Charles H. T. Burr (1863 - 1915)

Born 2 Jun 1863 in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Dec 1915 at age 52 in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Charles married Mary Elizabeth Bowles in Bellingham on 23 Sep 1885. She died in 1894. Charles lived on Box Pond and he was robbed & murdered on the night of 14 Dec 1915. His body was found frozen in Box Pond the next day. Charles was buried in Union Cemetery, Bellingham, Mass. Details of his murder were taken from The Lowell Sun newspaper dated 15 Dec 1915.

Sources

“Marriages Registered in the Town of Bellingham for the Year 1885,” image is part of the online collection called “Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915,” Ancestry.com. Original data: “Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911,” New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Birth and death information taken from: “Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Bellingham, Massachusetts,” image is part of the online collection called, “Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915,” Ancestry.com. Original data: “Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915,” New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4HX-78F : 22 May 2019), Senneca Burr in entry for Charles H T Burr, 14 Dec 1915; citing Bellingham,,Massachusetts, 320, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,406,041.

See also The Lowell Sun newspaper article covering Mr. Burr's death dated Wednesday December 15, 1915. The text of that newspaper article may be found on Find-A-Grave Memorial # 98859109.

"Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCG-WCC : 1 June 2018), Senica Burr, 1865.