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Lift Chief Carl Vils 1993 ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
Dec. 31, 1902 to Dec. 31, 1903. 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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BEE PRINT : PRATT & PRATT, PUBLISHERS. BRAINTREE, MASS. 1904.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1903.
Moderator, B. HERBERT WOODSUM.
Town Clerk,. HENRY A. MONK. Town Treasurer, BENJAMIN F. DYER. Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Highway Surveyors,
B. HERBERT WOODSUM, 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, WILLIAM C. HARDING.
C. F. HILL CRATHERN.
Auditors,
DANIEL POTTER, NATHANIEL F. HUNT,
A. S. MORRISON.
Fence Viewers,
CHARLES S. HANNAFORD, J. MARCUS ARNOLD,
ALVERDO H. MASON.
Trustees of Thayer Public Library,
ASA FRENCH, HENRY A. JOHNSON, F. A. HOBART,
NATHANIEL H. HUNT, ROBERT E. BELCHER.
Constables,
HORACE F. HUNT, HENRY DUGAN JR., BENJAMIN J. LORING,
WILLIAM H. MOIR,
JOSEPH F. MOHAN, CHARLES A. HOBART,
JOHN KELLEY, Com'l St., JAMES KING,
WILLIAM E. MAYBURY; CONRAD MISCHLER,
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, FRANK O. WHITMARSH, JAMES R. QUALEY,
JOHN H. LYONS,
THOMAS S. SLAVIN. Tax Collector, FRANK A. SMITH. Tree Warden, ELMER E. ABERCROMBIE. Board of Health, C. M. MARSTIN, Chairman, FRANK W. BRETT, HENRY L. DEARING.
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Report
OF THE
Town Clerk of Braintree
FOR THE
Dear Ending December 31, 1903.
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BIRTHS IN 1903.
JANUARY.
DATE. NAME
2,
Trainor,
2, McDonald,
4, Louise M. Norton,
11, Stanwood Drinkwater,
11, Michael John Driscoll,
14, - Perry,
19, Muriel Condon Powers,
21, Joseph Albion Martin,
Joseph A. and Georgie ( Merrill)
24, Stillborn.
29, Irene Isabella Hollis,
Chester L. and Jessie (McIntosh)
FEBRUARY.
3, Ross, Lillian Henrietta Tenney,
Louis S. and Louise H. (Smith ) Fred A. and Lillie T. ( Link)
9, Emma Louise Stanley,
9, Granville Harris, Ben Hur and Grace L. ( Babcock ) George and Isabel G. (Scott) David and Margaret A. (Frazier)
10, Gracie E. Frazier,
12, Aileen Louise Kingsbury, Joseph and Gertrude (Smith)
15, Stephen O'Brien, Thomas J. and Delia (Ferrick)
23, Charles William Thomas, William W. and Ellen T. (Connelly)
23, 24,
Stilborn, Charlotte Frances Murphy,
William H., jr., and Mary (Havey)
MARCH.
3, Anna May Gerrior,
4, John William Mahar,
5, Stillborn.
5, Richard Edgcomb Harrison,
George and Anna (Levangie) John J. and Belinda (McNulty)
William C. and Grace ( Edgcomb)
PARENTS' NAME.
Edward J. and Nora M. (Sheehan ) John P. and Allie (Thayer) William A. and Nellie L. (Terry)
9, Kenneth Thayer McCarter, Fred W. and Flora A. (Thayer) John J. and Lizzie (Donahue) Michael and Abby (McGrath ) Henry C. and Mary A. ( Ross) Alfred F. and Charlotte A. (Morrow)
6
12,
7, John Merrill, Lang, Alexander and Mary E. (Eddy)
12, Lyman Cressy Bowers, Gabriel and Annie L. (McLaughlin)
14, May Louise Verkampen, Warren A. and Mary C. (Martin)
14. Joseph Wilbur Trott, Joseph W. and Mary E. (Piercy)
18, Anna May McDonald,
21, Stillborn.
27,
Stillborn.
APRIL.
