Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Ellen H. Wells (63246) & Samuel Ruggles (64157)
66168. Alfred W. Ruggles. Born ca 18 Apr 1868 in New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Alfred W. died in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts on 3 Jun 1943.

Marriages Registered in the Town of Northfield
    1 May 1900. Edward O.S. Osgood, Minister
    Fred W. Ruggles, 32, of Northfield, b. New Salem, MA, farmer, son of Samuel & Ellen (Wells) Ruggles, 1st marriage
    Margaret (Thompson) Cluterbuck, 26, of Northfield, b. St Johns, New Brunswick, house keeper, daughter of Samuel & Eliza (Starkey) Thompson, 1st marriage [sic.]

1930 Federal Census. Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Roll 904, page 9A
Farms Road
    Charles C. Morgan, head, 62, m. age 22, b. NH, father b. NH, mother b. ME, farmer, general farm
    Mabel Morgan, wife, 61, m. age 21, b. MA, parents b. MA
    Fred W. Ruggles, boarder, 61, widowed, b. MA, parents b. MA, laborer, factory

1940 Federal Census. Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Roll 1592, page 6A
Millers Falls Road
    Charles C. Morgan, head, 72, 4 years HS, farmer, farm
    Mabel Morgan, wife, 71, 4 years HS
    Alfred W. Ruggles, boarder, 71, widowed, 8th grade
All were born in Massachusettins and living in the same house five years previously.

Deaths Registered in the Town of Northfield
Alfred W. Ruggles, d. 3 Jun 1943, æ. 75 years 1 month, 15 days, b. New Salem, MA, residence Northfield, place of death Greenfield, retired farmer, widowed, son of Samuel Ruggles and Ellen S. Wells, both born MA, wife Margaret Thompson, cerebral hemorrhage, generalized artereosclerosis, place of burial Northfield
On 1 May 1900 Alfred W. married Margaret A. Thompson, daughter of Samuel Thompson & Eliza Starkey, in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Born ca 1884 in Saint John, New Brunswick. Margaret A. died bef 1930.
66169. Mary Minerva Ruggles. Born ca 1869 in New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Mary Minerva died in Berkshire, Tioga County, New York on 4 Feb 1959. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Berkshire.

Boston Births Marriages and Deaths
    4 Nov 1892. Chs. Field Esq, Justice of the Peace
    Sidney F. Starkweather, 25, of Boston, draughtsman, b. Roxbury, son of George C. & Martha G. Starkweather, first marriage
    Mary M. Ruggles, 23, of Northfield, at home, b. New Salem, daughter of Samuel & Ellen H. Ruggles, first marriage

A Starkweather family bible had the location of the marriage written as Athol, MA, instead of Boston. “Sidney Field Starkweather and Mary Minerva Ruggles were married by [blank line] at Athol, Mass. Nov. 4th 1892”
On 4 Nov 1892 Mary Minerva married Sidney Field Starkweather, son of George Carpenter Starkweather (7 Sep 1839-19 Aug 1870) & Gertrude Martha Field (21 Sep 1843-5 Apr 1913), in Boston, MA. Born on 15 Jan 1867 in Roxbury, MA. Sidney Field died in 1962. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Berkshire.

1870 Federal Census. Boston Ward 14, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Roll 648, page 213B
Post Office Boston Highlands
    Geo. F. Starkweather, 35, lawyer, $8000 real estate, $6000 personal estate, b. NH
    Gertrude Starkweather, 27, keeps house, b. NH
    Downey Starkweather, 5, at home, b. MA
    Sidney Starkweather, 3, at home, b. MA

1880 Federal Census. Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Roll 533, page 161D
    Horace F. Field, 62, widowed, farmer, b. MA, parents b. MA
    Hatta Field, 21, daughter, teacher, b. MA, parents b. MA
    Charles Briggs, 40, single, farm laborer, b. MA, parents b. MA
    Gertrude Starkwether, 36, daughter, widowed, keeping house, b. MA, parents b. MA
    Don A. Starkwether, 15, grandson, at school, b. MA, father b. NH, mother b. MA
    Sidney Starkwether, 13, grandson, at home, b. ditto
    George Starkwether, 9, grandson, at home, b. ditto

1900 Federal Census. Rocky Hill, Somerset County, New Jersey
Roll 994, page 14A
West Main Street
    Sidney Starkweather, head, b. Jan 1867, m. 7 years, b. MA, father b. NH, mother b. MA, draftsman
    Mary M. Starkweather, wife, b. Mar 1869, m. 7 years, no children, b. MA, parents b. MA

1910 Federal Census. Ridley, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Roll 1340, page 22A
Swarthmore Avenue
    Sidney F. Starkweather, head, 43, m. 12 years, draftsman, terra cotta
    Mary M. Starkweather, wife, 41, m. 12 years, 1 child, not living
Both were born in Massachusetts as were their parents.

1920 Federal Census. Berkshire, Tioga County, New York
Roll 1270, page 4B
Main Street
    Sidney F. Starkweather, head, 52, b. MA, father b. NH, mother b. MA, farmer, general farm
    Mary M. Starkweather, wife, 50, b. MA, parents b. MA

1930 Federal Census. Berkshire, Tioga County, New York
Roll 1653, page 1B
    Sidney Starkweather, head, 63, m. age 25, b. MA, father b. NH, mother b. MA, farmer, general farm
    Mary Starkweather, wife, 61, m. age 23, b. MA, parents b. MA

1940 Federal Census. Berkshire, Tioga County, New York
Roll 2791, page 8A
    Sidney Starkweather, head, 73, 8th grade, no occupation listed
    Mary M. Starkweather, wife, 71, 8th grade
Both were born in Massachusetts and living in the same house five years previously.

Evergreen Cemetery, Berkshire, Tioga County, New York
Plot: D-62. On one stone:
    Sidney F. Starkweather. 1867–1962
    Mary M. Ruggles, wife of Sidney, 1862–1959
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