Nellie Ellen (Dyer) Folsom (1858)

Born 12 Jul 1858 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Richard Folsom — married 5 Apr 1878 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Biography

Lucy, daughter of Cushing & Sarah F, was born on 12 July 1858 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States.^[1]

In the 1860 census Lucy (age 2) was in Portland, Cumberland, Maine.^[2]

In the 1870 census Nellie was in Portland Ward 1, Cumberland, Maine.^[3]

She married 5 APR 1878 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine^[4][5][6][7]

In the 1880 census Lucy Folsom (age 21), At Home, was the married daughter of Cushing Dyer in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. She and Henry had a son, Henry, 1 month old.^[8]

In the 1900 census Nellie (age 40) was the wife of Henry Folsom in Chelsea Ward 3, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She was not listed as having any children (though the 1880 census shows her with a son..^[9]

Nellie's daughter, Edna, died June 19, 1897..^[10]

Research Notes

Parents married 22 DEC 1852 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine^[11][12]

Note: Generations of the Folsom Family calls her "Nellie" Dyer.

Vital Records of North America calls her Nellie L. Dyer

Descendants of Richard Waterhouse of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, gives marriage date of May 1877.

Vital Records of North America (Birth & Marriage Index for New Hampshire) gives 11 Mar 1878.

He, age 20, b. Eastport, Washington, Me, son of Richard & Isabel.

She, age 19, b. Portland, Cumberland, Me, dau. of Cushing & Sarah T.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922"
   Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 32
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1960 #153768 (accessed 26 November 2021)
   Lucy Ellen Dyer born on 12 Jul 1858, daughter of Cushing & Sarah F, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA.
2. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1860; Census Place: Portland, Cumberland, Maine; Page: 851
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #44085639 (accessed 26 November 2021)
   Lucy E Dyer (2) in Portland, Cumberland, Maine. Born in Maine.
3. ↑ 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1870; Census Place: Portland Ward 1, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M593_541; Page: 495B
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #32880155 (accessed 26 November 2021)
   Nellie Dyer in Portland Ward 1, Cumberland, Maine. Born in Maine.
4. ↑ Source: #S743
5. ↑ Source: #S58
6. ↑ Source: #S599 Page: 101
7. ↑ Marriage: "New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971"
   New Hampshire Department of Health; Concord, New Hampshire; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61836 #90079706 (accessed 26 November 2021)
   Nellie L Dyer (19) marriage to Henry Folsom on 11 Mar 1878 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
8. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 552; Page: 435A; Enumeration District: 597
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #44047859 (accessed 26 November 2021)
   Lucy Folsom (21), married daughter, At Home, in household of Cushing Dyer (53) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Born in Maine.
9. ↑ 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Chelsea Ward 3, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 1562; FHL microfilm: 1240689
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #75594976 (accessed 26 November 2021)
   Nellie L Folsom (40), wife, in household of Henry Folsom (49) in Chelsea Ward 3, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Born in Maine, USA.
10. ↑ Child Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915"
    New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2101 #77219730 (accessed 26 November 2021)
    Name: Nellie Dyer; Gender: Female; Birth Place: Maine, USA; Spouse: Henry R Folsom; Child: Edna A Folsom.
11. ↑ Source: #S58
12. ↑ Source: #S54 Page: 825

• Source S54

Call Number: G6958

Title: Descendants of Richard Waterhouse of Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Author: Waterhouse, George Herbert

Publication: Wakefield, Mass. : Unknown: 1934

Note: with notes on the descendants of Jacob Waterhouse of New London, Conn., Joshua Waterhouse

• Source S58

Title: Vital Records Index - North America, 1631-1888

Publication: Family History Resource File

• Source S599

Call Number: G5898

Title: Sinnett genealogy : Michael Sinnett of Harpswell, Maine, his ancestry and descendants :

Author: Sinnett, Charles N. b. 1847

Publication: Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press : 1910

• Source S743

Call Number: CS71.F671

Title: Genealogy of the Folsom Family 1638-1938, Vol. 1

Author: Elizabeth Knowles Folsom

Publication: The Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1938

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 11 September 2010.