2, Edwin Carl Maibach Carl J. and Ursie M. (Yolk)
4, David Twomey, William J. and Nellie M. (Murphy)
4, William Twomey, William J. and Nellie M. (Murphy)
4, Irene Gertrude Delory, Simon and Annie (Delory)
8, Clary Blanche Wyeth, Wallace A. and Ada B. (Kearney)
10, Willis Johnson Middleton Lints. Francis and Jane (McPherson)
12, Mary Emily Frazier, Stephen and Hannah (McKeough)
12, Charlotte Young, George S. and Kate E. (Price)
12, Caron, Homer and Mary A. (Letellier) Willard and Ruth E. ( Randall) 14 Helen Mildred Tucker, Robert and Alice (Sampson) 20, Eleanor DeCoste,
27,
26. Mildred Dorothy Nelson, Nels F. and Marie E. (Isaacson) Russell Michael Levangie, Joseph and Mary H. (Levangie)
28,
28, Ellen Faxon, Cushing B. and Henrietta ( Wardwell) Raymond Wallace Levangie, Joseph P. and Mary-
29, Stillborn.
29,
Evelyn Mabel Clark, William G. and Annie (Chambers)
MAY.
8, Charles Edward Dillion,
John and Kate (Gallivan)
9, Stillborn.
10, Henry Dugan,
18, Helen Flynn,
20 Muriel Frost Nolte,
20, Marion Ruth Allen,
22, Irene Beatrice Dumais,
23, Marion Louise Powers,
29, Mildred Hadley,
30, Stillborn.
William W. and Johanna ( Merrill)
Ranold and Effie (McNeil).
John P. and Mabel E. (Galvin) Morris E. and Josephine (Mahar) Eugene T. and Eltie L. (Frost) William F. and Sarah (Minniss) Archil and Flora (Langloin) John T. and Mary (McDermott) James E. and Isabel (Martin)
7
JUNE.
2, Francis Andrew Nichols, Andrew A. and Annie F. (Shea) 7, Joseph Fred Novelline, Antonio F. R. and Mary (Pasqua) James Donald McDougal, Daniel A. and Catherine A. (McNiel)
7, 10, William Benjamin Frazier, Robert and Catherine (Breen)
14, John Russell Haslam, John B. and Mary M. (Morrell),
14, Robert Gregory Belcher, Robert E. and Agnes (Gallagher )
15, Helen Sopherina Maloney, Stephen and Mary (Delory )
19, Mary Alice Burns, Frank W. and Mary (Delory)
JUNE.
20, Paul Alexander White, John B. and Margaret E. (Dauphine)
24, Clara Jenny Spera, Angelo and Catherine (Novelline)
25, Helen Sophia Parr, Arthur J. and Bessie E. (Oxley)
27, Emma Thomas, Arthur H. and Etta (Needham)
30, Helen Bathia Sears, Leo H. and Virgie M. (Litchfield)
JULY.
3, Helen Mae Stackhouse, Herbert F. and Helen (Kelley) Michael J. and Annie ( Fogarty)
3, James Leo Branley,
6, Stillborn.
8, Alice Beronica Dignan, Patrick J. and Catherine (Regan)
11, Lillian Evelyn Peterson, Carl and Lena (Peterson )
13, Mary Agnes Cassidy, James and Mary ( Dignan)
14, Joseph Bouchard, Joseph H. and Mary E. ( Richardson) 14, ! 'Anna Marion O'Rourke, Francis J. and Nora M. (Sweeney ) 26, Sarah Jane Williams, William II. and Martha A. (Blunt)
31, Thelma Margaret Reed, Burt H. and Sarah ( Hood)
AUGUST.
3, Ellsworth Byron Blanchard, Josiah and Henrietta T. (Chippenfield) 3, Herbert Kendrick Hollinshead, Herbert J. and Annie J. (Delory)
5, William John Reardon, James T. and Annie E. ( McMurray)
7, Helen Francis O'Brien, John F. and Margaret ( Carpenter)
12, Thalma Ruth Gifford, Jesse I. and Jessie M.
