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Town of Braintree
1919 1892
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Receipts and Expenditures OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM
Dec. 31, 1901, to Dec. 31, 1902,
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE
Town Clerk; Selectmen,, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors; Town Treasurer; Engineers of Fire Department ; Water Commissioners; Board of Health; Manager of Electric Light Plant; Trustees of the Thayer Public Library; and of the Board of School Committee.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
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OBSERVER AND REPORTER PRINT; GEO. W .. PRESCOTT & SONS, BRAINTREE, MASS, 1903,
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1902.
Moderator, B. HERBERT WOODSUM. Town Clerk, HENRY A. MONK. Town Treasurer, BENJAMIN F. DYER. Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Highway Surveyors,
ANSEL O. CLARK, J. PARKER HAYWARD, WARREN B. KEITH.
Water Commissioners and Sinking Fund Commissioners, JAMES T. STEVENS, T. HAVEN DEARING, JOHN KELLEY.
School Committee,
MRS. ANNIE M. BROOKS, MRS. CARRIE F. LORING,
ALBION C. DRINKWATER, THOMAS A. WATSON, C. F. HILL CRATHERN, WILLIAM C. HARDING. Auditors,
DANIEL POTTER, CHARLES G. JORDAN,
A. S. MORRISON.
Fence Viewers,
CHARLES S. HANNAFORD, J. MARCUS ARNOLD, ALVERDO H. MASON.
Trustees of Thayer Public Library,
AŠA FRENCH, HENRY A. JOHNSON, F. A. HOBART,
NATHANIEL H. HUNT, ROBERT E. BELCHER.
Constables,
HORACE F. HUNT, HENRY DUGAN, JR.,
WILLIAM H. MOIR, BENJAMIN J. LORING,
BRADFORD Y. KNIGHT, CHARLES A. HOBART,
JOSEPH F. MOHAN, FRANCIS A. GANNON,
JOHN KELLEY, Com'l St., JAMES KING,
WILLIAM E. MAYBURY, CONRAD MISCHLER,
DAVID C. HASELTINE, FRANK O. WHITMARSH, JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN.
Tax Collector, FRANK A. SMITH. Tree Warden, ELMER E. ABERCROMBIE.
REPORT
OF THE
TOWN CLERK OF BRAINTREE
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1902.
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Report of Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, Jan. 1, 1903. · In accordance with the usual custom, the Town Clerk re- spectfully submits the following report :
BIRTHS IN 1902.
JANUARY.
DATE. NAME.
9, Arthur Francis Long,
12, Charles Ellsworth Dexter,
12, Carroll Raymond Annis,
13, John Maguire Heaney,
15 McGlone,
15, - De Young,
17, Mary Avis Levangie,
19, John Stetson Rogers,
24, James Francis DeCoste,
27, Charles Sherard Mackenzie,
27, Henry Maguire,
27, Alice Lorette O'Brien, 28, Perpuva 31, George Cleverly McDonald,
PARENTS' NAME. Joseph and Mary E. (Sweeney) Charles E. and Helen A. (Peters) Harry LeRoy and Elizabeth (Copeland) John J. and Mary E. (Maguire) Alfred and Mary A. (Fagan) Benjamin R. and Mary A. (Levangie) Michael and Elizabeth (Murphy) John and Isabel (Stetson) Norman and Mary J. (Pitts) Charles and Kate (Chase) Cornelius J. and Ella (McDermott) George and Margaret A. (Flavin) August and Mary (Bonn) Ronald and Grace D. (Cleverly)
FEBRUARY.
11, Dorothy Maud Fish,
14, Charles Alton Wright,
15, Evelyn Bradford Tenney,
17, George Henry Robery,
18, Olive Theresa Wynot,
20, - Wilson,
20, Martin Muller,
21, Ernest Raymond Cole,
25, Marguerite Viola Daiute,
27, Ruth Hamblett,
27, Francis Jackson,
William F. and Stella E. (Cleveland) Nathan E. and Jenny M. (Lincoln) Fred A. and Elizabeth (Link) Daniel W. and Mary A. (Mitchell) James S. and Clara J. (Piercy) Andrew S. and Sarah A. L. B. (Potter) Martin and Sarah (Jones) Ernest L. and Minnie (Van Wagner) Frank and Luey (Panola) George H. and Nellie E. (Dyer) Frank W. and Lavina (McKenna)
6
MARCH.
