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Peter and Mary (Doucetto)
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SEPTEMBER.
Date, Name.
6 Stanley Charles Buker
7 Walter Kenneth Harlinan
7 Jessie Eva Watt
9 Dorothy Louise McKeough
9 Maurice Fletcher Stoddard
9 Sumner Crossman Grover
11 Richard Albion Cain
11 Edna Catherine Gannon
15 Marion Evelyn Tracey
16 Sarah Morrison
17 Alexander Bullock, Jr.
18 Edith Laverna Merchant
18 Mary Elizabeth Vinton
18 Marion Gordon
19
William Alexander Pittendreigh, Jr. William A. and Ninita T.
19
Scotland Jane Pearson
29 Margaret Jane DeCoste
29 Francis Tenisi
16 Antonncia
Parent's Name.
Charles F. and Annie G. (Caesar) Walter E. and Joanna M. (Griffin) James G. and Eva E. (Hansen) Joseph S. and Louise (Levangie) Fletcher F. and Katherine M. (Fuller)
Ezra S. and Julia M. (Aspinwall) Ralph C. and Edith E. (Waters) Timothy L. and Bertha L. (Bergeron) Edward I. and Mary M. (DeYoung) Alva and Amy (Gallagher) Alexander and Hannah (Morrison) Everett L. and Sarah L. (Bailey) Harry F. and Elnora (Holcomb) Simon and Rose (Lurie)
(Ferdinand) Scott R. and Gladis (Pierson) John M. and Mary (Mattie) Nunziato and Teresa Raphael and Violet (Moresia)
OCTOBER.
2 Robert Tracey Rogers
3 Angelo Greco
G John Joseph Petrell
10 Catherine Drummond Brown
10 Priscilla Rose Harris
12 Ina Thayer Smith
15 Hazel Blake
15 Catherine Olive Delory
16 Linda Modesta Juidice
17 Inez Fletcher Wilder
23 Alexander McCartney
Jesse D. and Anna M. (Tracey) Leonardo and Tamassena (DeMarco) James J. and Mollie A. (Dianto) Charles and Ruth R. (Young) William and Elizabeth (Kendrick) Charles and Jennie E. (Cross) Walter T. and Mary G. (Johnston) Walter E. and Florence (Hennessey) Michael M. and Lucia (Fabiano) Joseph H. and Henrietta W. (Phillips) John and Mary (McCann)
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Date. Name.
24 Frederick Albert Nickerson
24 'Herbert Alton Rowell
25 Flora Elizabeth Cannon
26 Frank Warner Daily
26 Elizabeth Frances Hollis
28 Charles Andrew Lund
29 Doris Sanford Jones
29 Robert Lawrence Turpie
30 Olive Madeline Breen
31 Howard Milton Tirrell Ernest and Lena (Durfee)
NOVEMBER.
4 .Grace Cardaraple
6 James Edwin Landry
8 Stillborn
8 Beatrice Code
9 Marguerite Natalie Dunbar
12 Walter Warren Frazier
12 John Harold McCartney ;
12
George Middleton Buckley
15 Marjorie Louise Parker
16 Esther Louise Nelson
19 Stillborn
19 Alice Cecelia Armstrong
21 Richard Austin Haskell
24 Amy Althea Hoe
28 Dean Jackson Kingsbury
Joseph and Caroline E. (Novelline) John P. and Jennie E. (Levangie)
Ralph J. and Margaret T. (McCabe) Carl B. and Jeannette P. (Gibbs) Peter and Annie E. (DeYoung) William J. and Irene M. (Jackson) George T. and Lucy F. (Condon) William H. and Edith H. (Rowell) Ernest W. and Eva E. (Briggs)
Robert and Elizabeth (Lamb) ' Myron A. and Ora A. (Simonds) Arthur W. and Mabel (Merchant) Joseph J. and Gertrude (Smith)
28 William Sidney Levangie, Jr. William S. and Margaret (Levangie)
DECEMBER.
1 Louise Davenport
2 Stillborn
8 Thomas Robert Shutt
10 John Batchelder Holmes, Jr.
Willard M. and Ethel L. (Dodge)
William J. and Mary A. (Durkin) John B. and Maude L. (Francis)
Parents' Name.