8
14, Charles Edmund Burke, Michael E. and Mabel B. (O'Donald)
20, Edith Lorna May Green, James E. and Margaret (Leary)
20, Stillborn.
24, Norman Dennett Roberts, Herman E. and Alice A. (Dennett)
28, Ralph Wilson Richards, Ralph P. and May W. (Webb)
SEPTEMBER.
3, Richard James Belyea,
Walter S. and Avis (Andrew)
3, Helen Palmer Brooks, Edwin P. and Annie W. ( Wadsworth)
5, Irving Reginal Fraser, Jerry and Sophie (Fraser)
5, Walter William Levangie, Patrick L. and Mary S. (Decosta )
9, Walter Thomas Murphy,
Thomas E. and Ellen (Morgan) Frank and Sophia (Carpenter)
19, Mary Lillian Klaus,
24, James Francis Mattie, James and Jane E. (Gethro)
28, Marguerite Bradbury Heald, Frank C. and Bertha L. (Leach >
28, Marguerite Dorothy Mckenzie, Charles P. and Kate ( Chase )
29, Joseph F. Novelline, Joseph and Winnie (Basha)
OCTOBER.
2, Dorothy Warren,
James E. and Georgie (Trask)
4, Owston, Newton F. and Mary
4, George Wales Hanson, George W. and Fanny M. ( Williams)
5, Annie Telina Ford, David and Maria (DeCoste)
5, Edwin Stanley Harriden, Fred C. and Lena A. (Langley)
12, Chester Bradford Kelley, John J. and Inez M. ( Benjamin ) Stillborn.
18,
19, Francesania Walsh, Patrick J. and Bessie A. (Burrell)
27 Helen Maria Thistle, Joseph D. and Emily (Gouthro) 30, Clarence Leonard Levangie, Norman and Thresa (DeCoste)
30, William Almont Brooks, Frederick and Grace S. (Clarke)
NOVEMBER.
3, Rennel DeCoste,
4, Mildred Jones Hull,
12, Edward McEnnery,
22, Mary Louise Kelley,
22, Mary Jose Pantano,
Joseph and Mary A. (Frazier) Richard O. and Clara W. (Jones) Thomas J. and Mary M. (Fitzgerald) William J. and Catherine (Hill) Michael and Concotina (Antonucci)
9
24, 28, Axel Bernhard Olsen,
John Cuff, John W. and Annie M. (Curley) Anders G. and Elna ( Anderson)
29. George Marstin Knight, William P. and Minnie (Howatt)
DECEMBER.
2, Lester Carl Payne, Douglas Brooks Allen,
Lester and Carrie G. (Stearns) William T. and Ethel L. ( Brooks) John H. and Margaret A. (Forhey)
3, 7, 13,
4, Irene A. Harrigan,
5, Henry Willis Doane, Jr., Henry W. and Luella A.(Chick ) Norman and Mary J. (Pitts) 6, Joseph Harold DeCoste, Horace and Mary E. (Levangier)
Pitcher, Thomas Francis McGlone, Alfred F. and Mary A. (Fagan) John Edward Walker, Edward M. and Bridget ( Murphy) John R. and Sadie C. (French)
24, 28. 28,
14, 16, Ruth Lamb McGrath, Hobart, H. Parker and Ethel (Gage) William J. and Mary E.( Pitts ) Harold L. and Bessie B. (DeForest)
31.
Ella Martha Frazier, Arthur Leon Jones, Stillborn.
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MARRIAGES IN 1903.
AGE.
BESIDENCE.
DATE. Jan. 5. George N. Reed,
27
Braintree.
Cassie McKeough,
26 Braintree.
10. Clement V. Cottrell,
29 Braintree.
21. Albert D. Atkinson,
41
Braintree.
Lydia E. (Cole) Beckwith,
29
Braintree.
25.
Clarence Dockham,
27
S. Royalston.
Mary E. Wolf,
23
Ivoryton, Ct.
31. Fred Pelton,
Elizabeth Schrader,
21
Braintree.
Feb.
William Kelley,
23
Braintree.
Kate Costello,
20 Braintree.
11.
