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TOWN OF READING.
ANNUAL REPORT
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Receipts and Expenditures
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1902.
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TOWN OF READING.
ANNUAL REPORT
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Receipts and Expenditures
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1902.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1902-1903.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Fence Viewers. GEORGE A. SHACKFORD, Chairman. WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, Secretary. JOHN F. TURNER.
Assessors.
EDWARD F. PARKER, Chairman Term expires 1905
WILLIAM WALLACE DAVIS, Sec'y .
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JOHN H. ADDEN 66 1904
Town Clerk. MILLARD F. CHARLES.
Treasurer.
EDWARD F. PARKER.
Collector of Taxes. HERBERT M. VIALL.
Auditors.
EDGAR N. HUNT. HARRY L. DANE.
GEORGE H. CLOUGH.
Board of Health.
CALVERT H. PLAYDON, Chairman Term expires 1903
FRED D. MERRILL, Secretary
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1905
GEORGE L. FLINT,
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1904
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School Committee.
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman . Term expires 1905
GILMAN L. PARKER, Secretary
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1903
MRS. ELLEN M. BANCROFT .
1903
HORACE G. WADLIN
66 1905
MARY L. NESMITH
66 1904
HENRY C. PARKER
66 1904
MELVILLE A. STONE, Superintendent of Schools.
Water Commissioners.
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman Term expires 1904
EDWARD B. DRAKE, Secretary
" 1903
E. HARLEY GOWING
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Municipal Light Board.
WM. S. KINSLEY, Chairman . Term expires 1903
CHARLES W. LEE, Secretary. .
1904
GEORGE L. FLINT . יר
66 1905
Trustees of Public Library.
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman Term expires 1904
66 1905
CYRUS M. BARROWS, Secretary FREDERICK E. WHITTEMORE HARLEY PRENTISS
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66 1903
HENRY G. KITTREDGE
1903
J. WOODWARD MANNING
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Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery.
GALEN A. PARKER, Chairman Term expires 1905 WILLIE E. TWOMBLY .
66 1905 ALFRED W. DANFORTH, Supt. and See! 1903 ALDEN BATCHELDER .
1904
EDWARD F. BROOKS (died June 9, 1902)
1904
HENRY T. LEAVIS 44 66 1903 .
Registrars.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Clerk. OWEN McKENNEY. WALTER S. PRENTISS. WALTER M. SCOTT.
Engineers of Fire Department.
FRANK G. NICHOLS, Chief.
GEORGE L. PRATT, Clerk. ORVILLE O. ORDWAY.
Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
L. T. EAMES.
Forest Firewards.
ASA PARKER, Chairman.
ALBION G. NICHOLS. WILLARD A. BANCROFT.
GEORGE LAMPRO. JASON ZWICKER, Secretary.
Constables.
FRED. D. MERRILL. HENRY STOCK.
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Police. FRED. D. MERRILL, Chief, and Keeper of the Lock-up. J. HENRY ORR. WM. H. MANNING. Specials.
SAMUEL BROWN.
EVERETT C. CLOUDMAN.
CHESTER W. MCDOUGAL.
EUGENE L. LOVEJOY.
JEREMIAH CULLINANE.
JASON ZWICKER.
JOHN STOCK. FRANK S. VERMILLE.
ASA PARKER.
Superintendent of Streets. ARTHUR G. EMERSON.
Keeper of Town Home. JOHN F. BURNHAM.
Inspector of Plumbing. GREENLEAF S. TUKEY.
Inspector of Animals, Slaughter Houses, Meats and Provisions. CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. FRANK W. PARKER.
Burial Agent of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors. EPHRAIM WIGHT.
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Tree Warden. A. CHANDLER MANNING.
Finance Committee.
M. F. CHARLES, Secretary . Term expires Dec. 31, 1904
G. A. PARKER
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M. A. STONE
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E. L. LOVEJOY
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SOLON BANCROFT
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H. E. MCINTIRE
66
Dec. 31, 1903
JOHN CONNELLY GEO. W. BEASLEY
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60
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JOS. S. TEMPLE
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F. W. B. PRATT
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JACOB MITCHELL, Chairman ALDEN BATCHELDER 66
Dec. 31, 1902
F. E. CRAFTS
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H. P. BOSSON
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F. M. SMITH
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Measurers of Wood and Bark.
JAMES A. BANCROFT. CHARLES WAKEFIELD.
CALVIN L. MARTIN. WENDELL BANCROFT.
FRED'K WALLACE.
Surveyors of Lumber.
JAMES A. BANCROFT. SAMUEL BROWN.
WENDELL BANCROFT. JOSEPH W. KILLAM.
ORA L. MILBURY. BURTON K. SYMONDS.
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66
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66
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Weighers of Coal and Hay.
CHAS. W. LEE.
FRED M. PLATTS.
IRVING BANCROFT. M. J. DALEY. JOHN McKILLOP.
WENDELL BANCROFT.
CALVIN L. MARTIN. FREEMAN KELSO.
LUKE McKENNEY.
WM. WHITE.
WM. WELCH.
WM. BUCANNON.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1902.
Jan. 1 Leander Holden Poor M
Howard W. and Edith J. Poor
James and Mary Doucette
James Warren and Gertrude Killamı Isaac W. & Sarah J. Nickerson Frank E. and Annie Clement
Tea Agent Fireman Piano Maker
Iceman Gardener Lineman Tinsmith Carpenter Fireman Mechanic Barber Gardener Plumber
Clerk
Stone Mason
66
18 Dulong
66
23 Mary Lottie Babine F
66
25 Oreste Ugo Marchette M
..
27 Marion Cummings Sparhawk F
29 Ethel Elizabeth Pendergrace F
Apr. 4 Florence Mabel Porter F
66
17 Jesse Earl Kimball M
18 Elliott Dana Southwell M
66 18 Clayton Small Moses M
May 3 Henry Hugh Bosquet M M
Harry Scanlon
66 15 Ralph Michelini
66 24 Lawrence Edward Hogan M
66 30 Alvian Edmund Metcalf M Edmund C. and Hattie A. Met- calf
June 11 46 17 Mildred Smith
Edith Elizabeth Sylvester F F Fred L. and Addie M. Sylvester Merritt JJ. and Lillian V. Smith
Pattern Maker Milkman
66
2 Joseph Lawrence Doucette M
66
3 James Warren Killam, Jr. M
M
12 Eva Margaret Clement F
66
Jennie Evangeline Mansfield F
..
31
29 Henry Albert Castine Ida May Frotton Rogers
M F M M
Feb. 6
15 Edwin Harris
17 Elsie May Butters
66
19
.. 19
66 23
Ambler Edwin Ellsworth Peabody Grace Lillian Doucette
M M F
66 Mar. 66
24 1 George Donald Fife
M
William C. and Sallie F. Buck Alexander C. & Rose M. Dou- cette
David A. and Mary C. Goodwin Peter R. and Rose bulong Mary Babine
Luigi and Carolina Marchette Nathaniel A. & Mabel S. Spar- hawk
Thomas & Elizabeth Pender- grace
Lourie F. and Maggie Porter Lizzie White
Herbert R. & Carrie L. Kimball R. Dana and Emily South well Charles E. and Annie B. Moses Albert E. and Agnes Bosquet
James and Christine Scanlon
M Antonio and Annie F. Michelini James J. and Lillie Hogan
Travel. Salesman Buyer Bookkeeper Laundry Stableman Contractor Plumber
Merchant
Woodworker Machinist
Rubber Worker Clerk
Grocery Clerk
Carpenter
6 Edith May White
F
Katherine Desmond
F M
Charles T. and Cynthia A. Fife
5 Richard Clark Buck
John Walter Doucette M
13 16 Daniel Edward Goodwin M M
Peter and Mary Ann Castine Ambrose and Terese Frotton Charles E. and Ella M. Rogers Christopher & Martha E. Harris Frank A. and Mabel Butters Harry W. and Mary G. Ambler Erlin C. and Ella Peabody Joseph and Jessie Doucette Daniel and Nora Desmond
Aldis E. & Josephine M. Mans- field
Schoolinaster Shoemaker Civil Engineer
5 Herbert A. Nickerson
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1902.
June 22
Peavey
M
Hermon R. and Ethel M. Peavey John and Vitaline Doucette
** 30 Eva Louise Doucette
F
George J. & Isabel H. Thorborn
66
14
Doris Madeline Hill
F
Louis G. and Hattie E. Hill
15 Marian Preston MacDougall
Chester W. and Nettie L. Mac- Dougall
22 Mildred Ferrick
26 Mary Helen Cummings
Ang. 1 Amy Elizabeth Lampre
*
F F
60
11 John Aldrich Dow M
66
13 Annie Catherine Muse
F
Edward E. and Addie M. Cope- land
20 Louise Hunnewell
F
Frank S. and Louise Hunnewell JJolin Wm. and Lillian Saunders Timothy and Mary Spillane
Minister Carpenter R. R. Laborer
Foreman Night Watchman Dentist Wool Dealer Iceman
Stone Mason
66
17
420 Russell Earl Robertson
M
Frank W. and Sarah C. Stevens James R. and Jessie Robertson Eugene F. and Emma L. Knight John E. and Annie K. Deneley Lester (). and Addie E. Fielding Peter and Ada White
Advertiser Farmer Brakeman Insurance Laborer Laborer Furniture Dealer Grocery Clerk Steamfitter Foreman Brakeman Gardener Bookkeeper Clergyman
Farmer O'g'n-pipe maker
.
20 Fred Wayland Nelson M
23 Carl Roosevelt Staples M
66 .29 Margaret McLeod F
1900
1
Oct. Clinton Fred Emmons M
Walter F. and Ruby R. Emmons
Restuarant
1901
Mar. Harold Franklin Tibbetts
M
George F. & Blanche A. Tibbetts
Grocer's Clerk
66
9 Anna Vivian Calnan
23 Milton Alfred Saunders
M M
F
Sept. Peter Joseph Tahey
3 Arthur Allen Libby
M F M
Frederick W. and Mary E. Cail Michael and Bridget A. Falley Arthur A. & Florence A. Libby Joseph E. and Florence Marshall Luke and Teresa M. McKenney John R. and Mary Dulong
Oct. 7 Gertrude Kenyon Marshall Jolin Joseplı McKenney
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8 10 John Forman Dulong Roger Wallis Stevens
20 Herbert William Knight M
M
66
22 Gladys Beatrice Fielding F
26 Peter Edward White
M
26 Genevieve Quinlan
F
Michael S. and Mary E. Quinlan Emil C. and Etta B. Litchfield Merton C. and Lillian Morse
14 Myrtle Lillian Morse
F M
Frank W. and Cora E. Parsons
17 Philip Wadsworth Benton
M M
Albion J. and Lena M. Benton James and Sarah Ganley
F
66
28 Laura Virginia Wakeman
F
F. Elverton and Inez P. Merrill William W. and Lucia J. Wake- man
Dec. 6 Katherine Richards
F
James and Margaret Richards Christ and Paulina Herbolzhei mer
Cyrus W. and Emma S. Nelson Benjamin M. & Grace M. Staples John H. & Blanche M. McLeod
Farmer Brakeman Carriage trimmer
Whole number of births, 77; Males, 44; Females, 33. Nativity of parents : United States fathers, 49; foreign fathers, 26; United States mothers, 44; foreign mothers, 33.
Clerk Laborer Jeweler Leather Plumber
F F F
James and Margaret Ferrick Dennis F. & Mary E. Cummings „George and Margaret Lampro Richard A. and Grace Whall William and Julia Calnan George F. and Gertrude Dow Norman and Agnes Muse
Laborer
Box Maker Contractor Rubber Worker Carrier Physician Laborer Dentist
19 Lawrence land
Applebee Cope- M
30 Bertha Viola Cail
M
M
M
Nov. 6 Muriel Chislet Litchfield
F
6 6
15 Francis Bosworth Parsons
12 William Andrew Herbolzheim mer
F
6 Isabel Marguerite Whall
30 Timothy Spillane
21 James Cornelius Denehey
20 . Thomas Ganley
25 Esther Dorothy Merrill
July 12 William Theodore Thorborn M
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1902.
