Martha Jane Taft

• BIRTH: 16 Jul 1845, Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts
• DEATH: Jun 1928
• BURIAL: Evergreen Cemetery, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts
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• MARRIAGE: 2 Sep 1868, Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts

1.  Martha Louise Whipple (10 Mar 1878 - AFT 16 Jan 1920)
2.  Bertha Mary Whipple (19 Sep 1879 - AFT 28 Jan 1920)

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                       _Arnold Taft __________________|
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 _Lewis Willard Taft _|
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|--Martha Jane Taft 
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Notes

• John B. Whipple, 32, Axe Temperer, b. MA, parents b. MA
• Martha J., 35, wife, Keeping House, b. MA, parents b. MA
• Martha L., 2, daughter, b. MA
• Bertha M., 8/12, daughter, b. MA

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 6 Jun 2006. Cites the June 5, 1900 Census, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA, p.241:

• Whipple, Martha J. {99235}, 56, widow, b. MA July 1845, parents b. MA, 2/2 children
• Whipple, Louise {99236} 22, single, b. MA March 1878
• Whipple, Bertha {99237} 20, single, b. MA Sept. 1879
  {NAC note: they are living with Martha's sister and her husband.}

On Sept. 2, 1868 in Douglas, Worcester, MA John Bailey Whipple, age 20, axe temperer, son of McDonough & Mary B. Whipple, married Martha Jane Taft {99235}, age 20, born Blackstone, Worcester, MA, daughter of Lewis W. and Mary B. Taft. (src: Massachusetts Vital Records, Douglas, 210:212). Martha Jane Taft's birth on July 16, 1845 in Blackstone, MA was recorded in Massachusetts Vital Records, Blackstone, 17:194.

!SOURCE: Email from Beth Hurd to Weldon Whipple, 9 May 2005. Cites the bride index in the Woonsocket (RI) Town Hall: "book 4, page 26 June 21, 1905; Howard George Ramsey, res. Uxbridge, MA, 23, white, carpenter, b. Nova Scotia, Wlm. W. & Marion Ramsey, parents b. Nova Scotia, 1st marriage; married by James Church Alvord, Congregational clergyman to Martha Louise Whipple, res. Woonsocket, 27, white, b. E. Douglas, MA, John B. & Martha J. Whipple, American, 1st marriage."

!SOURCE: Email from Beth Hurd to Weldon Whipple, 9 May 2005. Cites the bride index in the Woonsocket (RI) Town Hall: "book 4, page 86 June 19, 1907: Elmer Aaron Ellsworth, res. Norwood, MA, 24, white, meat cutter, b. Westwood, MA, Aaron & Eliza Ellsworth, American, 1st marriage; married by James Church Alvord, Congregational clergyman to Bertha Mary Whipple, res. Woonsocket, 27, white, b. E. Douglas, MA, John & Martha Whipple, American, 1st marriage."

!SOURCE: "Descendants of McDonough Whipple," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 6 Jun 2006. Cites the following:

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Blackstone, 17:194 (birth)
• Marriage: September 02, 1868, Blackstone, Worcester, MA (Source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, 210:198, both age 22.)
• Census 1: June 05, 1900, Age 54, widow, 2/2 children, living (sister-in-law) Uxbridge, Worcester, MA w/daughters Louise 22 & Bertha 20 in h/h Chas W. Buck 42 & his wife Anna B. 49 (Source: 1900 Census, Worcester Co., MA, Uxbridge, 241.)
• Census 2: April 20, 1910, Age 64, widow, 2/2 children, living Charlton, Worcester, MA in h/h sister (in-lalw) Amanda Putnam 57 (Source: 1910 Census, Worcester Co., MA, Charlton, 45.)
• Census 3: January 28, 1920, Age 74, living Millis, Norfolk, MA in h/h dau. Bertha N. 40 & her husband Elmer A. Ellsworth 37 (Source: 1920 Census, Norfolk Co., MA, Millis, 161.)

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 4 Oct 2015. Adds burial date and place, citing Find a Grave website.

RIN 99235. Quick link to this page: https://genweb.whipple.org/99235
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