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31. George G. Loud and Edith E. Robinson both of Weymouth.
189
Date of Marriage. April 6. Dana F. Smith and Abbie W. F. (Perry) Bicknell both of Weymouth.
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10. Harry W. Vogell and Mabel N. Sherman both of Weymouth.
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19. Arthur Bradford Tirrell of Weymouth and Sarah Harriet Clapp of Rockland.
27. Aubrey W. Hart of Weymouth and Grace Larrabee of Lynn.
27. George Horte of Braintree and Addie R. Hilton of Weymouth.
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28. Frank E. Tirrell and Owena S. Holbrook both of Weymouth.
May 5.
Ernest R. Caswell of Lowell and Etta F. Joy of Weymouth.
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11. Lester R. Taber of Weymouth and Jennie E. Caldwell of Boston.
11. Chester S. Loud and Sarah E. Torrey both of Wey- mouth.
.6 28. Robert B. Nash and Kate Welch both of Wey- mouth.
June
9. Charles A. Tirrell and Edith S. Robbins both of Weymouth.
11. D. Fenton Adamson and Matilda Pettipas both of Weymouth.
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12. Michael Healey and Ellen Sexton both of Wey- mouth.
15. Henry B. Harris of Rockland and Mary F. Good- man of Weymouth.
16. George B. Loring of Braintree and Iva G. Hyland of Weymouth.
22. Fred H. Pratt and Ida A. Mitchell both of Wey- mouth.
22. Frederick J. Carpenter of Brockton and Ellen W. Roberts of Weymouth.
28.
. . Arthur W. Kallom of Weymouth and Maud Mor- ton of Plymouth.
29. David E. Burbeou of Holbrook and Mary E. Mad- igan of Weymouth.
190
Date of Marriage.
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June 29. John L. Barrett of Hingham and M. Olivine White of Weymouth.
July
3. Louie Guertin and Elizabeth I. Gorman both of Weymouth.
6. William F. Rodwell of Weymouth and Elizabeth A. Mahan of Rockland.
6. James I. Condon and Grace J. Wheeler both of Weymouth.
66 6. Norman S. P. Cann and Mattie P. Tilden both of Weymouth.
66 16. John F. Cushing of Weymouth and Clara J. (Litchfield ) Jacok of Whitman.
66
20. Richard T. Rollins and Alice L. Burrell both of Weymouth.
66
27. Joseph A. Sherman of Weymouth and Fannie G. Staples of Hingham.
28. George Stowers and Sarah F. Derby both of Wey- mouth.
Aug. 2. Charles W. Blanchard of Weymouth.and Alice C. Studley of Hingham.
17. Edward M. Boudroit of Weymouth and Mary E. Curney of Quincy.
22. James N. Miller of Boston and Minnie G. Mathew- son of Weymouth.
:6 30. Walter C. Brayshaw of Weymouth and Susie R. Small of Boston.
Sept. 4. John F. Lonergan and Margaret T. Smith both of Weymouth.
66 4. Charles A. White of Weymouth and Margaret A. Thompson of Cohasset.
66 7. Willie P. Abbott and Margaret J. Ritchie both of Weymouth.
19. Benjamin F. Whitman, Jr., of Weymouth and Abbie A. Frawley of North Abington.
27. Charles T. Needham of Boston and Jennie M. Loud of Weymouth.
191
Date of Marriage.
Sept. 27. James H. Quinn of Weymouth and Margaret K. Caldwell of Quincy.
Oct.
5. Charles D. Tyler of Whitman and Anna L. Stod- dard of Weymouth.
66
5. James Vantessel and Addie B. Jenkins both of Weymouth.
6. Henry S. Garfield and Jessie E. Stuart both of Weymouth.
8. Frank A. Sherman and Eva M. Barnes both of Weymouth.
66 8. Richard H. Tucker and Beatrice Tucker both of Weymouth.
12. William L. Thayer of Weymouth and Laura M. Dawes of Kingston.
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26. Francis A. Tracy, and Mary E. Fraher both of Weymouth
26. James H. Walsh and Grace L. Pratt both of Wey- mouth.
27. William Borden of Weymouth and Ellen (Martin- dale) Nichols of Chelmsford.
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29.
