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Nov. 28,
Walter E. Richardson, Sadie E. Hanley,
29 Wakefield, 24 31 Wakefield, 27|Reading,
Waterville, Me., Reading,
Anthony and Frances, Matthew and Sarah,
Frank S. Adams,
at Reading.
Dec. 15,
Nils O. Anderson, Sophia Anderson,
29 Wakefield, 22
Sweden, Sweden,
Andus and Elua, John and Johanna,
First, First,
C. F. Johansson, at Boston.
Dec. 18,
Haskell S. Baxter, Emma A. Berry,
23 Wakefield, 23 |Stoneham,
Charlestown, Stoneham,
Augustus G. & Helen E., First, John F. and Mary A., First, First, First, Hennigar J. and Eliza, George I. and Priscilla,
Elwin Hitchcock, at Stoneham.
Dec. 24,
Laroy W. Neely, Josephine E Cox,
22 Wakefield, 19 66
Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia,
De: 26,
Christopher H. Eldredge, E. Mae Crowell,
23 Wakefield, 26
Charlestown, Cambridge,
Christop'r C. & Helen I., First, John W. and Margaret., First,
N. R. Everts,
at Wakefield.
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W. T. O'Connor.
at Wakefield.
Nov. 28,
John J. Clements, Lizzie Hoar,
England, Ireland,
First, First, First, First, First, First,
A. H. Herrick,
at Wakefield.
Births Registered in the Town of Wakefield during the Year 1894.
Date.
Name of Child.
Sex.
Names of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
Jan. 1 John Kennard, 2 Bertha Louisa Wenzel, 4|Solomon William Nickerson, 5 Mary Josephine Whelan, 7 James P. Burns,
Male, Female, Male, Female,
Henry and Annie M. ( Murphy ), Winsor O. and Mary (Cottam), Thomas J. and Nellie (Fitzgerald),
Piano maker. Clerk.
Rattan worker.
Stone mason.
S Henry Heath Anderson, 9 George Henry Fowler, 9 Florence Mary French, 10 Frank Washington Gammons,
Male,
John D. and Norah ( Kelleher), Herbert F. and Cora (Reynolds),
10 William Jackson,
Male,
Female,
Alexander and Angeline (Schurman),
Frank H. and Ada J. (Fredin), Bertram A. and Annie N. (Fourtin),
Mechanical engineer.
Shoemaker.
Shoe cutter.
21 Thomas Barrett,
Male, Male, Male,
Jeremiah and Julia (Murphy), George R, and Lizzie A. (Bilby), Peter A. and Ida (Swanson), Foster and Emma (Doucette),
Cabinet maker.
Teamster.
Female,
Arthur G. and Clara A. (Parker),
Female, Female, Male,
Henry W. and Ada L. (Edmunds),
Andrew and Zenia G. (Ellis), William and Ludvine,
Male, Male,
James H. and Francis B.,
Female,
Silas W. and Edith M. (Sweetser), William and Alice (Kendrick),
Female, Male,
Female,
Female,
Henry J. and Martha (Senna), John and Mary J. (Sullivan), Dennis and Katie (McCarthy), .
Brass finisher. Rattan worker. Laborer.
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11 Hester Burgess Urquhart, 14 Harvey Milton Thorndike, 14 Edmund Augustus Lenfest, 18 Ruby Eva Baker, 19 Walter Howard McDonald, 20 Lena May Jaquith,
Male, Male,
Female, Male, Female,
Alger L. and Maggie (Logie), Charles H. and Rogenia A. (McCabe), Harry and Rose (Doucette),
Stone mason. Boot maker. Clerk.
Farmer. Shoemaker. Teamster.
Blacksmith,
Laborer.
Salesman.
Feb.
22 Robert Lester Singer, 22 Albin Sigfred Fabian Swanson, 23 Hono: White, 24 Marion Laura Flagg, 25 Helen Atwell Stoddard, 29|Stepen Lester Nickerson, 29 St. Pierre, 30 James Shephard Hicks,. 30 Nellie Myrtle Harris, Buckley. 1 |Charles Edgar Livermore, 2 Ann Frances Hurley, 3,Catherine Mullen,
Male, Male,
James and Mary (Chamberlain), Melvin H. W. and Mary E. ( Heath),
Female,
Male,
John F. and Carrie M. (Davis), Thomas and Mary (Neill),
Shoemaker. Teamster. Expressman. Weaver. Carpenter. Pattern maker.
Shoemaker.
Births Registered in the Town of Wakefield during the Year 1894.
Date.
Name of Child.
Sex.
Names of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
Feb. 5 Esther Doucette, S Moore,
Female,
Isaiah and Catherine ( Allen).
William W. and Cassie (McDonald).
Fred S. and Ellen C. (Neill),
Simon and Nancy ( Muse),
John and Anna (Wirthman),
Philip J. and Mary E. (O'Connell),
Chair maker.
27 Gertrude Madeline Akerman, 27 Helen Madeline Cook, 28 |Mary Agnes Hurley, Mch. 2 Louisa Pearl Bateman, 3 Richard Denehy,
Female, Female, Female, Female,
Ralph L. and Louisa ( Meredith),
John P. and Lucy B. (Stiles),
Maurice F. and Mary ( Holohan),
Charles 2d and Eliza (Maguire),
- and Kate (Denehy),
4 | Mary Rose Burbine,
Male, Female, Female, Male, Female,
George H. and Edith F. (Congdon),
Machinist.
Salesman. Laborer. Rattan worker.
Piano tuner. Provision dealer.
13 George Arthur Doucette,
Iceman. Shoemaker. Shoe manufacturer.
Boot maker.
Moulder. Carpenter.
Stone mason. Laborer. Brakeman.
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5 Ida Philippine Herring.
5|Charles Lewis Lassell, 6 Isabella Balmain Robertson, 10 Charles Francis O'Connor, 10 Mary Ellen McCarthy, 11 Julia Fay, 11 Ruby Winette Phipps, 13 Henry Knight Reid,
Male, Female, Female, Female, Male, Male, Female,
James and Isabella H. (Balmain), John and Sarah (Preston), James and Mary (Daley).
Michal J. and Mary Ellen ( Mahon), George W. and Ada M. (Kimball), John G. and Carrie L. (Knight), James A. and Betsey (Smith), George F. and Mary J. (Madden). Elmer W. and Lizzie F. (Reed), John T. and Lonise G. (Hanson), George B. and Alice ( Moore), Charles I]. and Annie (Brown),
Male, Female, Female, Male, Female, Female, Male,
ĮMale,
Joseph and Rose (Dulong), William and Margaret (Veale), Richard J. and Mary (Holland),
Stone mason. Rattan worker. Retired.
11 Margaret Cate, 20 Mary Rosa Doucette, 22 Barbara Veronica Bergh, 26 Peter Henry O'Rourke,
Female, Female, Female, Male,
Stone mason. Rattan worker.
Foreman. Piano finisher.
Farmer. Machinist.
John and Margaret (Miller), Joseph and Bertha C. (Zwicker).
Laborer. Machinist. Chair maker.
14 Julia Agnes Evans, 15 Stanley Reed Griffin, 17 Marion Louise Cooper, 17 Helen Louise Eager, 21 Carl William Holmberg, 26 Myrtle Gammons, 26 Minnie Alice Muse, 28 Michael Joseph Scanlon, 31 Richard Francis Maguire,
.
· Apr. 31|William Windsor Ward, 1 Lester William Gowing, 2 John Carroll Brockbank, 2 Etta Lonisa Sherman, 7 John Elliott Lewis, S Raymond Alvin Griffin, 9 Alice Hanson Swanson,
11 Catherine Theresa Crimmins, 13 Katie O'Cleary. 14 Dorothy Merrill, 15 Edward Connors,
19 Mary Bridge, 25 John Landers, 26|Emmet Lincoln Coakley, 27 Edward McKernan Seabury,
May 1 Socrates Vaitres, S|Harry Francis O'Donnell, 9'Charles Henry Cooper,
10 Chester Chadwick Larter,
Male,
11 Elmer Harold Ileath,
11 Charles Henry Brown,
13|George Arthur Dingle,
14 Rose DeCecca,
15 Ada Haley,
17| Ellena May Allard,
18 George Arthur Burrage, 18 James Harold Keefe, 18 Richard Michael Maloney,
20|Alvera Killorin, 21 Harold A. Johnson,
21 Dorothy Willey Cate, 22 Russell Brown Perkins,
24 Mary Eliza Regan,
June 2
29 Mildred Johnson Black wood, Theresa Shea, Frances Shea, twins,
¡Male, Male, Male, Female, Male, Male, Female, Female, Female, Female. Male, Female, Male,
William L. and Annie (Harper), William H. and Josie M. (Wheaton), Harvey B. and Anna (Bridge), John and Mary A. (Murphy), Ralph and Anna T. (Anderson), Willard E. and Abbie M. (Sawyer), Andrew Hanson and Annie (Swanson), John and Mary (Lyons), James and Margaret (Kelty), Charles S. and Emma J. (Abbott),
Charles and Frances E. (Gleason),
William and Mary (Jones),
Male,
Male,
Sylvanus M. and Mary ( McKernan), Stephen and Calliope ( Vlastos),
Male,
Male,
Harry and Mary (Connor), Henry S. and Marlilla I. (Furber),
James and Carrie F. (Chadwick), Adelbert F. and Margaret M. (Robinson), Charles H. and Margaret E. (Hopkins), James and Jennie,
Cosmo and Adelaide (DePoli),
Seth E. and Mary T. (Collins), George and Agnes (Doucette), James P. and Julia ( McCarthy), Richard and Catherine ( Welch), George W. and Mary T. (Doyle),
Adolph and Elvira (Tapper),
Albert D. and Mary A. (Blythe), Walter F. and Carrie M. (Brown),
Dennis and Mary A. (Jack), Wallace J. and Nellie M. (Johnson),
John and Mary (Donovan),
Musician.
Shoemaker. Carpenter. Gate tender. Boiler maker. Piano tuner.
Laborer. Shoemaker. Painter.
Salesman. Chairmaker.
Teamster.
Painter. Minister.
Painter. Fresco painter. Shoemaker. 99
Carpenter. Rattan worker.
Mason. Ernit dealer.
Male, Female, Female, Fémale, Male,
Male,
Male,
Female,
Male, Female, Male, Female, Female,
Female,
Michael and Annie M. (Curran),
Male,
Male,
Male,
Motorman. Stone mason. Rattan worker. Laborer. Contractor. Shoemaker. Grocer. Salesman. Rattan worker. Carpenter. Carpenter.
.
Births Registered in the Town of Wakefield during the Year 1894.
Date.
Name of Child.
Sex.
Names of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
Carpenter.
Rattan worker. Teamster.
Iceman. ĮPainter Rattan worker, Carpenter. Laborer. Carpenter. Motorman. Shoemaker. 100
Stove mounter. Piano polisher. Machinist. Clerk. Teamster. Chairmaker. Laborer. Rattan worker.
Carpenter.
15 Mary Frances Doucette,
16 Ezra Henry Balmforth, 18 Alice Coffey,
1S Gertrude Jessie Kelley, 20 Alena Marion Eaton, 21 Herman Clyde Flanders,
23|Grace Edna Phinney,
Female, Female, Male, Male, Female, Male, Male,
Lorenzo and Lizzie E. (Fenton),
June 5 Sarah Annie Upham, 6 Augusta Cross, 7 John Francis Sullivan, 7 Henry Francis Reid, 11 Ruth Bonney, 12 Earl Leroy Rogers, 14 Everett Goodnough Taylor, 14 Mary Clara Bourdon,
15 White,
.
20 Melanson,
Female, Female, Male, Male,
Isaac,
John and Fannie (Braymer),
23 John Gordan Mckay, 25 Alma Sullivan, 28| Helen Avis Flint, 29 George Allen Meyers, July 2 Florence McAuliffe, 3 Maria Vlastos, 3|Everett Marvin Ricker,
Female, Female, Male,
4 Hannah May Welch,
5| Adeline Frances Hall, 6 Peter Stanley Doucette, 8| Helen Agnes Musc, 15 Blanche May Hines, 15 Thomas Canning,
Male, Female, Male, Female, Female, Male, Female, Female, Male, Female, Male, Female, Female, Female, Male, Female,
John H. and Nora (Hart), Henry J. and Margaret A. (Welch), Louise Bonney, Allie and Sarah (Henry), Charles E. and Genevieve (Colbath), Adolph and Zoe (Demers), Arthur and Lizzie,
Charles and Margaret E. (Welch), Frank E. and Cora B. (Ayer), William H. and Martha (Horne), Timothy J. and Mary K. (Duffy), Lincoln and Jennie (Ross), Edward E. and Georgie R. (Smith), William F. and Annie (Cryan), Thomas L. and Manetta (Fogg), Joseph O. and Mary (Doucette), Arthur and Susie ( Wade), John H. and Jennie (Gwinn),
William F. and Annie (Dowd), Elliot H. and Lydia (Charlesworth), John and Mary (McGourty), George M. and Mabel L. (Scott), George W. and Minnie L. (Rolfe), Wilbur H. and Sarah F. (Severance), David A. and Sarah J. (McNeil),
.
