Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1915, Part 4

Author: Reading (Mass.)
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 350


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Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft Ave.


25


John W. Cronin, 58 Prescott St. 26 .


Owen McKenney, 116 John St. 27 .


Henry R. Johnson, 8 Sanborn St.


26


James A. Waters, 16 Green St.


24


John W. Haley, 65 Washington St.


25


John Connelly, 15 Minot St. 27


26


Thomas H. Barrett, off 5 Ash St.


26


Daniel Cullinane, 119 Washington St.


.


27


Blanks


.


89


PROGRESSIVE PARTY


GOVERNOR


Nelson B. Clark, 44 Lathrop St., Beverly


5


Blanks .


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


Calvin Coolidge, 21 Massasoit St., Northampton 1


Blanks .


4


SECRETARY


Albert P. Langtry, 242 Pearl St., Springfield


1


Blanks .


.


4


Charles L. Burrill, 25 Chestnut St., Boston


Blanks .


.


4


AUDITOR


TREASURER 1


Samuel W. George, 45 Highland Ave., Haverhill


1


Blanks . . 4 ·


.


John H. Whelton, 7 High St.


58


ATTORNEY-GENERAL


Henry O. Atwill, 5 Ocean Ave., Lynn


1


Blanks . ·


4


COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT


Blanks . .


5


SENATOR, SEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT


Blanks .


5


REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT


Blanks 10


MIDDLESEX COUNTY COMMISSIONER


George A. Goodwin, 301 Brookline St., Cambridge 5


Blanks


MIDDLESEX COUNTY TREASURER


David A. Keefe. S Wood St., Cambridge 4


Blanks


1


MIDDLESEX COUNTY SHERIFF


John R. Fairbairn, 50 Thorndike St., Cambridge ·


1


Blanks . 4 .


STATE COMMITTEE, SEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT


Blanks


5


DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION


Blanks . . 25


TOWN COMMITTEE, READING


Blanks . 25


The votes were counted and declared in open town meeting and sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk.


It was then voted to adjourn.


MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.


59


ANNUAL STATE ELECTION NOVEMBER 2, 1915


GOVERNOR


Nelson B. Clark of Beverly .


28


Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield


3


Samuel W. McCall of Winchester


900


Peter O'Rourke of Medford


2


William Shaw of Andover .


74


David I. Walsh of Fitchburg


295


Blanks .


9


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


Edward P. Barry of Boston


252


Calvin Coolidge of Northampton


945


Alfred H. Evans of Hadley


58


James Hayes of Plymouth .


3


Chester R. Lawrence of Boston


22


Samuel P. Levenberg of Boston


2


Blanks ·


29


SECRETARY


Edwin A. Grosnover of Amherst


235


Albert P. Langtry of Springfield


959


Thomas J. Maher of Medford


6


Marion E. Sproule of Lowell


7


Willard O. Wylie of Beverly


55


Blanks


49


TREASURER


Henry L. Bowles of Springfield


228


Charles L. Burrill of Boston


967


Charles E. Fenner of Worcester


4


William E. Marks of Worcester


50


Jeremiah P: McNally of Salem


6


Blanks .


56


AUDITOR


Alonzo B. Cook of Boston . 939 James W. Holden of New Bedford


3


.


.


60


Henry C. Iram of Warwick


5


Jacob C. Morse of Brookline


235


William G. Rogers of Wilbraham Blanks


52


77


ATTORNEY-GENERAL


Henry C. Atwill of Lynn


987


Frank Auchter of Boston


49


Joseph Joyce Donahue of Medford


202


John McCarthy of Abington


8


William Taylor of Worcester


2


Blanks


63


COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT


Joseph McNally of Watertown


258


Henry C. Mulligan of Natick


.


.


927


Blanks


126


SENATOR, SEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT


Frederick W. Burke of Lynn


298


Charles A. Kimball of Littleton .


928


Blanks . .


.


85


REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT, TWENTIETH MIDDLESEX


DISTRICT


Fred J. Brown of Woburn


709


Enward B. Eames of Reading


965


George L. Flint of Reading


. 404


John J. Geary of Woburn


144


Blanks .


400


COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MIDDLESEX COUNTY


Alfred C. Cutting of Weston 937


John Lathrop Dyer of Cambridge George A. Goodwin of Cambridge Michael M. O'Connor of Cambridge William H. Walsh of Framingham Blanks .


