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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 :
Dennis P. Blake of Woburn 1707
Fred J. Brown of Woburn
3010
Edward B. Eames of Reading
2767
Ira B. Forbes of Stoneham
1368
Curtis M. Child
1
Blanks
2887
Total
11740
In witness whereof, we the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerks of Reading and Stoneham, hereunto set our hands this seventeenth day of November, A. D. 1916.
J. FRED MALONEY, City Clerk, Woburn.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk, Reading. GEORGE N. GREEN, Town Clerk, Stonehanı.
Town Clerk's Office.
Received and recorded, Nov. 16th, 1916.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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DOG LICENSES DURING YEAR 1916
Whole number of licenses issued . 327 .
31 Female licenses at $5.00 $155 00
296 Male licenses at $2.00 . $592 00
Total cash received $747 00
Less fees for 327 licenses at 20 cents 65 40
Total due County Treasurer $681 60
Paid County Treasurer June 1, 1916 $416 40
Paid County Treasurer Dec. 1, 1916 265 20
Total paid County Treasurer $681 60 .
HUNTERS' LICENSES ISSUED YEAR 1916
174 Licenses issued at $1.00 $174 00
1 License issued at $10.00 10 00
175 Total licenses issued $184 00
175 Hunters' license fees at 15 cents 26 25
Due Fisheries and Game Commission $157 75
Paid Fisheries and Game Commission :
February 8, 1916 $ 21 25
October 2, 1916 45 90
November 14, 1916
84 65
December 27, 1916
5 95
Total payments for year 1916 $157 75
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
93
NOTICE TO PARENTS, HOUSEWIVES,
PHYSICIANS AND MIDWIVES
Your Attention is Called to the Sections Below Taken from the Revised Laws .- Blank Forms for Return of Births Can be Obtained from the Town Clerk
SECTION 3, CHAPTER 444, ACTS OF 1897
SECTION 3. - Physicians and midwives shall, on or before the fifth day of each month, report to the clerk of each city or town a correct list of all children born therein during the month next preceding, at whose birth they were present, stating the date and place of each birth, the name of the child, if it has any, the sex and color of the child, the name, place of birth and residence of the parents, the maiden name of the mother, and the occupation of the father.
If the child is illegitimate the name of the father shall not be stated, unless at the joint request in writing of both father and mother, which request shall be filed with the return of births.
The fee of the physician or midwife shall be twenty-five cents for each birth so reported, and shall be paid by the city or town in which the report is made, upon presentation of a certificate from the city or town clerk stating that said births have been reported, in conformity with the requirements of this section.
Any physician or midwife neglecting to report such list for ten days after it is due shall for each offence forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty- five dollars.
SECTION 6, CHAPTER 444, ACTS 1897
SECTION 6. Parents and householders shall within forty (40) days after the date of a birth occurring in his house give thereof, or cause such notice to be given, to the clerk of the city or town in which such child is born.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
94
95
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1916
DATE
NAME OF CHILD SEX
NAME OF PARENTS
Jan. 8
Robert Irving Nesmith
M
Charles I. Jr., and Abbie J. (Bokleman) Nesmith
Jan. 22
Jan. 22
Mary Hazel White
F
Joshua H. and Sadie (Amirault) White
Jan. 26
Marguerite Lillian Avery F
Jan. 29
John Williams Kenney
M
Edwin H. and Lillian E. (Chapman) Avery Edward O. and Ruth (Carter) Kenney
Feb. 1 John Wilbur Hatfield M
Feb. 4 Robert Judson Leach .
M
Feb. 6 Hyman Prail ...
M Max and Sarah (Pitkowski) Prail
Feb. 7 Alfred B. Smith, Jr. M
Alfred B. and Catherine M. (Burke) Smith
Feb. 11 Frederick Lewis Groff.
Feb. 14
Lowell Emerson Field
M
F Ausborne and Evelyn F. (Libby) Chisholm
Feb. 19
Richard Adolphus Dulong
M M
George L. and Olive A. (Turner) Dulong Arthur R. and Ella V. (Parker) Kimball Charles I. and Elizabeth (Vidito) Grant Frank E. and Annie (Doucette) Clement
Mar. 5 Theodore Francis Watts. M
Mar. 12 Joseph Edward Babine. M
Mar. 13
William H. Campbell M
William H. and Mary L. (Griffiths) Campbell
Mar. 15 Elizabeth G Guild
F
Robert and Ethel (Gould) Guild
Mar. 16
Pauline Lois Boston .