DATE.
NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM.
Jan. 1. Samuel Cook Young Lizzie Maria Trow
3. Truman H. Jndson
Barbara Pratt
8. Ernest Cushman Beale
4 25.
Annie Isabel Poore Harry A. Tolman Edith S. Eaton
28 Cashier
26 Motorman
26 At Home
27 Conductor
18 Vamper
22 Shoeworker
20 Shoe Stitcher .
22 Florist
22
34 Clerk
25
24 Bicycle Man'facturer
24 Bookkeeper
20 Express Driver
Reading, Mass.
Woburn, Mass.
Nova Scotia. New Brunswick.
New York, N. Y.
Boston, Mass.
Wakefield, Mass.
Lapeer, N. Y.
63 Clergyman
50 Housekeeper
25 Buyer
25 At Home
27 Clerk
27 Clerk
60 Real Estate
41 Bookkeeper
44 Laborer
21 Housework
23 Baker
Charlestown, Mass.
Boston, Mass. New Brunswick.
Dorchester, Mass.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Charles G. Stevens and Sylvia A. Woodward Solomon Morton and Mary Jane Stewart Frederick D. Merrill and Emma F. Stevens JJ. Dexter Jones and Julia E. Ilaley David Lefavre and Julia Burke Frederick A. Newth and Sophie Hersey llenry O Jewett and Mary JJ. Haines Asa B. Stratton and Martha Everton Edward Haven and Mary Brown Orren Stone and Ellen M. Cozzens Elmer D. Harris and Mary JJ. Geer George Candlin and Elizabeth Wright Alvin N. Pike and Ilelen M. Davis Edwin R. Sheak and Jennie Rattick John O. Dow and Frances Phelps Charles H. Hill and Famme 1. Mckay Alfred W. Danforth and Alice A. Eaton Barnabas Howard and Eunice Gould Levi S. Savery and Mary E. Burgess Michael Doucette and Hilda Muse Henry Carthay and Mary Frotton Ambrose A. Boardman and Belle Frizzell Henry Anderson and Emma J. Mccabe Gilbert Martin and Betsey Myers
William O. Dockendorf and Lydia A. Inman
BY WHOM MARRIED.
William Walter Wakeman, Min. of Gospel,9 Kingston st., Reading W. P. McElween, Clergyman 178 W. Brookline St., Boston F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading
F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading
N. R. Everts, Minister of the Gospel, Wakefield Rev. Win. T. O'Connor, Ass't Rec- tor, 147 Albion St., Wakefield J. J. Wooley, Clergyman Pawtucket, R. 1.
77 Bellingham St., Chelsea 11. D. Stevens, Unitarian Minister Reading
llenry Powers, Unitari'n Minister 24 Bulfinch St., Boston
Henry E. Hodge, Pastor Baptist Church, Winchester Josiah H. Tilden, Clergyman Reading
H. D. Stevens, Unitarian Minister Reading
William B. Tonlmin, Clergyman 292 Clifton St., Malden William Walter Wakeman .
Clergyman, Reading James F. Albion. Minister of the Gospel, Malden Edw. C. Porter, Minister of the Gospel, Watertown Josiah H. Tilton, Clergyman Reading
William Walter Wakeman Clergyman, Reading William Walter Wakeman Clergyman, Reading
[Hunt 23 Bookkeeper
BIRTHPLACE.
Reading, Mass.
Lowell, Mass.
Woodbury, Conn.
Pownal, P. E. I.
.
Denver, Colo.
Tewksbury, Mass.
Dana, Mass. North Reading, Mass. Stoneham, Mass.
Wakefield, Mass.
Wakefield, Mass.
Yarmouth, N. S.
North Reading, Mass. New Brunswick. Boston, Mass. Jonesport, Maine.
West Holland, Vt. Woburn, Mass.
Mar. 5.
