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Willard Dunbar and Catherine Humphrey
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Timothy Dixon and Emeline Hunt Thomas Bailey and Cynthia Chandler Southworth Barnes and Lucy Burbank
Johnathan Simmons and Susan Anthony Henry Schira and Dora Huffnagel Joseph Cabral and Almerita Souza
Zibbion Terrill and Jerushia Matoon John Maclellan and Carter Melchoir Wirtzburger and Mary Siebenlist Joseph Walley and Jane Allen Samuel Orlovsky and Elka Koidinov
4 30 Cholera infantum
Manuel Bernado and Mary Pacheco Norman DeCost and Rose Poirier
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- Stillborn
DEATHS-Continued.
Date. Name.
Age Y M D Cause of Death
Name of Parents
Sept. 5 Mary Fuller Campbell
85 9 14 Cancer of thorax
5 Leverett F. Taylor
53
8 24 Osteo sarcoma of face
5 Maude R. Hibbert (died in Taun-
ton)
40
5 8 Gastro enteritis
8 Virginia Lincoln Wood
6 27 Non closure of heart foramen
9 Catherine Murphy (died in Dor- chester)
64
7 - Nephritis
10 Ernest Freemont Mattison
22
3 18 Exposure and exhaustion
10 Betsey P. Howland
94
1 23 Old age
13 Flora L. Bartlett
62
6
9 Cerebral hemorrhage Chronic interstitial nephritis
18 Willard . Warren Taylor (died in Wrentham)
15
2 3 Epilepsy
21 Joseph MaeGowan Kingan
71 10 11 Arterio sclerosis Cerebral hemorrhage
21 William C. Collingwood
10 14 Chronic Brights disease Dysentery
22 Eva Maria M. Sykes
38 1 2 Phthisis pulmonalis
25 Duncan F. Ferguson
85 10 10 Old age Broncho pneumonia
29 Albert Ardizzoni (died in Quincy) 36
30 Annie Gillespie (died in Brockton) 65
9
Accidental burns Fell in tank of vitrol - Acute dilation of heart
Edward Gillespie and Katherine Ilarkins
Oct. 1 Hannah S. H. Currier (died in Somerville)
63
- 16 Typhoid fever
1 Henry Earle Tillson 2 Josie A. Downie
36
5 22 Cancer of stomach
4 Lemuel F. Bumpus
67
10 15 Pelvic cancer
8 Lucy T. Peterson
56.
2 26 Generalized carcinoma
11 Elizabeth Holmes
70 7 15 Intestinal obstruction
13 Alma Candini (died in Kingston) 7 4 4 Stillborn - Acute indigestion Heart disease -
18 19 Emily C. Cornish
81 11 29 Burns from gasoline explosion
21 Frederick Alton Valler 3
9 10 Abdominal cancer
22 Allen Franklin Chase 65
22 Mary Nelson (died in Atchison,
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Pulmonary tuberculosis
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Isaac Holmes and Deborah Record Charles H. Tillson and Catherine E. Wood Frank Peddell and Mary Mark J. Bumpus and Mary Belcher Israel Clark and Sarah C. Blackmer Charles E. Barnes and Elizabeth Ishmael George Candini and Mary Candini and
Zachariah Sturtevant and Catherine Hillard James S. A. Valler and Margaret Lee Allen Chase and Altomera Walker
William Stratton and Melissa Brady
Kansas) 79
- 12 Acute bronchitis
24 Bernard J. Thompson (died in Par- sonsfield, Me.) 35
Daniel J. Thompson and Margaret Ma- honey
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Kendall Holmes and Betsey Paty and Isabelle Forsyth
John Dobbins and Clinton L. Wood and Margaret McDonald
John Burns and Frances Joyce Edgar F. Mattison and Adelia Haeons Jesse Page and Betsey Merchant