Frank W. Sampson of Auburn, Me., and Fanny M. Torrey of Weymouth.
Nov. 8. Elmer W. Thayer of Weymouth and Addie M. Sampson of Kingston.
16. Fletcher Linwood Torrey of Weymouth and Ella Louise Mann of Exeter, N. H.
66 23. John L. Shephard of Weymouth and Mabel Gunness of Boston.
66 23. Thomas M. Lynch and Mary E. McCarthy both of Weymouth.
66 23. George Dexter Bagley and Lucy Abbie Raymond both of Weymouth.
23. Elijah N. Simpson and Mary (Epps) Roberts both of Weymouth.
23. Wilton L. Hawes and Elizabeth M. Nettles both of Weymouth.
192
Date of Marriage. Nov. 24. Noah Francis Stowell of Weymouth and Mabel Crosby Dyer of Braintree.
66
25. Charles E. Hunt of Weymouth and Louise P. Davy of Quincy
26. Nelson J. Gay and Rena F. Blanchard both , of Weymouth.
Dec. 21. Hiram B. Chase and Nellie F. Belcher both of Weymouth
66
22. Matthew C. Sproul and Rena P. Salisbury both of Weymouth.
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25. Daniel G. Belcher of Holbrook and Angeline Liv- ingston of Weymouth.
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25. Elbert Ford and Lillian M. Snow both of Wey- mouth.
DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE DURING THE YEAR 1898.
Age.
Date of Death.
NAME.
Disease or Cause of Death. Birthplace.
Y. M. D
1898
Jan. 3 Ann M. (Moore) Nolan, widow of Edward
72 ·
Pneumonia Ireland. Heart disease consequent to bron- chitis
5 Annie H. (Taylor) Hersey, widow of William
2 16 79
. Orleans.
5 Dana Smith
S Harriet Blanchard
76.
7 4 La Grippe with beart complications Weymouth. 6 14 Cerebral congestion Hingham.
9 |Eva D. Gerald .
11 Capillary bronchitis and convulsions Weymouth.
66 11 James Holbrook
81|11 |12 Old age . ·
Weymouth.
15 Eliza A. (Binney) Clark, widow of William A.
. 54|1 8 Apoplexy
Weymouth.
15 Alvah Chester Arnold 19|10
7 Harmoptysis complicating typhoid fever .
Cohasset.
16 John M. Walsh 75 .
17 Robert Corthell . 74
5 27 Apoplexy and Pluro-pneumonia Paralysis .
. Hingham.
" '17 Margaret (Casey) Canary, widow of Edward 87
. Ireland.
21 Lizzie (Decost) Kennedy, wife of
Bronchitis and heart disease . John P. . 30
Phthisis .
. Nova Scotia. .
193
70| 2|27 Heart disease . Lexington.
8 William Dunn
.
.
. Halifax, N. S.
DEATHS-Continued.
Date of Death.
NAME.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
Y. M. D.
Jan. 22 |Louisa (Hunt) Stoddard, wife of
Sargent L.
74 .
4 4 Heart disease . .
.
Weymouth. .
23|Samuel Ellis Gay
71 .
9 23 Cerebral hemorrhage .
.
·
25 Edward Everett Dyer
57 .
4 15 Pulmonary embolism .
Weymouth.
31 Lucretia C. (Berley) Bartlett, wife of Frank 53 .
9 28 Valvular disease of heart
Sanborton, N.H.
Feb. 1 William Morris
2 Franklin Whitten
68 6 11 Liver and heart disease .
Madison, Me. .
3 |Harry Emar Carlson
2 10 Pnuemonia
Weymouth.
66 4 Charles T. Hatch
73 1| 3 Carcinoma
Marshfield. .
4 George Shaw
65
4 8 Heart disease secondary to inflam- matory rheumatism
E. Bridgewater. .
.. 5 Ralph Gardner Spencer .
8 22 Meningitis ·
6 Ira D. Noyse .
64 .
5 1 Apoplexy
7 Margaret F. (Meldrum) Little,
widow of Moses N.
75 3 30 Pneumonia .
. Lainsburgh, N. Y.
3 25 Tuberculosis of intestines and lungs Weymouth.
