Clara A. (Atwood) Boothby (1841 - 1929)

Born 26 Feb 1841 in Livermore, Oxford, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Roswell C. Boothby — married 6 Nov 1870 in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States

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Biography

Birth

Clara A. Atwood was born at Livermore, Maine, on 26 Feb 1841, the daughter of Hezekiah Atwood and Nancy (Coffin) Atwood.^[1]

Marriage

Clara A. Atwood of Portland, Maine, and Roswell C. Boothby of East Livermore, Maine, married at Gorham, Maine, on 6 Nov 1870.^[2]

Death

No record has been found of the death of Clara (Atwood) Boothby. A gravestone at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Livermore Falls, Maine, is inscribed with the dates 1841-1929.^[3] She may have died in Maine, or she may have died at Boston, Massachusetts, where she was living with her husband in 1920^[4] and where he died in 1922.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1805-1862", page 65 FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 242 of 718
2. ↑ Transcription by the town clerk of Gorham, Maine, of the marriage record of Roswell C. Boothby and Clara A. Atwood, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Vital records prior to 1892 > Boner-Boyne > image 1022 of 4161; multiple sources, Maine.
3. ↑ Photo of gravestone of Roswell C. Boothby and "Clara A., His Wife" (Find A Grave: Memorial #58372244)
4. ↑ United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch, Massachusetts > Suffolk > Boston Ward 23 > ED 548 > image 45 of 94 > Ernest T. Cushman household, family #565; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Vital records, 1908-1922 > Blood - Bouchard > Roswell C Boothby, 04 Mar 1922 > image 2727 of 3915; citing Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.