Albert B. and Jessie F. (McLeod) William E. and Edith M. (Parker) Howard A. and Sarah M. (McDonald) Charles H. and Helen L. (West) Leonard W. and Carrie F. (Kaler) Alfred F. and Mary A. (Mahoney) Edward B. and Bertha M. (Sanford) Robert E. and Alice (Collins) Joseph B. and Mary J. (Melong)
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Date, Name.
Parent's Name.
13
Ruth Iris Huberta Fuller Hubert W. and N. Josephine (Miller)
16 Mary Bates Julius and Mary (Kukin)
17 Francis Waldo Richards
Pierce T. and Marie C. (Cronin)
23 Eilsnen McInerney
25 Nicholas Barill
27 Catherine Kerr
29 Barber
30 Lillian Lundgren "
31
Petrell
Thomas J. and Mary M. (Fitzgerald) Leonard and Paulina (Berandino) Peter and Clara (Githrus) John W. and Annie (Hutchinson)
Robert and Rose (Fox) Michael D. and Nellie (Diauto)
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MARRIAGES IN 1912
DATE. NAME.
AGE. RESIDENCE.
Jan.
9 Perlie H. McEachern Elsie I. Watson
19
Braintree
19 Braintree
25 Henry B. Vinton
60 Braintree
Adelena V. (Rogers) Eldredge
48 Malden
29 William H. Goodwin
19 Weymouth
Florence E. Hansen
17 Braintree
30 Joseph Benjamin Breen
27 Quincy
Mary Jane (Melong) Jones
37
Braintree
Feb.
1 Edwin S. Harvey
34
Randolph
Louise Viola Payne
24
Randolph
2 Arthur Carter
21 Braintree
Julia Griffin
23 Braintree
4 Charles Franklin David
55 Braintree
Sarah Louise Forsythe
53
Braintree
7 Richard Thomas Bradford Mollie Estelle Hodges
20 Braintree
13 Walter Eastman Hartman Joanna Marie Griffin
22 Braintree
14 Edwin F. Trufant Julia Frances (Connelly) Dunn
29 Braintree
21 Braintree
17 George C. Hill Mary E. Cronin
22 Weymouth
25 Braintree
18 Armeilio Colangelo Pasqualina Farina
25 Braintree
18 Charles DeCoste
39 East Boston
Jane (Kavanagh) Frazier
47 Braintree
1
March
4 William Farquharson, Jr., Martha Drysdale
22 Quincy
18 Braintree
5 Levine Besile
23 Braintree
19 Braintree
20 James C. McNeil
21 Quincy
Alice G. Wilson
20 Braintree
28 Robert C. Robbins
21 Braintree
Caroline A. Tinkbam
18 Weymouth
April
7 Harry E. Cone Ethel G. Babcock
24 Braintree
19 Braintree
1
29
Braintree
21 Watertown
33 Braintree
Beralina DeBermadine
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DATE. NAME.
AGE. RESIDENCE.
22 Braintree
19 Braintrec
25 Donato Lurusso
40 Braintree
Angelena (Geneveva) Beninati
28 Braintree
26 Albert B. Nickerson
29 Braintree
Jessie F. Macleod
28
Braintree
May
25 Harrison N. Williams
23
Braintree
Helen I. Waage
20 Boston
26 Thomas Connell
37 Braintree
Alberta M. Carter
35 Braintree
28 Richard Moorey
32 Braintree
Cathren F. (McDonald) Johnson
31 Braintree
29 Charles Goss
24 Braintree
Flora K. Ramsay
23 Weymouth
June
1 Dallas P. Monk Hazel Ames
25 Pepperell
4 Joseph Gregg Morrison Mary Merrill Bates
26 Braintree
5 Arthur Henry Hastings Addie May Mckean
22
Braintree
9 George Albert Levangie Jennie M. Culliane
32
Braintree
9 Henry S. Arnold Lillian G. Green
20 Braintree
12 James O. Sypher
47 Braintree
Margaret (Ervin) Williams
24 Braintree
12 Frederick K. Hollenbeck May M. Sperry
24 Braintrec
35 Boston
15 Edwin R. Olin Anna C. Clapp
34 Braintree
16 Orland James Bean
20 East Boston
Margaret H. Levangic
21 Braintree
16 Gaetano Melchinno Maria V. Azato
19 Braintree
24 Boston
18 Joseph M. Selig Laura M. (Wile) Johnson
25 Braintree
18 Edwin F. Watkins "
50 Braintree
Emma C. (Chase) Whidden
55 Braintree
20 Howard A. Cannon Sarah M. Macdonald
40 Braintree
33 Braintree
29 Braintree
26 Exeter, N. H.
38 Braintree
27
Braintree
20
Braintree
21 Braintree
28 Braintree
7 Charles Peterson Elizabeth Hill
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DATE. NAME.
