Amanuensis Monday: Doolittle, Johnson, and Bishop of Connecticut

Part two of transcribing notes found in the Bishop family file at the New York State Library in Albany.

John Doolittle born Sept 3, 1794.  Died July 22, 1873.

Ruth Melissa Doolittle born Jan 27, 1822- Wallingford.  Died Oct 8, 1900 N. Haven.

Married in Wallingford Dec 8, 1844 to Henry H Johnson.  Born May 9, 1825 Wallingford.  Died Aug 21, 1878 N. Branford.

Lyman Humiston Johnson born Oct 10, 1845 Wallingford.  Died Sept 26, 1912.

Henry Herman born Mar 22, 1847 Wallingford.  Died April 17, 1922.

Mary Matilda born May 3, 1849 Wallingford.  Died June 22, 1921.

Charles Hobart born Jan 22, 1851 Cheshire.  Died June 12, 1912.

Susan Adella born Nov 19, 1853 Hamden.  Died Feb 16, 1909.

L. H. J. married Mary Lucinda Bishop, born Mar 21, 1849.  Died July 12, 1913.

Nellie Augusta, Nov 16, 1869.

Harry Bishop, June 16, 1876.

Lyman Henry Jr, Aug 27, 1883.

Organize at the Scene

While researching on the recent trip to Albany, New York, I photographed lots of indexes of births, marriages, and deaths from the microfiche reader.  The top of each page listed the event type (birth, marriage, or death) and the year, but not the state.  If the desired information was near the bottom of the page, the heading was not visible.

New York State Death Index for the year 1926
on microfiche at the New York State Archives in Albany

New York State Death Index for the year 1911

A simple organizational trick eliminated confusion later.  I hand-wrote the year, type of event, and state on a piece of paper and included the information in each snapshot.  You do not want to have a great entry but no idea of its source.

Amanuensis Monday: Doolittle and Porter of Connecticut

Transcription of Family Notes found in family file for BISHOP at The New York State Library in Albany.

Chauncey Andrews Doolittle born Dec. 28, 1877

Married May 25, 1910, in Meriden, Conn, Edith E Porter.

Children:

Lawrence Porter born Mar. 15, 1911.

Henry Andrews born Apr. 23, 1912.

Lois Edith born May 24, 1913.

Ruth Helen born Sept. 26, 1914.

Dorothy Margaret born Dec. 30, 1915.

Raymond Chauncey born May 31, 1919.

Robert Everett born Feb. 10, 1921.

Harry Stevens born Mar. 10, 1922.

 

Harry Burton Johnson born Feb. 21, 1904.  [Maybe Brenton or Benton]

Ruth Mary 1897.

1930 United State Federal Census
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut
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