Lester C. and Kittie B. (Perkins) Boston
Mar. 22 James Harold Doucette.
Bernard and Mary E. (McCarthy) Doucette
Mar. 22 Jennie Elizabeth Gaw.
F
David G. and Jennie O. (Carr) Gaw
Mar. 29
Apr. 4 Joseph Francis O'Keefe. ..
Apr. 5 Philip Nelson Doucette.
Apr. 8 Isabel Clarke.
Apr. 11 Frank Norman Poock.
M
Charles A. and Mabel J. (Jackson) Poock
Apr. 13 Ruth Florence Meuse.
Apr. 24 Donald Fideles Amirault.
Apr. 25 Marion Madeline Froton
Apr. 27 Arthur Franklin Perry
M
Apr. 27 George Irving Oliver. M
May 7 Barbara Jewett.
May
9 Florence Matilda Saulnier
May 9 Henry Morton Brown
May 11 William August Rader.
May
15 Arnold Gilman Ellingwood
May 16 Dorothy Louise Ryan ..
May 16 James Aloysius Farley
May 17 Richard William Goff .
17 Mildred Elizabeth Weston F
May May 21
Lena Burbine
May 23 Helen Elizabeth Gray
May
24 Sidney Payson Gould .
May 30 Ruth Alice Williams F
May 31 Thomas Leo Cullinane. M Jeremiah J. and Annie C. (Blake) Cullinane
June 1
June 5 Alfreda Stacy .
F M
William H. and Alice M. (Burditt) Stacy Charles D. and Etta Sarah (Fawcett) Peck
June 5 William Henry Peck.
June 5 William J. Greene.
M Timothy G. and Delia (Higgins) Greene
June 7 Mollie Emerson Parker June 8 Geraldine Westcott .. F F Robert E. and Edith (Ives) Parker Joseph and Helen (Erskine) Westcott F June 12 Dorothy Banks Parker M Stanley Edgar Ellison . June 14 M Moses C. and Grace S. (Spooner) Parker Louis E. and Bessie (Parker) Ellison June 15 William Carney. Leblanc M Harry Norman Nichols M Bartholomew and Mary (Crowley) Carney June 18 June 18 June 19 Rita Frances Lewis. Edward and Louise F. (Castine) Leblanc Elmer and Inez (Flanders) Nichols F M James E. and Margaret E. (Donahue) Lewis Sydney M. and Alice L. (DeMerritt) Hodson June 21 Sydney Murdoch Hodson, Jr .. F Orville O. and Edna M. (Cutter) Ordway
June 22 Edith Martha Ordway
June 23 Mabel Edith Strople. . F Howard and Laura (Stanley) Strople
June 24 Hilda Read Ripley . F Read I. and Helen B. (Bartholomew) Ripley
June 28
Flora Louise Heath F Fred P. and Beatrice M. (Batchelder) Heath
F
Feb. 23
Winona Virginia Grant ..
Feb. 24
Alice Margaret Clement. F
Rowland H. and Clara B. (Simpson) Watts Louis C. and Mary (Muse) Babine
Mar. 15
F M
Gertrude Elizabeth Welch F M M F
Daniel and Bridget M. (McDonough) O'Keefe John J. and Marion E. (Frotten) Doucette William R. and Victoria M. (Slack) Clarke
Edward F. and Florence M. (Meuse) Meuse Joseph L. and Mary E. (Amirault) Amirault John H. and Annie J. (Hogan) Froton Rolland L. and Lottie F. (Abb )tt) Perry Irving J. and Mary Ella (Knowlton) Oliver
F F M M M Charles W. and Minerva G. (Gilman) Ellingwood
F M M
Arthur L. and Mary A. (Frost) Ryan Thomas J. and Annie (Sheridan) Farley William H. and Augustina M. (Johnson) Goff Nelson R. and Helen (Eaton) Weston Frank and Nellie M. (Deveau) Burbine
F F M
Robert L. and Bertha L. (Parker) Gray Sidney C. and Eunice P. (Batteau) Gould Walter I. and Fannie (Carson) Williams
Feb. 25
M Edward L. and Annie (Lewis) Groff Elmer D. and Lucy A. (Noyes) Field
Feb. 19 Nellie Frances Chisholm.
