Lois H. (Starrett) Thurston (1804 - 1880)

Born 13 Mar 1804 in Warren, Knox, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Johnson Thurston — married 25 Dec 1824 (to 27 Oct 1874) in Union, Knox, Maine, United States

Died 28 Jul 1880 at age 76 in Appleton, Knox, Maine, United States

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Biography

Lois (Starrett) Thurston was born in Maine.

Lois, the second daughter and fourth of ten children of William Starrett and Lucy Baldwin was born 13 March 1804 at Warren, Maine.^[1]

Lois married Johnson Thurston, son of Daniel and Susannah (Johnson) Thurston on 25 December 1824 at Union, Knox, Maine.^[2]She and Johnson nine children:

1. William Johnson Thurston (b. 1826; d. 3 Mar 1911),^[3] m. 12 Nov 1851 at Maine, Marth R. Rust (1821-1859)
2. Susan Frances Thurston (b. 1827; d. 20 Jun 1896),^[4] m. 15 May 1850, John Warren Leonard (1812-1874)
3. Sarah Josephine Thurston (b. 1831), m. 20 Mar 1866 at Rockland, ME, John Mears (1825-1876)
4. Charles Hammond Thurston (b. 1834; d. 1873), m. 1 Dec 1864 at Portland, ME, Margaret Jackson (1829-)
5. Milton Thurston (b. 1837; d. 1905), m. 22 Dec 1866, Gloucester, MA, Caroline Stone Perkins (1844-1928)^[5]
6. John Stevens Thurston (b. 1839; d. 1842)
7. Martha Caroline Thurston (b. 1843-1856)
8. Irene Luella Thurston (b. 1847; d. 9 Jun 1919, Lawrence, MA),^[6] m. 1) 2 Jul 1872 at Lowell, MA, George King Carpenter (1829-1872)^[7]m. 2) 8 Nov 1816 at Andover, MA, Emil A. Bennert^[8]
9. Albert Llewellyn Thurston (b. 1847), m. 14 Nov 1872 at Portland, ME, Emily Jane Jackson (1851-)

In 1850, Lois (46 years) and Johnson (53 years), a Farmer, were living in Appleton, Maine with their five children: Charles (15), a farmer, Milton (13), Martha (7), Albert (3) and Irene (3).^[9]

In 1870, Lois, 66 years of age and Johnson, 73 years, a Farmer, were residing in Appleton, Maine with grandson, William Leonard (14 years) and son Albert (23 years), a Cooper.^[10]

Lois (Starrett) Thursdon died 28 July 1880 in her 76th year at Appleton, Maine and is buried beside her husband in Miller Cemetery at Burkettville, Knox, Maine.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBZ-VB6 : 14 January 2020), William Starvett in entry for Lou Starvett, 1804.
2. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46P-J28 : 14 January 2020), Loee Starrett in entry for Johnson Thurston, 1824.
3. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-Z7KM : 13 March 2018), Lois Starrett in entry for William J Thurston, 03 Mar 1911; citing Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
4. ↑ "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F48H-38X : 16 January 2020), Lori Starrett in entry for Susan F. Leonard, 1896.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N479-XXB : 24 May 2018), Lori in entry for Milton Thurston and Caroline S. Perkins, 22 Dec 1866; citing Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,023.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB8D-KCJ : 22 October 2019), Loee Starrett in entry for Irene Eulla Bennert, 09 Jun 1919; citing Death, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 790, page 292, State Archives, Boston.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWT7-G6M : 24 May 2018), Lowe in entry for George Carpenter and Irena L. Thurston, 2 Jul 1872; citing Lowell, Lowell, Penobscot, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,031.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23YM-L93 : 22 October 2019), Loee Starrett in entry for Emil A Bennert and Irene S Thurston Carpenter, 08 Nov 1916; citing Marriage, North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 1118, page 561, State Archives, Boston.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VH-W93 : 4 April 2020), Lona Thurston in household of Johnson Thurston, Appleton, Waldo, Maine, United States; citing family 495, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D2-P23 : 19 March 2020), Loa Thurston in entry for Johnson Thurston, 1870.
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 November 2020), memorial page for Lois “Loe” Starrett Thurston (13 Mar 1804–28 Jul 1880), Find a Grave Memorial no. 86048805, citing Miller Cemetery, Burkettville, Knox County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Maine 101 (contributor 47130320).