Olive Gertrude (Belden) Wigglesworth (1874 - 1909)

Born 9 Jan 1874 in Onondaga, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Wigglesworth — married 23 Apr 1895 in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA

Descendants

Died 26 Apr 1909 at age 35 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Olive was born in 1874. The birth date shown above was taken from her Find a Grave memorial. The following is a cut and paste from Olive's marriage notice as published in the New York Times on 25 April 1895:

A Double Wedding in Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y., April 24--The wedding of Andrew S. White and Miss Anna Belden, and Henry Wigglesworth and Miss Olive G. Belden took place last evening in St. Paul's Cathedral. The cathedral was elaborately decorated. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Henry R. Lockwood. The best men were Horace White of Syraucse and J. Herbert Bagg of New York. The ushers were Herbert C. Chatfield-Taylor of Chicago, Harold S. Sidway of Buffalo, Charles W. Andrews, Ernest I. White, J. Stanley Moore, E. S. Kellogg of Utica, Alexander Mackintosh of New York, C. Garrett Davis of New York, Alan Forbes, Harris Nichols, John Wilkinson, and J. Brady Mitchell. The brides were accompanied by their sister, Miss Edith Belden.

Olive died in Manhattan, New York in 1909. The following was published in the New York Times on 27 April 1909:

In New York City on Monday, April 26, 1909, Olive Belden, wife of Henry Wigglesworth, in her 36th year. Funeral service and interment at Syracuse, NY.

Sources

• "New York State Census, 1875", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTD9-GT1 : Sat Mar 09 07:26:03 UTC 2024), Entry for Mead Belding and Gertrude W Belding, 1875.
• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZXJ-53Y : Sat Mar 09 08:48:02 UTC 2024), Entry for Gertrude Beldon and Edward Beldon, 1880.
• Marriage citation: Newspaper notice of marriage: 'New York Times' published 25 April 1895.
• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W92-LJL : 3 June 2020), Olive Gertrude Wigglesworth, 26 Apr 1909; citing Death, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,214.
• Death citation: New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948, Death Place: Manhattan, New York, USA; 1909 Certificate Number: 13418
• Newspaper announcement of Death: New York Times April 27, 1909, page 11
• Burial citation: Find a Grave memorial ID: 42711275. website, as at 8 Nov 2023, with imasge of head stone and biographical notes: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42711275/olive-gertrude-wigglesworth

• familysearch.org personal profile ID: 27VP-TJ8