Wedding Wednesday – Rhoda Ada May (Addie) Shackford Married Alonzo J Drew on November 8, 1888 (Blog 488)

Rhoda Ada May Shackford, the daughter of Bradley and Hannah (Shackford) Shackford, was born on August 17, 1853 in Eaton, New Hampshire.  She lived in Eaton her whole life where at the age of 35 she married Alonzo J Drew, a farmer on November 8, 1888.

Groom Alonzo J Drew
Bride Addie R Shackford
Residence of Groom Freedom, N.H.
Residence of Bride Eaton, N.H.
Age of Groom 33
Age of Bride 35
Color of Groom W
Color of Bride W
Occupation of Groom Farmer
Occupation of Bride H. K.
Birthplace of Groom Eaton, N. H.
Birthplace of Bride Eaton, N. H.
No. of Marriage of Groom First
No. of Marriage of Bride First
By whom Married J. H. Roberts
Residence Conway
Official Station (C.)
Date of Marriage Nov 8, 1888
Place Conway, N. H.
Reported from Freedom, N. H.
GROOM’S FATHER AND MOTHER
Father’s Name Thomas J. Drew
Father’s Occupation Farmer
Father’s Birthplace Eaton, N. H.
Mother’s Name Mathild Wilkinson
Mother’s Occupation H. K
Mother’s Birthplace Moultonboro, N. H.
BRIDE’S FATHER AND MOTHER
Father’s Name Bradley Shackford
Father’s Occupation Farmer
Father’s Birthplace Eaton
Mother’s Name Hannah B. Shackford
Mother’s Occupation H. K.
Mother’s Birthplace Conway, N. H.
Certified by Irving A. Watson

In 1900, Alonzo was working as a steward in a hotel, then returned to farming by 1910.  Alonzo died on February 22, 1926 in Eaton.  Addie lived on her own at the farm until her death of myocarditis on March 23, 1934 at the age of 80.  The couple was buried in the Eaton Cemetery, New Hampshire.  We are unaware of any children.  Maybe someday we’ll know more about Addie’s life — as of today our only sources are census, marriage, death records and a picture of her gravestone.

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SOURCES:

1860 United States Federal Census, Carroll County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Eaton, page no 65, dwelling 501, family 693, Bradley Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2013).

1880 United States Federal Census, Carroll County, new Hampshire, population schedule, Eaton, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 17, Page No 9 D, dwelling 71, family 82, Bradley Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 February 2015).

1900 United States Federal Census, Carroll County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Eaton, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 18, Sheet No 7, dwelling 180, family 180, Alonzo Drew; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 May 2015).

1910 United States Federal Census, Carroll County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Eaton, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 20, Sheet No 3A, dwelling 44, family 45, Alonzo J Drew; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 May 2015).

1920 United States Federal Census, Carroll County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Eaton, enumeration district (ED) 22, Sheet No 3A, dwelling 55, family 60, Alonzo J Drew; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 December 2018).

1930 United States Federal Census, Carroll, New Hampshire, population schedule, Eaton, enumeration district (ED) 2-7, Sheet No 1B, dwelling 20, family 21, Addie R Drew; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 December 2018).

Find A Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 November 2014), Adalaide Shackford Drew, Find A Grave Memorial# 23244065.

New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSJW-9XV, Addie R Drew, 23 March 1934; digital images, FamilySearch, New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947 (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 June 2014).

“New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 November 2014), Addie R Shackford m Alonzo J Drew.

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Wedding Wednesday – Stephen Frank Shackford marries Ada Louise Smith March 21, 1878 in Eaton, NH (Blog 426)

Stephen Frank Shackford who sometimes went by Stephen and other times by Frank was the son of Bradley and Hannah B (Shackford) Shackford.  He was born in Eaton, New Hampshire on April 23, 1855 and was living with his parents in Eaton in 1860 and 1870.

On March 21, 1878 when Stephen was 22 he married Ada Louise Smith.  While his parents were listed on the back page of the marriage record, the marriage record does not list any information about her parents, just that her place of birth was Parsonfield (other records list her birth location as Belfast, ME).  Since Smith is such common name, it’s difficult to learn more about Ada’s ancestry.

