Ada May Graves

Birth Name Ada May Graves
Gender female
Age at Death 37 years, 6 months, 10 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth October 1878 Lamoine, Hancock County, Maine, United States   1a 1b
Event Note

she is age 1 on the 1880 census of her father's household in Lamoine, Maine

Census April 15, 1910 Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, United States 1910 Oscar Page household  
General

1910 Federal Census, Maine, Penobscot Co., 4th Ward of Brewer
Series T624, Roll 544, page 65, house 106, family 123
Renting at 60 Brimmer St., Brewer.

Page, Oscar S.: Head, M, 50, married 1x for 32 years, Fireman, steam railroad, born in Maine, parents also
----, Martha E. Wife, F, 48, married 1x for 32 years, 5 children, 5 living, born in Maine, parents also
---, William J., Son, M, 27, married 1x for 5 years, Fireman, steam railroad, born in Maine, parents also
---, Augustus E., Son, M, 23, married 1x for 2 years, born in Massachusetts, parents in Maine, House painter, out of work for 8 months in 1909 and was out of work when the census was taken on April 15, 1910
---, Stover, D. F., Son, M, 17, single, born in Massachusetts, parents in Maine, didn't work or attend school.

---, Margaret L., daughter in law, (with line and arrow pointing to William J.). F, 21, married 1x for 5 years, 3 children, 3 living. born in Massachusetts, father also, mother in England

---, Ada M., daughter in law, (with line and arrow pointing to Augustus E.), F, 29, married twice, this time for 2 years, 1 child, 1 living, born in Maine, parents also [note: where is her child?]

---, Joseph P., brother, M, 38, divorced, fireman, steam railroad, born in Maine, parents also. Was out of work on April 15, 1910, but not at all in 1909.

---, Mary E., niece, F, 14, S, in school, born in Maine, parents also
[note: almost certainly the daughter of Joseph P. on the line above.]

---, Ezra A., grandson, M, 5, not in school, born in Maine, father also, mother in Massachusetts
---, Lillian M. granddaughter, F, 2 11/12, S, born in Maine, father also, mother in Massachusetts
---, Florence M. granddaughter, F, 11/12, S, born in Maine, father also, mother in Massachusetts
[note: these last three are the children of William J and Margaret L listed in this household.]

All in the household who were old enough could read, write and speak English, all were white.

"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MR3D-Y26 : accessed 24 Dec 2013), Oscar S Page, Brewer Ward 4, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing sheet , family 123, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374557.

Census April 20, 1910 Lamoine, Hancock County, Maine, United States 1910 Alvan C Graves household  
General

1910; Census Place: Lamoine, Hancock, Maine; Roll: T624_541; Page: 4B; (at ancestry.com) Enumeration District: 0072
April 20, 1910

Alvan C Graves, 58, farmer, wife, and family
and
Augustus E Page, son in law, 29, married 1x, 2 years, born in Maine, parents also, painting contractor
Ada M Page, daughter, 31, married 2x, 2 years, one child, one alive, born in Maine, parents also
Carl R Brown, 6, grandson, born in Maine, parents also

Death April 11, 1916 Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   1b
Event Note

Record of a Death
April 11, 1916, on State St, Bangor
Ada Nickerson
a resident of Bangor for 5 years
previous residence: Lamoine, Maine
housewife, age 37y 5m
born: October 1878, Ellsworth, Maine
father: Alvah Graves, farmer, born in Lamoine
mother: Gussie Clark, born in Castine
husband: Winfield Nickerson
cause: edema of brain, duration 2 days
buried: Lamoine, April 13, 1916

Burial April 13, 1916 Lamoine, Hancock County, Maine, United States   1b
Event Note

Bangor Daily News, April 13, 1916, page 3
Mrs Ada M., wife of Winfield Nickerson of this city, died Tuesday at the age of 37 years and five months. Mrs Nickerson had lived in this city about five years and was formerly of Ellsworth, where the remains were taken Wednesday for services and interment.

Besides her husband, she is survived by her father and mother, Mr and Mrs Alva Graves of Ellsworth; three sisters, Emmy E and Gussie Graves of Ellsworth, and Mrs Charles Gibson of Cambridge, Mass; four brothers, Walter B, Harry A, George W, and Clifford R Graves, all of Ellsworth.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/662035701/?article=5b7c2ea2-f906-46bb-b9bf-98229ad93db3&focus=0.14677049,0.030771345,0.28286764,0.13022321&xid=3355

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Ada M Graves Nickerson
Birth 1878
Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, USA
Death 11 Apr 1916 (aged 37–38)
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Burial Wescott-Graves Cemetery
Lamoine, Hancock County, Maine, USA

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116647116/ada-m-nickerson

I think her husband is buried with his parents.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Alvah C Graves
Mother Augusta Clark
         Ada May Graves October 1878 April 11, 1916

Families

Family of George Alexander Brown and Ada May Graves

Married Husband George Alexander Brown ( b. d. about March 1905 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage December 10, 1902     2a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Carl R Brown1903

Family of Augustus Emery L Page and Ada May Graves

Married Husband Augustus Emery L Page ( b. June 11, 1886 d. August 14, 1945 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage July 28, 1908 Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   1a
General

Record of a Marriage
Intention filed July 16, 1908
Married July 28, 1908, in Brewer

Augustus E Page, 25, living in Bangor, a boiler maker, born in E Boston, 1st marriage. parents: Oscar S Page, a laborer born in Orono and living in Bangor, and Mattie E Cowan, born in Newburg, Maine, and living in Bangor.

Mrs Ada M Graves Brown, 28, living in Bangor, born in N Lamoine, 2nd marriage, a widow. parents: Elva C Graves, a farmer born and living in N Lamoine, and Gussie Clark, born in Castine and living in N Lamoine

Married by Elmer F Pember of Bangor

Divorce between April 1910 and July 1911      

Family of Winfield Silsby Nickerson and Ada May Graves

Married Husband Winfield Silsby Nickerson ( b. d. ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage March 9, 1912 Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   1c
Event Note

Record of a Marriage
Intention filed February 27, 1912
married March 9, 1912 in Brewer
Winfield Silsby Nickerson, 33, a teamster, born in Amhurst [Maine], living in Brewer, his first marriage. parents: Isaiah Nickerson, a farmer born in Holden and living in Amhurst, and Mandana Silsby, a housewife born and living in Amhurst

Ada May Page, 33, a domestic, born in Lamoine, living in Brewer, her 3rd marriage, 1st widowed, 2nd divorced. parents: Almah C Graves, a farmer born and living in Lamoine, and Gussie Clark, a housewife, born in Castine and living in Lamoine

married by George Curtis, JP, of Brewer

Source References

  1. Maine Vital Records
      • Page: Marriage, Jul 28, 1908, Bangor, Page-Brown
      • Citation:

        https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2907118:1961?tid=&pid=&queryId=7083ce7f12de1fd3666f36bdb56e042f&_phsrc=Fjx3&_phstart=successSource

      • Page: Deaths, Brewer, April 11, 1916, Ada Nickerson
      • Citation:

        https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/333895:1962

      • Page: Marriages, Brewer, Mar 9, 1912, Nickerson-Page
  2. Bangor Daily News
      • Page: obit of George A Brown, Mar 3, 1905, p 8
      • Citation:

        https://www.newspapers.com/image/662715055/?terms=ada%20may%20graves&match=1