.


29


44


187


.


20


.


.


94


·


.


.


.


61


COUNTY TREASURER, MIDDLESEX COUNTY


Dewitt Clinton Clapp of Cambridge .


51


Joseph O. Hayden of Somerville


933


David A. Keefe of Cambridge .


. 209


Blanks .


.


168


SHERIFF, MIDDLESEX COUNTY


John J. Donavan of Lowell 213


John R. Fairbairn of Cambridge


982


Blanks .


116


Amendment to Constitution-taking of land and to pro- vide homes to relieve congestion of population : yes, 710: no, 242; blanks, 359.


Amendment to Constitution -- shall women vote: yes, 471; no, 724; blanks, 116.


Amendment to Constitution-to levy tax on incomes and grant reasonable exemptions : yes, 768; no, 203 ; blanks, 340.


The votes were counted and declared in open town meeting and sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk, where- upon it was voted to adjourn.


MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX CITY OF WOBURN


In accordance with the provisions of Section 322, Chap- ter 835, Acts of 1913, the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerks of Burlington, Reading, North Reading and Wilmington, being the City and Town Clerks of every city and town in Representative District number twenty within said County, met at the City Hall, Woburn, at noon on Fri- day, November 12, A. D. 1915, being the tenth day succeed- ing the day of the State Election held on Tuesday, Novem-


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ber 2nd, A. D. 1915, and then and there opened, examined and compared the copies of the records of votes cast at said election for the office of Representative, and determined therefrom that Fred J. Brown of Woburn and Edward B. Eames of Reading were elected to the office of Representa- tive.


The following is a schedule of the names of all persons for whom votes for Representative were given in said Dis- trict and the number of votes given for each person, viz. :


Fred J. Brown of Woburn . 2457


Edward B. Eames of Reading


2467


George L. Flint of Reading


John J. Geary of Woburn


1497


1425


Total


9410


In witness whereof, we, the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerks of Burlington, Reading, North Reading and Wilmington hereunto set our hands this twelfth day of November, A. D. 1915.


J. FRED MALONEY, City Clerk, Woburn.


SELWYN H. GRAHAM, Town Clerk, Burlington.


MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk, Reading. H. LESLIE UPTON, Ass't Town Clerk, No. Reading. JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk, Wilmington.


Town Clerk's Office, Reading, Mass.


Received and recorded.


MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.


1557


Blanks


Defective


DOGS LICENSED DURING YEAR 1915


Whole number of licenses issued .


334


30 Female licenses at $5.00 $150 00


304 Male licenses at $2.00 . .


608 00


Total cash received


$758 00


Less fees for 334 licenses at 20 cents 66 80


Total due County Treasurer $691 20


Paid County Treasurer June 1, 1915 $478 20


Paid County Treasurer Dec. 3, 1915 213 00


Total paid County Treasurer


$691 20


HUNTERS' LICENSES ISSUED YEAR 1915


227 Hunters' Licenses issued at $1.00 .


$227 00


227 Hunters' License fees at 15 cents 34 05


Due Fisheries and Game Commission $192 95


Paid Fisheries and Game Commission :


March 1, 1915 $ 26 35


October 18, 1915


17 85


November 2, 1915


141 10


January 1, 1916


.


7 65


Total paid Commission .


. $192 95


MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.


63


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7


BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS


66


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1915


DATE


SEX


NAME OF CHILD


NAME OF PARENTS


Jan. 1


F


Mary Marchetti


Jan. 2


M Frederick Melvin Day, Jr.


Jan. 6


M George Kinsley Brown.


Jan. 14 M Joseph Douglas White


Jan.


23 F Maxine Ruth Ames


Jan. 29


F Nora Carney .


Jan. 29


M


Joseph Crawford Shaw


Jan. 30


M


James Ralph Meuse.


James and Mary (Bertalena) Marchetti Frederick M. and Mary L. (Macneil) Day Everett W. and Helen M. (Sweeney) Brown Thomas W. and Winnie (Burbine) White John F., Jr., and Ruth E. (Humphrey) Ames Bartholomew and Mary (Crowley) Carney Joseph C. and Mary A. (Palmer) Shaw Henry and Elizabeth (Lafave) Meuse


Feb. 15


F Bessie Teresa McFadden. .


