Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1893, Part 11

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Very respectfully, IRVING W. HORNE, Superintendent of Schools.


Braintree, Jan. 29, 1894.


224


REPORT OF ATTENDANCE DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.


TEACHERS.


Number Enrolled.


Average


Membership.


Average


Attendance.


Number of Visitors.


HIGH.


Oliver R. Cook .


Carrie M. Bassett


89


84


80.5


3


Sarah W. Lane


MONATIQUOT ..


Frank W. Brett .


35


32.7


30.4


17


Hattie F. Weeks


.


44


37.7


33.5


6


Josephine B. Colbert


45


43.8


39.7


23


Julia Ellsworth


39


34


31.7


6


Susan A. O'Rourke


60


53.1


50


26


IRON WORKS.


Victoria P. Wilde


31


29


27.1


31


Mary L. Crowe .


40


38.2


35


22


Nellie E. Bowles


38


36.6


34.7


22


Mary E. Vining


52


45.6


37


14


POND.


Sarah L. Arnold


25


23.1


21.3


15


Alice C. Jenkins


31


23.1


21.8


15


Annie M. Brooks


27


18.4


17.4


14


Emily A. Lapham


·


47


31.2


28.2


7


UNION.


Avis A. Thayer .


28


24.4


23.5


88


Mabel L. Bates .


27


25.4


24.3


43


Hannah C. Whelan


37


33.2


30.7


55


Anna K. Mckellar


42


37.1


34.2


28


·


·


.


225


REPORT OF ATTENDANCE


DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.


TEACHERS,


Number Enrolled.


Average


Membership.


Average


Attendance.


Number of Visitors,


EAST.


E. Frances Hayward .


31


29.8


28,1


23


MIDDLE STREET.


Estelle Robinson


37


29.2


27.8


16


SOUTH.


Margaret E. C. Bannon


35


29.7


25.1


19


KINDERGARTENS .- EAST BRAINTREE.


Robertina B. Trask


29


22.2


17.9


61


NORTH BRAINTREE.


Charlotte M. Hobart .


28


24.6


21


45


SOUTH BRAINTREE.


Harriet M. Hill .


25


20.1


14.4


57


Totals


92.2


806.2


736.3


650


.


.


REPORT OF


THE TOWN CLERK


OF THE


TOWN OF BRAINTREE, MASS .;


1893.


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.


BRAINTREE, Jan. 1, 1894.


In accordance with the usual custom, the Town Clerk submits the following report :


229


MARRIAGES IN BRAINTREE IN 1893.


DATE.


NAME.


AGE.


RESIDENCE.


Jan. 10,


Michael Andrew Hagerty,


26


Weymouth


Mary Ellen Doherty,


26 Braintree


Jan. 11, Arthur William O'Connor,


24 Braintree


Mary Delory,


20


Braintree


Jan. 17,


George Winthrop Ratcliffe,


20


Braintree


Ethel Alice Thayer,


19


Randolph


Jan. 18,


George Edward Orcutt,


22


Braintree


Annie Schmidt,


23


Hingham


Jan. 25, Frank Alfred Reed,


24


Braintree


Eliza Mary Sanborn,


21


Braintree


Jan. 25,


Clifton Daniel Harlow,


. 31


Weymouth


Feb.


7, Robert Decose,


25


Braintree


Alice Sampson,


19


Nova Scotia


Feb.


10,


Patrick Joseph O'Rourke,


25


Braintree


Catherine Scally,


22


Weymouth


Feb. 20, Charles H. Pierce,


Emma A. Wilson,


20


Boston


Feb.


25, E. Vernon Crooker,


28


Holbrook


Mar. 11,


Sarah Schwartz,


22


Braintree


Mar. 22,


Howard Lincoln Edson,


17


Milford


Apr. 5, Michael Cornelius Reardon,


Rosanna Elizabeth Coleraine,


26


Braintree


Apr.


5, Benjamin Hoffman Davidson,


25


Braintree


Apr. 20,


Elmer Alonzo Holbrook,


24


Braintree


Mary Levangie,


23


Braintree


Apr. 22,


Winthrop Lincoln,


24


North bridge


Lucy J. Souther,


19


Hingham


Apr. 23,


George James Dodd,


18


Braintree


Apr. 27,


Jesse Lapham Cushing, Mary Elizabeth Jones,


21


Weymouth


May


3,


Mary Ann Dalton,


20


Braintree


May


4, John Calvin Holbrook, Ellen Gibbons,


30 Braintree


30 Dover


21 Braintree


May


20, Edward E. S. Carver,


Edith Stanton Madan,


22 Braintree


1


Cora Nellie Fenderson,


20


Braintree


Jan. 26, William Jerome Tirrell, Jr.,


Hattie May Wilkins,


21


Braintree


Holbrook


32


Braintree


32 Braintree


Edith Evelyn Rogers,


31


Abington


36 Albany, N. Y.


Ida Ewing Sheppard,


26


Quincy


Margaret Decoste,


20 Braintree


22


Braintree


1


Maurice James O'Connor,


24


Boston


Rose Ella (Touche) Branley, Max Kreutler,


29


20 Braintree


230


DATE.


NAME.


AGE.


RESIDENCE.


May 24,


Robert Edwin Gould,


22


Braintree


Annie Sarah Holmes,


19


Braintree


June 1, Harrison Tirrell Bates,


28


Weymouth


Minnie E. Emery,


20


Braintree


June


1, James Drummond Ellsworth,


20


Braintree


Mabel Silsby Morrison,


21


Braintree


June 11,


Thomas Haven Dearing,


66


Braintree


Helen A. Nevers,


36


Middleboro


June 18,


John Hallahan,


32


Holbrook


June 20,


Fred Lincoln Glover,


23


Boston


June 23,


John James Dunlap,


33


Braintree


June 7,


John Edward Coughlin,


36


Braintree


Katy (Baker) Bates,


31


Weymouth


June 28,


Charles Quincy Hunt,


38


Braintree


Maria Harris,


30


Holbrook


June 28,


Charles Apollos Hayward,


45


Braintree


Florence Maria Loring,


44


Braintree


June 29,


John Neadom Rodgers,


24


Braintree


Bessie Roberts Bennett,


22


Provincetown


July 1, Frank Ernest Clapp,


24


Braintree


Carrie Philipson,


28


Braintree


July


3,


James Francis McDonnell,


20


Braintree


Mary Ann Maher,


21


Braintree


July 12, Willie Henry Heath,


24


Braintree


Bertha Miriam Hill,


20


Attleboro


Aug.


9,


Charles Coffin Webster,


70


Braintree


Mary Frances Wood,


47


Ayer


Aug. 27,


Linwood Doten,


24


Braintree


Maude Elena Soule,


19


Maine


Aug. 28,


Martin Frazier,


26


Braintree


Victoria Carpenter


18


Braintree


Aug. 30,


Henry Munroe Faxon,


29


Quincy


Lizzie Curtis Morrison,


18


Braintree


Sept. 5, Thomas Ness,


19


Braintree


Sept. 19,


Helen Winifred Arnold,


24


Braintree


Sept. 21,


Albert Edwin Bradford,


37


Braintree


Sarah Lizzie Tenney,


20


Braintree


Sept. 28,


Henry Estese Paige,


24


Bernardston


Lizzie Elodie Trefry,


23


Braintree


Sept. 29,


Byron Webster Thornton,


39


Braintree


Lela May (Remington) Dean,


37


Braintree


Oct.


2. Michael Conley,


29


Braintree


Flossie Evna,


29


Braintree


Ella V. (Blanchard) Townsend, 34


Holbrook


Eva Gertrude Whitmarsh,


23


Braintree


Nellie Myra Clark,


23 Braintree


28


Braintree


Catherine Eva Griman, Eben Prescott,


26


Quincy


231


DATE.


NAME.


AGE.


RESIDENCE.


Oct. 5,


Braddock Edson Fish,


60


Braintree


Oct.


12, John Henry Frazier,


23


Braintree


26 Weymouth


Oct.


18, Richard Joseph Hennessy,


35


Braintree


Alice J. McGrow,


26


Cambridgeport


Oct.


19, George Gower Ellsworth,


28


Braintree


2."


Oct.


24, Frederic Francis Lane,


20


Braintree


Oct.


25,


Herbert Austin Thayer,


23


Braintree


Oct.


25,


Frederic W. Hunt,


33


Canton


Oct. 28,


John Joseph Daly,


21


Weymouth


Nov. 21,


James Francis Lee,


28


Braintree


Nora Agnes O'Connell,


26


Braintree


Nov. 23,


Frederic Raymond Carmichael, 22


18


Braintree


Dec.


6, Isaac Dan Hurtle,


21


Quincy


Dec.


13,


Holley Tarrida Winkfield, May Emily Stetson.


20


Braintree


Dec.


21,


William Osborn Pinckney,


25


Braintree


Edith Maude Trufant,


20


Braintree


Dec.


23,


Henry Willis Doane,


22


Braintree


Dec. 24,


John Jones,


38


Quincy


May Alice (Burch) Tuck,


34


Braintree


Dec. 26,


Walter Deacon,


25


Quincy


Susan Harrington,


19 Braintree


Dec. 27,


Charles Francis White,


28


Braintree


Emma Page Allen,


27


Braintree


Whole number of marriages, 63.


Birthplace of males : Braintree, 10; other places in Mass., 32 ; British Provinces, 7; Maine, 6; Ireland, 4; New York, Pennsyl- vania, Scotland and Germany, 1 each.


Females : Braintree, 20; other places in Mass., [20; British Provinces, 8; Maine, 4; New Hampshire, 3; New Jersey and · Ireland, 2 each ; Rhode Island, England, Austria and Germany, 1 each.


25 Braintree


Annie Isabella Thayer,


25


. Weymouth


Ruth B. Robinson,


20


Braintree


Elizabeth Ann Dalton,


22


Braintree


Braintree


Sarah Margaret Reviere,


Theresa L. McMahon,


20


Braintree


19 Braintree


Luella Augusta Chick,


21


Braintree


Fanny Brown Sanger,


35


Boston


Mary Elizabeth Lonergan,


Helen Maria Morrison,


26


Braintree


Addie Louise Call,


232


Place of residence, males : Braintree, 43 ; other places in Mass., 19; New York, 1.


Females : Braintree, 42; other places in Mass., 19; Nova Scotia and Maine, 1 each.


Marriages solemnized in Braintree, 30; Weymouth, 14; Quincy, 7 ; Boston, 3 ; Hingham, Milford, Newton, Middleboro, Holbrook, Provincetown, Attleboro, Cambridge and Maine, 1 each.


Married for the first time : Males, 57; for the second time, 4; for the third time, 2. Females, for the first time, 57; for the second time, 6.


Average age of males, 28.75 ; females, 24.16 years.


BIRTHS IN 1893.


DATE.


NAME.


PARENTS ..


Jan. 3,


Edward McLean Andrew, William Ernest Bisson,


Everett Sumner Perry, George William Smith,


Feb.


27, 1, Mary Alice Pitts,


Jennie Helen Aitkin,


1, 2, - Meley,


3, Mildred Richards Dyer,


7, 11, Elizabeth Kneeland,


Genevieve Mildred Gogan,


12, Eugene Ellsworth Hayden,


22. Gordon Campbell Drake,


Mar. 2, Florence May Trott,


9, Selina Mary Davis,


9, Cecilia Elizabeth Davis,


12, Aaron Cohen,


12, Willie Howard Johnson,


18, Jacob Blumenthal,


21, Helen Louise Gallivan,


Alexander and Annie (McLean) Ernest H. and Sarah L. (Pratt) J. Frank and Lizzie F. (Sanborn) George E. and Olive V. (Brow) Edwin C. and Mary F. (Whitcomb) Benj. F. and Mary C. (Tenney) Alexander and Maggie A. John and Annie (Vigneaux) William D. and Minnie A. (Smith) Stephen and Honora (Welsh) Moses T. and Ida M. (Thayer) James A. and Kate F. (Lee) Herbert F. and Minnie F. (Jones) Caleb H. and Emma F. (Pierce) Frank E. and Clara A. (Higgins) Joseph H. and Mary E. (Piercy) James P. and Selina M. (Strauss)


Abraham and Rachael G. (Bandel) Robert and Catherine E. (Healy) Joseph and Sarah (Silverman) Jeremiah F. and Hannah A. (Lee)


8, 11, 16, 17, Edwin Foster Litchfield, 25, Eva Muriel Holman, - Durell,


233


NAME.


Edward Joseph Conley,


Mary Dillon, Ethel Julia Doane,


Mary Louisa Brow, O'Connor,


Mabel Johnson,


Fayolin Currier Robinson,


24,


May. 3,


6,


Evelyn Harriet Bridgham, Sarah Albertson,


9, 17, 18, 18,


26, June. 6,


Ernest Dejon,


Marion Francis Bill,


18, 22, Walter Irving Cunningham,


30,


Frank L. Allen,


July. 6, Hilda Johnson, 10, Helen Condrick, 10, Eaton, 11, Kemp, 11, Ratcliffe, 12, George Tobey, 15, Madeline Angelo, 19, Margaret Sullivan, 21, William Everett Dyer;


Mary Hay, - - Delory,


Harold H. Harnish,


Alphonso Taylor,


Howland,


Fannie Harrison Donahoe, Elizabeth Stowell Shaw,


- Sullivan,


Sullivan, Annie Helen Lane,


·


PARENTS.


John and Katie L. (McCue) Daniel and Catherine (Gill) David G. and Emma A. (Maxwell) Thomas C. and Louisa J. (Pitts) Arthur W. and Mary (Delory) Walter and Katherine (Turley) John H. G. Mary E. (Currier) Cornelius and Katy (O'Neil) Richard and Ellen E. (Viger) Benjamin and Kate (Levangie) Francis J. and Etta M. (Beyett) [ Charles W. and Annie F. (French) Leonard P. and Janette M. (Harris) Stafford S. and Emma (Oulton) Nathan and Fannie (Smith) Daniel J. and Bridget G. (Coffey) John W. and Helen M. (Kelly) John and Mary E. (McCormick) Wm H. and Bertha H. (Johnson) Caleb B. and Ellen C.


Simon and Mary (Cote)


Daniel F. and Mary E. (Gorman) Wm. H. and Mary E. (Dennehy)' James D. and Sarah E. (Billiard) August and Ingrede (Bjorkman.) C. P. and Margaret F. (Lonergan) J. A. and Idella M. (Whitehouse) George W. and Ethel A. (Thayer) Abbot L. and Margaret A. Harrison L. and Helen M. (Beal) David and Muia (Alada) John and Honora (O'Connor) E. Webster and Anna J. (Downey) James and Jennie.


Peter and


Isaiah and Sarah J. (Roy)


A. W. and Margaret (Gartland) W H. and Lillian R. (Pennimann) Thomas and Charlotte (McIntosh) Edwin F. and Lu L. (Kingsley) Patrick F. and Bridget (O'Hara) 66


66


James and Alice H. (Havey)


Margaret Josephine McCarty, Daniel and Ellen (Ryan)


Richard and Elizabeth (Hogan) Annie. P. E. and Edith. N. (Chandler)


22, Aug. 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 11, 12, 12, 17, 19, 20, John Bernard McCarthy, - - Holbrook, Miriam Hazel Foss,


28, Sept. 2,


DATE. Mar. 22, 24, 28, April 1, 6, - 6, 10, 14, Dwyer, Willian DeNeil, 16, 16, Joseph H. Decoste, 18, Edward Whitman Manfield, Mary Louise Woodworth, Arthur Wesley Hunt,


9,


Martha Frances Gallivan,


Joseph William Mulcahey, Mary Catherine Griffin,


. Harry Lee Mansfield, - Frye,


234


NAME.


