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TOWN OF READING
THE ANNUAL REPORT
OF RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURES
For the Financial Year Ending Dec. 31
1909
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TOWN OF READING
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF-
Receipts and Expenditures
-FOR THE-
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1909
OF A
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1639
W. E. & J. F. TWOMBLY, PRINTERS, READING, MASS.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1909 -- 1910
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Fence Viewers JAMES W. KILLAM, Chairman OLIVER L. AKERLEY, Secretary
GEORGE L. PRATT
Assessors
JOHN H. ADDEN, Chairman .
Term expires 1910
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Secretary
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1912
MERRICK A. STONE
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Town Clerk MILLARD F. CHARLES
Treasurer WARD C. MANSFIELD
Collector of Taxes HERBERT M. VIALL
Auditors
EDWARD F. PARKER, JR. CARL M. SPENCER ARTHUR W. BANCROFT
Board of Health
CALVERT H. PLAYDON, Chairman FREDERICK D. MERRILL, Secretary 66 1911 GEORGE L. FLINT 66 1910
Term expires 1912
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School Committee
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman . Term expires 1911
HOWARD W. POOR
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1911
ELIZABETH H. BROWN
1910
HENRY C. PARKER
1910
EDWIN L. HUTCHINSON
1912
CHARLES A. LORING
1912
HARRY T. WATKINS, Supt. of Schools, Sec'y
Water Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman
Term expires 1910
EDGAR N. HUNT, Secretary
66 1910
ARCHER R. PRENTISS
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Municipal Light Board
GEORGE L. FLINT, Chairman
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Term expires 1912
JAMES M. MAXWELL, JR., Secretary .
1911
WILLIAM C. BUCK ·
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Trustees of Public Library
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman
Time expires 1910
CYRUS M. BARROWS, Secretary .
1911
MARION F. DAVIES
1911
J. WOODWARD MANNING
1910
GRACE L. TWOMBLY
1912
HENRY C. PARKER
1912
Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery
GALEN A. PARKER, Chairman . Time expires 1911
ALFRED W. DANFORTH, Supt. and Sec'y
1912
CHAS. H. STINCHFIELD
1911
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ALDEN BATCHELDER
Term expires 1910 .
FRANK L. EDGERLEY
1910
J. WOODWARD MANNING
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Registrars MILLARD F. CHARLES, Clerk WALTER S. PRENTISS GEORGE H. CLOUGH OWEN McKENNEY
Engineers of Fire Department FRANK G. NICHOLS, Chief
ORVILLE O. ORDWAY ALBION G. NICHOLS, Clerk
Superintendent of Fire Alarm L. T. EAMES
Forest Warden HERBERT E. MCINTIRE
Deputies
WILLARD A. BANCROFT G. F. BLANCHARD
JOHN H. WESTON FRANK W. DAVIS
Constables
HERBERT G. STOCK JOHN STOCK
Police WILLIAM T. LEGGETT, Chief and Keeper of Lock-up WM. H. MANNING ROBERT POWERS JOHN M. CULLINANE
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Specials
SAMUEL BROWN JEREMIAH CULLINANE ASA PARKER
ARTHUR E. DAVIS
J. MANDE DOUCETTE
OSCAR H. LOWE
WILLIAM H. KILLAM
WILLIAM C. SMITH
LEMUEL W. ALLEN
WILLIAM KIDDER
WM. F. WELSH
DAVID J. WHELTON
Truant Officer WILLIAM KIDDER
Superintendent of Streets LEMUEL W. ALLEN
Local Superintendent of Moth Work GUY A. HUBBARD
Keeper of Town Home WILLIAM C. SMITH
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
WILLARD A. BANCROFT
JASON ZWICKER
CLEMENT GLEASON
HERBERT G. STOCK
WILLIAM J. ALLEN
WALTER P. GLEASON
ALDEN W. SENNETT
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Burial Agent of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors EPHRAIM WIGHT
Tree Warden GUY A. HUBBARD Finance Committee
JACOB MITCHELL, Chairman
Term expires Dec. 31, 1911
FRANK F. STROUT
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66
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F. E. CRAFTS
ADELBERT E. BATCHELDER
. F. M. SMITH
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M. F. CHARLES, Secretary
G. A. PARKER
M. A. STONE .
66
6.
