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Census and City Directories

 

  • 1880 United States Census, Characteristics of Population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. digital images. Ancestrylibrary.com. Accessed 2022. 

 

  •  1900 United States Census, Characteristics of Population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. digital images. Ancestrylibrary.com. Accessed 2022.  

 

  • 1910 United States Census, Characteristics of Population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. digital images. Ancestrylibrary.com. Accessed 2022.  

 

  • 1920 United States Census, Characteristics of Population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. digital images. Ancestrylibrary.com. Accessed 2022. 

 

  •  1930 United States Census, Characteristics of Population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. digital images. Ancestrylibrary.com. Accessed 2022. 

 

  • 1940 United States Census, Characteristics of Population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. digital images. Ancestrylibrary.com. Accessed 2022. 

 

  • 1950 United States Census, Characteristics of Population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. digital images. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022. 

 

  • "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995;" Cambridge, Massachusetts. Digital images. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com,  2022.

**Specifically for the years : 1877, 1881-1885, 1887-1921, 1923, 1925-28, 1930-33, 1937, 1941-44, 1946, and 1954. 



 

Vital Records: Birth/Death/Marriage Documents 

 

1907 - Amy Jackson McKay - Death, 1907 

Massachusetts, U.S Death Records, 1841-1915; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022 

 

1906 - Marion Michaelis Skinner - Marriage, 1906 

Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022

 

1904- Anna Winlock - Death, 1904 

Massachusetts, U.S Death Records, 1841-1915; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022

 

1914 - Harriet Ida Stevens - Death, 1914 

Massachusetts, U.S Death Records, 1841-1915; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022

 

1916 - Genevieve Mathews Hubbard - Marriage, 1916

The Boston Globe. (Boston, MA), pub. June 22 1916. U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022.

 

1932 - Adelaide Ames  - Death, 1932 

“New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754–1947.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022.  

 

 

 

1936 - Report on Eclipse Expedition - Emily Hughes Boyce -

 

“October 7th, 1936” A documentary chronicle of Vassar College. The Vassar Historian, Accessed November 16, 2022

 

For more on this Expedition, check out this article, available by request at Widener Library, and the Harvard Archives. 

Donald H. Menzel and Joseph Canon Boyce, Eclipse in Ak Bulak (Cambridge, Mass., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1936)

 

 

Naturalization/Travel Documents

1907 - Williamina Fleming - Naturalization Card, 1907

U.S., Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995. Index to Naturalization Petitions and Records of the U.S. District Court, 1906-1966, and the U.S. Circuit Court, 1906-1911, for the District of Massachusetts; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022.

 

1928 - Adelaide Ames - Passenger, 1928

UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960. Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022. 

 

1922 - Annie Jump Cannon - Passport, 1922

U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925. Roll #: 1821; Volume #: Roll 1821 - Certificates: 114226-114599, 27 Jan 1922-30 Jan 1922. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022

 

1923, 1927 - Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin - Passenger List, 1923

New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022.

 

-Passenger list, 1927

U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960. Manifests of Passengers Arriving at St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022

 

-Declaration of Naturalization Intention 1927

Massachusetts, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950. ARC Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalization , 8/1845 - 12/1911; NAI Number: 3000057; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009 National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022

 

1922 - Ida E Woods - Passport, 1922

U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022.

 

1932 - Dorothy W Block Paraskevopoulos - Passenger list 1932

UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960. Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022

 

1954 - Dorothy W. Block Paraskevopoulos - Passenger List 1954

New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022

 

1934 - Georgette Maulbetsch - Naturalization Petition, 1934

Massachusetts, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950. ARC Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalization , 8/1845 - 12/1911; NAI Number: 3000057; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022. 

 

1934 - Margaret Olmsted - Passenger list, 1934 

UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960. Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors: Outwards Passenger Lists; The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Accessed via Ancesrylibrary.com, 2022. 

 

1935 - Sylvia Mussels Lindsay - Passenger list, 1935  

UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960. Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors: Outwards Passenger Lists. The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022. 

 

1940 - Sybil Chubb - Naturalization Declaration, 1940

Massachusetts, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950. ARC Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalization , 8/1845 - 12/1911; NAI Number: 3000057; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009. National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022.

 

1946 - Paris Pişmiş De Recillias - Passenger Manifest, 1946 

Texas, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1963. Temporary Manifests of Alien Arrivals By Airplane At Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas; ARC Number: A3488; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004. The National Archives At Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022. 

 

1948 - Helen Spence Federer - Passenger list, 1948

New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957. Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022. 

 

1955 - Virginia McKibben Nail - Passenger, 1955

UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960. Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022. 

 

1956 - Elske Van Panhuys Smith - Passenger list, 1956 

 U.S., Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1914-1966. Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes Departing from New York, New York, 07/01/1948-12/31/1956; NAI Number: 3335533; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A4169; NARA Roll Number: 177. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C. Accessed via Ancestrylibrary.com, 2022.