Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1901, Part 5

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Thayer, Misses Susanna and Sarah,


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Thayer, Miss R. R., Cyclopædia,


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Thayer, Rev. G. A., Cincinnati,


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The Textile Publishing Co., N. Y.,


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


RECEIPTS.


Received of Town Treasurer, $900 00


Interest on Stetson note,


100 00


Interest on Town note,


350 00


Of Librarian, fines,


36 45


Of Librarian, for catalogues, &c.,


75


Braintree Savings Bank, interest,


95


Cash due Treasurer,


5 95


$1,394 10


EXPENDITURES.


Balance due Treasurer, Jan'y 1, 1901, $6 06


Paid Abbie M. Arnold, librarian, 500 00


Abbie M. Arnold, assistant, 150 00


Charles E. Lauriat Co., books,


380 25


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal,


106 50.


Town of £ Braintree, electric


lights, . 67 50


Town of Braintree, water,


16 50


Town of Braintree, kindlings, 8 40


F. J. Barnard & Co., binding books, .


34 90


Charles E. Nye & Co., labels, slips, &c., 25 50


W. H. Guild & Co., magazines, .


42 20


C. R. & S. Crowell, controller for boiler, 10 00


A. W. Hobart, repairs,


9 70


W. A. Torrey, stationery,


3 70


C. H. Hobart, coal hod, &c.,


91


G. W. Prescott & Sons, printing,


4 75


Woodsum's Express, expressage, 4 50


John Gallivan, repairing boiler, . 2 00


J. H. Kazar, inspecting boiler, . 2 00


120


Paid Abbie M. Arnold, incidentals, . $7 79


Pratt & Pratt, printing, 1 00


N. Y. & B. Express, .


1 35


L. R. Hamersly, books


5 00


American Kitchen, magazine,


1 00


Land of Sunshine, magazine,


1 00


James T. White, book,


1 00


W. W. Borden, labor, .


34


Postage,


25


$1,394 10


N. H. HUNT,


Treasurer.


January 1, 1902.


Adjusted the above account, balance of $5.95, five and ninety-five one hundred dollars, carried to new account of 1902, to the Credit of the Treasurer.


DANIEL POTTER,


Braintree, Jan'y 15, 1902.


Auditor.


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK FOLLOWS THIS PAGE.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town Clerk


OF THE


TOWN OF BRAINTREE


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1901.


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PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.


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OBSERVER AND REPORTER PRINT: GEO. W. PRESCOTT & SONS, BRAINTREE, MASS. 1902.


Report of Town Clerk.


BRAINTREE, Jan. 1, 1902.


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


BIRTHS IN 1901.


JANUARY.


DATE. NAME.


6, Brown,


8, Arita Taft Holdgate,


9, Everett Joseph Mansfield,


9, Charles Augustus Pitts,


11, Sweeney,


20, Arthur Gordon Minniss Allen,


22, Edwin Leslie Emerson, 26, Stillborn.


30, Stillborn.


30,


- - Wyman,


Everet H. and Grace A. (Storm)


FEBRUARY.


3, Katherine Elizabeth Johnson,


6, Stillborn.


7, Eleanor Wilson,


10, Dorotha Caroline Avery,


10, Fonzie Pezzelli, Luigi and Filomena (Intrisano) 13, Leslie Robert Barrett, Herbert F. and Emma F. (Loring)


13, Stillborn.


14, Estela Bell Hanson,


15, Laura Kieswetter,


16, Frederick Arthur Burleigh,


20, Carl Nelson Williamson,


21, Pauline French McGrath,


Robert and Catherine (Healy)


Wallace and Eleanor (Burrell) Albert E. and Susan J. (Dowse)


George W. and Fanny M. (Williams) George and Grace (Ford) Charles F. and - -


- - Joseph A. and Susie (Baker) John and Sadie (French)


PARENTS' NAMES. Louis M. and Louise B. (Stewart) William F. and Clarisse (White) Francis J. and Etta M. (Beyett) Augustus and Mary J. (Frazier) Richard F. and Nellie C. (Blakeley) William F. and Sarah J. (Minniss) Edwin L. and Lora G. (Kingman)


164


FEBRUARY .- [Continued.]


