1873-1925 Autograph Album of Eva J. Day (1867-1948) of Plymouth, Maine

1873-1925 autograph album that belonged to Eva J. Day (1867-1948) of Plymouth, Maine.

One of several pages that Eva inscribed

The album, a tiny one, measures about 4-1/4" by 2-3/4" and contains the sentiments of nearly 50 of Eva's relatives and friends.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.

Surnames in the Album

?	Gordon	Parker
Brooks	Hackett	Prescott [2]
Brown	Hopkins [2]	Ray
Butman	Kelley [2]	Rice
Chapman [3]	Malcolm	Sanborn
Clark [5+]	Mansur	Sawyer
Currier	[2]	Smith
Day [6]	McIntyre	Toothaker
Eaton [2]	Morton	Webb
Eldridge	Nolan	Wentworth
Fredericks	Nutter [2]	Woodman

Eva J. Day was the daughter of George W. Day (1834-1905) and Mary Ellen (?) Day (1838-1871) of Plymouth, Maine.  Eva's mother inscribed a page in the album.

I saw one reference online where an Eva married a Henry P. Bush at Waterville, Maine, on 7 January 1884, but I don't know if this is the same Eva J. Bush, as her burial record in the database Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990, gives her maiden name.  If the same person, perhaps she and Henry divorced, or the person entering the information on the original record for the Sawyer Cemetery at Plymouth, Maine, erred.

Interestingly, though, the album contains a page inscribed by an Eva Day at Waterville, Maine, which makes the Waterville connection a bit more concrete.

Another puzzle results from the entries of inscribers "Mrs. Gertrude Day" of Bangor, Maine, and "Miss Gertie Sawyer" of Hallowell, Maine.  Eva's sister Gertrude E. Day (1866-1944) married Winfield Sawyer.  Was Gertrude being facetious?  Hopefully a reader will weigh in.

The later inscriptions in the album appear to have come from the family of Herbert E. Clark and Elsie M. (Eaton) Clark.  Elsie's mother Helen M. (Day) Eaton, who inscribed the page below, was a sister to Eva's mother.

Inscribers in the Album

• C. P. B.; inscribed on January 13, 1880.  "Your friend and Border" - perhaps a boarder in the Day household
• Georgia E. Brooks of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on December 8, 1879
• J. JA. Brown of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on October 13, 1879.  Presumably John A. Brown
• Willie C. Butman; inscribed at Plymouth, Maine, on December 5, 1879
• Alice Chapman of Plymouth, Maine
• Flora E. Chapman of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on December 5, 1879
• Lena Chapman of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on October 8, 1879
• Very faint, but possibly Clarence E. C? - and, in that case, possibly Clarence Erwin Clark
• Georgie Clark of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on April 19, 1880
• H. E. Clark. E. M. Clark, R. L. Clark, D. I. Clark; inscribed at Plymouth, Maine, on December 13, 1923.  They were Herbert E. Clark; his wife Elsie M. (Eaton) Clark; their daughter Ruth L. Clark; their son Dwight I. Clark. Elsie was the daughter of Eva's aunt Alice H. (Day) Eaton (1850-1934)
• R. L. Clark of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on December 13, 1923.  She was Ruth L. Clark, daughter of Elsie M. (Eaton), who was the daughter of Eva's sister Alice H. (Day) Eaton (1850-1934)
• Ruth L. Clark of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on December 30, 1925.  
• Frank H. Currier of Dalton, New Hampshire; inscribed on September 9, 1880
• Adie B. Day of Hallowell, Maine; inscribed on November 29, 1883 [not sure of last digit]
• Eva Day of Waterville, Maine
• Eva J. Day; album owner
• M. E. Day, "your mother".  She was Mary Ella (Sawyer) Day (1840-1908)
• Mrs. Gertrude Day of Bangor, Maine; inscribed on November 18, 1880
• Alice H. Eaton of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on January 5, 1880; Eva's aunt Alice H. (Day) Eaton (1850-1934), wife of Alonzo M. Eaton (1838-1919).  
• Ralph D. Eaton of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on January 4, 1880
• Hattie B. Eldridge of South Levant, Maine; inscribed in February 1882
• Louise Fredericks; inscribed at Waterville, Maine, on May 18, 1882
• John W. Gordon; inscribed on September 9, 1880
• Richard Hackett of Pittsfield, Maine; inscribed on September 9, 1880
• Newell Hopkins
• Newell Hopkins
• James Kelley of Bangor, Maine
• James Kelley - not sure of surname
• Effie B. Malcolm of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on January 13, 1880
• Charlie W. Mansur of Plymouth, Maine
• Nellie McIntire of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed in 1879
• Charley B. McIntire of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on December 9, 1873
• Ida B. McIntyre of Plymouth, Maine, inscribed on December 5, 1879
• Maud Morton of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on December 11, possibly 1880
• Jonnie Nolan of Bangor, Maine - not sure of given name
• Henry T. Nutter of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed in 1880
• Martha A. Nutter; inscribed at Plymouth, Maine, in December 1879
• Hattie M. Parker of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on December 13, 1879
• Oscar D. Prescott of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on December 10, 1879
• Oscar T. Prescott of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on December 9, 1879
• Virgie M. Ray; inscribed at Plymouth, Maine in 1879
• Josie Rice of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on January 13, 1880. Given name hard to read; verified with research
• Nettie Sanborn
• Miss Gertie Sawyer of Hallowell, Maine; inscribed on November 29, 1883
•  Mrs. W. R. Smith of Bangor, Maine, 33 Corner Center and Spring Sts
• L. P. Toothaker; inscribed on December 1, 1879.  Presumably Llewellyn Parker Toothaker (1850-1924) of adjacent Dixmont, Maine.   See image below.
• Mary A. Webb of East Boston, Massachusetts; inscribed on August 14, 1880
• Frank S. Wentworth; inscribed in 1879
• Charles W. Woodman of Plymouth, Maine; inscribed on December 5, 1879

L. P. Toothaker, inscribed on December 1, 1879.  Presumably Llewellyn Parker Toothaker (1850-1924) of adjacent Dixmont, Maine.