John M. and Florence (Coulter) Hatfield A. Judson and Mary (Kennedy) Leach
Feb. 21
Harvey Russell Kimball.
Martin C. and Laura A. (Rasmussey) Welch
F M F
Malcolm W. and Edith R. (Symonds) Jewett Frank I. and Ida M. (Doucette) Saulnier Edward A. and Blanche B. (Hewes) Brown August C. and Louisa (Ghetti) Rader
96
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1916
DATE NAME OF CHILD SEX
NAME OF PARENTS
July 1
4 Katherine Angelina McCarty. F
F
John J. and Catherine (Penney) McCarthy Joseph L. and Marie (Peters) Peters
July 14
Rita Peters.
M
John J. and Agnes (McHale) Philbin
July 19 Roland Leo Hatch. M William H. and Ida M. (Nadeau) Hatch Frank and Lucille (Abbott) Cate
July 21 Natalie Cate . F F Edward J. and Mary T. (LeFave) Meuse
July 21 Mary Rita Meuse ..
July 25 James Robert Veacock, Jr. M
James R. and Maud (Trott) Veacock
July 27
Donald Marshall Nichols.
M
Preston F. and Sadie A. (Robinson) Nichols
July 31 Florence Marie White. F
Edward J. and Annie D. (White) White
July 31 Elizabeth Alma Foster - F
Harry R. and Carolyn M. (Belyea) Foster
Aug. 1 Dora Marchetti . F
Aug. 9 James Alexander Richmond. M
Aug. 9 Genevieve Doucette
F
Aug. 11 Phyllis Virginia Chapman F
Aug. 17 Jeanne Macgregor
F
Aug. 18 Laurence Sawyer.
M M
Aug. 23 Lawrence James White.
M
Aug. 29 Ethel May Perkins. M
Aug. 29
Rose Lena Green . . F
Aug. 30 Guiseppe Volpedo. M
Guiseppe and Provencia (Digata) Volpedo
Sept. 1 Frances Evelyn Muise F
Sept. 5 Joseph Francis Enos
M
Sept. 6 Herbert Warren Glidden M
Sept. 17 Virginia Louise Chase .. F
Sept. 24 Wallace Johnson Morse. M Leslie B. and Florence L. (Johnson) Morse
Sept. 25
Pearl Winnifred Wormell. F
Sept. 29 Henry Joseph Holmes.
M
Sept. 29 George F. Holmes M
Sept. 29 Theodora Burbank F
Fred A. and Maud (Henry) Wormell Henry J. and Martha A. (White) Holmes Henry J. and Martha A. (White) Holmes Arthur E. and Winnie (Brockelbank) Burbank
Oct. 5 Edward Joseph Knight M F
Oct. 7 Frances Amy Macleod
Oct. 9 David Livingstone. M
Oct. 10 Bertha Pierce Mitchell F
Oct. 17 Harold Brown Wilkins. M
Oct. 21 Eileen Eugenie Rols
F
Oct. 24 Marion Bishop F M
Oct. 26 Dana Eaton Christiansen
Oct. 28 William Hayes Brown. M
Oct. 30 Ruth Emma Mersereau F
Oct. 31 Jos. Gilpatrick Smyth Robinson M
John L. and Sarah (Gallant) Knight Robert N. and Frances A. (Tucker) Macleod Leonard A. and Laura (Muree) Livingstone Fred G. and Bertha L. (Pierce) Mitchell Richard M. and Mildred (Brown) Wilkins John E. and Louisa M. (Poulin) Rols Robert and Ethel (Frost) Bishop Thorolf ard Thelma V. (Phillips) Christiansen Rodney W. and Mabel (Hayes) Brown Harry E. and Louise (White) Mersereau Joseph G. S. and Mabel E. (Hager) Robinson
Nov. 7 Edward Joseph Pero . M
Nov. 8 Elvin Morris Taylor.
M
Nov. 8 Viola Marjorie Hasty.
F
Richard H. and Seraphine E. (Turner) Ainsworth
Nov. 13
Nov. 17
Nov. 22
Evelyn Mary Meuise .. F
Nov. 30
Dec. 2 Earl Frank Baker, Jr. M F F Dec. 4 Barbara Shirley Studley.