DATE. NAME.


21, Walter Stanlcy Holder,


22, - Lorenzo,


24, Marion M. Dillon,


25, Albert Ralph Klay,


26, Boudro,


3, William Henry Pratt,


4, Marion Winkfield,


11, Mina Jessie Hill,


13, John Quincy Wentworth,


14, Norma Lee Drinkwater, 16, - Force,


19, Merle Elysie Kirton,


25, Charles Franklin Orcutt,


27, Clarence Everett Allen, 31, Edna Pauline Johnson,


2, Myron Frost,


6, Lawrence Alexander Lang,


13, Palner Sophie Spero,


24, Alfred Thomas Decoste, 24, Mary Elizabeth Degan, 27, Dalton, 29, Gladys Louisc Decoste,


4, Albert William Drysdale, 4, Edward John Drysdale,


5, Flora May Carpenter, 5, Henry Eaton Simonds


6, George Lawrence Tellicr, 6, Oliver Alexis Tellier, 10, Marcella Shea,


10, William Joseph Kirby, 13, Marion Elizabeth Sumner,


15, Annie Celia Levangie, 20, Garetta Ashworth, 20, Georgianna May Loring,


24, - Lynch, 31, Charlotte Edson Westland,


PARENTS' NAMES.


Maurice E. and Mary A. (Beattic) George and Lucia (Moccalti) John and Catherine (Gallivan)


Jacob and Anna M. (Weitrich) Edward and Mary (Carney)


MARCH.


William H. and Mary A. (Pratt) Fedro and Eva (Curtis)


William H. and Christy B. (Muney) Frank E. and Henrietta (Ela) Edward S. and Esther L. (Chubbuck) Edward and Delphine (Creighton) Benjamin and Maria V. (Summers) George E. and Annie (Schmidt) James D. and Huena L. (McDonald) August and Ingred (Bjorkman)


APRIL.


Walter E. and Annie (Frost) Alcxander and Mary E. (Eddy) Angelo and Cathrine (Novellino) Thomas and Rose (Mattie) Patrick H. and Nora (Mahar) Jeremiah and Mary E. (Burns) Robert and Alice (Sampson)


MAY.


George B. and Laura E. (Drysdale) George B. and Laura E. (Drysdale) William L. and Jane (Bouvie) Harry A. and Gertrude M. (Eaton) Oliver A. and Annie F. (Glynn) Oliver A. and Annie F. (Glynn) John J. and Maggie R. (McGaughey) Charles J. and Delia (McMann) Henry C. and Ethel K. (Grover) Patrick L. and Mary S. (Deeoste) Luke and Mary (Gardner) George B. and Iva (Hyland) Louis B. and Dora (Buckley) John E. and Alice E. (Dec)


165


JUNE.


DATE. NAME.


2, Theresa Grace O'Rourke,


Emma Mary Trask,


12, James Thomas Maher,


13, Joscph Brow,


13, Almer Francis Scott,


25, Miriam Gertrude Tirrell,


1, Pcarl Margaret Landry,


3, Edward Gordon Murphy,


4, Daniel Aloysius Fraser,


6, Esther McGill,


8, Wesley Rufus Woodsum,


13, John McArthur Ramsey,


16, George Robert Riley,


18, Illegitimate.


20, Chester Andrew Belyea,


24, Illegitimate.


25, Jolın Robert Carmichael,


29, William Augustus Hollis, 30, Joseph Maguire,


1, Francis Warburton, 2, Anna Elizabeth Gallivan, 9, Patrick Francis Reardon,


12, Scott,


13, Howard Wesley Dunkerley, 13, Robert Michael Frazier


14, Gertrude Harriet Frazier,


15, Elizabeth Drinkwater,


15, George Edmund Thistle, 15, Linden Curtis Heal,


18, Esther Sigrid Clarke,


PARENTS' NAMES. Francis J. and Norah M. (Swceney) George and Julia (Sullivan) John J. and Balinda A. (McNulty) Lewis and Celia (Landry) James W. and Hattie B. (Hewitt) Leon S. and Martha C. (Tirrell)


JULY.