Carpenter. Cabinet maker. Laborer. Blacksmith. Grocer. Shoemaker. Carpenter.
July 25 Stirling Colby Haley, 26 Kathleen Frances Murray, 26 John Edward McMahon, 28 Catherine Curley, 28 Mary Josephine O'Donnell, 29 Gladys Leora Studley, 31 Arthur McNally, Aug. 1 James Andrew Frost, 1 Elmer Warren Parker, 2|Charles Minnit,
2 Alma Ellen Anderson, 3 Richard James Bolton, 5 Mary Josephine Creedon, 5 Ruth Mildred Gates, 6 George Henry Banks,
9|Elizabeth Helen McIntosh,
11 Louis Albert Dillon,
13 Gertrude Louise Stephens,
15|Ruth Frances Hiatt,
16 Mary Florence Wales,
19 Leslie Bernard Young, 20 George Leslie Melonson, 21 Annie Gabriel Lenners,
22 John Neilson,
27 Spear, 31 Edith Lane Gray,
Sept. 2 Mildred Mansfield Lord, 2 Sarah Wilhelmina Packard, 3 Velnea Isabella Ehrensman, 4 William Joseph Donegan, 4 John Leonard Whitcomb, 4 Dorothy Wilkins, 4 Lizzie Rose Stamegne, S Frederick Norman Parker, 8 Arthur Smith,
Male, Female, Male, Female, Female, Female, Male, Male, Male, Male, Female,
Male, Female, Female, Male, Female, Male,
Female, Female, Female, Female, Male, Male, Female, Female, Male, Male,
George P. and Mary E. (Murkland), John and Margaret (Finn), Thomas H. and Cassie (Noonan), James F. and Annie (Keefe), Joseph P. and Mary (Campbell), Charles W. and Fannie E. (Rice), John and Jennie (Kelly), Daniel E. and Rose A. (Doucette), Charles F. and Lilla M. (Downs), Charles and Paulina (Hochli), August and Selma (Anderson), Richard and Mary A. (Balmain), Daniel and Katherine (Doyle),
Stephen M. and Emily A. (Niefortte),
Arthur and Annie (Weren), Alex. B. and Emma (Allison), Fred and Lena (Oliver),
Charles and Alice M. (Atkins),
Fred'k W. and Elizabeth (Harper), George H. and Florence (Morse), Job C. and Julia A. (Turner), Florence and Julia (Burke), Eugene and Annie (McAuliffe), Neil and Ada (Neilson),
Female, Female, Female, Male, Male, . Female, Male, Male, . Horatio W. and Lizzie D. (Presbury), J. Murray and Edith M. (Seeds), Fred N. and Mabel (Mansfield), William H. and Ella E. (Beard), Otto and Elizabeth (Lowe), William and Kate (Kallaher),
Chas. T. C. and Charlotte C. (Waterman), Edward A. and Emily F. (Emerson), Joseph and Susan de (Cecca), J. Fred and Ella F. (Gray), Joseph and Lizzie,
Coal dealer. Chairmaker. Mat maker. Brass finisher. Laborer. Boat maker. Laborer. Carpenter. Clerk. Basket maker. Rattan worker. Laborer ¡Blacksmith. Farmer. Chair maker. Carriage maker. Engineer. Rattan worker. Book keeper. Salesman. Carpenter. .
Chair maker. Boot maker. Coachman. Clerk. Teamster. Shoe maker. Piano maker. Reed worker. Rattan worker.
Teacher. Editor. Fruit dealer. Salesman. Moulder.
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Births Registered in the Town of Wakefield during the Year 1894.
Date.
Name of Child.
Sex.
Names of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
Sept. 9 Joseph Doucette,
13
O'Connell,
Male,
Thinfel and Theresa ( Mulesong), John and Margaret (Campbell),
Expressman.
15 William Lawrence Wenzel, '
Male,
John A. and Rosa M. ( Merroth),
Piano maker.
