William Elisha French (1852 - 1926)

Born 21 Sep 1852 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Annie Maria (Offut) French — married 25 Dec 1877 in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Died 29 Mar 1926 at age 73 in Hazardville, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

William was born in 1852.^[1] He is the son of William French and Mary Johnson.^[1]

He married Annie Marie Offut in Manchester, New Hampshire.^[2] on the 25th of December of 1877.^[3]

The US Census for Manchester, New Hampshire, shows that Willie is a hotel keeper in Manchester, New Hampshire, and has a young son, Herbert.^[4] Herbert would be their only child.

By the time of the 1900 US Census, he and Annie are living back in Enfield, Connecticut,^[5] where William is a janitor at a school.^[6]

William died in 1926, according to his newspaper obituary held at newspapers.com.^[7] During his lifetime, William was a janitor for a local school, a sexton for the Methodist Church in Hazardville, had been educated in Manchester, New Hampshire in engineering, and was a partner with his son in an insurance company.^[8][9] The obituary mentions his burial in the Old Hazardville Cemetery in Hazardville, Connecticut.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Online Book: "Genealogy of the Billerica, Massachusetts, French family from 1599 to 1944"; (H. Martin Kellogg, 1884; Bonnibel Hodgkins, 1915; B.B. Fsher, 1915 to 1958); page 8, cites the birth of Willie and his marriage to Annie Maria Offut in 1877. (Held in the HathiTrust Digital Library)
2. ↑ Webpage: Wikipedia contributors, "Manchester, New Hampshire" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, citing the location of Manchester, New Hampshire
3. ↑ Onlne Record: "New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947" database with images, FamilySearch, William E French and Annie M Offutt, 25 Dec 1877; citing Marriage, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 005511188.
4. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census: "United States Census for the town of Manchester, New Hampshire, Year 1880" database with images, FamilySearch, William E French, hotel keeper, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States; citing enumeration district ED 134, sheet 257B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,763.
5. ↑ Webpage: Wikipedia contributors, "Enfield, Connecticut", Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, citing the location of Enfield, Connecticut.
6. ↑ 1900 U.S. Census: "United States Census for the town of Enfield, Connecticut, Year 1900" database with images, FamilySearch, William E French, Enfield township (all south of Middle rd. & S. Pearl St.), Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 15B, family 318, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,136.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Newspaper Obit: Hartford Courant; (Hartford, Connecticut), 30 March 1926; Page 5. (Subscription Needed)
8. ↑ 1910 U.S. Census: "United States Census for the town of Enfield, Connecticut, Year 1910" database with images, FamilySearch, William E French, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 148, sheet 12A, family 261, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 131; FHL microfilm 1,374,144.
9. ↑ 1920 U.S. Census: "United States Census for the town of Enfield, Connecticut, Year 1920", database with images, FamilySearch, William French, 1920.

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