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READING PUBLIC LIBRARY READING, MASSACHUSETTS AVIS & ABE
REFERENCE
TOWN OF READING
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 st
1903
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TOWN OF READING.
ANNUAL REPORT
... OF ...
Receipts and Expenditures
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1903
OF REA
TOWN
SE
LED
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639:
W. E. & J. F. TWOMBLY, PRINTERS, READING, MASS., 1904
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1903-1904.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Fence Viewers WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, Chairman JAMES W. KILLAM, Secretary OLIVER L. AKERLEY
Assessors
EDWARD F. PARKER, Chairman Term expires 1905 66 66 1904
JOHN H. ADDEN, Sec'y
MILLARD F. CHARLES
66 1906
Town Clerk MILLARD F. CHARLES
Treasurer EDWARD F. PARKER
Collector of Taxes HERBERT M. VIALL
Auditors
EDGAR N. HUNT
ALBERT P. DANE
GEORGE H. CLOUGH
Board of Health
CALVERT H. PLAYDON, Chairman Term expires 1906
FRED D. MERRILL, Secretary .
66
1905
GEORGE L. FLINT
1904
6
School Committee
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman
Term expires 1905
GILMAN L. PARKER, Secretary
.
65
1906
ELIZABETH H. BROWN
66
66 1906
HORACE G. WADLIN
1905
MARY L. NESMITH
1904
HENRY C. PARKER
1904
MELVILLE A. STONE, Superintendent of Schools.
Water Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman Term expires 1904
GEORGE A. SHACKFORD, Secretary 66 66 1906
E. HARLEY GOWING
66 1905
Municipal Light Board
WM. S. KINSLEY, Chairman Term expires 1906
CHARLES W. LEE, Secretary
1904
GEORGE L. FLINT .
. 1905
Trustees of Public Library
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman Term expires 1904
CYRUS M. BARROWS, Secretary
1905
FREDERICK E. WHITTEMORE .
1905
HARLEY PRENTISS
1906
HENRY G. KITTREDGE
1906
J. WOODWARD MANNING
1904
7
Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery
GALEN A. PARKER, Chairman Term expires 1905
WILLIE E. TWOMBLY 1905
ALFRED W. DANFORTH, Supt. and Sec'y 1906
ALDEN BATCHELDER
1904
FRANK L. EDGERLEY
1904
HENRY T. LEAVIS
1906
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
JOHN N. WESTON HERBERT E. MCINTIRE Constables
FRED. D. MERRILL J. HENRY ORR
8
Police FRED D. MERRILL, Chief, and Keeper of the Lock-up. J. HENRY ORR WM. H. MANNING Specials
SAMUEL BROWN
CHESTER W. MCDOUGAL
JEREMIAH CULLINANE ASA PARKER JOHN STOCK
EUGENE L. LOVEJOY JASON ZWICKER
ROBERT POWERS
REUBEN J. LEFAVE CLEMENT GLEASON
Truant Officer AZRO A. SMITH
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
9
Tree Warden A. CHANDLER MANNING
Finance Committee
M. F. CHARLES, Secretary, Term expires Dec. 31, 1904
G. A. PARKER
M. A. STONE
66
6. 66
E. L. LOVEJOY
SOLON BANCROFT
66
.. 66 66
H. E. MCINTIRE
Dec. 31, 1903
JOHN CONNELLY .
66
GEO. W. BEASLEY
JOS. S. TEMPLE
F. W. B. PRATT
66
66
66
JACOB MITCHELL, Chairman ALDEN BATCHELDER .
Dec. 31, 1905
F. E. CRAFTS
..
66
H. P. BOSSON
F. M. SMITH
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
66
6.
6.
66
66 66
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.. 6. ..
66
66 66
..
10
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. BUCHANAN JOHN LOGAN
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1903
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
. OCCUP'N OF FATHER
Jan. 2.
Raymond Alexander McCoughey
M
Joseph and Maud (Martin) McCoughey Samuel and Julia E. (Snow) Rounds
5.
Leavitt Rounds
M
5. Elmer Baxter Stratton
M
Charles E. and Carrie E. (Sias) Stratton
7. Harold Elliott Leve
M
Charles and Maud E. (Smith) Leve
Musician Machinist Baggage Master
9.
