Lucinda (Roberts) Houston (1811 - 1895)

Born 1811 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William P Houston — married 3 Sep 1834 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1895 at about age 84 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lucinda was born in 1811. She was the daughter of Winthrop Roberts and Orpah Breed.

Lucinda married William Houston on 3 September 1834 in Boston, Massachusetts.^[1]

In the 1850 census Lucinda (age 35) was in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[2]

Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
William P Houston	M	37		New Hampshire
Lucinda Houston	F	35		Massachusetts
Lucilia Houston	F	9		Massachusetts
William Houston	M	11		Massachusetts
Terisa Houston	F	6		Massachusetts
Georgretta Houston	F	4		Massachusetts
Orpah Roberts	F	54		Massachusetts

In the 1860 census Lucinda (age 41) was at 12th Ward Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[3]

Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Wm P Houston	M	47		New Hampshire
Lucinda M Houston	F	41		Massachusetts
Wm F Houston	M	21		Massachusetts
Lucelia Houston	F	19		Massachusetts
Teressa Houston	F	16		Massachusetts
Georgetta Houston	F	14		Massachusetts
Anastsio Graupera	M	16		Cuba
Orpha O B Roberts	F	65		Massachusetts

In the 1870 census Lucinda (age 50), Keeping House, was in Boston Ward 7, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Her husband William was in the Boston Lunatic Asylum in South Boston.^[4]

Lucinda, daughter of Winthrop Roberts & Orpha Breed, died (age 74) on 7 July 1895 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #19468595 (accessed 22 August 2022)
   Lucinda M Roberts marriage to William Houston on 3 Sep 1834 in Boston, Massachusetts.
2. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
   citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   FamilySearch Record: MDSX-VMK (accessed 22 August 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DHDQ-8W9 Image number 00101
   Lucinda Houston (35) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
3. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   citing Page: 557; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 525; FHL microfilm: 803525; Record number: 22047;
   FamilySearch Record: MZCF-LJW (accessed 22 August 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BS3-SFQ Image number 00561
   Lucinda M Houston (41) in 12th Ward Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Born in Massachusetts.
4. ↑ 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1870; Census Place: Boston Ward 7, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_644; Page: 442B
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #26670201 (accessed 22 August 2022)
   Lucinda Houston (50), Keeping House, in Boston Ward 7, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Born in Maine.
5. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915"
   New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2101 #3734785 (accessed 22 August 2022)
   Lucinda M Houston death 7 Jul 1895 (age 74), daughter of Winthrop Roberts & Orpha Breed, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA.