Laura C (Bigelow) Alling (abt. 1833 - 1906)

Born about 17 Jun 1833 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Jan 1906 at about age 72 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Laura C. BIGELOW was born 17 Jun 1833 (at issue with mother's 1825 date of birth) and was christened 19 Jul 1857. She died 17 Jan 1906 and was buried 18 Jan 1906 in Oxford Congregational Cemetery. Laura married Edwin J. ALLING on 30 Nov 1854.

Research Notes

Birth not listed in the Colchester Barbour Collection of Vital records.

Sources

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 114. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. " ... This place is known as the Osborn homestead. The north portion of the house was built by Harvey Osborn about the year 1820. ... The place was afterwards sold to Edwin Alling and some time in the year 1909 the place was sold to Charles Baldwin of Seymour, who occupied it only a short time." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/114.html.
• Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, p. 110. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp110.html.
• 1860 New Haven Census.
• 1870 Oxford Census.
• 1880 Oxford Census.
• 1900 Oxford Census.
• Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 4.
• The Diaries of Laura Davis, 1856-1857. "Sun 19th Clear.... Edwin Alling's wife baptized." Jul 1857.
• Record of the Returns made by Sextons of Cemeteries.
• Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
• Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, p. 110.