William Adin Bridgham (1887 - 1970)

Born 9 May 1887 in Jonesboro, Washington, Maine

Ancestors

Died 21 Dec 1970 at age 83 in Machiasport, Washington, Maine

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: William "Will" or "Willie" Adin /Bridgham/^[2][3][4]

Name: Willard /Bridgham/^[5]

Name: William Adin /Bridgham/^[6]

Name: Wm. A. /Bridgham/^[7][8]

Name: William A. /Bridgham/^[9][10]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using William "Will" or "Willie" Adin /Bridgham/.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 09 MAY 1887

Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine^{[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

Birth:

Date: MAY 1887

Place: Maine^[18]

Birth:

Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine^[19][20]

Birth:

Date: 09 MAY 1887^[21]

Birth:

Date: ABT 1888

Place: Maine^[22]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 09 MAY 1887

Death

Death:

Date: 21 DEC 1970

Place: Machiasport, Washington, Maine^[23]

Death:

Date: DEC 1970

Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine^[24]

Death:

Date: 21 DEC 1970^[25]

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 21 DEC 1970Array

Military Service

Military Service: Inducted at Calais, Maine

Date: 1917

Military Service:

Date: BET 27 APR AND 21 DEC 1918^[26]

Occupation

Occupation: Mill hand, lath mill

Date: 1910^[27]

Occupation: Farming

Date: 1917^[28]

Occupation: Farmer

Date: 1918^[29]

Occupation: Farmer

Date: 1922^[30]

Occupation: Woodsman, hard-wood & pulp-wood

Date: 1940^[31]

Residence

Residence:

Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine^[32]

Residence:

Date: 1900

Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine^[33]

Residence:

Date: 1910

Place: Roque Bluffs Rd., Jonesboro, Washington, Maine^[34]

Residence:

Date: 1917

Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine^[35]

Residence:

Date: 1920

Place: In his father's house in Roque Bluffs, Washington, Maine^[36]

Residence:

Date: 1930

Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine^[37]

Residence:

Date: 1918

Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine^[38]

Residence:

Date: 1921

Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine^[39]

Residence:

Date: 1940

Place: 111 Roque Bluff Rd., Jonesboro, Washington, Maine

Residence:

Date: 1935

Place: 111 Roque Bluff Rd., Jonesboro, Washington, Maine^[40]

Event

Event:

Type: Death Certificate

Place: Maine, 7010818

Note

Note: #N394

Marriage

Husband: William Adin Bridgham

Wife: Mary E. Cogan

Child: Lenore Margaret Bridgham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1917^[41]

Husband: Zenas Wheeler Bridgham

Wife: Lucy Ann Watts

Child: Harris Bridgham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Alice Mabel Bridgham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Irving Melvin Bridgham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: H. M. Bridgham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William Adin Bridgham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Annie Rae Bridgham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 25 APR 1868

Place: Machias, Washington, Maine^{[42][43][44][45][46]}

Event:

Type: Intentions filed

Date: 19 APR 1868

Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine^[47]

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1872^[48]

