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Birth — 1821 17 September 1821 Robbinston, Maine, USA
1850 Robbinston, Washington, Maine
Name: Sarah J Felt event: Census Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Robbinston, Washington, Maine, United States Gender: Female Age: 28 Marital Status: Race (Original): race (standardized): birthPlace: Maine estimated Birth Year: 1822 dwelling house number: 81 family number: 81 Line Number: 25 nara publication number: M432 nara roll number: 272 Film Number: 443510 Digital Folder Number: 004198863 Image Number: 00204 Household Gender Age Birthplace George W Felt M 31 Maine Sarah J Felt F 28 Maine Charlotte A Felt F 7 Maine Erwin G Felt M 5 Maine
Name: Sarah I Felt estimated Birth Year: 1822 Gender: Female age in 1870: 48y color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White birthPlace: Maine home in 1870: Massachusetts, United States Household Gender Age Birthplace George W Felt M 52y Maine Sarah I Felt F 48y Maine Lottie A Felt F 26y Maine Erwin G Felt M 24y Maine Mary R Felt F 22y Maine Susan P Felt F 20y Maine Ida E Felt F 17y Maine Jennie C Felt F 11y Maine
name : Sarah Felt event: Census Event Date: 1880 Event Place: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Gender: Female Age: 59 marital status : Married occupation : Keeping House race or color (original) : ethnicity (standardized) : American relationship to head : Other birthplace : Maine, United States birthdate : 1821 spouse's name : spouse's birthplace : father's name : father's birthplace : New York, United States mother's name : mother's birthplace : Maine, United States page : 404 page character : A entry number : 972 nara film number : T9-0546 gs film number : 1254546 Digital Folder Number: 004241774 Image Number: 00811 Household Gender Age Birthplace self George W. Felt M 59 Maine, United States other Sarah Felt F 59 Maine, United States daughter Ida E. Felt F 27 Maine, United States
Name: Lottie A Colesworthy titles & terms: event: Death Event Date: 13 Jun 1903 Event Place: Somerville, Massachusetts Residence: street address: Gender: Female Age: 59 Marital Status: Married Occupation: Birth Date: birthPlace: Robinson, Maine estimated Birth Year: 1844 burial date: burial Place: Everett, Massachusetts cemetery: Woodlawn father: George W Felt father's titles & terms: father's birthPlace: Maine mother: Sarah Gerry mother's titles & terms: mother's birthPlace: Maine additional relatives: Spouse: Andrew B volume/ page/ certificate number: v 48 cn 324 Film Number: 2069135 frame number: Digital Folder Number: 4292281 Image Number: 1563
'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ NWFD-JL3 : accessed 14 Dec 2012), Sarah Gerry in entry for Lottie A Colesworthy, 1903.
The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)
Prior to 1685 - New England 1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England 1690 - 1775 - New England 1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine) March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state
Birth — 1821
The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)
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