Lena Nelson (Gammons) Vaughan (1874)

Born 29 Jan 1874 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Webster Elliott Chester Vaughan — married 2 Jul 1894 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Lena Nelson Gammons was born on January 29, 1874 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts to Ebenezer Nelson Gammons and Betsey Arletta Atwood. ^[1] She, her mother and sister, were living with her grandparents at the time of the 1880 census, her father having recently died. ^[2] She married Webster Elliott Chester Vaughan on July 2, 1894 in Middleborough, and they had a daughter Mildred Eunice, born January 15, 1895. ^[3] In 1900 and 1910 she lived in Carver.^[4][5] By 1920 she is listed as a widow in the census record. ^[6] By 1930 she was living with her son-in-law and daughter in Lakeville. ^[7] In 1940 she is no longer living with them, but she is listed in 1938 according to the Social Security claim application record. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), [Link]
2. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Record for Lena N. Gammons age 6. [Link]
3. ↑ Shurtleff, Benjamin, "Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts" (Revere, Massachusetts: 1912 (reprinted by Higginson Book Co.), 2 volumes), vol. 2, p. 481 - #5079. WEBSTER ELLIOTT CHESTER VAUGHAN.
4. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Roll: 674; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 1120; FHL microfilm: 1240674. [Link]
5. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Year: 1910; Census Place: Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_610; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 1209; FHL microfilm: 1374623. [Link]
6. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_726; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 103; Image: 573. [Link]
7. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Year: 1930; Census Place: Lakeville, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Roll: 940; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0072; Image: 389.0; FHL microfilm: 2340675. [Link]
8. ↑ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Orig SSN. Feb 1938: Name listed as LENA GAMMONS VAUGHAN. [Link]