1897 VITAL RECORDS in WILTON, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE BIRTHS - DEATHS - MARRIAGES ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Information located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com On a web site about GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE and its counties TRANSCRIBED BY JANICE BROWN Please see the web site for my email contact. ---------------------------------- The original source of this information is in the public domain, however use of this text file, other than for personal use, is restricted without written permission from the transcriber (who has edited, compiled and added new copyrighted text to same). ======================================================== Original Source: Annual Report of the Selectmen, etc., Town of Wilton, NH, for the Year Ending March 1, 1897; Wilton: E.B. Center, Printer; 1897 **VITAL STATISTICS** ************************************************************************************* **BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILTON, NH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEcEMBER 31, 1897** ************************************************************************************* Date // Name of Child / Sex / No. Child / Name of Father / Maiden Name of Mother / Occupation of Father / Birthplace of Father / Birthplace of Mother / Age of Father / Age of Mother Jan. 2 // Mary J. Shea / F / 3rd ch / James Shea / Maggie Holland / Butcher / Wilton / Milford / 43 / 31. Jan. 14 // Ellis P. Sears / M / 1st / Frank T. Sears / Polly L. Perham / Baggage Maker / Sackville, N.B. / Wilton / 31 / 25. Jan. 17 // Lila Farrell / F / 3rd / Philip W. Farrell / Grace Spalding / Farmer / St. Albans Vt. / Wilton / 28 / 18. Feb. 9 // -- Welch / F / 2nd / William Welch / Etta Gates / Blacksmith / England / Nova Scotia / 26 / 24. Feb. 14 // Joseph Hurley / Male / 4th ch / James C. Hurley / Nellie T. Lynch / Clerk / Milford / Lowell, Mass / 32 / 34. Feb. 19 // Margaret Tighe / Female / 1st ch / Andrew P. Tighe / Hattie Paro / Laborer / Lowell, Mass / Wilton / 27 / 25 Feb. 20 // Mary A. English / Female / 8th ch / Gerome English / Amanda Lamiz / Section Hand / Canada / Canada / 41 / 36. Feb. 26 // Jennie Nicker'on / Female / 5th ch / Frank O. Nickerson / Jennie H. May / Laborer / Bangor Me / Greenfield / 38 / 30. Mar. 4 / Aural's Senechal / Male / 6th child / Alphride Senechal / Flrodia Bernard / Painter / Canada / Canada / 30 / 28. Mar. 10 // Lulu W. Smith / Female / 6th ch / Edward D. Smith / Hattie M. Draper / Carpenter / New Brunswick / Greenfield / 39 / 31. Mar. 11 / John Herlihy / Male / 1st ch / John F. Herlihy / Theresa Kendall / Carpenter / Wilton / Ise of Alderny / 30/ 25. Mar. 12 / Annie Wells / Female / 5th ch / Thomas A. Wells / Alice Shepard / Engineer, stationary / England / England / 34 /33. Mar. 13 / Woodbury Gagne / Male / 2nd ch / Arthur Gagne / Philemen Brooks / Laborer / Canada / Canada / 26 / 18. Mar. 31 / Jos. Dechamps / Male / 1st ch / Albert Deschamps / Josephine Perreault / Laborer / Canada / Wilton / 30 / 27. Apr. 4 / Jos. Varley / Male / 13th ch / John Varley / Mary A. Bresnahan / Engineer, stationary / Milford / Milford / 41 / 37. Apr. 16 / Katy Carter / Female / 2nd ch / Harvey