PARENTS.


Angelo and Catherina (Novelina) Rufus E. and Susie L. (Guild)


Richard and Mary E. (O'Sullivan) George and Saralı (Levangie) Richard S. and Clara F. (Curtis) Michael and Sophia (Brown) John T. and Mary A. (McDermott) Millard F. and Annie (Hollis) 66


66


James E. and Helena M. (Keith) Edmund S. and Ilda (Allen) Charles E. and Mary A. (Briody) Seth F. and Cora C. (Haynes) Robert and Alice (Sampson) Fred A. and Lizzie A. John and Maggie (Cain)


Thomas J. and Mary (McDermott) William D. and Lucy J. (Frazier) A. F. and Catherine F. (Goffe) Simon and Mary (Pitts) W.H.and Charlotte A.(Richardson) Harry J. and Sarah A. (O'Donnell) Chester M. and Flora L. (Belcher) John V. and Annie T. (Shea) Gustav R. and Rose M. (Miller) Daniel E. and Ellen G. (Besse) Charles and Rosanna (Braaw) George D. and Sarah B. C. (Buker)


DEATHS IN BRAINTREE IN 1893.


~- AGE-


-


DATE. NAME.


Jan. 5, Bridget (Conocan) Finnegan,


8, Mary J. (Buck) Brewster,


Norway, Me.,


79


2


3


13, Edna L. Pace,


Braintree,


-


4


13


17, Eben Stevens,


Andover,


43


1


12


17, Jonathan Skilton,


Burlington,


43


9


6


Oct.


DATE. Sept. 2, 5, 9, 9, 14, 21, Sophia Levangie,


Girororana Alpina Spero,


Olive Beatrice Mann.


White, Freddie Sampson, Sylvia Dean Storrs,


Alice Irene Powers,


24, 1,


Harold Elmer Dyer, Herbert Millard Dyer,


Everett Laughlin McDougall, Frank and Sadie (Knights)


Helen Maginnis,


Herbert Kimball Simpson, Charles Packard,


Mildred Brown,


- Decoste, Sawyer, James McDonough, John Joseph Reardon,


. Thomas Francis Donovan,


Thomas F. and Rose A. (Duffy) Michael and Margaret (McGough) .


Edward A. and Lucy (Robison)


Nov.


29, 1, Mary Elizabeth Levangie,


George J. Mahoney,


4, 21, William Rogers,


Charlotte Leonard,


26, Dec. 12, Ethel Margaret Madden,


14, Clara Lizzie Jackson,


15, Clinton Scollard,


15, Wilhelmina Rymarczick,


16, Theron Irving Cain,


16, Charlie Robert Frazier,


17, Sarah Florence Newcomb,


BIRTHPLACE.


Y.


M. D.


Ireland,


62


4 -


1, 7, 8, 10, 10, 17, 20, 22. 23, 23, 25, 27, Thomas O'Toole, 28, . Thayer, Maggie Alice Dalton,


235


-- AGE


DATE.


NAME.


BIRTHPLACE.


Y.


M.


D.


Jan. 28, Josie H. (Mayhew) Woodman,


Braintree,


25


9


10


31, Martha (Leighton) Keene,


Ireland,


71


-


-


11, Mary (Bleakie) Taylor,


England,


67


15, Arthur W. Holbrook,


Braintree,


5


26


18, Helen Maud Taylor,


4


3


22:


20, Asa Thomas Pratt,


Boston,


72


2


10


22, Susan L. (Hill) Hollis,


Braintree,


34


4


17


24, Thomas Flanagan,


66


-


9


22


26, George Shea,


Taunton,


3


9


15


Mar. 2, Mary E. (Carr) Dinsmore,


Maine,


41


7


-


5, Annie Gertrude Cavanagh,


Braintree,


20


2


20


6, Mary (Fitzgerald) Griffin,


Ireland,


61


4


-


8, Harriet H. (Reynolds) Waymouth,


Maine,


65


9, Patrick Hennigan,


Ireland,


79


3


-


9, Elizabeth P. (Bowditch) Carver,


Vermont,


73


11


2


9, Mary (Child) Duncklee,


Maine,


71


11


20


12, Henrietta R. (Hinsman) Saunders, Mary L. Morrill,


Marblehead,


37


10


-


-


5


18


15,


Mary P. (Breen) Whitcomb,


Holbrook,


51


4


3


18,


Thomas Missett,


Ireland,


74


-


-


8


16


30, Ann W. (French) Bowditch,


Boston,


75


7


6


Apr. 6,


Moses C. Tibbetts,


Newburyport,


76


-


18, Catherine (O'Sullivan) Hennessy,


Ireland,


76


25, John O'Connell,


Ireland,


52


-


28, Nancy A. Hayden,


Easton,


76


May 4,


Mary (Tower) Belcher,


Braintree,


81


10


17


4, Clarissa (Thayer) Sanborn,


Braintree,


88


10


9


7, Augustus A. Randall,


Braintree,


55


4


9


12, Sylvanus Wilson,


Maine,


69


10


12


12, Patrick Cahill,


Ireland,


69


17, Bridget (Walsh) Finnegan,


Ireland,


59


20, William E. Bisson,


Braintree,


-


4


12


22, Catherine F. (Cox) Braley,


Boston,


71


9


15


June 3, Henry J. Willey,


Quincy,


46


1


15


5, Nelson M. Hubert,


New York,


48


8


-


7, Nellie Thayer,


Charlestown,


34


2


28


11, Jennie (McGowen) Shaw,


Nova Scotia,


45


-


15, Mary E. (Evens) Nolan,


Ireland,


85


July 2,


J. H. D. Pettis,


Vermont,


53


5


26


5, John Bowditch,


Braintree,


80


10


5


10, - - Eaton,


Braintree,


-


-


-


-


-


1


14, Catherine S. (Goodhue) White,


Dracut,


64


6


14


16, John Hayer,


Ireland,


28


-


-


Feb. 9, Francis Anderson,


Boston,


23


-


13, George Tobey,


Braintree,


-


12,


Braintree,


23, Annie M. Landry,


Braintree,


236


~- AGE-


DATE. NAME.


BIRTHPLACE.


Y. M.


D.


July 17, Olive L. Hollis,


Braintree,


-


10


20


19, Idella M. (Whitehouse) Eaton,


Nova Scotia,


24


8 25


19, Addie A. (Penniman) Peckham,


Braintree,


38


6


20


20, Henry F. Hayden,


Braintree,


2


4


3


21, William E. Dyer,


Braintree,


Aug. 6, Margery J. (Allis) Gomez,


Maine,


74


4


20


11, Frederic W. Hollis,


Braintree,


1


1


7


12, Elizabeth S. Shaw,


Braintree,


1


12, - Sullivan,


Braintree, .