Dec. 6 Helen Frances Bolster
Dec. 9 Chas. Alexander MacDougall. . M
Earl F. and Katherine (Groundes) Baker Clarence A. and Marjorie (Jaquith) Studley Harold G. and Dorothy E. (Wallis) Bolster John D. and Katherine (MacLean) MacDougall
Dec. 12 Mary Katherine Fultz. F John E. and Elizabeth S. (Brown) Fultz Arthur G. and Asunta (Michelini) Winship Dec. 14 Paul Michelini Winship. M Dec. 22 Mary Regena Robbins. F Dec. 23 Mary Elizabeth Hall. F Jeffrey and Emily A. (Doucette) Robbins Orick D. and Mary A. (McNeal) Hall Dec. 26 Edith Mary Bryden. F Dec. 29 Leroy Wright Merritt. M Henry W. and Edith M. (Fillmore) Bryden Fred E. and Helen C. (Bodfish) Merritt August and Alma M. (Nelson) Svenson
Dec. 30 Eric Samuel Svenson M
Peter E. and Ellen T. (Moriarty) Pero Omar F. and Delcie V. (Beckmann) Taylor Charles S. and Fanny A. (Childs) Hasty
Nov. 10 Rodney Louis Ainsworth M
Marjorie Elizabeth Brown F Everett W. and Helen M. (Sweeney) Brown Wallace and Fannie (Doucette) Melonson Melonson . M Dennis L. and Rose O. (Doucette) Muise
James and Mary (Bartolina) Marchetti Alexander and Georgie A. (Putnam) Richmond Raymond and Mabel P. (Parker) Doucette Ernest and Ellen (Milne) Chapman
Aug. 19 Norman Edward Flint ..
Edwin S. and Hilda F. (Veinot) Macgregor William A. and Mary (Brown) Sawyer Frederick C. and Louise M. (Durkee) Flint Adolph and Laura (Doucette) White Fred L. and Florence C. (Larabee) Perkins Karl and Dora (Levick) Green
Sylvine and Margaret (Boutchie) Muise Joseph G. and Adelaide (Oliver) Enos Herbert M. and Lottie M. (Lemon) Glidden Frank A. and Jeanette R. (Holden) Chase
1
July
July 19 Thomas Francis Philbin.
97
BIRTHS IN OTHER YEARS CORRECTED AND OMITTED
DATE
NAME OF CHILD SEX
NAME OF PARENTS
1885
Feb. 11
Thomas Devaney
M
Patrick and Mary (Comber) Devaney
1896
June 17
Eleanora Ruth Turner
F Thomas and Mary Ellen (Thornton) Turner
1899
Oct. 27
Jesse Chase Manning.
M
Benjamin F. and Evelyn A. (Chase) Manning
1901
Mar. 18
Mamie McIntire.
F
Charles and Jessie (Ellis) McIntire Reuben and Agnes (Lefay) White
1914 Feb. 25 June 20 1915
Ruth Lena Zanni ..
F
Grace Elizabeth Atkinson .
F
Angelo and Kate (Cuneo) Zanni William W. and Christine F. (O'Brien) Atkinson
Jan. 12
Roberta Bolster
F
Harold and Dorothy (Wallace) Bolster John L. and Sadie (Jack) Devaney
Feb. 15
Mary Devaney
F
Apr. 10
Alice Gracen Leach
F
William M. and Florence A. (Turner) Leach Leslie J. and Mabel G. (Hall) Johnson
May 13
Percy Leroy Horrocks. M
Percy L. and May C. F. (Gately) Horrocks
June 24 June 28 Dorothy Ellen Symonds
F
Clinton W. and Clara E. (Wiswall) Crafts Hazen K. and Ethel G. (Foster) Symonds
Aug. 18 Arthur Bernard Callan
M
Arthur B. and Hermione A. (Smith) Callan
Oct. 6 Arthur Ross Henry.
M
Arthur R. and Ada B. (Reed) Henry
Oct. 8 Louise Merrill F Albert E. and Mary (Ainsworth) Merrill
Nov. 22
Roger Whitney M Charles E. and Rose F. (Perley) Whitney
Dec. 23
Cornelius Wiltsie Sanctuary . . . M
Harry I. and Edith L. (Wiltsie) Sanctuary
F
Dec. 25
Edna Catherine White
Ernest Joseph Johnson M
Apr. 27
Jeanette Watling Crafts
F
Whole number of births, 146. Nativity of parents: Native born, Males 103, Females, 94. Foreign born, Males 42, females 52.