Feb. 16


M Timothy Joseph Haley, Jr ..


Feb. 17 F Florence Ruby Williams


Feb. 20 M Harold F. Heselton


Feb. 20


F Eva Madaline White


Feb. 21 M Wallace Edward Tilton


Feb. 23 F F


Feb. 26 M Lawrence Dennison Kinsley ..


Feb. 26


F


Celia Woodward Kinsley


Henry H. and Alice (Dennison) Kinsley Henry H. and Alice (Dennison) Kinsley Harold L. and Mary L. (Eisan) Welch


Feb. 27 F F Phoebe Frances Mercer


Mar. 1


Mar. 5


F Marguerite Tebeau ·


Mar. 7


F Nannette Clifford .


Mar. 10 F . Mary Catherine Riley


Mar. 10 M Charles Augustus Gowing


Mar. 14 F Mabel Eleanor Crowe


Mar. 19


M Henry Curtis Merritt.


Mar. 21 F Carolyn Muzzy


Apr. 3


F M F


Geoffrey Roger Nichols


Apr. 5


Linnie Kaplan


Apr. 6


M Gordon Douglas Logan


Apr. 7 F Ruth Jean Conner


Apr. 7


F Margaret Esther Hoffman


Apr. 10 F Alice Gracen Leach


Apr. 14 M Bradford Chipman Foster


Apr. 20 M Norman Rolfe Hurd.


Apr. 21 F Frances Perry.


Apr. 29 F Marjorie Elizabeth Blanchard


May 2


F Helen Martha Curtis.


May


4


M Carleton Thompson Holbrook .


May 5 M Leo Peters ·


May


M Walter Henry Ellis


May 13


May 18 F Dorothy Mabel Crosby


May 21


M Prescott Ernest Hobson


May 22


F Catherine Rita Brennan


May 25


Harold Dennis Muse


Elmer B. and Rena E. (Flanders) Nichols Louis and Pauline (Sokolou) Kaplan Joseph D. and Mary A. (Aitkenhead) Logan Edward A. and Regina M. (Squires) Conner Martin E. and Mary M. (Scott) Hoffman William M. and Florence A. (Turner) Leach Harry P. and Carolyn M. (Belyea) Foster Ernest A. and Hattie E. (Gleason) Hurd George B. and Olive (Smart) Perry George F. and Hescilla (Mitchell) Blanchard


Hazen and Martha (Campbell) Curtis Carle McG. and Alice M. (Houghton) Holbrook Joseph and Marie (Peters) Peters Alfred W. and Alice L. (Shanahan) Ellis Percy L. and May (Gatley) Horrocks Guy M. and Alice H. (MacKay) Crosby Joseph L. and Bessie I. (Mills) Hobson J. Gordon and Sarah L. (Hamilton) Brennan Dennis R. and Irene (Doucette) Muse


June 8


June 11


Junius Niles Carter Philip Keniston Parker Miriam Aileen Hazelton


June 15


M


F F Marion Elizabeth Enos :


June 22


M Thomas Anthony Philbin


June 25


F Elizabeth Chase.


.June 28 M Samuel Foster Symonds


June 28 F Dorothy Allen Symonds


Joseph F. and Winnifred J. (Day) McFadden Timothy J. and Esther G. (Champagne) Haley Ralph B. and Frances L. (White) Williams Ralph F. and Harriet M. (Carter) Heselton Joseph A. and Laura M. (Doucette) White Edward C. and Helen (Perley) Tilton James J. and Margaret (Mullaney) Hickey


Feb. 25


Margaret Teresa Hickey


Emma Louise Welch


James R. and Agnes B. (Hodsdon) Mercer Frank A. and Delia (Doucette) Tebeau James and Loraine (Cushman) Clifford George J. and Louise J. (Ingalls) Riley Charles H. and Hattie M. (Putnam) Gowing Edw. H. and Eleonora (Schwarztrauber) Crowe Fred E. and Helen C. (Bodfish) Merritt Horace T. and Emma C. (Daggett) Muzzy


Apr. 4


M F M


June 19 June 20


Percy N. and Blanche E. (Copeland) Carter Harold F. and Bertha G. (Buckle) Parker Albert G. and Lucinda A. (Smith) Hazelton John J. and Adelaide (Oliver) Enos Thomas and Ellen B. (Grady) Philbin John E. and Mary (Seavey) Chase Hazen K. and Ethel G. (Foster) Symonds Hazen K. and Ethel G. (Foster) Symonds


67


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1915


DATE


SEX


NAME OF CHILD


NAME OF PARENTS


July 3


F Wilma Arnold Haley ..