8 Harold Hersey . 13 Susannah R. (Hunt) Blanchard,
widow of Nathaniel .
Weymouth.
15 Augustus Newcomb 153
. 74 11 29 Cerebral apoplexy . . Anæmia pleurisy with effusion
Braintree. .
18 Deborah W. (Hunt) Hayden, wife of Charles W. .74 1'18 Phthisis . Abington.
·
40
6 Natural causes .
·
Nova Scotia.
.
1
.
.
194
Weymouth. Abington. .
.
Middleboro.
.
.
Age.
18 Samuel Webb 22| N. Rodney Torrey
23 Nelson Le Duc
23 Edmund Loud.
.. 28 Mary A. Smith
66 28 Maria Torrey
Mar. 1 Jason Farrington
. 81 4 19 Softening of the brain .
5 James Trainor
. . 60'10 11 Cirrhotic liver with pancreatic cinoma Asphyxia from hanging .
car-
5 Minot D. Tirrell
8 Robert Boyle Jago .
9 Sarah A. (Todd) Green, widow of Thomas 88 6
10 Joseph Richardson Totman ·
1) Loring Pratt . . 91
13 Mary (Eagan) Briody, widow of Thomas . 69
15 Caroline W. (Nash) French, wife of Thomas M. [62' 3|22 Phthisis acute .
.. 17 Eliza (Reed) Pratt, widow of Benja- min .178
19 Edwin C. Litchfield . 38
4
. 77| 1|16 Pneumonia
Scituate. . Litchfield, Me. . 17 Infantile debility
1 25 Heart disease .
7|7|Paralysis
Peritonitis acute
. Boston. Ireland.
195
Cerebral hemorrhage
. Ireland. .
Weymouth.
2 23 | Phthisis pulmonalis Phthisis pulmonalis
. Weymouth.
23 Hiram Shaw . " 31 John C. Johnson
Apr. 1 Timothy Cohan
.176 7 23 Cerebral softening .
. 72
.
. 62
3 1 Heart disease . .
.
·
. Weymonth. .
. Weymonth.
. 44 2 25 |Pneumonia
. Weymouth. Boston.
. Ipswich. . Weymonth. . Weymouth.
Natural causes and exposure
Cerebral embolism .
. 59 5 8 Chronic interstitial pneumonia
8 Old Age
. Cambridge. . Weymouth. . Weymonth.
. Weymouth. . Weymonth. . Canada.
4 30 Paralysis .
.
. 2 Premature birth Phthisis .
30 2
·
.
.123 38 10
. 21 William K. Baker . 23 Bernard J. Condon · . . 74 . . . 23 . 80
.
. Weymouth. . York, Me. .
DEATHS-Continued.
Date of Death.
NAME.
.
Y. M. D.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
Apr. 3 Ellen (Long) Cronin, widow of Wil- liam .
. .
4 Willlam Foster Ripley .
. 48
. 66 5 Gotfried Olstead 40
66 5 |Susan (Chamberlain) Peare, wife of Nathaniel B. ·
6 Clara E. Fearing .
·
66 15 Sally (Pratt) Pratt, widow of
Quincy · 86 .
19|Almira (Norton) Marr, widow of
Benj. L. ·
84 ·
21 James Edward Brooks 79 3 17 Senility
· 22 Lucy Barstow Stetson 91
23 Margaret J. Clish .
2 10 .
23 Mary H. (Ricker) Mathes, widow of William J. . 81 .
· 23 Catherine S. Cushing 66
6 24 Granville Thompson 67 . 6 27 Angina pectoris .
25 Mary A. O'Connell 43 2 Fibroid phthisis
25 Lucy (Tirrell) Chamberlain, wife of James F. .
. 62 8 29 Pneumonia and heart disease .
26 7 17 Intestinal tuberculosis .
Hingham. . Weymouth.
196
8 Senile debility
. |Weymouth.
Limington, Me.
· Nova Scotia.
22 Senile debility
Rockland.
.
Malignant tumor of eyes
. Weymouth.
Softening of brain . .
3 Cerebral apoplexy .
.
. Weymouth.
. Nelson, N. H.
.
Quincy. ·
69 9 22 Ulcers on the brain
. Weymouth.