Frank and Margaret (Levangie) John R. and Lavinia (Feehan) Stephen and Hannah (McKeough) Edward G. and Lena G. (Battles) Wesley L. and Mary A. (Ryan) Hugh C. and Margaret (McArthur) George C. and Jennie (Brown)


Walter S. and Avice (Andrew)


Fred R. and Sarah M. (Reviere) Ellsworth A. and Caroline E. (Merrill) Andrew E. and Catherine L. (Bentley)


AUGUST.


Frederick W. and Henrietta C. (Babbitt) Jeremiah F. and Nora (A. Lee) Patrick F. and Ellen (Sullivan) John and Arthur W. and Bertha M. (Blake) Robert and Katherine (Breen) Samuel W. and Gertrude H. (Hamlen) Horace R. and Eleanor R. (Clapp) Joseph D. and Emily (Gouthro) Samuel T. and Helen M. (Curtis) Albert H. and Octavia (Brown)


SEPTEMBER.


6, Nora Willimena Frazier, 6, Eileen Mulcahy,


Elias and Margaret (Decoste) John W. and Helen M. (Kelley)


166


SEPTEMBER .- [Continued.]


DATE. NAME.


10, Timothy Reardon,


12, Mabel Sophie Klaus,


12, Herbert Spencer Fox,


12, George Henry Gerrior,


13, George David Donnelly,


15, Edgar Willis Poch,


17, Agnes Gertrude Flynn,


21, Decoste,


24, O'Neil,


27, Clayton Woods Hollis,


30, Alfred Bouchard,


2, Eva Matilda Levangie,


4, Carrol Wilhelmena Murphy,


4, Lillian Jane Levangie,


9, Dwight Adelbert Chandler, 9, -- Clark,


10, Annie May Otis,


10, Hobart Wadsworth Spring, 12, Emily May Nickerson,


13, Rosa Dainte,


14. Pearl White Chapinan,


15, Dennis Francis Reardon,


15, Harold Winfield Coose,


19, Chester Howard Hillery,


20, Arthur Parker,


1, John Frazer,


8, Walter Raymond O'Connor, 15, Elizabeth Johannah Mahar,


17, Charles Henry Harnish,


20, Joseph Michael Levangie,


25, Ina May Moore,


25, William H. Williams, 25, Frederick Stanley Powers,


25, Barbara Leyzette White,


27, Illegitimate. 27, Leonard Johnson,


PARENTS' NAMES. Timothy and Mary A. (Donahue) Frank and Sophie (Carpenter) James D. and Stella B. (Barnes) George H. and Annie (Levangie) Peter C. and Catherine B. (O'Neil) Antonio G. and Arilinda E. (Torrey) Morris E. and Josephine (Maher) David and Nellie (Hickey) Jeremiah and Abbie (Quill)


Chester L. and Jessie (McIntosh) Joseph H. and Mary E. (Richardson)


OCTOBER.


Michael and Sophia (Brow) Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Gaynor) Joseph and Mary H. (Levangie) Lewis F. and Annie (Tucker) Fay and Jennie (Virgie) David and Mary A. (Decoste) Plummer C. and Mary E. (Hobart) Ephraim and Mary S. (Terry) Angelo and Jessmenia (Alard) John S. and Minnie E. (White) Dennis J. and Mary E. (Keely) Edwin F. and Ida M. (Woolf) John J. and Ruth L. (Young) Jesse and Addie (Read)


NOVEMBER.


Charles and Rosella (Breen) Edward J. and Agnes B. (Connelly) John M. and Della (Scally) Fitzgerald and Annie (Sullivan) Joseph P. and Mary (Bennett) Rudolph F. and Hattie E. (Harris) William H. and Martha A. (Blunt) John T. and Mary (McDermott) John B. and Margaret E. (Dauphine)


Alexander and Josephine (Fagel)


167


DECEMBER.


