. Ina married WALLACE FRANKLIN FEADER. Wallace was born in about 1868 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He died 11 Oct 1926 in Oakland, Calif. Children:
140. EVELYN MAUDE FEADER, b. 26 Apr 1893; d. 9 Jan 1974, Los Angeles Co., Calif.; m. ROBERT BELL FRUE. She was an artist, known as Evelyn Renfrew. One child.
141. ETHEL ANNETTE FEADER, b. 9 Feb 1897; d. 10 Nov 1977, Escambia, Fla.; m. CHARLES BARNES EGBERT. Children: (1) Living (2) Emerson Charles Egbert, b. 30 Nov 1924; d. 15 Jul 2013
142. LESLIE WALLACE FEADER, b. 4 Jan 1899; d. 18 Mar 1955; m. DOROTHY MCDONALD. Children: (1) Living (2) Lynne Jenness Feader, b. 19 May 1938; d. 24 Jun 2012
85. FREDERICA EDINGTON BOLTON (Carlos Edson Bolton, Lydia S. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 8 Apr 1883 in Gibbonsville, Idaho. She died 17 Oct 1970 in Twain, Calif. She was buried in McNeal Cemetery, McNeal, Ariz. Frederica married EDWARD HUGHES TAYLOR. Edward was born 19 Jul 1875 in Wash. He died in 1952. Child:
143. MYRTLE DAWN TAYLOR, b. 9 Jul 1902, Ulysses, Ida.; d. Mar 1989; m. EWALD KIPP JR. Three children.
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86. ESTELLA ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" FLETCHER (Ann Rebecca Aldrich, William Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 2 Sep 1865 in West Fairlee, Vt.189 She died 31 May 1889 in West Point, Wisc. She was buried in Prairie Du Sac Cemetery.190 Lizzie married FREEMONT J. AVERY 11 Feb 1885 in Lodi., Wisc.191 Freemont was born 11 Dec 1858 in West Point, Wisc. He was the son of Amplias Blake Avery and Jane Phebe Chase. He died 6 Sep 1903 in Columbia Co. After Lizzie’s death, Freemont married, second, Susan Elizabeth Colby. There were two children by his second marriage. Children:
144. FRANK ELWIN AVERY, b. 8 Sep 1887, West Point, Wisc.; d. 15 Mar 1966, Philomath, Ore.; m. ELIZABETH JOHANNA DAHMEN. She died 15 Dec 1965. Frank is listed as a farmer in Williams, N.D., on the 1940 census. Children: (1) Estella Crescentia Avery, b. 9 Apr 1908; d. 15 Oct 2001; m. William August Schmidt (2) Leonard Peter Avery, b. 27 Jan 1910; d. 6 May 1974; m. Delcie Elma Perdue (3) Raymond August Avery, b. 22 May 1911; d. 19 Jan 1945, Philippines (4) Herbert Joseph Avery, b. 3 Feb 1913; d. 8 Sep 1979; m. Blanche Rose Miller (5) Living (6) Irene Elizabeth Avery, b. 24 Sep 1916; d. 25 Oct 2003; m. Ralph Sherwood Pendleton (7) Loretta Cecelia Avery, b. 23 Feb 1918; d. 28 Dec 2002; m. Oscar Thomas Stenehjem (8) Alvina Avery, b. 15 Oct 1919; d. 2003; m. Jess Urban (9) Francis August Avery, b. 1 Aug 1921; d. 6 Dec 1997; m. Georgia Helen Post (10) Living (11) Walter Freemont Avery, b. 22 Nov 1928; d. 21 May 1985; m. Connie Rae Carpenter (12) Living
145. CARL WILLIAM AVERY, b. 21 May 1889, West Point, Wisc.; d. 13 Sep 1959; m. LILLIAN LOUISE BEEMAN. Divorced. Lillian married, second, Claude Carruthers. Children: (1) William Freemont Avery, b. 8 Oct 1916; d. 9 Dec 1990; m. Lillian Carolyn Love (2) Earl Lavern Avery, b. 18 Oct 1918; d. 16 Jul 1990; m. June Ann Eccles (3) Kenneth Hale Avery, b. 16 Jul 1990; d. 26 Dec 2002; m. Dorothy M. Ramsey (4) Ruth Elaine Avery, b. 21 Sep 1925; d. 11 Jul 1986; m. Alvin Leroy Webster
189 Vermont Vital Records. 190 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148581667 191 The Groton Avery Clan, p. 1223, for location. Also Ancestry.com: Wisconsin Marriage Index, 1820-1907.