20 Theresa Margaret Hayes,
Female,
John R. and Ellen (Lyons),
Moulder.
21 John Allen Curtis,
Male,
Levi W. and Addie F. (Brownell),
Clerk.
23|George Francis Hanwright,
Male,
Male,
George F. and Mary ( Murphy), George and Lizzie (Northrup), Harry and Mary (Chadderton), James and Jane [Daniels],
Carpenter.
24 Faitlı Rowena Pittock,
Laborer.
25 Winnifred Stella Gray,
Female,
John and Libbie [Doucette],
Rattan worker.
29 Wilhemina Harris,
Female,
Richard B. and Ellen L. [Stacey],
Salesman.
Oct.
2 Arthur Herbert Jordan,
Male,
Hubbard E. and Mary E. [Andrews],
Cabinet maker.
2 Francis Schiller Lakin,
Female,
William F. and Mary L. [Sutton], Frank L. and Lucy R. [Emerson], Mark and Lizzie [Dulong],
Insurance.
5 Arthur Sylvine Doucette,
Female,
6 | Marion Elizabeth Rourke,
Male,
James and Mary E. [Campbell],
Telegrapher.
9 John Cyril Muse,
Male,
Sylvine and Josephine | Doucette],
Stone mason.
10 Charles Hunnewell Blanchard,
Rattan worker.
12 Annie Laura Melonson,
12 Annie Theresa Doucette,
14 Delide White,
Female,
Female,
Clerk.
15 Madge Virginia Millar,
Foreman.
17 Alice Wilhemina Brooks,
19 Flora Emma Davenport.
19| Martha Elizabeth Burrill,
20 Elizabeth Perkins Payne,
21 Michael Roach,
23 Dolores Murphy,
24 | Walter Trueman Hallett,
Male, Female, Male,
John A. and Minnie C. [Hennigar], William H. and Gussie E. [Lee], Charles F. and Marie A. [Richner], Frank and Elizabeth [ Houston], Freeman B, and Sarah J. [DeLaney], John and Mary [Kelley], Jeremiah and Mary [Buckley], Edgar A. and Henrietta E. [Campbell],
Pattern maker.
Printer.
Insurance agent.
Laborer. Carpenter. Detective.
102
4 Emliy Amelia Norton,
Male,
Reed worker.
Lever man.
Female, Female, Male,
Charles and Lillian | Baker], Monday and Meltia [ Hatfield], Jere. M. and Jennie E. [Doucette], John W. and Mary [Deveau], Arthur F. and Flora L. [Tilton],
. Laborer.
Laborer.
14 Susie Tilton Howe,
Female, Female, Female, Female, Female,
Druggist.
24 Lester Northrup Woodland,
Female,
Garment Cutting System.
27|Nellie Doucette,
Female,
Gardener.
Monlder.
Laborer.
Male,
1
Oct. 26|Hazel Dobson Campbell, 28 Robert William Jackson, 28 Ida Margaret Morrison,
Nov. 1 Albert Vincent Barnes, 2 Arthur Earl Pendergrace, 7 William Joseph Murphy, SEva Mae Drury, 10|Francis O'Connell, 17 Mary Elizabeth Deveau, 18 Edward Francis Donnelly,
23 Irene Elsie Howes, 24 Donald Ray Edgar,
24 Augusta Elizabeth Forsythe, 29|James Albert Muse,
Dec. 3 Cyrus Albert Little, 6 Joseph Arthur Bicott, 7 Eugene Albert Bunn, S Harry Monford Jeffrey,
9 Frances Gertrude McGlory, 10 Alice O'Connell,
14 John Joseph Kelley,
14 Annie Maria Berry,
14|Wesley Ethelbert Smith,
15 Cyrus Fernando Tapper,
17 James Arthur Preston,
22 Inez Merle Russell,
Female,
Female, Female,
Female, Male, Female, Female, Male,
Female,
Female,
Charles C. and Grace [Dobson], Robert W. and Cora M. [Hunter]. Elmer E. and Etta M. [Evans]. Albert G. and Harriet E. [ Ardill], Thomas F. and Elizabeth M. [ Ridges], William J. and Julia T. | Kellaher], Charles D. and Mary E. [ Oliver], Jeremiah and Margaret R. [Lynch], John R. and Madeline [Melonson], Cornelius J. and Elizabeth [Cooney], Harry C. and Melissa A. [Gordon], Donald and Katie [McCaskill],
Shepard and Mary M. [Campbell], Ethelbert B. and Kate A, [Doane], Frank O. and Manilla [Anderson], Joseph Jr. and Mary [ McDonald], George W. and Sadie A. [Cann], Thomas and Elizabeth [Walsh], Thomas J. and Mary [Allison], Henry L. and Mary A. [Mullen], Arthur H. and Viva [Burgess], Edward J. and Minnie F. [Skulley|, Charles V. and Mollie [Tryon], Otto and Christine [Anderson ], George N. and Annie M. [Gerry], Jeremiah and Julia [Murphy],
.