AGE. RESIDENCE.
25 William P. Kelley
29 Braintree
Mary L. McCarthy
29 Weymouth
26 Emmons R. Stockwell
22 Akron, Ohio
Hazel E. Hamilton
22 Braintree
26 Russell E. Dexhimer Gladys W. Beane
18
Weymouth
24 Braintree
27 Sanford Warren Hobart
37
Braintree
Bertha Louise Dean
39 Auburndale
29 Frank B. Kingsbury Mabel H. Kingsbury
37
Braintree
July
3 John L. Behan Mary A. McGaughey
28
Brockton
30
Braintree
17 Henry Burton Brown
21
Braintree
Mildred F. Pentz
20 Braintree
24 James N. Mitchell
23 Pittsfield, N. H.
Laura Green Sanborn
19
London, N. H.
27 James Lockhart Janette H. Lang
25
Braintree
Aug.
1 Paul St. Clare Jennings Jennie L. Faulkner
23
Braintree
20
Braintree
10 Harry W. Stewart Edith Small
22
Braintree
21 Braintree
12 Cyril Durwood Bond Cynthia Louise Cowing
28
Braintree
14 George William Holmes
24
Braintree
Edna Louise Walsh
19 Spencer
31 Braintree
28 Joseph E. Smith Evelyn Cahill
19 Braintree
Sept.
4 Ernest W. Nelson Eva Briggs
19
Braintree
9 Stephen P. Fitzpatrick Martha Levangie
20 Braintree
28
St. Albans, Vt.
10 William O. Wise Anna H. Ellis
29
Braintree
11 Albert E. Babcock Helen E. Bayley
24
Braintree
12 James F. Moore
21 Braintree
Helen Levangie
18 Braintree
17 Henry M. Hollis Henrietta J. Parker
20
Braintree
22
Brockton
30
Taunton
37 Braintree
22 Braintree
.
44 Proctor, Vt.
27 Auburn, N. Y.
26
Lawrence
70
DATE. NAME.
AGE. RESIDENCE.
21
Herman Siggelin Ellen Erikson
25 Quincy
23 Braintree
25 Ernest M. Kennerson
33
Quincy
Mary A. Fairburn
33 Braintree
28 F. Wilbur Mottley Ida Louise Poore
30
Braintree
28 Seth Catlin, Jr., Gertrude L. Maher
22
Lynn
29 Guiseppe Coczella Giesepene Iocne
22 Braintree
30 Ferdon Shaw
25 Braintree
Olive H. Thompson
26
Braintree
Oct.
7 Alexander Levangie
23 Braintree
Fannie Frazier
22 Braintree
7 Harold F. Hildz
25
Boston
Leah M. Gibson
25 Braintree
9 Benjamin Ross
24 Weymouth
Laura Newcomb
23 Braintree
15 Andrew C. Gaab
26 Elizabeth, N. J.
Elizabeth A. McNeil
27 Braintree
16 Herbert C. Crawford
24 Houlton, Me.
Nellie Belyea
24
Braintree
17 Joseph Canavan
36 Brockton
Margaret Mooney
22
Braintree
22 Henry J. Starr
24 Braintree
Josephine Arbuckle
21 Weymouth
23 John B. Crowe Mary Starkey
26
Revere
23 Harry Gordon Annis Beatrice Loring
21 Braintree
25 George Maxwell
58 St. John, N. B.
Adelaide A. (Whiting ) Smith
44 Braintree
27 Jeremiah P. Frazier
49 Braintree
Margaret (Brean) Frazier
47 Braintree
30 Jeremiah Cotter Mary Ferrick
24 Braintree
30 Gustave A. Zinther Mary Young
18 Braintree
30 Herbert Ellis Holbrook
22 Braintree
Maude Evelyn Hannon
22 Dorchester
31 Thomas G. Corbin
50 Braintree
Elvaretta (Johnson) Coates
45 Braintree
28
N. Y. City, N. Y.
28 Braintree
26 Braintree
31 Braintree
22 Mattapan
24 Braintree
25 Braintree
71
DATE. NAME.
