Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1907-1908, Part 1

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 280


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ANNUAL REPORT


-OF THE-


Receipts and Expenditures


-OF THE-


TOWN OF WILMINGTON, MASS.


-WITH THE-


REPORTS OF THE TOWN CLERK, SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND LIBRARIAN


Year Ending December 31st ... 1907 ...


STON


WHITEFIELD ELM


730.


352 W55


TOWN OFFICERS, 1907


Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor GEORGE W. BUCK ARTHUR T. BOND JOHN W. HATHAWAY


Town Clerk JAMES E. KELLEY


Treasurer FRED A. EAMES


Collector of Taxes JOSEPH PATCHETT


Auditor BERNARD F. DOUCETTE


Constable WILLIAM E. SWAIN


Police WILLIAM E. SWAIN, Chief


Specials


C. W. MOULTON JOSHUA W. PURRINGTON


HERBERT C. BARROWS WILLIAM H. BAXTER SAMUEL R. RICE


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Registrars of Voters


PETER F. McMAHON J. HOWARD EAMES HENRY N. AMES


Term expires 1910


Term expires 1909


Term expires 1908


JAMES E. KELLEY, Clerk of Board


Keeper of Lock-up WILLIAM E. SWAIN


Fence Viewers


GEORGE W. BUCK JOHN W. HATHAWAY


Field Driver JOSHUA W. PURRINGTON


Surveyors of Lumber HERBERT C. BARROWS , JAMES E. KELLEY DONALD K. COLGATE


Surveyors of Wood and Bark JAMES E. KELLEY HERBERT C. BARROWS WILLIAM L. KINCAID


Measurer of Leather J. ARTHUR TAYLOR


Public Weighers


WARREN EAMES WILLIE B. McINTOSH GEORGE L. BLAISDELL


Sealer of Weights and Measures HOWARD M. HORTON


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Pound Keeper WARREN EAMES


Superintendent of Streets WILLIE B. McINTOSH


Superintendent of Almshouse CHARLES W. MOULTON


SELECTMEN


Board of Health DR. D. T. BUZZELL, Agent


Inspector of Animals OTIS GOWING


Inspector of Provisions HENRY L. SHELDON


Forest Fire Warden JOSEPH M. HILL


Deputies


ALBERT D. BUTTERS S. R. McINTOSH


HERBERT C. BARROWS


OLIVER McGRANE


Fire Dept. Board of Engineers


JOSEPH M. HILL, Chief


HOWARD M. HORTON


ALBERT D. BUTTERS OLIVER McGRANE S. R. McINTOSH


Cemetery Committee BOARD OF SELECTMEN


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Common Committee


LAWRENCE C. SWAIN CHESTER W. CLARK JOSEPH PATCHETT


Term expires 1910


Term expires 1909 Term expires 1908


School Committee


CHARLES E. LITTLEFIELD


Term expires 1910


HOWARD M. HORTON


Term expires 1909


ROBERT H. GOWING


Term expires 1908


Undertaker EDWARD M. NICHOLS


Burial Agent MILTON T. HOLT


Ballot Clerks and Tellers


J. HOWARD EAMES


THOMAS H. McMAHON


EDWARD N. EAMES


FRANK D. MORRIS


HOWARD M. HORTON


OTIS GOWING


FRANK W. KIDDER


WARREN EAMES


MILTON T. HOLT


LOUIS T. McMAHON


Trustees of Public Library


EDWARD N. EAMES


Term expires 1910


ROBERT H. GOWING


Term expires 1910


DANIEL T. BUZZELL


Term expires 1909 Term expires 1909


JOHN W. HATHAWAY


EDGAR C. FOLKINS Term expires 1908


JOSEPH PATCHETT


Term expires 1908


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Trustees of Trust Funds


FRED A. EAMES


Term expires 1909


CHARLES J. SARGENT


Term expires 1908


JOHN W. HATHAWAY (appointed)


Term expires 1908


Sinking Fund Commissioners (SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN)


HERBERT N. BUCK


Term expires 1910


JAMES E. KELLEY


Term expires 1909


CHESTER W. CLARK


Term expires 1908


Tree Warden HOWARD M. HORTON


Superintendent for Suppressing the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths OLIVER McGRANE