Ellen Louise Wall
F
66
11.
Gaw
M
John T. and Delia (Kane) Wall Robert and Elizabeth (Kinnear) Gaw Elias B. and Uella W. (Messinger) Currell Ambrose and Teresa (Meuse) Froton
Motorman Carpenter Laborer Laborer
66
21.
Bartholemew Carney
M
William and Margaret (Devaney) Carney
30.
Elizabeth Murray
F
Thomas J. and Elizabeth (Sullivan) Murray
Painter
Feb. 9.
Hazel Jeannette Prescott
F
Carlton H. an .: Florence C. (Young) Prescott
Clerk
13.
Dewey
M
Herman E. and Lizzie (Nowell) Harvey John and Sarah (Bruce) Wickens
Engineer Printer
Mar. 6. 66
9.
Mary Lottie Muse
F
Jeremiah and Mary (Babine) Muse
Laborer
66
10.
Margaret Thompson Hannaford
..
12.
Frances Margaret Wilson
66
14.
Antoinette Amelie Conti
Grocery Clerk
66
15.
Elizabeth Desmond
16.
William Burke
M M F
Reuben and Madeline (Doucette) Froton
Stone Mason
66
21.
Florence May Doucette
21.
Gladys Hazel Hayes
24.
Harriet Vivian Anderson
F
Apr. 4. ..
5.
10. Mabel Gladys Pendergrace
F M
Salesman
15.
Russell Copeland Wade
Lumber Dealer
20.
Marion Hilton Smith
F F F
Stone Mason Agent
May 7. 66
10.
Geraldine Carter
66
13.
Margaret Damon Sparhawk
Shoemaker
23.
Annie Catherine Clements
66
25.
Emily Hutchinson
.6
27. Myrtle Temple Cook
F
66 29.
Dorothy Pearl Buckle
F
M
Cabinet Maker Plumber
June 3. 6. Stephen Geary
M M
Wilfred A. and Fanny I. (Hatfield) Bancroft
Mining
13.
Louise Bancroft Dorothy Roberts
Laundryman
F
15.
Helen Gertrude Currell Froton
M
18.
13.
Ralph Herman Harvey William Bruce Wickens
M
F F F
Rubber Worker Bottler
15.
Arthur Eugene Langdon
M F
.
Henry J. and Esther (Dugan) Wilson Frank and Eleanor (Fiorani) Conti Charles F. and Mabel V. (Trask) Langdon Daniel J. and Nora (Driscoll) Desmond John H. and Mary E. (Weber) Burke John H. and Mary E. (Weber) Burke
Messenger
Messenger
16.
Dionysius Burke
20.
Mabel Catherine Froton
F F F
Engineer Farmer Driver
Mabel Gertrude Borthwick Castine
Coachman Clerk
24.
Ida Peterson
26.
Ethel Althea Stevens
Donald Hart Briggs
M F F
·Bookkeeper Clerk Clerk
19.
Cecelia Ruth Froton
F F F
Peter and Albina (Didevoir) Froton Frank E. and Annie (Doucette) Clements George M. and Bessie M. (Briggs) Hutchinson Judson P. and Lena M. (Temple) Cook Thomas and Marie (Crowhurst) Buckle Charles J. and Sarah (McPhee) Haag Enoch C. and Flora E (Hill) Shaw Stephen and Bridget (Higgins) Geary
Iceman
Silk Cutter
Brakeman Shoe String Mfgr
66 29.
Clare Russell Haag Shaw
Rubber Worker
F Adelbert D. and Janetha E. (Russell) Roberts
13.
L. William and Anne (Godfrey) Hayes John and Ethel (Hutchinson) Anderson William R. and Henrietta (Skidmore) Borthwick Simon and Mary Elizabeth (Muse) Castine Thos. F. and Elizabeth M ( Ridges) Pendergrace Oliver M. and Agnes W. (Copeland) Wade Frederick R. and Mildred D. (Bryant) Smith Arthur and Emily A. (Mann) Peterson Frank R. and Anna (McLellan) Stevens Euward W. and Edith H. (Neal) Briggs Percy N. and Blanche E. (Copeland) Carter Nathaniel A. and Mabel S. (LeClair) Sparhawk
.