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66
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J. WESLEY DAVIES
Dec. 31, 1909
JOHN CONNELLY
A. NEWELL HOWES
FRANK H. NUTTING
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F. W. B. PRATT
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66
66
Measurers of Wood and Bark
JAMES A. BANCROFT CHARLES WAKEFIELD
HAROLD F. PARKER WENDELL BANCROFT
FRED'K WALLACE PERCY N. SWEETSER
GEO. F. BUCK
Surveyors of Lumber
WENDELL BANCROFT SAMUEL BROWN
ORA L. MILBURY JOSEPH W. KILLAM
WARREN M. WHITEHOUSE BURTON K. SYMONDS
WM. R. ZWICKER EDWARD B. EAMES
GEO. L. FLINT
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66
66
SOLON BANCROFT
66
Dec. 31, 1910
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6.
10
Weighers of Coal and Hay
GEO. L. ELLIS
WH. H. WHITE
CHAS. W. LEE
WM. P. BUCHANAN
FRED M. PLATTS
REUBEN WHITE
W. IRVING BANCROFT
PERCY N. SWEETSER
WENDELL BANCROFT
DANIEL LEHAN
HORACE J. HATCH JOHN ROWAN
MANUEL FLORES
ASA PARKER
Field Drivers WILLARD A. BANCROFT
HERBERT G. STOCK
NOTICE TO PARENTS, HOUSEWIVES
PHYSICIANS AND MIDWIVES
YOUR ATTENTION IS CALLED TO THE SECTIONS BELOW TAKEN FROM THE REVISED LAWS. - BLANK FORMS FOR RETURN OF BIRTHS CAN BE OBTAINED OF THE TOWN CLERK.
SECTION 3, CHAPTER 444, ACTS 1897
SECT. 3 .- Physicians and midwives shall on or before the fifth day of each month report to the clerk of each city or town a correct list of all children born therein during the month next preceding, at whose birth they were present, stating the date and place of each birth, the name of the child if it has any, the sex and color of the child, the name, place of birth and residence of the parents, the maiden name of the mother, and the occupation of the father. If the child is illegitimate the name of the father shall not be stated, unless at the joint request in writing of both father and mother, which request shall be filed with the returns of births. The fee of the physicians or midwife shall be twenty-five cents for each birth so reported, and shall be paid by the city or town in which the report is made, upon presentation of a certificate from the city or town clerk, stating that said births have been reported in conformity with the requirements of this section. Any physician or midwife neglecting to report such list for ten days after it is due shall for each offence forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
SECTION 6, CHAPTER 444, ACTS 1897
SECT. 6 .- Parents and Householders shall within forty (40) days after the date of a birth occurring in his house give notice thereof or cause such notice to be given to the clerk of the city or town in which such child is born.
MILLARD F. CHARLES,
Town Clerk.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING. IN THE YEAR 1909
DATE
SEX NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
Jan. 7 M Franklin Wesley Zwicker ... .. Jan. 7 F Dorothy Winifred Mcclintock .
Jan. 14 M Charles Leroy Cochrane.
Jan. 16
M Ronald Mansfield .
Jan. 17
F Margaret Mary Flemming.
James H. and Mary (Driscoll) Flemming.
Jan. 31
F Winna Althea Stocks.
Winthrop E. and Harriett M. (Hyde) Pratt George and Jennie (Schuster) Stocks ..
Feb.
8
M Otis Parker Symonds.
Warren H. and Rose S. (Bent) Symonds.
Feb. 10 F Gladys May White
Thomas and Marie (Babine) White.
Feb. 10
M David Harry Riseman.
Jacob and Rosa (Levk) Riseman.
Feb. 18 F Margaret Sylvia Doucette
Alexander C. and Rose M. (Muse) Doucette.
Feb. 20 F Dorothy Dexter Jones
Albert L. and Katherine (McCarthy) Jones.
Feb. 24 M Edward Paul Wilson
Frank B. and Clara (Ferrus) Wilson
Mar. 11
F Flora May Doucette
Mar. 17 F Madeline Perkins Broad .
Mar. 25 M Charles Edward Ellis. .
Mar. 30 F
Ruth Evelyn Froton
John H. and Annie (Hogan) Froton ..
Apr. 13
M Theodore Maxwell Blanchard. Edward Lawrence Meuse.
Apr. 19 F Helen Conefy ..
Apr. 20 F Katherine Farr Esty
Apr. 25 M Frank Robert Beecher
Apr. 25 M Elverton Ellsworth Clark.
Apr. 27 M James Melvin Gillispie
James E. and Annie G. (Warren) Gillispie.
