Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 93

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876

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daughter of Delafayette and Julia E. (Stearns ) Robinson, of Manchester. She was educated in the high school of that city, and is an active member of the Episcopal Church. Their only daughter, Elizabeth, was born October 10, 1881.

This name was brought from HAMBLETON England to New Hampshire in the nineteenth century, and has been traced to a family long established in Lan- cashire, England, where it was identified with manufacturing and farming.

(1) The first of whom we hear was Robert Hambleton, a bobbin maker. Ile and his wife Mary were the parents of twelve children, in- cluding sons : Daniel, David, George, Richard and Charles.

(II) George, son of Robert and Mary Hamble- ton, was, like his father, a bobbin maker by occu- pation, and died in England, May 29, 1866. He had four children : Edwin, David, John and Esther.

(III) David, son of George Hambleton, was born April 1, 1838, in Glossop, England, and was a hob- bin maker and a farmer. In 1879 he emigrated from England and came to Quebec, Canada, whence he removed to Nashua, New Hampshire. After a stay of two years there he returned to Quebec. He is now operating a bobbin factory in Stanford, Vermont. He married Sarah n. Wills, daughter of James and Ann (Beard) Wills. She died July 16, 1888, in Quebec. They were the parents of twelve children, namely: Mary, Ann, George, Caro- line, Elizabeth, Martha, Beatrice. Frederick, Ed- mond, Louisa, James W. and Leonard. He is a member of the Episcopal Church and of the Ma- sonic order, and is past master of his lodge.

(IV) Edmond, third son of David and Sarah Ann (Wells) Hambleton, was born September 27, 1876, in Cheshire, England, and was a lad of only three years when the family moved to America. He was educated in the public schools of Canada, and has continued the business followed by so many of his ancestors-the manufacture of bobbins. He first began business for himself in Hampton, New Brunswick, in 1892, thence he removed to Merri- mack. New Hampshire, and after a short time there located in Zoar, Massachusetts, where in company with his brothers he engaged in the same busi- ness. In 1904 he came to Warner, New Hamp- shire, to superintend the Warner shop, owned by the Hambleton Brothers, of Goffstown, which em- ploys thirty men. While residing in New Bruns- wick he was a member of the Orange Society, in which he held the office of secretary and was lecturer for years. In religious affiliation he is an Episcopalian. He was married in 1900 to Louisa Marshall, daughter of James and Jane (Harris) Marshall. They have four children: Harold E .. born 1901; Guy R., 1902; Violet H., 1904; and Florence Marion, 1905.

The surname Breeden is one in-

BREEDEN frequently found among our Eng- lish speaking people and comes into America during a comparatively recent period. but it is represented by families occupying a high sta- tion in social life. In this country the name has not yet found a place in genealogical references.

(1) Abner Brecden appears to have been the progenitor of the family under immediate con- sideration in this place, and was born in the city

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of Paris, France. His wife was Elizabeth Holden, and they had two children, Abner and Charles Edwin Breeden.

(II) Abner (2), elder son of Abner (1) and Elizabeth (Holden) Breeden, married Deborah Beals French.

(III) Charles Edwin Breeden, son of Abner (2) and Deborah Beals (French) Breeden, was born in Boston, June 16, 1842, and died at La- conia, New Hampshire, August 22, 1903. He first appeared in the business history of Laconia in 1882, when he removed to that city and erected a comfortable summer home at "White Oaks," on a pleasant elevated tract of land; and at the same time he maintained a winter residence at Glen Ridge, New Jersey, almost within the metropolitan district of Greater New York. Mr. Breeden began his business career as a clerk in the employ of his uncle, William H. Breeden, a dealer in rubber goods. and upon whose death the nephew inherited the entire estate and property, which comprised in part a tract of valuable land in Laconia. A por- tion of this land he improved and laid out as an ample ground surrounding the summer home he built there, and sold the remaining portion to pur- chasers. Having come into a goodly inheritance through the death of his kinsman, Mr. Breeden soon afterward retired from active business pur- suits, except as the management of the property required his attention. He enjoyed a wide social acquaintance, and was identified with several or- ganizations, held membership in the Congregational Church, and in his political preference was a Re- publican,

On April 7, 1870, he married Mary E. Hall, by whom he had two children: Ora Helen, born April 10, 1873, married Arthur S. Roberts of Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and has two children, Emmons B. Roberts, born June 5, 1897, and Arthur S. Roberts, Jr., born August 14, 1903. Emily May, born May 20, 1876; married Robert G. R. King, and has three children: Blanche King, born May 21, 1899; Marie Rocel King, born May 16, 1902; R. Graliam King, Jr., born July 21, 1903.