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87. WILLIAM LEONARD FLETCHER (Ann Rebecca Aldrich, William Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 4 Sep 1871 in Bradford, Vt.192 He died 14 Oct 1948 in East St. Louis, Ill.193 William married ELIZABETH RAY 13 Jun 1892. Elizabeth was born in about 1874. She died in 1952. Children:
146. FLOISSIE MAY FLETCHER, b. 6 Mar 1893 in Praire Du Sac, Wisc.; d. 15 Sep 1971. Unmarried.
147. HARRY LEONARD FLETCHER, b. 15 Jan 1895, Chicago, Ill.; d. 26 Jun 1981, Sarasota, Fla.; m. MARION CLOTILDE LOPATA. Marion was born 6 May 1904 in Austria-Hungary. She died on 1 Jul 1975 in Sarasota. Child: (1) William Leonard Fletcher, b. 8 Jul 1923; d. 1 Nov 2002, Sarasota, Fla.; m. Mary Lou Shade
88. RICHARD ALDRICH BARRETT (Eliza Ann Aldrich, Richard Ransom Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born on 25 Apr 1868 in Fairlee, Vt. He died 14 Feb 1931 in Vt. He was buried in Upper Plains Cemetery, Bradford, Vt.194 Richard married MINNIE L. BROWN, 29 Apr 1889 in Bradford. Minnie was born 3 Sep 1866 in Bradford. She died 20 Jun 1916 in Bradford. She was buried in Upper Plains Cemetery. Children:
148. JOSEPHINE GRACE BARRETT, b. 5 Apr 1890, Bradford, Vt.; d. 13 Oct 1918, Spartansburg, S.C.; bur. Upper Plains Cem., Bradford, Vt.195 Unmarried. She was an army nurse and died while nursing soldiers during World War I. She died of pneumonia.
149. NORMAN WILLIAM BARRETT, b. 5 May 1894, Bradford, Vt.; d. 30 Mar 1984, Fairlee, Vt.; m. SADIE RUTH THOMPSON. Children: (1) Ruth Norma Barrett, b. 1 Jun 1922, Woodsville, N.H.; d. 1 Apr 1939 (2) Earl Roger Barrett, b. 19 Aug 1926, Fairlee, Vt.; d. 13 May 2010, Ledyard, Conn.; m. Living (3) Ruel Guy Barrett, b. 15 Feb 1933, Fairlee, Vt.; d. 3 Jan 2018, Thetford, Vt.; m. Living
192 Ancestry.com: U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, gives his name, parents’ names, birth place, and birth date. Vermont Vital Records shows “Edward W. Fletcher” born 4 Sep 1871 in Bradford, to Ann and Leonard. Did he change his name? Or was the record incorrect? A passport application (found at Ancestry.com) shows “Wm. L. Fletcher” born 2 Sep 1871 in Bradford. 193 According to family trees posted on Ancestry.com. I have not been able to confirm. 194 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196643758/richard-a_-barrett 195 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196643803
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89. HARRY STILLMAN PRATT (Mary Ann Brown, Eliza Ann Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 22 Aug 1867 in Cambridge, Mass. He died 28 Dec 1944 in Pomona, Calif. He was buried in Pomona Cemetery, Pomona, Calif. Harry married ALICE MAUD CLARK, daughter of John Richardson Clark and Caroline Maria Derby, 5 May 1892 in Pomona. The marriage ended in divorce. Alice was born 4 Sep 1863 in Weston, Mass. She died 5 Sep 1948 in Claremont, Calif. She was buried in Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont, Calif.