La Forest Benson,
27 Boston.
14. Herbert Francis Stackhouse,
24
Braintree,
Helen Frances Kelly,
22
Quincy.
18. James O. Sypher,
37
Braintree.
23.
Willie G. Chubbuck,
28
Quincy.
27.
Nelson A. Archibald,
18
Braintree.
March
12. Willis C. Cottrell,
21 Braintree.
Annie Mildred McGlauflin,
19 Braintree.
16. Andrew A. Nichols,
30
Braintree.
Annie F. Shay,
22
Braintree.
April.
1. Earle Ashton Oliver,
21
Braintree.
Edith May Hough,
17 Braintree,
8. John F. Burton,
29 Braintree.
Bertha Rydell,
19 Matfield.
11.
Charles G. Johnson,
21 Braintree
Catherine Lillie,
20
Roxbury.
8.
Jenney Marguerite Moore,
18 Braintree.
Elizabeth V. (Farrell) Mason,
33 Braintree.
Mary Ida Kirby,
28 Braintree.
23 Braintree.
Mary C. Fornier,
23 Braintree.
. NAME.
43 Braintree.
Grace Ruth (Strout) Sawyer,
12
20.
George W. Jennings,
33
Braintree.
Mary E. White,
25
Weymouth
22. Thomas Monaghan,
28
Rockland.
Margaret Treasa Frewin,
26
Braintree.
29. William T. Allen,
28
S Weymouth.
Ethel L. Brooks,
24
Braintree.
May.
1. Edgar W. Howland,
25
Rockland.
Grace T. Whitmarsh,
$25
Braintree.
8. Harold L. Jones,
24 Braintree.
Bessie Bell DeForest,
25 Randolph.
10. Patrick M. Gannon,
30 Braintree.
27. Harry Lambert Patten,
29 Braintree.
Mirian Blagden Lane,
28
Braintree.
June.
2. Herbert E. White,
23
Braintree.
Clara B. Stearns,
18
Randolph.
3. Edwin J. Goodhue,
22
Braintree.
Fannie E. Rea,
21
No. Andover.
6. George Monroe Bruff,
26
Quincy.
Anice Kidd,
18
Quincy.
11.
Charles E. Gill,
37
Braintree.
Amy M. Atwood,
36
Braintree.
15. Samuel G. Walls,
24 Braintree.
Carrie F. Whitmarsh,
23
Braintree.
16. Augustus Thayer Johnson,
20
Weymouth.
17.
Caleb Maskell Bates,
30
Kingston.
Lulu Clarabelle Jones,
25
Braintree.
18. Albert E. Getchell,
24
Brockton.
Amy Tonner,
21
Braintree.
23. John T. Dewar,
40 Braintree.
Anna S. Fell,
24
Braintree.
Winiford Quion,
22
Bramtree.
24. John J. Murphy,
27
Brockton.
Grace McCarthy,
25
Braintree.
24. Leon Forest Foley,
26 Braintree.
Arvilla L. Belyea,
54 Braintree.
26. William Gallagher,
38 Braintree.
Ella Williams Sheppard,
2.2
Braintree.
30. Samuel Thompson,
1 Maude Lang,
20
Braintree.
31 Braintree.
Mary J. Downs,
23 Braintree.
Margaret Rudderham,
25 Dedham.
24. John P. Lyons,
24 Holbrook.
13
July. 14. Walter Sidney Wood,
2L Newton.
20 Watertown.
Lena Lawrence Stearns,
27 Braintree.
22. Jeffrey DeCoste, Annie McCasker,
22 Braintree.
22. Albert Gerrior, Tressa DeCoste,
21
Braintree.
August.
8. Arthur P. Johnson,
20
Randolph.
Dellama Waldron,
21 So. Braintree.
19. Allen Levangie,
24 Braintree ..
Louise Begin,
24 Braintree.
24 Alton Francis Studley,
19
E Weymouth ..
Maria E. Hewitt,
19. Braintree.
24. Alphonso Mason,
23 Braintree.
Mary Ellen McDonald,
22 Braintree.
26. Charles Quinn,
22 Braintree.
Sarah J. McLaughlin,
22
Weymouth.