July 9


M


Donald Lindsey


July 11


F


Dorothy May Watters.


July


11


F


May Lila Strople.


July 13


F Virginia Frances Dimock .


July 2! M


Walter Danforth Gardner


July 22


M


Nelson Joseph Burke


July 24


F Lillian Christina Pendergrace


July 25


F Eleanor Connelly


July 25 M Alfred Wallace Chesley


Aug. 5


M


William Henry Miller


Aug. 9


M


Roy Frederick Abbott


Aug. 14


M James Richard Sanborn .


Aug. 15


F Hilda Elizabeth Younghans


Aug. 16


M David R. Quinlan ..


Aug, 20 M George Frederick Gormlie . .


Aug. 23 F


M


Florence Elizabeth Ainsworth Carl Winthrop Sias. .


Aug. 27


F


Catherine Julia Severance


Aug. 28


F Pauline Harrison Knight ..


Aug. 29


Esther Wilhelmina Anderson


Aug. 30 M F


Sept. 3


Rowena Gertrude Stelling


Sept. 8


M


Ernest Harvey Rodgers


Sept. 15


F Helen Zanni·


Sept. 19 M


Wendell Leonard Esterberg


Sept. 20


F


Evelyn Theresa White


Sept. 21


M


Waldo Norvell Reeves, Jr.


Sept. 29 M F


Oct. 6


8


M


Louis Ainsworth Merrill .


Oct.


8


M William Eugene Brown


Oct. 8


F Catherine Ryan Marr


Oct. 19


F Stephanie Kozlowski


Oct. 20


M John Claussen Farnum


Oct. 21


F Rose Theresa Arsenault


Oct. 22


F Mary Isabel Waters


Oct. 22


M Milton Emery MacGregor, Jr.


Oct. 31


Dean Leonard Rounds


Nov. 2


M


Wallace David Melonson


Nov. 9


M


Charles Robert Davis


Nov. 10 F


Phyllis Marion DeLoriea


Nov. 10


F Gertrude May Hill


Nov. 11 M F Alice Gertrude Boyce


Nov. 18


M Frank Bowman


Nov. 19


F Louise Brooks Nichc Is


Nov. 22


M


Roger Whitney ..


Nov. 27 M F


Marjorie M. Brown


Dec.


6


F


Marian E. Brown


Dec.


9 M Leland Palmer Hilts


Dec. 12


F Ethel Pearl Anderson .


F. Mary Elizabeth Cronin


Dec. 14


Dec. 16


F Phyllis Mae Carpenter


Dec. 19


M William Moody Turner


Dec. 20 M Richard Patrick Duvall


William A. and Margaret (Flint) Haley Alexander and Grace A. (Durgin) Lindsay Harold E. and Margaret M. (Michelini) Watters Howard N. and Laura E. (Stanley) Strople Ernest F. and Eliz beth A (Burke) Dimock Walter D, and Bernice M. (MacConnell) Gardne William H. and Genevieve (Beliveau) Burke Arthur E. and Minnie (Gallant) Pendergrace Michael J. and Agnes M. (Murphy) Connelly Alfred W. and Marion L. (Haag) Chesley


Frederick H. and Erna M. (Herschel) Miller Iremus H. and Lelia I. (Nesbett) Abbott James F. and Annie G. (Stinchfield) Sanborn Charles B. and Hilda E. (Swanson) Younghans Thomas H. and Annie (Kelly) Quinlan Charles F. and Bertha E. (Miller) Gormlie Rich'd H. and Seraphine E. (Turner) Ainsworth James W. and Janie M. (Sinton) Sias Fred B. and Christina M. (Smith) Severance Walter B. and Grace (Fernald) Knight Carl J. and Wilhelmina (Porath) Anderson Linwood A. and Evelyn (Merrill) Rogers


Albert G. and Grace A. (Wesley) Stelling Clarence C. and Olive J. (Noyes) Rodgers Angelo and Kate (Cuneo) Zanni William L. and Anna V. (Brown) Esterberg George A. and Margaret A. (Quinn) White