Laborer. Lather. Shoe maker. Winder. Rattan worker. Carpenter. Rattan worker. Rattan worker. Baker.
Foreman. Shoe maker.
Teamster.
Male,
Charles R. and Carrie A. [Ditmar>], Felix G. and Rose [Moulesong], Willis F. and Jennie | Littlejohn],
Male,
Male,
Male,
Rueben and Flora [ Noel], Josiah and Mand C. [Holden], Charles and Frances A. [Doucette],
Male, Female,
Female, Male,
John and Mary L. [Meach], Charles and Julia [ Walsh]. Michael and Sarah [Maguire],
Female,
Male,
Male,
Male,
Carpenter. Shoe maker. Shoe maker. Shoe maker.
Rattan worker.
Conductor.
23 Julia Ann Hourihan, 23 Ella Arvilla Etheridge, 24 Bernice Cassidy, 25 Ira Fulsom Gould. 27 Mary Florence Gihon,
29 Mollie Tryon Esterbrook, 30 Johnson, 31 Jennie Josephine Howes, 31 Barrett,
(Female, Male, Female, Male, Male,
Male, Female, Male, Female, Male. Female, Male,
Female,
Teamster. Watchman. Fireman. Contractor.
Painter. Foundryman. Weaver. Rattan worker.
Teamster.
Tea dealer. Clerk. Shoe maker. Granite dealer. Painter. Telegrapher. Rubber worker.
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RECAPITULATION.
Births registered in 1894,
227
Males, .
. 108
Females,
· 119
227
Fathers. Mothers.
Nativity of Parents.
Wakefield, .
24
28
United States,
74
66
British Provinces,
57
63
Ireland,
31
35
England,
9
IO
Sweden,
2
2
Germany,
2
4
Italy, .
I
I
Turkey,
I
O
Greece,
,
Austria,
I
O
Switzerland,
O
2
Unknown,
1I
8
Marriages registered in 1894,
79
Nativity.
Grooms.
Brides.
Wakefield, .
6
I5
United States,
43
32
British Provinces,
16
20
Sweden,
6
7
England,
·
4
I
Ireland,
O
2
Scotland,
.
I
0
Italy, .
.
I
I
.
.
·
I2
6.
Scotland,
2
2
227
227
.
.
.
·
.
.
105
Norway,
·
I
o
Turkey,
I
0
Portugal,
O
I
-
-
79
79
First marriage,
65
7I
Second
I3
7
Third 66
I
I
79
79
Number under 20 years of age,
0
8
between 20 and 30,
55
52
30 and 40,
I3
I4
40 and 50,
6
I
50 and 60,
2
3
60 and 70,
.
I
I
70 and 80,
2
O
--
79
79
Deaths registered in 1894,
125
Males,
·
73
Females, .
52
125
Number under 5 years of age,
42
between 5 and 10,
I
Io and 20,
·
4
20 and 30,
I3
30 and 40,
9
40 and 50,
I3
50 and 60,
6
60 and 70,
9
70 and 80,
I6
80 and 90,
7
1
90 and 100,
.
3
Still births, ·
·
2
·
·
.
·
Average age, 34 years, 4 months, 4 days.
.
125
.
106
Nativity.
Wakefield, .
50
United States,
45
Ireland,
I4
British Provinces,
7
Germany,
2
England,
I
Scotland,
I
Unknown,
5
125
DOG LICENSES.
Number of dogs licensed in 1894, .
32I
Males, .
. 291
Females,
30
32I
Tax on 291 Males at $2.00, .
$582 00
Tax on 30 Females at $5.00 . .
150 00
$732 00
Deduct Clerk's fees,
64 20
$667 80
Paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer, . $667 80
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk.