Rubber Worker Carpenter Shoemaker
9. Harold Miner Rogers
M Chester B. and Annie R. (Miner) Rogers
Reed Voicer
F. Osman and Dewey
Gardener
Motorman
17. Ethel May Mitchell
F
19. Madeline Andrews
.. 20. George Crosby Shackford
21. Louise Margaret Muse
F
Chair Finisher
4 30.
Dorothy Elizabeth Graham
M
F Wm. J. and Minerva ( Harrow) Graham Walter E. and Mary E. (Sias) Sanford Angelo and Kate (Cunio) Zanni Anthony M. and Lydia ( White) Turner Charles R. and Grace (Niles) Henderson
Farmer
July 2. : 6.
John Zanni
MI
7. Ernest R. Turner
M M
66 21. William Alan Henderson
22. Robert Enos Dulong
MI
Enos and Annie M. (Lactsch) Dulong Joseph and Mary (Cunio) Deferrari
Rubber Worker
24. Louise Deferrari
66
26.
Edna Louisa Brown Arthur Leo Dulong Edith Helena Robinson
MI
Otis H. and Agnes M. (Allen) Brown Peter R. and Rose C. (Froton) Dulong Joseph S. and Emma M. (Flanders) Robinson Melvin S. and Elizabeth JJ. (Bell) MeIntire
Plumber Box Maker
Ang. 3. "+ 10.
Kenneth Keith Ayer
MI M
Albert E. and L. Mabel (Keith) Ayer Ernest HI. and Mary H. (Polk) Adams
-
13.
Norman Daniel Adams
Engineer
13.
Charles Frederick Strout
MI
Frank F. and Rachel L. (DeGrasse) Stront
22.
William Russell
M
William and Isabelle Russell
Shoemaker
25.
Dora Gersinovitch
28.
()'Brien
M
Win. and Lydia M. (LeBlanc) Melanson James and Margaret ( Iliggins) Ferrick Joseph and Alice (Richard) Galant
Carpenter Section Hand Laborer
5.
John Ferrick
M
66
5.
Joseph Edmond Galant
M F
Ernest and Mary B. Hill
Upholsterer
6.
Florence May Hill
Rufus L. T. and May A. (Calvin) Goodridge
R. R. Employee
16
Rov Goodridge
MI F
Rufus L. T. and May A. (Calvin) Goodridge Orrin H. and Katherine ( Driscoll) Dow
Shoemaker
18.
Shoemaker
29.
Mary Katherine Dow Dnlong Lucille Eleanor Foster
Almon and Grace E. (Lambert) Foster
Oct. 5. ..
16.
Jason Elbridge Richardson
M M M
James A. and Rose M. (Merrifield) Crowhurst Adolph and Sadie (Melanson) Turner Albert L. and Jemima L. (McWade) Wellman
Pattern Maker
" 28.
Ida Vivian Wellman
F
Augustus and Lonise (Meuse) Snrette George F. and Lillian (Milbury) Nealey George A. and Mary A. (Farrar) Curtis
Clerk Supt.
66
19.
Marjorie Curtis
F
George J. and Hattie M. (Miller) Thorbnrn Lnigni and Carolina (Matroni) Marchetti
.Jeweler Rubber Worker
Dec. 6. 6.
Melvin Seth Crosby
..
Florence May Hatch
Section Hand
66
29.
Helen M. Thompson
31. William Frederick White M Edward J. and Annie White
Shoemaker -
ADDITIONAL
1900
Jan. 27. 1902
Effie Eliza Currell
Elias B. and Uella (Messenger) Currell
Carpenter
Feb. 28.
Hazel Elizabeth DeRonde
F Martin J. and Emma R. (Boaley) DeRonde
Baggage Master
17.
Harry Leroy Crowhurst
Electrician
.6 28.
Joseph Turner
Carpenter
Catherine Francis Snrette
Nov. 6. 9.
Beatrice Nealey
66 26.