E. Carter / Bathshaba Nelson / Laborer / Wilton / Wilton / 25 /25. May 3 // Geo. G. McGuire / Male / 8th ch / John McGuire / Mary Shea / Laborer / Lowell, Mass / Wilton / 30 / 28. May 6 / -- Gregorie / Male / 9th ch / Antoine Gregoire / Mary Lujoi / Laborer / Canada / Canada / 38 / 36. May 6 / Richard French / Male / 2nd ch / Edwin A. French / Oliva B. tyler / Grocer / Wilton / Lyndeboro / 28 / 28. May 7 / -- Currier / Male / 4th ch / James H. Currier / Nellie Cobbett / Mill Operative / Lawrence Mass / Amesbury, Mass / 32 / 32 May 7 // Doris Martin / Female / 1st ch / Asa H. Martin / Rosie M. Kirk / Jeweler / [bp of father not shown[ / Grafton / 28 / 23 May 8 / Charles L. Lucas / Male / 1st ch / Charles Lucas / Alice A. Cullinan / Mill Operative / Adams, Mass / Wilton / 25 /24. May 21 / Florence Smith / Female / 2nd ch / Joseph Smith / Matilda Gerhardt / Mill Operative / Germany / Austria / 27 / 24 June 1 // Leo J. Sylvester / Male / 2nd ch / George A. Sylvester / Emma Gregoire / Mill Operative / Wilton / Waterbury, Conn / 27 / 26 June 5 / Marie Rouleau / Female / 4th ch / Alire Rouleau / Eliza Cormier / Mill Operative / Canada / Canada / 32 / 28. June 19 / Elbert R. Bent / Male / 7tch ch / William H. Bent / Sophia Chute / Laborer / Nova Scotia / Nova Scotia / 38 / 34 June 25 / Geo. C. DeFoe / Male / 8th ch / Napoleon DeFoe / Mary Bussord / Laborer / Amesbury Falls Vt / Canada / 38 / 34. Aug. 18 // Mary LaPointe / Female / 7th Ch / Frank LaPointe / Antoine Bishop / Mill Operative / Canada / Canada / 35 / 38. Sept. 1 // Marie Laqueue / Female / 2nd ch / Joseph Laqueue / Clara Parady / Mill Operative / St. Filamore / Beny Robertson / 23 / 20 Sept. 1 / -- Paro // Female / 5th ch / Joseph Paro Jr. / Mary Charboneau / Mill Operative / Greenville / Greenville / 31 / 28. Sept. 10 // Wm. G. Raymond / Male / 1st ch / John Raymond / Jennie Desilets / Butcher / Wilton / Harrisville / 26 / 21. Sept. 30 / -- Amidon / Male / 1st ch / P.F. Amidon / Annie E. Estey / Manufacturer / Hinsdale / Philadelphia PA / 45 / 42. Oct. 15 / Jos. Pelletier / Male / 5th ch / Timothy Pelletier / Leida Levesque / Mill Operative / Canada / Canada / 29 / 29. Oct. 25 / Marguerite Stanton / Female / 10th ch / Michael Stanton / Mary Dillon / Merchant / Ireland / Lowell, Mass / 48 / 40. Nov. 16 / Flor'ce Wheeler / Female / 1st ch / Charles L. Wheeler / Kate Watts / Laborer / Lyndeboro / England / 31 / 30 Nov. 21 / James McKee / Male / 1st ch / George H. McKee / Grace P. Bride / Laborer / Clarenceville P.Q. / Brandon VT/ 24 / 18 Nov. 22 / -- Frye / Male / 1st ch / Orville H. Frye / Cinnamon F. Delfly / Laborer / Wilton / Princeton, Mass / 32 / 21. Nov. 25 // Dorothy Hubbard / Female / 1st ch / Wifield G. Hubbard / Rose Robie / Clergyman / Bristol R.I. / Campton / 36 / 23. Nov. 27 / Julia A. Whalen / Female / 6th ch / John Whalen / Bridget Varley / Laborer / Canada / Ireland / 37 / 42. Dec. 19 // Geo. W. Weston / Male / 8th ch / Fred Weston / Ida Wellman / Farmer / New Ipswich / Stoddard / 44 / 36. Dec. 26 // Ruth A. Doherty / Female / 4th ch / Joseph Doherty / Mary A. Keeley / Laborer/ Wilton / Wilton / 31 / 31. [Certified by Edwin A. French, Town clerk] *************************************************************************************** **MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILTON NH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1897** *************************************************************************************** Date // Name of Groom, Residence of Groom at time of Marriage, Age, Occupation, Birthplace, First name of Father, First name of Mother, Occupation of Father // Name of Bride, Residence of bride at time of marriage, Age, Occupation, Birthplaces, first name of father, first name of Mother, occupation of father / by whom married July 27 // Ernest J. Berden, Wilton, 31, Mill Oper., France, Ara, Mary, [no occup of father listed] // Josephine Lord, Milford, 33, Mill Oper., Canada, Oliver, Elizabeth, Farmer // J. J. Hagan, Clerg., Manchester Oct. 12 // Ernest A. Hatch, Wilton, 22 Cabinet Wk, Lebanon, Chauncy A., Mary S., F. Manufacturer // Augustine V. LaRose, Lowell Mass, 21, Mill Oper., Montreal, Que, Napoleon, Augustine, Machinist // G.F. Marshall, Clerg., Milford. Oct. 23 // Herbert H. Stubbs, Wilton, 18 Weaver, Gilford, Me., Charles T., Anna, [no occup listed for father] // Susie Stevens, E. Newport Me., 18, Mill Oper., E. Newport Me, Frank, Mary, Farmer // C.H. Dutton, Clerg. Wilton. Oct. 25 // Amos L. Lash, Wilton, 27, Meat Cutter, Derry, Joseph L., Climena, Farmer // Grace A. Sheldon, Wilton, 19, Housekeeper, Wilton, John A., Alice S., Farmer // J.C. Mitchell, Clerg., Lebanon. Nov. 17 // John W. Riney, Wilton, 18, Mill Oper., Lowell Mass, Daniel P. Annie F., [no occup listed for father] // Anna Burby, Milford, 17, Mill Oper., Canada, Frank, [mother's name not shown], Laborer / G.F. Marshall, Clerg. Milford Nov. 20 // Arthur Ogden, Wilton, 25, Blacksmith, New Brunswick, Nelson, Sophia, / father's occup not shown] // Emma Green, Amherst, 30, Housekeeper, Amherst, Nahum, Kiziah, [father's occupation not shown] // C.W. Rowley, Clerg., Manchester Nov. 24 // Augustus Young, Wilton, 24, Mill Oper., Canada, Michael, Adle, [father's occupation not shown] // Margaret Soucy, Milford, 18, Mill Oper., Canada, Frank, Margaret, [fathers occup not shown] // G.F. Marshall, Cleg., Milford Nov. 24 // Edward Brothers, Wilton, 24, R.R. Hand, Peterborough Isaac, Mary, Carpenter // Josie Schdmit, Wilton, 18, Housekeeper, Germany, John, Caroline, Mill Oper. // G.F. Marshall, Cleg., Milford Dec. 20 // Charles W. Kidder, Wilton, 38, Laborer Wilton, Edward, Ellen, Laborer // Jennie Munroe, Wilton, 22, Housekeeper, Scotland, [parents names not shown], [father's occupation not shown] // C.H. Dutton, Clerg. Wilton. Dec. 29 // Edward F. Costello, Wilton, 23, Hotel Clerk, Winchendon Mass., James, Hannah, Laborer // Mary H. Jordan, Peterborough, 20, Waitress, Keene, Daniel, Margaret, Boss Carder // P.J. Scott, Priest, Jaffrey ************************************************************************************ **DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILTON NH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1897** ************************************************************************************ Date // Name of Deceased / Age (Year-Months-days) / Place of Birth / Sex / Condition (Single, Married, Widow) / Occupation / Birthplace of Father / Birthplace of Mother / Name of Father / Name of Mother Feb. 5 // George