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George Washington Dresser 1812–1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 APR 1812

Birth Location: Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 25 DEC 1881

Death Location: Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Oliver Jr.

Mother: Rebecca Wright

Spouse(s): Marietta Briggs, Eliza Carrington

Children(s): James Dresser, Albert Dresser, Sullivan Dresser, George Dresser

In 1812, George Washington Dresser entered the world in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA, born to Oliver Dresser Jr And Rebecca Wright. George Washington Dresser married Eliza Carrington, Marietta Mertie E Briggs, and had children including Albert H Dresser, George Washington Dresser, James Alonzo Dresser, Sullivan Dresser. George Washington Dresser passed away in 1881 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1812, George Washington Dresser entered the world in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA, born to Oliver Dresser Jr And Rebecca Wright.
  • George Washington Dresser married Eliza Carrington, Marietta Mertie E Briggs, and had children including Albert H Dresser, George Washington Dresser, James Alonzo Dresser, Sullivan Dresser.
  • George Washington Dresser passed away in 1881 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Oliver Jr.
1763–1812
Birth Location: Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
OJ
Rebecca Wright
1763–1847
Birth Location: Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
RW

Spouses(s)

Marietta Briggs
1816–1899
Birth Location: Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
MB
Eliza Carrington
1819–1904
Birth Location: Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
EC

Children(s)

James Dresser
1837–1909
Birth Location: Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
JD
Albert Dresser
1848–1932
Birth Location: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
AD
Sullivan Dresser
1846–
Birth Location: Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
SD
George Dresser
1847–
Birth Location: Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
GD

George Dresser's Ancestors

Self
George Dresser
1812–1881
Birth Place: Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Oliver Dresser Jr.
1763–1812
Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Rebecca Wright
1763–1847
Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Oliver (Dresser) Sr.
1737–1809
Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Olive Osgood
1742–1809
Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Josiah Wright
1737–1783
Dolly Shattuck
1740–1805
Great-Grandparents
Aaron Dresser
1707–1787
Mehitable Scott
1708–1768
Samuel Wright
1703–1756
Hannah Lawrence
1708–1785
David Shattuck
1717–1774
Dorothy Varnum
1715–1756
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Dresser
1676–1717
Margaret Acy
1683–1718
Josiah Wright
1674–1747
Ruth Carter
1681–1774
Nathaniel Lawrence
1678–1765
Anna Scripture
1685–1758
John Varnum
1669–1715
Dorothy Prescott
1681–1722