1 13 Congestion of brain with effusion Cohasset. General paralysis and broncho pneumonia . Sweden. .
Bronchitis
Ireland.
2 4 Senility .
.
.
. Durham, Me. .
Age.
87|11
66 26 George Henry Delory .
27 Robert F. Lord ·
.
·
28 Jeremiah Hogan .
30 Catherine A. Gaillardet .
May 4 Seth F. Blackwell 11 - Crehan . .
16 Mabel A. Terry .
.
.
19 - Murray . .
19 Robert Cushman Weston .
.. 23 Arthur Wendall Litchfield
26 Abbie P. (Burley) Littlehall, widow of George W. . 65 10 12 Paralysis 30/George W. Pratt . 83 1 20 Epileptic fit
31 Behnda S. (Stetson ) Loud, wife Esan .
of
June 4 William A. Legg
6, Harriet (Porter) Richards, widow of Nathaniel 6 George D. Keefe · ·
91
7 Mary ( Lyons) Griffin, wife of
Michael .'69
8 Lizzie C. (Damon ) Sterling, widow of David L. . 41: 6 10 Gastro enteritis ·
.6 9 Belinda Richards · 14 Harold K. Lowell . 7|11|14 Drowning
15 Hannah (Taylor) Estes, wife of Eli, 76 9|30 Chronic bronchitis .
27 Accidentally killed .
. Nova Scotia. .
5 5 Tuberculosis Chronic pleurisy, senility
.
. Weymouth. Ireland.
. Weymouth.
. Sandwich. .
2 Nonclosure of heart fætal foramen of
9 11 Marasmus .
6h ÆEdema of lungs .
. Weymouth. Duxbury. . Weymouth.
. Sanbornton, N.H. . Weymouth. 197
. 77|11| 3|Cerebral hemorrhage .
. Rockland. .
. Providence, R. I.
. Weymouth. . Weymouth.
Progressional anæmia
. Ireland. ·
. Cohasset. .
. Weymouth. . Weymouth.
. Pembroke.
.
.76
3.Convulsions . Consumption .
·
. Weymouth. . Weymouth.
. 86 6 12
24 Convulsions
. 78 6 5 Apoplexy
Heart disease
3 10 Convulsions from hydrocephalus
. 73 2 25 Fibroid phthisis ·
.
.
.
70
DEATHS-Continued.
Date of Death.
NAME.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
Y. M. D.
June15 Mary L. McEnroe .
23|11|12|Pulmonary consumption .
. Weymouth. .
66 15 Nicholas Fitzgerald
4 6 5 Accidental .
. Weymouth. .
22 Michael Mccarthy
.175 Senility ·
. Ireland.
" 24 Annie Quinn
25 9 .
Tuberculosis
. Boston.
July 3 Alonzo Manuel
. 55|11|18 General paresis
. Hingham.
7 John V. Bates
. 78 1 4 Heart disease
.|Weymouth.
9 Belinda P. (Pratt) Joy, widow of Caleb P. . 77 4 11 Consumption .
. Weymouth. 198
12 Mary A. (Martin) Buttimore, widow of Robert ·
.60 5
Heart and liver disease Ireland. Quebec, Can. .
13 Alfred D. H. Lizotte . 31 |11 8 Pulmonary tuberculosis
15 Hugh Edward Clavin .
.
· . 25 11 26 Cerebral hemorrhage from accidental injury 8 10 7 Endocarditis and valvular disease of heart . .
·
Hingham.
15 Mary Douglas Carlton
.
19 Richard A. Hunt ·
79 10 17 Cardiac atheroma
·
20 Charles Millard Newcomb . 1 5 6 Meningitis
21 Ada M. (White) Gutterson, wife of Walter C.
. 51 11 26 Phthisis
. Weymouth.
Aug. 2 Cornelius Leary
. 88 7| 8|Cerebral hemorrhage
Weymouth. . Weymouth. Weymouth.
21 Mary C. (Burke) Chaison, wife of John G. .25 7|18 Phthisis ·
. Weymouth. . Ireland.
·
.
Age.