James HI. Dawes and Abigail Chandler
Clarence E. Taylor and Annie E. Norman William Kingan and Jane MacGowan George Collingwood and Mary O. ruller Heman Broadbent and Esther Wood John Ferguson and Elizabeth Frazer Vincent Ardizzoni and Louisa - Arterio sclerosis
Lobar pneumonia
15
10 24 Chronic endocarditis
Oct. 24 Horatio Nelson Billington 24 Lydia Ann Brown (died in Boston)
67
6 - Pernicious anaemia
- Angina pectoris 25 Ernest Souza Annie Casper
27
74
1
14 Broncho pneumonia
29 Ichabod Smith Dean
74
6 2 Toxemia. Fical in paction
Nelson Billington and Lemira Blanchard William Brown and Sarah Ann Book Manuel Souza and Corina Roderick
Adam Hartmann and Annie Schmidt Ichabod V. Dean and Mary Varnum
Nov. 1 Belmeda Dias 2 Horace J. Drew
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1 29 Gastro enteritis
84
1 7 Valvular disease of heart Arterio sclerosis
5 Alexander V. Fraser
80
5 24 Cerebral hemorrhage
8 Hannah M. Boyle
37
- - Hemorrhage of stomach Gastric ulcer
10 Eugene Malone
49 10 12 Oedema of lungs Chronic Brights disease
10 Elizabeth A. Dunham
77
1 2 Valvular disease of heart Arterio sclerosis
13 Arvin M. Bancroft
85
6 20 Cerebral degeneration Old age
19 Margaret Prendergast (died in Bos- ton) 65 6 1 Cerebral thumbosis 1 28 Carcinoma
20 Edward W. Watson, 2nd
63
22 Elizabeh T. Holmes (died in West- boro)
63
7
26 Cerebral apoplexy
25 Susan A. Harlow
85 6 6 Old age. Heart disease
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- Stillborn
26 28 Mary J. Whitten (died in Somer- ville)
71
9 21 Chronic valvular heart disease
29 Ruth L. Merry
34 10 25 Hypostatic pneumonia
Dec. 1 Elizabeth Hedge Cushman
80 40 1 Elizabeth Melix - 7 7 Organic heart disease Lung consolidation 1 Annie Doudican
- Pneumonia. Cancer of rectum
47
Abdominal carcinoma
6 Madeline Louise Holmes
2 1 Acute intestinal indigestion
- Stillborn
16 17 Edward Franklin Mellen
69
- General paralysis
71 19 Eunice Bartlett 1 11 Pneumonia. Valvular heart disease
22 Genevra A. Sleeper
70 10 16 Senile gangrene Chronic bronchitis
22 Benjamin V. Bennett 23 Emma J. Beaman
79
6 26 Endocarditis. Old age
65
3 23 Carcinoma of colon
24 Edward H. Simmons (died in Wor- cester) 58 10 1 Drowning
Joseph Cushman and Sarah T. Hedge John VanBlackam and - Dennis Hackett and Ann McGinn Ralph B. Holmes and Clara Patterson
Isaac Mellen and Sarah Phipps William Leonard and Susan Morton Asaph Bisbee and Lucinda P. Vaughan George Bennett and Susan Stetson Joseph G. Smith and Betsey W. Smith
Gershom Simmons and Lydia Warren
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James Davidson and Martha Saunders Henry W. Hatch and Lucinda H. Randall
Victor Dias and Frances Lawrence
Nathaniel Drew and Dorcas Delano Alexander V. Fraser and Mary Hevinghan Daniel Kelley and
Patrick Malone and Agnes Murphy
William Lewis and Ann Spinney Francis Bancroft and Louise Miles
Michael Regan and Nora Foley Benjamin M. Watson and Mary Russell
Richard W. Holmes and Caroline Morton Sylvanus Sampson and Ann DeAtley and
70
- 23 Eczema from birth
Fracture of right hip
DEATHS-Continued.
Date.
Namne.