Robert Harold Thorburn Leonello Marchetti
MI MI
MI Guy M. and Alice H. (McKay) Crosby Horace J. and Sarah (White) Hatch Thomas and Emma (Bacon) Clement Sylvanus L. and Helen (Leavitt) Thompson F
Conductor
Rattan Worker
20. 28.
Mamie Allen Clement
Machinist
16.
Ruth Goodridge
F
Frank and Emma (Mense) Dnlong
Jason E. and Emma M. (Brown) Richardson
Accountant Machinist Carrier
Sept. 3. Harold Antoney Melanson
Conductor
29. 4 31.
Charles Quincy MeIntire
MI
Fred G. and Bertha L. (Pierce) Mitchell John and Mary A. (Hanscom) Andrews Alonzo C. and Effie B. (Knights) Shackford William H. and Lizzie M. (Doucette) Muse
Shoemaker Stable Keeper Carpenter
John Leonard Sanford
Laborer
Farmer Physician
Conductor
Driver
Milk Dealer
Farmer
Barnet and Annette (Gordon) Gersinovitch
Farmer
R. R. Employee
Whole number of births, 94; Miles, 42: Females, 52. Nativity of parents: Fathers born in United States, 48; Fathers foreign born, 46. Mothers born in United States, 48; Mothers foreign born, 46.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1903.
NAME OF BRIDE
AGE. OCCUPATION.
BIRTHPLACE.
NAME OF PARENTS.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
DATE.
AND GROOM.
Jan. 26.
Ralph Frederick Heselton
18 Machinist
Reading, Mass.
Merrimac, Mass. Charles N. and Anna F. (Fellows) Carter Jonathan and Jane (Burgess) Cail
Feb. 11.
Joseph L. Cail
30 Farmer
New Brunswick.
New Brunswick. John S. and Emily ( Whitney) Jackson
“ 14.
Thomas W. Cleveland
32 Mechanic
Hillsboro, N.Br'nsw'k. Harry A. and Mary E. (Forsyth) Cleveland
39 Housewife Kentville, N'va Scotia. Theophilus A. and Kath. (Kinsmann) Bishop
22 Laborer
Nova Scotia.
Leeson and Jane (Clements) Doucette
Mary Castine
16 At Home
Nova Scotia.
Peter and Mary (Muse) Castine
66
22. Herman Chester Skinner Loubelle F. Howard
29 Fireman R. R.
Reading, Mass. Boston, Mass.
Herbert A. and Bessie M. (Russell) Skinner William H. and Mary E. (Perry) Howard Daniel F. and Angelina B. (Burt) Pratt
Mar. 18.
Chester Brown Pratt
33 Travelling Salesman
Reading, Mass.
Thomas H. and Harriett L. (Pitts) Ramsdell
Mar. 21.
Daniel T. Bickford Mattie A. Jewett
“ 28.
Charles W. Poole Ada E. Fairburn
26 Waitress
24 Asst. Paymaster
20 At Home
29 Brakeman
28 Shoe Stitcher
Reading, Mass.
23 Restaurateur
Boston, Mass.
26 Waitress
Liverpool, N. S. Whitman, Mass.
25 Student
33 Grocer's Clerk
29 Bookkeeper
22 Stenographer
21 Weaver
June 1. Paul Leroy Barrett Mabel Florence Platts
3.
Arthur E. Bartlett
48 Farm Supt.
28 At Home
39 Baggage Master
Newton, N. H.
37 Clerk
43 Japanner
43 At Home
Watertown, Mass.
Lynnfield, Mass.
Woburn, Mass.
Woburn, Mass.
24 At Home
Reading, Mass.
Warren K. and Annie M. (Staples) Temple Preston E. and Minerva D. (Hopkins) smith Jacob and Mary L. (Gerhart) Farquhar Gustavus H. and Emma L. (Reid) Barrows Albert H. and Stella (Pumey) Harris
E. Bridgewater, Mass. Albert C. and Laura (Gerald) Whitmarsh Fitchburg, Mass. David U. and Eliza L. (JJanes) Beecher Charles L. and Elnora L. (Corbin) Mayers Roxbury, Mass. Melrose, Mass. Willie A. and Emma W. (Hale) Barrett George F. and Beulah J. (Bancroft) Platts Woburn, Mass.