May 4
M Francis Leonard Meuse
Fred E. and Rose E (White) Meuse.
Henry and Mary R. Muse
Harvey S. and Lucia L. (Temple) Crocker
Horace and Sarah (White) Hatch .
Frank W. and Sarah C. (Bel ) Stevens.
William H. and Dora E. (Morrison) Vanhon-
June 3
F Glenna Gleason
Frank E. and Eva (Hodson) Gleason
June 8 M James Henry Carleton
June 10 M Anthony Andrew Wichland .
June 11 F Mildred Cullinane
June 15 F Mary Melvin . .
June 16 F Carrie Henrietta Osol
Peter H. and Carrie P. (Delong) Osol ..
Dennis and Rosanna (Doucette) Meuse. Robert G and Bertha L. (Parker) Gray.
William S. and Florence (Pitman) Badger
June 22
June 23 M William Kenneth Barrett
William C. and Mary C. (Riley) Barrett.
June 24 F Eleanor Harvey
June 30 M Willard Arthur Gaw
July July
4
F Muriel Priscilla Barrett.
Stanley M. and Jennie M. (Murphy) Barrett
Ornie L. and Marian (Ruane) DeLong James A. and Mary (Hubbard) Doucette
July 12 M John Edward Doucette
July 16
F Grace Thelma Stacey.
July 17
F Dorothea Beatrice Davis
July 18 M George Ronald Mcclintock
George F. and Grace (Broad) Mcclintock
July 20
M Walter Keniston Thaxter
July 20 F Florence May White.
July 24 July 24 M Leon Vincent Doucette
James and Elizabeth (Smith) Doucette.
July 28
F Agnes Gertrude Meuse
William and Mary E. (Doucette) Meuse.
Alfred W. and Alice (Shanahan) Ellis
Aug. 12 F Naomi M. D. Griffiths.
Aug. 15 F Charlotte Eleanor Huskins
Aug. 15 F Cathleen Helen Palmer
Aug. 25 F Mary Elizabeth Adden
Aug. 25 F Millicent Winslow Dodge
Gabriel and Viney (Muse) Doucette
Wilbur P. and Blanche G. (Perkins) Broad .
Charles E. and Margaret L. (Sjoblom) Ellis
George F. and Hescilla (Mitchell) Blanchard Edward and Mary (LeFave) Meuse.
William and Mary (Donovan) Conefy
Roy L. and Grace L. (Upton) Esty
Raymond W. and Lena A. (Mayers) Beecher
Don C. and Alice (Nichols) Clark. ..
May 4 F Rose Cecilia Muse ...
May 6 M Walton Temple Crocker
May 13
F Phoebe C. Hatch ·
May 17 F Floria Stevens.
May 23 M William Reginald Vanhon
Philemon P. and Jean (McRae) Carleton . Anthony and Annie (Ingram) Wichland.
William H. and Mary M. (Surrette) Cullinane.
Thomas B. and Annie (Gilchrist) Melvin
F Marion Rose Meuse .
Donald Pearson Gray
William G. and Ida M. (Scott) Sprague.
Fred P. and Bertha (Drake) Harvey Robert and Lizzie (Kinneau) Gaw.
Herbert L. and Mary (Gilman) Stacey Charles and Florence (Marshall) Davis
July 18 F Ruth Wescott .
Joseph H. and Helen (Erskine) Westcott. Ralph W. and Jessie (Cummings) Thaxter John W. and Martha W. White. Angelo and Katrina (Cuneo) Zanni .
M Andrew A. Zanni. .
July 29 M Francis William Ellis.
George B. and Fannie (Soodey) Griffiths Arthur and Catherine (Waters) Huskins. Thomas M. and Helen E. (Hughey) Palmer
Willard P. and Anne (Perry) Adden. Harry B. and Mildred D. (Haley) Dodge
Archie L. and Bertha M. (Fisher) Cochrane .. John E. and Bessie (Skidmore) Mansfield -
Jan. 28 F Priscilla Alden Pratt ..
Jason W. and Lottie (Horne) Zwicker. Leonard and Winifred E. (Gleason) Mcclintock .
M Lysle DeLong
June 18 June 20 M June 21 F Helen Badger. M Henry Scott Sprague ..
Apr. 18 M
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING IN THE YEAR 1909
DATE
SEX
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
Aug. 25
F Thelma Edith Brown.
Harold A. and Annie L. (Draffin) Brown.
Sept. 1
M Wilbur Smith Sias, Jr .