2 Clarrissa P. (Totman) Howe, wife of Avery S. 66 3
3 John W. McCusker 24 7 16 Phthisis pulmonalis .
3 Emma F. Condon
.. 4 Lonisa M. (Pool) Christy, wife of James H. 44 .
8 15 Pernicious anæmia .
. Weymouth. .
5 Edward P. Paine 68 3 14 Erysipelas .
· Weymouth.
6 William B. Hersey .
.. 8 Rupert E. Gray
. .
15 Anna Josephine Salvati .
18 Ralph William Kennedy .
19 Maria (Sherman) Lowell, widow of Reuben 79| ·
19 Mary J. (Parker) Makepeace, wife of Horace M. .62
. . 19 Emily J. (Bates) Thompson, wife of Ezra . 20 Josephine H. Cunningham .
68 3 5 Pachymeningitis
.|Weymouth.
. 41 11 2 Osteo-carcinoma
. Weymouth.
20 Catherine Whelan
4 1 8 Meningitis .
. Weymouth. ·
Phthisis
Kittery, Me.
Senile asthenia
Weymouth. .
Stoneham.
27 Robert Cruise ·
51 .
.. 27 Arthur Michael Welch 30 .
28 Harriet L. (Hiatt) Staples, widow of John D.
.
Anæmia
.Weymouth. .
Newark, N. J.
2 4 27 Diphtheria
.
. Weymouth.
79 10 General debility .
. Hingham.
22 Cholera infantum
. Cambridge.
7 13 Tubercular meningitis
5 10 Cholera infantum
Weymouth. . Weymouth.
4 19 Heart disease
. Marshfield.
3 10 Phthisis
. Boston. .
.
·
.
. |Ireland .
. Weymouth.
. Livermore, Me.
199
22 Georgia A. (Shaw) French, wife of Lemuel W. 33 11 75 22 Edwin Bicknell .
27 Sarah McHale .
4 1 4 Infantile debility Cerebral meningitis 6 22 Phthisis .
61 4 26 Disease of the brain
.
.
DEATHS-Continued.
Age.
Date of Death.
NAME.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
Y. IM. D.
Aug 31 |Hannah (French) Thomas, wife of Benj. P. .
76|
6 26 Dysentery
. Weymouth.
" 31 Norah Mahoney
.
.
.
3 Diarrhea
. Weymouth.
5 Timothy Buckley
6 Chrisholm ·
6h Unknown
. Weymouth.
16 Nathan Tufts Tirrell
51
Sharon. ·
200
20 John Carroll . · .
53| 2 16 Lateral schlorosis. .
·
20 |Patrick Burns
83 Cardiac hypertrophy .
Ireland. · Weymouth.
25 | Ralph Frost
28 Meningitis 1
. .. Weymouth.
27 Owen F. Smith ·
37 .
Typhoid fever
. · Weymouth. Apoplexy and organic brain disease . Braintree.
29 Michael H. Donovan 30 Mary Desmond
.10
11 |Inflammation of the bowels .
Weymouth. .
30 Michael Ryan
. 64 10 Cerebral hemorrhage ·
Ireland. .
Oct. 9 Charles H. Webb
9 Chronic cystitis .
.
Weymouth.
.. 15 Nathaniel Stowers .
29 7
2 Phthisis . .
.
Stockton, Me.
17 Lucy A. (Tirrell) Holbrook, widow of James . 78|11|12|Apoplexy with paralysis .. .
.
Weymouth.
20 Arthur O'Leary
25 Entero colitis
.
. Weymouth.
.
.
Weymouth.
Sept. 5 Peter Miller
.
.
.
9 4 Enteritis
· Weymouth.
. . 18 Sally H. (Burrell) Tirrell, widow of Amos 79| 3|20
6 Cerebral tumor Arterial sclerosis and paralysis of heart . . ·
. Weymouth. Ireland. ·
22|Elizabeth M. Spillane
.
·
4 12 Dentition .
·
37 .
.
.
1 Cholera infantum
.
22|Alice M. (Foster) Barnes. wife of William B. 47 5 11 Pernicious anæmia . .
.. 23 Margaret (Mead) Ronan, widow of John ·
. . 74 . 25 Hanora (Byrne) Daly, widow of
.John .
