Amelia Augusta (Little) Slayton (1870 - 1949)

Born 13 Apr 1870 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Albert Slayton — married 1 Mar 1899 in Vermont, United States

Died 10 Aug 1949 at age 79 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Birth

Augusta (or Amelia Augusta) Little ^[A] was born in April 1870 ^[1][2][3] at Cambridge, Massachusetts. ^[4] She was the 1st child and daughter of George Bell Little, and Ellen Augusta (Gassett) Little. ^[5]

Marriage

Married Henry Albert Slayton, 1 Mar 1899 at Morristown, Vermont, marriage performed at Colechester Vermont by Samuel Bates, congregational minister. As his 2nd ^[6] or 3rd Wife. ^[4]

No Children

Residence

Born in Massachusetts, she lived there until her marriage when she moved to Morristown.

• 1870, newborn, living with her parents and 4 siblings (George, Helen, Georgie, Frances) at Cambridge, Massachusetts ^[2]
• 1880, age 10, at School, living with her parents, George and Helen, and a brother, George at 84 Concord Avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts ^[7]
• 1900, age 30, married to Henry, and living on Park Street in Morrisville Village along with 3 children from his earlier marriages. ^[3]
• 1910, age 42, married to Henry and living with him in Morristown, Vermont with his 2 children ^[6]
• 1920, age 51, living with her husband and step daughter Lillia Slayton in Lamoille Vermont ^[8]
• 1930, age 60, married to Henry and living on Main Street, Morristown, Vermont. ^[9]
• 1935, age 64, on a cruise from New York City to San Diego, California lists home address as 123 Longwood Ave, Brooklyn, New York. ^[10] Also lists Boston, Massachusetts as home in Census ^[11]
• 1937, age 67, passenger list of S.S. Washington, Southampton to New York lists address as West Acton, Massachusetts ^[12]
• 1940, age 69, widowed, living in her home worth $6,000 in Morrisville, Morristown Village, Vermont. ^[11]
• 1949, age 79, before her death was living at Longwood Towers, in Boston, Massachusetts ^[5]

Travels

• Took a trip to Bermuda in 1912 with her family ^[13]
• Returned to the U.S. from Havre France on the S.S. Carinthia 18 Sep 1933 - Record lists DoB ^[1]

Death

Died in August 1949, age 79 yrs, 3 mos, 25 days at the Griggs Nursing Home, Burlington, Vermont ^[5] and is buried at the Pleasant View Cemetery, Morristown, Vermont. ^[14]

