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Lula Edith, b. Berlin May 19, 1888, d. Berlin Feb. 27, 1950. Roy Edward, b. Berlin Dec. 2, 1890.
Mildred Hazel, b. Berlin Oct. 22, 1896.
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ROY J. MILLS (Station Agent), s. Alfred Estrin and Mary (Chalmers) Mills, b. New Brunswick May 3, 1894; m. Emily M. Looms Mar. 14, 1919. She b. London, Eng. Feb. 8, 1898. Came to Berlin in 1923, located on Lancaster Road near Bolton town line. Had:
Gertrude Emelie, b. Moncton, N. S. Feb. 3, 1921, m. Roger Adam Laughlan May 6, 1950.
Hilda Edna, b. Leominster Aug. 12, 1922, m. James Warren Ordway May 12, 1942.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Berlin Nov. 24, 1923, m. James Alan Hen- derson Jan. 5, 1946. Res. Holden.
MORSE
AMORY C. MORSE, s. Jesse Morse of Marlboro; m. Mary Sawyer Spofford, dau. Capt. Samuel, Jr. and Betsey (Sawyer) Spofford, July 7, 1847. She b. June 25, 1828, d. June 6, 1915. Amory C. d. Feb. 14, 1885. Had:
Mary Amanda, b. Dec. 20, 1859, d. Dec. 17, 1934. She had retained the Capt. Samuel Spofford homestead on Highland Street, now (1958) occupied by Ernest O. Wheeler.
MOSSMAN
EDWARD MOSSMAN, m. Lilith Trask, dau. Charles A. and Julia (Eaton) Trask. Had:
Emeline G., m. Edwin J. Brown, res. Hudson.
Marion A., m. Leon Spence, 2m. Clarence E. Beck Nov. 2, 1937, res. Hudson.
Florence, m. Samuel McNutt, res. Watertown.
Howard, m. Marion Waugh, res. Waltham.
MUNGEAM
RICHARD MUNGEAM, s. Richard and Jane (Clout) Mungeam of Rochester, England, b. June 1, 1883; m Ethel Florence Edge, dau. Richard Curson and Anne (Fynes) Edge, of Chatham England Nov. 29, 1903. Came to Berlin in 1925. Had:
Leonard Richard, b. Apr. 30, 1906, m. Ruth Mabel Brewer. Gladys Ethel, b. July 21, 1908.
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LEONARD RICHARD MUNGEAM, s. Richard and Ethel (Edge) Mungeam, m. Ruth Mabel Brewer, dau. Alfred D. and Julia (Walcott) Brewer, Apr. 30, 1927. Had:
Gretta Mae, b. Nov. 23, 1927.
Lee Richard, b. Jan. 16, 1929, m. Vera Dorothy Gross.
Virginia Ann, b. April 22, 1940, m. Clifford Herbert Wheeler, Jr ..
Lawrence Alfred, b. Dec. 13, 1931, m. Theresa Loretta Gil- chrest.
Alan Leonard, b. May 13, 1933, m. Barbara Rimkus July 2, 1957.
LEE RICHARD MUNGEAM, s. Leonard R. and Ruth M. (Brewer ) Mungeam; m. Vera Dorothy Gross June 10, 1950. Had:
Marsha Lea, b. Sept. 11, 1955.
Richard George, b. Dec. 18, 1956.
LAWRENCE ALFRED MUNGEAM, s. Leonard R. and Ruth M. (Brewer) Mungeam; m. Theresa Loretta Gilchrest, Mar. 18, 1949. Had:
Linda Ann, b. Aug. 17, 1949.
ALAN LEONARD MUNGEAM, s. Leonard R. and Ruth M. (Brew- er ) Mungeam; m. Barbara Ann Rimkus July 2, 1957, Had:
Anna Marie, b. Nov. 22, 1958.
MURPHY
DENNIS D. MURPHY, s. Daniel and Catherine (Mahoney) Mur- phy, b. Nov. 28, 1880, d. Dec. 8, 1957; m. Mary A. Sheehan, dau. Dennis and Mary (Reardon), Nov. 28, 1906. She b. Mar. 25, 1883, d. Dec. 23, 1957. Had:
Daniel J. b. Lawrence Oct. 19, 1908, m. Jeannette D. Senecal Sept. 11, 1942.
Augustine Dennis, b. Hudson June 30, 1917.
Rita Mary, b. Hudson Aug. 8, 1919, m. Fred G. Burge of San Antonio, Tex. Aug. 5, 1950.
MCCARTY
JOHN WILLIAM MCCARTY, s. Robert and Jane (Roche), b. Dec. 27, 1869, d. May 5, 1950; m. Maria (Mayberry) dau. Robert
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and Eliza (Gaw) Mayberry, Aug. 29, 1894. She b. Canada June 3, 1870, d. Clinton Feb. 27, 1940. Had:
Lois Isabelle, b. Clinton July 27, 1898, m. Reginald Bates Nov. 10, 1923.
McNAMARA
WILLIAM E. MCNAMARA, S. John Augustus and Annie (Hogan) McNamara, b. Spencer Jan. 12, 1900; m. Ella Mary End, dau. Daniel Francis and Mary Elizabeth (O'Malley) End, Feb. 10, 1922. She b. Berlin Jan. 22, 1898. Her father d. Sept. 10, 1938. Haď'
Eleanor Frances, b. Worcester May 20, 1923.
Edward Joseph, b. Spencer Dec. 1, 1924.
Anna Marie, b. Feb: 10, 1928.
John Augustus, b. Oct. 8, 1930.
William Edward, b. July 20, 1932.
Eileen Dorothy, b. May 11, 1934.
Charles Thomas, b. July 16, 1936. Patricia, b. Oct. 12, 1938.
NELSON
CHARLES NELSON, s. Charles A. and Marion ( Rasmussen) Nel- son, b. Northboro June 9, 1898; m. Marjorie Viola Parker, dau. Harry W. and Daisy Viola (Wallace) Parker, Oct. 16, 1935. She b. Westboro Sept. 1, 1911. Had:
Charles Thornton, b. Aug. 28, 1941.
Richard Alan, b. Jan. 9, 1947.
NIEDZIAL
JOHN NIEDZIAL, S. Frank and Stacia Niedzial, b. Sterling June 8, 1914; m. Marilea P. Morse, dau. Earle C. (d. Dec. 3, 1951) and Mary (Pettee) Morse, Oct. 7, 1935. She b. Mar. 1, 1915 in Worcester. Her maternal grandmother, Lena E. (Heissler) Pettee, d. June 19, 1959, bur. Pleasant St. Cemetery. Had:
Kathlea Mary, b. Aug. 1, 1939, m. Louis A. Bolduc July 15, 1959.
John, Jr., b. Dec. 31, 1937.
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Pattilea Sandra, b. Sept. 20, 1941, m. Joseph P. Ciampaglia Sept. 26, 1959.
Bonnilea Susan, b. Feb. 22, 1949.
NUTTING
CHARLES ALLEN NUTTING, S. John Chancy and Maria (Stone) Nutting, b. Leominster Nov. 11, 1873, d. Berlin Nov. 5, 1933; m. Alice Edna Merriam, dau. Lyman Wheeler and Ellen Maria (Lowe) Merriam, Apr. 20, 1904. She b. Fitchburg Nov. 25, 1874, d. Berlin Oct. 30, 1956. Family came to Berlin in 1910, employed with Truman P. Felton of Linden Street. Had:
John Lyman, b. Fitchburg June 1, 1905, m. Blanche J. (Wheel- er ) Falby Nov. 28, 1943.
Charles Edward, b. Nashua N. H. Aug. 16, 1906, m. Laura Austin Geers Mar. 16, 1934.
Henry Allen, b. Nashua, N. H. Apr. 28, 1908.
JOHN LYMAN NUTTING, s. Charles A. and Alice E. (Merriam) Nutting; m. Blanche J. (Wheeler) Falby, dau. William E. and Ethel E. (Randall) Wheeler, Nov. 28, 1943. Res. Derby Rd., brick house built by Welcome Barnes about 1815; later (1834) this became the home of Mary Whitcomb who married John B. Gough Nov. 23, 1843. Adopted children:
Beverly Jane Nutting, b. Aug. 13, 1944.
Lyman Clifford Nutting, b. Aug. 7, 1946.
CHARLES EDWARD NUTTING, s. Charles A. and Alice E. (Mer- riam) Nutting; m. Laura Austin Geers, dau. Otto Henricson and Edythe Belle (Woodward) Geers, Mar. 16, 1934. She b. Stow June 20, 1914. Her father (Otto H. Geers) d. Sept. 30, 1943. Had: Barbara Ann, b. Feb. 6, 1937, m. William A. Hart, Jr., St. Paul, Minn. July 20, 1957. Had:
William Charles Hart, b. Germany Aug. 7, 1958.
Edith Alice, b. Mar. 3, 1938, m. Alfred W. Brewer May 3, 1958.