Wilbur S. and Blanche I. (Nichols) Sias. Henry and Stella (Harris) Livermore.
Sept. 14 F Bertha Isabelle Livermore
Sept. 17 F Madeline Nancy Lyons
Henry C. and Eva M. (Kennedy) Lyons.
Sept. 20 F Vida May Williams .
Arthur E. B. and Irene (Gordon) Williams
Sept. 21 F Grace Leone Doucette.
George L. and Grace E. (Rabicheau) Doucette
Sept. 24 F Dorothy Bowman Lane
Electus G. and Avoline (Ewing) Lane.
Sept. 27 F Ruth Atwood Flanders
Charles H. and Lucretia M. (Stubbs) Flanders
Sept. 28 F Beatrice Filmore Bryden
Henry W. and Edith M. (Filmore) Bryden
Oct.
1
M Philip Raymond Harding
Lewis P. and Laura J. (Brooking) Harding.
Oct. 3
F Merte W. Skidmore
C. Morton and Pearl (Winters) Skidmore.
Oct.
4 M Walter Kilburn Freeman.
James and Annie (Garcelon) Freeman
Oct. 4 M Norman Richard Burns
William A. and Annie M. (Partridge) Burns
Oct.
6
M John Jeremiah Doherty
Joseph B. and Katherine (Cullinane) Doherty
Oct. 8 M John Anderson, Jr ..
Oct. 9 M Phillip Benjamin Swain
Oct.
15 M Harry Edward Upton
Frederick A. and Margaret (Cunningham) Upton
Oct. 17 F Ruth Arvilla Merrill.
Frederick E. and Inez (Putnam) Merrill.
Oct. 20 M Robert Edward Horrocks.
Percy L. and Mary C. F. (Gately) Horrocks
Oct. 21 F Alice Dorothy Clements .
Oct. 21 M
Alfred Kimball, 2d
Frank and Annie (Doucette) Clements. Arthur R. and Ella (Parker) Kimball .
Oct. 26
F Nathalie Abbott Walsh
Richard J. and Ruby (Abbott) Walsh
Oct. 26
M
John Louis Croteau.
Arthur J. and Elizabeth (Walsh) Croteau
Oct. 28 F
Mary Angeline Rudolph
Edward E. and Mary (Morrison) Rudolph
Nov. 1
M Frederick Wakefield Heselton .
Ralph F. and Harriet M. (Carter) Heselton
Nov. 1 M
Floyd Carty Welch.
Raymond and Marie E. (Carty) Welch
Nov. 15 M Dudley Bradstreet Killam
James W. and Alice G. (Demsey) Killam
Nov. 22 M Gordon Fred Motley
Harry G. and Lilla M. (Morse) Motley .
Nov. 24 M Phillip Edward Grady.
James and Margaret (Keeley) Grady ..
Nov. 26 F Cecelia Elinora Surette
Augustus and Louise (Meuse) Surette.
Nov. 27 M Archie MacKillop.
John C. and Annie (MacColl) MacKillop
Dec. 1
M Melvin Lockwood Simpson
Frank T. and Margaret (Lockwood) Simpson
Dec.
4
F Adell Beatrice Surrette
Albert O. and Elizabeth C. (Porter) Surrette.
Dec.
4 F Jessie May Goodwin
Chester and Lizzie (Baxter) Goodwin
Dec.
5 F Dorothy Quinlan .
Thomas H. and Annie (Kelley) Quinlan
Dec. 5 M Leo Anthony White .
Joseph H. and Elizabeth (Froton) White
Dec. 9
M Newell Howes Morton .
Jesse W. and Marion A. (Howes) Morton
Dec. 11 F Rebecca Norcross
Josiah and Louisa (Bellows) Norcross William H. and Julia (Burns) Dugan
Dec. 16 F Dorothy Martin Kimball
Walter B. and Mildred B. (Hayward) Kimball.
Dec. 17 F Alice Corinne Turner.
Albert S. W. and Marietta (Putnam) Turner
Dec. 26 F Elizabeth Manning .
William H. and Annie (Thistle) Manning
Dec. 31 F Gladys Louise Bolton
F
Mary Bertha Doucette
James H. and Agnes (Thorburn) Bolton . Robert E. and Mary L. Doucette
OMISSIONS PREVIOUS YEARS
1888
July 5
F Charlotte Gertrude Parker.
Asa and Sarah A. (Lythgoe) Parker
1889
July 1
M George Edgar Dulong.
