Amos Andrew Blanchard (1879 - 1965)

Born 12 Dec 1879 in Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 3 Aug 1965 at age 85 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

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Amos Blanchard was the son of George Monroe Blanchard (1849–1925) and Hattie E. Lawrence (1852–1904).^[1]

He married Hattie Maria Newell (1879–1939) on 12 December 1900 in Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[2] They had two sons:

1. Lawrence Newell Blanchard (1903–1986)
2. Arthur Leon Blanchard (1906–1975)

In 1910 Amos was a teamster working for a turning mill in Ashby.^[3]

In 1920 he was working as a laborer on a farm in Lunenburg Township, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^[4]

By 1930 when he was age 50, the boys had moved out. Amos and Hattie were living in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He was working as a gardener for a private family.^[5]

Amos died in August 1965 at age 59 and was buried back in his hometown in West Cemetery, Ashby, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Plot: Lot 19, Section 1, Avenue 1).^[6]

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Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-D9G1?i=64&cc=2061550 : 14 January 2020), Amos Andrew Blanchard, 1879.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4Z3-FYY : 16 December 2022), Amos A. Blanchard and Hattie M. Newell, 1900.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2VQ-6MT : accessed 16 June 2023), Amos A Blanchard, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 731, sheet 8A, family 197, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 594; FHL microfilm 1,374,607.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF9L-W2Z : 1 February 2021), Amos A Blanchard, 1920.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM5S-SV6 : accessed 16 June 2023), Amos A Blanchard, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142542593/amos-andrew-blanchard: accessed 29 October 2023), memorial page for Amos Andrew Blanchard (12 Dec 1879–3 Aug 1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142542593, citing West Cemetery, Ashby, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by DASG (contributor 48025799).

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