ORDWAY
ALFRED FROST ORDWAY, s. James H. and Frances A. (Locke) Ordway, b. April 11, 1881 in Hudson, d. Apr. 2, 1955; m. Eva Louise Carter, dau. Jonas H. and Annetta L. (Draper) Carter, Mar. 16, 1906. She d. June 6, 1956. Had:
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Louise Frances, b. Sept. 11, 1906, m. William Lockhart Oct. 10, 1931.
Alfreda Lucie, b. Nov. 5, 1908, m. Philip W. Warren Sept. 24, 1938.
Doris Carter, b. Sept. 19, 1910, m. Vincent S. Eager June 20, 1933.
Edna Marion, b. Sept. 27, 1911, m. Donald M. Wilson Nov. 22, 1944.
Elizabeth, b. July 25, 1915, m. Carroll R. Wheeler Dec. 24, 1932.
PAINE
EVERETT LEWIS PAINE, s. Lewis E. and Lucy E. (Wheeler ) Paine, b. Bolton Sept. 26, 1881; m. Flora Susan Randall, dau. Paul A. and Abbie W. (Kimmins ) Randall, Apr. 4, 1903. She b. Aug. 27, 1880, d. Dec. 31, 1950. Res. in new house built by Paul A. Randall, about 1890, on Randall Road. Had:
Edith Abbie, b. July 22, 1906.
Lewis Randall, b. Apr. 19, 1908, m. Pauline Stratton, dau. Her- bert and Vida (Folsom) Stratton of Hudson, Oct. 6, 1934. She b. Feb. 10, 1906. Res. Pleasant Street in house built by Rev. David R. Lampson (1834), later owned by Henry H. Bliss and heirs.
2m. Everett L. Paine-Susan M. (Thomas) Wetherbee Jan. 15, 1952. Built new house on West Street (1957).
PARMENTER
APPLETON DANA PARMENTER, s. Isaac of Sudbury, came to Berlin with his family in 1875, res. "New Worcester" of South Street; m. Julia Bancroft of Nelson, N. H. He d. Feb. 5. 1904, she d. Sept. 3, 1896. Had:
Ella R., b. Sudbury May 1, 1852, m. Edward P. Holden of Lowell, s. Josephus N. and Rosina H. Holden, Dec. 5, 1876. Etta F., b. Sudbury June 8, 1856, m. Charles D. Mills of Keene, N. H., s. John K. and Elizabeth B. (Holt), Dec. 27, 1881, res. Jacksonville, Fla.
Emma N. b. Sudbury Mar. 10, 1858, m. James W. McLaren.
He d. 1877. 2m. William Allen, s. William W. and Elizabeth
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Allen. He d. May 22, 1888. She resides with her dau. Mrs. T. E. Miller, at 45 Bay State Rd., Worcester.
Isaac Fowler, b. Sudbury Sept. 14, 1860, d. Berlin May 8, 1938, m. Adelaide R. Cottle, dau. William and Julia Ann (Look) Cottle of North Tisbury ( Martha's Vineyard), Sept. 28, 1887. Built house on South Street 1892. She b. N. Tisbury Mar. 23, 1861, d. Berlin Dec. 21, 1940.
Elsie Jennie, b. Sudbury Apr. 6, 1862, d. Jacksonville, Fla. Dec. 26, 1950, m. John K. Mills, s. John K. and Elizabeth Mills of Keene, N. H., Mar. 29, 1887.
EDWARD THOMAS PARMENTER, S. Henry G. and Ella May (End) Parmenter, b. May 22, 1880 in Northboro, d. June 16, 1951, came to Berlin in 1914; m. Lulu Marie Olive Cook, dau. Charles Fred- erick and Thora Amelia (Thorgeson) Cook, June 7, 1906. She b. Dec. 17, 1886. They had:
Ernest Waldo, b. Watertown May 21, 1907, m. Irene Breault of Stow Aug. 4, 1935.
Edward Carl, b. Apr. 12, 1909, m. Ruth M. Bowen Apr. 15, 1934.
Lulu Thora, b. Nov. 14, 1919, m. Roger M. Wheeler May 2, 1942.
WALDO G. PARMENTER, s. Henry G. and Ella May (End) Parmenter, b. Worcester Aug. 17, 1884;
2m. Lulu Marie Olive (Cook) Parmenter, Oct. 25, 1955.
