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Lavinia S BURSLEY

Lavinia S BURSLEY

Female 1816 - 1872  (55 years)

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  • Name Lavinia S BURSLEY 
    Birth 28 Nov 1816  Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 13 Nov 1872  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    News 19 Aug 1875  Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Lemuel Bursley [Jr] obituary; see notes for transcription
    Person ID I1652  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2021 

    Father Lemuel BURSLEY,   b. Abt 1773   d. 15 Nov 1854, Chesterville, Franklin, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Lavina SPENCER,   b. 1780, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1858 (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 4 Feb 1797  Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Family ID F418  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joel Mason ADAMS 
    Marriage 30 Apr 1837  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S52] Bursley, John Clarke, Bursley Family Papers, Correspondence and compiled genealogical research.

    2. [S1416] NEWS: Farmington Chronicle, Rev. J.S. Swift; Local Reminscences - The Late Col. Lemuel Bursley; obituary; 19 August 1875; Lemuel Bursley, Jr., p. 1, c. 6.
      Obituary, Col. Lemuel Bursley
      Obituary, Col. Lemuel Bursley


    3. [S1673] DB: Massachusetts: Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards, 1733-1990, entry for Lemuel Bursley, membership 1797-1-2, citing Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Massachusetts.
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    4. [S80] Massachusetts, Barnstable, Provincetown, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, marriage certificate, Lemuel Bursley and Lavinia Spencer m. Feb. 4, 1797, Provincetown, Massachusetts, by Rev. Samuel Parker.
      Citing Provincetown records of 1797, vol. II, p. 2, no. 6
      BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_marr_001
      BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_marr_001


    5. [S841] "Records of Provincetown, Massachusetts 1698-1859", entry for Lemuel Bursley and Lavinia Spencer.
      Citing Typescript abstraction by Harry A. Smith of original records, "Records of Provincetown, Mass.," ten vols.

    6. [S1675] DB: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, 26 October 2013; entry for John M Adams and Lavina S Bursley, m. 5 Apr 1837, Boston, Massachusetts.



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