98
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1916
DATE
NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM AGE
OCCUPATION
RESIDENCE
1915
Dec. 4 Norman H. Hudson. 22
Grace S. Cann.
22
Dec. 15
Fred A. Wormell . .42
Baker
Reading, Mass.
Annie M. Stock 37
Saleslady
Reading, Mass.
1916
Jan. 2
Laurence Amirault 21
Rubber Worker
Reading, Mass.
Eva Amirault.
18
Housework
Reading, Mass.
Jan. 3 Alfred Teolk . . .34
Shoe Worker
Reading, Mass.
Fredricha E. Johnson 30
Housework
Reading, Mass.
Jan. 15 Robert W. Macleod. .21
Amy F. Tucker.
22
At Home
Reading, Mass.
Feb. 1 William R. Livingstone. .26
Cook
Reading, Mass.
At Home.
Reading, Mass.
Feb. 3
Frank H. White. 22
Mason
Wakefield, Mass.
Mary M. Frotten. .18
Housework
Reading, Mass.
Feb. 11
Clyde M Symonds . 23
Chauffeur
Reading, Mass.
Feb. 14
Joseph P. Maguire . .25
Machinist
Reading, Mass.
Catherine Lawton .30
Operator
Lawrence, Mass.
Mar. 5
Simon Clements. .. 72
Stone Mason
Reading, Mass.
Housework
Reading, Mass.
Mar. 10
Ernest W. Pippin .21
Driver.
Reading, Mass.
Cora A. Palmer .. 19
Housework .
Reading, Mass.
Mar. 16
George W. Perkins .50
Contractor
Reading, Mass.
Mar. 25
George G. Scally .21
Clerk
Woburn, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Mar. 26
Charles Hubbard .26
Fisherman
Reading, Mass.
Reading, Mass.
Mar. 26 George E. Dodge. .54
Grace H. Griffin.
.40
Dressmaker
Reading, Mass.
Apr. 22
Robert S. Burgess .28
Clerk
Reading, Mass.
Eleanor F. True. .23
Apr. 23
Henry J. Bradley .32
Conductor
Reading, Mass.
Apr. 23
Frank H. Mayne .24
Julia E. Bacigalupo 21
At Home.
Reading, Mass.
May 3
James R. Nichols . 31
Salesman
Reading, Mass.
Elva M. Claggett . .28
Designer
Reading, Mass. Woburn, Mass.
May 13
David H. Parshley .22
23
At Home
South Berwick, Me. Wakefield, Mass.
May 21
Peter S. Doucette. .21
Ella M. Melonson .18
Winder.
Reading, Mass. West Yarmouth, Mass.
Trackman
Assistant Laundress ..
Hyannis, Mass. New Orleans, La.
May 27 Elmo J. Miller .29
Emily D. Siders .32
May 30 James T. Teed .39
Barber
Reading, Mass. Falmouth, Mass.
June 1 Daniel S. Canty. .67
Hansine C. Gunderson 43
June 3 Harold F. Davis. 24
Frances L. Gear .22
June 3 Roy E. Parker. .36
Mary O. Rich .36
June 4 Lewis A. Vacon .26
Mary O. Arsenault ·18
June 10
William H. Kissock .37
Salesman
Clerk
Myra Liden . . .31
Carpenter
Housework
Civil Engineer
Clerk .
Cashier
Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass. Allston, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Rubber Worker
Shoe Maker
Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass. West Roxbury, Mass.
Lizzie Muse· .66
Mildred P. Seaman .22
At Home
None
Somerville, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Mary E. Cullinane. .35
At Home.
Foreman
Wakefield, Mass.
May 27 Fred S. Walker. .23
Emma L. Sterling.
.24
Mechanical Engineer . . At Home
Reading, Mass.
Elvira L. Perry . .24
Bookkeeper
Reading, Mass.
Olive B. Nichols . .28
At Home ..
Laundry
Rose Doucette .23
Station Agent.
Reading, Mass.
Louise M. McKenney 24
Tel. Operator
Reading, Mass.
Plumber
Reading, Mass.
Laura M. Nickerson .34
Salesman .
Reading, Mass.
Boston, Mass.