PEIRCE
ARTHUR WARREN PEIRCE, s. Warren Clifton and Josephine L. (Babcock) Peirce, b. Northboro Aug. 6, 1888. His mother was dau. William Thomas Babcock of "Kelley Hill," Berlin, b. Mar. 20, 1864; m. Aug. 23, 1887. He m. Myrtle Day Arnold of Marlboro July 5, 1910. They had:
Helen Marion, b. Nov. 2, 1911, m. Joseph Wade.
Eleanor Josephine, b. July 27, 1913, m. Francis Santora.
Carolyn Howe, b. Jan. 27, 1915, m. Edwin Proctor.
Arthur Warren, Jr., b. Jan. 3, 1920, m. Mary Hayden; 2m. Jean Kirby.
Kenneth Leigh, b. July 28, 1927, m. Mary Audrey Boudreau.
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KENNETH LEIGH PEIRCE, s. Arthur W. and Myrtle D. (Arnold) Peirce; m. Mary Audrey Boudreau of Grafton July 31, 1948. Had: Susan Lee, b. May 4, 1951.
Karen Jean, b. Dec. 17, 1952.
PHIPPS
CARL DOUGLAS PHIPPS, S. John H. and Florence G. (Hill) Phipps, b. Marlboro May 14, 1900; m. Viola H. Ricker, dau. Giles and Ella M. (Gulliver) Ricker, Mar. 19, 1933. She b. Marl- boro Nov. 29, 1902. Had:
Janet Ellen, b. Jan. 7, 1939.
Nancy Ella, b. June 3, 1941.
Douglas Henry, b. Jan. 22, 1943.
Came to Berlin in 1933; orchardist on Chedco Farm, Inc. Res. on Central Street in the remodeled Edward Bliss house of 1842. Descendants, Oliver C. Rice and Jerome O. Warren (Station Agt.) lived here as late as 1912.
PIERCE
ARTHUR FRANKLIN PIERCE, s. Isaac and Elisa (Thomson) Pierce, b. in Peru, Mass. Oct. 28, 1853, d. Nov. 20, 1941; m. Mary V. Cartwright, dau. Algernon and Sarah E. (Carter) Cartwright, June 10, 1879. She d. Dec. 19, 1916. Had:
Elisa V., b. Nov. 3, 1880, m. Lewis Helberg in Tenn. She d. Jan. 3, 1904.
Lillian E., b. Northboro Apr. 15, 1883, m. Edward S. Marsh. He d. Apr. 15, 1920. 2m. Frank E. Smith of Clinton Oct. 2, 1924.
Dorothy, b. May 18, 1897, m. Walter M. Allen.
EUGENE ALBERT PIERCE, s. Brigham Pierce, b. Rutland July 10, 1866, d. Bridgeport, Conn. Mar. 18, 1942, bur. Leominster. Came to Berlin 1922; m. Rosena E. (Tanner) Henry, wid. Albert E. Henry, Apr. 12, 1936, res. Crosby Road. She d. May 23, 1941.
GEORGE G. PIERCE, s. Orrin and Fidelia (Holden) Pierce, b. Rutland Jan. 17, 1870, d. Leominster Dec. 15, 1957. Came to Berlin in 1893, witnessed the construction of Metropolitan Aque- duct at Shaft No. 1 from Village at Dana Larkin's of Boylston Rd. Became engaged as teamster for S. R. Carter Stores until
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taken over by Farm Service Company (1917). In 1932 purchased 802 acres of the Larkin estate, including land of the original Philip Larkin and the homestead of John F. Larkin, now (1957) residence of Frederick W. Hatstat, Boylston Rd. The property is now owned by Laurence Rauscher of Clinton.
KENNETH MALCOLM PIERCE, s. Archie L. (d. Berlin June 24, 1959) and Mabel (Brown) Pierce, b. Stoneham, Mass. Aug. 13, 1910; m. Helen Louise Brown, dau. John A. and Elizabeth (Mac- Connell) Brown, June 2, 1935. She b. Dorchester Dec. 1, 1914. Came to Berlin in 1937, engaged in greenhouses of Samuel H. Wheeler Estate on Sawyer Hill Rd. Had:
Roger Kenneth, b. Dec. 30, 1941.
Douglas Stanley, b. Mar. 7, 1945.
Carolyn Jean, b. Sept. 13, 1946.
PLAMONDON
ALPHONSE PLAMONDON, s. John and Marie (Lafond) Plamon- don, b. Lebanon, N. H., Mar. 17, 1887, d. Oct. 21, 1957; m. Ade- line G. Poland, dau. Solomon Poland and Ellen A. (Teehan) Poland, Oct. 9, 1912. She b. Fitchburg Jan. 31, 1887, d. Berlin June 29, 1951. Had:
Norbert, b. July 8, 1919, m. Mollie Treadaway in England, 1945.