West Newbury, Mass. John E. and Eliza (Folansbee) Bartlett Salem, Mass.
John and Priscilla (Carr) O'Connell
8. Frank Elmer Harvey
Martha Goodridge Adams
( 10. Charles Frederic Myers Fannie Alice Ferrin
14. Herbert Austin Ramsdell Catharine Teresa Scanlan 22 Mill Hand
23 Woodworker
24 Freight Cashier
4 16. Clifton Moulton Platts Marion Ethelyn Boyd
31
Carpenter
April 2.
John Herbert Marshall Mildred Alice Guild
8. Judson P. Cook Lena May Temple Frank Preston Smith
11.
Bertha Elliott Farquhar
13. Ernest Lincoln Barrows
Ruby Mae Harris
14. Arthur C. Howard
16.
Nellie B. Whitmarsh Raymond W. Beecher Lena A. Mayers
23 Salesnian
24 Bookkeeper
Cambridge, Mass. Reading, Mass
John R. and Rosanna F. (Trull) Harvey Charles A. and Sarah P. (Woodbury) Adams Charles and Caroline E. (Adams) Myers Warren and Sarah ( Hill) Ferrin George E. and Ada T. (Greenwood) Ramsdell Bartholemew and Mary E.(Rafferty) Scanlan Charles B. and Maria F. (Moulton) Platts John A. and Ida M. (Temple) Boyd
Richmond and LizzieM.(Wakefield) Heselton Daniel Marsh, Clergyman
Harriet M. Carter
19 Shoe Worker
Bertha E. Jackson
21 Housework
Elizabeth C. Bishop Bell Dow
16.
Frank Doucette
Bertha L. Ramsdell
30 At Home
Arlington, Mass.
49 Clerk
39 At Home
Norway, Me. Eben B. and Sarah J. (Smith) Bickford St. Johns, N. B. John a. and Matilda (Golden) Millen William and Marcia L. (Deering) Poole Stuvensville, Ohio. George and Mary A. (Holland) Fairburn Woburn, Mass. Simeon M. and Cora (Totman) Marshall Reading, Mass. Edward P. and Cara (Stevenson) Guild Hyde Park, Mass.
North Reading, Mass Angustine P. and Emma ( Hamilton) Cook
24 Civil Engineer
Methuen, Mass. E. Bridgewater, Mass Cyrus and Lydia (Hail) Howard
Mary O'Connell
22 Necktie Maker
Woburn, Mass Charles H. Learoyd, Rector Wakefield, Mass Charles H. Learoyd, Rector Wakefield, Mass William T.('Connor, Asst. Rector Wakefield, Mass John W. Ward, Clergyman Stoneham, Mass Julian C. Jaynes, Clergyman Newton, Mass William Malcolm Buzza, Clergy- man, Boston, Mass W. W. Everts, Clergyman Boston, Roxbury dist F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass Andrew J. Torsleff, Minister of the Gospel, Melrose, Mass John R. Cushing, Clergyman So. Boston, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass Hugh A. Heath, Baptist Minister Wakefield, Mass F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass Millard F. Charles, Town Clerk Reading, Mass John S. Blair, Minister of the Gospel, Newton, N. H. Henry Irving Cushman, Clergy- man, Providence, R. I. H. J. Madden, Priest Winchester, Mass F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass
17. William Donald Craig Hatta Maud Elliott
# 23. William Henry Becker Mabel Elizabeth Wetherbee
24. John E. Frost
4 28.
Sadie A. Parker John F. Murphy Annie M. Connor Frank H. Roberts
.. 28.
Carrie Josephine May Roxbee 18
July 3. Charles Baxter Margaret Mc Farland 4. Arthur Kimball Pitman Ada Mabel Sidelinker
..
7. Thomas Pears
9.
Mary Ann Sheldon Green George Ramsdell Cross Elsie May Batchelder
21 Fancy Stitcher
25 Shipping Clerk
Bear River. N. S.
27 At llome
Saco, Maine.
