Howard Rockwell Townsend

ID #208, (1907-1985)
Howard Rockwell Townsend|b. 23 Mar 1907\nd. 13 Apr 1985|p208.htm|Howard Rockwell Townsend|b. 10 Aug 1871\nd. 1939|p203.htm|Emilie Theresa Firth|b. c 1879\nd. 1939|p207.htm|Edward M. Townsend|b. 7 Oct 1829\nd. 2 Feb 1904|p197.htm|Belinda Rockwell|b. 26 Feb 1832\nd. 13 Apr 1882|p194.htm|||||||
FatherHoward Rockwell Townsend b. 10 Aug 1871, d. 1939
MotherEmilie Theresa Firth b. circa 1879, d. 1939
Relationship1st cousin 2 times removed of Linda Sargent.
Howdy Townsend
1966 photo
     Howard Rockwell Townsend was born on 23 March 1907, in Boston, MA, at 384 Commonwealth Ave.1 He graduated from St Paul's School in Concord, NH, in 1927. He married Elizabeth C Shields in February 1942.2 Howard Rockwell Townsend married Harriet Barton Scovil on Monday, 3 July 1950 in New Harbor, Maine.3 Howard Rockwell Townsend was employed by Consolidated Controls in Brookfield Center, CT, as a quality control engineer. Howdie and Harriet founded the Peter Piper School in Brookfield Center, CT, a nursery school. After Howdie retired he and Hattie moved to Bennington Vermont in 1979. An active member of the Bennington Museum, Howdie had served as a volunteer tour guide there since coming to Bennington. He was also a member of the Green Mountain Stamp Society.4 He died on 13 April 1985 in Bennington, VT, at age 78. He was buried at the Youngs Memorial Cemetery in Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY.

Census

1910411 Tillou Rd, South Orange, NJHoward Rockwell Townsend appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of South Orange, NJ in the household of his parents Howard and Emilie Theresa Firth.5
1930East Main St, Oyster Bay, Long island, NYHoward Rockwell Townsend appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Oyster Bay, Long island, NY in the household of his parents Howard and Emilie Theresa Firth.6

Family 1

Elizabeth C Shields b. 1901, d. Sep 1948
Child

Family 2

Harriet Barton Scovil b. 1918, d. Jul 2010
Children

Sources of Information

  1. Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910, Internet database, www.newenglandancestors.org, viewed on NewEnglandAncestors, NEHGS.
  2. Barbara Sargent, interview with Linda Sargent Reinfeld.
  3. Family data.
  4. Ray, family tree titled "Palatinate Dockstaders in NY", RootsWeb WorldConnect, www.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database named dockstader.
  5. Howard R Townsend household, 1910 USCensus, South Orange, Essex County, NJ, enumeration district 0221, page 7B, image 795, roll T624_884, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
  6. Howard R Townsend household, 1930 US Census, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, NY, enumeration district 201, page 1A, image 806.0, roll 1462, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc.

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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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