Oxford, Massachusetts, USA
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Where is Oxford, Massachusetts, USA? Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Oxford was first settled in 1686 and was officially incorporated in 1713. It was the birthplace of Clara Barton, the first president and founder of the American Red Cross. Oxford was originally settled by Huguenots in two waves, the original settlement having been abandoned after four residents (John Johnson and his three children, Peter, Andrew and Mary) were killed in a violent confrontation with local Native Americans.
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1686 - First Non-Puritan Town
Oxford, first non-Puritan town established
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Oxford, first non-Puritan town established
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1721 - First Congregational Church established in Oxford
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1785 - Universalist Church established in Oxford
The oldest Universalist Church in the world
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The oldest Universalist Church in the world
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1801 - The first post office was established in Oxford
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1840 (Oxford) - Norwich and Worcester Railroad began operations with a station at Texas Depot
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22. OXFORD. [Pop. 1,742. Inc. 1713.]
Oxford was granted to Gov. Dudley, Lieut. Gov. Stoughton, and others, in 1682, and included the...Read MORE...
Oxford was granted to Gov. Dudley, Lieut. Gov. Stoughton, and others, in 1682, and included the...Read MORE...
1848 - Oxford
This town was a grant made by the government, in 1682, to Joseph Dudley, Esq., governor, to William ...Read MORE...
This town was a grant made by the government, in 1682, to Joseph Dudley, Esq., governor, to William ...Read MORE...
1873 - Town Hall relocated from the North Common to Oxford Center
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1887 - (Oxford) - 50 post and lanterns were set for streetlights
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Oxford, Massachusetts, 1890
Oxford is a pleasant farming and manufacturing town midway of the southerly part of Worcester...Read MORE...
Oxford is a pleasant farming and manufacturing town midway of the southerly part of Worcester...Read MORE...
1906
Oxford, a banking post-village in Oxford township (town), Worcester co., Mass., on the French River ...Read MORE...
Oxford, a banking post-village in Oxford township (town), Worcester co., Mass., on the French River ...Read MORE...
1926 - Clara Barton fresh air camp was started in Oxford
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1929 - Charles Linberg landed in Oxford, Massachusetts to refuel
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1938 - SIX PERSONS DIE IN WRECK OF BUS-TRUCK. THIRTEEN OTHERS INJURED EARLY TODAY NEAR OXFORD, MASS.Oxford, Mass., Sept. 13 (AP) - Six persons were killed and 13 others injured, several seriously,...Read MORE...
1959 - (Oxford) - Dedication of the Buffumville Dam
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Ancestors Who Were Born Here
  
Joseph AMIDON
(February 1725, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 27 November 1810, Navarino, Onondaga, New York, USA)
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Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" BARTON
(25 December 1821, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 12 April 1912, , Maryland, USA)
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Joseph Albert CHAUVIN
(24 August 1905, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 22 October 1946, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable))
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Eude Peter CHAUVIN
(19 July 1909, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 9 September 1957, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable))
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Sarah CURTIS
(1778, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 28 October 1858, Dalton, Massachusetts, USA)
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Benjamin DAVIS
(1774, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 19 September 1860, Ware, Massachusetts, USA)
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Charles E DESMARAIS
(abt. 1912, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 4 August 1994, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA)
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Napoleon DESMARAIS
(10 April 1904, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - , )
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Lulu GEORGE
(abt. 1869, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 1956, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Betsey GLEASON
(27 September 1767, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - , )
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Elijah GLEASON
(15 July 1769, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 1852, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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John HARBOTTLE
(1836, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 27 March 1857, Ware, Massachusetts, USA)
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Eldea (Aldea) JAVERY
(1892, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 1977, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Phillip KINGSBURY
(7 July 1761, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 18 December 1834, Jamaica, Vermont, USA)
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Lucina A OLNEY
(31 March 1796, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 17 January 1870, , Rhode Island, USA)
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Allen THOMPSON
(1903, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - , Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Charles R THOMPSON
(30 June 1893, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 7 February 1975, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA)
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Frank E. THOMPSON
(24 January 1863, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - October 31 1935, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (North Wrentham))
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Joseph THOMPSON
(18 October 1896, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 1987, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Georgie THOMPSON (SANDERSON)
(1886, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 1951, )
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Tamar TOWNE
(10 February 1722, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 10 August 1761, Killingly, Connecticut, USA)
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Andrew L. TUCKER
(1833, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 24 May 1854, Ware, Massachusetts, USA)
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George F. TUCKER
(1819, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 5 January 1891, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA)
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Mary CHAMBERLAIN
(1 August 1687, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA - 11 February 1730, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Samuel DAVIS
(23 June 1681, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA - 8 April 1760, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Jeremiah Stanislas DESMARAIS
(1874, Danielson, Connecticut, USA - 21 November 1931, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Joseph Sergius DESMARAIS
(20 March 1891, Sutton, Massachusetts, USA - 1957, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Alma L GATZKE
(30 September 1890, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA - 10 September 1989, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Clara L GATZKE
(24 May 1907, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA - 29 May 1997, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Lulu GEORGE
(abt. 1869, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 1956, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Catherine HICKS?
(abt. 1691, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA - 8 June 1757, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Eldea (Aldea) JAVERY
(1892, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 1977, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Antoinette PERRON
(1917, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 12 December 2004, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Gertrude May ROLLINS
(1890, Sutton, Massachusetts, USA - 10 November 1904, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Lydia Mary SEGUIN
(18 November 1877, Milford, Massachusetts, USA - 17 March 1913, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Mary SMITH
(25 October 1658, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA - 1726, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Eli D. THOMPSON
(May 6th 1825, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA (North Uxbridge) - January 15th 1899, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Allen THOMPSON
(1903, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - , Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Joseph THOMPSON
(18 October 1896, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 1987, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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John TOWNE
(2 April 1658, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA - 27 November 1740, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Jonathan TOWNE
(11 March 1691, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA - 29 July 1771, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Mary Nelida TREMBLAY
(31 July 1902, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA - 2 January 1988, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Jonathan TOWNE (11 March 1691 - 29 July 1771) &
Catherine HICKS? (abt. 1691 - 8 June 1757)
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Daniel DAVIS (1 February 1719 - 24 June 1786) &
Tamar TOWNE (10 February 1722 - 10 August 1761)
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Abraham MASON (10 July 1763 - 30 September 1852) &
Betsey GLEASON (27 September 1767 - )
married 31 October 1785 |
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Hyacinthe Olivier Joseph CHAUVIN (21 June 1876 - 2 June 1946) &
Emma MICHAUD (16 July 1873 - September 1952)
married 30 April 1901 |
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Joseph Alexis Anthime LIPPE (25 May 1880 - 1940) &
Laura LEREAUX (abt. 1888 - )
married 26 June 1906 |
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Alberic Oliver CHAUVIN (2 June 1878 - 15 June 1974) &
Anne GAUTHIER (abt. 1882 - bef. 1930)
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