30. Frank Billings,
22
Braintrce.
Magaret Foy,
24
Quincy.
Sept. 8. Robert W. Flagg,
33
Braintree,
Katherine C. Page,
25 Braintree.
24.
Charles Frederick Howe,
27
Quincy.
24.
John Shay,
29
Braintree.
Mary E. Crowley,
23
Quincy.
30.
Arthur V. Farrer,
23
Weymouth.
Eva Glover,
18 Braintree.
30. Chester H. Gould,
32 Braintree.
Sarah Shaw,
33
Braintree.
Oct. 7.
George Willard Emery,
32
Braintree.
Catherine Eliza Sutherland,
30 Gardiner, Me ...
14. John J. Downes,
53 Braintree.
Mary D. Veale,
47 Boston,
14.
Howard Davis Vinton,
19 Holbrook.
21. Robert T. Elliot,
24
Braintree.
Eva May Snow,
29
Braintree.
21. Herbert Henry Legg, Mary Ella Hayden,
24 Braintree.
36 Boston.
21. Alexander Fraser,
30
Braintree ..
Bertha Sanford,
21 Holbrook.
Ella Frances Belcher,
22 Braintree.
Jessie Russell Arnold,
26 Braintree.
23 Braintree.
14
22.
Harry Linwood Edwards, Gertrude McEachern,
23 Quincy.
27 Braintree.
25. Jeremiah McCarthy, Margaret Quill,
29 Braintree.
Nov.
11. Arthur L. Smith,
29
Brockton.
Maude A. Howe,
22 Braintree.
18. Horace H. Dana,
23 Braintree.
Cora L. Perry,
22 Braintree.
18.
Frederick J. Desaulines,
32 Braintree.
Elizabeth Frances Wilson,
23
Braintree.
18. Joseph Bonner,
27 Quincy.
Ellen M. Frazier,
21
Braintree.
18. George H. Wetherbee, Jr.,
35 Braintree.
Clara G. Simonds,
28 Salem.
23. Peter Berrand,
23
Braintree.
Martha Graham,
21
Braintree.
25. Daniel James Griffin,
23
Weymouth.
Mary Josephine Devine,
20 Braintree.
25. William C. McKenna,
31 Braintree.
Catherine Cullinan.
23 Braintree.
26. Burge Brewster Bickford,
38 Gorham, N.H.
Laura Frances Allen,
25 Braintree.
26. Frank Howard Hall,
31 Brockton
Edna A. Stewart,
22 Braintree.
Dec.
25. Alonzo Everett Clark,
38 Hanover
Lydia Anise Drew Whitmarsh,
37 Braintree.
Whole number of marriages 70.
Birthplace of Males-Braintree, 6; other places in Massa- chusetts, 30; British Provinces, 15; Ireland, 5; Maine, 3; New Hampshire, 4; Sweden, New York, Pennsylvania, Vir- ginia, Rhode Island, England, Wisconsin, one each.
Females-Braintree-15; other places in Massachusetts, 27; British Provinces, 13; Ireland, 6; Maine, 3; England, 2; New Hampshire, 1; California, 1 ; New Jersey 1; Connecticut, 1.
Residence of Males-Braintree, 46 ; Weymouth, 4; Quincy, 3 ; Holbrook, 2; Randolph, 1; other places in Massachusetts, 13; New Hampshire, 1.
Females-Braintree, 50; Quincy, 5; Weymouth, 3; Ran- dolph, 2; Holbrook, 1; other places in Massachusetts, 7 ; Maine, 1; Connecticut, 1.
Marriages solemnized in Braintree, 32; Quincy, 11; Wey- mouth, 8; Boston, 8; Brockton, 2; Randolph, Matfield, North Andover, Milford, Dedham, East Milton, Taunton, Salem and Maine, 1 each.
23 So. Braintree.
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DEATHS IN 1903.
DATE.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
AGE.
Y. M. D.
Jan.
