Annie Haven Thwing (1851 - 1940)

Born 4 Jul 1851 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Jun 1940 at age 88 in Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Annie Thwing is Notable.

An historian and children's author who wrote the children's book, Chicken Little which tells the old story of a chicken who believes the sky is falling

Annie was born in 1851. ^[1] She is the daughter of a wealthy coal merchant, Supply Clapp Thwing and Ann Shapley Haven. ^[2] She began her career with the publication of children's books, including 1899's "Chicken Little Told in Rhyme" and 1909's "A List of Books for Boys and Girls to Read for Study and for Pleasure".

Interested in local history, she spent nearly thirty years researching Boston's geography from the time of its founding, tracing individuals and their homes through deed transfers, wills, town reports, church records, diaries, and gravestone inscriptions. The result was an index consisting of more than 125,000 catalog cards, and she used this database in 1920 to publish two works on Boston's people and homes, "Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1800" and "The Crooked and Narrow Streets of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822". ^[3] She also used her research to create a three-dimensional model of the city as it appeared in 1775, which is displayed at Boston's Old South Meeting House. In addition, she published a history on the location of her summer home, 1925's "The Story of Orr's Island, Maine".

Her Boston database contains some errors, and her methodology is criticized by some historians because it is biased in favor of property owners rather than being comprehensive, but her work is still viewed as one of the most valuable resources on Boston's early history. She donated her index to the Massachusetts Historical Society, which in recent years partnered with the New England Historic Genealogical Society to transcribe and cross-reference the card file and make it available to researchers in digital format.

She died in 1940. ^[4]

(Original bio by: Bill McKern, edited 2/11/23.)

Census Records

• In the 1870 census Annie (age 19) was in Boston Ward 15, Suffolk, Massachusetts.^[5]
• In the 1880 census Annie (age 29), At Home, was the single step-daughter of Anna Thwing in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[6]
• In the 1900 census Annie (age 48) was the single step-daughter of Anna Thwing in Boston Ward 19, Suffolk, Massachusetts.^[7]
• In the 1910 census Annie (age 58) was the single sister of Walter E Thwing in Boston Ward 19, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[8]
• In the 1920 census Annie (age 68) was the single sister of Walter E Thwing in Boston Ward 15, Suffolk, Massachusetts.^[9]
• In the 1930 census Annie (age 78) was the single sister of Walter E Thwing at 65 Beech Glenn Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[10]

Research Notes

• This profile is part of the American Ancestors WikiTree Challenge (Mar 14-21) which is why it has the Hold Request sticker currently.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #45536142 (accessed 16 April 2023)
   Anna Thwing was born on 4 Jul 1851, child of Supply C & Anna, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA.
2. ↑ Thwing, Walter Eliot. Thwing: A Genealogical, Biographical and Historical Account of the Family, Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1883. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #2829159 (accessed 16 April 2023)
   Name: Annie Haven Thwing; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 4 Jul 1851; Birth Place: Roxbury; Father: Supply Clap Thwing; Mother: Anne Snapley Haven.
3. ↑ The Crooked and Narrow Streets of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822
4. ↑ Find A Grave # 23075373
5. ↑ 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1870; Census Place: Boston Ward 15, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_649; Page: 420A
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #28419401 (accessed 16 April 2023)
   Annie H Thwing (19), No Occupation, in Boston Ward 15, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts.
6. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 561; Page: 538B; Enumeration District: 769
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #21623947 (accessed 16 April 2023)
   Annie H Thwing (29), single step-daughter, At Home, in the household of Anna Thwing (51) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Born in Massachusetts.
7. ↑ 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Boston Ward 19, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 685; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 1442
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #75471383 (accessed 16 April 2023)
   Annie H Thwing (48), single step-daughter, in the household of Anna Thwing (71) in Boston Ward 19, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts, USA.
8. ↑ 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1910; Census Place: Boston Ward 19, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_621; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 1550; FHL microfilm: 1374634
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #126498292 (accessed 16 April 2023)
   Annie H Thwing (58), single sister, in the household of Walter E Thwing (61) in Boston Ward 19, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Born in Massachusetts.
9. ↑ 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1920; Census Place: Boston Ward 15, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_736; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 393
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #39549055 (accessed 16 April 2023)
   Annie H Thwing (68), single sister, in the household of Walter E Thwing (71) in Boston Ward 15, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Born in Massachusetts.
10. ↑ 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
    Year: 1930; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0338; FHL microfilm: 2340684
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #19548281 (accessed 16 April 2023)
    Annie H Thwing (78), single sister, in the household of Walter E Thwing (81) at 65 Beech Glenn Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Born in Massachusetts.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Annie Haven Thwing
• Wikidata: Item Q4769303, en:Wikipedia