21 Fireman
Colorado.
19 Weaver
Glasgow, Scotland.
23 Mechanic
Plainfield, Mass.
20 At Home
25 Rattan Worker
18 Laundry
Ireland.
19 Clerk
Reading, Mass. Billerica, Mass.
32 Machinist
Boston, Mass.
24 Clerk
South Portland, Me.
North Reading. Mass. Win. C. and Lucretia A. (Abbott) MeIntire
20 Brush Maker
31 Asst. Postmaster
Lynn, Mass.
Rockland, Mass.
Andover, Mass.
Reading. Mass.
Reading, Mass.
Wakefield, Mass.
Arlington, Mass.
John F. and Sarah A. (Pattee) Phillips
25 Treasurer
23 At Home
26 Organ Pipe Maker
23 Postmistress
44 Erecting Engineer
M. Alice Sollenberger 37 Bookkeeper
4 28. Walter K. Badger Millie E. Beunke
23 R. R. Employe
26 Dressmaker 41 Jeweler
30
Teacher Rockland, Mass,
Bellville, Nova Scotia Daniel E. and Rose Ann (Doucette) Frost
Reading, Mass.
Stoneham, Mass.
Manchester, N. H.
Reading, Mass.
Stoneham. Mass.
Windsor, Nova Scotia. Robert and Ilelen (Taylor) Baxter
27 Nurse
St. Johns, N. B.
23 Bookkeeper
Putnam, Conn.
Wilmington, Mass.
England
80 At llome
Boston. Mass.
21 Shoe Salesman
Philadelphia, l'a. Raymond, N. H.
20. Ralph Eugene Milbury Hattie Mae Oliver
Aug. 2.
2.
“ 19. Otis Grant Mackenzie
Pearl Louise Dyer
26. Melvin S. MeIntire
Elizabeth J. Bell
66
30. Frank Arthur Bessom Alice Bradford Rand Horace J. Hatch Sarah White
23 Postal Clerk
21 Laborer
18 Housekeeper
23 Grocer
25 Milliner
Clerk
32 26 Stenographer
Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass. Scituate, Mass.
Newville, l'enn.
Newville, Penn.
24 Salesman
Reading, Mass. Cambridge, Mass.
24 At Home
Bridgton, N. S. Mount Hanley, N. S. Salem, Mass
William E. and Margaret F. (Parker) Craig Zebulon and Snsan (Brown) Elliott Peter and Caroline (Kellar) Becker
J. Milton and Eunice P. (Baker) Wetherbee
Asa and Sarah A. (Lythgoe) Parker
Patrick T. and Rose (Metlugh) Murphy Thomas and Catherine (Kenney) Connor Frank E. aud Phebe H. (Sutton) Roberts W'm. H. and Henrietta F. (Sherman) Roxbee
James and Bertha (Bein) McFarland Eben and Emma F. (Pratt) Pitman Geo. W. and Mary A. (Simpson) Sidelinker Thomas and Mary ( Ashworth) Pears Daniel and Phebe ( Eaton) Sheldon John L. and Mary S. (Ramsdell) Cross Moses M. and Josie E. (Surette) Batchelder William C. and Annie (Troop) Milbury Frank M. and Louise ( Woodman) Oliver
Wilbur and Car. ie (Morong) Wakefield Chas. R. and Elizabeth (Simpson) Adams Geo. W. and Belle V. (Hathaway) Clark Patrick and Margnerette (Daley) McCall Calvin P. and Caroline (Wright) Hatch Thomas and Mary (Graney) Mnllaney Wm. B. and Mary P. (Deadman) Jeffrey James M. and Maria S. (Long) Saunders
Richard N. and Abbie A. (Carter) Mackenzie William W. Bowers, Clergyman Fred P. and Martha (McGregor) Dyer
Reading, Mass Josiah H. Tilton, Clergyman Reading, Mass F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass Wm. T. O'Connor, Asst. Rector Wakefield, Mass J. A. Crowley, Priest Wakefield, Mass Thos. W. Illman. Minister of the Gospel, Taunton, Mass F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass Albert D. Spanlding, Minister of the Gospel, Scituate, Mass 11. D. Stevens, Unitarian Minister Reading, Mass Geo. W. Bicknell, Minister of the Gospel, Cambridge, Mass
