Albert Storrs (1820 - 1885)

Born 26 Jan 1820 in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Marilla (Crane) Storrs — married 6 Dec 1840 in Mansfield, CT

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1885 at age 65 in Spring Hill, Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut

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Biography

Albert was born in Mansfield, Connecticut.

He married Marilla in Mansfield on December 6, 1840. (This is based on records of Rebecca (Bartlett) Nally.)^[1]

Albert Storrs was a farmer who lived near the Baptist Church in Mansfield Center. "He is a pleasant man and a good neighbor, and has kindly assisted me about his branch of the family." ^[2]

In the 1860 Census, he appears along with his wife, his father-in-law and his two sons.^[3]

1860 Census for the Storrs Family

In the 1870 Census he is still living in Mansfield with his family along with a servant and a man listed as insane.^[4]

1870 Census for the Storrs Family

He died on June 13, 1885.^[5] His son Edgar's family, Edgar's wife [Gilbert-1|Annie]], and their baby daughter Ada May, were living with Albert and Marilla at the time of Albert's death. He is buried in Spring Hill Cemetary. [Note: This part of Mansfield was called Spring Hill, and the church is now known as the Spring Hill Baptist Church.]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7P8-WHW : 31 March 2016), Albert Storrs and Maillal Crane, 1840.
2. ↑ Storrs, Charles: The Storrs Family Genealogical and other Memoranda, p.360, Privately Printed, New York, 1886.[1]
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch ([2] : 30 December 2015), Edgar F Storrs in entry for Jesse Crane, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7G-515 : 17 October 2014), Edgar Storrs in household of Albert Storrs, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 25, family 235, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,614.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F72G-T61 : 3 December 2014), Albert Storrs, 13 Jun 1885; citing , reference 00677; FHL microfilm 3,343.

• Storrs, Charles, The Storrs Family, Privately Printed, New York, 1886. Copy online. p359 ^[6]

• Source: Death certificate of Albert Storrs.

• Source: Dimock, Susan W., Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths from the Records of the Town and Churches in Mansfield, Connecticut 1703-1850, New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1898

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