9, Marion Sawson,
Scotland,
86 -
5
14, Henry Clinton Kemp,
Stowe, Vt.
22 7 25
16 Helen M. Moore,
Manchester, N. H. 80 11 10
22, Stanwood Drinkwater,
Braintree,
12
23, Elmer Clinton Harriden, 24, Hogan,
Braintree,
7
19
24, James Wilson,
Scotland,
79
7
5
24, Henry Dugan,
Ireland,
67
8
25, Osgood A Brown,
Norway, Me.
70
5 20
29, William W. Merrill,
Braintree,
4
4 23
Feb. 8, Frank Edgar Deane,
Taunton,
31
9
8
11, Elias Moore Thayer,
Braintree
79
1 11
19, Herbert Gordon Woodworth,
Braintree,
4
27
19, Martin J. McDonough,
Boston,
25 -
Braintree,
Braintree,
3
6 21
Amy Ann Tonner,
Nova Scotia,
45 10 28
Braintree,
Sharon, Vt.
72
6
5
Herbert Fields Allen,
Braintree,
-
11
16
Wenham,
47
7 14
Ansel Otis Clark,
Randolph,
68
4 26
Mary Ann Murphy, Dalton,
Ireland,
63
Braintree,
Braintree,
34 11 27
Braintree,
Ireland,
63
-
29,
Lydia A. Woodman,
Prescott, Canada 40
6 19
23, 26, Mar. 3, 5, Pitts, Nelson Eli Hayden,
Poch, Mary L. Klaus,
8, 10, 10, George Henry Day,
12, 13, 22, 27 27, 29 Edward Halloran,
Mary E. Buker, Woodman,
Braintree,
16
April.
1, Karoline Sophia Carlson,
Finland,
75
6 15
2, Charles Edward Smith,
Abington,
60
1 28
6, Alice M. Dyer,
Braintree,
23
11, Joseph Crickmay,
E. Boston,
46 10 22
16, Susan Allen,
Braintree,
49
16, John Paul Joan,
Braintree,
4 10
20, Mary Denton Gage,
Braintree,
79
3
20, Helen J. Belmore,
Ireland,
33
22. Albert W. Dubois,
Germany,
72
24, Charles O. Winter,
Germany,
33
8 2
29, Gorham,
Braintree,
May.
4, Franklin D. Thayer,
Weymouth,
63
7 7
7, Mary Belmore,
Canada,
65
7, Emma Susan Bennett,
Weymouth,
47
8 17
10, Patrick J. Higgins,
Boston,
21
3
15, Sarah Hannah Hayward,
Dorchester,
83
11 15
15, Julia F. Kiley,
Ireland,
53
16, Theodore Edson,
Bridgewater,
77 11
8
19 Richard Francis Wilson,
Braintree,
5 10
17
20, Joseph Crane,
Milton,
84
2 11
20, William D. Holmes,
Boston,
42
10
25, Sarah A. Pratt,
Boston,
74
3 19
28 Martin Van Buren Shaw,
Randolph,
66
8 13
28, Eliza B. Crane,
Weymonth,
83
6 14
28, Edwin Francis Porter,
Braintree,
43
7 29
30, Harnish,
Braintree,
June.
1, Mary Mccarthy,
Ireland,
70
Braintree,
54
9 22
15. Margaret Preston,
Nova Scotia,
63
9
17, Ann O'Connor,
Ireland,
68 11 24
23, Asa French,
Braintree,
73
8
25, Mary A. Reynolds,
Braintree,
47
5 25
30, Myrtle Irene Wilmoth,
Brockton,
2
8 27
July.
4, John P. Tucker,
England,
51
7 23.
5, Abbie Otis Hunt,
Weymouth,
26
1
5
6, Sarah Elliot Forsyth,
Ireland,
77
3 17
8, Elery W. Mason,
Braintree,
39
7 21
9, Bertha E. Thurston,
Holliston,
29
9 21
11, Adelaide Maria Hobart,
Easton,
73
3
9
8 -
7
4, Alice Elizabeth Stetson,
9, Beyett,
Braintree,
17
11, Amelia Libbie,
N. Y. City,
43 3 -
Braintree,
19 - 11
Braintree, - 10 -
Aug.
1, Susan Soper Mayhew,
Braintree,
68
6 24
1, Sarah L. Procter,
Cambridge,
76
14, Charles Alton Wright,
Brockton,
1
6
-
16, Charles Lester McClelland,
Madrid, N. Y.
44 - 29
17, David N. Macdonald, Holman,
Braintree,
Braintree,
58 10 24
Eliza Newhall Meade,
Barre,
73
1 20
Lyman, Me.
27
4 13
Weymouth,
65
0 16
Braintree, -
4 27
Sept.
1, Warren Thomas Shaw,
Braintree,
1
4
2
2, Franklin Edward Jones,
Braintree,
12
7
1
3, Frederick S. Powers,
Braintree,
1
9
9
6, Hannah Kiley,
Ireland,
71
7, Annie F. De Young,
Braintree,
1
7
7, Sally A. Shed,
Braintree,
86
11
10,
Elizabeth L. Scollard,
Braintree,
45
5 22
13, Cuiaco Censale,
Italy,
19
17, Albert W. Whitmarsh,
Braintree,
56
4
9
20, William Gardner Hauston,
Scotland,
38
1
3
20, Stillman Wallace Chamberlin, New Salem,
74
3
8
29, Douglas Alonzo Brooks,
Dorchester, N. B. 57
9 14
Oct.
2, Joseph F. Novelline,
Braintree,
4.
-
7, Norman Leslie Barnes,
Boston,
31
2
4
10, Ralph W. Richards,
Braintree,
1 14
12. Harriet Arnold,
Braintree,
54
-
13, Hannah Maria Wendell,
Sweden,
63
3
8
14, Francis Allen Hobart,
Braintree,
70
- 26:
14 Pietro Scavone,
Italy, Braintree,
28
-
18, George Hamblett,
27, Herbert Kendrick Hollinshead, Braintree,
31, Annie Milward Kirby,
Ireland,
47
2 19
Nov.
1, Isabella Gilespie,
Scotland,
89
3 19:
4, Nora J. Leahan,
St. John, N. B.
38
5, Fannie A. Marden,
Braintree,
30
8
5
7, Isabella Ialente,
Italy,
66
-
Braintree,
3
6 21
20, 22, Sophia Perry Arnold,
22, 24, Alice Dennett Roberts, 27, Amanda G. Waterman, 31, Irene Gertrude Delory,
-
-
2 25
13, Thomas B. Watson, 23, James Gogan,
18
7, Ellen Maria Thayer,
Sharon,
60
2 28
9, William Kiley,
Ireland,
78
12. James Edward Cassidy,
Weymouth,
6 2 20
16, George Warren Wheeler,
Westbroke, Me.
39 9 8
22, Rispah Steer Martin,
New Hampshire, 68 2 7
23, Rebecca Thaxter Wilkins,
Boston, 64 11 26
24,. John Cuff,
Braintree,
1
24, Sarah Hayden Thayer,
Braintree, 70
8 10
25, Robert Fraser,
Nova Scotia,
35
30, Mary L. Hunt,
Boston,
36
3. 3
2, Washington Brown,
Abington,
84
8, Thomas J. Kelley,
Braintree,
48
Đec.
8, Mary Elizabeth Pitcher,
Nova Scotia, 33
3
1-
Merrill Thomas Call,
Franklin, N. H.
64
2
4
9, Lawson Roulstone,
Nova Scotia,
33
7 2
13, Alphonso W. Taylor,
Braintree, 40 11 17
20, Thomas Francis McGlone,
Braintree,
7
22, John G. W. Romans,
La Porte, Ind.
54
5 8
22, Bridget Connors,
Ireland, 58
25, Charlotte Foster Conkey,
Hardwick, 4 1.
30, Newcomb,
Braintree,
Whole number of deaths, 129; males, 72; females, 57; single, 54 ; married, 54; widowed, 21.
