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Charlotte Helen Abbott was born in 1844 and died in 1921. She was a member of the Punchard High's first graduating class in 1859. | Charlotte Helen Abbott was born in 1844 and died in 1921. <ref> Obituary for Charlotte Helen Abbott, ''Lawrence Sun American'', October 23, 1921. </ref> <ref> Charlotte Helen Abbott Dead, ''Boston Globe'', October, 18, 1921. </ref> She was a member of the Punchard High's first graduating class in 1859. She worked as a teacher in Ipswich and Concord, MA. Miss Abbott was a dressmaker, but her real love was documenting the families of early Andover history. <ref> Charlotte Helen Abbott, obituary, ''The Andover Townsman,'' October 21, 1921. </ref> In fact, for 25 years she wrote a column in the ''Andover Townsman''; some of these articles have been added to the Andover Massachusetts page on the Essex County USGenWeb Project. See the link below. She also wrote for the Boston Transcript and the Portland Argus. <ref> Charlotte Helen Abbott, obituary, ''The Andover Townsman,'' October 21, 1921. </ref> Below is a list containing the dates that her column appeared in the Townsman. Upon her death in 1921, Miss Abbott left all of her books to Memorial Hall Library. <ref> Report of the Librarian, ''The Andover Townsman,'' February 24, 1922. </ref> | ||
She authored the [http://www.mhl.org/abbott-genealogies Abbott Genealogies],a compiled genealogies of the first Andover families. The multi-volume set kept in the Andover Room at Memorial Hall Library was typed by Marion | She authored the [http://www.mhl.org/abbott-genealogies Abbott Genealogies],a compiled genealogies of the first Andover families. The multi-volume set is kept in the Andover Room at Memorial Hall Library was typed by Marion LeMere. <br> | ||
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Charlotte Helen Abbott was born in 1844 and died in 1921. [1] [2] She was a member of the Punchard High's first graduating class in 1859. She worked as a teacher in Ipswich and Concord, MA. Miss Abbott was a dressmaker, but her real love was documenting the families of early Andover history. [3] In fact, for 25 years she wrote a column in the Andover Townsman; some of these articles have been added to the Andover Massachusetts page on the Essex County USGenWeb Project. See the link below. She also wrote for the Boston Transcript and the Portland Argus. [4] Below is a list containing the dates that her column appeared in the Townsman. Upon her death in 1921, Miss Abbott left all of her books to Memorial Hall Library. [5]
She authored the Abbott Genealogies,a compiled genealogies of the first Andover families. The multi-volume set is kept in the Andover Room at Memorial Hall Library was typed by Marion LeMere.
REFERENCES
- ↑ Obituary for Charlotte Helen Abbott, Lawrence Sun American, October 23, 1921.
- ↑ Charlotte Helen Abbott Dead, Boston Globe, October, 18, 1921.
- ↑ Charlotte Helen Abbott, obituary, The Andover Townsman, October 21, 1921.
- ↑ Charlotte Helen Abbott, obituary, The Andover Townsman, October 21, 1921.
- ↑ Report of the Librarian, The Andover Townsman, February 24, 1922.
See
"Charlotte Helen Abbott: Genealogist, Dressmaker, Naturalist", by Joan Patrakis Andover Historical Society Newsletter, Spring 1939, volume 14, number 1.
"Charlotte Helen Abbott: Genealogist, Dressmaker Naturalist" by Marcia Lindberg The Essex Genealogist Volume 24, 2004, page 45.
Index of Sketches Published in The Andover Townsman by Charlotte Helen Abbott
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