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Russell Brown Briggs
(5 Jan 1836 - 2 Aug 1910)


Russell Brown Briggs  (5 Jan 1836,  Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA  - 2 Aug 1910,  Cambridge, Massachusetts  -- Age: 74   --Cause of Death: Senility



Pedigree Chart          

Russell Brown  was the child of Asaph Leonard Briggs and Lilly Eaton

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Occupation: Carpenter

SON OF ASAPH BRIGGS AND LILLIE EATON

Ancestor's Life Events



 1836 Birth Click here to go to sourcefamilysearch.org 
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
name: Russel Brown Briggs
gender: Male
baptism/christening date:
baptism/christening place:
birth date: 05 Jan 1836
birthplace: Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Asaph T. Briggs
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Tilly Briggs
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C58426-1
system origin: Massachusetts-ODM
source film number: 760652
reference number:





census Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts Click here to go to source1850 U.S. Census 
Asaph Briggs, 47, laborer
Lydia Briggs, 50
Thomas Briggs, 18, laborer
Lucy Briggs, 17
Russell Briggs, 14
Richmond Briggs, 14
Jerome Briggs, 12
Mason Briggs, 10
Augusta Briggs, 3



census Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts Click here to go to source1860 U.S. Census 
Russel Briggs, 24
Eliza Briggs, 23
Hattie N. Briggs, 1



census Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts Click here to go to source1870 U.S. Census 
Russell Briggs, age 35, b. abt 1835
Eliza Briggs, age 32, b. abt 1838
Hattie Briggs, age 11, b. abt 1859
Walter Briggs, age 2, b. abt 1868



census 1880 U.S. Census Vernon, Tolland, Connecticut Click here to go to source1880 U.S. Census 



Name RelationMarital StatusGenderRaceAgeBirthplaceOccupationFather's BirthplaceMother's Birthplace
Russell BRIGGS Self M Male W 44 MA Machinist MA MA
Eliza BRIGGS Wife M Female W 43 VT Keeping House VT VT
Hattie FULLER Dau Female W 21 MA Works In Cabinet Mill MA VT
Etta BRIGGS Dau S Female W 14 MA Works In Cabinet Mill MA VT
Walter BRIGGS Son S Male W 12 MA At School MA VT
Maude FULLER GDau S Female W 4 MA MA MA
Loren J. ALLEN Other Male W 45 CT Carriage Maker CT CT




census 1900 US Census Rockville city, Tolland, Connecticut Click here to go to source1900 U.S. Census 
Russel B Briggs, age 64, b. Jan 1836, Massachusetts, parents b. MA. Spouse: Elizza E. Briggs, age 62, b. Sept 1838, VT, father b. VT, mother b. CT. Married 46 years, mother of 3 children, 3 children living. His occupation is: Carpenter



 1910 Death Click here to go to sourcefamilysearch.org 
Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
name: Russell Brown Briggs
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 02 Aug 1910
event place: Cambridge,,Massachusetts
residence:
street address:
gender: Male
age: 74
marital status: Married
occupation:
birth date: 1836
birthplace: Adams
estimated birth year: 1836
burial date:
burial place:
cemetery:
father:
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace:
mother:
mother's titles & terms:
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additional relatives:
spouse:
volume/page/certificate number: 348
film number: 2314140
frame number:
digital folder number: 4283173
image number: 01371




Ancestor's Marriage(s) and Child(ren)


marriage married Eliza Manchester -- Date: 26 Feb 1854 Place:  Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
Source: Click here to go to sourceMassachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007). Vol: 78 ; Page: 19


Volume/Page: Vol: 78 ; Page: 19 

Both are 18 years old, living in Adams, Massachusetts. Both were born in Adams, Massachusetts. It is the first marriage for both.

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
groom's name: Russell B. Briggs
groom's birth date: 1836
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 18
bride's name: Eliza Manchester
bride's birth date: 1836
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 18
marriage date: 26 Feb 1854
marriage place: Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
groom's father's name: Aseph S. Briggs
groom's mother's name: Lillis Briggs
bride's father's name:
bride's mother's name:
groom's race:
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
bride's marital status:
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: I01001-4
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 1901799
reference number: item 2 p1, no. 6
source: familysearch.org
Family Group Record for Russell Brown Briggs and Eliza Manchester


Children:

daughter Hattie Briggs (17 May 1859, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA - aft. 1900,  )

daughter Etta Briggs (abt. 1866, Massachusetts - aft. 1880,  )

son Walter A Briggs (abt. 1869, North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA - aft. 1910, )




Ancestor's Death-related Information



DEATH SOURCE: MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS, 1841 - 1910, VOL: 27 PAGE: 348 -- HE IS MARRIED AT THE TIME OF DEATH. HIS OCCUPATION IS A CARPENTER. HIS BIRTHPLACE IS ADAMS. THE INFORMANT ON THE DEATH CERTIFICATE IS WALTER A. BRIGGS, 2355 MASS. AVE., CAMBRIDGE. THE PLACE OF BURIAL IS ROCKVILLE, CONN.





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