Waldo N. and Laura E. (Vidito) Reeves


Lavers D. and Cora (Hale) Zwicker Albert E. and Mary E. (Ainsworth) Merrill William F. and Jean A. (Cran) Brown Fred A. and Elise (Ryan) Marr Stephen and Mary (Barcka) Kozlowski Fred E. and Florence L. (Claussen) Farnum John R. and Matilda M. (Doucette) Arsenault James G. and Florence (Himeon) Waters Milton F. and Helen A. (Emerson) MacGregor Samuel D. and Mary L. (Leonard) Rounds


Charles L. and Ada B. (Horton) Richardson Wallace ar.d Fannie (Doucette) Melonson Charles and Florence I. (Marshall) Davis Arthur E. and Blanche M. (Marion) DeLoriea George H. and Carrie (Johnson) Hill


Nov. 15


Joseph R. and Lillian M. (Gavin) Boyce Walter and Elizabeth (Peard) Bowman Louis H. and Inez (Holden) Nichols Charles E. and Rose F. (Perley) Whitney Lorie F. and Margaret (Coney) Porter


James W. and Etta (Betts) Brown James W. and Etta (Betts) Brown Charles E. and Jennie (Logan) Hilts John and Ethel (Hutchinson) Anderson John W. and Etta M. (Connolly) Cronin Leo and Irene (Betts) Johnson Hugh B. and Elizabeth J. (Puane) Grant Adelbert D. and Genevret (Quick) Carpenter William and Hazel (Freeman) Turner John P. and Theresa (Fitzsimmons) Duvall


Dec. 13 Dec. 14 M F Marion Grant


Paul Simon Porter


Dec. 6


M M Charles Lyman Richardson, Jr.


Nov. 4


Barbara Louise Zwicker


Oct.


Aug. 24


Wesley Alden Rogers


68


BIRTHS IN OTHER YEARS CORRECTED AND OMITTED


DATE


SEX


NAME OF CHILD


NAME OF PARENTS


1914


Dec. 5


M


Harold Blake Weston


Joseph L. and Hattie E. (Blake) Weston


Nov. 14 M George David MacDonald.


Sept. 16 F Margaret Bradstreet Guild ..


Arthur P. and Margaretta H. (Weston) Mac- [Donald Robert G. and Ethel G. (Gould) Guild Edward S. and Alice M. (Thistle) Taylor


June 18 M Edward Scott Taylor


May 11 F Ruth Elizabeth Thorne


Joseph E. and Alice E. (MacMonagle) Thorne


Jan. 22 M John Cameron Fairbrother.


Frank E. and Elizabeth F. (Fisher) Fairbrother


1913


Oct. 1


F Elizabeth Josephine Grant .. . .


Hugh B. and Elizabeth J. (Ruane) Grant


Mar. 9


M Robert Merton Rodgers


Clarence C. and Olive J. (Noyes) Rodgers


1912


June 9


F Marguerite Louise Parker . .


George L. and Rubybelle (Parsons) Parker


1897


Nov. 14


M


William James Scanlon


James and Christie (McLean) Scanlon


Whole number of births, 126. Nativity of Parents: Native Born, Males, 93; Females, 85. Foreign Born, Males, 31; Females, 41.


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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1915


DATE NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM AGE


OCCUPATION


RESIDENCE


Jan. 19


Leland S. Hagar. 28


Candy Maker


Reading, Mass.


Mabel J. Connor. 28


Jan. 21


Louis Alphonse Demers 23


Electrician


Marie Isabella Morrin 19


Saleslady .


Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass.


Jan. 22


Charles Edwin Judkins 48


Box Manufacturer


Bessie G. Tedford.


34


Housekeeper


Reading, Mass.


Jan. 30


Dean Peabody, Jr. .26


Instructor


Somerville, Mass.


Marjorie Roberts. .24


At Home


Reading, Mass.


Feb. 11


Raymond J. Moulaison .. 30


Laborer.


Lynn, Mass.


Mary C. Bourque . .


23


Housework


Reading, Mass.


Feb. 20


Louis Herbert Nichols. .32


Motorman


Reading, Mass.


Inez H. Rosson .. .32


At Home


Reading, Mass.


Mar. 18


Charles I. Nesmith, Jr .24


Farmer


Reading, Mass.


Abbie I. Bokleman.


21


None


Reading, Mass.


