Adele Townsend

ID #175, (1863-c 1944)
Adele Townsend|b. 23 Aug 1863\nd. c 1944|p175.htm|Edward Mitchell Townsend|b. 7 Oct 1829\nd. 2 Feb 1904|p197.htm|Belinda Rockwell|b. 26 Feb 1832\nd. 13 Apr 1882|p194.htm|Daniel Y. Townsend|b. 29 Jun 1798\nd. 15 Dec 1860|p4128.htm|Sarah Titus|b. 12 Jan 1791\nd. 24 Feb 1867|p4567.htm|Eli Rockwell|b. 20 Apr 1805\nd. 25 Aug 1857|p2211.htm|Adelia A. Smith|b. 6 Apr 1807\nd. 10 Nov 1839|p195.htm|
FatherEdward Mitchell Townsend1 b. 7 Oct 1829, d. 2 Feb 1904
MotherBelinda Rockwell1 b. 26 Feb 1832, d. 13 Apr 1882
RelationshipGreat-grandmother of Linda Sargent.
Adele T. Kingsbury
photo around 1900
age 37
     Adele Townsend was born on 23 August 1863, in New York City, NY. Adele had a debutante party in New York City in 1881. She married Frederick John Kingsbury, son of Frederick John Kingsbury and Alathea Ruth Scovill, on Thursday, 11 November 1886 in Trinity Church, New York City, NY, They were married by the Rev Mess. Geer and CB Smith.1 Adele lived in New Haven, CT. Her husband Frederick died on 11 July 1927 in New Haven, CT, at age 64 leaving her a widow. After her husband died, she and her sister Hannah (who was a widow also) built the house in Murray Bay. Quebec, Canada in 1928.2 Adele Townsend died circa 1944 in New Haven, CT.

Census

1910New Haven, CTAdele Townsend and Frederick John Kingsbury appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of New Haven, CT, enumerated 1910, 445 Humphrey St. enumerated with 3 servants.3
1920New Haven, CTAdele Townsend and Frederick John Kingsbury appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of New Haven, CT, enumerated 1920, enumerated with 3 servants. 445 Humphrey St.4
3 April 193064 Old Hartford Tpke, Hamden, CTAdele Townsend appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Hamden, CT, at 64 Old Hartford Tpke, enumerated 3 April 1930, Enumerated with 3 servants. Real estate value $50,000. (She did not tell the truth about her age - said she was 60) Also she was listed as Frederick Kingsbury Jr. - as a widow. Also she said her parents were born in Connecticut, when they were born in NY. Perhaps she did not answer the censors, but someone else in the household did.5

Family

Frederick John Kingsbury b. 7 Jul 1863, d. 11 Jul 1927
Children
ChartsAncestors of Ruth Kingsbury
Louisa May Alcott and the Kingsbury relations
Emily Dickinson and the Kingsburys
Bush and the Kingsburys
Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Kingsburys
Tennessee Williams and the Kingsburys
Gerald Ford and the Kingsburys
Millard Fillmore and the Kingsburys
Cole Porter - a Kingsbury
Richard Gere - a Kingsbury
Kingsburys and Winston Churchill
Nathaniel Hawthorne & Kingsburys
Nathan Hale and Ruth Kingsbury
George HW Bush and the Kingsburys
Bill and Linda

Sources of Information

  1. New York Family Bible Records 1581-1917, online database, digitized by ancestry.com, . Original publication: Genealogical Records; Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Taken from Family Bibles 1581-1917, Holy Bible of Daniel Townsend (1798-1960). Www.ancestry.com , updated Jan 2011, viewed Feb 2011.
  2. Personal Knowledge of Researcher.
  3. Frederick John Kingsbury household, 1910 US Census, New Haven, New Haven County, CT, enumeration district 407, page 8B, image 1065, roll T624_139, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc, viewed on Jul 2007.
  4. Frederick J Kingsbury household, 1920 US Census, New Haven, New Haven County, CT, enumeration district 351, page 2A, image 62, roll T625_193, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
  5. Frederick Kingsbury (incorrectly - should be Mrs. Frederick Kingsbury) household, 1930 US Census, Hamden, New Haven County, Conn, enumeration district 143, page 3B, image 449.0, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc, viewed Jan 2011.

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Dates using 'say' are educated guesses by me.
If I don't know a female last name she will be identified with a 'Mrs' and her husband's name.
MALE or FEMALE means I don't know the first name.

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