AGE. RESIDENCE.
Nov.
5 Thomas J. Mavor Mildred Spear
23
Braintree
21 Braintree
9 Everett O. Rowell Violet A. Roberts
21
Braintree
20 Braintree
9 Arthur Lewis Patstone Mabel Rozelle Wood
26
Braintree
21 Emery H. Bryant
72
Braintree
Lydia E. (Randall) Ryder
72
Braintree
27 John J. O'Connell
27
Brockton
Marie L. Levangie
30 Braintree
27 Robert James Elliott Ada Grace Fogarty
24 Braintree
27 Hugo A. Virchow
21 Braintree
Catherine May Warner
19 Weymouth
28 William Andrew Mccabe
33 Quincy
Elizabeth Frazier
35
Braintree
Dec.
15 Giovanno B. Roscio Maria A. Rinolda
30
Braintree
18
Braintree
24 Henry F. Bouvier
27
Braintree
Louise Caron
18 Braintree
28 Bernard Golden
32 Braintree
Margaret (Gartland) Taylor
41 Braintree
31 Herbert J. Eno
34 Braintree
- M. Viola Hollis
24 Braintree
Whole number of marriages, 91.
Birthplace of Males-Braintree, 13; other places in Massachu- setts, 35; British Provinces, 15; Maine, 7; Italy, 6; New York, 2; Ireland, 2; Rhode Island, 2; Virginia, Michigan, Iowa, New Jersey, Wisconsin, England, Sweden, Scotland, Germany, 1 each.
Birthplace of Females-Braintree, 18; other places in Massa- chusetts, 35; British Provinces, 19; Italy, 5; New Hampshire, 3; England, 2; Ireland, 2; Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont, New York, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, 1 each.
Residence of Males-Braintree, 56; other places in Massachu- setts, 24; British Provinces, 2; New York, 2; New Hampshire, 2; Vermont, 2; Ohio, Maine, New Jersey, 1 each.
Residence of Females-Braintree, 75; other places in Massa- chusetts, 14; New Hampshire, New York, 1 each.
Marriages solemnized in Braintree, 58; Boston, 11, Weymouth, 10; Quincy, 2; Revere, 2; Maine, 2; Lynn, Pepperell, Hingham, Raynham, Spencer, Vermont, 1 each.
33
Moncton, N. B.
32
Brooklyn, N. Y.
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DEATHS IN 1912
DATE. NAME.
BIRTHPLACE. AGE.
Jan. 2 John F. Kelly
Dalton
34-11 --
12 Michael F. Walsh
Ireland
37-2-2
12 Will Watson Mayhew
Braintree
54-11-28
13 Martha J. Grover
Hudson, N. H.
79-3-2
15 Maria Louisa Jenkins
Braintree
86- . 7
16 Eliza Jane Cushman
Randboro, Can. 46-7-14
18 Joseph Vinuti
Braintree
14
24 Margaret Cullinan
Ireland
54-5-9
24 Mary Jane Caswell
Northampton
59- 1-28
28 Homa May Tuck
Braintree -11
Feb.
5 Mary E. Quinn
Ireland
63-3-3
7 Paul Jones Minchin
Portland, Me.
86-2-16
10 Edward Fenderson 1
Biddeford, Me.
31-9 -= 21
17 Mary Elizabeth Hollis
Braintree
28-6-5
20 Unknown
22 Dorothy Gardner
Boston
3-13
23 Mahala Brown French
Waterford, Me.
83- - 3-5
24 Charles Lawrence Durell
Braintree 1-
Mar.
3 George Moody
Norse Moble, Me. 52-10-11
Braintree
- 4-16
37
Braintree
3-23
9 Helen M. Abell
Braintree
1 -20
11 Hannah Amanda Saville
Randolph
81-7-15
15 Annie B. Brackett
Fall River
49-11-3
16 Charles Webster Hollis
Braintree 52-9-8
19 George Sumner
Milton 69-8-24
Apr.