Edgar O. and Elizabeth D. (Kemp) Dewey Edward F. and Mary L. (Penney) Brooks Edwin H. and Martha S. (Ballard) Goodwin Alfred A. and Jennie E. (Frasier) Seaverns Jacob W. and Annie M. (Whister) Wheeler Sam'l A. & Margaret (Randall) Sollenberger Henry B. and Clara A. (fayne) Badger Fred L. and Lizzie A. (Dodge) Bennke
William Walter Wakeman, Min- ister of the Gospel, Reading, Mass B. Il. Lane, Clergyman Rockland, Mass William T. O'Connor Asst. Rector, Wakefield, Mass William J. Mellerick, Priest Stoneham, Mass John W. Ward, Clergyman Stoneham, Mass
Augustus Irving Scoville, Minis- ter of the Gospel, Melrose, Mass Walter H. Rollins, Clergyman Wilmington, Mass
F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass Wm. Walter Wakeman, Minister of the Gospel, Reading, Mass J. A. Crowley, Priest Wakefield, Mass J. A. Crowley, Priest Wakefield, Mass F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass
31 Box Maker
Stneache, Nova Scotia Alexander and Ann (Goodwin) Bell
Charles F. and Mary F. (Lovejoy) Bessom Charles L. and Mary J. (Costello) Rand Calvin P. and Caroline ( Wright) Hatch Joshua and Mary (Doucette) White
Arthur B. and Nellie A. (Beard) Day Michael E. and Mary A. (Foley) Goodwin Ammi and Mary E. ( Russell) Hall
4 26. William Roscoe Day Elmora Josephine Goodwin Henry L. Hall Lou B. Phillips
Oct. 14.
Oct. 14. Edgar Osman Dewey Bertha Ursula Brooks
" 20. Chester E. Goodwin Ella M. Seaverns Ira A. Wheeler . 20.
18 16 At Home
Motorman
26 Salesman
26 Clerk
20 Teamster At Home
23
Foreman
27 Bookkeeper
65 Gardener
Reading, Mass. Andover, Mass,
18 At Home
25. Howard E. Wakefield 26. Margaret May Adams Herbert Alden Clark Catherine Louise McCall George F. Hatch Nellie T. Mullaney Percy Leon Jeffrey Amy Rebecca Saunders
Sept 20.
Alexandria, N. H.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1903.
NAME OF BRIDE GROOM
AGE.
OCCUPATIION.
BIRTHPLACE.
NAME OF PARENTS.
BY WHOM MARRIED
Nov. 4.
Jason W. Zwicker
37 Foreman
Bridgewater, N. S.
Daniel and Permelia (Craft) Zwicker Zenas and Emeline (Weagle) Haughn
A. Judson Hughes, Minister of the Gospel, Boston
4 18.
Calvert H. Playdon
29 Veterinarian
Bridgewater, N. S. Bradford, England.
Alfred G. and Elizabeth (Williams) Playdon A. E. White, Clergyman
Alice May Haley
22 Compositor
Cambridge, Mass.
“ 19.
George Wales Ridlon
28 Motorman
Reading, Mass.
Sarah Catherine Buck
20 Necktie Maker
Wilmington, Mass.
4 25.
Charles H. Cox
50
Laundryman
Lynnfield, Mass.
Carrie J. Wright
41 At Home
Lowell, Mass.
25.
Charles F. Gentleman
31
Clerk
Portsmouth, N. H.
Lizzie Myra Newton
27
Clerk
Portsmouth, N. H.
25.
William Finithy
24 Carpenter
Harcourt, N. B.
Jessie Z. Little
22 Housework
Harcourt, N. B.
James and Margaret (Cail) Little
-
26.
Arthur Walter Webster
19 Clerk
St. Louis, Missouri.
=
29.
Bartholemew J. Lehan
32 Merchant
Reading, Mass.
Margaret T. Connelly
25 Cloth Inspector
Lawrence, Mass.
