Elezi Maria (Frye) Houghton (abt. 1856)

Born about 28 Jul 1856 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Charles Stillman Houghton — married 30 Apr 1875 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Source 1: A record of the registration of the marriage of Nellie M. Frye to Charles S. Houghton in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts in 1875. Gives Nellie's age at the time of this marriage, (18), tells us she was born in Marlboro, (Usually spelled Marlborough), and gives her parents as Richard and Caroline.

Source 2: The 1920 US Census finds this Nellie as a 63yr old, living on Berlin Road in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts with her 75yr old husband, Charles.

Source 3: CORRECT HER GIVEN FIRST NAME: Birth record found for this person; gives her real given name as Elezi Maria Frye, born to Richard & Catherine Frye in Marlboro, Massachusetts, July 28, 1856. Apparently used "Nellie" as a favored "nickname."

Sources

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67HW-4XQ?cc=1469062&wc=3G11-YWL%3A1063286301 : 24 May 2018), 004279599 > image 965 of 1061; State Archives, Boston.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RX5-8M3?cc=1488411&wc=QZJR-J11%3A1036470801%2C1037958801%2C1037272401%2C1589332390 : 11 September 2019), Massachusetts > Worcester > Bolton > ED 15 > image 15 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6SW3-5Z8?cc=1536925&wc=M61J-2WG%3A73560401 : 1 March 2016), 004275282 > image 497 of 503; Massachusetts Archives, Boston.