2 Mary Baxter Pennock
Braintree
40- - 7
Braintree
23-1-24
4 Eliza Jane Curtis
Nova Scotia
84-2-26
6 Janette Stewart
Scotland
35
8 James Francis Glover
Quincy
92- 2-14
11 Stillborn
12 Lidia E. Callaghan
Callais, Me.
81-3-18
18 Gardner Johnson Hazelton
Westbrook, Me ..
72-6-9
5 Charles D. Edwards
6 Lottie O'Brien
7 Frederick H. Storme
3 Frederick F. Gerrior
Braintree
73
DATE. NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
AGE.
England
53-11-13
26 Carmella Larusso
29 Timothy Hall Libby
Maine
80-11-26
May
3 Selma Ohlson
Sweden
40-1-8
6 Mercy Burbank Whitman
Carver
74- 8-20
6 Gordon
Braintree
2 hours
9 Edward Holmes
England
71-4-8
11 Worth A. Green
Randolph
64-11-23
21 Laura L. Hinckley
Hyannis
55-7-10
23 Freeman Allen Arnold
Braintree
63-10-17
29 Lahua Ellen Tuomisto
30 Lillian Boudreau
Laconia, N. H.
28
June
1 Elsie Estelle Costello
Braintree
37- 9-23
3 Georgione Generoso
Italy
35
7 Phebe Augusta White
Quincy
65-4-7
20 John Sweet
Norton
75-6-1
23 Edward Petrell
Braintree
-10-
Ireland 64
Nova Scotia
69-2-28
E. Weymouth
42-2-15
29 Stillborn
Braintree
Braintree -
1
July
4 Anna Gertrude Hilliard
Braintree
49-9-11
4 Ann M. Huston
Ireland
69-11-23
9 Isabella Foster
Camden, Me.
54- 5-12
11 Edward Santacroce
Braintree
2
12 Harriet Burrell Arnold
Weymouth
90-7-12
18 Edwin Ruthoven Gustin
Troy, Me.
65-2-5
20 Baker
Boston
5
22 Mary Emma Newcomb
27 John Todd Siders
Hingham
71- -25
29 Earle W. Bower
Braintree 2-20
29 Mary A. Hill
Durham, Me.
78- . 4-22
Aug.
1 Francis Warburton
4 Frank H. Bates
5 Pietro Coppola
5 Addie M. Dow
7 Lydia A. Brooks
Braintree 11
Charlestown
48
Italy
35
Claremont, N. H.
64-9-14
Yarmouth, N. S.
66-11-3
25 Honora O'Connell
26 Mary Fraser Roulston
29 George E. Orcutt
29 Newcomb
Braintree
8-26
25 George Henry Creed
1-2-15
Pawtucket, R. I. 63- 4-21
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DATE. NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
AGE.
Boston
40-16-13
Boston 67- 1-6
9 Lilla D. Davy
New Brunswick
33-7~18
14 Silas Whiting Wheelock
15 Jessie Annio Wynot
Quincy
28-11-
48-
22 Mary A. Downs
Ireland 66-8-22
Baltimore, Md.
65
31 Hellen May Charnock
31 Frank Wallace Brett
Hingham
51- - 3-17
Sept. 7 Eugene A. Webster
Boston
53-5-4
10 Mary T. Gibson
Uxbridge
77-9-8
13 Thomas L. Noonan
Halifax, N. S.
78
13 Alfred A. Sisson
Mass. 51- 9-11
16 Martha Jones
Unknown about 45
22 Elizabeth B. Makepeace
Braintree
7-28
27 Joseph Hamel
Unknown
9-7
29 Edward Martin
Boston
52
Oct. 9 Samuel O. Rich
Braintree
1-10-3
10 Maria V. Loring
Braintree
82-10-20
10 Louisa A. Rogers
Eastham
79-2-12
F 11 N. Allen Penniman
Braintree
55-
2
12 Elizabeth V. O'Niel
Braintree 2-3-23
13 Mary H. W. Peverly
Springfield, N. H. 71- 3-21
16 Agnes C. Hathaway
Plymouth
59- 2-23
19 Angelo Gerreco
Braintree
-16
19 Mary M. Wales 21 Tammasena Gerreco
Braintree
83- 2-16
Italy
24
Nov. 1 Albert L. Dinnin
Chelsea
36 9
7 Code
Braintree
1
8 Stillborn
Braintree
10 Charlotte P. Goodwin
Gloucester
83-2-14
18 Mary A. Hall
Hookset, N. H.