Birthplace-Braintree, 54; other places in Massachusetts, 31; Ireland, 12; British Provinces, 9 ; Scotland, 4; Maine, New Hampshire, Italy, 3 each ; New York, Vermont, Germany, 2 each ; Indiana, England, Sweeden, Finland, 1 each.
Ages-Under 1 year, 22; between 1 and 5, 10; between 5 and 10, 2 ; between 10 and 15, 1; between 15 and 20, 2; between 20 and 25, 3 ; between 25 and 30, 5 ; between 30 and 35, 8; be- tween 35 and 40, 6 ; between 40 and 50, 15 ; between 50 and 60, 9; between 60 and 70, 18 ; between 70 and 80, 20; between 80 and 90, 8.
Birthplace-Fathers : Braintree, 16 ; other places in Mass- achusetts, 39; Ireland, 18; British Provinces, 12; Maine, 8; England, 5 ; Italy, Scotland, 4 each ; New Hampshire, 3; New York and Germany, 2 each ; Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Ver- mont, Sweeden, France, Finland, Austria, 1 each ; unknown, 9. Mothers : Braintree, 16; other places in Massachusetts, 40; British Provinces, 19; Ireland, 19 ; Scotland and Maine, 5 each ; New Hampshire and Italy, 4 each ; Germany, Pennsylvania, New York, 2 each; Vermont, Finland, France, Ohio, Sweeden, Con- necticut, England, 1 each ; unknown, 4.
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Diseases-Heart disease, 15 ; stillborn, 11; pneumonia, 10; cancer, 7 ; accident, 8 ; tuberculosis, 6; hemiphlegia, 5 ; apoplexy, 4; tumor, 4; meningitis, 4; rheumatism, 3; anemia, 3; con- sumption, 3; influenza, 2; diphtheria, 2; enteritis, 2; uremia, 2; hemorrhage, 2; dropsy, 2; embolism, 2; Bright's disease, 2; arterio selerosis, 2; natural causes, 2; typhoid fever, 2; naseular obstruction, la grippe, septicemia, cyelitis, acute nephritis, chronic diarrhoea, carcinoma, senile gangrene, tuberculosis in- testinalis, sepsis, entero colitis, cholera infantum, dysentery, rheumatic fever, intersucception, marasmus, entero colitis, old age, tubercula laryngitis, acute mania, paralysis, scarlet fever, premature birth, senile dementia, one each.
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TOWN RECORDS.
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of
Braintree. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections therein to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit :
Polling place in Precinct No. 1, Town Hall,
Polling place in Precinct No 2, Hose House, Hollis avenue ; Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen street;
on Monday, the second day of March, 1903, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their respective Precincts their votes on one ballot for a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Over- seers of the Poor, three Highway Surveyors, three Auditors, three Fence Viewers, a Tax Collector, a Tree Warden, two members of the Board of School Committee for three years, one Water Commissioner and Commissioner of Sinking Funds for three years, and one member of the Board of Health for three years and fifteen Constables.
Also to vote Yes or No upon the question, Shall licenses be- granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?
Also to vote Yes or No on the following Article, namely : Shall Sections one to fourteen inclusive, of Chapter twenty-
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eight of the Revised Laws authorizing cities and towns to lay out public parks within their limits be accepted ?
The polls shall be open at six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at 12 o'clock M.
You are further directed to notify and warn said inhabitants qualified to vote as aforesaid to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the ninth day of March. 1903, at seven and one-lialf o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following Articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To choose all other Town Officers except those elected by ballot.
ART. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the several Boards of Town Officers and of any committee and to choose any committee the Town may think proper.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the majority of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of Taxes, and issue notes of the Town therefor. Also to see if the Town will hold the Treasurer harm- less on his bond from any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said Bank or Banks being designated by the Seleet- men. Also to see if the Town will continue to pay for the bond of its Treasurer.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on all unpaid taxes after a certain date.
. ART. 6. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Public Schools and for transporting pupils to and from the same.
ART. 7. To see what sums of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways, town ways and bridges. Also for repairs and building sidewalks and stone road, removal of snow and watering streets.
ART. 8. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for support of the poor.
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