" 23. Arthur Engene Morton Emeline Frances Merrill Elmer D. Jones Helen A. Lefavre
6. Frederick Osten Newth Susie Jane Jewett
" 20. George A. Stratton Nellie May Haven Arthur E. Stone Estella L. Harris
April 8.
8. Joseph Candlin Alice L. Pike 15. Edwin R Sheak, Jr. Edith M. Dow
66 16. Herbert L. Hill
Berthia E. Danforth
17. Henry H. Howard Louise L. Savery
66 22. John Doucette Hattie Carthay " 28. Fred S. Boardman Bertha M. Anderson 6 29. George S. Martin Gertrude Mabel Dockendorf
AGE. OCCUPATION.
59 Shoe Repairer
43 Dressmaker
29 Electrician
21 Waitress
28 Salesman
Feb. 6. Irwin W. Green Stella M. Goodhue 6 10. Alexander Downes Frances Malonson
17. Henry Ward Bryden Edithi Mabel Fillmore
19. Edward Augustus Prichard Inez Cecelia Stevens
19 At llome
24 Painter
20 At Home
55 Clergyman
43 Housewife
23 Receiver
23 At Home
England. Orange, Vt.
Blackhawk, Colo. Reading, Mass. Scarboro, Maine
Reading, Mass.
Leeds, Maine. Bourne, Mass. Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia.
18 At Home
29 Foreman
Benjamin Young and Elizabeth Cook Thomas C. Trow and Elizabeth Morton Albert N. Judson and Fannie M. Minor James Pratt and Annie C. McLeod Charles L. Beale and Matilda C. Potter Washington L. Poore and Susan R.Saunders Henry L. Tohnan and Sarah J. Whipple Walter D. Eaton and Anna D. Chandler Samuel N. Green and Eliza Edmands Charles B. Goodhue and Mary L. Carey Patrick Downes and Catherine L. Atkinson Isaac Malonson and Julia Hubbard William Bryden and Lydia Milbery Edward Fillmore and Annie McCarthy Augustus D. Prichard and Amanda E. Vose R. Perry Bush, Clergyman
Apr. 30. Robert Harford Mansur Grace Appleton Beecher
May 10. Lonis Tichnor Grace F. Day
“ 17. Harry Bennett
Eva A. Leet
27. Samuel Cheetham Lena C. Ghen
June 3. Carleton Hall Prescott Florence Charlina Young
4. Charles E. Langdon
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12.
Mabel V. Trask Leroy Whitney Todd Annie Augusta Dewey
" 25. William Hauck
Marion Cleveland Peabody
July 3. George O. Kent Anna E. Wiechman
8. Walter C. Mooney Gertrude Belle Knight
24 At Home
Newburyport, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Ira D. Mooney and Blanche B. Boston John H. Knight and Gertrude Bloomer
Clement Gleason and Abby Damon Stephen Hadley and Myra Biathrow Frank D. Woodbridge and Annette C. Neiss Albert J. Bancroft and Sarah JJ. Mason James D. Lombard and Ella J. Bailey Webster S. Crane and Abbie Potter
Malcolm Sillars and Sarah E. McDermott John S. Ellenwood and Almira Pemberton Horace M. Barrett and Helen M. Stanley George F. Rand and Gertrude M. Thompson Seth Emerson and Ida E. Butler
Alexander S. Bloom and Caroline F. Kelley John B. Walters and Mary C. Livingston Orrin D. Stebbins and Catherine Heisley Charles W. Hodgkins and Edna B. Richards Samuel Spyree and Emily S. Hooke James D. Morrison and Elizabeth M. Stevens Charles M. Barstow and Jennie Curtis Hiram C. Norris and Susan Chase Louis R. Frotton and Elizabeth LeFave David Doucette and Eunice Mnse Stephen Switser and Lavinia Berry Charles A. Frid and Vanda Stewelilon Leonard Sanford and Ellen Greenongh Jolin Sias and Mary Gerry Richard B. Nichols Josephine A. Coggswell B. T. Hileman and Florence E. Foster
H. D. Stevens, Unitarian Minister Reading Robert Herter, Justice of Peace 15 Catawba St., Boston H. A. Mitchell, Clergyman Everett F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading Thomas W. Illman, Minister Wakefield William Walter Wakeman Clergyman, Reading F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading Millard F. Johnson, Minister of Gospel, Nashua, N. H.