H. Blood / 70-0-0 / Temple / Male / Married / Farmer / Temple / Temple / Howard S. Blood / Rhoda Pierce Feb. 11 // Hattie E. Goss // 33-11-15 / [place of birth not shown] / Female / Married / Housekeeper / [bp of parents not shown] / Julien C. Wright / [mothers name not shown]. Feb. 15 / Mary L. Patterson / 64-0-0 / [Place of birth not shown] / Female / Married / Housekeeper / So. Merrimack / [bp of mother not shown ] / [name of father not shown] / Mary L. Smith. Feb. 25 // Geo. W. Hutchinson / 63-0-0 / Wilton / Male / Single / Laborer / Wilton / Wilton / James Hutchinson / Sarah Farrar Feb. 27 // Alice May Carlton / 16-9-0 / Wilton / Female / Single / [no occup listed] / Wilton / Wilton / Albert Carlton / Frances N. Abbott Feb. 28 // Harriet E. Preble / 72-0-0 / Portland, Me / Female / Married / Housekeeper / [bp of parents not shown] / Elijah Kelsey / Harriet Cross Mar. 11 // John Baker / 72-9-0 / St. Albans Vt / Male / Widow / Laborer / Canada / Canada / Peter Baker / Elina Muniot Mar. 12 // George Buss / 84-0-0 / [bp not shown] / Male / Widow / Farmer / Wilton / Wilton / Stephen Buss / Sarah Abbott Mar. 25 // Emily A. Batchelder / 67-0-0 / Wilton / Female/ Married/ Housekeeper/ Wilton / Wilton / Stephen Buss / Sarah Abbott Mar. 27 // Persis B. Barrett / 88-9-27 / Wilton / Female / Widow / Housekeeper / Wilton / Temple / Daniel Batchelder / Persis Maynard Mar. 29 // Caleb M. Batchelder / 85-0-0 / Wilton / Male / Widow / Farmer / Wilton / Wilton / Daniel Batchelder / [mother not listed] Apr. 12 // James Martin / 79-0-0 / Dunbarton / Male, Widow / Farmer / Dunbarton / Scotland / Samuel Martin / Sarah Todd Apr. 15 // John B. Kimball / 75-0-0 / Wilton / Male / Married / Merchant / Winham, Mass. / Wilton / John Kimball / Anna Livermore Apr. 22 / Hannah Kelly / 61-0-0 / Ireland / Female / Married/ Housekeeper / Ireland / Ireland / Michael Shea / -- Sullivan. Apr. 24 // Gideon Desilet / 57-7-6 / Canada / Male / Married / Watchman / Canada / Canada / Felix Desilet / Marie Bourk May 28 // Hariet N. Hardy / 78-0-0 / Greenfield / Female / Single / Housekeeper / Andover Mass. / Andover, Mass. / Aaron Hardy / Sarah Stickney June 20 // Sophia Bent / 32-9-0 / [birthplace not shown] / Female / Married / Housekeeper / Nova Scotia / Nova Scotia / James W. Chute / Ellen Banks. June 29 // Mary F. Chandler / 58-4-0 / Lyndeboro / Female / Married / Housekeeper / Lyndeboro / Wilton / Joseph Perham / Abby Melendy July 2 // Harriet F. Woodard / 51-2-0 / Lyndeboro / Female / Widow / Housekeeper / Lyndeboro / Barre, Vt. / Wm. L. Lakin / Harriet Carlton July 8 // Charles Wilson / 74-11-11 / [birthplace not shown] / Male / Married / Farmer / New Ipswich / Wilton / John Wilson / Ann Holt July 17 // Eliza B. Whiting / 78-0-0 / Mason / Female / Widow / Housekeeper / Groton, Mass. / Amesbury, Mass / Ebenezer Williams / Betsey Weed August 8 // Caroline Schmidt / 60-0-10 / Germany / Female / Married / Housekeeper / Germany / Germany / Christomus Lieber / Theresia Weinert August 25 // Joseph A. Senechal / 0-5-21 / Wilton / Male / Single / [no occup] / Canada / Canada / Alphride Senechal / Florida Bernard Aug. 25 // Mary J. LaPoint / 0-0-7 / Wilton / Female / Single / [no occup] / Canada / Canada / Frank LaPointe / Antinia Bishop Sept. 