DATE. NAME. 4, Agnes Margueretta Brow, 8, William Lewis Frazier,


9, Gladys Pearl Goodspoed,


9, Joseph Augustus Frasier,


11, Olive Mildrith Nunes, 15, Daniel William Griffin, 23, Sidney Hollis Binney,


25, Stillborn.


25, Stillborn, 29, Joseph Albert Decoste,


30, Stillborn.


PARENTS' NAMES. Thomas C. and Louisa (Pitts) Martin and Victoria (Carpenter) Herbert N. and Carilline (Snow) David and Margaret A. (Frasier) George O. and Alzina T. (Harding) John D. and Mary E. (McCarthy) Henry D. and Sadie (Hollis)


Joseph H. and Mary A. (Frazier)


168


MARRIAGES IN 1901.


JANUARY. 1


DATE.


NAMES.


AGE.


RESIDENCE.


Jan. 3


Charles F. Burrell,


27


Weymouth


Edith C. Stoddard,


23


Braintree


14


Joseph Levangie,


21


Braintree


Mary H. Levangie,


17


Braintree


"


23


Thomas W. Frazier,


22


Quincy


Mary E. White,


20


Braintree


“ 26


Herbert J. Holinshead


26


Braintree


Annie J. Delory,


20


Braintree


FEBRUARY.


Feb. 7


Bert F. Hollis,


27


Braintree


Margaret McDowell,


27


Braintree


“ 12


Thomas H. Gould,


22


Quincy


Bertha R. Tenney,


22


Braintree


MARCH.


Mar. 9


Dennis E. Kiley,


26


Braintree


Florence May Powers,


20


Weymouth


“ 23


William J. Powers,


28


Braintree


Edith M. (Gardner) Stanwood,


25


Norwell


APRIL.


Apr. 2


Judson A. Smith,


35


Braintree


Emma Jane Fletcher,


34


Boston


« 10


Arthur B. French, 23


Braintree


Edith M. Holbrook,


18


Randolph


11 Frank E. Beals,


21


Holbrook


Laura M. Woodsum,


20


Braintree


" 17


Abraham Levangie, Mary Callahan,


27


Braintree


24


Braintree


24 Alfred Grover Smith,


24


Braintree


Ethel Ardella Belcher,


21


Braintree


29 Jordan L. Mott, 3rd,


19


Braintree


Caroline W. Pitkin,


21


Braintree


169


MAY.


NAMES.


AGES.


RESIDENCES.


William Watson Saunders,


52


Braintree


Harriet Edwards,


26


Braintree


George W. Reviere,


24


Braintree


Flora M. Daily,


20


Braintree


JUNE.


June 5


George H. Wilde,


27


Holbrook


Isabella C. Gallagher,


24


Braintree


Fred M. Crocker,


21


Braintree


Elsie P. Noyes,


19


Weymouth


12


Michael McEvoy,


38


Braintree


Joanna Singleton,


27


Quincy


66


12


Charles S. Vinton,


21


Braintree


Rosanna L. White,


26


Braintree


66


19


Maurice A. Colbert,


42


Braintree


Ethel S. Mayo,


27


Braintree


Joseph S. Glover,


22


Braintree


Emily S. Young,


24


Braintree


Arthur M. Young,


23


Braintree


Margaret Jameson,


20


Braintree


James T. Semple,


28


Braintree


Lena M. Romans,


22


Braintree


John Hyacinth Sullivan,


30


Braintree


Louise Frances Locke,


25


Rockland


John J. Dunkerly,


23


Braintree


Margaret M. McDonald,


22


Quincy


Lawrence I. Hewes,


25


Braintree


Agnes Danforth,


28


Braintree


Roland MacDonald,


36


Braintree


Grace Dyer Cleverly,


31


Abington


George J. Poch,


25


Braintree


Annie S. Roberts,


23


Boston


JULY.