Mar. 22 Walter Alvertin Bowman .. 35


Elizabeth Anna Peard. 28


Housekeeper


Reading, Mass.


Apr. 5 Harold R. Stuart .. 21


Lillian W. McWade 19


Apr. 5 Thomas Albert Welch 26


Molly Lillian Lowell .22


Apr. 12 Malcolm Worcester Jewett 23


Edith Raye Symonds 19


Apr. 19


Edward LeBlanc. 21


Rubber Worker.


Reading, Mass.


Frances Louise Castine 18


Apr. 27 Phillip Eps'ein 23


Marion Freedman 22


At Home.


Reading, Mass.


Apr. 29 Ernest Herbolzheimer .23


Alice May Flanders .25


May 2


Joshua White .27


Mill Hand


Reading, Mass.


Housework


Reading, Mass.


Machinist . .


Reading, Mass.


At Home.


Messenger


At Home.


Shoe Maker


None


Real Estate


None


Reading, Mass.


Cutter


Reading, Mass.


Finisher


Woburn, Mass.


May 30 John Arseneault .20


Matilda Doucette .20


Shoe Worker


Reading, Mass. Stoneham, Mass.


June 8 Francis Clifford Tukey .46


Garage


Reading, Mass.


Nurse


Reading, Mass.


Ass't Superintendent . .


Reading, Mass.


Clerk ..


North Reading, Mass.


Merchant.


At Home.


June 17


Arthur W. Mason 42 Lilla M. Cook .41


June 23 Angus G. Mathieson .27 Alberta R. Doyle. .23


June 23 Charles Williams .30


Margery Willis . .22


None


Reading, Mass.


June 28 Ernest Benj. Wyatt. .23


Ethel May Hinchcliffe .28


At Home.


Brookline, Mass.


None


Machinist.


At Home


Commercial Traveller .. Organist. ..


Reading, Mass.


Laundry Worker


Reading, Mass. Boston, Mass.


Merchant


Pipe Maker


Box Maker


Reading, Mass. Stoneham, Mass.


Sadie Amirault .. .23


May 4 Herbert Alban Buttrick .20


Ethel Elizabeth Greenyer .16


May 5 Frederick H Mayo. 34


Maude E. Turner .27


May 12 Geatone P. Spinnelli 28


Bertha O. (Barber) Mackay .. 24


May 15 David Allison Youill .38


Flora Augusta Benson .23


May 29 Leslie A. Nichols .29


A. May Spicer. 21


June 16 Arthur Dinsmore Gordon .55


Laura B. Sutherland. 31


Shoemaker


Operative. Candy Maker


Reading, Mass. Malden, Mass. Lynn, Mass. Lynn, Mass. Dorchester, Mass. Reading, Mass. Nashua, N. H.


Teacher


Garage


Engineer


Wakefield, Mass. Reading, Mass.


Carpenter


Reading, Mass.


Real Estate


Reading, Mass. Hinsdale, N. H. Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass.


Reading, Mass. Winthrop, Mass. Freedom, Me. Reading, Mass. Malden, Mass Reading, Mass.


Helen W. Carter .28


Mill Hand


Clara E. Tilden . . .. 42 June J. Raymond Nichols. 21


Teacher


Lawrence, Mass. Wakefield, Mass.


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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1915


DATE NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM AGE


July 4


Warren McEachren .. 21


Helena Ballou. .. .25


July 6 Roy Elsdon Richardson .24


Machinist .


Reading, Mass.


July 10


John Charles Chesley . 35


Grocer.


Wakefield, Mass.


Alice Smith. . 23


Clerk


Reading, Mass.


July 10


Samuel Atkins Eliot, Jr 22


Play Producer.


Cambridge, Mass.


Ethel Agusta Cook. 25


Editor .


Pittsfield, Mass.


July 25 James G. Watters .18


Florence L. Himeon 18


Housemaid


Reading, Mass.


July 30 George H. Gibbs 35


Evelyn Annie MacClellan 28


Compositor


Somerville, Mass.


Aug. 3


John Elihu Dwight, Jr. 45


Gentleman


Falmouth. Mass.


Reading, Mass.


Aug. 6 Everett Webster Andrews 22


Bookkeeper.


Essex, Mass.


Reading, Mass.