9 // Leo J. Sylvester / 0-3-9 / Wilton / Male / Single / [no occup] / Wilton / Waterbury, Conn / George Sylvester / Emma Gregorie Sept. 15 // Rose D. Rouleau / 2-7-2 / Wilton / Female / Single / [no occup] / Canada / Canada / Allire Rouleau / Liza Cormier Sept. 18 // Emily C. Clark / 58-0-0 / Wilton / Female / Widow / Housekeeper / Lyndeboro / Wilton / Jesse B. Carkin / Sarah Hutchinson Sept. 29 // -- Amidon / [no age listed] / Wilton / Male / Single / [no occup] / Hinsdale / Philadelphia PA / P.F. Amidon / Annie E. Estey Oct. 19 // David W. Russell / 61-11-11 / Wilton / Male / Married / Farmer / Wilton / Salem, Mass. / Theron Russell / Elisabeth Wilson Nov. 22 // -- Frye / [no age listed ] / [no bp listed] / Male, single / [no occup] Wilton / Princeton, Mass. / Orville R. Frye / Cinnamon Delfly Dec. 26 // Abby. A. H. Smith / 84-7-13 / Wilton / Female / Widow / Housekeeper / Wilton / Jaffrey / Simeon Holt / Esther Brooks. ********************************************************* **REPORT OF DEATHS IN WILTON NH, FOR YEAR 1897** ********************************************************* Feb. 5, Geo. H. Blood, aged 70 years, 3 months, 19 days. Feb. 5, Anna V. Tyler, died in Boston, Mass., aged 37 years, 8 months, 9 days. Feb. 11, Hattie E. Goss, aged 33 years, 11 months, 15 days. Feb 15, Mary L. Patterson, aged 64 years. Feb. 25, George W. Hutchinson, aged 63 years, 11 months, 25 days. Feb. 27, Alice M> Carlton, aged 16 years, 9 months, 4 days. Feb. 28, Harriet E. Preble, aged 72 years.* Feb. 29, Caleb M. Batchelder, aged 85 years, 2 months, 3 days. Mar. 8, Florben Eveleth, died in Albany, N.Y., aged 13 years. Mar. 11, John Baker, aged 72 years. Mar. 12, George Buss, aged 84 years, 5 months, 21 days. Mar. 25, Emily A. Batchelder, aged 67 years 7 months, 25 days. Mar. 27, Persis B. Barrett, 88 years, 9 months, 27 days. Mar. 29, Caleb M. Batchelder, aged 85 years, 2 months, 3 days. Apr. 5, Menta Duval, died in Gofstown, aged 34 years. Apr. 8, James A. Boynton, died in Mason, aged 68 years, 5 months, 23 days. Apr. 12, James Martin, aged 79 years, 5 months. Apr. 15, Jonathan B. Kimball, aged 75 years. Apr. 22, Hannah Kelly, aged 63 years. Apr. 25, Gideon Diselets, aged 57 years, 7 months May 15, Mattie Gutterson, died in Milford, aged 20 years. May 25, Harriet N. Hardy, aged 78 years. June 19, Sophia Bent, aged 32 years, 8 months, 2 days. June 29, Mary F. Chandler, aged 74 years, 10 months, 11 days. July 8, Charles Wilson, aged 74 years, 10 months, 11 days. July 17, Eliza B. Whiting, aged 77 years, 3 moths, 23 days. Aug. 8, Caroline Smidt, aged 60 years, 10 days. Aug. 10, Leon E. Morris, died in Nashua, aged 6 years. Aug. 16, Beatrice B. Bales, died in Greenville, aged 9 months. Aug. 25, J.C.A. Senecharles, aged 5 months, 21 days Aug. 25, Mary J. LaPoint, aged 7 days. Sept. 9, Leo J. Sylvester, aged 3 months, 9 days. Sept. 9, Peter H. Putnam, died in Nashua, aged 77 years, 11 months, 29 days. Sept. 15, Rose D. Rouleau, aged 2 years, 7 months, 2 days Sept. 18, Emily C. Clark, 58 years, 9 months Sept. 29, Infant Amidon Oct. 13, Ethlyn M. Hutchinson, died in Leominster, Mass., aged 1 month, 18 days Oct. 19, David W. Russell, aged 61 years, 11 months, 11 days. Dec. 26, Abbie A.H. Smith, aged 84 years, 7 months. (end)