Research Notes

A. Census records have her name as Amelia Augusta Little ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5DR-9LYY?cc=1923888&wc=MFKS-KWL%3A1030015401 : 2 October 2015), 5391 - vol 11611-11612, Sep 18, 1933 > image 253 of 770; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-62QG-QN?cc=1438024&wc=K2LD-829%3A518657101%2C519070001%2C519349701 : 12 June 2019), Massachusetts > Middlesex > Cambridge, ward 2 > image 128 of 264; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZP3-DB8?cc=1325221&wc=9BQK-DP1%3A1031681501%2C1032380201%2C1032401601 : 5 August 2014), Vermont > Lamoille > ED 134 Morrisville village > image 6 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899D-CT44?cc=1987653&wc=Q8ZY-866%3A324711401%2C324811901%2C1583542801 : 29 November 2018), Lamoille > Morristown > Marriages 1897-1921 vol 5-9 > image 27 of 655; citing various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B2P-F31?cc=1784223&wc=MFVH-VTL%3A1029428801 : 22 May 2014), 005204467 > image 1573 of 3178; Citing Secretary of State. State Capitol Building, Montpelier.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB9-VVV?cc=1727033&wc=QZZC-MZ3%3A133638701%2C134724801%2C134769201%2C1589089083 : 24 June 2017), Vermont > Lamoille > Morristown > ED 131 > image 17 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB4-9Q6M?cc=1417683&wc=XW2Y-7M9%3A1589405656%2C1589395961%2C1589397944%2C1589405968 : 24 December 2015), Massachusetts > Middlesex > Somerville > ED 487 > image 15 of 43; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJH-897?cc=1488411&wc=QZJY-LWN%3A1038088201%2C1038553301%2C1037496501%2C1589332870 : 14 September 2019), Vermont > Lamoille > Morrisville > ED 103 > image 5 of 29; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR8H-9FB7?cc=1810731&wc=QZF4-8ZW%3A648804301%2C649139101%2C649150201%2C1589282329 : 8 December 2015), Vermont > Lamoille > Morristown > ED 11 > image 15 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
10. ↑ "California, San Diego Passenger Lists, 1904-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PF-29HQ-2?cc=2442742&wc=S1H7-829%3A1551993201 : 28 July 2017), Roll 12, 4 Aug 1933-23 Jun 1935 > image 682 of 967; citing NARA microfilm publication A3471, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2008).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-KXLZ?cc=2000219&wc=QZX1-F7X%3A793636501%2C794598201%2C794640501%2C794640502 : accessed 3 October 2021), Vermont > Lamoille > Morristown Town, Morrisville > 8-13 Morristown Town, Morrisville Village, Copley Hospital > image 32 of 57; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
12. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95FB-358?cc=1923888&wc=MFKQ-VTL%3A1030059301 : 2 October 2015), 6027 - vol 12967-12969, Aug 18, 1937 > image 228 of 1007; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
13. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TW-B91V-X?cc=1368704&wc=4X1L-31B%3A1600482333 : 26 January 2018), Roll 1815, vol 4016-4017, 6 Mar 1912 > image 793 of 853; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
14. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193300944/augusta-slayton : accessed 03 October 2021), memorial page for Augusta Little Slayton (13 Apr 1870–10 Aug 1949), Find A Grave: Memorial #193300944, citing Pleasant View Cemetery, Morrisville, Lamoille County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Barb Destromp (contributor 46785064) .

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #193300944
• Various Contributors; FamilySearch.org Family Tree entry for Amelia augusta Little; accessed Oct 2021; © 2021 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Birth & Death

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2VQW-F2L : 6 December 2014), Augusta Little Slayton, 10 Aug 1949, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 2,032,371.

Marriage

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XF32-TKK : 6 December 2014), Henry A. Slayton and A. Augusta Little, 01 Mar 1899, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,115.

Genealogies

• Little, George. The Descendants of George Little, Who Came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640 (The Author, Auburn, Maine, 1882) Page 495

Censuses

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD38-P12 : 17 October 2014), Little in household of Edward P Little, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 128, family 1075, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,122.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHXW-GFM : 11 August 2016), Amelia A Little in household of George B Little, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 487, sheet 334C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0546; FHL microfilm 1,254,546.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMPS-97N : accessed 18 June 2017), Augusta L Slayton in household of Henry A Slayton, Morrisville village, Lamoille, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 3B, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,692.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPF4-5CH : accessed 18 June 2017), Augusta L Slayton in household of Henry A Slayton, Morristown, Lamoille, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 131, sheet 9A, family 240, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1612; FHL microfilm 1,375,625.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZY3-CRQ : accessed 18 June 2017), Augusta L Slayton in household of Henry A Slayton, Morrisville, Lamoille, Vermont, United States; citing ED 103, sheet 6B, line 80, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1872; FHL microfilm 1,821,872.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMZW-KZD : accessed 18 June 2017), Augusta L Slayton in household of Henry A Slayton, Morristown, Lamoille, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 8A, line 20, family 202, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2429; FHL microfilm 2,342,163.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VYH6-SF6 : accessed 18 June 2017), Agusta L Slayton, Morrisville, Morristown Town, Lamoille, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 8-13, sheet 16A, line 14, family 362, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4233.

Other

• "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JJY9-XJD : 6 December 2014), Augusta Slayton, 05 Mar 1912; citing departure port Bermuda, arrival port New York, ship name Arcadian, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/24V4-YD2 : 2 October 2015), Augusta Slayton, 1933; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/24KG-7MD : 2 October 2015), Augusta Slayton, 1937; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).