Came to Berlin in 1928 and operated Carter's Store of West Berlin.
POPP
EUGENE A. POPP, s. Michael and Barbara (Jahreis) Popp of Bolton, b. Bolton June 12, 1900; m. Iva Melvina Larkin, dau. Alfred Gilbert (d. Apr. 19, 1928) and Melvina Amanda (Luce) Larkin (d. Dec. 20, 1958) of Boylston, June 30, 1926. She b. Boylston Sept. 30, 1900. Mrs. Barbara (Jahreis) Popp d. Mar. 26, 1940; Michael Popp d. Bolton May 6, 1912. Had:
Barbara L., b. Clinton Dec. 30, 1927, m. William W. Blakely of Ann Arbor, Mich. Sept. 29, 1951. Res. Baltimore, Md. Had:
Gail Jean Blakely, b. Sept. 10, 1954.
Christopher Edward, b. Sept. 11, 1957.
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Marjorie J., b. Berlin May 15, 1929, m. Donald K. Groat Sept. 17, 1955.
Virginia May, b. Berlin May 12, 1940.
POTAS
PETER POTAS, s. Ludwig and Mary (Szablak) Potas, b. Poland June 2, 1881. He m. Mary Baldyga, dau. Hilary and Mary (Kapraszewska ) Baldyga, Jan. 1901. She b. Poland Dec. 1885, d. Berlin June 29, 1940. Had:
Stanley, b. June 1904, d. Sept. 1908.
Frank William, b. June 14, 1909, m. Maryann Katherine Mroc- zek of Webster Oct. 5, 1936.
Walter Stanley, b. June 10, 1911, m. Anna Camellia Ciesluk Oct. 1, 1938.
Bertha T., b. Dec. 17, 1916, m. Arnold Willis Gage, June 27, 1942.
Julius Anthony, b. June 28, 1920.
WALTER STANLEY POTAS, S. Peter and Mary ( Baldyga) Potas; m. Anna Camellia Ciesluk, dau. John and Sophia (Zakrzewska) Ciesluk, Oct. 1, 1938. He conducts the Aircraft Woven Label Company located on Randall Road. Had:
Lorraine Ann, b. July 4, 1943.
Edmund Walter, b. June 19, 1946.
Donald Peter, b. Apr. 20, 1949.
POWELL
CHARLES W. POWELL, s. William (d. Berlin Dec. 24, 1932) and Emma (Fay) Powell (d. Berlin Sept. 25, 1925), b. July 12, 1887; m. Pauline Hazel Felton, dau. Truman P. and Mary L. (Whitcomb) Felton, Oct. 2, 1913. Had:
Chester Felton, b. Feb. 17, 1916, m. Paula Lovering.
Cora May, b. Aug. 4, 1918, m. Carl B. Devine.
CHESTER FELTON POWELL, s. Charles W. and Pauline (Felton) Powell; m. Paula Lovering, dau. James and Alice (Bearce) Lovering, Oct. 5, 1945. She b. July 3, 1922. Had: Craig Barton, b. Oct. 6, 1946.
Melanie Martha, b. Aug. 28, 1948. Jeffrey Charles, b. Feb. 24, 1954.
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PRATT
HENRY DEWITT PRATT of Marlboro; m. Lucy Bigelow Hap- good, dau. Lewis I. and Mary Green (Wheeler) Hapgood, Dec. 24, 1904. She b. Sept. 23, 1883, d. Mar. 20, 1917. Had:
Miriam, b. May 17, 1905, m. Adelbert Eason Coulson.
Howard Hapgood, b. June 23, 1906.
Lewis Henry, b. Oct. 25, 1908, d. June 9, 1958.
Olive Lenora, b. Nov. 20, 1909, m. Roy Parker of Hudson. Had: Harriet Lenora, b. Dec. 19, 1929.
PUFFER
JOSEPH ADAMS PUFFER, S. William H. and Susanna W. (Coffin) Puffer, b. Harrington, Me. Feb. 13, 1872, d. July 27, 1958; m. E. Hope Rice, dau. Willis and Harriet S. (Fay) Rice, Oct. 1, 1903. Had:
Evelyn Hope, b. Oct. 30, 1905, m. Harry E. Knowlton July 16, 1942.
Ruth Rice, b. Aug. 31, 1907.
Stanwood Adams, b. Aug. 8, 1909, m. Arline Lillian Holden Aug. 17, 1929; 2m. Carolyn Taylor.
