Blanche Ames (1878 - 1969)

Born 18 Feb 1878 in Lowell Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Oakes Ames — married 15 May 1900 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1969 at age 91 in North Easton Bristol County Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Blanche Ames is Notable.

Blanche Ames was a part of the Suffragette Movement.

Birth: Feb. 18, 1878 Lowell Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Death: Mar. 2, 1969 North Easton Bristol County Massachusetts, USA

Daughter of Adelbert Ames and Blanche Butler.

Note: Names of Adelbert & Blanche's children and spouses are along the base of the large monument

Blanche Ames was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1878. Her father was General Adelbert Ames, a union officer during the American Civil War, and later, Governor of Mississippi. Her mother, Blanche Butler, was the daughter of Benjamin Butler, the Governor of Massachusetts and unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1884 against Grover Cleveland.

Blanche attended Smith College where she became active in the Massachusetts Suffrage Association. A talented artist, she worked as art editor for the Woman's Journal. Her political cartoons in favour of women's suffrage also appeared in the Boston Transcript.

Co-Founder Of Women Suffrage Dies, Rits (sic) Set ^[1]

Women's Suffrage Leader Succumbs^[2]

Woman's Rights Champion Dies^[3]

MRS. AMES DIES; AUTHOR, ARTIST^[4]

Suffragette And Artist Dead At 91 ^[5]

Blanche, who married Oakes Ames (7C1R), a botany professor at Harvard University, and had five children. Blanche Ames died in 1969.

Family links: Parents: Adelbert Ames (1835 - 1933) Blanche Butler Ames (1847 - 1939)

Siblings: Butler Ames (1871 - 1954)* Sarah Ames (1874 - 1931)* Blanche Ames Ames (1878 - 1969) Adelbert Ames (1880 - 1955)*

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Burial: Hildreth Family Cemetery Lowell Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA

Obituary^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Sun Herald Biloxi, Mississippi 03 Mar 1969, Mon • Page 5
2. ↑ The Herald-Sun Durham, North Carolina 03 Mar 1969, Mon • Page 11
3. ↑ Tallahassee Democrat Tallahassee, Florida 03 Mar 1969, Mon • Page 3
4. ↑ The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland 04 Mar 1969, Tue • Page 13
5. ↑ The Record Hackensack, New Jersey 03 Mar 1969, Mon • Page 14
6. ↑ The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts 03 Mar 1969, Mon • Page 21

• Wikipedia
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22811254/blanche-ames: accessed 08 August 2022), memorial page for Blanche Ames Ames (18 Feb 1878–2 Mar 1969), Find A Grave: Memorial #22811254, citing Hildreth Family Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1T-P29 : 29 July 2021), Blanche Ames in entry for Oakes Ames, 1900.
• Engagement Fall River Daily Evening News (Fall River, Massachusetts) 02 Jan 1900, Tue • Page 4
• Marriage New-York Tribune, 17 May 1900, Thu • Page 7