This family is one of recent accession

the

VEINO to population of New Hamp-

shire. Members of the second, third, and fourth generations are now living in this state. (I) Nelson Veino, a native of England, settled in Lunenburg county. Nova Scotia, where he passed the remainder of his life and died in 1889. He married, in Nova Scotia, Betsey Nans, and they had five children-Symon, Enos, Gustie, Sophia and Catherine. Symon, born in Naples, Nova Scotia, married and died there.

(II) Enos, second son of Nelson and Betsey ( Nans) Veino, was born at Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, May 20, 1850, was a farmer, and lived in Nova Scotia until 1892, when he removed to New Hampshire and settled in Riverdale. He lias not been in active employment for some years. He

married, May, 1868, at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Catherine Caulback, born November, 1852, in the Baker settlement, Nova Scotia, daughter of Ed- ward and Annie ( Darris) Caulback. Ten children have been born to them, of whom seven are living : Rose, born May 12, 1872; James E., whose sketch follows ; Hibbard, August 10, 1876; Harvey, April 19. 1882; Avery, November 6, 1883; James G., De- cember 27, 1886; Lilly, July 22. 1891 : Guy, July 2, 1803. All but the youngest were born in Nova

Scotia. Rose married Joseph Archibald, of Naples, and now lives in Riverdale, New Hampshire. Har- vey married Ivy Spofford, of Bennington. James G. married Ethel Nichols, of South Weare, and lives in that place. Avery married Carrie Dun- bar of East Weare, New Hampshire. Lilly and Guy are unmarried.

(III) James E., second child and eldest son of Enos and Catherine (Caulback) Veino, was born at Baker settlement, Nova Scotia, April 9, 1874, and was educated in the common schools of his native place. His first employment was in the gold mines of Pleasant River, Nova Scotia, where he worked two years. In May, 1891, he went to Shirley, Massachusetts, and after a short stay there, removed to Goffstown, New Hampshire, where he lived some years, his employment being teaming. Since 1895 he has been connected with enterprises in Bennington, where he has gradually acquired property, and is now prominent as a manufacturer of lumber, in which he deals extensively. He owns a portable saw mill with which he has cut up a large amount of lumber in various towns, and is now located in Stoddard. Mr. Veino and his family attend the Congregational Church. IIe is a mem- ber of Waverly Lodge, No. 59, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Antrim. He married, Decem- ber 31, 1896, Mary McQueston, of Amherst, and they have two children, Arthur E. and Addie M.

Within less than forty years after MILLARD the settlement of Plymouth by the Pilgrim fathers the name of Millard is mentioned in the Colonial records. June 22, 1658, when Rehoboth included what is now See- konk, Pawtucket, Attleborough, East Providence, Cumberland and parts of Swansea and. Barrington, John Millard, Jr., drew lot No. 17, on the meadows on the north side of the town. February 7, 1689. Samuel Millard, Sr., and Samuel Millard, Jr., had rights in Rehoboth, as did Robert, Sr., and Joseph and Benjamin Millard. December. 19, 1721, Solo- mon Millard became a member of the parish then organized in Orleans Factory, and later known as Island Precinct of Rehoboth.

(1) William Albert Millard was born Novem- ber 30, 1815, in Warwick, Rhode Island. At an early age he began to be employed in cotton mills. He was overseer of the dressing department of the cloth mills at Newton, Upper Falls, up to 1845- From that place he went to Allegheny, Pennsyl- vania, where he was overseer of the Pennsylvania Cotton Mills for ten years, and was subsequently at Wheeling, West Virginia, for three or four years. From Wheeling he removed to Steuben- ville, Ohio, where he occupied a similar position for some years, and then went into the employ of the rolling mills at that place. In 1872 he removed to Suncook, New Ilampshire, where he was second hand in the dressing department f the Chinn, Webster & Pembroke Manufacturing Company's Mills until 1880, when he removed to Los Angeles, California, where he died January 9. 1905, aged eighty-six. He married Almeria A. Cowing, who was born in Maine, in 1820, and died in Los Angeles, California, August 28, 1904, aged eighty-four. They had thirteen children: William Albert, Frederick M., 1nez M., Ella Truelove, Mary Emma, Albert V. and Olive C. (twins), and Clarence O., all of whom grew up. Those not named died young.

(II) Frederick M., second son and child of William A. and Almeria A. (Cowing) Millard,

JOHN H. RAINVILLE.