Harry married, second, VIRGINIA (BROADWELL) EMBREE, daughter of Norman McAlbin Broadwell and Nancy Virginia Iles, 27 Apr 1918 in Santa Ana, CA. Virginia was born 19 Dec 1872 in Ill. She died 1 Jun 1960 in Los Angeles, Calif. She was buried in Pomona Cemetery. Photograph courtesy of Allan H. Gilbertson After attending a business college, he was employed by the piano manufacturing firm of Ivers and Pond. There he learned the piano tuner's trade and familiarized himself with the manufacturing of pianos.196 In 1887, at the age of 20, he went to California because of ill health.197 On the train he met his future wife Alice Maud Clark, also from Massachusetts. In 1890 he moved to Pomona and went into business for himself, tuning and repairing pianos and organs. For ten years he was in charge of the pianos at Pomona College.198 He also had a large music store. Beginning in 1918, he also owned and supervised a productive orange ranch on the Kingsley tract. He was as pioneer automobile owner and in 1922 he and his second wife and step-daughter took a 10,000-mile cross-country trip.
Child, by his first wife Alice:
150. LOWELL CLARK PRATT, b. 31 Dec 1894, Pomona, Calif.; d. 6 Jun 1979, Silver Spring, Md.; m. DOROTHY LOUISE NEELY. Lowell graduated from Columbia School of Journalism. After serving in World War I, he was a newspaper reporter, editor, and later part-owner of the Selma (Calif.) Enterprise. He then taught journalism and public relations at San Jose State College. Child: (1) Lucia Alice Pratt, b. 5 Apr 1922; d. 7 Feb 2008; m. Kenneth Gordon Gilbertson
196 “Harry S. Pratt Dies At Home At Age of 77", Pomona Progress-Bulletin, Dec. 29, 1944. 197 Ibid. 198 “Pomona and her Environs", a souvenir edition published Feb. 1898, by the Pomona Progress, p. 39. According to History of Pomona Valley, California, p. 548, by Francis P. Brackett, Pratt moved to Pomona on April 30, 1890.
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93. FRED ERASTUS BROWN (Richard Aldrich Brown, Eliza Ann Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 18 Feb 1858 in West Fairlee, Vt. He died 4 Dec 1929 in West Newbury, Mass.199 Fred married ETTA E. FOSTER 30 Nov 1882 in Rumney, N.H.200 Etta was born in Apr 1856 in Wentworth, N.H. She was the daughter of James Newton Foster and Sarah Ann Buzzell. She died 9 Oct 1911 in West Fairlee, Vt. In 1900 he lived in West Fairlee, where the census lists him as a nickel plater in a fish rod factory. In 1910 census records call him a house carpenter. Children:
151. LEON FRANK BROWN, b. 3 May 1883, Groton, N.H.; d. 2 Jun 1970, Medford, Mass.; m. WINIFRED INGRAHAM. In 1940, Leon was a milkman in Medford, Mass. Children: (1) Frederick W. Brown, b. 30 Apr 1906; d. 21 May 1992 (2) Mary Etta Brown, b. 3 Sep 1907; d. 28 Feb 1979; m. Christopher William Carmo (3) Frank L. Brown, b. Jul 1909; d. 24 Aug 1909 (4) Theodore John Brown, b. 10 Jul 1912; d. 13 Sep 1996; m. Lorraine Pauline Stagliano (5) Frank Leon Brown, b. 12 May 1915; d. 1 May 1997 (6) Living (7) Grant Lawrence Brown, b. 19 Dec 1922; d. 26 Mar 2015; m. Ann T. Ulwick (8) Grafton James Brown, b. 6 Jul 1924; d. 20 May 2015; m. Evelyn Muriel Stewart
152. LIONEL JAMES BROWN, b. 15 Mar 1885, Wentworth, N.H.; d. 16 Sep 1943, St. Albans, Vt.; m. LULU ANN SUSAN JONES. On the 1930 census he is listed as a boiler maker for a railroad shop. Children: (1) Randolph Morton Brown, b. 8 Jul 1911; d. 26 May 1996; m. Ann Mae Sweeney (2) Malcom Stanwood Brown, b. 28 Jun 1913; d. 20 Mar 1989; m. Dorothy Marie Thrift
153. RAYMOND STANLEY BROWN, b. 29 May 1887, Wentworth, N.H.; d. Jun 1966, Cooperstown, N.Y.; m. KATHERINE TERESA BROWN. He operated a coal truck owned and later operated a dairy farm. Children: (1) William Stanley Brown, b. 9 Jan 1918; d. 2 Nov 1918 (2) Margaret June Brown, b. 27 Jun 1920; d. 2014?; m. George Perby (3) Raymond Stanley Brown Jr., b. 27 Oct 1923; d. 18 Jan 2005; m. Frida Norberg
154. CLYDE FRED BROWN, b. 23 Oct 1888, Wentworth, N.H.; d. Apr 1979, Castille, N.Y.; m. GERTRUDE SARAH ANN GRAHAM. In 1940, Clyde was a lumber scalar. Child: (1) Rev. Richard Leon Brown, b. 24 Dec 1921; d. 16 Nov 2012; m. Adelene Ruscilla Cook
199 Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records. His father is listed as Richard Brown, and his place of birth is given as Bradford, Vt. 200 Ancestry.com: New Hampshire Marriage Records Index.