Aug. 11


Samuel Smith Thyng. .53


Aug. 20 William J. Head


Irene May Taylor


William Herbert Swasey 23


Geneva Wilkinson . 19


Aug, 25 Llewellyn Wight Jordan 23


Ethel Messina Moreshead .22


Aug. 25 Wilbur C. Cummings. 50


Joanna Murray . 37


Sept. 5


Sylvain Muse. .28


Margaret Boutchee 22


Sept. 10 Frank Clark Huckins .49


Annette E. Miller. 48 Nurse ..


Sept. 18 Park L. Gougaware 25


Helen H. Cook. 25


Sept. 21 Oscar Harris Rounds .24


Muriel Alice Emerson 25


Sept. 28 Otis Holbrook Brown 46


Minette Vincent Harrington .34


Sept. 29 Orville O. Ordway .50


Edna M. Cutter 20


Oct. 2


Roy Edward Wyatt .25


Elsie May Crother. . 23 Oct. 2 Oscar Curtis Merritt .. 29


Myra Louise Chadwick 29


Oct. 2 Harold Carmi Robinson. 23


Oct. 3 William W. Sawyer


28 Oct. 3 Clarence L Dow 22


Joanna Nickerson .


21 Oct. 5 Oliver L. Akerley . 56 Myra C. Vial] .. . 53 At Home ..


Oct. 6 Charles William Ellenwood .25


Minerva G. Gilman 20 Oct, 9 Chester Warren Sherman 20


Oct. 12 John F. White .. 27


Edith F. Doucette. 26


Oct. 17


Frank Doucette. 36 Mary Morris 22


Oct. 18 Clarence A. Studley 24


Marjorie Jaquith


19


None ..


Oct. 30 Hamilton Gaw .. .26


Florence M. Lovejoy .29


OCCUPATION


RESIDENCE


Baker ..


Everett, Mass.


Nurse


Reading, Mass.


Hilda Weston Eames 24


Teacher


North Reading, Mass.


Reading, Mass.


Reading, Mass.


Bristol, R. I.


Housemaid


Pawtucket, R. I.


Reading, Mass.


Housework


Reading, Mass.


Fireman


Reading, Mass.


At Home


Dedham, Mass.


Brushmaker


Reading, Mass.


Housework


Reading, Mass.


Mill Hand


Reading, Mass.


At Home. .


Essex, Mass.


Lubec, Maine


Reading, Mass.


Boston, Mass.


Stenographer.


East Boston, Mass.


Clerk


Reading. Mass.


At Home


Reading, Mass.


Merchant


Reading. Mass.


Nurse.


Malden. Mass.


Blacksmith


At Home .


Fireman


Bookkeeper


Engireer


Teacher


Clerk


At Home


Reading, Mass. Wakefield. Mass. Readirg, Mass.


Inspector


Stenographer


Reading, Mass.


Cook


Waitress


Manufacturer


Trainman


Reading, Mass.


Clerk


Teamster


At Home.


Clerk


Stenographer


Reading, Mass.


R. R. Man.


Operative R. R. Man


Reading. Mass. Reading, Mass. Reading. Mass.


Stoneham. Mass.


Motorman


At Home


Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass.


Julia A. Boyce ..


47


21


.18


Aug. 24


Mary Emma Goodwin 20


Dressmaker


Painter .


At Home.


Rubber Worker


Trainman ..


Chemist


Reading, Mass.


Blacksmith


Reading, Mass.


Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass.


Wakefield, Mass. Somerville. Mass. Reading, Mass. Cataumet, Mass.


Alta Mildred Abbott.


22


.33


Mary Agatha Bonin


Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass.


Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass. Dorchester. Mass. Reading, Mass.


Ella Frances Brown


16


Dora Campbell Dickson. 35


Graduate Nurse


Photographer


Linotype Engineer


71


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1915


DATE NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM


AGE


OCCUPATION


RESIDENCE


Nov. 6 William E. Jenkins


.28


Clerk


Mercer, Pa.


Oolooloo Hadley


23


Artist


Reading, Mass.


Nov. 9


Albion I. Dole. .


27


Pipe Maker


Reading, Mass.


Nov. 12


Donald H. Stevens


21


Mill Hand


Reading, Mass.


Alice M. Haines .


22


Housekeeper


Reading, Mass.


Nov. 16


Harry Wesley Carter


.27


Clerk


Somerville, Mass. Somerville, Mass.