29


10


9


16, James Croke,


Ireland,


73


19, Mary E. (Curran) Finnegan,


Boston,


43


4


11


21, Mary A. (Stiles) Hayden,


Waltham,


56


2


19


24, Mary C. (Walsh) South,


Nova Scotia,


66


4


26


28, Ezekiel R. Waterman,


Halifax,


73


10


26


31, Mary L. Brown,


Braintree,


74


9


24


4, Holbrook,


Braintree,


-


-


-


7


18


5, Gilman D. Whittaker,


Salem, N. H.,


71


4


25


7, Elsie M. Tolan,


Boston,


-


-


20, Jeremiah White,


Ireland,


54


-


21, Sophia Levangie,


Ireland,


53


-


-


-


5


7


6, Harold H. Harnish,


Braintree,


2


4


11. Frances (Corey) Chapman,


Connecticut,


63


6


10


15, George E. Archibald,


Quincy,


-


9


17


17, William A. Bishop,


Bradford,


74


10


18, Ellen B. (Dailey) Flannagan,


Reading,


32


6


-


18, Isabel L. Penniman,


Braintree,


16


3


1


14, H. Arthur Pierce,


Braintree,


30


2


24


19, John E. Eldridge,


Hyde Park,


5


2


23


24, Lucy A. McManus,


Braintree,


5


10


12


24, Elisha B. Nightingale,


Braintree,


54


9


28


Nov. 5, George J. Mahoney,


Braintree,


1


6, George W. Young,


Maine,


74


10


22


23, Charles C. Gregg,


Maine,


55


-


-


24, Albert L. Tobey,


Boston,


5


4


23


25, Walter I Cunningham,


· Braintree,


-


5


4


26, Edith L. Loring,


Weymouth,


5


7


17


29, Lizzie M. Porter,


Braintree,


7


28


-


-


14, George Anderson,


Braintree,


-


-


10


29.


Oct. 1, Ellen A. Williams,


Braintree,


64


10


16


23, William A. Johnson,


Braintree,


9


12


24, Joseph H. Decoste,


Braintree,


-


5


Sept. 3,


Thomas B. Vinton,


Holden,


4, Edwin F. Litchfield,


Braintree,


Braintree,


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21, Elizabeth (McLaughlin) Doherty,


29, Margaret M. Reardon,


Braintree,


4


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13, Thomas J. Missett,


Scotland,


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DATE.


NAME.


BIRTHPLACE.


Y.


M.


De


Dec. 6, Maria F. (White) Thayer,


Braintree,


72


4


6


10, Cora I. Holbrook,


Braintree,


7


4


1


10, Charles Packard,


Braintree,


2


10, Moses Hunt,


Quincy,


79


13, John Stoddard,


Boston,


74


3


11


21, Joseph Dyer,


Braintree.


73


10


9


24, Emily W. Herrick,


Braintree,


8


10


3


25, Hosea Jackson,


Abington,


49


11


7


25, Abigail J. (Hollis) Hobart,


Braintree,


75


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28, Maria L. (Branley) Shay,


Braintree,


43


10


19


30, James J. Coleraine,


Braintree,


23


11


30


Whole number of deaths in 1893, 108.


Males, 51; females, 56; unknown, 1; single, 45; married, 43 ; widowed, 18; divorced, 2.


Birthplace : Braintree, 48; other places in Massachusetts, 28 ; Ireland, 14; Maine, 8; British Provinces, 3; Vermont, 2; New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, England and Scotland, 1 each.


Ages : Under 1 year, 26; between 1 and 10, 11; between 10 and 20, 1; between 20 and 30, 7; between 30 and 40, 6; be- tween 40 and 50, 9; between 50 and 60, 10; between 60 and 70, 10; between 70 and 80, 24; between 80 and 90, 4. Average age, 41 years.


Birthplace of parents. Fathers - Braintree, 21; other places in Massachusetts, 26; Ireland, 23; British Provinces, 11; Maine, 10; England 5 ; New Hampshire, 3; Connecticut, Ver mont and New York, 1 each; unknown, 6. Mothers - Brain- tree, 11; other places in Massachusett, 35; Ireland, 26; British Provinces, 16; Maine, 7; Connecticut, New York and New Hampshire, 2 each ; Vermont and England, 1 each ; unknown, 5;


Buried in Braintree, 37; Weymouth, 23; Quincy, 23; other places, 25.


Causes of death : Pneumonia, 16; consumption, 15; heart disease, 14; paralysis, 9; diphtheria, 6; cholera infantum and.


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tumor, 5 each; Bright's disease, accidental and premature birth, 4 [each ; meningitis, burns and still-born, 2 each; dropsy, ne- phritis, rupture, scarlet fever, old age, suicide, cyrrhosis, asthma, polypus, bronchitis, colitis, enteritis, hemorrhage, neurosis, thrombosis, convulsions, dentition and brain disease, 1 each.


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TOWN RECORDS.


NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree,


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Braintree, on Monday, March 6th, 1893, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely :


ARTICLE 1 .- To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.


ART. 2 .- To hear the report of the several town officers and act thereon.


