Almira Melissa (Lesure) Kimball (1831 - 1914)

Born 15 Jul 1831 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John White Kimball — married 15 Jul 1851 (to 15 Jul 1910) in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Jul 1914 at age 82 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Almira Melissa Lesure was born July 15, 1831 in Smithfield, Rhode Island and is the daughter of Newell Lesure and Almira Darling. Almira grew up in Fitchburg, Massachusetts^[1] with eight siblings; Thomas Gardner Lesure, Lavina L Lesure, Mercia Luvan Lesure, Henry A Lesure, Lydia A Lesure, Ellen J Lesure, Permelia A Lesure and Emma Jennette Lesure.

Almira married John White Kimball July 15, 1851^[2][3] in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Together they raised four children; Emma Frances Kimball,^[4] Mary Elizabeth Kimball, Edward Franklin Kimball^[5] and Josephine White Kimball.^[6][7] The Kimball family made their home in Fitchburg, Massachusetts^{[8][9][10][11]} until John's death in 1910. Almira died July 11, 1914 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts ^[12] and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Massachusetts.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9W-XM2 : 12 April 2016), Melissa A Lesure in household of Newell N Lesme [Lesure], Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 610, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4Q9-XN9 : 24 May 2018), John W. Kimball and Almira M. Lesure, 15 Jul 1851; citing Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,432,877.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4P-WFG : 17 October 2017), John W. Kimball and Almira M. Locsure [Lesure], 15 Jul 1851; citing Marriage, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 2,258,329.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4Q2-6JJ : 11 March 2018), Almira M Lesure in entry for Emma F Eager, 22 Dec 1912; citing Fitchburg,,Massachusetts, 110, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,397,889.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXCG-YNY : 11 March 2018), Almira M. in entry for Edward Franklin Kimball, 25 Sep 1857, Fitchburg, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #p 189, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,420,936.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX8Z-M88 : 11 March 2018), Almira M. Lesure Kimball in entry for Josephine Kimball, 28 Apr 1876, Stoneham, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #p 284, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,169.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJL-QQF : 10 February 2018), Almira Melissa Kimball in entry for Josephine White Kimball, 02 Sep 1881; citing, reference 178; FHL microfilm 2,258,331.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQHT-D5L : 1 June 2018), Almira M Kimball in entry for John W Kimball, 1865.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQZ-7L5 : 12 April 2016), Almina M Kimball in household of John W Kimball, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 71, family 612, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,151.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9B9-5QS : accessed 14 July 2018), Almira M Kimball in household of John W Kimball, Fitchburg city Ward 4, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1618, sheet 3A, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,691.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22J-NNS : accessed 14 July 2018), Almira M Kimball in household of John W Kimball, Fitchburg Ward 4, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1738, sheet 15A, family 312, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 628; FHL microfilm 1,374,641.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4Z8-WPF : 11 March 2018), Almira M Kimball, 11 Jul 1914; citing Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 111, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,404,247.
13. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #95153275 Almira Melissa Lesure Kimball, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Massachusetts

See also:

• Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts, with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Call Number: F72.W9C8 vol.2; Editor: Ellery Bicknell Crane Publication: The Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1907
• Almira Melissa Lesure FamilySearch