Rebecca W. (Dyer) Hough (1819 - 1900)

Born Feb 1819 in South Addison, Washington, District of Maine, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ancestors

Wife of Reuel Hough — married 29 Apr 1843 in Harrington, Washington, Maine, United States

Died 25 Dec 1900 at age 81 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America

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Biography

Rebecca was born in 1819. She is the daughter of Lemuel Dyer and Elizabeth Leach. She married (intention at Addison, Maine 29 Dec 1842) at Harrington, Maine 29 April 1843 Reuel Hough, b China, Maine 1815; d Boston, Mass 27 Jun 1886, son of Noah Hough and Mary -- and railroad conductor in Boston, Massachusetts. ^[1] She lived at So. Addison [family moved there c1817] and Addison, Maine and Boston and Somerville, Massachusetts. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} She passed away in 1900 and is reportedly buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery with her husband in Boston, Massachusetts. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Research Note

"Reader Corrects 102 Year Old Publishing Error", DOWNEAST ANCESTRY, Vol 10(?), pp172-174; 1774-1879; Vol 10(?); pp 172-174; Ft. Myers, FL Public Library;NOTE: lived in Boston, Suffolk, Mass. No knowledge of children.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QB-LW4V?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DS-W3F%3A353350401%2C353366201%2C353676101 : 20 May 2014), Suffolk > Boston > Deaths 1886-1887 > image 148 of 683; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-G93 : 24 August 2017), Lemuel Dyer, Addison, Washington, Maine, United States; citing 347, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 9,701.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT6-XYP : 15 August 2017), Lemuel Dyer, Addison, Washington, Maine, United States; citing p. 120, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 152; FHL microfilm 9,709.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCT1-5W?cc=1438024&wc=92K2-82S%3A518657101%2C519510801%2C519581101 : 12 June 2019), Massachusetts > Suffolk > Boston, ward 09 > image 79 of 381; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-68J4-D5W?cc=1325221&wc=9BWW-FML%3A1030549901%2C1031862601%2C1034224601 : 5 August 2014), Massachusetts > Middlesex > ED 944 Somerville city Ward 5 > image 4 of 31; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTG3-Y96?cc=1463156&wc=MJCP-JWL%3A1043045601 : 22 May 2019), 1843727 (004289812) > image 716 of 827; State Archives, Boston. [birth place and mother's name reported errors]
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7FR-1VY : 22 May 2019), Rebecca W. Dyer Hough, 25 Dec 1900; citing Somerville, Massachusetts, v 505 p 696, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,727.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-FG4Q?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D8-16K%3A353350601%2C1006134101%2C1006223201 : 5 January 2017), Middlesex > Somerville > Deaths 1900 vol 39 > image 271 of 289; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
9. ↑ Tibbetts, Leonard F. & Lamson, Darryl B. Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1997. pp. 191-192. online library link

See also:

• Marriages and Intentions of Harrington, Maine: Publication: The original transcription is part of the R. Stanton Avery Collections: Note: Marriages and Intentions of Harrington, Maine (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), (Unpublished typescript, "Intentions and Marriages at Harrington, Maine," donated by Mrs. Hale L. Colton, 1953).

• Downeast Genealogy (Internet): Author: Newell C. Hall