Age YM D
Cause of Death
27 Arthur A. Lemoine
27 George Alton Cobb
41
3 16 Siek from birth 11 5 Dilation of left ventriele of heart
28 James S. Kelly
61 - - Heart enlargement
29 Alexander D. Astley
49 10 26 Diabetes mellitus Premnonia
29 James Douglass Murray (died in
Brookline) 2
3 4 Malnutrition
29 George Taylor (died in Boston)
53 - Septic feet
30 Ichabod Carver
6 28 Angina pectoris
31
Nathan H. Dunbar
70 2 26 Paresis. Brain injury
Name of Parents
Paul Lemoine and Mary Boucher John K. Cobb and Victorine A. Holbrook Robert Kelly and Margaret Stuart Joseph Astley and Betty Duxbury
James A. Murray and Grace E. Douglass Joseph Taylor and Mary Connolly John Carver and Sarah Perkins Willard Dunbar and Catherine Humphrey
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1916.
Jan. 1. Michael Montrond and Hester Powell, both of Plym- outh.
Jan. 1. Frank Miller Martin and Rayetta Williams Pratt, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 8. John Souza Marshall and Annie Elizabeth Thomas, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 8. Albert Fredrich Sauer of Kingston and Mary Edith Barke of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Jan. 9. Julius Maged of Plymouth and Sarah Westaman of Everett, married in Everett.
Jan. 16. Joseph Grassa of Boston and Mary Berardi of Plym- outh, married in Plymouth.
Jan. 20. Louis Rubinstein of Plymouth and Lillian Rosen- thal of Roxbury, married in Boston.
Jan. 25. Harry DeMawby of Plymouth and Beatrice May Straub of Ashland, Pa., married in Fall River.
Jan. 26. Manuel F. Nunes and Mary Ruprecht, both of Plym- outh.
Jan. 29. Harry Tavares and Jacintha Ferriera; both of Plym- outh.
Feb. 2. George Allen Wood and Edith Louise Burt, both of Plymouth.
Feb. 5. Peter Vaccari and Emma Zaniboni, both of Plymouth.
Feb. 6. Daniel Manning of Taunton and Mildred Andrews Burns of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
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Feb. 11. Fred Hamlin Chase of Plymouth and Mabel Nancy Carr of Brockton, married in Brockton.
Feb: 19. William Lawrence Livingston and Bessie Frances Raymond, both of Plymouth.
Feb. 19. George Frederick Sampson and Alfreda Frances Lapham, both of Plymouth.
Feb. 22. Peter Mazzilli and Lena Paul, both of Plymouth. Feb. 22. Adolph Tavernelli of Plymouth and Angelina Bor- ghesani of Kingston, married in Kingston.
Mar. 4. Thomas Edward Norton and Eveline Burgess Churchill, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 4. Alfred Edward Schaick of Roslindale and Annie Strassel of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Mar. 5. Antone Sylvia and Rosie Brenner, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 5. Guy Ingenito and Maria Musco, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 6. John Daniel Kaiser and Annie Elizabeth Christe, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 6. Fritz Joseph Schlecht and Rose Reilly, both of Plym- outh.
Mar. 12. Vincenzo Ruggiero of Middleboro and Lucio Ditrani of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Mar. 15. Christian Fernand and Mae Anna (Greenough) Sevegny, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 18. Herbert Edward Sears of Plymouth and Gertrude Vianna Randall of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
Mar. 22. William Ichabod French and Ella Evon Langille, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 25. Alfred Gibbs Nye of Dorchester and Grace Frances Swift of Plymouth, married in West Medford.
Mar. 25. Frederico Joaquim Castelo and Josephine Rose Oliver, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 28. Manuel Andrews and Mary Nunes, both of Plym- outh, married in Kingston.
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Apr. 8. John Breman of Perth Amboy, N. J. and Lottie Mc- Mahon of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 11. Ellis Wethrell Brewster and Ellen Hatch, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 18. Antonio Drudi and Dina Contelli, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 19. Clyfton Howard Gardner and Beulah Gertrude Has- kins, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 21. Manuel J. Pimental of Plymouth and Maria Ceo Silveira of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 29. Gustav Pflugrad of Plymouth and Amelia Waigner of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 29. Vincent Monti and Inez Maloni, both of Plymouth. Apr. 29. John Furtado and Mary Almeda, both of Plymouth.
