Notes for Alfred Bowditch

Notes for Alfred Bowditch

!US Census 1900 (8 June) Massachusetts, Suffolk Co., Roll 687 Book 1, Page 209a, lines 50 and Lines 1-9 on next page: Alfred Bowditch (b. Sept 1855 - 44 - in Massachusetts) {both parents born in Massachusetts} married 21 years to Mary L. (b. July 1854 - 45 - in Massachusetts) {Both her parents born in Massachusetts} with 3 children all living. Children all born in Massachusetts and are listed as: Margaret (b. Apr. 1881 -19); Mary O. (b. Dec 1883 - 16); and Rosemond (b. May 1889 - 11). His occupation is listed as Capitalist. Also listed with them are: Nellie Lynch (cook - b. June 1861 - 38 - in Ireland); Margaret Scott (chambermaid - b. Jan 1886 -40 - in Scotland); Agnes Spratt (seamstress - b. June 1870 - 29 - in Ireland); Mary A. Costello (domestic servant - b. Mar 1875 - in Ireland); and Frank Metcalf (gardner - b. Oct 1872 - 27 - in Scotland)

!SOURCE Five Genealogies of Bowdish and Bowditch Families in America...by Cyrus and Maryella Bowdish: Mary was born July 6, 1854 at Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. She died December 4, 1914 at Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. Alfred was a trustee, associated with his brother, Charles. They lived at Jamaica Plain, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He received a degree from Harvard A. B. 1876.