- 5-
19 Stillborn
Braintree
25 Cecelia Clementine Willett
Portland, Me.
14-7 -- 8
26 Albert Everett Fogg
Braintree
3- 4-15
Dec. 1 Stillborn 2 James Towler
Braintree
England 54
8
William J. Tirrell, Jr.
8 Elizabeth C. Bowditch
Uxbridge 52-1-5
16 Frederick Woodman Hazelton
Westbrook, Me.
28 William Joseph Duwors
Boston 4-10
1
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DATE. NAME.
3 Deborah Ann White
12 Josiah French Holbrook
Braintree 86- 4-6
13 Elizabeth Wilson
New Brunswick 77-8-18
14 Helen Van Vloten
Holland 38-10-11
15 Martha Freeman Fearing
South Truro 72-4-1
18 Mary Elizabeth Stedman
Sidney, Me. 84-5-14
22 Joseph Thomas Briggs
Weymouth
44-9-4
23 Ellen Doherty
Quincy
44-
25 Susanna Niles Thayer
Braintree -
82- 5-28
29 Margaret V. Carmichael
Weymouth
69-3-9
Whole number of deaths, 121; males, 57; females, 64; single, 44; married, 41; widowed, 36.
Birthplace-Braintree, 38; other places in Massachusetts, 36; Maine, 13; British Provinces, 7; Ireland, 6; New Hampshire, 5; England, 3; Italy, 3; Rhode Island, Maryland, Sweden, Scotland, Holland, 1 each; unknown, 5.
Birthplace of Fathers-Braintree, 14; other places in Massa- chusetts, 31; Maine, 14; British Provinces, 11; Italy, 8; Ireland, 7; Scotland, 4; New Hampshire, 3; England, 3; Rhode Island, 2; Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Sweden, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, 1 each; unknown, 17.
Birthplace of Mothers-Braintree, 8; other places in Massachu- setts, 29; British Provinces, 12; Ireland, 10; Maine, 10; Italy, 6; New Hampshire, 4; Scotland, 4; England, 3; Sweden, 2; Rhode Island, 2; Virginia, 2; Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, 1 each; unknown, 22.
Ages-Under 1 year, 23; 1 to 2 years, 3; 2 to 3 years, 1; 3 to 4 years, 1; 10 to 15 years, 2; 20 to 25 years, 2; 25 to 30 years, 3; 30 to 35 years, 2; 35 to 40 years, 9; 40 to 50 years, 12; 50 to -60 years, 16; 60 to 70 years, 17; 70 to 80 years, 13; 80 to 90 years, 14; over 90, 2; unknown, 1.
Diseases-Heart disease, 15; pneumonia, 9; pulmonary tuber- culosis, 8; accident, 8; cerebral hemorrhages, 6; stillborn, 5; ar- terio sclerosis, 4; premature birth, 4; bronchitis, 4; cancer, 4; nephritis, 4; apoplexy, 3; indigestion, 3; brights disease, 3; congen- ital debility, 3; meningitis, 2; epilepsy, 2; gastro-enteritis, 2; gener-
BIRTHPLACE. AGE.
Hanover 69-6-7
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al edema, pulmonary congestion, nephritis, asphixiation; malnutri- tion, natural causes, appendicitis, disease of liver, hemoproctis, thrombosis of mennigal artery; Hodgkin's disease, tuberculosis, cerebral abscess, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, erysipelas, paralysis of respiration, ataxic paraplegia, phthisis, myelitis, intercranial oedema, general peritonitis, anaemia, general debility, suicide, hemorrhage, infantile atrophy, diphtheria, pulmonary edema, dys- entery, softening of the brain; 1 each.
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REPORT OF THE Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors OF THE Town of Braintree
For the Year ending December 31, 1912
In accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Braintree the Board of Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors, respectfully submit their Annual Report, showing the appropriations and expenditures for the year end- ing December 31, 1912.
HENRY M. STORM, ALBION C. DRINKWATER, B. HERBERT WOODSUM,
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors.
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ASSESSOR'S REPORT
APPROPRIATIONS AT ANNUAL MEETING
-
LEGISLATIVE.