،، 30 Jessie C. Murphy
31 Sarah H. (Williams) Smith, widow
.
of Dana . 69 8|27 Softening of brain .
Nov. 3 Louise C. Corridan 7 ,Josephine (Arnold) Cushing, wife of Henry Loud . 64 9 Sarah L. (Cushing) Bicknell, widow of William 79 .
66 10 Almena S. (Wendall) Litchfield, wife of Franklin T. .
26 .
15 Timothy O'Leary .
. 15 William H. Enwright 60
16 Lucinda W. (Rice) Lovell, widow of John P. . 161
. 17 Charles Gardner Davieson ·
19 Stephen Cain .18.0
23 Albert Sampson .
70
26 Priscilla S. (Pratt) Lincoln, wife of Jarius B. . 76 10 .
27 Anna A. (Lava) Wheeler . 61
28 Elizabeth (Bryant ) Dyer, widow of Calvin
.182| 5|22 Aortic insufficiency
. Bridgewater. .
. Maine. Heart disease
Ireland.
Chronic bronchitis .
. Ireland. . Weymouth.
. Weymouth. Weymouth.
. Quincy.
. Weymouth.
201
· Weymouth. Weymouth. .Machias, Me.
.
6 9 Heart disease .
29 Strangulation
2 8 Pulmonary tuberculosis
4 Nephritis and chronic cystitis .
4 Natural causes
. Weymouth. . Weymouth. . Hingham. . Weymouth.
Weymouth. .
4 Broncho-pneumonia Drowned on steamer Portland .
. Turner, Me.
. 68
2 24 Marasmus .
2 23 |Marasmus
3 11 Consumption .
1 Senility .
3 7 Myelitis .
1 20 Capillary bronchitis
DEATHS-Concluded.
Date of Death.
NAME.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
Y.
M. D.
Dec. 3|Ella M. Reynolds .
.
27 7 11 Heart disease . . 33
.
.
.
. Enfield, Me. Weymouth.
66 8 Sophia (Pratt) Lovell, widow Nehemiah
. 85
8 10 Senility . ·
. Weymouth. .
8 Francis Ambler
65 ·
6 5 Pneumonia ·
Weymouth.
9 William H. Chipman
78 17 Pneumonia
Hingham.
66 9 Helen F. (Blaisdell) French, widow of George B. .46
9
Carcinoma of breast
.
.Concord, N. H. 202
11 Benjamin F. Whitman . 72 ·
. Weymouth.
13 James Fogarty .66
17 Ellen M. (Griffin) Wren, widow Cornelius J. ·
. 36
Pleuro-pneumonia
Braintree.
Arteria schlerosis
Ireland. .
19 George W. Eaton .85
2 18 Pneumonia
Sandown. .
21 Mabel F. (Crocker) Aldridge, wife of John . 31
22 David Leahy 68
25 Mary (Cross) Harris, widow of Oliver F.
. 66
26 Elizabeth Caroline Bennett .
79
31 Owen McGourty ·
.
7 27 Pneumonia and Bright's disease Cancer of stomach . 7 . Inanition . 1
.
1 6 General tuberculosis Fracture of hip, œdema of lungs,
Bridgewater. . CapeBreton, N.S.
. Norfolk, Conn. Tiverton, R. I.
Weymouth. .
7 Charles McGuire .
4 8 Typhoid fever
of
.
.
.
5 Tuberculosis .
8 18 Heart disease .
. Ireland. ·
of
66 19 Henry Carr 74 · .
·
Age.
203
Number of marriages recorded in the town of Weymouth for the year 1898 :
Where one or both parties were residents of the
town
78
Non-residents
4
Total
82
Number of births : -
Males .
113
Females
117
Total
230
Number of deaths :-
Males .
97
Females
89
Total
186
Excess of births over deaths
44
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
WEYMOUTH, Jan. 31. 1899.