Reading, Mass. Boston, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Chemist
Nettie E. Webster
Cutter.
99
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1916
DATE NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM AGE
June 10 Willis E. Buckman. .37
Beatrice M. Wells 21
June 12
Albert E. Baker. .25
June 12
Raymond A. Phelps
Genie E. Miller .
25
June 12
George G. Barry
Edith E. Guppy
18
None .
Lynnfield, Mass.
June 14 Chester A. Newhall.
Helen E. Jaekel.
.24
June 14 Arthur F. McIntire. 21
Edna F. Brauer 24
Clerk
Woburn, Mass.
June 15 Frank R. Gray .23
Ada M. Butters. 20
June 21
William J. Sullivan Ruth M. Weymouth. 23
29
Conductor.
Reading, Mass. North Reading, Mass.
June 27
Guy M. Kinsley. .25
Salesman
Winchester, Mass.
At Home.
Reading, Mass.
June 27
Ralph G. Eames. .23
Salesman .
Reading, Mass.
At Home.
Wakefield, Mass.
June 28
Frank W. Welch .23
Clerk
Reading, Mass. Woburn. Mass.
July 18
William C. Starratt. 21
Freight Handler
Everett, Mass.
Operator ..
Reading, Mass. Springfield, Mass.
July 21
Otto A. Hendrain. 27
Sales Agent.
Teacher
Reading, Mass. Bridgewater, Mass.
July 26 John Cunningham
46
Officer.
Dressmaker
Dorchester, Mass.
July 29 Ragnar L. Carlson 22
Garnet M. Gretter 19
None
Reading, Mass. Weymouth, Mass.
Aug. 7
Charles F. Pitcher. 27
Helen I. Fraser. 26
Aug. 8 Percy R. Danforth .38
Emelie R. Jones 41
Aug. 12 George R. Dugan .23
Aug. 16
George W. Davis .22
Aug. 23
Ernest W. Andersen. 25
Tinsmith
Housework ..
Merchant.
Reading, Mass.
Reading, Mass.
Reading, Mass.
Aug. 30
Walter H. Stolworthy 40
Overseer
Lawrence, Mass. Lawrence, Mass.
Sept. 1
George B. Frost. 61
Minister.
Andover, Mass.
At Home.
Andover, Mass.
Clerk
Reading, Mass.
At Home
Medford, Mass. Bradford, Mass.
Farmer
Actress
Reading, Mass.
Reading, Mass.
Dressmaker .
Reading, Mass.
Sept. 12 Leslie J. Gordon .29
Amy Walsh. 21
Sept. 17 Timothy N. Sullivan .50
Ellen Desmond .45
Sept. 18 Frank Sharples .. 26
Gertrude J. Kimball. 25
Sept. 24 Maurice F. Galvin. 23
Margaret Fay. 21
Sept. 27 William F. Campbell. 21
Faithe M. Livingstone. ·18
Sept. 28 Harold J. Preston. .21
Marion F. Southwick . .18 Stenographer.
OCCUPATION
RESIDENCE
Foreman
Woburn, Mass.
Bookkeeper
Salesman
Waitress
Printer
Proof Reader
Clerk .
Lynnfield, Mass.
Bookkeeper
Stoneham, Mass.
Inspector
Reading, Mass.
Clerk
Reading, Mass.
Conductor.
Reading, Mass.
Reading, Mass.
At Home.
Lillian C. Brauer .20
At Home.
Tewksbury, Mass. Tewksbury, Mass. Reading, Mass. North Reading, Mass.
Drug Clerk
Saleslady
Driver.
At Home.
Merchant.
Reading, Mass.
Katherine C. Montgomery .21
Clerk
North Andover, Mass. Somerville, Mass. Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Aug. 24
Alvin C. Pratt .. 32
Hebe B. Harrison 33
Aug. 27 Frederick A. Frotton. 20
Frances L. Porter. 24 None
Amelia A. Bergeron. 34
Hairdresser
Dora (Howe) Messer .49
Sept. 4 Frank A. Sawyer .21
Florence E. Johnson 23
Sept. 6 Everett Pearl . 26
Sept. 12
Fred L. Sears. .22
Laneta Proper 23
Carpenter
Laconia, N. H.
Teacher Blacksmith .
Laconia, N. H. Fitchburg, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Housework .
Accountant
Methuen, Mass. .