Moderator, Salary
$25.00
Other expenses
125.00
$150.00
EXECUTIVE.
Selectinen, Salaries
$487.50
Clerical help and expenses. . 400.00
$887.50
FINANCIAL
Auditors, Salaries
$150.00
Treasurer, Salary
525.00
Bond
120.00
Other expenses
50.00
$695.00
Collector, Salary
$600.00
Other expenses
125.00
$725.00
Assessors, Salaries
$487.50
Clerical help and expenses ..
600.00
$1,087.50
OTHER GENERAL DEPARTMENTS.
Town Clerk, Salary
$500.00
Other expenses
200.00
$700.00
Law
$300.00
Election and Registration :
Registrars salaries
$150.00
Other expenses
800.00
- $950.00
80 -
TOWN HALL.
Maintenance of Town Offices $700.00
Insurance
26.25
Janitor
450.00
New Town Hall
50,000.00
$51,176.25
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
1
Police, Salaries
$3,385.50
Court Expenses
50.00
Other expenses
250.00
$3,685.50
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Pay of firemen $1,935.00
Extra pay of firemen
400.00
General expenses
1,000.00
Hydrant service
5,850.00
New Hose
800.00
New hose for auto chemical
400.00
Harnesses in Precinct 1 and 2
100.00
Painting Hose No. 3
50.00
Auto chemical combination
5,500.00
150.00
Fire Alarm, support of Improvement
1,700.00
in place of bell destroyed by fire
1,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, salary
$200.00
FORESTRY.
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths and care of trees $2,000.00
$18,885.00
Forest Fires
400.00
$2,400.00
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HEALTH.
Board of Health, Salaries
$300.00
Other expense
100.00
Printing
50.00
Fumigation
200.00
Quarantine
100.00
Care of dumps
100.00
Vital statistics 50.00
Inspector of animals
100.00
Inspector of meats
200.00
Inspector of milk
100.00
$1,300.00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Surveyors of Highways, salaries
$487.50
Clerical help and other expenses
175.00
Repairs on highways, bridges, side- walks, stone roads, watering and oiling streets (plus abutters tax) Removal of snow
10,000.00
1,000.00
Street lights
5,832.00
$17,494.50
CHARITIES.
Overseers of the Poor, Salaries $487.50
Clerical help and other expenses 225.00
Maintenance Braintree Home 1500.00
Outside relief (plus reimbursements) 4,500.00
Insurance 42.20
$6,754.70
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
State aid and Soldiers' burials
$3,000.00
Military aid 144.00
Soldiers' relief
500.00 - $3,644.00
82
EDUCATION.
Teachers' and Superintendent salaries
(plus dog tax and school fund) .. $33,500.00
Janitors' salaries 4,268.98
Text books and supplies
3,500.00
Incidentals
750.00
Buildings and grounds (repairs and
expenses)
1,500.00
Fuel
2,500.00
Transportation of pupils
1,700.00
Hire and care of rooms
168.00
Seats in High school
500.00
Insurance
1,205.00
Furnishing and equipping Hollis
school
4,000.00
Sanitation Pond school
500.00
$54,091.98
LIBRARY.
General expense $1,200.00
Distribution of books
150.00
Janitor 250.00
$1,600.00
RECREATION.
Baseball field on playground Precinct
Two $300.00
UNCLASSIFIED.
Miscellaneous expenses $2,000.00
Memorial Day, Post 87, G. A. R. 200.00
Abatement of taxes
1,500.00
Maps 350.00
$4,050.00
83
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES.
Electric Light Department :
Unexpended income of 1911 $2,501.61
Overdraft for construction 50,252.59
Overdraft of cash
7,416.44
Depreciation fund
4,490.75
$64,661.39
Water Department :
Extension of mains
$1,000.00
Additional hydrants
500.00
Recording pressure gauge 125.00
$1,625.00
CEMETERY.
Plain street
$100.00
INTEREST.
