Lydia C. Kidder (1803 - 1863)

Born 14 Sep 1803 in Albion, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Died 11 Apr 1863 at age 59 in Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, United States

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Biography

Lydia C. Kidder was born September 14, 1803 in Temple, New Hampshire, the daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Billings) Kidder.

Finson Bridgham and Lydia C. Kidder were married on September 16, 1828, both of Gorham, Maine. He was born in Hebron, Maine the day before Christmas in 1802.

In 1830, Finson and Lydia appeared to be living in his parents’ household in Leeds, Maine.

In 1840, Finson Bridgham, of Greene, Maine, was head of a household consisting of 1 male under 5 (____), 1 male 30 to 39 (Finson was 38), 1 female under 5 (Mary was 3), 2 females 5 to 9 (Ella was about 4, Melinda was 8), and 1 female 30 to 39 (Lydia was 37). One person was employed in agriculture, and one in manufacture and trade. Who was the young boy? An undocumented child who died young?

In 1850, he lived in Winthrop, Maine, where he was a carder. His household included himself, his wife Lydia, daughters Melinda, Ella, Clara, and their son Henry. Except form Melinda, the children all attended school. Another eight people (with seven different surnames) lived in the same dwelling.

In 1860, Finson and Lydia lived in Winthrop. He was a factory owner with a personal estate worth $800. His family consisted of his wife Lydia, their daughter Clara, and their son Henry, a boot maker. Henry had attended school. The family lived in the household of his son-in-law, Gustavus F. Whitman, who had married Finson’s daughter, Mary K.

Lydia (Kidder) Bridgham died in Winthrop, on April 11, 1863 at the age of 59.

Died.

...

In Winthrop, April 11th, Mrs. Lydia C., wife of Finson Bridgham, aged 60 years. In the death of Mrs. Bridgham, society has lost one of its most exemplary members. The neighborhood in which she resided deeply regret to part with one in whom so much of their affection centered; but no one can feel her loss more keenly that her heart-stricken husband and other relatives, especially the surviving daughters who, by this dispensation of Divine Providence, are deprived of the care and counsel of a constant and devoted mother. Her generous words [illegible] head of the sick and dying. Let the mourning relatives sorrow; but not as those who have no hope, for although she has fallen in death, she will rise again in the likeness of her Redeemer; although she has gone down to the silence of the grave, to be known on earth no more, yet she will live in the presence of God, in the society of the Just made perfect. --- We commend the mourning friends to the consolations of the Gospel of Christ, and exhort them to reflect upon the power of his resurrection.^[1]

Finson Bridgham died on December 1, 1875, at the age of 73.

Finson and Lydia are both buried in the Maple Cemetery in Winthrop.

Facts

NAME
Lydia C. Kidder ^{[2] [3]}
Lydia Kidder ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
Lydia ^{[9] [10]}

SEX
Female

BIRTH
Temple, New Hampshire, United States ^[2]
14 SEP 1803; Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, British Colonies ^{[4] [5] [11] [6]}

DEATH
APR 1863; Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, United States ^[9]
11 APR 1863 ^{[5] [6] [12]}

BURIAL
Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, United States

RESIDENCE
1828; Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States ^[3]
1850; Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, United States ^[11]
1860; Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, United States ^[4]

FAMILY
Husband
Finson Bridgham
Wife
Lydia C. Kidder
Marriage
16 SEP 1828 ^[3]
1830 ^[7]

Minister
Rev. T. Pomeroy ^[3]

Research Notes

From "A genealogy of the Kidder family : comprising the descendants in the male line of Ensign James Kidder, 1626-1676, or Cambridge," p. 176,

Lydia [Kidder], b. at Temple, 14 Sept. 1803; d. 11 Apr. 1863; m. Finson Bridgham. Three daughters and one son.

From the "Portland Daily Advertiser," Portland, Maine, April 25, 1863, p. 8,

Deaths.

...

In Winthrop, Mrs. Lydia, wife of Finson Bridgham, aged 61.

Sources

1. ↑ "Gospel Banner," Augusta, ME, May 2, 1863, p. 3
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: Title: Maine Death Records , Page: Record of a Death, for her son, Henry Finson Bridgham. , Publication: Name: www.ancestry.com;;
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Source: Title: Maine Marriage Records , Page: Copy of an Old Record of a Marriage, for Finson Bridgeham and Lydia C. Kidder. , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Source: Title: "1860 Census" , Page: Maine, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., Roll M653_440, p. 1005 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Source: Title: www.familysearch.org , Page: MMD1-5W1
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Source: Title: "A genealogy of the Kidder family" , Page: p. 176 , Author: Morgan Hewitt Stafford , Publication: Name: Name: 1941;; , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Source: Title: "The Compendium of American Genealogy, 1600s-1800s" , Page: The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. VII, p. 659
8. ↑ Source: Title: Maine Death Records , Page: Record of a Death, for Helen Maria Gale , Publication: Name: www.ancestry.com;;
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Source: Title: obituary , Page: of Mrs. Lydia Bridgham, "Portland Daily Advertiser," Portland, Maine, April 25, 1863, p. 8
10. ↑ Source: Title: "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" , Page: for Henry F. Bridgham and Nelie M. Esty. , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Source: Title: "1850 Census" , Page: Maine, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., Roll M432_257 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
12. ↑ Source: Title: "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection" , Page: for Finson Bridgham. , Repository name: www.ancestry.com