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was born at Newton, Upper Falls, January 27, 1843. At the age of twelve years he began work in the cotton mills at Steubenville, Ohio, where he remained until 1857; was with Steubenville & Indi- ana Railroad Company for two and a half years, until 1862, when he enlisted in Company F, Eighty- fourth Olio Volunteer Infantry, for three months, and served at Columbus and Cumberland, Mary- land. He was mustered out in Delaware, Ohio. In 1863 he went to Waltham, Massachusetts, and worked in the cotton inills, and then returned to Steubenville, and again returned to Waltham in April, 1871, and in the same year settled in Sun- cook, New Hampshire, where he has since been employed as overseer of the dressing room of China & Pembroke mill, and has seventy-five em- ployes under his charge. It is now fifty-one years since he began work in the mills, forty-three years of which time he has been in the dressing depart- ment. He is a Republican in politics, and a mem- ber of the Baptist Church. He is now ( 1906) serv- ing his seventh year as a member of the board of health. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; a past grand of Howard Lodge, No. 31, of Suncook; past chief patriarch of Hil- dreth Encampinent, No. 17; and is clerk of General Stark Canton; he is also a member of Mary Gordon Bartlett, Rebekah Lodge, No. 69.

He married, in Wheeling, West Virginia, Sarah A. Tannahill, who was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, 1845, and died in Suncook, February 20, 1897. They were the parents of five children : Carrie A., Harry E., Fred M., George H., and Harriet L.

MACLEAY Dr. A. Alexander Macleay, son of Alexander Monroe Macleay, a na- tive of Rochied. Scotland, was born in Danville, Province of Quebec, in 1869. He was educated in St. Francis College and MeGill Col- lege, graduating from the latter in 1800. After com- pleting his literary course he attended the Mont- real General Hospital and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1895. Subsequently he went to Europe and studied medicine in London. In 1898 he settled in Manchester, where he has since gained an enviable reputation as a specialist in dis- eases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He is visit- ing physician and surgeon to Notre Dame Hospital, Manchester. He married a Miss Wain, of Boston, Massachusetts, and they have one child, Margaret.

This family, whose name was

RAINVILLE originally De Rainville, the de being an evidence of aristocratic origin, came originally from France and settled in Canada before the year 1666, the immigrant an- cestor of the now numerous family of Rainville having taken part in the thrilling events of the first settlement of that country.

(I) Louis Rainville was born in the village of Richelieu, Province of Quebec, in 1805, and died there in September, 1880, aged seventy-five years. He spent his life farming. He was twice married and was the father of the generously pro- portioned family of twenty-one children. He mar- ried (first) Marie Benoit, who was the mother of five children : Louis, Paul, Solyme, Francois, and Adele. She died in 1833, aged about twenty-eight. He married (second) Marie Monty, who was born in 1815, and died in 1879, aged sixty-four. Their children were: Joseph, Marie A., Emerite, Oliver,

Polydore, Eugene, Jean, Eudace, Adele, Charles, Alphonse, Moise, Rosalie, Felix, and two others who died young.

(II) Solyme, third son and child of Louis and Marie (Benoit) Rainville, was born in Richelieu village in 1832, and died in Suncook, New Hamp- shire, May II, 1903, aged seventy-one. He was an agricultural laborer the greater part of his life. In 1867 he went west and for seven years was engaged in mining in California, Montana, the Black Hills of Dakota, and Minnesota. In 1871 his family removed to Danielsonville, Connecticut, where they remained three years, and then returned to Richelieu. After a short residence in Suncook, and a second return to Canada, the family settled finally in Suncook, where several of them now re- side. In the last year of his life Mr. Rainville was an employe of the Cotton Mills Company. He married in 1854 at St. Matthias, Flavie Forgue, who was born at LaPrairie, in 1837. She is the daughter of Louis and Des Ange (Patenaude) Forgue. They were the parents of eight children : Pierre S., Malvina, Emma, Eliza, Joseph Arthur, . a child not named, John H. and Rose Delima.

(IH) John Hormisdas, seventh child and third son of Solyme and Flavie (Forgue) Rainville, was born in Richelieu Village, Province of Quebec, February 25, 1866, and was educated in the common schools. At the age of nine years he began work in the mills and worked and attended school until 1883, when he took employment in a granite quarry at Suncook, where he worked two years. In the fall of 1886 he went to Denver, Colorado, and stayed about two years, then returned to Suncook, where he has since resided. In 1892 he engaged in busi- ness for himself, which he has since carried on. He married, at Suncook, September 14, 1892, Her- minie La Liberte, who was born at St. Rosalie, Province of Quebec, March 18, 1863. She is the daughter of Abraham and Angele ( Fournier) La Liberte, of St. Rosalie, who settled in Suncook about 1872.