Jury List, Wilmington, July 1, 1907


Charles A. Brooks, Adams street


Carpenter Grocer


George W. Buck, Church street


Farmer


J. Henry Buck, Woburn street Bernard F. Doucette, Middlesex avenue William H. Doucette, Ballardvale street


Clerk


Clerk


Arthur B. Eames, Woburn street J. Howard Eames, Woburn street Joseph M. Foley, West street Joseph M. Hill, High street


Farmer


Provision Dealer Farmer


Blacksmith


Milton T. Holt, Forest avenue


William B. Hoyt, Woburn street


James E. Kelley, Middlesex avenue


Postmaster Mechanic Clerk


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P. Francis McGrane, Burlington avenue Willie B. McIntosh, Main street Cyril McLeod, Salem street William E. Morgan, Lowell street Charles A. Naray, High street Martin Nee, Shawsheen avenue Christian Nielson, Glen Road Charles B. Osbon, Middlesex avenue


Eugene G. Shaw, Wildwood street John H. Simpson, Salem street Lawrence C. Swain, Church street S. Warren Taylor, West street


Carpenter Coal Dealer Retired


Farmer


Farmer


Farmer


Farmer Mail Carrier


Section Foreman Laborer


Lumber Dealer


Crossing Tender


TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


RECORDS OF WARRANTS AND PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETINGS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, WITH STATEMENT OF MONEY PAID TO THE COUNTY TREASURER ON ACCOUNT OF DOG LICENSES.


TOWN WARRANT


Commonwealth of Massachusetts,


Middlesex, ss.


To William E. Swain, Constable of the Town of Wilmington : - Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner provided in Sect. 2, Art. 1 of the By-Laws, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wil- mington qualified by law to vote in town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the fourth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at ten o'clock A. M., "and may be closed at four o'clock P. M. for the election of officers," and to act upon the following articles, namely :-


Art. 1. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


Art. 2. To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Select- men, "who shall also act as Assessors and Overseers of the Poor," Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one School Committee for three years, Constable, Auditor, three Fence Viewers, one Sink- ing Fund Commissioner for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, one Trustee of the Public Library for one year to fill vacancy ; also to vote upon the following question, viz :-- "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ? Yes or No."


Art. 3. To choose all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing.


Art. 4. To hear reports of Committees and act thereon.


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Art. 5. To see how much money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of schools, school books and sup- plies, and salary of Superintendent of Schools ; for salary of School Committee, for highways, roads and bridges, for the support of the poor, for repairs of public buildings, for care and improvement of cemeteries, for support of the Public Library, for police, for salary of town officers, for printing, for outstanding indebtedness, for notes payable, for interest, for removing snow, for miscellaneous expenses, for abatement of taxes, for Fire Department, for state and county taxes, and suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.


Art. 6. To see how much money the town will raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day, and determine how the same shall be expended.


Art. 7. To see what method the town will adopt for the col- lection of taxes, and determine the compensation of the Collector.


Art. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.


Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to withdraw from the present School Superintendent district and authorize the School Committee to form a new one, or what they will do in regard to the same.


Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to furnish transportation for pupils in the public schools and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor.


Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to build a sidewalk on Wildwood street from Middlesex ave. to Woburn street and from that point to connect with sidewalk near residence of Edward N. Eames.


Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to accept and allow the town way called Parker street, " as laid out by the Selectmen under the provisions of Chap. 48, of the Revised Laws," to be established.


Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to accept and allow the town way called Thurston avenue, "as laid out by the Selectmen


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under the provisions of Chap. 48 of the Revised Laws," to be estab- lished.


Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to examine into the subject of street lighting, including estimate of cost, etc., and report at a future meeting.


Art. 15. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as revised by the Selectmen.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands and the seal of the town, this twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun- dred and seven.


S.


1730


THE WHITEFIELD ELMI


JAMES E. KELLEY,


GEORGE W. BUCK, JOHN W. HATHAWAY, Selectmen of Wilmington.


