Chauncey William Drew (1896 - 1916)

Born 20 Mar 1896 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 May 1916 at age 20 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

He was the son of James Drew and Bertha Whitten. ^{[1] [2]}

At the time of the 1910 census, 14-year-old Chauncey is living with his mother Bertha, grandmother Bella and step-grandfather Albion Whitten, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. ^[3]

Chauncey died when he was just 20 or 22 of "phthisis". He was living at 335 Prospect Street in Lawrence. His profession was "baker." The informant on this record is Ella Whitten. (His grandmother?) ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23RP-362 : 13 March 2018), Bertha Whitten in entry for Chauncey W Drew, 29 May 1916; citing Death, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 676, page 176, State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23RP-36V : 13 March 2018), Chauncey W Drew, 29 May 1916; citing Death, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 676, page 176, State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2JH-XSD : accessed 21 April 2018), Bella Whitton in household of Albion Whitton, Lawrence Ward 2, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 339, sheet 37A, family 356, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 583; FHL microfilm 1,374,596.
4. ↑ Death certificate. Note that this lists him as age 22 but does not give a birth year. The birth year on his birth certificate is 1896.