Carl and Helena Anderson
Dec. 5. John Carlson Hanna Person
28 Housework
Ryda, Sweden.
" 16.
Albert F. Tucker
24 Bookkeeper
Lawrence, Mass.
Ella Maud Webster
24 At Home
Danvers, Mass. Boston, Mass.
18.
Joseph Evans
39
Teamster
35
Housework
Boston, Mass.
+ 26.
Benjamin F. Manning
26
Nurseryman
Reading, Mass.
Evelyn A. Chase
21 Operator
Wauregan, Conn.
*4 31. Maneul Santos
24 Conductor
Portugal.
Annie Rosamond Tyler
26
At Home
Wakefield, Mass.
Jacob W. and Lydia B. (Chandler) Manning Charles H. Moss, Baptist Minis- Vernon and Jennie F. (Newton) Chase ter, Malden, Mass Ralph Gillan, Clergyman Theodore and Mary A. (DeZevard) Santos John H. and Mary C. (Peabody) Tyler
Lowell, Mass
Whole number marriages, 57; Nativity of persons married, born in United States, 88; Males, 44; Females, 44; Foreign born, 26; Males, 13; Females, 13.
Josiah H. Tilton, Clergyman Reading, Mass F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyinan Reading, Mass Wm. T. O'Connor, Asst. Rector Wakefield, Mass C. F. Johansson, Clergyman Boston, Mass Burke F. Leavitt, Minister of the Gospel, Melrose, Mass Loren A. Clevenger, Minister of the Gospel, Boston, Mass
Ruth Vining Kilby
17 At Home
Haverhill, Mass.
Walter A. and Ellen M. (Stiles) Webster Archibald and Emma (Holbrook) Kilby Dennis and Mary (Murray) Lehan Jolin and Mary (Monahan) Connelly
32 Farmer
Wedum, Sweden.
Charles B. and Emma V. (Austin) Haley Alfred B. and Mary A. (Goodwin) Ridlon J. Henry and Catherine T. (Warland) Buck Hubbard E. and Lydia P. (Spokesfield) Cox Peltiah J. and Mary A. (Lafferty) Wright Edgar and Martha (Pottle) Gentleman John H. and Clara N. (Stickney) Newton Joseph A. and Lucy (Swetman) Finithy
Metheun, Mass Walter H. Rollins, Clergyman Wilmington, Mass H. D. Stevens, Unitarian Minister Reading, Mass F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass
Lottie R. Haughn
27 Teacher
Per Jacobson and Maja S. Andriason Horace G. and Mary A. (Tyler) Tucker Francis A. and Sarah L. (Baker) Webster Joseph and Elizabeth (Jordon) Evans John and Mary (Quigg) Kane
Rebecca Kane
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1903.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
NAME OF PARENTS OR HUSBAND.
Jan.
4 Mary S. P. Temple
96
1
0
Aaron and Hannah P. (Greenwood) Pierce Enoch and Eliza (Pierce) Brown
4
Eliza M. Brown
80
0
23
8
Emily M. Sawyer
54
11
17
Ephraim and Caroline M. (Goodell) West
9
Ellen Louise Wall
1
Robert and Elizabeth (Kinnear) Gaw Lizzie White
11 11
Edith May White
9
14
12
Benjamin Lewis White
3
19
66
13
Margaret Nealand
79
6
0
John and Anna (Damon) Nichols
.6
16 Climena Wakefield
77
38
0
11
James and Alice (Edgecomb) Nason
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
18
Mary G. Kelley
66
27
Mary S. Shepard
84
11
22
30
Samantha A. Kittredge
77
8
14
Samuel and Sibyle (Hall) Richardson Martin J. and Elizabeth (Hageman) DeRonde
Feb. -1 Helen Mitchell Abbott
39
5
18
66
15
David C. Temple
15
Henry F. Parker
85
11
11
Aaron and Rebecca (Bancroft) Parker
66
21
Hannah C. Cochrane
77
0
10
66
28
Sarah A. Charles
47
4
19
Mar. 1 Hannah C. Clark
68
0)
4
5
23
21
Jason W. Richardson
51
5
3
22
Lucretia R. Coggin
95
5
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