The principal subject of this

GUNDERMAN sketch is a worthy example of what the methodical and in- dustrious habits. so common to men of Teutonic extraction, do for him who possesses them. Philip Gunderman was born in Worms, Germany. In 1852 he with his family sailed from Bremerhaven, and after a voyage of three months on a sailing vessel landed at New York. He resided in the last named city until 1863, and afterward lived at Thorndyke, Massachusetts, where he died in 1872.

He married, in Germany, Susan Welcker. and eight children were horn of this marriage: Mary, Christopher, Elizabeth, Philip, Susan, Peter ( died young), Peter M. and Frank (died young). Mary married Frank Gloeckner: Christopher, now de- ceased. lived in Clinton. Massachusetts: Elizabeth married Conrad Rising ; Philip lived at South Had- ley Falls: Susan married Daniel Merkel. of Massa- chusetts : Peter is the subject of the next paragraph.

Peter Michael, seventh child and fourth son of Philip and Susan (Welcker) Gunderman, was horn in New York City, April 4, 1854. At the age of nine years he went with his father's family to Thorndyke, Massachusetts, 'where he remained in- til he was thirteen, and thence to Hadley Falls. where he remained eight years. At the age of sixteen he left school and worked at the trade of cigar maker until he was twenty-one. He then be-

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came a weaver in the cotton mills at South Hadley Falls, and worked at that trade for the following twelve years at South Hadley Falls and Clinton. Massachusetts. In 1877 he removed to Manchester, New Hampshire, and has since been an employe of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, a period of twenty-nine years. In 1886 he became second land and in 1900 was made overseer of mill No &, where he had charge of one hundred and seventy-five operatives. Mr. Gunderman's strict in- tegrity and care of his employer's interests have placed him in a position of responsibility which is well paid. His cheerfulness and pleasant man- ners make him popular with the employes whom he directs and the public generally. He has been elected to the public service at different times and has discharged the duties of his offices faithfully. In 1899 and 1900 he was a member of the common council from ward eight, and in 1901 and 1902 from ward nine. He was elected representative to the legislature of New Hampshire from ward nine in . 1003 and 1904, and was re-elected in 1005. in all instances running ahead of the ticket. In political faith Mr. Gunderman is a Republican. He attends the Lutheran Church of which his father and mother were members. He is a member of Queen City Lodge, No. 24, Knights of Pythias, of Man- chester, the Barbarossa and the Maennerchor Clubs. He married Ida Clara Artz, who was born in Ger- many, daughter of Traugott and Katherine Artz, who came to America and afterward resided in Manchester. Mr. and Mrs. Gunderman have two children : Lea and Ernest Peter.

NELSON People of Scandinavian blood have but recently begun to settle in New England. They have been pioneers in many sections of the west and have been found everywhere to be industrious. law-abiding and in- telligent citizens. No other European section fur- mishes American residents who become so readily assimilated. All are anxious to learn our language and adopt our customs.

(I) Nelson Nelson, was born in Westerland, Sweden, where he was a farmer. He married Jo- hanna Lanson, and had five children of whom four came to America and three of whom are now (1906) living: Claus, John A., see forward, and Caroline.

(II) John A., son of Nelson and Johanna (Lan- son) Nelson, was born in Westerland. Sweden, September 25. 1856. He emigrated to America in 1863 and obtained employment for a time on a farm. Later he worked as a mill hand in Rhode Island, and came to Manchester in 1866. He cóm- menced as a common operator in the Stark Mfan- ufacturing Company, and by diligence and faithful attention to his duties was advanced in the course of nine years to the position of overseer of the spin- ning department, and he now (1906) has charge of between two hundred and fifty and three hun- dred people. He was a man of excellent business capacity and executive ability, and an energy which seems inexhaustible. He is deacon in the Lutheran Church and superintendent of the Sunday school connected with it. He married Mathilda, daughter of Olive Dahl, a native of Sweden, and has chil- dren: 1. John Arthur, born 1884. attended the Naval Academy at Annapolis. from which he will he graduated in the class 1008. Ife received his appointment as a student of the academy as the re-tilt of a competitive examination after graduating

from the Manchester high school. 2. James Albert, born 1887. is a student at the Manchester high school, and will be graduated in the class of 1907.

The name of Leddy is exceedingly rare LEDDY in this country. John Leddy, son of Patrick and Catherine (Torney) Led- dy. was born in Ireland, either in Oldcastle or the next town, and did farming and teaming. Ife mar- ried Ann Tully, and they had five children : Nancy. John. Patrick, Michael and Thomas.