July 1


Patrick Henry O'Connor,


37


Weymouth


Sarah J. Kelley,


40


Braintree


Nelson E. Hayden, Jr.,


27


Braintree


Ethel May Brigham,


23


Braintree


66


20


21


26


26


27


"


27


29


DATE. May 28


31


66


12


19


“ 21


170


AUGUST.


DATE.


NAMES.


AGES.


RESIDENCES.


Aug 14


Frederick L. Flowers,


22


Braintree


Daisy L. D. White,


21


Braintree


“: 21


Wallace A. Wyeth,


22


Braintree


Ada A. Kearney,


21


Braintree


SEPTEMBER.


Sept. 3


David Ford,


23


Braintree


Maria Decoste,


17


Braintree


66


4


Lawrence A. Thayer,


30


Holbrook


Marion G. Hollis,


31


Braintree


11


Joseph Francis Costello,


35


Quincy


Elsie Estelle Drinkwater,


26


Braintree


66


12


Percy A. Whitcomb,


28


Braintree


Lizzie M. Collins,


20


Braintree


66


15


William J. DeYoung,


22


Braintree


Eliza J. Kearney,


20


Quincy


25


Frederick W. White,


27


Weymouth


Lydia G. Godfrey,


19


Braintree


26


Drew B. Hall,


25


Fairhaven


Charlotte G. Lane,


38


Braintree


66


28


Horace W. Chick,


18


Braintree


Mabel Jackson,


16


Braintree


OCTOBER.


Oct. 1


Charles G. Jordan,


26


Braintree


Cora May Hackett,


26


Wakefield


6


9


Frederick R. Griffin,


25


Braintree


Edith J. Bell,


25


Southampton


66


9 Otto W. Peterson,


41


New York


Susie F. Poole,


32


Braintree


14


Perley E. Barbour,


22


Braintree


Mary A. Graham,


23


Quincy


16


Charles W. Baker,


27


Weymouth


Cora A. Ratcliffe,


24


Braintree


66


20


Duley N. Courtemanche,


29


Braintree


Annie M. Parker,


22


Braintree


=


20


James J. Killian,


22


Braintree


Katherine A. Lynch,


22


Boston


“ 20


Charles R. Richards,


26


Braintree


Lillian H. Gay,


24


Dighton


171


OCTOBER .- [Continued.]


DATE.


NAMES.


AGES.


RESIDENCES.


Oct. 22


Henry N. Jenks,


23


Cheshire


Edna M. Fleming,


20


Adams


Dennis F. Brennan,


38


Randolph


Agnes Branley,


29


Braintree


Otis B. Oakman,


36


Boston


Mary L. French,


28


Braintree


C. S. Parker,


42


Rochester, N. H.


O. A. (Hussey) Denbroader,


35


Braintree


NOVEMBER.


Nov. 16


Andrew J. Burns,


27


Braintree


Mary Cahill,


25


Braintree


Fred A. Tenney,


18


Braintree


Elizabeth Link,


18


Braintree


Walter Geiger,


22


Braintree


Mabel Perry,


22


Braintree


Herbert W. Jones,


24


Braintree


Eva M. Dyer,


24


Randolph


Peter Frazier,


26


Braintree


Ann De Young,


20


Braintree


66


27


Thomas Downes,


27


Braintree


Anna T. Colbert,


21


Braintree


Joseph J. Kingsbury,


33


Braintree


Gertrude E. Smith,


30


Exeter, N. H.


DECEMBER.


Dec. 7


James L. Taylor,


24


Boston


Margaret Hamilton,


24


Boston


Fred A. Hayden,


25


Braintree


Abbie M. White,


25


Weymouth


Walter Curtis Edson,


32


Braintree


Ella MacGreggor,


31


Braintree


14


John O'Brien,


39


Quincy


Margaret E. Carpenter,


27


Braintree


23


John Milton Townsend,


30


Pennington, N. J.


Ellen Harding Cobb,


24


Braintree


Peter McGibbon, Jr.,


24


Braintree


Jennie DeCoste,


18


Braintree


Michael Shea,


25


Braintree


Florence Smith,


16


Braintree


66


21


23


66


27


27


28


11


14


23


26


23


23


30


.


