Theresa Anne (Gould) Plimpton (1831 - 1917)

Born 30 Dec 1831 in Carthage, Franklin, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Andrew Jed Wedgewood — married 18 Nov 1854 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Albert Brigham Plimpton — married 12 May 1898 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 5 Jul 1917 at age 85 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Biography

Theresa was born in 1832 in Carthage, Maine, the daughter of Jeremiah Gould and Ann Powers.

The 1850 US census for Woburn, Massachusetts shows residents Samuel Stone (51), born in Massachusetts, employed as a carpenter, Anne C Stone (44), born in Maine, Frances N Gould (20), born in Maine, Theresa A Gould (18), born in Maine, Apphia Gould (13), born in Massachusetts, a student, Wm N Stone (4), born in Massachusetts, and Emma L Stone (2), born in Massachusetts.

She married twice:

• 1). Andrew Jed Wedgewood (1829-1888) in Groton, Massachusetts on 18 Nov 1854. They were the parents of one known child, Edgar Andrew Wedgewood born 2 May 1856 at Lowell, Massachusetts, died 31 Jan 1920 at Salt Lake City, Utah.
• 2). Albert Brigham Plimpton (1821-1899) married 12 May 1898 at Lowell, Massachusetts.

The 1860 US census for Lowell, Massachusetts lists residents Andrew J Wedgewood (30), born in Maine, employed as a mill hand, Theresa Wedgewood (28), born in Massachusetts, and Edgar N Wedgewood (4), born in Massachusetts. Andrew has a personal estate valued at $100.

The 1870 US census for Lowell, Massachusetts lists residents A J Wedgwood [sic] (46), works in a cotton mill, born in Maine, Theresa A (38), keeping house, born in Maine, and Edgar (14), at school, born in Massachusetts. Andrew has a personal estate valued at $1000.

The 1880 US census for Wood River, Nebraska lists residents A. J. Wedgewood (53), a farmer, born in Maine, Theresa Wedgewood (47), keeping house, born in Maine, and Edgar A Wedgewood (24), a carpenter, born in Massachusetts.

She passed away in 1917 in Salt Lake, Utah and is buried at the Grand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Nebraska.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDS3-S99 : 22 December 2020), Theresa A Gould in household of Samuel Stone, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4M5-G6X : 24 May 2018), Andrew Wedgewood and Theresa Gould, 18 Nov 1854; citing Groton, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,432,879

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCS-QLF : 18 February 2021), Theresa Wedgewood in entry for Andrew J Wedgewood, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3X-LS5 : 29 May 2021), Theresa A Wedgwood in entry for A J Wedgwood, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Y6-7K9 : 14 January 2022), Theresa Wedgewoord in household of A. J. Wedgewoord, Wood River, Hall, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM9-VX8 : 24 January 2020), Theresa A. Wedgwood in entry for Albert B. Plimpton, 1898

• "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ2F-BPT : 3 March 2021), Theresa Anne Plimpton, 05 Jul 1917; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate 1150, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLT-DJ4L : 13 December 2015), Theresa A. Plimpton, 1917; Burial, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States of America, Grand Island Cemetery; citing record ID 102264978, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.