George Dresser's Descendants

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George (Washington) Dresser (21 APR 1812–25 DEC 1881) m. Marietta ('Mertie' E.) Briggs (ABT 1816–1899) m. Eliza Carrington (DEC 1819–1904)
  1. 1. James (Alonzo) Dresser 1837–1909 m. Lucy (Jane) Putney 1842–1912
    1. 1. Ada (Elizabeth) Dresser 1877–1964 m. Christian Koonz 1871–1964
      1. 1. Beatrice (A.) Koonz 1897–1979
      2. 2. John (Daniel) Koonz 1898–1985
    2. 2. Ida (Jane) Dresser 1873–1948 m. Daniel (Alexander) Gray 1873–1934
      1. 1. Perley (Leroy) Gray 1901–1906
    3. 3. James (English) Dresser 1860–1901 m. Nellie (Augusta) Wentworth 1860–1939
      1. 1. Florence (M.) Dresser 1882–1970 m. Pearl (David) Starkey 1878–1927
        1. 1. Lewis (Howard) Starkey 1904–1959
        2. 2. Carl (Everett) Starkey 1906–1959
        3. 3. Rae (Orvis) Starkey 1917–1976
        4. 4. Gilbert (G.) Starkey 1908–1978
        5. 5. Roy (D.) Starkey 1901–1994
      2. 2. Vera (Wentworth) Dresser 1885–1968 m. Frederic (Day) Kenison 1885–1952
        1. 1. Radcliffe (Frederic) Kenison 1910–1993
      3. 3. Winifred (Josephine) Dresser 1887–1974 m. Harry (Linwood) King 1885–1958
        1. 1. Phyllis (W.) King 1910–1959
        2. 2. Beryl (Helen) King 1915–1990
        3. 3. Craig (Henry) King 1921–1922
      4. 4. Bertha (Fannie) Dresser 1889–1974 m. Ethelbert (Roy) Prince 1881–
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Anna) Dresser 1893–1981 m. Charles (Frederick Tuttle) Sr. 1889–1972
        1. 1. Evelyn Tuttle 1915–2007 m. Edward (J.) Cray 1912–
        2. 2. Charles (Frederick Tuttle) Jr. 1917–1995 m. Doris 1918– m. Thelma (Myrtle) Jennings 1919–1999
      6. 6. Lee (James Dresser) Sr. 1895–1961 m. Gladys (M.) Page 1901–1945
        1. 1. Jacqueline Dresser 1923–1994 m. Paul (O. Hadsel) Sr. 1922–2013
        2. 2. Son Dresser 1925–1925
        3. 3. Son Dresser 1925–1925
        4. 4. Claribel (Virginia) Dresser 1924–1998 m. Forrest (Irving) Hanson 1925–1987
        5. 5. Penelope (Ann) Dresser 1929–1987 m. Arlan (Charles North) Sr. 1927–1984
      7. 7. Raymond (Ernest) Dresser 1898–1968 m. Margaret (Angelina) Thomas 1903–1979
        1. 1. Raymond (Thomas) Dresser 1922–1952
        2. 2. Charles (Everett Dresser) Sr. 1925–1995 m. Lorraine (June) Laduc 1928–2001
        3. 3. Natalie (Pearl) Dresser 1927–2020 m. Walter (Paul Sokoloski) Sr. 1915–1992
      8. 8. James (English) Dresser 1900–1988 m. Alice (R.) Aldrich 1906–1987
        1. 1. Muriel (Vera) Dresser 1923–2016 m. Stanley (Edward) Johnson 1924–1974
        2. 2. James (English Dresser) Jr. 1940–2014
    4. 4. William (Bartlett) Dresser 1861–1934 m. Lila (Melissa) Rawson 1868–1963
      1. 1. William (Henry) Dresser 1895–1973 m. Marion (Matilda) George 1893–1980
        1. 1. Roger Dresser 1931–2022 m. Wanda (Lee) Tinsley 1942–2018
        2. 2. Mary (Lila) Dresser 1923–1998 m. Kenneth (Arthur) Martin 1920–1980
        3. 3. Richard (McKay) Dresser 1921–2016 m. Margaret (M.) Kelleher 1924–2011
        4. 4. Alvin (George) Dresser 1926–2012
        5. 5. Carl (William) Dresser 1928–2015 m. Elizabeth (Helen) LaBombard 1926–1976
        6. 6. Gertrude Dresser 1917–2013 m. Pasquale (Saverino) Napolitano 1912–2006
        7. 7. Helen Dresser 1919–2002 m. Gordon (Alden) Long 1919–2004
        8. 8. Jane Dresser 1924–2015 m. Harvey (R. Welcome) Jr. 1923–1983 m. Richard (P.) Kimball 1924–2018