At Home ..
Bookkeeper
Bookkeeper
Florist.
Reading, Mass.
Student
Chauffeur
Reading, Mass. Lynnfield, Mass. Peabody, Mass.
Reading, Mass. Waverly, Mass.
Natalie F. Marr.
24
.24
22
.33
Florence McCarthy 20
Lillian M. Pearson 24
Albina J. Valin
37
Assistant Manager
Reading, Mass. Wakefield, Mass.
Gertrude P. Witham 19
Emmy H. N. Hanson .24
At Home
Painter
Christina Whipling 25
Organ Pipe Maker
Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass. Wakefield, Mass.
Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass. Medford, Mass.
Marion O. Campbell .22
Elizabeth G. Mohla .22
100
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1916
DATE NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM AGE
OCCUPATION
RESIDENCE
Oct. 1
Joseph M. Birmingham .28
Salesman .
Bartlett, N. H.
Caroline M. Arseneault .. .22
Oct. 2 William N. Wood. .49
Salesman.
Reading, Mass.
Charlotte H. Tuttle. 19
Oct. 5 Everett B. Hollis 34
Alice M. Amsden 23
Oct. 7 John W. Merrill. 42
Coral M. Peabody 40
Oct. 8 William A. White
Mary E Donovan
.21
Shoe Worker
Laborer
Reading, Mass.
Nellie F. Butters . .22
None
Reading, Mass.
Oct. 15 James F. Carroll.
.25
Motorman
Necktie Maker
Reading, Mass.
.
Oct. 17
Cassius S. Campbell.
Alice M. Watts.
44
Stenographer
Reading, Mass.
Oct. 25
Henry I. Laumann 30
Reading, Mass.
Rutland, Vt.
Oct. 27 Lawrence Davis. .22
Ethel V. M. Brooks 21
Clerk
Roslindale, Mass.
Nov. 4
Edward H. Bowley .26
Laborer
Reading, Mass.
Pauline L. Edmondson 28
Mill Hand . .
Reading, Mass.
Nov. 4 Leslie J. Powell. 22
Greens Keeper
Reading, Mass.
Nov. 16
Benjamin M. Hartshorn 24
Salesman .
Reading, Mass.
Helen R Beebe .. .26
None
Wakefield, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Neckties
Reading, Mass.
Nov. 25 Arthur J. Beaudoin .24
Anna M. Leary. 24
Housework
Reading, Mass.
Nov. 26
Maxim Gallant. 23
Rubber Worker Rattan Worker
Reading, Mass.
Nov. 29 Harry C. Cooper
23
R. R. Clerk.
Reading, Mass.
Mary C. Brickley .25
Operator
Roxbury, Mass.
Nov. 30 William Smith 23
Mill Hand .
Wakefield, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Dec. 14 William F. Welch. 54
Ice Business
Reading, Mass.
Elizabeth Ferguson .34
Housework
Reading, Mass.
Dec. 14 Leroy R. Perkins . .27
Farmer.
Ripley, Maine
Jennie E. Pettengill. . 26
Housework
Reading, Mass.
Dec. 15
Earle F. Baker. 20
Laborer
Reading, Mass.
Katherine E. Grounds 21
At Home.
Reading, Mass.
Dec. 16 Harold G. Witham. 21
R. R. Employee
Standish, Maine
Dec. 25
Louie Melonson. 21
Cutter
Reading, Mass.
Delora Comeau 21
Stitcher
Reading, Mass.
Jean I. Reid. 17
None . .
Reading, Mass.
Nov. 16
Francis P. Doucette. .23
Clerk
Chauffeur
Reading, Mass.
Reading, Mass.
Mary A. Perry. 20
.24
70
Teacher .
Derry, N. H.
Post Office Clerk .
Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass. Belchertown, Mass.
Farmer
Housekeeper
21
Laborer
Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass. Melrose, Mass.
Oct. 13 Ralph J. Mason . 23
Kathleen L. White 20
Clerk .
Reading, Mass.
Mary Burbine. 18
Mill Hand
Edith A. Moulton 19
At Home
Standish, Maine
Number of marriages, 85. "American born: Males 71, Females 62. Foreign born: Males 14, Females 23.
Housework
Reading, Mass.
Bookkeeper
Medford, Mass.
Government Inspector None
Reading, Mass.