1


172


DECEMBER .- Continued. ]


DATE.


NAMES.


AGES.


RESIDENCES.


Dec. 25


Alfred Annis,


29


Braintree


Florence Lula Carver,


24


Wilmantic, Conn.


25


Walter E. H. Phillips,


28


Worcester.


Eva M. Smith,


21


Braintree.


Whole number of marriages, 69.


Birthplace of males-Braintree, 13; other places in Massachusetts, 31; British Provinces, 5; Ireland, 4; New Jersey, 3; New Hampshire, 2; Maine, 2; England, 2; Scotland, 2; Vermont 1; Pennsylvania, 1; Ohio, 1; Iowa, 1; New York, 1.


Females-Braintree, 19; other places in Massachusetts, 20; British Provinces, 13; New Hampshire, 4; Maine, 3; Ireland, 3; Scotland, 2; Illinois, 1; Connecticut, 1; England, 1; Syria, 1; unknown, 1.


Residence of males-Braintree, 49; Quincy, 4; Weymouth, 4; Holbrook, 3; Randolph, 1; other places in Massachusetts, 5; New Hampshire, 1; New York, 1; New Jersey, 1.


Females-Braintree, 46; Quincy, 4; Weymouth, 3; Randolph, 2; other places in Massachusetts, 11; New Hampshire, 1; Connecticut, 1; Maine, 1.


Marriages solemnized in Braintree, 37; Quincy, 10; Boston, 11; Weymouth, 3; Randolph, 2; Southampton, Wakefield, Abington, Rockland, Provincetown, New Hampshire, one each.


173


DEATHS IN 1901.


JANUARY.


DATE. NAME.


BIRTHPLACE.


AGE.


Y.


M.


D.


2, Sarah Storrs Cornelius,


Plainfield, Conn.


61


1


21


4, Edward J. McGibbon,


Scotland


24


11


6


10, Elizabeth Leahy,


Charlottetown, P.E.I. 35


22, Harriet Jane Hinds,


Portland, Me.,


88


4


1


26, Stillborn,


Braintree,


-


-


26, Alfred B. Smith,


Braintree,


-


-


18


28, Annie F. Stoddard,


Boston,


61


8


4


30, Stillborn,


Braintree,


FEBRUARY.


5, Martin L. Tupper,


Kingston,


77


11


2


6, Stillborn,


Braintree,


-


-


-


-


-


4


Frances E. Tucker,


England,


49


9


16


20, Mary Ann Cary Keith,


Easton,


69


6


5


21, Delia Sampson Thayer,


Weymouth,


84


6


15


24, -- Lorenzo,


Braintrce,


-


2


25, Maud Cook,


England,


45


-


26, Honora E. Crowe,


Ireland,


74


10


-


MARCH.


Braintree,


-


-


1


Weymouth,


44


6


-


9, Mary J. Dyer,


Braintree,


64


10


22


11, Thomas J. Gaughan,


Ireland,


37


2


-


16, William A. Hollis,


Weymouth,


63


3


25


17, James Maher,


Ireland


65


-


22, Rachael C. Bryant,


[Probably] Bristol, Me.,


77


5


3


31, Irene Lucretia Wheeler,


Braintree,


13


7


27


-


13, Stillborn,


Braintrce,


17, , Francis L. Wyman,


Pcru, Me.,


38


18, [18, Parker S. Bond,


Braintrcc,


10


7


-


4, Alice Maud Wynot,


5, Margaret T. Donahue,


174


APRIL.


DATE. NAME.


6, Annie Downs,


7, Charles Henry Sprague,


So. Boston,


14


10


4


8, Eliphaz E. Thayer,


Weymouth,


70


5


19


10, Henrietta S. Wardwell,


Providence, R. I.,


68


-


28


11, Patrick Francis,


Ireland,


35


-


-


Braintree,


3


8


13


. 29, Herbert N. Goodspecd,


Mattapoisett,


39


11


8


Braintree,


83


11


12


MAY.


3, Thomas Davis,


N. H.


82


-


-


Braintree,


38


6


15


9, Mary J. MeMahon,


Ireland,


68


9


-


11, William C. Daniels,


Boston,


82


2


27


12, Thomas Leslie Allen,


Braintree,


-


7


28


13, William Briggs Lincoln,


Boston,


53


10


17


17, Henry L. Kenerson,


Hingham,


68


1


25


28, David Levangie,


Nova Scotia,


25


5


4


JUNE.


5, Annie Cecelia Levangie,


7, Charles Baldwin,


Andover,


62


3 19


10, Mary E. Stone,


Boston,


38


3


16


12, Joseph Sumner Hilliard,


Pittsfield, N. H.,


78


3


19


15, William Patterson,


Ireland,


72


-


-


19, Ralph K. Watson,


Braintree,


15


3


4


21, John W. Burnham,


Kingston,


48


9


25


30, Lucy Catherine Kelley,


Boston,


56


7


15


JULY.


29, Rebecca Frances Thompson,


Weymouth,


63


8


16


29, Woodbridge Shaw,


Braintree,


-


10


18


AUGUST.


8, Mary Emma Putnam,


Marlboro,


21


5


16


23, Mary Frances Gillispie,


Boston,


-


7


4


Ireland,


56


-


-


6


Braintree,


-


-


15, Annie Louise Abererombie,


Boston,


35


/


13, Philip Nixon,


30, Lewis Thayer,


BIRTHPLACE.


AGE.


4, Ella E. Hart,


175


SEPTEMBER.


DATE. NAME.


1, Georgiana May Loring


1, George W. La Fayett,


2, Esther Madeline Polley,


East Boston,


7


9


11


10, Swan Nelson,


Sweden,


48


10


10, Joseph Henry Thayer,


16, Christopher T. Bailey,


Kingston,


68


7


16


16, Edward E. Brennan,


North Abington,


28


-


27


17, Eva Brown McGlone,


Holbrook,


-


7


15


18, C. Lyman Gates,


Milton,


66


2


24


19, Antonio Pennachhio,


Italy,


30


20, Harry S. Allan,


Nova Scotia,


26


5


16


23, Samuel L. Dyer,


Braintree,


77


6


2


Braintree,


Providence, R. I.,


73


4


26


NOVEMBER.


Boston,


55


8


27


North Easton,


6


1


26


24, Sarah A. Penniman,


Holbrook,


88


3


11


Braintree,


54


2


24


DECEMBER.


Braintree,


28


8


27


Braintree,


8


11


8, Melvine Andrew Farmer,


10, Fidelia L. Randall,


14, John T. Noonan,


Dedham,


12


2


22


20, Lafayette Richards,


Maine,


65


9


-


26, Stillborn,


Braintree,


-


-


26, Stillborn,


28, William E. Clark,


Kingston,


23


1


13


30, Stillborn,


30, Cornelius Alexander Perry,


Shoreham, Vt.,


72


*2


25


31, Christina Jorgensen,


Dennis,


18


3


7


-


3


12


Canada,


45


-


-


-


Braintree,


77


-


-


-


·


1


14, Frances Longbottom,


England,


77


7


4


Braintree,


-


1


-


-


Whole number of deaths 87; males, 46; females, 41; single, 36; married, 34; widowed, 17.


Birthplace-Braintree,27 ; other places in Massachusetts, 32; Ireland, 7; Maine, 5; British Provinces, 4; England 3; Rhode Island, 2; New Hampshire, 2; Connecti- cut, Vermont, Scotland, Sweden, Italy, one each.


-


-


28, Stephen P. Wardwell,


8, Anna J. Loring,


23, Helen Carlton Gifford,


29, Mary Hollis Kelley,


2, Emma Deforest,


6, Charles Franklin Orcutt,


Waterford, Me ,


34


-


Easton,


79


3


-


24, O'Neil,


BIRTHPLACE.


AGE.


Braintree,


Braintree,


176


Agcs-Under one year, 19; between 1 and 10, 3; between 10 and 20, 4; between 20 and 30, 7; between 30 and 40, 10; between 40 and 50, 7; between 50 and 60, 5; be- twccn 60 and 70, 14; between 70 and 80, 12; between 80 and 90, 6.