May 8. Richard Giles of Amherst and Georgine Ballard of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
May 12. George Joseph Anderson of Plymouth and Mar- guerite Clara Rogers of Manchester, N. H., married in Plymouth.
May 13. Manuel V. Souza and Mary R. Botelho, both of Plymouth.
May 15. Arthur Keene Finney of Plymouth and Bertha May Chalmers of Attleboro, married in Attleboro.
May 20. Sargent Clifford Black of Plymouth and Clara Louise Stranger of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
May 20. Richard Trever Thatcher of Fairhaven and Bessie Haskell of Plymouth, married in Fairhaven.
May 24. Charles Leonard Godfrey, Jr., and Muriel Melissa Bittinger, both of Plymouth.
May 27. Peter Rogers of Quincy and Marguerite E. (Eld- ridge) Jones of Plymouth, married in Boston.
June 4. Benjamin Ralph Resnick of Plymouth and Ruth Romanow of Dorchester, married in Brookline.
Plymouth ten
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June 8. Frank Thomas Sherman and Edith Finney, both of Plymouth.
June 10. Edward Costa and Maria Botelho, both of Plym- outh.
June 10. Joseph Mason and Erlena Margaret Stone, both of Plymouth.
June 14. Warren Chandler Weeks of Brookline and Elizabeth Homer Burbank of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
June 14. Allen Winslow Bumpus and Ethel Frances Knight, both of Plymouth.
June 15. Nathan Clarence Jordan of Plymouth and Lillian Elizabeth White of Boston, married in Boston.
June 15. Frederick Ferdinand Rudolph of Kingston and Rose Bell Briggs of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
June 17. John Jacintho and Filamena Ciandra, both of Plym- outh.
June 18. John Schneider and Ada Stringer, both of Plymouth.
June 19. Otto Rudolph Bagen and Beatrice Regina Westgate, both of Plymouth.
June 19. Fardina Arthur Perrault and Lillian Adelia Rob- bins, both of Plymouth.
June 22. Albert Joseph Rioux and Mary Valcourt, both of Plymouth.
June 24. Lothrop Withington of Cambridge and Katharyn C. Whipple of Brookline, married in Plymouth.
June 24. Moses Roderick of South Duxbury and Dominga Pena of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
June 26. Lionel Lewis Petit and Delina Julia Martin, both of Plymouth.
June 28. George Halsey Lee and Bertha Elizabeth Kelley, both of Plymouth.
June 30. Harry Leroy Alden of Plymouth and Mary Eliza- beth Pierce of Foxboro, married in Cambridge.
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July 2. Otis Nelson Sears and Catharine Rose Ward, both of Plymouth.
July 8. James Thomas Frazier and Ellen Frances Hinch- cliffe, both of Plymouth.
July 8. Joseph Costa, Jr. and Mary Souza, both of Plymouth. July 8. William Irving Pearson of Plymouth and Etta Viola Pierce of Medfield, married in Medfield.
July 8. George Eli Smith, Jr. and Grace Lillian Douglas, both of Plymouth, married in Marion.
July 15. Jesse Tavares, Jr. and Mary Souza, both of Plym- outh.
July 18. Fred-Leopold Henning and Lulu Maud Larkin, both of Plymouth.
July 20. Daniel David Perry and Emma Borsari, both of Plymouth.
July 22. Francisco Motta and Mary Cabral, both of Plym- outh.
July 24. Manuel Costa and Louisa Souza, both of Plymouth. July 29. Alfred Costa and Rosie Furtado, both of Plymouth. July 29. Jose D. Araujo and Amora Macedo Pires, both of Plymouth.
July 29. John F. O'Connor and Inez E. Strehl, both of Bos- ton, married in Plymouth.
July 31. Antonio Lenzi and Mary Bergamini, both of Bridge- water, married in Plymouth.
