1880s/1890s Autograph Album of Bertha Clements of Waldo Center, Maine

1880s/1890s autograph album of Bertha Clements of Waldo Center, Maine.  It's in rather fragile condition but the binding is still holding.

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The album measures approximately 5" by 3" and contains the sentiments of 43 of Bertha's relatives, friends and schoolmates.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers appears at the end of this post.

Surnames in the Album

	? [6]	M	Melcher	S	Sanborn [2]
B	Blood [2]	N	Nickerson		Sheldon
C	Cammett [2]	P	Patterson		Smalley
	Clements [11]		Paul		Smith
	Curtis [3]	R	Reynolds	W	Whitcomb [3]
F	Foss		Roberts
	Fraser		Rolerson [4]

From brief online research, hopefully correct: corrections and additions requested

Bertha Clements was born about April 1875 in Waldo, Maine, the daughter of Andrew Jackson Clements and his wife Maria F. (Mixer) Clements, both Maine natives.   Andrew Jackson Clements had died before the enumeration of the 1880 Census.  Maria F. (Mixer) Clements died 6 June 1909.

Bertha married George O. Clark on 14 March 1903.  Sadly, Bertha died 28 September 1907, nearly two years before her mother's death.

If you have any corrections and/or additions to the information above, or information on any of the inscribers, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Alphabetical List of the Inscribers in the Album

• Georgia
• Bertha (not Bertha Clements herself); inscribed in 1887
• Lela of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1887
• Verie; Bertha's schoolmate; inscribed in 1887
• Rachel; Bertha's schoolmate; inscribed in 1887
• Grace; inscribed in 1887
• Frank Blood; inscribed in 1887
• Laura J. Blood of East Knox, Maine
• Lulu R. Cammett of Waldo, Maine
• Ellen M. Cammett of Waldo, Maine; Bertha's cousin; inscribed in 1889
• Bertha Clements, album owner, of Waldo Center, Maine
• Maria F. (Mixer) Clements of Waldo, Maine
• Robert Clements of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1891
• Percy W. Clements of Waldo, Maine
• Belle M. Clements, Bertha's sister
• Lydia Clements, Bertha's cousin; inscribed in 1891
• ? Clements of Waldo, Maine; Bertha's cousin; inscribed in 1891
• Jabie Clements, Bertha's cousin; inscribed in 1889
• Esther Clements of Waldo, Maine; Bertha's sister; inscribed in 1887
• George H. Clements of Waldo, Maine; Bertha's schoolmate; inscribed in 1890
• Everett Clements of Waldo, Maine
• Burton A. Curtis; inscribed in 1887
• Ernest L. Curtis; inscribed in 1890
• Irvin L. Curtis of Waldo, Maine
• Ethel Foss of Brooks, Maine; inscribed in 1889
• John D. Fraser of Pictou, Nova Scotia
• Berie Melcher of Waldo, Maine
• Carrie S. Nickerson of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1888
• A. M. Patterson of Whiting, Iowa; Bertha's brother-in-law; inscribed in 1887
• Phebe Paul of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1889
• Edna Reynolds of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1891
• Florence A. Roberts; inscribed in 1891
• Melvin George Rolerson of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1891
• Effie Dell Rolerson of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1889
• Ida Rolerson; inscribed in 1887
• Delbert Joel Rolerson of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1891
• Isaac G. Sanborn of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1891
• Angie M. Sanborn of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1891
• Isaac Sheldon of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1887
• Castanous Merrill Smalley of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1891
• Mary D. Smith of Waldo, Maine
• C. W. Whitcomb
• Ida Whitcomb of Waldo, Maine; Bertha's schoolmate; inscribed in 1889
• Ella F. Whitcomb of Waldo, Maine; inscribed in 1890

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