John R. and Mary E. (Muise) Dulong
1908 Jan. 15
M Fred Edward Meuse.
Fred E. and Rose E. (White) Meuse.
July 14
F Edith Cummings Mellen
Charles E. and Lottie F. (Cummings) Mellen
Oct. 22
M Gordon Antony Babine ..
Esley and Minnie (Jaquard) Babine
Dec. 18 M
Clifford Benjamin Bosquet.
Herbert L. and Maude B. (Bailey) Bosquet.
Whole number of Births 110; Males 53, Females 57. Nativity of Parents : Fathers born in United States, 69; Mothers born in United States, 65. Fathers foreign born, 42 ; Mothers foreign born, 44
Dec. 13 F Elizabeth Susan Dugan
John and Ethel (Hutchinson) Anderson Frank E. and Ethlyn A. (Smith) Swain.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING IN THE YEAR 1909
DATE
NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM
AGE
OCCUPATION
BIRTHPLACE
1908 July 25
Harry B. Dodge.
21
Telephone Lineman
West Peabody, Mass
Mildred D. Haley
19
At Home ..
Vassalboro, Maine.
Dec. 30
Arthur Simpson .
29
Grocer.
Boston, Mass.
Edith M. Livingston
26
Bookkeeper ..
Shirley, Mass.
1909
Eli Babine
29
Carpenter .
Yarmouth, N. S.
Jan. 3
Marion A. Babine.
28
Neckties
Yarmouth, N. S.
Jan. 9
Harold A. Brown
21
Yard Brakeman. ...
Stenographer
Woburn, Mass.
Jan. 14
Rufus F. Stiles ...
23
R. R. Man.
Worcester, Mass ..
Mildred L. Hallett.
25
At Home ..
Mansfield, Mass.
Jan. 16
Sidney Turner
26
Laborer .
New Germany, N. S.
Maryetta Putnam.
17
At Home .
Beverly, Mass ..
Jan. 19 William C. Barrett.
18
At Home .
Hollis, N. H
Mary Riley.
18
At Home
Reading, Mass.
Jan. 24 Melzer I. Avery.
24
Blacksmith
Saugus, Mass.
Luella F. Shattuck
32
Domestic .
Andover, Mass
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Feb. 10
Harry C. Motley ..
30
Lilla L. Morse.
28
Music Teacher
Feb. 14 Robert E. Doucette
22
Rubber Worker
Yarmouth, N. S.
Necktie Maker
Reading, Mass .
Feb. 17
William LaRue ..
42
Professional
Philadelphia, Pa.
Bessie A. Lamprey . .
20
At Home .
Boston, Mass.
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Feb. 22 Arthur L. Hawkes. . .
27
Clerk ..
Wakefield, Mass. .. ..
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West Suffield, Conn .. ..
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Mar. 21
Max Janow ... .. .. .. . .
24
Mollie Schleifer ...
18
At. Home
Russia.
Thomaston, Maine.
Edith A. Estes ..
35
Teacher ...
Chelsea, Mass
Apr. 12 Edward O. Kenney . ..
27
Reading Rubber Co.
Worcester, Mass.
At Home ..
Lowell, Mass ..
Apr. 21 Edward P. Guild.
52
Advertising Agent.
Milford, N. H.
Stenographer
Duxbury, Mass
Apr. 24 Benjamin R. Rosson .. 31
Inez Holden. .. 22
At Home
Brattleboro, VL
May
4 Martin J. S. Lindquist.
26
Coppersmith
Sweden Norway
Margaret Clavsen. .
22
Domestic ..
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Emilie West Harmon ....
27
Neckties
Electrician
Philadelphia, Pa ..
Apr. 11 Frank E. McCallum .
35
Merchant.
. .
Ruth Carter
20
Ethel F. Belknap
25
Electrician
Wakefield, Mass
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Telegrapher
Saco, Maine Barre, Vt ...
Louise Doucette ..
24
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Woburn, Mass.
Annie L. Draffin.
20
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May 15 E. Chester Goodwin. Lizzie E. Baxter.
32
Sign Builder
Stitcher
June 5 William W. Sawyer
Catherine Thorn
21
Stitcher
Wilton, N. Y .. Montgomery, Vt.
Burlington, Vt ..
Reading, Mass
Gloucester, Mass
Reading, Mass
Brooklyn, Connecticut Baltimore, Md.
Reading, Mass
Saugus, Mass ·
Norwell, Mass. . .