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TOWN MEETING


RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, HELD MARCH 4, 1907


In accordance with the directions of the foregoing Warrant, the voters assembled on the above date ; the votes taken as declared by the Moderator are as follows :


The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, the War- rant read, and Article 1 taken up.


Art. 1. Hon. Chester W. Clark was unanimously elected Moderator, the vote being taken by ballot, and the check list being used.


Art. 2. The Moderator examined the ballot box, which was found empty, the register indicated 000, the box was locked and the key delivered to the Constable. The Ballot Clerks and Tellers having been sworn, the official ballots were delivered to the Ballot Clerks, a receipt for the same being taken by the Town Clerk. The Moderator announced that the polls for the election of officers were open, and that balloting might proceed. Under this article later on it was voted that the polls for the election of officers be closed at 4.15 o'clock P. M. At the appointed time the Moderator declared the polls closed. The names checked upon the list num- bered 154, and the ballots as counted from the ballot box numbered 154, and the register indicated 154.


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The following is the vote as declared by the Moderator:


FOR SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR


Arthur T. Bond (elected )


had 89 votes


George W. Buck (elected)


113


John W. Hathaway (elected)


66 112


James E. Kelley


Note-The returns showed 212 blanks, possible blanks 62.


FOR TOWN CLERK


James E. Kelley ( elected)


had 115 votes


John W. Hathaway


66


1


Charles Skank


Blanks


37


FOR TREASURER


Fred A. Eames ( elected )


Blanks


had 143 votes 11


COLLECTOR OF TAXES


Joseph Patchett (elected)


Blanks


had 145 votes 9


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, THREE YEARS


Charles E. Littlefield (elected )


Blanks


had 132 votes


22


CONSTABLE


William E. Swain (elected ) .


bad 137 votes


Samuel R. Rice


1


Blanks


.


16


AUDITOR


Bernard F. Doucette (elected )


had 132 votes


Blanks


.


22


TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY ONE YEAR


Joseph Patchett (elected )


had 69 votes Arthur T. Bond


52


Blanks .


.


.


33


86


1


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TWO TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, THREE YEARS


Edward N. Eames (elected ) .


had 114 votes


Robert H. Gowing (elected ) .


.


125


Blanks


69


FENCE VIEWERS


George W. Buck ( elected )


had 121 votes


John W. Hathaway (elected)


116


James E. Kelley (elected )


Arthur T. Bond


1


Blanks


122


SINKING FUND COMMISSIONER, THREE YEARS


Herbert N. Buck


had 122 votes


Blanks


· .


32


VOTE ON LICENSE QUESTION


Yes


17 votes


No


107


Blanks


30


Art. 3. Motion made that a Committee of three be appointed! by the chair to bring in a list of names as nominations for the several offices to be filled under the article. Motion was carried. The chair appointed H. M. Horton, W. H. Carter and Joseph Patchett, who submitted the following list which on motion was accepted and the nominees declared elected:


FIELD DRIVERS


Albert Gould


Joshua W. Purrington


Edward Blanchard


SURVEYORS OF LUMBER


Herbert C. Barrows Milton T. Holt James E. Kelley


Ellis E. Carter Frank L. Eames Donald K. Colgate


·


102 66


.


·


18


SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND BARK


James E. Kelley Milton T. Holt Frank L. Eames


Walter D. Carter Herbert C. Barrows William L. Kincaid


MEASURER OF LEATHER J. Arthur Taylor


PUBLIC WEIGHERS


George A. Hart George L. Blaisdell


Warren Eames William Warren Carter


Willie B. McIntosh


COMMON COMMITTEE


Lawrence C. Swain


POUND KEEPER Warren Eames


TRUSTEE OF TRUST FUNDS, THREE YEARS J. Howard Eames


Art. 4. No motion being made, no action was taken.


Art. 5. Motion made and carried, "That the town raise and appropriate the several and respective sums, recommended by the Selectmen on page 82 of the printed report, and that the motion be divided and put upon each item separately."


For Schools, including salaries, fuel and maintenance,


books and supplies and Supt. of Schools salary . $7,500 00


Salary of School Committee 150 00


Highways, roads and bridges 1,800 00


Support of Poor $800 00


Repairs of Public Buildings .


