tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post5619278402098218072..comments2024-03-26T00:48:24.850-07:00Comments on Heirlooms Reunited: 1880s Autograph Album of Jennie, student at Luther V. Bell School and Somerville High School at Somerville, MassachusettsPam Beveridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-13351445262321521542019-09-27T04:35:02.495-07:002019-09-27T04:35:02.495-07:00My pleasure!My pleasure!Pam Beveridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-39912324815971007442019-09-26T18:34:54.773-07:002019-09-26T18:34:54.773-07:00What a great find! I'm super-interested in Som...What a great find! I'm super-interested in Somerville history, so was excited to come across this post. Thank you for sharing!Emma @ Our Whimsical Dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327954631367727077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-41119754072019199322014-03-19T09:24:04.419-07:002014-03-19T09:24:04.419-07:00Thanks, as always, Ed! I'm amending the post ...Thanks, as always, Ed! I'm amending the post to direct readers to your comments.Pam Beveridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-85930558069050246812014-03-12T20:16:28.408-07:002014-03-12T20:16:28.408-07:00-- Unless "Jennie" didn't get any of...-- Unless "Jennie" didn't get any of her relatives to sign the autograph book. -- Then my theory goes out the window. <br /><br />There was a Jennie Sloan in Somerville also, in case "Sloat" was "Sloan". But that's it for school age Jennies, at HeritageQuestOnline.com<br /><br />Meant to say there was a young girl named Edith A Chapman, age 10, at 42 Cross St, etc....Ed Hamiltonhttp://www.myoldohiohome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-49385810050858722392014-03-12T20:12:03.497-07:002014-03-12T20:12:03.497-07:00Luther V Bell School was a grammar school with 6 c...Luther V Bell School was a grammar school with 6 classes, on Vinal Ave, Somerville<br />Robert Bickford was the principal from Sept 1879 to the date of the Annual Report for 1883.<br />Source: City of Somerville, Annual Report, 1883, at Google Books<br /><br />On the 1880 Census of Somerville there is:<br /><br />Jennie D Tuttle, age 9, at 42 Pearl St<br />her father, Lucius Tuttle, was born in Connecticut and had something to do with the railroad, I think.<br /><br />Also a Jennie Chapman, 9, at 59 Summer St<br />her father was a real estate agent<br /><br />both are close to Vinal Ave.<br /><br />I kind of lean toward Jennie Tuttle because the two Tuttles that signed were not Somerville residents, so more likely to be family visiting in Somerville, or being visited in Chelsea and Rockport.<br /><br />The other Chapman was Edith A. Chapman. There was a young girl age 10, at 42 Cross St, who could have been a fellow student.<br /><br />Ed Hamiltonhttp://www.myoldohiohome.comnoreply@blogger.com