Aug. 2. Richard Alexander Mainwaring of Norwood and Grace Helen Carleton of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Aug. 2. Charles Trenchard Sanderson and Winifred Lillian Sherman, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 5. Walter William Webber and Fannie Walker Craig, both of Plymouth.
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Aug. 11. Umberto Bonamici and Nora Balboni, both of Plym- outh.
Aug. 12. Dante Chiari and Guiseppini Mirandola, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 14. Ebeneezer Dunham Shaw of North Carver and Mina Rosella Hale of Plymouth, married in Brockton.
Aug. 16. Edward Francis Hall and Daisy Spencer, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 17. John Pacheco and Mary Carreiro, both of Plymouth, married in Fall River.
Aug. 17. Ivan Bradford Chandler of Kingston and Vivienne · Maria (Cole) Willis of Duxbury, married in Plymouth.
Aug. 17. John Francis McNamara and Mary Josephine Doherty, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 25. John Berman of Sesser, Ill. and Bessie Paul of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Aug. 26. Arthur Merton Hatch of East Bridgewater and Louise Margaret Peck of Plymouth, married in Bellows Falls, Vermont.
Aug. 27. Roger Winslow Wright of Kingston and Elizabeth May Larkin of Plymouth, married in Kingston.
Sept. 2. Freddie Leroy Nickerson of Plymouth and Ella May Peck of Marshfield, married in Marshfield.
Sept. 2. Clinton James Yale and Edna Addie Wilson, both of Somerville, married in Plymouth.
Sept. 2. Chrespin Rocha and Wilhelmina Cordeira, both of Plymouth.
Sept. 2. Alvino Questodio and Rosalina Amalia, both of Plym- outh.
Sept. 3. Ettore Garuti of Plymouth and Massalina Filippini of Bridgewater, married in Plymouth.
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Sept. 9. Frank Andrade and Maria Hortensa Bollerinho, both of Plymouth.
Sept. 11. Charles Joseph Barry and Elizabeth M. (Simpson) Carroll, both of Plymouth.
Sept. 11. Lawrence Corrow of Kingston and Emma Danforth Hall of Plymouth, married in Kingston.
Sept. 16. Filomene Viola and Delphina DaConceicao, both of Plymouth.
Sept. 16. Gaetano Mestieri of Tremont and Venusta Bregoli of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Sept. 17. Domingo Alves and Maria Andrade, both of Plym- outh.
Sept. 17. William Sumner Sampson and Esther Louise Samp- son, both of Plymouth.
Sept. 19. Arthur Bradford Cornwall of Brooklyn, N. Y. and Alice Morton Atwood of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Sept. 30. George Alfred Phaneuf and Mabel R. Stone, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 2. William Francis Goodwin and Katharine Agnes Clough, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 2. Kendall Harlow Holmes and Marion Franklin Kend- rick, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 2. Bernard Winslow Cassidy and Sarah Caroline Scott, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 7. Mando Joseph Guidaboni and Pervinca Sommi, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 8. Arvid Pramberg and Mildred E. Ripley, both of Brock- ton, married in Plymouth.
Oct. 11. Edward Ralph Belcher and Helen Loring Barnes, both of Plymouth.
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Oct. 13. John Davis Brewer of Plymouth and Marion Leona Mack of Dorchester, married in Boston.
Oct. 21. Harry Cowan Hobart of South Hanson and Helen Cathryn Andrews of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Oct. 21. John McWilliams and Elizabeth Ralston, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 21. Arthur Eugene Kempton of Winthrop and Olive Baker (Cook) Gould of Plymouth, married in Boston.
Oct. 22. Orin Franklin Wood of Norton and Alice Elizabeth Higgins of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Oct. 24. Daniel Arthur G. Chaplin and Bertha LeBaron Hinckley, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 24. Charles Oscar Barke and Caroline May Stevens, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 25. Horace Anderson and Anne Freeman Bartlett, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 25. Joseph Alves and Maria Molta, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 25. Manuel Rose and Regina Costa, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 26. Achille Maccaferri and Mary Todeschi, both of Plym- outh.
