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Melville Weston Drinkwater (1836 - 1915)

Melville Weston Drinkwater
Born in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 23 Jul 1863 in Santa Clara County, California, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 78 in Gooding, Gooding County, Idaho, United Statesmap
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Biography

Melville Weston Drinkwater
is the 6th generation of this surname found in early America, a descendant of Thomas Drinkwater.

Melvill Weston was the first child of Wyman Drinkwater and Ruth Knight. He married Harriet 1836 of New Jersey.

He was a carpenter.

Marriage

Name: Melville Drinkwater
Gender: Male
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 23 Jul 1863
Marriage Place: Santa Clara, California, USA
Spouse: Harriet Bloomfield[1]

General Land Office Records

Name: Melville W Drinkwater
Issue Date: 1 Feb 1882
Place: Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Meridian: Willamette
Township: 006n
Range: 038E
Aliquots: SW¼SE¼
Section: 2
Accession Number: WAWWAA 016749
Document Number: 1590[2]

California Great Register

Name: Melville Weston Drinkwater
Event Type: Voter Registration
Event Date: 10 Sep 1866
Event Place: San Jose Tp, Santa Clara, California, United States
Age: 30
Birth Year (Estimated): 1836
Birthplace: Maine[3]

1900 - Melville lived with daughter, Clara, and son-in-law in Pullman City, Whitman, Washington.

Death & Burial

He died at age 78 in Idaho of chronic nephritis.[4]
BURIAL
Pioneer Cemetery
Gooding, Gooding County, Idaho, USA

Sources

  1. California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Marriage Record
  2. U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
  3. "California Great Registers, 1850-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT6Y-R3K : 25 July 2019), Melville Weston Drinkwater, 10 Sep 1866; citing Voter Registration, San Jose Tp, Santa Clara, California, United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 977,287.
  4. "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLT7-WMH : 6 April 2020), Melvill Weston Drinkwater, 04 Jan 1915; citing Gooding, Gooding, Idaho, reference File #9573, Department of Health and Welfare, Boise; FHL microfilm 1,509,281.
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VH-PTS : 4 April 2020), Malvill Drinkwater in household of Wyman Drinkwater, Lincolnville, Waldo, Maine, United States; citing family 106, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). 01:21, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Wyman Drinkwater Male 42 Maine
Ruth Drinkwater Female 33 Maine
Wm W Drinkwater Male 16 Maine, sailor
Melvill Drinkwater Male 14 Maine
Elizabeth Drinkwater Female 7 Maine
Mary Arbella Drinkwater Female 4 Maine
Ellen A Drinkwater Female 2 Maine
Mentha J Drinkwater Female 0 Maine
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXTF-NMM : 14 November 2020), M. W. Drinkwater, Walla Walla, Washington Territory, United States; citing enumeration district ED 50, sheet 257D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,398. 01:21, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
M.W. Drinkwater Self Male 44 Maine, United States, farmer
Harriet Drinkwater Wife Female 44 New Jersey, United States
Arthur B. Drinkwater Son Male 15 California, United States
Clara Drinkwater Daughter Female 11 California, United States
  • Washington, U.S., State and Territorial Censuses, 1857-1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Washington state census 01:49, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Arthur Drinkwater, 22, blacksmith, Maine
M W Drinkwater, 51, farmer, Maine
Harriet Drinkwater, 52, New Jersey
Clara Drinkwater, 18, California
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5S-9B7 : accessed 9 December 2020), Melvil W Drinkwatter in household of Charles G Raby, North Pullman City and South Pullman City Precincts Pullman City, Whitman, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 104, sheet 12B, family 259, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,754. 01:21, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Charles G Raby Head Male 32 England
Clara Raby Wife Female 31 California
Melvil W Drinkwatter Father-in-law Male 63 Maine
  • "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLT7-WMC : 5 August 2017), Drinkwater in entry for Melvill Weston Drinkwater, 04 Jan 1915; citing Gooding, Gooding, Idaho, reference File #9573, Department of Health and Welfare, Boise; FHL microfilm 1,509,281. 00:25, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Name Melvill Weston Drinkwater
Event Date 04 Jan 1915
Event Place Gooding, Gooding, Idaho
Gender Male
Race (Original) w
Race White
Age 78
Birth Date 23 Jul 1836
Birthplace Belfast, Me.
Marital Status Married
Father's Name Drinkwater
Father's Birthplace Maine
Occupation Carpenter
Residence Place Gooding, Idaho
Burial Place Gooding, Idaho
Burial Date 06 Jan 1915
  • Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 December 2020), memorial page for Melvill Weston Drinkwater (23 Jul 1836–4 Jan 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #43385626, citing Pioneer Cemetery, Gooding, Gooding County, Idaho, USA ; Maintained by Fran (contributor 47001337).




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