On $10,000.00 note held by N. H. Hunt Trust, 1 year
$400.00
On $10,000.00 note held
by Thayer
Library, 1 year
400.00
On $2,500.00 note held by Thayer
100.00
On $15,000.00 notes, Noah Torrey
school, 6 months
271.88
On $10,000.00 notes, Noah Torrey
181.25
On $19,000.00 notes, Abraham Lincoln school, 6 months 332.50
On $16,000.00 notes, Abraham Lincoln school, 6 months 280.00
On $4,000.00 notes Abraham Lincoln school, 1 year 160.00
On $65,000.00 bonds, Hollis school, 6 months
1,300.00
On $65,000.00 bonds, Hollis school, 6 months 1,068.89
Library, 1 year
school, 6 months
1
84
On $61,500.00 bonds, Hollis school, 6 months 1,230.00
On $5,000.00
bonds,
playground, 6
months
100.00
On $5,000.00
bonds,
playground, 6
months
82.22
On $4,500.00
bonds, playground,
6
months
90.00
On $16,500.00 bonds, Municipal Light
Loan, 1 year
660.00
Discount on loans in
anticipation
of
taxes
1,800.00
$8,456.74
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
Payment
of
notes,
Noah
Torrey
school
$5,000.00
1
Payment of notes, Abraham Lincoln
school
3,000.00
Payment of notes, Abraham
Lincoln
school
3,000.00
Payment of bonds, Hollis school 1,946.50
Payment of bonds, playground 380.50
Payment of note, Mayflower Park Water loan
1,000.00
$14,327.00
SINKING FUNDS.
Municipal Light Joan
$430.00
Water loan 5,120.00
$5,550.00
Total appropriations at Annual Meeting
$265,947.06
APPROPRIATION AT SPECIAL MEETING.
Town Clerk, additional salary
$150.00
Total appropriations for 1912
$266,097.06
85
ASSESSORS' ACCOUNT.
Legislative
$150.00
Executive
887.50
Auditors
150.00
Treasurer
695.00
Collector
725.00
Assessors
1,087.50
Town Clerk
850.00
Law
300.00
Election and registration
950.00
Town Hall
51,176.25
Police department
3,685.50
Fire department
18,885.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
200.00
Forestry
2,400.00
Health
1,300.00
Highways and bridges
17,494.50
Charities
6,754.70
Soldiers' benefits
3,644.00
Education
54,091.98
Library
1,600.00
Recreation
300.00
Miscellaneous expenses
2,000.00
Memorial Day
200.00
Abatement of taxes
1,500.00
Maps
350.00
Electric Light Department
64,661.39
Water Department
1,625.00
Cemetery
100.00
Interest
8,456.74
Municipal Indebtedness
14,327.00
Sinking Funds
5,550.00
Total appropriations for 1912 $266,097.06
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Less amounts appropriated but not raised by Taxation : Auto Combination Chemical, vote re- scinded 5,500.00
New Town Hall
50,000.00
State Aid and Soldiers' Burials
3,000.00
Military Aid 72.00
Unexpended income of 1911 Electric Light Dept. 2,501.61
Overdraft for Construction
Electric
Light Dept.
50,252.59
Overdraft of cash Electric Light Dept. 7,416.44
Depreciation Fund Electric Light
Dept. 4,490.75
Interest on Bonds Electric Light Dept. 660.00
Sinking Fund Electric Light Dept ..... 430.00
Additional Hydrants Water Dept .. . . Recording Pressure Gauge Water Dept.
500.00
Bank and Corporation Tax (esti-
mated)
6,500.00
$131,448.39
Total amount of appropriations
raised by Taxation $134,648.67
TAX FOR STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN PURPOSES.
State Tax
$10,437.50
County Tax
4,649.87
Town Tax 134,648.67
METROPOLITAN PARKS TAX.
Parks Sinking Fund $180.30
Boulevard Sinking Fund .. 63.91
Nantasket Sinking Fund .. 21.72
Serial Bonds 4.51 1
$270.44
125.00
87
Parks Interest
$522.48
Boulevard Interest
186.32
Nantasket Interest
58.17
$766.97
Parks Maintenance
$599.94
Boulevard Maintenance
186.13
Nantasket Maintenance
72.15
$858.22
$1,895.63
CHARLES RIVER BASIN.
Serial Bonds
$19.84
Interest
274.04
Maintenance
208.27
$502.15
State Highway Tax
$53.00
Overlayings
$2,715.00
$154,901.82
Abutters' Tax on Oiling and Watering
Streets 976.26
Total commitment August 28, 1912 $155,878.08
Street Railway Excise Tax $2,335.39
Omitted Taxes committed December 24, 1912 370.18
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