Oct. 28. Jack Anastasia and Maria Souza, both of Plymouth. Oct. 31. Clarence Edwin Delano and Mary Katherine Mathe- son, both of Plymouth.
Nov. 4. Oscar Robert Fabian Wallenberg and Annie Mathilda Olson, both of Plymouth.
Nov. 4. George Gray Courtney and Lillian Russell Valler, both of Plymouth.
Nov. 8. Manuel Souza and Diolinda Souza Cavaca, both of Plymouth.
Nov. 11. Frank Young and Mae Frances Thrasher, both of Plymouth, married in Bourne.
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Nov. 14. Harold Newhall Sturtevant and Annie Elizabeth (Mahler) Gerety, both of Plymouth.
Nov. 15. Joseph Elzear Lefebvre of Plymouth and Angelina (Landry) Papillion of Providence, R. I., married in Providence, R. I.
Nov. 18. Joseph Martin and Josephina Texiera, both of Plym- outh, married in Fall River.
Nov. 18. John Caires and Maria Gouvea Figueira, both of Plymouth, married in Fall River.
Nov. 25. William H: Higgins of Plymouth and Jane Frances Burns of Newton, married in Newton.
Nov. 26. Laurentine Oliveira and Rosie Batetha, both of Plym- outh.
Nov. 26. Joseph Tanni of Boston and Mary Cavicchi of Plym- outh, married in Plymouth.
Nov. 30. J. Harold Atwood of Everett and Masel Horton Beytes of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Dec. 2. Antonio Masi and Prima Scagliarini, both of Plym- outh.
Dec. 14. Thaddeus E. Brown and Margaret E. (Maher) Sears, both of Plymouth.
Dec. 23. Myles John Hanson and Sarah E. Heppleston, both of Plymouth.
Dec. 25. Edward Weston Baker of Plymouth and Alice Maud Savage of West Somerville, married in Plymouth.
Dec. 27. George A. Finney and Marcia Rogers, both of Plym- outh, married in Kingston.
Dec. 30. Arthur J. Paquette and Georgiana Ferriera, both of Plymouth.
Dec. 30. Facchini Amedeo of Plymouth and Caterina Contelli of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
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SUMMARY.
DEATHS.
Number of deaths registered, 255, of which 66 occurred out of town, burial taking place in Plymouth.
Born in-
United States,
197
Ireland,
13
Italy,
9
Nova Scotia,
9
England,
Germany,
5
Sweden,
2
Russia,
2
Portugal,
1
New Brunswick,
1
Denmark,
1
West Indies,
1
Cape Breton,
1
Finland,
1
Scotland,
1
Canada,
1
Unknown,
3
255
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MARRIAGES.
Number registered in 1916, 144.
Both parties born in-
United States,
65
Italy,
14
Portugal,
13
St. Michaels,
9
Russia,
4
Cape Verde Islands,
2
Germany,
1
England,
1
Sweden,
1
Azores,
1
Maderia Islands,
1
Mixed, one American,
27
Mixed, neither American,
5
144
BIRTHS.
Number registered,
302
Males,
153
Females,
149
Both parents born in-
United States,
102
Italy,
69
Portugal,
15
Western Islands,
14
Russia,
10
Azores,
9
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Germany,
6
Nova Scotia,
3
St. Michaels,
3
Canada,
2
England,
1
France,
1
Ireland,
1
Sweden,
1
Cape Verde Islands,
1
Unknown,
1
Mixed, one American,
53
Mixed, neither American,
10
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FIRE COMMISSIONER
OF
PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending Dec. 31
1916
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REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen: I submit herewith the report of the Fire De- partment for the year ending December 31, 1916.
The report includes the records of the Board of Engineers who held office until May 1, 1916, under the old form of government, as well as those of the Fire Commissioner who has been in charge of the department for the eight months ending December 31, 1916.
NEW ORGANIZATION.