DATE. NAME.
2, Annie May McGaughlin,
4, Richard Henry Kennedy,
6, Hazel Elizabeth Chambers,
7, Stillborn.
10, Annie Josephine Reardon,
11, Stillborn.
18, Marion Francis Cashman,
18, McGowan,
20, Gordon Willis Pearson,
23, Helen Louisa Hayes,
25, Herbert Field Allen
28, - O'Connors,
30, Mary Agnes Frazier.
3, Beatrice Victoria King,
4, Jannett Wales,
6, Stillborn.
6, Richard Atherton Hunt,
13, Lida Madeline Thayer,
18, Stanley Hartwell Briggs,
21, Harold Warren Knight,
25, John Henry Melichondi,
29, Warren Thomas Shaw,
2, Helen Duffy,
4, Aubrey Hackett Dalton,
6, Jessie May Bennett,
9, May Lorrie Celia St. Lawrence,
13, Mabel Gladys Buker,
14, Marion Bond,
16, Annie May Burke, 16, Charles Carroll Stanwood,
16, Rosa R. Lorenzo,
17, Alton Monroe Crocker,
21, Joseph Francis Shea,
23, Alfred Mason Andrews,
29, Hazel Eleanor Fisher,
PARENTS' NAME. Ralph L. and Mary W. (Thayer) Patrick J. and Helen (Nagle)
George W. and Mary A. (Fowler)
James T. and Annie E. (McMurray)
James E. and Ada S. (James) Patrick and M. Agnes (Conlan) Isaac E. and Susan G. (Doane) John and Mary A. (O'Connell) James D. and Sarah E. (Billiard) Frederick and Helen (Levangie)
APRIL.
1
William and Mary V. (Frazier) Ernest De W. and France (Hale)
Atherton N. and Sarah W. (Lane) Ernest E. and Mabel F. (Mellen) Benjamin F. and Ada L. (Wilkinson) William P. and Minnie (Howatt) Martino and Mary (Spera) Willie H. and Mary V. (Ferdon)
MAY.
John B. and Helena (Reagan) Thomas J. F. and Mary F. (Griffin) David and Mary E. (-) George A. and Elizabeth (Govern) Charles F. and Annie G. (Caeser) Harry W. and Bessie (Gage) Joseph E. and Annie M. (McKay) . Richard M. and Ada M. (Hanna) George and Lucia (Moccalti) Fred M. and Elsie (Noyes) Michael J. and Florence M. (Smith) George W. and Inez C. (Terry) Arthur I. and Susie H. (Tenney)
JUNE.
DATE. NAME.
1, Oswald Hughs Silver,
2, Helen Rose Mattie,
3, Charles M. Bates,
4, Stillborn.
4, Elmer Clinton Harriden,
9, Catherine Gorman,
10, James Leo Ross,
12, George Francis O'Brien,
12, George Benjamin. De Young,
13, James Weston Kelley,
22, Chester Tellier,
22, Ruth Marie Roberts,
23, Grace Evelyn Reviere,
24, Barbara Freeman,
29, Ruth Drinkwater,
PARENTS' NAME. Joseph F. and Sarah M. (Hughs) James and Jane E. (Jethro) J. Franklin and Louise (Schmidt)
Fred C. and Lena A. (Langley) William E. and Mary A. (Mullin) Arthur D. and Margaret C. (King) John and Margaret (Carpenter) William J. and Eliza J. (Carney) John J. and Inez M. (Benjamin) Oliver A. and Annie F. (Glynn) Samuel and Elizabeth J. (Doull) George W. and Flora M. (Daley) Clayton E. and Winifred (Brownell) Edward S. and Esther L. (Chubbuck)
JULY.
