tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post2766084323040342266..comments2024-03-28T07:48:11.698-07:00Comments on Heirlooms Reunited: 1884-1893 Autograph Album of Bertha Butterfield of Providence, Rhode Island, and Meredith, New HampshirePam Beveridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-32386941484036213432014-04-27T16:05:32.840-07:002014-04-27T16:05:32.840-07:00Thanks for the excuse to get some more practice in...Thanks for the excuse to get some more practice in RI records.<br /><br />Bertha married autograph book signer Will H. Mixer of Providence, Rhode Island, five weeks after he signed her book on January 15, 1893. They had two children, neither of whom had children. <br /><br />from ancestry.com:<br />Rhode Island, Marriages, 1851-1920 about William H Mixer<br />Name: William H Mixer<br />Spouse: Bertha Butterfield<br />Marriage Date: 22 Feb 1893<br /><br />at familysearch.org:<br /><br />Bertha Butterfield Mixer is listed as the mother of Alice Lucille Mixer, born 30 May 1898, Providence and Pauline Violet Mixer, born and died 19 Jul 1904, Providence.<br /><br />She is also listed as the spouse of William Henry Mixer who died 8 Oct 1950, Providence.<br /><br />from ancestry.com, Alice L Mixer, age 41, was single and living with her parents in 1940 on Carolina Ave, Providence.<br /><br />from RI Historical Cemeteries<br />All four: Lucille, William, Bertha (d 1950) and Alice (d 25 Apr 1984) are buried in the same cemetery as Bertha's father, Pine Grove Cemetery, Providence.<br /><br />-------------------<br />as for Bertha's mother, I found her in 1905 but not afterward:<br /><br />1905 RI Census<br />Martha J Butterfield, born 4 Dec 1855, widowed, a housekeeper at 115 Waverly, Providence Born in Pennsylvania, parents also. Had resided in RI for 20 years.<br /><br />She is not with William & Bertha Mixer in 1900, 1910, or 1915<br /><br />However, <br />The only "Martha J" born in Pennsylvania who is iving in Rhode Island in 1910 is a Martha J Marshall, age 55, widowed, born in Pennsylvania, one child, one living.<br /><br />A woman by that name died in Philadelphia 10 Oct 1918. Her death record says her parents were Samuel Custard and Sarah Slutter.<br /><br />In 1870 in Stroud, Monroe County, PA, there was an Isaac Butterfield, 19, born in NY, boarding with an Abijah and Bertha Wallace family. four households down is Martha J Custard, 20, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Custard. <br /><br />I don't know if this is her for sure, but ... . The RI Historical Cemeteries are pretty complete and she isn't there, as you found out. Isaac and all four Mixers are in the same cemetery but not Martha. Ed Hamiltonhttp://www.myoldohiohome.comnoreply@blogger.com