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155. RAPHA FOSTER BROWN, b. 23 May 1890, Vershire, Vt.; d. 19 Feb 1958, New Berlin, N.Y.; m. (1st) ANNA PAULINE REIGER; m. (2nd) ELIZABETH MARIE SMITH. Anna, a native of Germany, died 29 Oct 1924. During the depression Rapha worked for the WPA helping to build the Saw Mill River Parkway. Later he got a job with a casket company in Brooklyn. Elizabeth died 20 Jul 2005. Children, by his first wife Anna: (1) Rapha William Brown, b. 6 Feb 1913; d. 23 Apr 1988, Livermore, Calif.; m. Virginia Ann Davis (2) Charlotte Elizabeth Brown, b. 9 Jun 1914; d. 1960 (3) Lillian Hazel Brown, b. 5 Oct 1915; d. 10 Aug 1992, Tucson, Ariz.; m. Michael Pantalemon (4) Nevins Foster Brown, b. 3 Mar 1923; d. 20 Feb 1985, Ardsley, N.Y.; m. Doris Pearce Children, by his second wife Elizabeth: (5) David Wallace Brown, b. 10 Aug 1932; d. 13 Dec 2012, Brick N.J.; m. Helen May Aluisio. Senior Vice President of Manufacturing for Boorum & Pease Co. (6) Everett Edwin Brown, b. 12 Nov 1933; d. 8 Jul 2011, Tucson, Ariz; m. Carol -----. He was vice president of the Food Service Division of Temple-Inland Corp (7) Living (8) Living
156. MERLE GLENN BROWN, b. 10 Jun 1893, Thetford, Vt.; d. 23 Dec 1955, Boston, Mass.; m. HELEN M. GATELY. He was a truck driver. Child: (1) Charles Merle Brown, b. 30 Sep 1922; d. 15 Oct 1993, Medford, Mass.
94. NELLIE A. BROWN (Richard Aldrich Brown, Eliza Ann Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 27 Mar 1862 in Boston, Mass. She died 20 Oct 1947 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was buried in Diamondhead Memorial Park. Nellie married FRANK GEORGE HADLEY, 17 Mar 1878, in Oxford, N.H.201 The marriage ended in divorce, in 1901. Frank was born in Feb 1853 in N.H. Nellie married, second, FRED G. W. COOPER. Fred was born 23 Jan 1858 in England. He died 7 Jul 1935 in Honolulu. He was a naval officer. Nell worked as a nurse. In 1905 she answered an advertisement for a position as private nurse to Queen Liliʻuokalani in Hawaii,202 until the Queen’s death in 1917. Children, by her first husband:
157. FRANK LURLIN HADLEY, b. 2 Apr 1879, West Rumney, N.H.; d. 5 Apr 1953, Honolulu, Haw.; bur. Diamond Head Mem Park; m. (1st) JULIA MARY WOODGER, 2 Feb 1915, Honolulu; m. (2nd) GERTRUDE TURNER. No children by either marriage. Julia was born 22 Aug 1879 in England. She died 27 Feb 1940 in Honolulu. Gertrude was born 11 Aug 1893 in Hilo, Hawaii. She died 15 Dec 1961. Lurlin attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and graduated from Colorado State Agricultural College. He worked in Singapore and was later head master of Punahoa School in Hawaii.
201 According to their divorce record: Ancestry.com, New Hampshire Marriage and Divorce Records. 202 See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili%CA%BBuokalani
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158. ERNEST LEE HADLEY, b. 15 Feb 1886; d. 9 Dec 1962; m. PEARL BEATRICE SNYDER. He was chief quartermaster at Pearl Harbor. Children: (1) Ernest Lee Hadley, Jr., b. 10 Feb 1915; d. Dec 1986; m. Evelyn A. Hallet; divorced. (2) Living
96. NETTIE ANDERSON (Chastina Marie Aldrich, Smith Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born in May 1874203 in Sibley, Ia. She is said to have died 7 Nov 1910204. Nettie married WILLIAM ELLIS WILLSEY, 24 Dec 1894 in La Crosse, Wisc. William was born in Mar 1873 in Wisc. Nettie married, second, WILLIAM CARPENTER GRAY. William was born 21 Mar 1874 in Penn. He died 1 Nov 1933. He was buried in Big Creek Union Cemetery, Sparta, Wisc. Children:
159. WILLIAM ABRAHAM WILLSEY, b. 4 Dec 1896, Sparta, Wisc.; d. 4 Dec 1988, Puyallup, Wash.; m. (1st) ALICE CLARA HICKS; divorced; m. (2nd) MARIANNE AGNES (ZABROSKI) LUHR; divorced. In 1930, he worked in a box factory. Alice remarried to Marvin Gamble, and died 9 Oct 1992. Children, by his first wife Alice: (1) Nettie Alice Willsey, b. 21 Mar 1917; d. 5 May 1990, Tacoma, Wash.; m. Leo Dibley (2) William Anthony Willsey, b. 8 Feb 1919; d. 28 Apr 1983, Tacoma, Wash.; m. Mildred Marie Erickson
160. HAROLD BENTON GRAY, b. 12 Jan 1909, Sparta, Wisc.; d. 14 Feb 1980, La Crosse, Wisc.; m. VERA ALBERTA BROOKS. Vera died 15 Jun 1996 in La Crosse. Harold worked at an engraving company. Children: (1) DonaLee Gray, b. 24 Apr 1930; d. 22 Apr 1917, Bloomingtgon, Minn.; m. Donald Harry Bornholdt (2) Rosa Lee Gray, b. 16 May 1935; d. 16 Nov 1977, Rochester, Minn.; m. Living (3) Harold Brooks Gray, b. 17 Sep 1938; d. 8 Sep 2012, Fitchburg, Wisc.; m. Living
97. ALVAH SMITH ANDERSON (Chastina Marie Aldrich, Smith Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 30 Apr 1876205 in Sibley, Ia. Allie died in 1933 in Golden Valley, Mont. He was buried in Ryegate Cemetery, Ryegate, Mont.206 He married BERTHA MAY LEVERENZ, 30 Apr 1901, in Monroe Co., Wisc.207 Bertha was born in about 1878 in Wisc. She was the daughter of William Leverenz and Freida Rickter. She died after 1940, when she was living with her son Bert in Golden Valley Co., Mont. Allie is listed as a farmer in 1930.
203 According to 1900 census. 204 According to various family trees (unverified) on ancestry.com. 205 Ancestry.com: US World War I Draft Registration Cards, for date of birth. 206 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5220865 207 Familysearch.org: Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930.
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Children:
161. GLADYS M. ANDERSON, b. about 1899; no further record
162. ALBERTUS WILLIAM ANDERSON, b. 12 May 1902, Sparta, Wisc.; d. 20 Aug 1986; m. JENNIE HARRIET NELSON. Divorced. Jennie died 4 Oct 2005 in College Place, Wash. One living child.
163. ALMYRA “MYRA” NETTIE ANDERSON, b. 4 Nov 1904, Sparta, Wisc.; d. 19 Jan 2002, Heron, Mont.; m. WAYNE FORREST WILSON. No children.
