Henrietta Miller (Elliott) Slocum (1862 - 1952)

Born 1862 in Nova Scotia

Wife of Joshua Upham Slocum — married 22 Feb 1886 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Died 1952 at about age 90 in Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Henrietta was the second wife of famed mariner Joshua Slocum.^[1] Although they were cousins, they first met him in Massachusetts, where Hettie was working as a dressmaker.^[2]

During her voyages with Slocum, Hettie endured much, including the loss of the Aquidneck, her husband shooting a man for mutiny and facing a trial, cholera and smallpox, and a sensational return home to America on the somewhat flimsy 10.5 metre Liberdade - “half dory, half Japanese sampan”.^[3]

Hettie continued to look after Slocum's children even after the couple went their separate ways. Little is known about her later years and she died aged 90 in Massachusetts in 1952. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6S-V8D : 11 March 2018), Joshua Slocum and Hettie M Elliott, 22 Feb 1886; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 823,138.
2. ↑ The Search for Captain Slocum by Walter Teller, published 1919, archive.org, p.51
3. ↑ The History Bucket
4. ↑ The History Bucket

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