      2. 2. Ethel (Lilla) Dresser 1889–1970 m. Carl (Henry) Streeter 1889–1966
        1. 1. Dorothy (Grace) Streeter 1913–2006 m. John (Fay) Keefe 1911–1955
      3. 3. Alice (Maud) Dresser 1893–1893
      4. 4. Ida (May) Dresser 1899–1902
      5. 5. Lena (Lucy) Dresser 1898–1999 m. Albert (Graden) Lantz 1894–1951 m. Charles (W.) Hatch 1897–
        1. 1. Phyllis (Irene) Lantz 1919–2011
        2. 2. Marjorie Lantz 1920–1921
        3. 3. Rober (Warren Lantz) Sr. 1921–2006
        4. 4. James (Earl) Lantz 1925–2014
        5. 5. Albert (Graden Lantz) Jr. 1927–2018
      6. 6. Leroy (Clesson) Dresser 1905–1988 m. Doris (May) Chamberlain 1907–1993 m. Verena (Alberta) Hakey 1918–1966 m. Eunice Olcutt 1912–
        1. 1. Clesson (Myron) Lang 1927–2020 m. June Starkey 1936–2024
      7. 7. Aimie (Angelia) Dresser 1887–1967 m. Clarence (Addison) Beers 1884–1970
      8. 8. Emily (Myrtle) Dresser 1891–1949 m. Samuel Chappuis 1885–1979
        1. 1. Albert (S.) Chappuis 1917–2008
      9. 9. Ada (Elizabeth) Dresser 1907–2005 m. Hermon (Alton) Miner 1904–1978
        1. 1. Enide (Elizabeth) Miner 1925–2002 m. Etna (Wakefield) Stevens –1989
        2. 2. Nancy (Ann) Miner 1934–2023
      10. 10. Eva (Francis) Dresser 1909–1909
    5. 5. George (Dexter) Dresser 1871–1943 m. Alice (Millie) Osborne 1873–1955
      1. 1. Hazel (E.) Dresser 1898–1977 m. Henry (Anson) Cobb 1882–1967
      2. 2. Lucy (Rebecca) Dresser 1894–1980
      3. 3. Harold (Alonzo) Dresser 1900–1974 m. Gladys (Charlotte) Marble 1903–1973
        1. 1. Harold (Clarence) Dresser 1923–2011 m. Aurelie (Jean) Crowe 1925–2021
        2. 2. Dorothy (Arline) Dresser 1924–2011 m. Walter (Levi) Cullen 1921–2010
        3. 3. Beverly (Anne) Thayer 1935–2006 m. Edward (E.) Sweeney 1927–1996
      4. 4. Jesse (Ernest) Dresser 1902–1912
      5. 5. Dorothy (Alice) Dresser 1905–1907
      6. 6. Gerald (Wallace) Dresser 1906–1993 m. Doris (Irene) Moore 1910–1996
        1. 1. Gloria (Nadine) Dresser 1933–2025 m. Gordon (A.) Desreuisseau 1931–1986
        2. 2. Virginia (Elaine) Dresser 1930–2007
      7. 7. Clinton (James Dresser) Sr. 1909–2000 m. Gertrude (Louise) Matthews 1920–2013
        1. 1. Clinton (James Dresser) Jr. 1939–2019
        2. 2. Nadine (Louise) Dresser 1942–1945
      8. 8. Daisy (S.) Dresser 1896–1974 m. William (McKinley) Titman 1897–1977
    6. 6. Henry (Alonzo) Dresser 1864–1947 m. Minnie (Luena) Burnham 1864–1934
      1. 1. John (Alonzo) Dresser 1892–1978 m. Elsie (Irene) Imberg 1897–1987
        1. 1. Edris (Eleanor) Dresser 1922–2013 m. Lloyd (Myron Rowe) Sr. 1919–2008
        2. 2. Dorene (Luenna) Dresser 1915–1915
        3. 3. Lorene (Theda) Dresser 1917–2004
      2. 2. Harold (Alonzo) Dresser 1891–1891
  2. 2. Albert (H.) Dresser 1848–1932 m. Lucy (A.) Evans 1850–1935
    1. 1. Emily (L.) Dresser 1878–1897
  3. 3. Sullivan Dresser 1846–
  4. 4. George (Washington) Dresser 1847–

George Dresser's Timeline

2 Records

1812
21 APR 1812
Birth of George Washington Dresser in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
1881
25 DEC 1881
Age 69
Death of George Washington Dresser in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 APR 1812
    Event Place: Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 DEC 1881
    Event Place: Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
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