Alice Eliza Kingsbury

ID #3938, (1858-1937)
Alice Eliza Kingsbury|b. 4 May 1858\nd. 4 Apr 1937|p3938.htm|Frederick John Kingsbury|b. 1 Jan 1823\nd. 30 Sep 1910|p178.htm|Alathea Ruth Scovill|b. 21 Mar 1828\nd. 7 Dec 1899|p179.htm|Charles D. Kingsbury|b. 7 Nov 1795\nd. 16 Jan 1890|p859.htm|Eliza Leavenworth|b. 17 Dec 1798\nd. 16 Nov 1852|p860.htm|William H. Scovill|b. 27 Jul 1796\nd. 27 Mar 1854|p958.htm|Eunice R. Davies|b. 5 Mar 1807\nd. 25 Nov 1839|p959.htm|
FatherFrederick John Kingsbury b. 1 Jan 1823, d. 30 Sep 1910
MotherAlathea Ruth Scovill b. 21 Mar 1828, d. 7 Dec 1899
RelationshipGreat-grandaunt of Linda Sargent.
Alice Kingsbury
1890 photo
age 32
     Alice Eliza Kingsbury was born on 4 May 1858, in Waterbury, CT. Her brother William died on 2 March 1864 in Waterbury, CT, at age 10. Alice Eliza Kingsbury was educated circa 1865 at Collegiate Institute in Waterbury, CT, This school changed it's name to the Female Seminary, and by the time Alice graduated it was the St Margaret's School For the Girls. She graduated in 1875.1 Alice and Edith had a coachman. When they got a car, they sent the coachman, William, to Detroit, to learn how to drive and take care of cars.2 4 April 1931 Alice traveled from Hamilton, Bermuda, to New York City on the ship Veendam. They traveled with their two sons, Richard and Fred, and Ruth's aunt, Alice Kingsbury.3 She died on 4 April 1937 in Waterbury, CT, at age 78 in the house on Prospect St where she was born.4

Census

193080 Prospect St, Waterbury, CTAlice Eliza Kingsbury appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Waterbury, CT, at 80 Prospect St, enumerated 1930, Enumerated with 6 servants, including one nurse. Value of real estate $35,000.5

Sources of Information

  1. Alice Kingsbury, Alice Kingsbury Memoirs, Privately published, 1935, repository: Home of Linda Sargent Reinfeld, Chapter 3.
  2. Family data.
  3. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Online database www.ancestry.com , Year: 1931; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_4936; Line: 25; ., viewed Aug 2009.
  4. The New York Times, New York City, NY, marriage notice on-line archive, article 5 Apr 1937.
  5. Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: 279; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 218; Image: 604.0. household, 1930 US Census, Waterbury, CT.

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