ART. 3 .- To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges the ensuing year. ·


ART. 4 .- To see if the town will accept Sections 74, 75, 76, and 77 of Chapter 27 of the Public Statutes and choose a board .of Road Commissioners.


ART. 5 .- To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year, and also to vote on the following question, as required by Chapter 54 of the Acts of 1881, namely : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"


ART. 6 .- To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring money for any purpose.


ART. 7 .- To see if the town will accept the Jury List as made by the Selectmen.


ART. 8 .- To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.


ART. 9 .- To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $175, and pay the same to General Sylvanus Thayer Post, G. A. R., for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses of memorial services on Memorial Day.


ART. 10 .- To see how the town will vote to pay the members of the fire department.


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ART. 11 .- To see if the town will vote to charge interest on all taxes that remain unpaid after a certain date.


ART. 12 .- To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to pay the interest on the water bonds and for the sinking fund established for the pay- ment of said bonds.


ART. 13 .- To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to convey pupils to and from the public schools.


ART. 14 .- To see if the town will reappropriate the unex- pended balance of money in the treasury for the completion of the new road leading from Union street to Middle street.


ART. 15 .- To see if the town will take measures to print an account of the proceedings at the two hundred and fiftieth anni- versary of its incorporation, and make an appropriation therefor.


ART. 16 .- To see if the town will vote to repeal the old and adopt a new code of By-Laws, as recommended by the Judge of the Superior Court.


ART. 17 .- To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the extension of the water main on Liberty, corner of Stetson street, to a point on Liberty, corner of Middle street.


ART. 18 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $125 for the purpose of placing four more arc lamps, or their equiva- lent in incandescents, in such location as the Selectmen shall determine.


ART. 19 .- To see if the town will reduce the percentage charged on the Hayward street extension of the water main to the regular schedule rate.


ART 20 .- To see if the town will reappropriate the unexpended balance of the money appropriated at the town meeting of Jan- uary 11th, 1893, for the purpose of extending the electric light plant.


ART. 21 .- To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of . money sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds that the Town Treasurer was authorized to issue at the town meeting of January 11th, 1893, for the purpose of extending the electric light plant,


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and to establish a sinking fund sufficient, with the accumulations thereof, to pay the principal of said bonds at their maturity.


ART. 22 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the purpose of paying the operating expenses of the electric light plant during the coming year.


ART. 23 .- To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to convey to General Sylvanus Thayer Post, G. A. R., lots No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Plain Street Cemetery, for their use as a soldiers' burial lot.


ART. 24 .- To see if the town will vote to amend Section 1 of Article 4 of the By-Laws of the town, by making the first day of January, instead of the first day of February, the beginning of the financial year.


ART. 25 .- To see if the town will instruct the Board of Select- men to borrow the sum of $3,000; said sum to be placed at the disposal of the Board of Water Commissioners to extend the water system.


ART. 26 .- To see if the town will instruct the Board of Health 1 to cause Lakeview Cemetery, so called, to be closed against future interments.


ART. 27 .- To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250; said sum to be expended by the Board of Water Commissioners for the purpose of engineering, so that a plan may.,, be laid before the town for the better protection of the borders of Little Pond.


ART. 28 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $750 for the purpose of placing in position three public drinking foun- tains-one in each part of the town; said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Water Commissioners.


ART. 29 .- To see if the town (if deemed expedient) will vote to borrow the money on notes instead of issuing bonds as voted at the town meeting held on the 11th day of January, 1893, under Article 4 in the warrant calling said meeting ; said appropriation being made under the provisions of Chap. 370 of the Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed in the year 1891.


ART. 30 .- To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate


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the sum of $32,000 for the erection of a school house and the purchase of a lot of land for the location of the same in the east section of the town, and also to determine the method of raising said money.


ART. 31 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $4,500 for the purpose of improving the heating, ventilating and sanitary system at the Iron Works schoolhouse, as required by law and as ordered by the State Inspectors of public buildings.


ART. 32 .- To see if the town will choose a Board of Health.




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