2, Ida Louisę Piercy,
4, Evelyn M. Rymarczick,
5, Clyde Freeman Horton Pinckney,
6, Olive Clark Whitman,
8, Myrtle Irene Buker,
8, Alfred Henry Holbrook,
8, Joseph Stanley Walsh,
8, George Raymond Murphy,
13, John James McDonald, 16, Mary Gertrude Payne, 19, Marguerite McInerney,
26, Frances Guidice.
26, Harrison Chandler Macomber,
27, Stillborn.
29, Russell Parker Robery, 30, Regina Annabel Macdonald,
Fred W. and Jennie R. (Slack) Gustav R. and Rose H. (Miller) William O. and Edith M. (Trufant) Charles S. and Emma M. (Clark) Amos S. and Annie E. (Ross) Alfred H. and Marion D. (Perry) Patrick J. and Bessie A. (Burrell) Thomas E. and Ellen (Morgan) James, Jr., and Mary (Mahar) Lester B. and Carrie G. (Stearns) Thomas J. and Mary M. (Fitzgerald) George and Jennie T. (Monroe) Harrison W. and Effie L. (Coffin)
John P. and Matilda (Tellier) Peter and Mary E. (Martin)
AUGUST.
4. Alice Louise McMahon,
7, Charles G. Jordan,
7, Everett Alton Buker,
7, Robert Lester Hobart,
12, Eva Mary Bennett,
James and Hannah (Quinn) Charles G. and Cora M. (Hackett) William H. and Minnie E. (Ross) George A. and Sarah J. (Hollinshead) Harry and May (Landry)
8
AUGUST .- CONTINUED.
DATE. NAME.
17, Florence Millwood Kirby,
18, - Barnard,
19, Martha Thressa Levangie,
22, Gladys Estella Williamson,
25, Henry Thomas Downes,
26, Helen Louise Holinshead,
26, Ruth Vivian Mckenzie,
27, Howard Frank Jordan,
30, Hazel Etta Mansfield,
1, Horace Melvine Chick,
4, John O'Keefe,
8, Helena Hurlbut,
12, Wilford Phillips Woodsum,
15, Charlotte Arvilda Pickering,
15, Louigi Spera,
16, Charles Hersey Barnes,
16, Chester Holbrook Connell,
17, Winifred Elizabeth Dyer,
20, Isabella May Levangie,
23, James Gogan,
24, Stillborn.
25, Helen Josephine Kent,
3, Cynthia Griffin,
4, Georgiana McInnis,
7, Lavina Abbey Lyons,
7, Maurice Mayo Colbert,
8, Marion Geiger,
10, Stillborn.
11, Daniel Joseph O'Neil,
11, Hazel Marie Tucker,
12, John Murray, 20, Herbert Withfield Stackhouse,
23, Hill,
24, Elizabeth Ann Bondro,
26, Edward Dugan Cahill,
26, Mildred Marguerite Vinton,
PARENTS' NAME.
John H., Jr., and Alice (Condrick) Clarence E. and Alice M. (Bushen) William D. and Lucy J. (Frazier) Joseph H. and Susie F (Baker) Thomas P. and Annie T. (Colbert) Herbert J. and Annie J. (Delory) George C. and Emily (McGourty) Frank H. and Edith A. (Price) Francis J. and Etta M. (Beyett)
SEPTEMBER.
Horace W. and Mabel (Jackson) John P. and Annie (O'Brien) Jed W. and Nettie H. (Church) Wilford F. and Hattie M. (Phillips) William E. and Ruth A. (Roger) Martino and Filomena (Grazuesa) Laban H. and Cora G. (Mann) William J. and Frances M. (Whall) Millard F. and Annie M. (Hollis) Patrick L. and Mary S. (DeCoste) James A. and Catherine F. (Lee)
John and Johanna (Murphy)
OCTOBER.