F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading H. D. Stevens, Unitarian Minister Reading
Edward J. Holland, Justice of Peace, 41 Church St., Boston Edward P. Smith, Clergyman Stoneham
F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading Charles H. Learoyd, Rector Wakefield
William Walter Wakeman Clergyman, Reading Frank S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading
" 17. George A. Bloom Annie R. Walters " 23. Charles Liv'gst'n Stebbins Edna Willett Hodgkins
" 25. Sammel E. F. Spyree
Minnie Elizabeth Morrison
4 29. Edward D. Barstow Grace H. Norris
29. Simeon Frotton Mary J. Doucette
Oct. 8. William H. Switser Tilda E. Frid
8. Walter E. Sanford Mary E. Sias 4 14. Richard H. Nichols Ella B. Huckins
36 Contracting Agent 28 Trained Nurse
23 Printer
20 At Home
Reading, Mass.
Warwick, R. I.
Danville, Quebec.
Lawrence, Mass.
26 Shoe Operative
21 Reed Voicer
20 At Home
25 Clerk
Meredith, N. H.
Yarmouth, N. S.
27 At Home
28 Commissi'n Merchi'nt
Owosso, Mich. Reading, Mass.
Watertown, Mass. Omaha, Nebraska.
Electrician At Home New York, N. Y.
East Boston, Mass.
Enfield, N. H.
Somerville, Mass. Reading, Mass. Bath, Maine.
Whiting, Maine.
Danvers, Mass.
Yarmonth, N. S.
Westford, Vt.
Cambridge, Mass.
Topsham, Vt.
Boston, Mass.
Boston, Mass.
Tunkhannock, Pa.
Rowley, Mass. Boston, Mass.
29
34
Boston, Mass.
43 Shipping Clerk
Charlestown, Mass.
30 At Home
41 Laborer
43 Servant
Tusket Falls, N. S.
30 Farmer
21 At Home
27 Farmer
Nova Scotia. Boxford, Mass.
17 At Home 29 Plumber
35 At Home
Mobile, Alabama.
Reading, Mass. Boston, Mass.
David U. Beecher and Eliza L. Janes Morris Tichnor and Dora Wies
Arthur B. Day and Nellie Beard
Asa Bennett and Juliette Colburn
Hiram Leet and Mary Dickey John Cheetham and Ellen Downing Norman Ghen and Eleanor Sisson George H. Prescott and Julia E. Hall Charles W. F. Yonng and Mary E. Hine Aaron Langdon and Mary E. Cotton Jacob F. Trask and Sarah Ellenwood Albert S. Todd and Mary Irene Gould Francis H. Dewey and Augusta Hawes William Hauck and Jane Robertson William L. Peabody and Mary C. Hewes
20 Bookkeeper
26 Teamster
23 Box Maker
22 Carriage Painter
22 At Home
37 Carpenter
37 At Home
23 Student
S'pt. 16.
6 21. William S. Hadley Florence Woodbridge Wendell I. Bancroft Carrie Ella Lombard
Aug. 13.
“ 16. Victor F. Crane Mary E. Sillars
" 20. Louis Ellenwood Eva M. Barrett Ernest L. Rand Myrtle Mae Emerson
21 Student
27 Bookkeeper
27 At Home
26 Book Publisher 27 At Home
Danbury, N. H. Tusket Falls, N. S.
Sutton, Vt. Stockholm, Sweden.
Reading, Mass. Canterbury, N. H.
Thomas Mansur and Elizabeth Harford
22 Fireman
25 Milliner
34 Machinist
Easton, Mass. Boston, Mass. Milford, Mass.
28 At Home 28 Civil Engineer
27 Teacher
26 Salesman
23 House Painter North Reading, Mass. Eben Growing and Martha J. Green
9. Charles L. Gowing
Ethel D. Gleason
23 Necktie Maker
22 Box Maker
Samuel W. Crowthers, Minister of the Gospel, Cambridge Joseph M. Hobbs, Clergyman Providence, R. I. Azro A. Smith, Clergyman Reading J. A. Crowley, Clergyman Wakefield William Walter Wakeman.