500 00


Cemeteries


225 00


Support of Public Library, $350, and the unexpended from 1906, $12.12 . 362 12


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Police .


200 00


Salaries of Town Officers


1,500 00


Printing


.


200 00


Outstanding Indebtedness 100 00


Notes Payable (including Sinking Fund ) 1,540 00


Interest


400 00


Memorial Day : Amendment made that the unexpended


from last year be re-appropriated and that a Commit- tee of three be appointed by the chair to expend the same with the appropriation, and that said Com- mittee be instructed to provide an orator for the occasion. The amendment was carried.


Appropriation $125 00


Unexpended ·


10 90


135 90


The Chair appointed the following Committee : Charles E. Littlefield, Robert H. Gowing and Donald K. Colgate.


Miscellaneous: Amendment made to strike out the fig- ures $400.00 and insert in place thereof the figures $500, and by adding the words and figures " $100.00 of which shall be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden." The amendment was carried Abatement of Taxes


500 00 200 00


Fire Department : Motion to amend by striking out the figures §600.00 and inserting in place thereof the figures $800.00, and by adding the figures and words "not exceeding $300.00 of which may be expended under direction of the Board of Fire Engineers," and the amendment carried appropriating 800 00


500 00 Suppression of Moths


Art. 6. The appropriation having been voted and a com- mittee appointed under Article 5, it was voted to pass the Article.


Art. 7. Motioned : That the Collector be paid 2 per cent. of all taxes by him collected. Declared in the affirmative.


Art. 8. Motioned : That the Treasurer be authorized, under


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the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes of the present municipal year, to be expressly payable there- from within one year from borrowing the same. The vote was unanimously in the affirmative.


Art. 9. Motion made the article be laid on the table, car- ried. Later on it was voted on motion, to take the article from the table and act thereon. Motion made : That the School Committee be and hereby are authorized and instructed to withdraw from the present Superintendent District consisting of the towns of Bedford, Burlington, Lincoln and Wilmington. That said School Com- mittee be and hereby are authorized and instructed to unite with a new district to be composed of the towns of Reading, Merrimac, Wilmington. That the Town Clerk be and hereby is instructed to forward a certified statement of the action taken at this meeting upon the foregoing motion, to the School Boards of the towns of Bedford, Burlington and Lincoln. Motioned: That the check list be used when the vote on the above motion is taken. The motion to use the check list was declared in the negative. After consider- able discussion on the merits of the present and the proposed Dis- trict, and the reading of a petition from the teachers of the Wil- mington Public Schools, that the present District and Superintendent be retained, the question was put to a vote and decided in the negative.


Art. 10. Voted to pass the Article.


Art. 11. On the reading of the Article by the Moderator no motion or action was taken. Later on the Article was re-read and a motion made that the Selectmen be instructed to build a sidewalk on said street, the vote on the same was declared in the negative, the vote was then doubted, but on a standing vote the motion was lost by one vote.


Art. 12. On motion it was voted: That the way known as Parker street be accepted and established, as laid out by the Select- men, under the provisions of Chap. 48 of the Revised Laws.


Art. 13. On motion it was voted : That the town way known as Thurston Avenue be accepted and established as laid out by the


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Selectmen under the provisions of Chapter 48 of the Revised Laws.


Art. 14. On motion it was voted : A committee of five be appointed by the moderator to examine into the subject and report at a future meeting. Moderator appointed Charles J. Sargent, Dr. D. T. Buzzell, Herbert N. Buck, Caleb S. Harriman and Dudley B. Burbeck.


Art. 15. After a motion that the name of Eldon W. Sewall be substituted in place of Charles H. Skank and Lawrence C. Swain in place of Frank L. Eames, "withdrawn at his own request," the list was then accepted.


After a declaration of the vote under Article 2 the meeting adjourned sine die.


A true copy-Attest :


JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk.


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1907


No.


Date of Birth


NAME OF CHILD


NAME OF PARENTS


1234789 3 4 7 8 9


Jan.