Marjorie, b. Aug. 30, 1912, m. Harris G. Field Sept. 19, 1931.
RAINVILLE
RAYMOND J. RAINVILLE, b. South Hadley Jan. 23, 1909; m. Irene Paquette June 23, 1934. She b. Indian Orchard Jan. 5, 1914. Came to Berlin from Hudson in 1949, having purchased the John H. Barnes farm on Barnes Hill Road of Stephen Kalinowski. Had:
Norman R., b. July 28, 1935.
Conrad T., b. Dec. 11, 1936.
Robert D., b. Mar. 27, 1939.
Leonard A., b. July 28, 1940.
Philip R., b. Apr. 24, 1948. Ruth Phyllis, b. Berlin May 20, 1949.
Claude Randall, b. Berlin Aug. 20, 1952.
Jacqueline Robin, b. Berlin Jan. 20, 1954. Jeanne Sharon, b. Berlin July 8, 1955. Judith Anne, b. Berlin Aug. 10, 1959.
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RAND
JAMES ELDRIDGE RAND, S. Frederick T. (d. June 24, 1947) and Katie (Stoddard) Rand, b. Cambridge Aug. 16, 1896; m. Ella G. Galbraith, dau. John and Mary (Parker) Galbraith, July 8, 1922. She b. Charlemont, Mass. June 24, 1901. Had:
Althea Ethelyn, b. Buckland, Mass. Feb. 13, 1924, m. Earl Stewart Wilson June 29, 1946.
James Eldridge, Jr., b. Buckland, Mass. Mar. 22, 1925, m. Eleanor Frances McNamara June 29, 1946.
RANDALL
PAUL ALDRICH RANDALL, s. Joseph and Phebe Randall of Bol- ton, b. July 8, 1830, d. Jan. 21, 1906; m. Abbie Wheeler Kimmins, dau. John and Dinah Kimmins, June 30, 1860. She b. April 28, 1840, d. June 14, 1920. Had:
Joseph John, b. Apr. 13, 1861, m. Anna A. Grant Apr. 29, 1883. Reuben Henry, b. May 9, 1863, d. Feb. 13, 1867.
Lucy Jane, b. Oct. 13, 1868, m. Charles E. Small Nov. 11, 1886. Alice Phebe, b. Sept. 27, 1870, m. Lewis E. Day Feb. 6, 1890. Flora Susan, b. Aug. 27, 1880, m. Everett L. Paine Apr. 4, 1903.
Paul A. Randall settled in Berlin on the David Southwick place of Randall Road about 1860. It is said to have been first occupied by Francis McFadin (member of Friends' Society). David Southwick married Elizabeth Sweet (Apr. 16, 1779) and they with her father, Stephen Sweet, settled here in 1780. They were followed by Oliver and Nancy Young; Oliver d. May 19, 1857 and Nancy d. Dec. 24, 1958. She bequeathed the Nancy Young School Trust Fund to the Town of Berlin.
After Charles E. Small married Lucy J. Randall (Nov. 11, 1886), Paul A. Randall built a new house (1889) across the road, where Carl A. Barter (1957) now lives.
RAYNER
HALL C. RAYNER, s. Elijah Hardy and Edith (Knox) Rayner, b. Worcester Aug. 17, 1905; m. Marion L. Hoyt, dau. John I. and Marion C. (Davis) Hoyt (Mrs. Hoyt d. May 21, 1959), Dec. 14, 1930. She b. Worcester June 12, 1910. Had:
Jean Charlotte Rayner, b. Worcester Sept. 9, 1931, m. Cecil
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Burton Wheeler, Jr. June 26, 1954. Had: Wendy Marion, b. June 17, 1959. Janet Marion, b. Dundee, Ohio Dec. 2, 1934, m. Warren William Ordway. Had:
Debra Ann Ordway, b. Sept. 12, 1955. Sandra Jean Ordway, b. Oct. 14, 1956. Ralph Richard, b. Dundee, Ohio Mar. 9, 1937.
RICE
OLIVER C. RICE, s. Nathan and Eliza Ann (Walker) Rice, b. Berlin Sept. 15, 1848, d. Berlin Jan. 22, 1920; m. M. Augusta Bliss, dau. Edward and Zilpha H. (Sawyer) Bliss, Dec. 25, 1870. She b. Berlin Dec. 9, 1849, d. Warren, Ohio Jan. 19, 1928 (bur. Pleasant St., Berlin). Had:
Louisa May, b. Apr. 14, 1874, m. Jerome B. Warren.
