Howard Rockwell Townsend

(1907-1985), ID #208
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|||||||

Howdy Townsend
1966 photo

  • Howard Rockwell Townsend was born on 23 March 1907, in 384 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA.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 in Brookfield Center, CT, Consolidated Controls 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.

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

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

Sources of Information:

  1. [S221] Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910, Internet database, www.newenglandancestors.org , viewed on NewEnglandAncestors, NEHGS.
  2. [S257] Barbara Sargent, interview with Linda Sargent Reinfeld.
  3. [S26] Family data.
  4. [S23] Ray, family web site titled "Palatinate Dockstaders in NY", RootsWeb WorldConnect, www.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database named dockstader.

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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.