Everett Edward Bridgham (abt. 1870 - 1926)

Born about 9 May 1870 in Whitneyville, Washington, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Annie M. Palmer — married 11 Aug 1917 in Bradford, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Died 23 Oct 1926 at about age 56 in Bradford, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Biography

Facts

NAME
Everett E. Bridgham ^{[1] [2] [3]}
Edward "Eddie" E. Bridgham ^{[4] [5]}
Everett Bridgham ^{[6] [7] [8]}
Everett H. Bridgham ^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

SEX
Male

BIRTH
Whitneyville, Washington, Maine ^[2]
ABT 1870 Maine ^{[4] [5]}
MAY 1870 Maine ^{[11] [12] [10]}
9 MAY 1870 ^[3]
ABT 1872 Maine ^[9]
ABT 1876 Whitneyville, Washington, Maine ^[7]
9 MAY 1876 Maine ^[1]
ABT 1878 Maine ^[13]

DEATH
23 OCT 1926 ^[3]

BURIAL
Corner Cemetery, Bradford, Penobscot, Maine ^[14]

OCCUPATION
1900; Railroad laborer ^[11]
1910; Farm laborer ^[9]
1917; Farmer, self employed ^[1]
1917; mail carier ^[7]
1920; Farmer, general farm ^[13]
1921; Farmer ^[2]

RESIDENCE
1870 Whitneyville, Washington, Maine ^[4]
1880 Whitneyville, Washington, Maine ^[5]
1900 Whitneyville, Washington, Maine ^[11]
1910 Main St., Whitneyville, Washington, Maine ^[9]
1917 Bradford, Penobscot, Maine ^{[6] [7]}
1917 RFD #1, Bradford, Penobscot, Maine ^[1]
1920 Bradford, Penobscot, Maine ^[13]
1921 Bradford, Penobscot, Maine ^[2]

FAMILY
Husband
Everett E. Bridgham
Wife
Annie M. Palmer
Marriage
11 AUG 1917 Bradford, Penobscot, Maine ^{[6] [7]}
Minister
C. D. Nutter, clergyman ^[7]
Intentions filed
6 AUG 1917 ^[7]

Research Notes

It may be that Edward E. Bridgham and Everett E. Bridgham are the same person (Edward Everett or Everett Edward?). Everett does not appear in the 1870 or 1880 censuses, and Edward appears in nothing after 1880. Also, they were both born in 1870.

Also, his "brother" Everett was born in May, 1870. It would be difficult for Edward to be born in the same year (though he could have been born in 1869).

On the other hand, one source says that Everett's middle initial is "H". Everett lived in Bradford, Maine, when he married Annie M. Palmer in 1917. The 1920 census shows that Everett E. Bridgham was born in 1878 and that his mother was born in Massachusetts (Everett was living with his mother in law, Fannie Palmer, in Bradford, Maine).

The 1910 census indicates that only 4 of Andrew and Helen Bridgham's 9 children had survived. Since we know that Samuel, Fred, Everett, and Viola were all living in 1910, then the other 5 children (Charles, Mattie, Willis, Abbie, and Edward) must have died before 1910.

According to Everett E. Bridgham's World War I draft enlistment, he was of medium height and build, with light blue eyes and brown hair, slightly bald.

Everett lived in Bradford, Maine, when he married Annie M. Palmer in 1917. The 1920 census shows that Everett E. Bridgham was born in 1878 and that his mother was born in Massachusetts (Everett was living with his mother in law, Fannie Palmer, in Bradford, Maine). On Dec. 15, 1927, Annie M. Bridgham (aka Annie M. Palmer), of Bradford, Maine, married Walter A. Smith. Had Everett died? Or was it a divorce? The 1930 census shows that Walter A. and Annie M. Smith, of Bradford, Maine, had a 9-year-old daughter named Hellen E. Bridgham.

So unless and until I find differently, I will assume that Everett H. Bridgham and Everett E. Bridgham are the same person.

From the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, Feb. 12, 1898, p. 3 (assuming this is the same Everett Bridgham),

Everett Bridgham, clerk for H. H. Bowles, in Cherryfield, purchased four bears from Whitneyville parties during the month of January, the total weight of which was 936 pounds. ...

From the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, Dec. 25, 1899:

A mink that has been raiding a Whitneyville hen roost paid his life as a penalty for his sin at the hands of Everett Bridgham the other morning. It was found that the hens were disappearing at the rate of one each night and Mr. Bridgham set four steel traps near the entrance where the thief was supposed to have entered, but still the flock of fowls became smaller. The morning in question, however, a large, sleek mink was found caught in three of the traps, there being only one leg that did not have a trap attached. The skin was a good one, but would not pay for the loss.

In 1900, he was living in his mother's house in Whitneyville, Washington, Maine.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Source: Title: "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", REPOSITORY NAME: www.ancestry.com
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Source: Title: Maine Birth Records , Page: Record of a Birth, for his daughter, Helen Elenor Bridgham., REPOSITORY NAME: www.ancestry.com
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Source: Title: Gravestone , Page: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73300075/everett-edward-bridgham
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Source: Title: "1870 Census" , Page: Maine, Whitneyville, Washington Co., Roll M593_563, p. 568, REPOSITORY NAME: www.ancestry.com
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Source: Title: "1880 Census" , Page: Maine, Whitneyville, Washington Co., REPOSITORY NAME: www.ancestry.com
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Source: Title: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1996", REPOSITORY NAME: www.ancestry.com
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6} Source: Title: Maine Marriage Records , Page: Record of a Marriage, for Everett Bridgham and Annie M. Palmer., REPOSITORY NAME: www.ancestry.com
8. ↑ Source: Title: "U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index" , Page: for Helen (Bridgham) Oakes., REPOSITORY NAME: www.ancestry.com
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Source: Title: "1910 Census" , Page: Maine, Whitneyville, Washington Co., Roll 547, book 2, p. 68b, REPOSITORY NAME: www.ancestry.com
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Source: Title: "Narrative of the Town of Machias" , Page: p. 365, REPOSITORY NAME: www.ancestry.com
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3} Source: Title: "1900 Census" , Page: Maine, Whitneyville, Washington Co., Roll T623_601, p. 14A, REPOSITORY NAME: www.ancestry.com
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Source: Title: www.familysearch.org , Page: MMD1-5W1
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2} Source: Title: "1920 Census" , Page: Maine, Bradford, Penobscot Co., Roll T625_645, p. 5B, REPOSITORY NAME: www.ancestry.com
14. ↑ Source: Title: www.findagrave.com , Page: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=73300075&PIpi=45838674