Leslie Oliver, b. Dec. 21, 1885, m. Mae E. White.
Res. on Central Street, in house now occupied by Carl D. Phipps (1957).
LESLIE OLIVER RICE, s. Oliver C. and M. Augusta (Bliss) Rice, m. Mae E. White of Warren, Ohio, June 20, 1914. Moved from Berlin in 1912. Had:
Charles L., b. Warren, O., Apr. 15, 1915.
Edythe M., b. Warren, O., July 5, 1918.
WILLIS RICE, s. Abel Rice of Marlboro, b. Marlboro Aug. 9, 1845, d. Berlin Dec. 15, 1927; m. Harriet Susan Fay, dau. Nahum W. and Emily R. (Thompson) Fay, Apr. 3, 1873. She b. North- boro Feb. 23, 1850, d. Berlin Sept. 23, 1923. Had:
Emily Hope, b. Jan. 5, 1874, m. J. Adams Puffer.
Effie G., b. Sept. 3, 1875, m. E. Montrose Evans. Had:
Richard Rice Evans, June 16, 1916.
Frances E., b. Feb. 4, 1878, d. Apr. 29, 1957 Cleveland, O. Lucy Fay, b. Feb. 13, 1884, d. Dec. 17, 1930 Berlin.
RISI
BENEDETTO RISI, born in Italy, d. 1923; m. Antionette (De- Mambro). She b. Italy, d. Berlin Jan. 27, 1959. Had:
John Joseph, b. May 8, 1901, m. Katherine O'Leary Mar. 16, 1929. 2m. Mildred Adeline Johnson Apr. 9, 1944.
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Richard William, b. June 15, 1905, m. Dorothy Frances (Bailey) Wheeler, Apr. 26, 1953.
Mary E., b. Oct. 30, 1911.
Cora, b. Feb. 25, 1914.
Joseph Benjamin, b. Oct. 15, 1915, m. Antonetta Hilda Di- Nucci of Providence, R. I. Oct. 12, 1949.
Carl Paul, b. July 29, 1920, m. Valerie G. Ferro Oct. 11, 1947. Had:
Antoinette Mary, b. Apr. 19, 1949.
Valerie Concetta, b. Apr. 14, 1950.
Sharon Marie, b. Oct. 6, 1955.
Carl Paul, Jr., b. Aug. 14, 1958.
ROGERS
CLYDE E. ROGERS, s. Henry and Parney ( Barteaux ) Rogers, b. Hudson May 19, 1899, d. Aug. 13, 1958; m. Iva M. Hebb, dau. James H. and Amy H. (Farwell) Hebb, Sept. 4, 1918. She b. Berlin Sept. 22, 1900. Had :
Emma Josephine, b. June 26, 1921, m. Francis E. Underwood of Clinton June 5, 1944. Had:
James Francis, b. Dec. 13, 1946.
Robert Clyde, b. Aug. 18, 1949.
Edith Louise, b. Aug. 30, 1926, m. Walter E. Pelletier. Had: Patricia Ann, b. Dec. 13, 1946.
Richard Walter, b. Apr. 29, 1948.
John Harold, b. Nov. 6, 1952.
Robert Warren, b. Dec. 24, 1958.
ROSEBERRY
JOSEPH LOUIS ROSEBERRY, s. Louis J. and Emma (Roseberry ) Roseberry b. St. Pierre, Broughton, Canada Sept. 3, 1904; m. Julienne Marie Mercier, dau. Octave and Alphonsine (Rose- berry ) Mercier, Oct. 23, 1935. She b. St. Methode, Frontenac Co., Canada Mar. 29, 1910. Had:
Bertina Marie, b. Boylston Aug. 20, 1936.
Dora Theresa Marie, b. Boylston Oct. 11, 1938, m. William J. Capite Apr. 7, 1956. Had:
Joan Theresa Capite, b. Worcester June 22, 1957. Alphonse J., b. Boylston Sept. 22, 1940.
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Mary Ann, b. Boylston May 11, 1942.
Louise, b. Boylston Sept. 5, 1943. Joseph Henry, b. Boylston Aug. 29, 1945. Lucille Maria, b. Berlin Jan. 4 ,1949.
Paul Joseph, b. Berlin Sept. 7, 1951.