Thomas, youngest child of John and Ann ( Tul- ly) Leddy, was born October, 1809, in Newcastle, parish of Oldcastle, county Mfeath, Ireland. He came to Boston with his family in the spring of 1848. After sixteen months in that city he moved to Epping. New Hampshire, where he engaged in farming, which he followed till his death. He was a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic Church. He married Ann Smith, daughter of Owen and Ann ( Farmer) Smith, who was born in Oldcastle, Ire- land. in 1812. Her father was the son of Charles and Catherine (Caralin) Smith. Thomas and Ann (Smith) Leddy had five children: John. Ann, Charles, Thomas and James. The three eldest were born in Ireland. John and James are the subject of succeeding paragraphs. Charles died at the age of sixty-one, and James died at the age of sixteen. Ann married Charles E. Rogers, of Epping, who died for his country during the Civil war. Thomas Leddy died June 27, 1887, and his wife died in 1884.

John, eldest son of Thomas and Ann ( Smith) Leddy, was born in Newcastle, parish of Oldcastle, county Meath. Ireland, in 1840. When seven years of age he came to America with his parents, who settled the next year in Epping. New Hampshire. He had very little schooling, most of his instruction being received at home. At the age of twelve he learned the shoe-making trade, which he followed for twelve years, or till 1864, when he entered Mr. Pike's store in Epping as clerk. January 1, 1873. Mfr. Leddy established a general mercantile store. which he has prosperously conducted since that time. At different periods his brothers Charles and Thomas have been partners with him. In 1895 Mr. Leddy built the Leddy Block, the finest business structure in Epping. It is of brick and iron with granite trimmings, being thirty-six by seventy-two feet. The basement and first floor are occupied by the firm. The shoe department is on the right and the grocery. flour and grain on the left of the main entrance. The entire second floor is occupied by Geneva Lodge. No. So. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Besides their general trade the firm man- ufactured and sold for twenty years between one and two millions of brick each year. They also do a business in real estate. Mr. Leddy has lately built a grain elevator with a capacity of seven thousand bushels, and does a flour, grain and mill feed busi- ness. In politics he is a Democrat, and has held many offices. He was one of the first supervisors of the town when that office was created by the legis- lature. He held the office of town clerk for a num- ber of years, and was selectman for three terms. He has twice represented Epping in the New Hamp- shire legislature. and in 1001-3 he was the only Democrat in the state senate, serving from the twenty-third district. While in the senate he was chairman of the committee on labor. besides serving on several other important committees. He was delegate to the Constitutional convention in 1902. In 1877 John Leddy married Nora C. Leonard,

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daughter of Patrick Leonard, who was born in Epping, and died there in 1880. Mr. Leddy mar- ried for his second wife, Mrs. Annie Hanley Norton, widow of James Norton, and daughter of Daniel and Margaret Hanley. She was born in Ireland, January 14, 1840. Mr. Leddy has no children, but his wife had five by her first husband. They are: Lulu Norton, married Dr. Adolph Franz, of South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts; James D., Mary Gert- rude, Grace E. and Agnes Maria. Both Mr. and Mrs. Leddy are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

Thomas (2), third son and fourth child of Thomas (1) and Ann ( Smith) Leddy, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He went to Newfield and engaged in the grocery business with Albert Fields. Ile came back to Epping in 1873, but returned to Newfields in 1884 and engaged in the same business, and later bought out Mr. Fields. In January, 1900, he came back to Epping and engaged in the grocery business with his brother John where he still continues. He has been representative from Newfield, and was also selectman. He served there as postmaster for a number of years. Thomas Leddy married Mary Alice McGlency, and they have five children : Charles, Alice, James, Annie and John. Charles was graduated from Phillips Academy, Exeter, in 1900, attended Dartmouth College one year, and was graduated from Boston College in 1904. He took one year at Laval University, Que- bec, and is now (1907) fitting to be a priest at Brighton Seminary, Boston. In the meantime he was representative to the state legislature from Epping. Alice attended the Robinson Female Sem- inary at Exeter. James is a student at Phillips Academy, at Exeter, class of 1907; and John is in the store with his father.

ANNIS The name Annis is also spelled in the records of Essex county, Massachusetts, Anes, Aness, Anies, Aniss, Annes, An- nice, Annies. Annise and Anniss.

The first of the name in New England was Curmac alias Charles Annis, who came, says Coffin, from Enniskillen, Ireland, where he was born in 1638. He was a planter, and lived in Newbury, Massachusetts, where he was located as early as 1666. He died December 19, 1717. He married, May 15, 1666, Sarah Chase, who survived him, and died before 1726. Their children, all born in New- hury, were: Joseph. Abraham, Aquilla, Isaac, Sarah, Priscilla, Hannah and Annie.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 93

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 876

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876