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Olive Martha Wells 1814 – 1875 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 May 1814

Birth Location: Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 1875

Death Location: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Father: Simeon Wells

Mother: Olive Bryford

Spouse(s): Eleazer Dowd

Children(s): Harriet Dowd, Emma Doud, Frank Doud

Olive Martha Wells was born in 1814 in Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, the child of Simeon (Robert) Wells and Olive C Bryford. Olive Martha Wells later married Eleazer Gaylord Dowd, and together they raised children including Harriet Frances Dowd, Emma Cook Doud and Frank Doud. In 1875, Olive Martha Wells passed away in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

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Parents

Simeon Wells
1787 – 1863
Birth Location: Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA
SW
Olive Bryford
1786 – 1874
Birth Location: U.S.
OB

Spouses(s)

Eleazer Dowd
1814 – 1875
Birth Location: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
ED

Children(s)

Harriet Dowd
1841 – 1845
Birth Location: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
HD
Emma Doud
1847 – 1941
Birth Location: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
ED
Frank Doud
1849 – 1867
Birth Location: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
FD

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 01 May 1814
    Event Place: Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, 1870 United States Federal Census, Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55; Author: White, Lorraine Cook, ed.; Publication Date: 1994-2002; Volume: 52, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut, Year: 1870; Census Place: Hartford Ward 4, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: M593_101; Page: 582A, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Hartford District 3, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: M653_78; Page: 248; Fam, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: 41; Page: 318a

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: 41; Page: 318a

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Hartford District 3, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Hartford District 3, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: M653_78; Page: 248; Fam

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Hartford Ward 4, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Hartford Ward 4, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: M593_101; Page: 582A

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Wethersfield
    Record Source: Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55; Author: White, Lorraine Cook, ed.; Publication Date: 1994-2002; Volume: 52

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1875
    Event Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut, Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut, Book Title: The descendants of Henry Doude who came from England in 1639

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source: Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut
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