In a message dated 2/24/2005 5:04:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, Debbyel@comcast.net writes: > Subj: Re: [BOSTON] CROWE or PINGREE > Date: 2/24/2005 5:04:01 AM Eastern Standard Time > From: Debbyel@comcast.net > To: TuttleGenealogy@aol.com > Sent from the Internet > > Hello, > I found Bertha listed in 1920 on Shawmut Ave. > > 1920 census - Boston, 6th Ward, Suffolk, MA, Pg 201, 366 Shawmut Ave > > Bertha M. Pengree, 38, widow, b. MA, fa b. ME, mo b. France, no occupation > John F., son, 20, single, b. MA, fa b. ME, mo b. MA, Clerk-Ship yard > Lockhard, son, 9, b. MA > Violet M., dau, 9? months, b. MA > > I'm not quite sure if Violet age is correct, it's hard to read. > > There is an online site of the Boston Directories which I also sent Sue, > it's located at: > http://dca.tufts.edu/features/bostonstreets/index.html > > If you click on cowpaths, then "people" on the left it will bring up all the > > online Boston Directories. > > Good luck, > Debbye > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > Hi Debbye: > > A big thank you. For all the Pingree family research that I have done, it > did not include most of what details you have provided above. Did the census > have her listed as the much older "Pengree" spelling? That could be why finding > data has been somewhat difficult. Census data often had incorrect spelling > as I recall, so that would not be surprising to find. They often just wrote > down how the name sounded. > > It shows that Bertha was a widow at that point. Her original name was > "Haley" as far as I know and I believe that she grew up in the Worcester, MA area. > > I met her oldest son John, but I know that he was "John Ring". A most > handsome man was he and he went off to CA and may never have returned to MA. I had > no knowledge of his father. > > Lockhart Pingree was Violet Pingree's older brother. My mother (Violet) died > about three years ago and was 85 years old as I recall from memory. That is > why I guessed that she was born around 1917. > > Just checked for Violet it was B: 6/17/1917 and D: 5/1/2002 > > I know that I had an incorrect 1917 birth date for Violet's brother Lockhart > Parson Pingree, so your data on him is definitely better. > > Bertha Haley-Ring-Pingree later married a Mr. Howard and had two children > with him named Flora Howard and Frederick Howard. They resided on Edgewater > Drive in Quincy, MA. I never met Mr. Ring, Mr. Pingree or Mr. Howard. > > I think I was told that each of Bertha's husbands died at a young age. > Hmmmmmmmm. > > Thank you so much for helping out. Perhaps, somebody will see this and add > some additional data on the Pingrees etc. Family names being researched: TUTTLE, PINGREE, WEATHERBEE, STETSON, ELLERSHAW, COTE, LEFEBVRE, WESTHAVER William R. Tuttle, Esq. TuttleGenealogy@aol.com