Townsend, Vt .
Boston, Mass ..
Woodstock, N. B.
Aplebo, Sweden ·
Lowell, Mass ..
Prince Edward Island. Cumberland, Maine ..
July 8
William J. Brophy .
52
Machinist .
Nurse .
Danvers, Mass
Peabody, Mass
Newfield, Maine.
Brownfield, Maine.
Cohasett, Mass .
Stoneham, Mass .
Jamaica Plain, Mass
Nova Scotia.
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At Home .
P. E. Island . .. Hillsboro, N. H
Reading, Mass
Buffalo, N. Y .
Reading, Mass
Boston, Mass.
Galway, Ireland
.
Sept. 5 Thomas J. Malarkey . 25
Catherine L. Ainsworth
20
At Home ..
Melrose, Mass.
Sept. 8 Elmer A. Harris
37
Lillian M. Cleveland .
29
Sept. 11
Frank C. Carter
29
Banking.
Reading, Mass .
Mary E. Daniel .
26
Sept. 15
Jesse A. Haley. .
31
Letter Carrier
At Home
Sept. 18 Guy B. Cook
22
Clerk .
Reading, Mass
Lowell, Mass.
Sept. 22 Merritt W. Smith
43
Carpenter
Elgin, N. B.
Reading, Mass
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June 29
Archer H. Holden .. . .
Alice E. Wickens . ..... .. .... ....
23
June 30 Harry A. Turner.
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28
Motorman
Elsie J. Johnson
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21
Housework
July 2 William H. Faulkner. .... .
25
Catherine Connelly . .
22
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52
July 20
Perley G. Meek
27
Abbie J. M. Chellis ..
39
July 22
Charles P. French
30
Plumber ..
Bookkeeper ..
July 27 Arthur H. Hoskins
Catherine Waters.
26
At Home .
Aug. 22
Ernest F. Dinock
25
Lizzie A. Burke
25
Aug. 24 James Wilson Grimes
43
Lawyer. .
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24
Aug. 27
Percy H. Underhill
26
Civil Engineer
At Home . .
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Aug. 29 William Shannon
39
Margaret Ferrick
30
Housework
U. S. Navy
Binghamton, N. Y.
Salesman
Virgil, N. Y. Yarmouth, N. S
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At Home .
Wakefield, Mass ·
Cambridge, Mass Fitchburg, Mass
Frances A. Ruggles .
36
Marion T. Hopkinson
19
At Home .
23 At Home .
Burlington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass
St. John, N. B
June 9 Ernest Baker .
29
Shipper
Bertha Baker.
25
At Home
June 18
Arthur A. Roberts
22
Sarah E. A. Hastings
19
June 19
Richard W. Robinson
22
Marion F. W. Tenney.
22
June 19
Thomas G. Vanhon
26
Sarah E. Wakefield .
24
June 22
Earle R. Newhall
26
Alice C. Nash.
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32
Salesman.
At Home .
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Neckties
Foreman
25
At Home
Clerk . .
At Home .
Brakeman
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Gertrude C. Swenson
30
22
Clerk . ..
Brakeman
At Home
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Lula G. Scott .
25
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Mabel L. Hall.
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31
28
Shipper
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Shoemaker
Shoemaking
Block Signals
At Home .
Plumber.
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Car Inspector
Stitcher . ..
Helen A. Roberts.
Charlotte N. Tasker
Housekeeping
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING IN THE YEAR 1909
DATE
NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM
AGE
OCCUPATION
BIRTHPLACE
Sept. 29
Leonard G. Nichols ..
22
Ice Dealer·
No. Reading, Mass
Sept. 29
John J. O'Brien
20
Freight Clerk.
Reading. Mass
Edith J. Nelson .
18
Bookkeeper ..
Cambridge, Mass
Sept. 30
Ellis N. Melendy .
26
Teamster.
Woburn, Mass. .
Lillian E. Shorten
25
Rattan Worker
Ireland
Oct. 4
Joseph W. Muse
19
Machinist .
Yarmouth, N. S.
Tusket, N. S.
Oct.
5 William A. Haley
33
Salesman . .
No. Reading, Mass
Oct.
9 Raymond J. Welch
27
Electrician
Lee, Maine ..
Oct. 14
William R. Milbury
20
Signal Man
Reading, Mass .
Eva J. Cloudman
19
At Home .
Bristol, N. H.
Oct. 18
Florence M. Livermore.
