John Peter Alofs

Birth: 17 Mar 1882, Groningen, Netherlands

• Social Security Applications and Claims Index
• Records of Jill (Alofs) Trompier, grand-daughter of Marion (Wheelock) (Alofs) Ross and John Peter Alofs, in an email, 11 July 2020.

Death: 26 Feb 1948

• Social Security Applications and Claims Index
• Records of Jill (Alofs) Trompier, grand-daughter of Marion (Wheelock) (Alofs) Ross and John Peter Alofs, in an email, 11 July 2020.
• "Police Close Death Probe," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 27 Feb 1948, p. 21; online at Newspapers.com, 20 July 2020.

Spouse: Gerarda Cordelia Young
Marriage: before 22 May 1908

• Based on date of birth of their first child, John Peter Alofs.

1. John Peter Alofs, born 22 May 1908, St. Louis, St. Louis Co, MO

Frances E. Metcalf

Birth: 17 Apr 1842, MA

• 1850 U.S. census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME; Frances E. Metcalf age 8, born Massachusetts.
• Winthrop Vital Records, 1790-1908, p. 224, town clerk, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME; Winthrop Vital Records, database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99N8-SLHK : accessed 19 July 2020), image 281 of 897, FHL 007596986; Frances E. (Metcalf) Stanley died 5 Dec 1871, age 29 years, 7 months, 18 days.

Death: 5 Dec 1871, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME

• Winthrop Vital Records, 1790-1908, p. 224, town clerk, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME; Winthrop Vital Records, database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99N8-SLHK : accessed 19 July 2020), image 281 of 897, FHL 007596986.

Burial: Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237386222/frances-e-stanley: accessed 9 August 2022), memorial page for Frances E Stanley (unknown–5 Dec 1871), Find a Grave Memorial ID 237386222, Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME.

Father: John Metcalf
Mother: Elizabeth Wheelock

Spouse: Henry A. Stanley
Marriage: 21 Jan 1862, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NQ-42P : accessed 8 Aug 2022), Frances E. Metcalf and Henry A. Stanley, FHL 12299, image 402 of 897.

Notes:

Francis E. Metcalf that married Henry A. Stanley, 21 Jan 1862 in Winthrop, per Winthrop Vital Records.

Henrietta E. Metcalf

Birth: 28 Apr 1844, Augusta, Kennebec Co, ME

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2020), headstone photo for Ette E Parker, Find a Grave Memorial no. 115502235, Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME.
• 1850 U.S. census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME.
• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 8 Aug 2022), Boston marriages, vol. 237, p. 64, William T. Parker and Etta E. Matcalf; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; Age 27 at marriage, born in Augusta, Maine.

Death: 21 Jun 1881

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2020), headstone photo for Ette E Parker, Find a Grave Memorial no. 115502235, Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME.

Burial: Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2020), headstone photo for Ette E Parker, Find a Grave Memorial no. 115502235, Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME.

Father: John Metcalf
Mother: Elizabeth Wheelock

Spouse: William T. Parker
Marriage: 16 May 1871, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 8 Aug 2022), Boston marriages, vol. 237, p. 64, William T. Parker and Etta E. Matcalf; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

John H. Metcalf

Birth: calculated 30 Aug 1847, Readfield, Kennebec Co, ME

• Maine Death Records, 1761-1922, State Archives, Augusta, Maine; database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1962 : accessed 19 July 2020); J. H. Metcalf, age 62 years, 7 months, 9 days when he died 8 April 1910.

Death: 8 Apr 1910, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME

• Maine Death Records, 1761-1922, State Archives, Augusta, Maine; database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1962 : accessed 19 July 2020).

Father: John Metcalf
Mother: Elizabeth Wheelock

Spouse: Lydia A. Heath
Marriage: 23 Jan 1882, Readfield, Kennebec Co, ME

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Q-W43F : accessed 10 Aug 2022), John H Metcalf and Lydia R Heath; citing Kennebec County, Maine, marriages, Vol. 4, Readfield marriages; FHL microfilm 000011314.

Notes:

Per death record, his father was born in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Byron Smith

Birth: 26 Dec 1859, Salem, Essex Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 12 Aug 2022), Salem births, vol. 123, p. 274, child Smith birth; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Death: 20 Jan 1898, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," online database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 16 Dec 2019), vol. 483, p. 39, Boston death record; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Middlesex Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175334610/byron-smith: accessed 12 August 2022), gravestone photo for Byron Smith (26 Dec 1860–20 Jan 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 175334610, Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Middlesex Co, MA, maintained by zoomurray (contributor 47887179).

Father: James Smith
Mother: Flora McNeil

Spouse: Annie E. Wing
Marriage:

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," online database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 16 Dec 2019), vol. 1910/19 (death), p. 132, Annie W. Smith, Boston death certificate; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Notes:

He was a salesman for a clothing firm, and suffered ill health in his later years.⁴ He committed suicide, per death record.

Research Notes:

Per birth record, he was born 26 Dec 1859 in Salem,¹ yet his gravestone is inscribed with 26 Dec 1860, which is probably a mistake. Multiple records argue for the 1859 date. His Mason Membership Card says 25 Dec 1859.² He was five years old in the 1865 Massachusetts state census, which is consistent with the 26 Dec 1859 birth date. He was eleven years old in the 1870 census, which argues for a birth date earlier than the 26 Dec 1859 date. He was twenty in the 1880 census, consistent with the 1859 birth date.

His death record, however, gives his age as 37 years 24 days, implying a birth date of 26 Dec 1860.³ Likely the informant for the death record was the same as for the gravestone inscription.