Groom Stephen F Shackford
Bride Ada S Smith
Residence of Groom Eaton
Residence of Bride Parsonfield, Me.
Color of Groom White
Color of Bride White
Occupation of Groom Farmer
No of Marriage of Groom 1st
No of Marriage of Bride 1st
By whom Married Jos E Perlsine
Residence Eaton
Official Station Just
Date of Marriage March 21, 1878
Place Eaton
Reported from Eaton, N.H.
GROOM’S FATHER AND MOTHER
Father’s Name Bradley Shackford
Father’s Residence Eaton
Father’s Color White
Mother’s Name Hannah B Shackford
Mother’s Residence Eaton
Mother’s Color White
BRIDE’S FATHER AND MOTHER
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Certified by Irving A Watson, Registrar of Vital Statistics

The newly married couple was in Porter Maine in 1880 – Stephen was working as a laborer and they had a two year old son Eugene.  Thanks to another Shackford family history researcher, we’re aware that Stephen made many small land transactions during the next 15 years.  We have not found him in the 1900 census but do find him listed as a farmer in the 1905 Kennebunk and Wells Town Register with an occupation of farmer. He is not listed in the 1910 census but from city directories we find him in many cities with many different occupations Manchester, Salem, gardener; Beverly; Sanford, shoemaker;  Kennebunkport.  In 1920 we find Stephen in Kennebunkport working as a farm laborer living with Ada and their daughter Gladys who was 18 at the time.

Frank’s wife Ada died in Canal Point, Florida on December 8, 1925 and was buried in Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, Maine.  It is from these death records that we find her birth date listed as March 24, 1859.   She had given birth to fourteen children!

Frank died in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire on May 25, 1932 of myocarditis  – his death record says that he he had lived there the last 15 years.

CHILDREN:

Eugene Delmont Shackford (1878-1952) – married Eva Mabel Flood, Edna Drew, and Charlotte Lillian Williams,

Addie May Shackford (1880-????) – married Lafayette Hanson and Walter Sidney Kimball

Bertha G Shackford (1882-1935) – married William Herbert Fowler

Harry L Shackford (1884-1953) – married Pauline Fielding, laborer, shoe maker, fish market, owned Shackford & Gooch fish market

Frank O Shackford (1887-1909) – died age 22

Walter Raymond Shackford (1889-1965) – married Leda Nedeau, Myrtle Brisco, and Bessie Groover, moved to Lake Worth before 1930

Ada Shackford (1891-1891) – died at nine months

Archie A Shackford (1893-1912) – died age 12

Myrtle Eldora Shackford (1894-1966) – married George B Rousin and then Hillie Columbus Dupree.

Ethel Louise Shackford (1896-1981) – married Ernest Hardy Lundgren & Omer Joseph Bourque

Nellie Lena Shackford (1898-1975) – married James Lunt Campbell & William Alfred Bannon

Roland Alfred Shackford (1901-1961) – WWI veteran, served in Germany, married Marion F Webber, Alice M Huff, and Evelyn Beatrice Pontbriand

Gladys Stella Shackford (1901-1953) – married Harry Garfield Smith, Mr Libby, and George Elliot Flower

Unknown Shackford (1903-????) –

We have more research to do on this Shackford family – still searching for sources and analyze the specifics regarding Stephen and Ada’s land purchases as some have to do with sales of family land which may help us understand more about the family history.

All posts on this website are a work in progress.  We’d love to learn of any corrections or additions to the information shared.  Also we’d love it if  you’d like the post here or at http://www.facebook.com/shackfordgenealogy) as that helps share the post with others. Thanks!

SOURCES:

1860 United States Federal Census, Carroll County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Eaton, page no 65, dwelling 501, family 693, Bradley Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2013).

1870 United States Federal Census, Carroll County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Eaton, Page No 15 (penned), 288 (stamped), dwelling 113, family 120, Bradley Shackford; digital image, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 1 February 2015).

1880 United States Federal Census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Porter, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 136, Page No 21, dwelling 203, family 215, Stephen Shackford; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 May 2015).

Find A Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 July 2014), Ada L Smith Shackford, Find A Grave Memorial# 121154535

Mitchell Holt and Lawton, compilers, The Town Register Kennebunk and Wells 1905 (Brunswick, Maine: The H. E> Mitchell Co, 1905), page 56; digital, Google Books (https://play.google.com/books : accessed 28 November 2016

New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Death Records 1654-1947, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSLH-XZW, Ada Shackford, 30 September 1891; digital images, FamilySearch, New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947 (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 31 May 2014).

New Hampshire, New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSVP-QB8, Frank Stevens Shackford, 25 May 1932; index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 20 May 2013).

New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947, , Stephen F Shackford m Ada S Smith, 21 March 1878; index and images, Family Search (http://familysearch.org : accessed 12 April 2017).

Copyright 2020 Joanne Shackford Parkes  (sharing a link to this post is appreciated but please do not copy this material and paste it elsewhere), Updated 10/24/2020 to add death date for Myrtle Eldora Shackford and correct spelling of her husband’s name; 8/25/2019 to add link to Harry L Shackford & many of the spouses of Stephen’s children.