Frederick R. and Edith J. (Bell) George A. and Sarah (Walker) John W. and Abigail L. (Gerry) Maurice and Ethel S. (Mayo)
Walter and M. Mabel (Perry)
Jeremiah M. and Abbie (Quill) Charles L. and Edith E. (Hobart) Robert A. and Elizabeth (King) Wesley and Marcella (Bonin) William H. and Christie (Murray) Edmund and Mary E. (Carney) John G. and Mary A. (Dugan) Charles S. and Rosana L. (White)
9
NOVEMBER.
DATE. NAME.
1, Harold Ellsworth Hollis,
5, Katherine Spring,
6, Mary Whitcomb Damon,
11, Ellen Maude Mealey,
16, Pasqueline Pezzelli,
21, Willard Tupper Simonds,
21, Charles Alexander Nash,
25, Barbara Lizette White,
1, Helen May Frazier,
1, Eleanor Prescott,
1, Clara Elizabeth Winters,
3, George Ronald De Boer,
8, Stillborn
10, - Wilson,
13, Martha Gladys Otis,
14, Patrick Walter Hennessey,
17, Stillborn.
28, John C. Hauston,
30, Anna May Donovan,
PARENTS' NAME
Ellsworth A. and Caroline E. (Merrill) Plummer C. and Lizzie M. (Hobart) Sanford L. and Olive R. (Wright) Stephen and Nora (Welch) Luigi and Filomeria (Intresano) Walter E. and Olive W. (Pratt) Charles C. and Mary J. (Carter) John B. and Margaret (Dauphine)
DECEMBER.
Peter and Annie J. (DeYoung) Eben and Helen W. (Arnold) Charles O. and Sarah A. (Flint) George B. and Alga M. (Arenstein)
Frederick G. and N. Josephine (Sawtell) David and Mary A. (DeCoste) John and Julia (Mahoney)
William G. and Elizabeth A. (Wylie) Thomas F. and Rose (Duffee)
1
10
MARRIAGES IN 1902.
. JANUARY.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
Jan. 1
Arza H. Keitb,
26
Braintree
Emma L. Thompson,
23
Quincy
"
8 Edward Joseph Walsh,
29
Braintree
Mary Elizabeth O'Brien,
22
Braintree
8 John Semple, Jr.,
36
Winthrop
Ines Oxenard (Marshall) Lockwood,
25
Braintree
“ 16
Lester Briggs Payne,
21
Braintree
Carrie Gertrude Stearns,
24
Braintree
“ 20
William S. Storm,
24
Braintree
Mabel E. Firmin,
22
Braintree
FEBRUARY.
Feb. 8
Patrick J. Walsh,
22
Braintree
Bessie A. Burrill,
19
Braintree
" 11
John Joseph Kelley,
20
Braintree
Inez May Benjamin.
17
Braintree
MARCH.
Mar. 8
Horace B. S. Moore,
21
Brockton
Lottie M. Riley,
18
Brockton
“ 12 Laban H. Barnes,
22
Braintree
Cora G. Mann,
18
Braintree
"
15 George J. Zittel,
27
Boston
Helen A. Stetson,
17
Braintree
18 John H. Kirby, Jr.,
25
Braintree
Alice M. Condrick,
23
Boston
11
APRIL.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
Apr. 16
James Heaney,
25
Braintree
Margaret Maguire,
23
Braintree
66
18
Salter T. Jones,
21
Holbrook
Etta M. Hill,
16
Holbrook
“ 23
Joseph Ryan,
31
Braintree
Bridget Frewin,
30
Rockland
“ 29
Tobias H. Burke,
21
Braintree
Marilla Chapman,
20
Braintree
“ 30
Arthur C. David,
21
Braintree
Grace K. Morrill,
19
Braintrec
MAY.
May 1
Walter E. Simonds,
22
Braintree
Olive M. Pratt,
19
Braintree
“ 17
Wesley Stackhouse,
23
Braintree
Marcella Bonin,
22
Quincy
22
Daniel Henry Doran,
24
Quincy
Mary Hollinshead,
24
Braintree
24
Frederick C. McDowell,
24
Braintree
Annie R. Smith,
24
Weymouth
“ 27
William Carter Harrison,
30
Braintree
Grace Ames Edgcomb,
27
Boston
" 29
William Donahue,
30
Braintree
Sophia Lauble,
32
Braintree
1
JUNE.