Nov. 18


Andrew Charles Dobbins


28


Conductor


Reading, Mass.


Nov. 25


Frank Burbine ..


23


Mill Hand .


Reading, Mass.


Nellie Deveau


19


Shoe Worker


Reading, Mass.


Nov. 26


Leslie Wilder Martin


.24


Mechanic


Reading, Mass.


Carrie Viola Drew.


.35


Milliner


Reading, Mass.


Nov. 29


Arthur E. Moulton .


.39


Salesman


Lynnfield, Mass.


Nov. 31


Alexander Dulong. .42


Car Repairer


Reading, Mass.


Lillian Dulong.


.42


Housework


Reading, Mass.


Dec. 12


Henry McDonald . 21


Shipping Clerk


Reading, Mass.


Emily Louise Cary


20


Shoe Stitcher.


North Reading, Mass.


Dec. 15


Raymond George Doucette .24


Cabinet Maker


Wakefield, Mass.


Mabel Elizabeth Parker. .19


Housework


Reading, Mass.


Dec. 20


Leon T. Harris. 21


Clerk


Wakefield, Mass.


Lucretia A. Frotton 18


At Home


Reading, Mass.


.17


Bookkeeper


Reading, Mass.


Gladys Gilbert .


21


At Home.


Sarah Ann Freal


.25


Housework


Woburn, Mass.


Frances H. Radcliffe 37


At Home


Lynnfield, Mass.


Gladys E. Millbury


Whole number of marriages. 71. American born: Males 57, Females 53. Foreign born: Males 16; Females 16.


72


DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1915


DATE


NAME


Y


M


D


CAUSE OF DEATH


Jan.


1


Catherine J. Lehan


50


6


26


Bronchitis


Jan.


1


Joseph F. Williams ..


78


3


2


Cerebral Hemorrhage


Jan.


2


Bartholomew Murphy


57


4


14


R. R. Accident


Jan.


3 Helen Doucette


0


1


1


Malnutritis


Jan.


1


Jeremiah Cullinane.


64


0


0


Chronic Bronchitis


Jan. 9


Ebenezer P. Edmands


69


5


27


Cerebral Hemorrhage


Jan. 22


Azro A. Smith ..


87


5


16


Acute Bronchitis


Jan. 22


Robert G. Turner


41


9


17


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Feb. 2


Leslie F. Richardson .


0


8


22


Broncho Pneumonia


Feb. 14


Hersey F. Baker


0


2


10


Bronchitis


Feb. 19


Elizabeth Foster McIntire.


92


6


25


Bronchitis


Feb. 20


Daniel A. Ritter


64


0


0


Arterio Sclerosis


Feb. 22


Nelson Skinner


92


9


27


Cardiac Odoema


Feb. 25


Feb. 28


Roland H. Gray


0


2


22


Chronic Indigestion


Mar. 3


Mary Carney .


48


10


0


Valvular Disease of Heart


Mar. 10


Catherine Russell Reddy


65


0


0


Apoplexy


Mar. 12


Julia T. Carter ..


64


0


0


Valvular Heart Disease


Mar. 14


Julia Clements.


73


6


12


Chronic Nephritis


Mar. 14


Addie G. Luscomb


59


2


19


Pneumonia


Mar. 2S


Susan Maria Penney


83


1


15


Bronchitis


Apr.


4


Charles F. Stiles


82


0


0


Pneumonia


Apr. 4


Sarah A. Parker


77


1


0


Cerebral Hemorrhage


Apr. 5


Julia M. Woodruff


87


7


24


Cerebral Hemorrhage


Apr. 5 Mary A. Gould


85


1


21


Valvular Heart Disease


Apr. 5


Elizabeth P. J. Smith


82


11


1


Pneumonia


Apr.


John R. Malonson


2


4


0


Diphtheria


Apr. 11 Ruth McClennan.


3


5


2


Diphtheria


Apr. 12


Sarah F. Danforth


78


5


0


Cerebral Hemorrhage


Apr. 17


Charles F. Doyle .


60


8


2


Valvular Heart Disease


Apr. 27


Abbie A. Cummings


79


8


11


Apoplexy


Apr. 30


Clayton H. Raymond .


30


1


10


Acute Endocarditis


May


Hannah C. Gray


92


11


27


Arterio Sclerosis




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