3


Mary Louise Carter.


Jerry Carter, Eva (Leroche).


Joseph E. Doucette, Susan F. (McEnroe)


Jan.


7


Edward Bernard Doucette ..


Albert E. Robinson, Hattie F. (Robbins). . .


Jan.


15


Albert E. Robinson ·


Louis Marion, Alphonsine (Brabant) ..


Feb. 16


Beatrice Alexandria Millett


Harry A. Millett, Laura A. (Byrne).


Feb. 26


Walter L. Hale ..


Walter L. Hale, Ada F. (Carter) ..


Mar.


4


Catherine Pettengill.


10


Mar.


13


Oliver Robert Surrette.


11


Mar. 22


Sarah Alice McGrane


P. Francis McGrane, Sarah A. (Howlett)


12


Apr.


4


Evelyn Gertrude Surrette


Fred W. Carter, Sadie L. (Gilson).


13


Apr.


5


Helen E. Carter .


Charles V. Blaisdell, Arabell K. (Closson)


14


Apr. 20


Phylis Blaisdell .


Joseph Amos Durkee, Judith (Muse).


16


May


1


Edith Sidelinker. .


G. Arthur Sidelinker, Mabel A. (Pike).


17


May 15


18


May 25


George Brabant ..


Arthur K. Pitman, Mabel A. (Sidelinker).


20


June 11


Cornelius Alfred Nelson


Harley Wm. Nelson, Rosa L. (Skank) .


21


June 18


Carl Kimball.


James Kimball, Lulu (Canada).


22


June 25


Helen Foley.


Joseph M. Foley, Maud (Downing).


23


June 27


Gilbert Vinal Goodridge.


Walter V. Goodridge, Hattie A. M. (Snelling).


24


July


6


George Henry Warren Fuller


George F. Fuller, Amy G. (Parrott).


25


July 22


Bert Ethan Tilley .


John A. Tilley, Annie F. (Butters).


26


Aug.


3


Helen Angelina Lavoie.


Joseph E. Lavoie, Alphonsine M. (Marion)


27


Aug.


4


Henry Rudolph White. .


Charles White, M. Evelena (Babine).


28


Aug. 13


Nelson Gordon Miller ..


Charles M. Taylor, Sadie (Arnold).


30


Sept. 23


Charlotte Aileen Hurd .


Eugene A. Hurd, May. (MacPherson).


31


Oct. 19


Hiram Oliver Newcomb


32


Nov. 6


Davis


33


Nov. 12


Burton Andrew Frotton .


34


Nov. 15


Roland Clarence Deming .


35


Nov. 23


Bertha Alice Richards.


Albert S. Richards, Bertha A. (Brabant).


36


Dec. 18


Walter Everett Colgate.


Walter E. Colgate, Charlotte F. (Snelling).


37


Dec. 14


Evelyn Frances Maynard.


Harry A. Maynard, Nellie F. (Cole) ..


38


Dec. 22


Helen Adelia Blaisdell.


George L. Blaisdell, Elva A. (Parker).


39


Dec. 26


Kenneth D. Carter ..


Arnold D. Carter, Jessie M. (Cole).


..


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15


Apr. 24


Judith Evelyn Durkee.


Roscoe J. Murray, Rose (Brine) ...


Corinna E. E. Murray.


Alfonso Brabant, Ernestine (Fuette) ..


. .


19


June 1


Eben Sidelinker Pitman.


Louis M. Miller, Helen V. (Davidson).


29


Sept. 15


Taylor . .


Hiram O. Newcomb. Charlotte M. (Murray). Herman L. Davis, Jessica R. (Meairns). John O. Frotton, M. Maria (Surrette) . Harry R. Deming, Mabel L. (Keach) .


.


Jan. 18


Agnes Marion.


Carl S. Pettengill, Georgia F. (Johnson).


Joseph E. Surrette, Jane P. (Babine). ..


Eugene Surrette, M. Maggie (Babine)


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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1907


No.


Date


Names of Bride and Groom


Age


Residence


Occupation


Place of Birth


Names of Parents


1


Jan. 28


Harry R. Deming Mabel L. Keach


28


Wilmington Roxbury, Mass.