Mr. Roseberry settled on the Lewis W. Paradise farm of Lin- den Street in 1946. This ranks among the early settlements of Berlin. Phineas Howe was considered the first owner, around the year 1755 (his son, Silas Howe, b. there Mar. 28, 1760). His brother, Silas Howe, was a successor on this farm, but removed to Rumford, Me., around 1800. Later the Daniel Goodnow house (of Ball Hill) was moved and added between the original house and shed. After Fortunatus Barnes settled on Barnes Hill in 1766, he bought 80 acres of the Howe farm on which he kept cattle and fed them from the "Rack Meadows." Silas S. Greenlief was assessed to 100 acres of this property between 1855 and 1889. The farm has been exchanged among many owners, until Mr. Rose- berry purchased the 96 acres of Mr. Ovide Dupont.
ROSS
ERNEST CLIFFORD Ross, s. Donald and Sarah Ann (Randall) Ross, b. Nov. 9, 1867, d. July 5, 1939; m. Nellie M. Fosgate, dau. George W. and Eunice C. (Dodge) Fosgate, June 20, 1895. She b. Aug. 23, 1865, d. Jan. 20, 1956. Had:
Donald Ernest, b. Aug. 18, 1896, m. Florence Gertrude Martin,
dau. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Hubbard) Martin, June 3, 1921. Res. Amherst, Mass.
Percy Thomas, b. Oct. 22, 1899, m. Marion Carpenter.
Lester George Ross, b. May 31, 1898, m. Mildred L. Wheeler.
PERCY THOMAS Ross, s. Ernest C. and Nellie M. (Fosgate) Ross; m. Marion Carpenter, dau. F. Scott and Eva (MacMaster) Carpenter, Mar. 8, 1924. She b. June 2, 1901 in Fitchburg. Had: . Robert Thomas, b. Nov. 6, 1925, m. Viola Greeley.
Barbara Marion, b. Dec. 5, 1926, m. Kenneth M. Perry Oct. 4, 1958.
ROBERT THOMAS Ross, s. Percy Thomas and Marion ( Carpen- ter) Ross; m. Viola S. Greeley, dau. Willis S. and Eleanor (Strat-
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ton) Greeley, Apr. 28, 1946. Res. and insurance agency at 80 Central St., Hudson, Mass. Had:
Robert Thomas, Jr., b. Aug. 3, 1947. Stephen Greeley, b. Nov. 5, 1949. Betsy Ann, b. Dec. 31, 1950. Nancy Jane, b. Feb. 25, 1952. Jonathan Stratton, b. Mar. 9, 1957.
Jeffrey Ernest, b. Mar. 9, 1957.
LESTER GEORGE Ross, s. Ernest C. and Nellie M. (Fosgate) Ross; m. Mildred Luella Wheeler, dau. Herbert L. and Adelia L. (Berry) Wheeler, June 19, 1919. Had:
Edward Lester, b. Sept. 3, 1922, m. Florence Ann Wheeler. Everett George, b. Apr. 3, 1925, m. Beverly J. Jamison.
EDWARD LESTER ROSS, s. Lester G. and Mildred L. (Wheeler) Ross; m. Florence Ann Wheeler, dau. Waldo L. and Hazel I. (Sawyer) Wheeler, Sept. 26, 1942. He d. Jan. 31, 1946. Had: Judith Ann, b. April 13, 1944.
David Edward, b. April 24, 1945.
EVERETT GEORGE Ross, s. Lester G. and Mildred L. (Wheeler ) Ross; m. Beverly J. Jamison, dau. Earle Andrew and Diana ( Kirkpatrick) Jamison, Feb. 16, 1954. Had:
Lorri Lou, b. Pittsfield Nov. 24, 1954.
Jody Elaine, b. June 18, 1956.
Daniel Edward, b. Feb. 6, 1959.
ROWE
LOUIS VICTOR ROWE, s. Victor Ephraim and Annie Elizabeth (Scotten) Rowe, b. Malden June 1, 1893; m. Louise Clara Stras- burg, dau. Fred Ernest and Lina (Bruckner ) Strasburg, Sept. 18, 1922. She b. Brooklyn, N. Y. Feb. 1, 1895. Came to Berlin in 1927, located on the John G. Fosgate place on Fosgate Rd. and con- ducts a plant nursery and flower farm. Had:
Alma Elizabeth, b. Aug. 30, 1923 Richmond Hill, N. Y., m. Charles William Stewart of Wheeling, W. Va. Aug. 21, 1948. Res. Rev. Charles W. Stewart, Ph.D. of 2433 So. Dahlia Lane, Denver 22, Colorado. Had:
Mark William, b. Columbus, O. June 27, 1951.
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Louise Ann, b. Mystic, Conn. Jan. 6, 1954.
Peter Rowe, b. Mystic, Conn. Mar. 18, 1955.
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