June 4
Gordon M. Keating,
30
Quincy
Edith F. Ripley,
28
Weymouth
Fred A. Thayer,
28
Weymouth
Hannah A. Learned,
22
Braintree
66 10
Theodore B. Allen,
25
Braintree
Britiania Eddy,
19
Weymouth
“ 11
Albert Eugene Fisher,
25
Braintree
Mabel Nelson French,
25
Brockton
6 11 Bernard J. Moore,
23
Randolph
Emma F. Schiebel,
20
Braintree
“ 15 Alverdo Hayward Mason, Mary Eliza Andrews,
43
Braintree
46
Cranston, R. I.
8
12
JUNE .- CONTINUED.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
June 16
William Ayton,
29
Rockingham, Vt.
Ida F. Glover,
26
Braintree
“ 18
Alfred W. Fisher,
19
Braintree
Carrie F. Crocker,
20
Weymouth
“ 30
Percy W. Holbrook,
24
Braintree
Anna L. Parker,
19
Braintree
“ 30
Harry K. Perkins,
32
Bridgewater
Nellie M. Borden,
20
Braintree
JULY.
July 9
Franklin T. Litchfield,
35
Weymouthı
Alice A. Elliot,
23
Weymouth
“ 10
Walter Shelden Davis.
28
Worcester
Susan Martha Mayhew,
27
Braintrec
“ 13
James Wilson, Jr.,
34
Braintree
Mary F. Torrey,
34
Braintree
AUGUST.
Aug. 26
Nathaniel Clinton Nash,
22
Braintree
Elizabeth (Whitmarsh) Sherman,
27
Braintree
SEPTEMBER.
Sept. 3
Charles F. Cavanaglı,
28
Braintree
Annie E. Hanlon,
28
Boston
« 10
Robert E. Belcher,
24
Braintree
Agnes 'E. Gallagher,
23
Braintree .
“ 14
Frank L. Hildretlı,
22
Worcester
Bertha L. Glover,
21
Braintree
“ 16
John Tanton,
55
Braintree
Rubina (Ellis) Folland,
44
Newton
OCTOBER.
Oct. 2
William Sidney Stone,
40
Braintree
Ellen Reed Dewson,
31
Quincy
6
Alfred Rogers, Jr.,
29
Braintree
Susie H. Barnes,
28
Boston
9 Michael J. Branley,
33
Braintree
-
-
13
OCTOBER .- CONTINUED.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
Annie Fogarty,
28
Weymouth
Oct. 11
Parker E. Thomas,
26
Weymouth
Lena B. Oreutt,
20
Weymouth
" 14
Charles Warren,
44
Braintree
Margaret (Stevens) Lindsey,
32
Braintree
“ 21
Leo H. Sears,
22
Braintree
Virgie M. Litehfield,
18
Braintree
“ 22
John W. Cuff,
25
Braintree
Annie M. Curley,
25
Dorehester
NOVEMBER.
Nov. 1
William Franeis Haskell,
21
Bath, Maine
Ouida M. Sprague,
21
Bath, Maine
4
Harry H. Ells,
25
Braintree
Jennie R. Lock,
19
Braintree
66
5 Edward M. Walker,
25
Braintree
Bridget Murphy,
28
Cambridge
“ 11
Lewis A. Haskell,
36
Braintree
Edith Gertrude (Beyett) Mann,
21
Braintree
« 19 J. Winsor Davy, Lilla D. Dobson,
23
Braintree
“ 22.
Carl J. A. Santherson,
30
Braintree
Ellen C. Osterberg,
25 ·
Braintree
“ 26
Richard S. Moore,
21
Braintree
Bertha F. Drollett,
21
Braintree
DECEMBER.