Birthplace-Fathers : Braintree, 7; other places in Massachusetts, 27; Ircland, 9; British Provinces, 9; not known, 8; Maine 7; Italy, 4; Sweden, 3; New Hamp- shire, Rhode Island, New York, England, 2 each; Connecticut, Vermont, Ohio Scotland, Denmark 1 each.


Mothers : Braintree, 7; other places in Massachusetts, 26; not known, 12; Ire- land, 9; British Provinces, 8; Maine, 6; Italy, 4; Rhode Island, New York, Sweden, 3 each; New Hampshire, England, 2 each; Connecticut, Scotland, 1 each.


Diseases-Heart Disease, 13; Tuberculosis, 8; Pneumonia, 7; Stillborn, 6; Apo- plexy, 6; Cancer, 5; Meningitis, 5; Bright's Disease, 4; Premature Birth, 3; Arte- rial Stenosis, 2; Accident, 2; Anemia, Influenza, Mumps, Carcinoma Uteri, Ampis Pectus ; Nephrites, Toxemia, Ulcers, Diabetes, Convulsions; Cholcra Infan- tum, Acute Albumen, Carcinoma, Marasmus, Intestinal Obstructions, Pistol wound; Embolism of Pulmonary Artery, Seplicaemia, Chronic Cystites, Typhoid Fever, Parcsis, Tetanus, Hepatitis, Dropsy, Bronchitis, Natural causes, 1 each.


TOWN RECORDS.


WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.


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 Wednesday, the second day of January, 1901, at seven and one- half o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :-


Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.


Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to revoke and rescind the vote passed at the Town meeting held December 4th, 1900, relative to a division of the Town into precincts.


Art. 3. To see if the Town will reconsider the vote passed December 4th, 1900, whereby the Town voted to adopt the official ballot at future meetings of the Town for the election of Town Officers.


Art. 4. To see if the Town will accept the division of the Town into voting precincts as made by the Selectmen in com- pliance with a vote passed at a Town meeting held December 4, 1900.


Art. 5. To choose or hear the report of any committee.


You are to give notice of this meeting by posting up true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this Town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer.


178


Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the time of said meet- ing.


Given under our hands at Braintree, this twenty-sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.


ANSEL O. CLARK, WM. W. MAYHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD, Selectmen of Braintree.


A true copy, - Attest :


JOHN F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.


BRAINTREE, January 2, 1901.


In accordance with the foregoing warrant the town met at the time and place specified. The warrant was then read by the Town Clerk.


Article 1. Upon ballot with the use of the check list Mr. F. A. Hobart was chosen moderator and was sworn by the Town Clerk.


Voted that during this meeting speeches be limited to ten minutes and that no person be allowed to speak but once on any one subject.


Art. 2. Voted that the subject matter of Article 2 be indef- initely postponed.


Art. 3. Laid on the table


Art. 4 taken up. The report of the Selectmen required by Chapter 548, Section 163 of the Acts of 1898, and by vote of the town passed Dec. 4, 1900, having been filed in the Town Clerk's office the required length of time was presented to the town by that officer.


Voted to amend the report as follows, viz : that portion des- ignated in the report as South Precinct shall be numbered 1; that portion designated as North Precinct shall be numbered 2 ; that portion designated as East Precinct shall be numbered 3.


179


Voted to accept and adopt the report as amended, 131 gen- tlemen voting in the affirmative and 92 gentlemen in the neg- ative.


Voted to adjourn sine die.


A true record,-Attest :


H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.


WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.


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 Friday, the twenty-fifth day of January, 1901, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :-


Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Section 349 of Chapter 548 of the Acts of 1898, rela- tive to the establishment of precinct voting for all Town officers to be chosen at the annual Town election, and for voting on the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors.


You are to give notice of this meeting by posting up true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this Town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Bee.


Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the time of said meet- ing.


Given under our hands at Braintree, this fourteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and one.




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