.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
To the Inhabitants of Wakefield :
The Selectmen herewith present in brief a review of town affairs for the year last past.
We hardly think any one will deny that it has been a not- able one in our history and one producing many changes.
Municipal interest has been often stimulated by frequent town meetings, at which important matters have come under discussion.
Two new Electric Railroads have been completed (mak- ing four in all ) each promoting our business relations, secur- ing to us rapid transit, and connecting and cementing us with contiguous communities in bonds of interest and friend- ship. We are also now a telephonic centre by the establish- ment of a central exchange in our midst.
Our 250th anniversary celebration has stimulated the patri- otic instincts of our citizens at home and abroad, and Amer- icans generally.
The award of the Gas Commissioners has at last been reached, and the prolonged litigation with the Gas Company ceased.
The town has drawn upon its credit and increased its mu- nicipal debt by issuing bonds in payment, and now owns its own lighting plant and has emerged from darkness into light and, as we believe, truthfully claiming to be one of the best lighted towns in this Commonwealth.
It has established new voting precincts for the convenience
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of its voters and has added to its own substantial wealth by patriotically building a new armory for its favorite military organization, the Richardson Light Guard.
The vexed problem of a new library building has found a happy solution in changes comparatively inexpensive, thus securing the cultivation of the nobler part for many years to come.
Public hearings have increased in number, and the rela- tive value of town vs. city government has been publicly discussed, with hearers in plenty.
Hydrant rentals, purchase of water plant, and a partner- ship in such purchase with Stoneham, are matters still en- gaging public thought ; have already been passed upon by our voters and are still unsettled problems. The sewerage question still continues a dark subject. A federation of government control is in the air, and the town has had a year's experience with five instead of three Selectmen as formerly.
All these matters and more, have combined to make this a marked year of change from ordinary municipal routine.
Two of the present board had seen previous service as Selectmeu, the remaining three being new to municipal offi- cial life, but all entered upon their duties warm-hearted for good and with a fixed determination to carry out the will of their constituency and earnestly work to promote the public welfare, fully realizing that as public servants they were to administer the affairs of a municipal corporation as they would those of a commercial one, to wit : on strictly busi- ness principles, and this they have earnestly endeavored to accomplish.
The affairs of a town of the size of ours are necessarily large, and of many kinds, involving the collection' and ex- peuditure of large sums of money, and calling for constant supervision and care, and these are primary facts for voters, both in and out of office, to carefully consider. While to many the management of town affairs seems a perfectly sim- . ple matter, yet the truth is, that it is a business in itself, and
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calls for an amount of time and thought in order for it to be properly performed that can be ill spared from the varied exactions of our every-day business lives, and quite fre- quently it happens that problems arise calling most impera- tively for an inspiration of correct principles of law, careful thought, sound judgment and prompt action.
The yearly meeting of the legislature produces new laws and many changes in old ones, and as law touches human life at seemingly every point, it compels municipal officers who administer them, to keep abreast the times, and by rea- son of these facts the constitution of our town government in all of its various departments becomes a matter of real and deep concern to us all. The town government is seem- ingly nearer to us than state and national; is daily felt ; and thereby seems most to affect our comfort and. well- being, and to commit it to partisanship of any kind would, in our judgment, be to trifle with important interests. He who holds a public office administers a public trust, and is given thereby an opportunity to discharge in part his own indebtedness to society for benefits accrued and inherited from self-sacrificing ancestors and countless toilers in the past, and this he can do by regulating his own official conduct in such a manner as to prevent vices and crimes from polluting the moral atmosphere of the community, and public moneys from being diverted from its designed use.
Although this has been a year of great political uncer- tainty to the Nation at large, and one of financial anxiety to very many of us, with unusual industrial depression and la- bor agitation in many sections and in our own community, some annoying things have occurred, yet, as a whole, we have much to be thankful for. Business is in better condi- tion than a year ago, and has been much better in Wakefield than in very many other towns in the Commonwealth, and we deem this largely due to the enterprising character of our merchants and manufacturers. Many new buildings for manufacturing and residential purposes have been erected.
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More than average good health has prevailed in our com- munity. Good order and much sobriety has been marked, the sanctity of the Christian Sabbath well observed, and the community spared unseemly and disorderly demonstrations, an indication of the diffused intelligence of our population. Intelligence being always amenable to reason, while igno- rance dwells in the sphere of wilfulness and passion.
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