Dec. 3
John A. Pierey,
27
Braintree
Pheumia A. Slaek,
28
Quiney
16 John F. Beyett,
36
Braintree
Cecelia B (Costello) Anderson,
36
Braintree
23 Leo E. Pope,
23
Weymouth
Grace F. Hunt,
19
Weymouth
Fred D. Rand,
42
Braintree
Mary Etta (Bugbee) Whitney,
33
Braintree
“ 31
Walter T. Margetts,
23
New York City
Edith P. Lawson, 21
Braintree
.
27
Quiney
66
24
14
Whole number of marriages, 59.
Birthplace of males-Braintree, 14; other places in Massachusetts, 27; Ireland, 5; British Provinces, 3; New Hampshire, 2; Maine, 2; Pennsylvania, 2; Connecticut, Mississippi, Sweden and Scotland, one each.
Females-Braintree, 10; other places in Massachusetts, 27; British Provinces, 6; Maine, 4; Ireland, 3; New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Wisconsin, Ohio, Sweden, Scotland, England and Germany, one each.
Residence of males-Braintree, 40; Weymouth, 4; Quincy, 3; Randolph, 1; Holbrook, 1; other places in Massachusetts, 7; Maine, 1; Vermont, 1; New York City, 1.
Females-Braintree, 34; Weymouth, 8; Quincy, 4; Holbrook, 1; other places in Massachusetts, 10; Maine, 1; R. I., 1.
Marriages solemnized in Braintree, 30; Quincy, 10; Weymouth, 4; Boston 5; Randolph, Holbrook, Hingham, Waltham, Watertown, Newton, Brockton, Cambridge, Rockland and Roxbury, one each.
15
DEATHS IN 1902.
JANUARY.
DATE. NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
AGE.
Y.
M.
D.
Picton, N. S.,
34
7
30
18, Mary L. Murray,
Boston,
66
4
19
20, Ellen Rierdon,
Ireland,
36
-
-
23, Fanny Elizabeth Loring,
Dorchester,
61
5
27
25, Charles Thayer,
Holbrook,
80
5
13
26, Henry T. Owens,
Quincy,
39
11
12
FEBRUARY.
Blackstone,
67 .
2
2
7, Julia A. Shea,
8, Jane B. Anderson,
St. John, N. B.,
76
3
24
14, Ozias L. Gillette,
Canton,
73
1
17
Braintree,
-
-
1
Braintree,
77
4
15
MARCH.
Ireland,
85
-
-
Boston,
72
9
24
4, Daniel Harrington,
Ireland,
102
2
9
4, Annie Laura Holbrook,
Quincy,
23
2
2
8, Emily Louise Cottrell,
West Dedham,
41
6
23
11, Stillborn,
Braintree,
Braintree,
71
2
12
Weymouth,
80
9
-
Ireland,,
52
8
4
Braintree,
26
-
APRIL.
1, Robert Brooks,
England,
57
6
1
6, - Newcomb,
Braintree,
-
-
1-2
12, Munroe Belcher,
Holbrook,
84
1
26
29, Alfred Annis,
Chelsea,
29
9
2
-
12, Martha Penniman,
14, Mary L. Hollis,
15, Annie Myron Wilson,
23, Benjamin Sidney Rudderham,
52
-
21, - Wilson, 28, Caroline L. Seaver,
1
1
1, John Flood,
1, George Bartlett Jones,
17, Clara A. Drake,
3, Ellen Bolster,
16
MAY.
DATE. NAME.
6, Caroll Raymond Annis,
7, Harold Stevenson Woodworth,
27, Susannah H. Allen, .
31, William Lincoln Jennings,
Cambridge,
37
3
16
JUNE.
3, Sarah Morgan,
Sidney, C. B.,
85
6
-
3, Charlotte Belcher Crosby,
Braintree,
75
2
4
6, Stillborn,
Braintree,
-
-
-
8, Fannie B. Stubbs,
Pawtucket, R. I.,
47
9
24
12, Helen Crooker Lovell,
Bridgewater,
68
4
22
16, Theodore H. Wilson,
Biddeford, Me.,
18
11
14
19, Harriet Ann Judson Shaw,
Randolph, Vt.,
68
8
18
22, Mary Ann Masters,
Cape Breton,
62
5
28
25, Rachel Rebecca Thayer,
Braintree,
90
9
2
29, John De Young,
Nova Scotia,
48
-
10
JULY.
