Alice (Aiken) Rogers (1861 - 1934)

Born 26 Oct 1861 in Glen Sutton, Sutton, Brome, Canada East

Ancestors

Died 26 Mar 1934 at age 72 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Alice AIken was born in 1861, the first daughter and third child of Leander Aiken and Mary Barnett. Her death certificate cited below provides her parentage and vital dates.

In her youth, Alice lived with her parents and siblings in Glen Sutton, Sutton Township, Canada East, where she is found initially on the 1871 census.^[1] When her parents moved south of the border in about 1877, Alice joined her parents, though on the 1880 census she lived next door to them, working as a "servant".^[2]

In 1881, Alice married Francis (Frank) Sumner Rogers. Alice and Frank had the following three children, all born in Troy, Vermont:

1. Helen F., b. Dec 1883; m. Harry Worthington Drew, 30 April 1906; d. July 1978
2. Lydia Alice, b. April 1884;^[3] d. 1974, and
3. Edward L., b. 28 April 1886; d. 29 Sept. 1905.

In both 1900^[4] and 1910^[5], Alice and Frank were living in Troy, Vermont, with her mother and her children (all three in 1900, and only Alice in 1910, since Eddy had died and Helen had married).

In their final years together, Alice and Frank lived in Burlington, Vermont.^[6] Both daughters were living with them in 1930, Helen Drew having been widowed, and Lydia Alice still single. Alice had been living (without Frank) with her daughter in 1920, also in Burlington.^[7]

Alice lost her husband on 6 April 1930, then passed away herself of bronco pneumonia almost exactly four years later (1934) in Burlington, Vermont, where she was by then living.^[8] She was interred in North Troy.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ 1871 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 126 (Brome), Sub-District c (Sutton), Page 3, Line 15| 1871 Canada Census, "Alice Aiken", Age 9
2. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, County of Orleans, Town of Troy, Page 15, Line 29| 1880 US Census, "Alice Aiken, Age 19"
3. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Troy, 1884| Birth Record Lydia Alice Rogers
4. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, County of Orleans, Town of Troy, Page 13, Line 10| 1900 US Census, "Alice A. Rogers, Age 38"
5. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, County of Orleans, Town of Troy, Page 1013, Line 52| 1910 US Census, "Alice A Rogers, Age 47"
6. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census, Chittenden County, Burlington, Page 10A, Line 23| 1930 US Census, "Alice A Rogers, Age 68"
7. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census, Chittenden County, Burlington, Page 12B, Line 72| 1920 US Census, "Alice Rogers, Age 58"
8. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Burlington, 1934| Death Record, Alice Aiken Rogers
9. ↑ FindAGrave| "Alice A Aiken Rogers"