23
At Home .
Watertown, Mass.
Oct. 20
Clarence W. Brown
. . ..
28
R. R. Man
Greenland, N. H .
Thannie W. Gleason
27
Clerk ..
Cambridge, Mass.
Oct. 24
Chester A. Dimock .
28
Carpenter
Newport, N. S.
Oct. 25
George E. Meaney . . . .. . .
33
Engineer
Boston, Mass .
Clerk
Reading, Mass
Oct. 29 Thomas H. Barker . .
36
Draughtsman
Buffalo, N. Y . . . .
Hattie MacDonald
28
At Home
Cardigan Bridge, P. E. I
Nov. 6
M. Edward Perry
20
Last Puller
Adams, Mass .
Maud Dulong . ..
19
Operator
Reading, Mass .
.
Nov. 9 Frank E. Stevens.
44
Baggage Master
Kingston, N. H.
At Home . .
Reading, Mass
Nov. 16
Harry S. Ward.
29
Chauffeur .
Nova Scotia ·
At Home ..
Nova Scotia .
Nov. 25
Joseph E. Pothier.
28
Carpenter .
Eelbrook, N. S.
Nurse
Eelbrook, N. S.
Nov. 29 Jotham R. Evans .
31
Hotel Manager
Gorham, N. H . ..
Clerk
Woburn, Mass.
Dec. 11
Carl M. Spencer
.
28
Bookkeeper
Wallingford, Conn
Elizabeth B. Beaudry
24
Teacher
Boston, Mass.
Dec. 17
Milton E. MacGregor .
25
Teacher ..
Reading, Mass ..
Dec. 30
William H. Morrison
24
R. R. Clerk
Bass River, N. S ..
Ethel May Alger .
23
At Home .
Springfield, Mass
. .
Fanny Doucette .. . . .
20
Shoe Shop.
Cambridge, Mass
Margaret Flint ....
28
Bookkeeper ·
20
Novelty Worker
Yarmouth, N. S.
Marie E. Carty . ..
..
Percy R. Morton . . . . .
26
Clerk . . .
Brookline, Mass.
Souris, P. E. Island ..
Louise May Burke ..
28
Shoe Worker
Hannah F. Whelton
33
Emma F. Skinner.
47
...
Lillian D. Holman
30
...
. .
.
.
Grace A. Platts
29
Hyde Park. Mass
Helen A. Emerson ..
24
Teacher .
Reading, Mass
Ethel Louise Strout
18
At Home ..
Whole number of marriages, 62. Nativity of persons married: Born in United States, Males 49; Females 47. Foreign born: Males 13; Females, 15.
.
Mary N. Bourque.
30
18
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING IN THE YEAR 1909
DATE
NAME
Y
M
D DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
Jan.
1
Abbie Peabody
67
5
2
Apoplexy.
Jan.
2
John W. Gleason
32
11
13
Accidental Shooting
Jan.
5
Ellen R. Worcester
77
6
18 Apoplexy.
Jan.
6 Arenesta Litchfield .
71
5
0
Chronic Nephritis.
Jan.
7 Edgar M. Martin
62
23
Phthisis
Jan. 16
Charlotte G. Quinlan
1
9
Acute Secondary Meningitis .
Jan. 20
John H. Dunphy .
19
0
0
Tuberculosis. .
Jan. 20
Lillian F. Howes
50
3
26
Chronic Rheumatism
Jan. 22
Sarah A. Holt.
72
3
1 Carcinoma of Intestine.
Jan. 25
Sarah J. Sweetser
71
0
13
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Jan. 30
Charles T. Lewis
32
0
0
Suicide
Feb.
5
Almond Barrelle
74
5
15 Heart Disease.
Feb.
7
George F. Dewey
3
10
7
Scarlet Fever
Feb.
8
Mary Devaney
56
7
3
Myocarditis
Feb.
9
Elizabeth R. Bancroft
86
0
20
Obstructive Jaundice 20 Lobar Pneumonia
Feb. 19
Angelina S. Buxton.
87
0
7
Arterio-Sclerosis
Feb. 27
William R. Nokes.
60
11
11
Apoplexy .
Mar. 11
Mary C. Holden.
46
4
11
Tuberculosis
Mar. 28
Jennie L. Parker
49
1
20
Peritonitis·
Apr. 1
Enoch M. R. Smith.
65
9
8
Hepatic Carcinoma
Apr.
2
Susan R. Cole .