Catherine C. Murray
Ruth L. Bisbee. .24
101
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR 1916
DATE
NAME
Y
M
D
CAUSE OF DEATH
1915
Dec. 13
Bessie Wood .
38
0
0
Embolism
1916
Jan.
1
Frank R. Stevens
54
6
11
Pneumonia
Jan.
6
Eleazer D. Griffiths
55
7
0
Nephritis
Jan.
6
Francis J. Bancroft
82
5
8
Myocarditis
Jan.
8
George B. Perry .
28
11
0
Typhoid Fever
Jan.
8
Lydia &'. Hodgkins .
63
11
20
Pneumonia
Jan.
10
Rev. Leonard A. Freeman
65
2
25
Nephritis
Jan. 17
John H. Swett
80
0
17
Pneumonia
Jan.
17
Alfred E. Stembridge.
57
8
0
Pneumonia
Jan. 18
Alice A. Nichols
58
5
16
Carcinoma
Jan.
21
Sarah F. Reardon.
52
0
0
Tuberculosis
Jan. 22
Jan.
24
Joseph C. Gallant
19
7
0
Pneumonia
Jan. 26
Mary Surrette.
73
0
0
Phthisis
Jan. 30
Annette U. Batchelder
73
7
19
Paralysis
Jan. 31
Wesley B. Thompson
18
9
8
Pneumonia
Feb.
3
Nathan M. Hunnewell
86
8
30
Arterio Sclerosis
Feb.
6
Josephine Weber. .
82
Celebral Hemorrhage
Feb.
9
Katherine Marchetti.
81
0
18
Heart Disease
Feb.
10
Susan M. Richardson
79
10
23
Pneumonia
Feb. 13
Betsey W. Symonds
80
9
10
Arterio Sclerosis
Feb. 24
George H. Damon
72
10
4
Pneumonia
Mar.
3
Frank S. Edwards.
38
1
14
Endocarditis
Mar.
4
Mary L. Parker
72
5
24
Pneumonia
Mar.
7
Frank W. B. Pratt
65
6
6
Carcinoma
Mar.
8
Isabella T. Watts ...
70
7 30
Heart Disease
Mar. 12
Addie E. Fielding .
44
Mitral Regurgitation
Mar. 16
Edith Goldthrope.
28
2
13
Tuberculosis
Mar. 18
Marjorie Roberts Peabody
25
2
20
Peritonitis
Mar. 22
Ellen Seccombe.
75
10
26
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mar. 23
Elmore M. Coolidge.
58
Pneumonia
Mar. 26
Arthur B. Day .
60
9
6
Carcinoma
Mar. 27
Elizabeth Q. Graves
-97
0
14
Myocarditis
Mar. 30
William F. Paul
77
8
7
Angina Pectoris
Apr.
2
Geo. D. Harrington
86
0
19
Arterio Sclerosis
Apr.
4
James S. Cuzner.
70
0
21
Carcinoma
Apr.
8
William L. Crowe.
89
0
29
Arterio Sclerosis
Apr. 9
Charles M. Cheney
29
9
2
Tuberculosis
Apr. 10
Cordelia S. Bearse
75
6
28
Arterio Sclerosis
Apr. 14
Harriet Black.
84
11
9
Arterio Sclerosis
Apr. 23
Mary Severance ..
51
0
0
Tuberculosis
Apr. 26
Peter LaRiviere-
39
9
19
Oedema of Lungs
Apr. 26
Vesta D. Jordan.
17
11
26
Tuberculosis
Apr. 28
Rachael E. Parker .
67
9
18
Arterio Sclerosis
Apr. 29
Edward J. Campbell
0
1
15
Meningitis
May
5
Jane C. Lewis.
90
9
3
Arterio Sclerosis .
May
5 Ida May Johnson
19
6
9
Tuberculosis
May
6 Helen Kissock
70
2
2
Pneumonia
May 12 Michael Lawless
31
20
Meningitis
May 14 Irene Pratt ..
69
10
21
Carcinoma
May 18 Annie M. Delory
44
0
0
Carcinoma
May
19
William McCray.
80
0
0
Nephritis
May 27
Abbie A. Hall. .
51
8
16
Meningitis
May 30
Annie M. Manning
48
3
11
Leukernia
Feb. 25
Mar. 18
Mar. 26
Mar. 31
102
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1916
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