The act which established the office of Fire Commissioner, under whose authority and direction the present department is operated, became effective May 1, 1916, with the appoint- ment of the present Commissioner. A great many changes in the methods of operating the department have been intro- duced by the Commissioner and that the citizens may be some- what informed of these new regulations a brief outline follows :
Under the old organization, the Board of Engineers, con- sisting of three members, was appointed by the Board of Se- lectmen to serve one year. The Board of Engineers chose one of the three members as Chief Engineer and the other two acted as Assistant Chief Engineers. The Call Members of the department were chosen for a similar period from lists prepared by the retiring officers of the several companies, and the men in turn voted their officers, subject to the approval of the Engineers. The members of the Permanent Force were chosen by the Board of Engineers from applicants who had
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signified a desire to join as Permanent Members without per- haps being already members of the Call Force or in any way connected with the department.
The present force, both Permanent and Call Members, in- cluding the Chief of Department and all of the officers, were appointed and assigned to the various companies by the Com- missioner, under authority granted by the act establishing the present Fire Department. Each man appointed received a written notice of his appointment, his assignment for duty, and date same became operative. The appointee in turn was required to sign a statement agreeing to abide by the Rules and Regulations of the Department, as established by the Com- missioner.
The members of the Department are informed of any changes in the rules, and such other matters as will affect the organiza- tion, through written orders issued by the Commissioner and sent to the Company Commanders for publication.
The members of the Permanent Force are required to dress in regulation uniform except on their "day off."
No officer or member, whether in uniform or not, is allowed to smoke on the apparatus floor, stable, or stable loft of any station, or in the streets or public places when in uniform. Lounging on the main floor of quarters is not permitted.
The use of the telephone is restricted to Department business and only messages of sickness or emergencies, outside of De- partment matters, are allowed, so that the line is practically free at all times for the receipt of alarms.
A patrol is maintained on the apparatus floor of the Cen- tral Station from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. each day, to answer the telephone, receive visitors, and be responsible for the proper receipt and transmission of alarms.
A Company report of each trial, meeting, or fire duty, is made by the Company Commander covering the attendance and work performed. If for Fire Duty, the report covers the items relating to the box number, time, officer the Company
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reported to for orders, officer who ordered Company back to quarters, amount of hose and ladders used, time Company was absent from quarters and the record of attendance. This re- port is forwarded to the Chief of Department for his examina- tion and approval and properly filed for reference.
A Company Monthly Report is forwarded to the Chief, show- ing the attendance each time the Company reports. A Mem- bers' Attendance Card is on file at Headquarters, and from these Company reports the record of attendance is taken, and noted on the card, so that a careful watch is kept of members who report for duty and who may be depended upon in time of need.
When the Department reports for Fire Duty, the Chief of Department is required to forward to the Fire Commissioner, a report which includes the date, time, box number, whether bell or still alarm, location of fire, cause of fire, first officer in command, occupants of the building, value of building, value of contents, loss on both building and contents, action of the Companies reporting, etc. This report must bear the approval of the Fire Commissioner, and is filed for reference.
A Daily Station Report for the Permanent Force is made, showing members on duty, members absent on "day off," hours members leave and return at meal times, alarms received, action of Company in answering alarm, if any received, and such events as are of interest to the Department. This re- port also bears the approval of the Chief.
That the Department is better prepared for service and the town benefited in increased efficiency because of the new regu- lations, is best appreciated by a visit to the Central Station. The apparatus floor is at all times cleared for action and the members so governed as to be ready for immediate response to an alarm.
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MANUAL FORCE.
The manual force of the Department on December 31, 1916 was as follows:
Fire Commissioner,
Chief of Department,
Deputy Chief of Department,
Robert C. Harlow
Albert E. Hiller
Wallace B. Brewster
PERMANENT FORCE
Combination A-Central Station. In Charge of Chief of Department.
Britton, Fred H. Fogarty, Robert
Hatton, Clifton
Hedge, Lothrop Packard, Charles H. Sullivan, Jeremialı
Substitutes.
Carr, Charles F.
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