Celestia C. (Alden) Ripley (abt. 1830 - 1913)

Born about 31 Mar 1830 in Canton, Oxford, Maine, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Lucius Haywood — married about Jun 1854 in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Wife of Henry W. Ripley — married 17 Sep 1859 in Norway, Oxford, Maine, United States

Died 12 Jan 1913 at about age 82 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Birth

Celestia C. Alden was the daughter of Amasa Alden and Eliza P. B. (Austin) Alden of Livermore, Maine.^[1] In the 1850 Census, she is shown as 20 years old,^[2] and the 1900 Census says she was born in March 1830.^[3] Her death certificate gives her birth date as 31 Mar 1830 and her birthplace as Canton, Maine.^[4]

Marriages

1. On 14 Jun 1854, Celestia Alden and Lucius Haywood, both of Lewiston, Maine, published at Lewiston their intention to marry.^[5]
2. Celestia (Alden) Haywood and Henry W. Ripley, both of Paris, Maine, married at Norway, Maine, on 17 Sep 1859.^[6]

Children

The 1900 Census says that Celestia Ripley was the mother of two children, both of whom were then living.^[3] Those children were:

1. Frank C. Haywood, who was 25 years, living with his mother Celestia Ripley at Livermore, Maine, in 1880,^[7] and whose birth date is shown as March 1855 in the 1900 Census^[8]
2. Scott Ellis Ripley, born on 14 May 1862 at Livermore, Maine^[9]

Death

Twice widowed, and more than 48 years after the death of her second husband, Celestia (Alden) (Haywood) Ripley died of carcinoma of the intestines at Watertown, Massachusetts, on 12 Jan 1813, with her age at her death reported as 82 years, 9 months, 12 days.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 59
2. ↑ Amasa Alden household, family #71, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Oxford > Livermore > image 9 of 43; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} S. Ellis Ripley household, family #249, in United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch > Massachusetts > Middlesex > ED 987 Watertown town (southeast part) > image 25 of 74; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Death record of "Celestia Alden widow of Henry W. Ripley", in Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch > 2403946 (004284182) > image 2056 of 2126; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ Marriage intention of Lucius Haywood and Celestia Alden, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch > Intentions of marriage and marriage records 1837- 1878. > Lucius Haywood and Celestia Alden, 14 Jun 1854 > image 266 of 705; citing Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
6. ↑ Transcription of the marriage record of Mr. Henry W. Ripley and Miss (sic) Celestia C. Haywood, in Marriage Returns of Oxford County, Maine prior to 1892 (Camden, Me., 1993), page 131
7. ↑ Celestia Ripley household, familt #88, in United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > Livermore > ED 17 > image 8 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
8. ↑ Frank C. Heywood household, family #319, in United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch > Massachusetts > Middlesex > ED 987 Watertown town (southeast part) > image 31 of 74; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ Birth record of Scott Ellis Ripley, in "A Record of the family of Henry W. Ripley and Celestia C. Ripley his wife," in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > Livermore Vital Records, 1805-1862 > page 114 > Image 270 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332