Henrietta (Alden) Perkins (abt. 1855 - 1896)

Born about 24 Aug 1855 in Canton, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 May 1896 at about age 40 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Henrietta "Etta" Alden was the daughter of Charles Alden and Susan E, (Peterson) Alden.^[1] Her death record says that she was born at Canton, Maine, and her age at her death computes to a birth date of about 24 Aug 1855.^[2] In 1860 and 1870, she was living in her parents' household at Livermore, Maine, at 5 and 14 years old,^[3][4] and in 1880 in their household at Canton, at 24 years old.^[5]

Etta Alden married Henry M. Perkins.^[1] They lived at Salem, Massachusetts, where she was a music teacher.^[2]

Etta (Alden) Perkins died of cancer of the stomach at Salem, Massachusetts, on 29 May 1896, at the reported age of 40 years, 9 months, 5 days.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Death record of Etta (Alden) Perkins, in Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch > 0961518 (004225013) > image 554 of 764; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ Charles Alden household, family #291, in United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > Livermore > image 35 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Chas. Alden household, family #242, in United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > Livermore > image 27 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Charles Alden household, family #175, in United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Oxford > Canton > ED 121 > image 16 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)