The birth and census records, being earlier in time, with his mother or father as informant, are more likely correct.

Sources:

1. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 12 Aug 2022), Salem births, vol. 123, p. 274, child Smith birth; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
2. "Massachusetts, U.S., Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5061/ : accessed 12 Aug 2022).
3. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 12 Aug 2022), Boston deaths, vol. 483, p. 39, Byron Smith death; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
4. "Third Suicide There," Pawtucket Times (Pawtucket, Rhode Island), p. 8; online at GenealogyBank.com, 12 Aug 2022.

Henry Dwight Wiggin

Birth: calculated 30 Apr 1856, Auburn, Androscoggin Co, ME

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZXG-WXJ1 : accessed 8 Aug 2022), Henry D Wiggin death (1922), Somerville, Registered no. 694; FHL 106201906.

Death: 4 Sep 1922, Somerville, Middlesex Co, MA

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZXG-WXJ1 : accessed 8 Aug 2022), Henry D Wiggin death (1922), Somerville, Registered no. 694; FHL 106201906.

Burial: Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172146671/henry-dwight-wiggin: accessed 08 August 2022), gravestone photo for Henry Dwight Wiggin (1856–1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 172146671, Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex Co, MA, maintained by Robert Sage (contributor 47414838).

Father: Henry L. K. Wiggin
Mother: Harriet Parker

Spouse: Mary Louisiana Sturtevant
Marriage: 25 Jun 1878

• Robert Hunter Sturtevant, Descendants of Samuel Sturtevant (Waco, Texas: Texian Press, July 1986), Mary Sturtevant, entry 7-646 (no page numbers); database with images, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofsam00stur/page/n235/mode/2up : accessed 15 July 2020).

Annie E. Wing

Birth: calculated 24 Oct 1865, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," online database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 16 Dec 2019), vol. 1910/19 (death), p. 132, Annie W. Smith, Boston death certificate; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; Annie W. Smith died 25 Oct 1910, aged 45 years and 1 day, per death certificate, born in Winthrop.
• 1870 U.S. census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME

Death: 25 Oct 1910, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," online database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 16 Dec 2019), vol. 1910/19 (death), p. 132, Annie W. Smith, Boston death certificate; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Middlesex Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2020), memorial page for Annie W Smith, Find a Grave Memorial no. 175334611, Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Middlesex Co, MA.

Father: Charles A. Wing
Mother: Elizabeth Wheelock

Spouse: Byron Smith
Marriage:

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," online database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 16 Dec 2019), vol. 1910/19 (death), p. 132, Annie W. Smith, Boston death certificate; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Notes:

She married Byron Smith probably before 19 March 1892, when their first and only child was born.¹ After the death of her husband in 1898, she lived with her daughter and mother in law in Chelsea, and at a boarding house in Boston.² She was a music teacher by profession.³

Sources:

1. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 12 Aug 2022), Chelsea births, vol. 424, p. 359, Helen Smith birth; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
2. 1910 and 1920 U.S. census.
3. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," online database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 16 Dec 2019), vol. 1910/19 (death), p. 132, Annie W. Smith, Boston death certificate; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Charles Freddy Wing

Birth: about Sep 1852

• Winthrop Vital Records, 1790-1908, p. 270, town clerk, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME; Winthrop Vital Records, database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9N8-SLQV : accessed 19 July 2020), image 292 of 897, FHL 007596986; Charles Freddy Wing died 13 July 1861, age 8 years, 10 months.

Death: 13 Jul 1861, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME

• Winthrop Vital Records, 1790-1908, p. 270, town clerk, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME; Winthrop Vital Records, database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9N8-SLQV : accessed 19 July 2020), image 292 of 897, FHL 007596986.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2020), headstone photo for Charles Freddy Wing, Find a Grave Memorial no. 207519552, Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME, maintained by Phyllis M. Wright (contributor 47889225).

Burial: Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2020), headstone photo for Charles Freddy Wing, Find a Grave Memorial no. 207519552, Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME, maintained by Phyllis M. Wright (contributor 47889225).

Father: Charles A. Wing
Mother: Elizabeth Wheelock

Lena R. Wing

Birth: calculated 28 Apr 1862

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2020), headstone photo for Lena R Wing, Find a Grave Memorial no. 207517775, Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME, maintained by Phyllis M. Wright (contributor 47889225); Lena R. Wing, died 21 June 1879, age 17 years, 1 month, 24 days, according to headstone.
• 1870 U.S. census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME

Death: 21 Jun 1879

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2020), headstone photo for Lena R Wing, Find a Grave Memorial no. 207517775, Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME, maintained by Phyllis M. Wright (contributor 47889225).

Burial: Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2020), headstone photo for Lena R Wing, Find a Grave Memorial no. 207517775, Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec Co, ME, maintained by Phyllis M. Wright (contributor 47889225).

Father: Charles A. Wing
Mother: Elizabeth Wheelock

Gerarda Cordelia Young

Birth: 25 Jun 1888, Holland

• Social Security Death Index
• Records of Jill (Alofs) Trompier, grand-daughter of Marion (Wheelock) (Alofs) Ross and John Peter Alofs, in an email, 11 July 2020.

Death: Jan 1974, Gloversville, Fulton Co, NY

• Social Security Death Index
• Records of Jill (Alofs) Trompier, grand-daughter of Marion (Wheelock) (Alofs) Ross and John Peter Alofs, in an email, 11 July 2020.

Spouse: John Peter Alofs
Marriage: before 22 May 1908

• Based on date of birth of their first child, John Peter Alofs.

1. John Peter Alofs, born 22 May 1908, St. Louis, St. Louis Co, MO