ALDRICH family

John and Rose ALDRICH

UPDATE - These two photos of the ALDRICH family have been claimed by a relative and are going home!

I acquired these two photos yesterday at the Stone Soup Antiques Gallery in Ballston Spa, NY. Although not dated, I suspect the photos were taken around 1900. Clearly they were taken at the same studio, probably on the same date.

There is no indication of location, but the photos were found in a basket that included several from the state of Vermont, so it is possible these are from that area too. It is at least a good place to start.

At Ancestry.com, I entered all the information I knew for certain, which was basically the couple's names. 

The first thing that comes up is the 1900 Census for Bethel, Vermont, in which we find the family of John E. Aldrich, his wife Rose and their three sons.

The ALDRICH Boys

1900 CENSUS > Vermont > Windsor > Bethel
ALDRICH, John Edward, head, April 1860, 40yo, born in Canada of Canadian parents, farmer
ALDRICH, Rose, wife, Sept 1870, 29yo, married 10y, 3 children, 3 living, born in VT of VT parents
ALDRICH, William, son, Sept 1888, 11y0, born in VT, in school
ALDRICH, Roy E., son, Jan 1892, 8yo, born in VT
ALDRICH, John A., son, May 1895, 5yo, born in VT

Vermont Vital Records shows a marriage record for John E. Aldrich and Rosa Arvilla Dartt (daughter of Alba Dartt and Hattie Hough or Howe) on Februay 3, 1889. (He is said to be 34 years old, but that does not seem correct if the 1900 Census is correct.) It is his first marriage. His father's name is William, and his mother's name is given as Sarah. Other records say John's mother is Mary Masterson.

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There were also two daughters born to John and Rose:
1903 - Mary Isabelle ALDRICH. Died 1994.
1905 - Bernice Mabel ALDRICH. She married Edward J. ABBOTT and lived to age 60. She died in Windham VT 7 May 1965.

1909, Oct 18 -  John E. ALDRICH died of tuberculosis.

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Also found is a record in Vermont Death Records for second son Roy Ernest ALDRICH (born 21 Jan 1893). He died at age 29 of bronchial pneumonia brought on by "La Grippe" (Spanish Flu) on 6 Apr 1922. He was unmarried at the time and working as a farmer.

14 August 1932, youngest son John Andrew ALDRICH married for the 2nd time to Irene Abbott in Springfield VT. This record indicated that father John E. Aldrich was born in Chateauquay, Quebec, Canada.

In January 1945, eldest son William Alba ALDRICH at age 55, married for the second time, to Mildred Phillips Avery in Brattleboro VT. He is a woodworker.

In May 1958, William A. ALDRICH married for the third time to Ethel Prouty in Brattleboro.