164. FRANK L. ANDERSON, b. 22 Jul 1906, Sparta, Wisc.; d. 1 Oct 1919, Billings, Mont.
99. WILBERT WISEMAN BLANCHARD (Emma Almira Aldrich, Levi M. Aldrich, Richard Aldrich) was born 24 Sep 1877 in Lowell, Mass.208 He died 26 Sep 1970 in Exeter, N.H.209 Wilbert married ETHEL BROWN ATWOOD, 15 Jun 1899 in Merrimack, N.H.210 Ethel was born 7 Jan 1883 in Boston, Mass. She died 20 Aug 1973 in Hampton, N.H. Wilbert owned and operated the Wilbert W. Blanchard Wholesale Grocers. Child:
165. ARLENE EVA BLANCHARD, b. 25 May 1900, Nashua, N.H.; d. 9 Dec 1992, Hampton, N.H.; m. MILON JEROME FISHER. They were divorced by 1940. Milon died 10 Jun 1966. Child: (1) Wilbert Blanchard Fisher, b. 17 Mar 1933; d, 30 May 1986; m. Living
208 Nashua Telegraph, 28 Sep 1970. 209 Ibid. He died “following a brief illness.” 210 Ancestry.com: New Hampshire Marriage and Divorce Records 1659-1946.
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Appendix I: Letters
Edwin Aldrich to Eliza Ann Aldrich
Cambridge, August 28 – 1831
I now have an opportunity to write to you, and inform you that I am well and in good health. I want you to make me a frock and send it by Mr. Blood the next time he comes down if you possibly can. I want you should send me some footings some time this fall. And I want you to tell father to send me a pair of boots as soon as he can. A good pair.
Polly wants you should send those things to Miss Parker if you have not. I have not time to write much now. Give my love to Amanda and tell her that I am glad to hear that she has left Marm (?) Williams + tell her that I should be glad to have her write a few lines to me if she is disposed to write when Mr. Blood comes again if you can.
Edwin R. Aldrich
Eliza Ann Aldrich
Almira (Aldrich) Hazeltine to Eliza Ann (Aldrich) Brown
Haverhill May 24th 1835
Dear Sister,
I take the present opportunity to inform you that we are all in good health at present. Doubtless you have been disappointed in not seeing Mother211 to your house the first of the month as you expected. She was taken sick, on the first day of the month and was quite sick a few days and then got able to be about the house again till one week ago to day when she was taken worse with a severe pain in her side and was sicker for about thirty six hours than ever she was before in her life but she is some better now. I was over there last Friday and she wished to have me write to you and let you know how she has been and said she should come and see you if she should ever be able but said it
211 Anna (Maynard) Aldrich, who was 55 at the time, and would live 40 more years.
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Eliza Ann Brown
212 Chastina Muzzey was born 13 Jun 1810 and was daughter of John Muzzey and Betsey Aldrich, thus a first cousin to Almira and Eliza. She died 17 Apr 1835 in Newbury, Vt. 213 Younger brother of Chastina; John Muzzey Jr. (1817-1884). 214 Their brother, Richard Ransom Aldrich (1810-1887). 215 Their brother William Aldrich (1808-1900). 216 I’m not clear who this is. 217 Eliza’s daughter Mary Ann Brown, who was 2 ½. 218 Almira’s daughter Sarah, who was 9.
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Appendix 2: Unidentified Photos
These two Carte De Viste (CDV) small photographs were probably taken between 1860 and 1883, in the studio of E. H. Allen, Bradford, Vt. They are undoubtedly a couple, perhaps a child of Richard and Anna Aldrich and their spouse.
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Another two Carte De Viste (CDV) small photographs, probably taken between 1860 and 1883, in the studio of E. H. Allen, Bradford, Vt. Are they Levi Haseltine and Almira (Aldrich) Haseltine? (This is just a guess.)
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These two photos, also taken in Bradford Vt., at the studio of E. H. Allen, were found in Mary Ann (Brown) Pratt’s album on the same page. Perhaps they are sisters?
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