Stenographer Proof Reader


Torrington, Ct. Roxbury, Mass.


Roland C. Deming, Phebe A. Utton Olney W. Keach, Elizabeth Rupert


2


Feb. 11


Arthur J. Croteau Elizabeth F. Walsh


28


Wilmington Reading, Mass.


Tel. Operator Clerk


Lawrence, Mass. Manchester, Eng.


Louise Croteau, Mary B. Lavine John Walsh, Elizabeth Callahan


3


Mar. 14


George F. Fuller Amy G. Parrott


23 20


Wilmington Wilmington


Signalman Clerk


Woburn, Mass. Quincy, Mass.


Robert H. Fuller, Alice C. Esterbrooks Lucius A. Parrott, Carrie Cook


4


Mar. 24


Charles L. Parker Annie L. Bartlett


19


Wilmington Wilmington


Clerk At Home


Digby, N. S. Salem, Mass.


William H. Parker, Adelia P. Handspiker Unknown Unknown,


5


Apr. 18


Ernest T. Taylor Viola L. Snelling


18


Wilmington Wilmington


Currier At Home


Woburn, Mass. Wilmington


Willie E. Taylor, Hattie A. Bancroft George H. Snelling, Mary McDonald


6


May 1


Harry D. Rollins Lizzie I. McMurphy


27


Alexandria, N. H. Alexandria, N. H.


Secretary Teacher


Roxbury, Mass. Alexandria, N. H.


George A. Rollins, Edna J. Scribner Silas A. McMurphy, Emma Tilton


7


May 1


H. Oliver Newcomb Charlotte M. Murray


20


Wilmington Wakefield


Patent L. Coater At Home


Melrose, Mass. Lynn, Mass.


George F. Newcomb, Martha S. Grover Edward F. Murray, Rena M. Ritchie


8


June 11


Lewis Holt Maida I. Erving


26 19


Wilmington Woburn, Mass.


Butcher Clerk


Wilmington Brunswick, Me.


Martin F. Holt, Ella Carter Fred Erving, Emma Ramsay


9


June 15


Henry B. Vidito Annie A. Johnson


19 18


Wilmington Wakefield, Mass.


Mason At Home


Arlington, Mass. Chicago, IlI.


William H. Vidito. Carrie E. Bligh August Johnson, Annie C. Odman


10


June 18


Winifred W. Rice Alice E. Cole


26


Wilmington Wilmington


Carpenter Necktie Exam'er


Wilmington Wilmington


Samnel R. Rice, Mary J. Taylor Samuel F. Cole, Mary E. Carter


11


Sept. 11


Arthur B. Atton Harriet L. Formiester


19 21


Wilmington Wilmington


Brick Mason Domestic


Malden, Mass. New Bedford, Mass.


Geo. A. W. Atton, Anna B. McCallum Gustave Formiester, Not known


12


Oct. 6


Fred L. Tarbox Mae E. Vidder


23


Wilmington Wilmington


Freight Handler Dressmaker


Somerville, Mass. Schnectady, N. Y.


Fred E. Tarbox, Lucelle Curtis Charles Vidder, Elizabeth Fitch


13


Oct. 8


Howard G. Hammond Nellie G. Tebbetts


22 23


Lake George, N. Y. Wilmington


Engineer At Home,


Lake George, N. Y. Somersworth, N. H.


John B. Hammond, Sarah M. Mattison John F. Tebbetts, Lydia E. Leach


14


Nov. 27


George S. Foote Eiizabeth C. Pike


37 34


Wilmington Wilmington


Contractor At Home


Foster, R. I. Reading, Mass.


John Foote, Catherine Robinson John S. Pike, M. Abbie Walker


15


Dec. 4


Harlan H. Kidder Emily M. Kidder


22 25


Wilmington Wilmington


Photographer At Home


Wilmington Gray, Me.


Frank W. Kidder, Mary A. Sheldon William Kidder, Virginia Temple


26


22


34


22


.


22


20


26


23


DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1907


Date No. of Death


Name of Deceased


Sex


C'd'n


Age Y. M. D.