79
3
Arterio-Sclerosis
Apr. 7
Charles H. Gordon
58
9
20
Apoplexy
Apr. 15
Jennie L. Howe.
63
1
7 Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Apr. 16
Ida F. Flanders
59
9
13 Gastric Carcinoma
Apr. 19
Edward F. Parker
82
1
5 Myocarditis
Apr. 20
Frederic C. Emerson
35
4
3 Myocarditis .
Apr. 22
Ella B. Mckenzie
47
8
5 Acute Nephritis
May 12
George H. Beard
54
8
27
Gastro-Enteritis
May 25
Clinton E. Ordway
19
4
17
Typhoid Fever
May 25
Henry H. Howard
67
3
24
Chronic Nephritis.
May 29
Gladys M. White ..
0
3
19
Measels .
June 11
Charles Davis
65
1
6
Arterio-Sclerosis
June 13
Albert G. Ham
62
0
0
Multiple Burns
June 14
Mildred Cullinane.
0
0
3 Icterus-Neonatorum ..
June 16
L. Eugene Brown.
36
0
0
General Paralysis
June 18
Mary Lamprey.
51
0
0
Cancer of Uterus
June 24
Frederick W. Blake
77
8
21
Arterio-Sclerosis
June 26
Barbara Perry
36
8
24
Tuberculosis.
July
4
Roxana W. Freeman
Paralysis Agitans
July 18
George S. Houghton
76
5
15
Arterio-Sclerosis
July 25
Fred W. Ridlon
34
11
18
Endocarditis
Aug. 1 Mary F. J. Flint
88
0
8
Fracture of Femur
Aug. 10
Mary E. Welch
14
2
13 Endocarditis.
Aug. 15
Rodden.
2
Shock
Aug. 16
Chester W. Fullerton
34
0
0 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Aug. 20
Katherine Norris ..
68
0
0 Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Aug. 21
Eugene L. Lovejoy
57
10
0 Chronic Nephritis.
Sept. 3
Phoebe C. Hatch.
0
3
20
Intestinal Indigestion.
Sept. 5
Elizabeth Ann Smith
77
10
0 Pneumonia .
Sept. 9
Thankful D. Rich. .
79
10
4 Valvular Carditis.
Sept. 14
Antonio Enos
65
9
1 Valvular Disease of Heart ..
Sept. 24
Lucy S. Kenney
55
0
0 Myocarditis
Oct. 4 Helen H. Canty
11
2
11 Tuberculosis.
Oct. 10
Benjamin J. Bragdon .. 71
9
26
Bright's Disease of Kidneys.
Feb. 14
Caroline W. Porter.
78
11
7
13
19
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING IN THE YEAR 1909
DATE
NAME
Y
M
D
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH
Oct.
11
Muriel M. Knight.
8
6
13
Diphtheria
Oct.
17
Thomas H. Stewart.
60
2
5
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Oct.
19
William I. Ruggles
55
5
12
Pneumonia
Oct.
20
George W. Hewes.
86
11
25
Myocarditis
Oct.
21
Mary E. Stevens
57
7
2
Carcinoma of Abdomen-
Oct. 24
Hiram Litchfield
37
5
10
Pneumonia .
Oct.
24
Myers
0
0
1
Prematurity .
Oct.
25
Marion L. Myers
19
5
25
Ac. Dil. of Heart
Oct.
26
Rosa Cuneo
56
0
0
Pneumonia
Oct.
29
Theodore F. Hannaford .
64
·
0
0
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Nov.
.6
John Damon
74
11
14
Heart Disease
Nov.
8
James C. Tobin
28
8
0
Abdominal Hemorrhage
Nov. 9
Frances Glidden
27
0
0
Phthisis
Nov. 18
Frederick R. Smith
51
4
10
Chronic Nephritis.
Nov. 19
Walter G. Viall.
48
4
8 Diabetes Mellitus ·
Nov. 27
Eva L. Field
22
2
11
Tuberculosis
Nov. 28
MacKillop .
0
0
1
Defective Heart.
Nov. 29
Sarah Smith
85
6
28
Arterio-Sclerosis
Dec.
9
Ira Batchelder
73
8
28
Suicide by Hanging .
Dec. 12
Lucy A. S. Jaquith
64
0
15
Apoplexy . .
Dec. 16
Jacob D. Jones
57
5
27
Valvular Disease of Heart
Dec. 18
William E. Hooton
49
0
0
General Paralysis.
Dec. 19
John Brewing.
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