Evelyn (Bridgham) Dunn (1815 - 1891)

Born 13 Aug 1815 in Minot, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Barnes Dunn — married 25 Nov 1835 in Minot, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1891 at age 75 in Minot, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Evelyn Bridgham was born in Minot, Massachusetts (later Maine) on August 13, 1815.

She married Thomas Barnes Dunn on November 25, 1835, in Minot. He was born March 14, 1811, in Poland, Maine. His parents were Josiah and Sally (Barnes) Dunn.

They moved from Minot to Turner, Maine before 1860.

Thomas Barnes died on May 11, 1863, in Minot at the age of 52.

Evelyn Barnes moved again, before 1870 to Dixfield, Maine.

Evelyn (Bridgham) Barnes died 28 years after her husband’s death, on June 4, 1891, in Minot at the age of 75.

Both are buried at the Olde French Cemetery at Turner, along with his parents and three of their children.

Facts

NAME
Evelyn Bridgham ^{[1] [2] [3]}
Everline Bridgheham
Everline (or Evelyn or Eveline) Bridgham
Eveline Bridgham ^[4]

SEX
Female

BIRTH
13 AUG 1815; Minot or Waterville, Androscoggin, Maine, United States ^{[1] [5] [6] [7] [4] [8] [9] [10]}

DEATH
1891 ^[2]
3 JUN 1891; Minot, Androscoggin, Maine, United States ^[11]
4 JUN 1891 ^[3]

BURIAL
Olde French Cemetery, Turner, Androscoggin, Maine, United States ^[12]

OCCUPATION
Merchant and Farmer ^[5]

RESIDENCE
1820; Minot, Androscoggin, Maine, United States ^[13]
1830; Minot, Androscoggin, Maine, United States ^[14]
1850; Minot, Androscoggin, Maine, United States ^[6]
1860; Turner, Androscoggin, Maine, United States ^[4]
1870; Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States ^[1]
1880; Maine, United States ^[7]

FAMILY
Husband
Thomas Barnes Dunn
Wife
Evelyn Bridgham
Marriage
25 NOV 1835; Minot, Androscoggin, Maine, United States ^{[5] [11] [15]}

Notes

Her name may be Everline or Evelyn.

From "Greenwood genealogies, 1154-1914 : the ancestry and descendants of Thomas Greenwood of Newton Massachusetts," P. 305,

"Evelyn {Bridgham} b. Aug. 13, 1815; d. in Waterville, Me., June 3, 1891; m. Nov. 25, 1835, Thomas Barnes Dunn, b. in Poland, Mar. 14, 1811, a merchant and farmer in Dixfield, Me."

From the "Christian Pilot," North Yarmouth, ME, Dec. 10, 1835,

In Poland, Sunday 22d ult. by Rev. George Bates of Turner, Mr. Thomas B. Dunn, to Miss Caroline Bridgham, of the former place.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Source: Title: "1870 Census" , Page: Maine, Dixfield, Oxford Co., Roll M593_550, p. 129 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: Title: "Sons of the American Revolution Application" , Page: for Arthur Garfield Vose, De. 9, 1910 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Source: Title: Gravestone , Page: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/find-a-grave-prod/photos/2016/219/167872615_1470580751.jpg
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Source: Title: "1860 Census" , Page: Maine, Turner, Androscoggin Co., Roll M653_432 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Source: Title: "Greenwood Genealogies, 1154-1914" , Page: p. 305 , Author: Frederick Greenwood , Publication: Name: Name: the Lyons Genealogical Co., New York. 1914;; , Call number: R929.2 G816 , Repository name: www.familytreemaker.com
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Source: Title: "1850 Census" , Page: p. 36 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Source: Title: "1880 Census" , Page: Maine, Auburn, Androscoggin Co. , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
8. ↑ Source: Title: www.familysearch.org , Page: IGI Batch# C520541
9. ↑ Source: Title: email , Page: from Jo (Bridgham) Gray on Feb 20, 2000
10. ↑ Source: Title: email , Page: from Joyce L. Rich, Dec 9, 1999
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Source: Title: Maine State Archives
12. ↑ Source: Title: FindaGrave , Page: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/find-a-grave-prod/photos/2016/219/167872615_1470580751.jpg
13. ↑ Source: Title: "1820 Census" , Page: p. 308 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
14. ↑ Source: Title: "1830 Census" , Page: p. 257 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
15. ↑ Source: Title: "Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books", Vol. 62 , Page: p. 74