TOWN RECORDS FOR 1898.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Wey- mouth, in said County; GREETING : --
In the name of said Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling place in their re- spective voting precincts, to wit :
In precincts numbered One, Three, Five and Six, in the halls of the Fire Engine Houses located respectively in those precincts ; in precinct numbered Two, at Odd Fellows Opera House, and in pre- cinct numbered Four, at the Hose House at Lovell's Corner, on Monday, the seventh day of March next, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their sev- eral precincts, their votes on one ballot, for the following named town officers, to wit: Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, five Select- men, five Overseers of the Poor, five Assessors, Collector of Taxes. three Auditors, two School Committee for three years, Park Com- missioner for three years, three Trustees of Tufts Library for three years, one Trustee of Tufts Library for two years for the unexpired term of John W. Hart, deceased ; Water Commissioner for three years, three Commissioners for a Sinking Fund of the High School Loan Bonds, one for one, one for two and one for
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three years, and ten Constables; and also to vote on the same ballot, "Yes" or "No," upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
The polls will be open at six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at one o'clock in the afternoon.
You are further required to notify and warn said inhabitants, qualified to vote as aforesaid, to meet at the Town House in said town, on Monday, the fourteenth day of March, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose all necessary town officers other than those elected by ballot.
Art. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of town officers, and of any committee appointed at any former meeting, and to choose any committee the town may think proper.
Art. 4. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the public schools.
Art. 5. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the transportation of pupils to and from school.
Art. 6. On petition of Building Committee : To see if the town will vote to appropriate the premium received from the sale of bonds for the construction of the new High School building for use in properly furnishing the building.
Art. 7. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways, townways and bridges. .
Art. 8. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor.
Art 9. To see what sum of money the town will vote to ap- propriate for the payment of state and military aid, under the provisions of Chapters 301 and 279 of the Acts of 1894, and for burials as provided in Chapter 279 of the Acts of 1896, and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation.
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Art. 10. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for relief to disabled soldiers and seamen, and the families of disabled soldiers and seamen, under Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1890.
Art. 11. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the fire department.
Art. 12. On petition of John S. Bacon and others : To see if the town will vote to pay the members of the fire department twenty-five dollars a year, and vote to raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 13. On petition of F. A. Sulis and others : To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars to purchase a Hose Wagon for Ward Three, the one now in use being unfit for efficient service.
Art. 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for police service.
Art. 15. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Tufts Library.
Art. 16. On petition of H. B. Reed and others : To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the maintenance of a public reading room in the Fogg Library build- ing in South Weymouth.
Art. 17. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for abatement and remittance of taxes.
Art. 18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of interest that may become due the ensuing year.
Art. 19. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for printing and advertising.
Art. 20. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 21. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of town officers.
Art. 22. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate ror election expenses.
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Art. 23. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day.
Art. 24. On petition of Reynolds Post No. 58, G. A. R. : To see if the town will vote to place the four 32-ponnd naval guns, donated to the Post by order of the Secretary of the Navy, Hon. John D. Long, upon the Soldiers' Monument lot, North Wey- month, and will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of paying the expense of moving and mounting the same.
Art. 25. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for care and repair of the Town House.
Art. 26. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for electric lighting.
Art. 27. To see if the inhabitants will authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow such sums of money, in anticipation of taxes, as will be found necessary to meet the current expenses of the year.
Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the income of the water works for the current year the sum of $25,200, to be expended for the following purposes, viz. : $17,800 for the payment of the interest on the Weymouth Water Loan Bonds be- coming dne the ensning year; $2,700 for salaries of the Superin- tendent of the Works and Engineer at the Pumping Station ; $1,700 for the maintenance of the works, and $3,000 for all other necessary expenses.
Art. 29. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and direct to be paid to the Trustees of the Sinking Fund, ont of the income of the water rates for the current year, the sum of $8,900 to be set apart and invested as a sinking Fund, for the payment at maturity of the principal of the Weymonth Water Loan Bonds.
Art. 30. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of extending the main water pipe line.
Art. 31. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for water rent for hydrants, and for water rent and care of drinking fountains.
Art. 32. To see if the town will anthorize and empower the Treasurer of the Trustees of the Water Loan Sinking Fund of
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this town, with the approval of said Trustees, to take, in its name and behalf, all necessary action to foreclose certain mort- gages of real estate held by said Trustees as a part of said Sink- ing Fund, in which mortgages the Town of Weymouth is named as mortgagee, and in which default has been made in the payment of the moneys thereby secured ; and also to fully execute in the name and behalf of said town the powers of sale therein con- tained.
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