Minister of the Gospel, Reading Charles L. Hubbard, Minister of the Gospel, West Boxford William Walter Wakeman Minister of the Gospel. Rea ding
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1902.
NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM.
Oct. 15. Harry E. Jones Alice M. Horne
18.
John E Waden
27 Steam Fitter
Nova Scotia.
Reading, Mass.
Wakefield, Mass.
Charlestown, Mass. Wareham, Mass.
Joshua White and Mary A. Doucette Dominique Doucette and Julia Frotton John V. Magras and Mary E. Riley Harvey Crocker and Sarah Shaw Bumps Joseph S. Temple and Lucia M. Kingman
Washington L. Poore and Susan R. Saunders F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman
Reading
Nov. 16.
" 20. George Andrew Walker Mary Russell Deane
“ 26. Coleman E. Shaw
Sarah Chisholm
.6 28. George A. Stowers Bessie O. Allen
Dec. 1. Wm. Bernard Loring Marie Louise Rollins Cottle
49 Housekeeper
64 Watchman 44 Domestic
29 Clerk
23 At Home
19 Furniture Mover
18 Housework 19 Brakeman
20 Stenographer
24. Charles Frederick Jones Olena Anna Wakefield
57 Printing Business 59 Teacher 25 Chemist
24 At Home 26 Clerk 29 At Home 21 Machinist
26 At Home
862
July 7. John Dick DeRonde Eliza Woods
22 Cabinet Maker
20 At Home
BIRTHPLACE.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
26 Motorman
29 At Home
Rochester, N. H.
Charles A. Horne and Christine Varney William Waden and Mary L. White
Mary L. White
25 At Home
19. John Jerome Doucette
6 21.
Mary L. Magras Harvey Shaw Crocker Lucia Lillian Temple
25 At Home 26 Manufacturer
Reading, Mass. Tewksbury, Mass. Everett, Mass. Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia.
21 Upholsterer 21 Domestic
32 Shoe Manufacturer
22 At Home
55 Painter & Decorator
43 At Home
21 Salesman
18 Operative 49 Poultryman
Methuen, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Alexander Chisholm and Catherine Hunter Herbert M. Stowers and Elizabeth E. King George H. Allen and Jeanette Tufts Gustavus Loring and Mary Ellen Stevens Abishai Cottle and Maria A. Berry Benjamin Brown and Mary Lake Thomas Lynch and Ella Colburt
William Walter Wakeman Minister of the Gospel, Reading Thomas W. Illman, Minister 9 Chestnut St., Wakefield George S. Chadbourne, Clergyman, Malden William Walter Wakeman Minister of the Gospel, Reading Josiah H. Tilton, Clergyman Reading
John H. Harmon and Annie R. Goodline Loren D. Frazier and Julia A. Brown James W. Borthwick and Mary J. Mckinley George E. Skidmore and Jennette Kelso Josepli Candlin, Methodist Clergyman, Reading Everett C. Herrick, Clergyman, 39 High St., Charlestown F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman, Reading William Waldo Wakeman Clergyman, Reading James H. Swain and Catherine R. Tucker Benjamin Y. Smith and Mary F. Hutchins Frederick Jones and Martha Estabrooke John Wakefield and Sarah Parker William Holmes and Mary E. Beach Melville A. Stone and Catherine M. Deming Frederick Springford and Marion Fletcher William H. Temple and Ruth Ann Welds Geo. Il. Edwards and Mabel Ross Carpenter F. S. Hunnewell, Stillson H. Dow and Hannah Merrill Clergyman, Reading
Martin J. DeRonde & Elizabeth J. Hageman Edward W. Eaton, Clergyman James Woods and Marcella Farrell
Wakefield
Whole number of marriages, 62. Nativity of persons married, born in the United States, 100; Males, 51; Females, 49. Foreign born, 22; Males, 9; Females, 13. First marriage of 48 Males ; 56 Females; Second marriage, 13 Males ; 6 Females, Third marriage, 1 Male. Age : Number of persons under twenty, 8; twenty to thirty, 84; thirty to forty, 10; forty to fifty, 11 ; fifty to sixty, 6; sixty to seventy, 3.