3, Eliza Davis,
4, Nathaniel E. White,
Braintree,
15
6
28
5, Grace Ella Gifford,
Braintree,
31
5
6
12, Arthur Wright Hathaway,
Braintree,
11
10
12
13, Edward Flavin,
Nova Scotia,
23
-
16, William Reed,
Braintree,
69
8
27
18, Lucinda Maria Goffe,
Cohoes, N. Y.,
65
21
24, Alexander McGau,
Braintree, .
71
5
10
Braintree, 1
AUGUST.
5, Aaron Holbrook,
9, Roy L. Buker,
11, Granville Eugene Coy,
20, Charles M. Bates,
30, Zilpha A. Brocklebank,
31, George Francis O'Brien,
Braintree,
72
2
10
Braintree,
1
8
21
Winthrop, Mc.,
35
2
27
Braintree,
-
2
18
New Brunswick,
98
3
6
Braintree,
-
2
17
-
3
24
Braintrce,
7
10
16
Boston,
79
10
-
Dorchester,
67
3
-
27, Stillborn,
BIRTHPLACE.
AGE.
Braintree,
17
SEPTEMBER.
1, Harriet Heath,
4, Stillborn,
8, Elizabeth Jane Thorndike,
12, William H Delory,
18, Edward Hobart,
24, Stillborn,
30, Emeline Augusta Hall,
Pembroke,
62
8
8
OCTOBER.
1, John Whitmarsh,
7, Marion G. Smith,
10, Stillborn,
11, Mary Porter,
Braintree,
79
9
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19, Jane Minot Gushce,
Braintree,
80
5
7
Ashland,
43
3
5
25, Everett Lester Wright,
Plympton,
34
10
29, Mary Bartlett Howland,
Plympton,
75
2
2
NOVEMBER.
4, Mary Virginia DeCoste,
4, Howard F. Jordan,
4, Julia MacNicol,
Nova Scotia,
56
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Quiney,
2
10
11
Braintree,
38
5
25
Braintree,
10
3
Boston,
90
7
16
DECEMBER.
Dorchester,
15
7
7
Braintree,
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8, Mary Ann Clark,
11, Lena Christina Divoll,
11, David Hunt Bates Thayer,
Braintree,
52
11
14
Braintree,
2
5
-
Whitingham, Vt.,
78
10
17
Ireland,
76
5
28
Braintree,
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Braintree,
37
9
6
-
-
-
Stoughton,
61
5
1
Braintree,
13
6
9
Braintree,
85
4
-
Braintree,
-
-
-
Weymouth,
98
11
13
35
5
6
Braintree,
-
-
2
8
6, Blanche E. Thurston,
11, Walter Ellis Morrison,
18, Lillian Jane De Young,
26, Jane Carter Ewell,
3, Ida May Thompson,
8, Stillborn,
Fox Island, Me.,
82
10
East Boston,
50
2
8
12, John MacDougle,
12, John Adison Brigham,
17, James Bradley,
17, Stillborn,
31, James Francis Smith,
Nova Scotia,
7
4
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Braintree,
88
9
Kennelly, Conn.,
Braintree,
1
17, Stillborn,
Braintree,
23, Walter Bennett,
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18
Whole number of deaths 88; males, 43; females, 45; single, 35; married, 26; widowed, 27.
Birthplace-Braintree, 37; other places in Massachusetts, 26; British Provinces 9; Ireland, 5; Maine, 3; Vermont, 2; New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, England, one each; unknown, one.
Ages-Under 1 year, 16; between 1 and 5, 3; between 5 and 10, 2; between 10 and 15, 2; between 15 and 20, 3; between 20 and 25, 2; between 25 and 30, 2; between 30 and 35, 3; between 35 and 40, 7; between 40 and 50, 4; between 50 and (0, 6; between 60 and 70, 11; between 70 and 80, 13; between 80 and 90, 9; over 90, 5.