Disease or Cause of Death


Residence


Place of Birth


Name of Parents


1


Jan.


13


Francis E. Hathaway


M F


M


77


10


4


Acute Cyctitis


Wilmington


Enfield, Mass.


John Hathaway, Claramond Winslow Patrick Garvey, Bridget O'Mally


2


Feb.


4


Mary Hoban


M


16


10


11


Paralysis


Wilmington


Ireland


3


Mar.


11


Osgood A. Carter


M


W


81


5


26


Chronic Cyctitis


Wilmington


Burlington, Mass.


Rufus Carter, Betsey Newall


4


Apr.


9


G. Washington Mckenzie


M


W


68


Enlargem't Heart, Dropsy


Wilmington


Jonesport, Me.


Ellis B. Mckenzie, Margaret Emerson


5


Apr.


23


J. Warren Hale


M


M


58


Bronchitis and Pneumonia


Wilmington


Wilmington


James Hale, Mary A. Eames


6


Apr.


23


Clark Messer


M


S


16


7


21


Valvular Heart Disease


Wilmington


Tewksbury, Mass. Northfield, N. H.


Daniel Dearborn, Jane-


3


June 1


Mabel A. Pitman


F


M


31


4


0


Puerperal Eclampsia


Wilmington


Wilmington


George W. Sidelinker, Mary A. Simpson


10


June 19


Mary O. Surrette


F


M


29


1


27


Fract. Cervical Vertibrae


Wilmington


Nova Scotia


Bernard Babine, Margaret Wilkins


11


Aug. 18


Eliza M. Cook


F


S


74


8


4


Heart Disease


Wilmington


Wilmington


Francis Cook, Eliza Emerson


12


Sept. 1


James H. Morgan


M


S


16


11


29


Accidental Shooting


Boston, Mass.


Charlestown, Mass Athens, Vt.


13


Sept. 11


Mary A. Hudson


F


M


58


4


4


Cancer and Dropsy Convulsions


Wilmington


Wilmington


15


Sept. 19


Richard T. Fletcher


M


S


3


2


Convulsions


Wilmington


Wilmington


James Kimball, Lulu Canada


17


Oct.


3


Mary A. Allen


F


W


69


1


8


Paralysis


Wilmington


Nantucket, Mass. Wilmington


Avery T. Allen, Lydia A. Morton Charles H. White, Evelina Babine Joseph M. Foley, Maud Downing Joshua Jaquith, Sabra Gowing


21


Nov. 22


J. Watson Alexander


M


M


58


5


6


Electric R. R. Accident


Wilmington


22


Nov. 28


Sarah D. J. Carter


F


W


75


8


4


Nephritis and Pneumonia


Wilmington


Wilmington


23


Dec.


4


Addison Clark


M


W


75


3


25


Cystitis and Cancer


Wilmington


Tewksbury, Mass.


24


Dec. 22


Flora M. Barrows


M


34


1


4


{ Phthisis


Wilmington


Reading, Mass.


Frank H. Symmes, Sarah J. Hopkins


25


Dec. 25


Mary McMahon


F


W


85


Paralysis


Wilmington


Ireland


Dr. -- Jones, Mary Martin


The following named persons were buried in Wilmington, but died elsewhere, during the year 1907 :


Jan. 31 Bertha Jane Surry, at Woburn, aged 55 yrs.


Mar. 10 Henry F. Sanderson, at New York, aged 37 yrs.


Mar. 24 Jared Brown Hill, at Somerville, Mass., aged 1 yr. 0 mos. 3 days


Apr. 12 Helen L. Nichols, at Somerville, Mass., aged 21 yrs. 8 mos. 27 days


May 19 Louisa D. Sanborn, at Lowell, aged 60 yrs. 1 mo. 19 days


July 14 Mary E. Eames, at North Reading, Mass., aged 70 yrs. 5 mos. 20 days


Aug. 10 Corrine Evelyn Bedell, at Manchester, N. H., 3 mos. 19 days


Aug. 16 Sophia B.Johnson, at Woburn, Mass., aged 62 yrs.




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