F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading H. D. Stevens, Unitarian Minister Reading Henri de La Chapelle, Priest 25 Isabella St., Boston George J. Sanger, Clergyman Danvers
Rev. Wm. I. O'Connor Ass't Rector, Wakefield George H. Bates, Clergyman New Bedford F. K. Stratton, Clergyman Wakefield
10.
1. Smith Brown Ella Bigelow Frank B. Harmon Eveline C. Frazier
17. William R. Borthwick Etta E. Skidmore 18. Frank E. Swain Ethelyn A. Smith
26. Fletcher Beach Holmes Ruby Anabel Stone 31. Freder'k Lionel Springford Mabel Francena Temple " 31. Frank Elmer Edwards Abbie Dow
Reading, Mass.
Arnheim, Ilolland. New York, N. Y.
Charlestown, Mass. Nova Scotia. E. Cambridge, Mass. Meredith Vil'ge, N.H. Concord, N. H. Wakefield, Mass. Parsboro, N. S. Wilmington, Mass. Reading. Mass. Mason, N. H. Reading, Mass. Melrose, Mass. Guilford, Conn. Everett, Mass. Reading, Mass. Lowell, Mass.
Andover, Mass. Middleboro, Mass. Yarmouth, N. S. Antigonish. N. S. Franklin, Mass.
Francis J. Skillens and Effie J. Batchelder Joseph Hill and Margaret Muse Marshall Collins and Rose Muse John Walker and Annie Smart George R. Deane and Annie J. Jones Zabina Shaw and Danzilla Earle
21 Teacher
6 22. Albert E. Poore Grace E. Skillens Ernest Hill Mary Collins
26 Shoemaker
27 At Home 26 Bookkeeper
AGE. OCCUPATION.
DATE.
North Reading, Mass. Wm. II. Jones and Angusta Taylor
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1902.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
.Jan. 2
George Rice Turner
83
25
John R. and Elizabeth T. Turner
7 Mary A. Nickerson
10
11
27
Charles F. and Kate C. Nickerson
..
17
Nina Ellen Eames
40
6
Charles B. Eames
26 Amie Whiting Damon
16
+
26
Feb.
8
Betsey Putnam
85
26
9
Harry L. Fielding Ambler
27
Charles Cummings Green
70
11
23
Phineas and Clarissa Green
Mar. 2
William Alfred Packer
8
5
0
Eugene C. and Hattie A. Packer
66
15
William Carney, Jr.
4
9
13
66
16
Agnes M. Kezer
55
0
25
Fred A. Kezer
18
Dulong
68
2
0
Wilham and Hannah Dewhurst
Brights Disease
23
Lydia McArthur
79
S
0
William S. and Mary E. Temple
Fractural Hip
23
Hazel Pearl Bryant
31
11
23
Charles F. and Minnie A. Bryant
Apr. 2
10
Sophronia Stockbridge
52
3
3
66
13
Caroline Frances Bloom
56
5
26
Alexander Bloom
..
17
Adaline Nichols
79
3
27
A. Gould Nichols
..
20
Daniel Ford Pratt
78
8
13
Daniel and Delia B. Pratt
23
Oscar T. Littlefield
56
2
15
Tristam and Mary D), Littlefield
24
Florence May Stratton
2
4
28
27
William Terry Bryden Kent
73
4
28
William and Mary W. Bryden Frank H. and Frances N. Kent
Embolisin
May 15 19
Charles Everett Flint
64
12
Amos and Salina Bailey Flint
June 4
7
Charles Russell Haag
6
9
26
Charles J. and Sarah McPhee Haag
Railroad Accident
7 Clarence Leo Haag
5
3
2
Charles J. and Sarah McPhee Haag William and Elizabeth Brown Brooks
Railroad Accident
66
11
Nathan Bancroft
11
13
66
17
Martha C. Flanders
45
2
11
19
John Walter Doucette
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