Birthplace-Fathers : Braintree, 14; other places in Massachusetts, 26; British Provinces, 12; Maine, 7; Ireland, 7; New Hampshire, 3; Scotland, 3; Connecti- cut, 2; New York, 2; Vermont, Rhode Island, England, Wales, Germany, Spain, one each; unknown, 6.
Mothers : Braintree, 7; other places in Massachusetts, 27; British Provinces, 18; Ireland, 7; England, 5; Maine, 4; New Hampshire and Rhode Island, 3 cach; Connecticut, 2; New York, Wales, Scotland, Germany, one each; unknown, 8.
Diseases-Heart Disease, 9; Consumption, 8; Pneumonia, 8; Stillborn, 8; Apoplexy, 6; Cancer, . 5; Old Age, 5; Peritonitis, 4; Cerebral Hemorrhage, 3; Bronchitis, 3; Diphtheria, 3; Bright's Disease, 2; Pertussis, 2; Influenza, Exhaus- tion, Nephritis, Diabetes, Suicide, Accident, Tabes Mesenterica, Softening of Brain, Embolism of Pulmonary Artery, Septicemia, Embolism, Ruptered In- testine, Typhoid Fever, Tetanus, Enteritis, Carcinoma of Stomach, Dysentery, Gastritis, Acute Obstruction Enteritis, Blood Poisoning, Convulsions, Fracture of Hips, one each.
TOWN RECORDS.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Brain- tree, Greeting :- -
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Friday, the seventeenth day of January, 1902, at seven forty-five o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Art. 2. To see what action the town will take relative to a hearing to be held at the Town Hall on a petition for the widen- ing of Washington and Hancock streets by the County Com- missioners.
Art. 3. To choose any committee the town may deem nec- essary.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting up true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public · places in this town, seven days at least before time of this meet- ing, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.
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Given under our hands at Braintree this tenth day of Jan- uary, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.
ANSEL O. CLARK, WM. W. MAYHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy,-Attest : CHARLES A. HOBART, Constable of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, January 17, 1902.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the town met at the time and place mentioned. The Town Clerk called the meeting to order and read the warrant.
Article 1. Upon ballot with the use of the check list, Mr. Elmer E. Abercrombie was elected Moderator and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Art. 2. Voted that the Moderator of this meeting as chair- man of a committee appointed by the petitioners, exhibit a plan prepared by said committee and explain the same to the citizens here assembled.
A motion was offered, that the Selectmen be instructed to appear before the County Commissioners at the hearing on pro- posed widening of Hancock and Washington streets, as repre- sentatives 'of the town, in favor of said petition in accordance with the plan prepared by Mr. Charles H. Bailey, and that the Selectmen be authorized to pay the necessary expenses connected with said hearing, not to exceed the sum of twelve dollars.
The meeting voted to substitute the following motion for the foregoing and adopted the same; that this meeting take no further action other than to refer the matter to the County Com- missioners.
Voted that the Selectmen as representatives of the town,
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appear before the County Commissioners and advocate the widening of the street.
Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to pay any expenses incurred by this hearing, not exceeding twelve dollars.
Art. 3. Voted that a committee of three be chosen from the floor to appear before the Railroad Commissioners and see what can be done about lower fares between Braintree and Boston on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, and also to look into the matter of fares and the sale of tickets by the Old Colony Street Railway Company to the school children of Braintree. The committee chosen were, Elmer E. Abercrombie, F. A. Hobart and John W. West.
A true record,-Attest : H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Brain- tree, Greeting :-
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby. required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Monday, the tenth day of February, 1902, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely : .
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing
Art. 2. To see if the town, for its annual town election, will establish precinct voting for all town officers to be chosen thereat and for voting on the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors by accepting the provisions of Section 353 of Chapter II of the Revised Laws of Massachu- setts, or by such other action as may be appropriate and necessary.
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