Sources

1. ↑ Bridgham-303 was created by Joel Bridgham through the import of AndrewMorseBridgham_desc.ged on May 19, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S31
3. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Maine, Roque Bluffs, Washington Co., roll T625_650, p. 7B
4. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Maine, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Roll 547, book 2, p. 78a
5. ↑ Source: #S58 Page: p. 365
6. ↑ Source: #S98 Page: Copy of an Old Record of a Birth, for William Adin Bridgham.
7. ↑ Source: #S98 Page: Record of a Birth, for his daughter, Lenore Margaret Bridgham.
8. ↑ Source: #S98 Page: Record of a Birth, for his daughter, Annie Gordon Bridgham.
9. ↑ Source: #S425
10. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine; Roll: T627_1494; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 15-46.
11. ↑ Source: #S34
12. ↑ Source: #S31
13. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Maine, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Roll T626_840, p. 4B
14. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Maine, Roque Bluffs, Washington Co., roll T625_650, p. 7B
15. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Maine, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Roll 547, book 2, p. 78a
16. ↑ Source: #S58 Page: p. 365
17. ↑ Source: #S98 Page: Copy of an Old Record of a Birth, for William Adin Bridgham.
18. ↑ Source: #S6 Page: Maine, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Roll T623_601, p. 5B
19. ↑ Source: #S98 Page: Record of a Birth, for his daughter, Lenore Margaret Bridgham.
20. ↑ Source: #S98 Page: Record of a Birth, for his daughter, Annie Gordon Bridgham.
21. ↑ Source: #S425
22. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine; Roll: T627_1494; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 15-46.
23. ↑ Source: #S54
24. ↑ Source: #S34
25. ↑ Source: #S425
26. ↑ Source: #S425
27. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Maine, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Roll 547, book 2, p. 78a
28. ↑ Source: #S31
29. ↑ Source: #S98 Page: Record of a Birth, for his daughter, Lenore Margaret Bridgham.
30. ↑ Source: #S98 Page: Record of a Birth, for his daughter, Annie Gordon Bridgham.
31. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine; Roll: T627_1494; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 15-46.
32. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: of Alice Bridgham Smith, June 22, 1958
33. ↑ Source: #S6 Page: Maine, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Roll T623_601, p. 5B
34. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Maine, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Roll 547, book 2, p. 78a
35. ↑ Source: #S31
36. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Maine, Roque Bluffs, Washington Co., roll T625_650, p. 7B
37. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Maine, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Roll T626_840, p. 4B
38. ↑ Source: #S98 Page: Record of a Birth, for his daughter, Lenore Margaret Bridgham.
39. ↑ Source: #S98 Page: Record of a Birth, for his daughter, Annie Gordon Bridgham.
40. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Jonesboro, Washington, Maine; Roll: T627_1494; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 15-46.
41. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Maine, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Roll T626_840, p. 4B
42. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Maine, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Roll T626_840, p. 4B
43. ↑ Source: #S58 Page: p. 365
44. ↑ Source: #S315 Page: p. 58
45. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: of Alice M. Smith, "Sunday Telegram," Jun 22, 1958
46. ↑ Source: #S6 Page: p. 206
47. ↑ Source: #S507
48. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Maine, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Roll 547, book 2, p. 78a

• Source: S2 Title: "1930 Census" Repository: #R2 NOTE"1930 Census", Source Medium: Census CONT .
• Repository: R2 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S20 Title: "1940 Census" Repository: #R2 NOTE"1940 Census".
• Source: S3 Title: "1920 Census" Repository: #R2 NOTE"1920 Census", Source Medium: Census CONT .
• Source: S31 Title: "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918" Repository: #R2 NOTE"World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", Source Medium: Electronic CONT .
• Source: S34 Title: Social Security Death Index NOTESocial Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book CONT .
• Source: S4 Title: "1910 Census" Repository: #R2 NOTE"1910 Census", Source Medium: Census CONT .
• Source: S425 Title: "Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File" Repository: #R2 NOTE"Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File".
• Source: S5 Title: obituary NOTEobituary, Source Medium: Newspaper CONT .
• Source: S54 Title: "Maine Death Index, 1960-1997" Repository: #R25 NOTE"Maine Death Index, 1960-1997", Source Medium: Book CONT .
• Repository: R25 Name: "www.ancestry.com" Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S58 Author: George W. Drisko Title: "Narrative of the Town of Machias" Publication: Name: Name: Press of the Republic, Machias, Maine. 1904;; Repository: #R2 NOTEGeorge W. Drisko, "Narrative of the Town of Machias" (Press of the Republic, Machias, Maine. 1904), Source Medium: Book CONT .
• Source: S6 Title: "1900 Census" Repository: #R2 NOTE"1900 Census", Source Medium: Census CONT .
• Source: S98 Title: Maine Birth Records Repository: #R2 NOTEMaine Birth Records.

Notes

Note N394The obituary of Alice (Bridgham) Smith lists a brother named William. Could Willard and William be the same person?

According to his World War I draft registration, he was tall and stout, with brown eyes and dark brown hair.

About 1916 in Canada, William Adin Bridgham, a bachelor farmer of Jonesboro, Me., married 29-year-old "spinster" Mary Elaine Cogarn of Lubec, Me., daughter of John Cogarn. (www.ancestry.com, "Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946")

From "Maine Military Men, 1917-1918,"

"Ind: Calais, Washington Co., Apr. 27/18. Pvt; Pvt 1st cl July 4/18; Cpl Oct. 1/18. Org: Btry B 303 FA to June 15/18; 151 Dep Brig to June 27/18; 7 Bn Co A US Gd to disch. Overseas service: None. Hon disch on demob: Dec. 21, 1918."

In 1940, he owned his home, valued at 00 at 111 Rouque Bluff Rd., Jonesboro, where he earned operating hard-wood and pulp-wood machinary in 1939. He also indicated that he had "other income." His family lived at the same address in 1935. William had completed two years of high school, while Mary completed two years of college.