Births 1878

Town Clerk’s Report

In submitting my report last year, I remarked that the course heretofore pursued in publishing the full names of children born, with the Christian names of their parents, the time of birth, the names and surnames of all grooms and brides, the time of their marriage, with the name of the person performing the nuptial ceremonies, the names of all known to have deceased, their birthplace, age, time of death and place of burial—furnished better facilities for correcting errors and completing registration than any other known. I am confirmed in my opinion then expressed by having my attention called to both errors and omissions in that report.

While I fully acknowledge and appreciate the labor of Mr. Horace Mann in his efforts to make a thorough canvass the past two years, omissions and errors have occurred, and will continue to until parents and others, shall more readily engage in furnishing the required information. A case in point by way of illustrations: Canvasser presents himself at the door of an aristocratic family in feeling, and after ringing the door bell is met by the good lady of the house, with a look not unlike what might be expected were the canvasser a book agent, or a canvasser the sale of sewing machines for pay by installments. The canvasser makes the usual enquiry: "Any births in this house in 1878?" Answer, by the lady, "No, I hope not." Canvasser, somewhat surprised: "Why, I have been informed that there was a child at this house born last year. Pray, how old is your youngest child?" Good lady of the house: "Why, he's about six months old." Canvasser: "Well, that would make him born in 1878, would it not?" Good lady of the house, somewhat disturbed: "Why, yes, so it would." Canvasser: "Will you please give me the exact month and day of the birth?" The good lady brought her mental arithmetic in use and found the child was born in December; and at the time of interview, was less than six weeks old. This is by no means a solitary case. And in view of such inadvertency, I do earnestly recommend all persons in the town to examine this report and ascertain if the names of all known to them to have been born, married or deceased during the year 1878, can be found herein, and if not, report the fact to the town clerk. With the co-operation asked, it will be next to impossible for any to escape registration for a period longer than one year, and will service as a stimulus to a fresh statistical career, which under Providence, we have reason to believe will resulting greater exactness than any heretofore practiced or published by the town.

Very respectfully, you obedient servant,

George L. Sleeper, Town Clerk

Births

Registered in Natick for the Year 1878

*Omitted in 1876*
June
	Name of Child	Name of Parents
4	John Brasnihan	John and Hanora
December
	Name of Child	Name of Parents
5	Charl Eugene Colburn	Constantine W. and Sarah H.
*Omitted in 1877*
April
	Name of Child	Name of Parents
27	Nettie May Leach	William H. and Mary E. Shute
July
	Name of Child	Name of Parents
16	Lillie Perry	Fred and Jennie L.
26	Harold Edwin Maxwell	Edwin and Ella
November
	Name of Child	Name of Parents
1	Martha Adaline Maud	Charles R. and Alice C.
12	William Chipman Cobb	William W. and Maria L.
December
	Name of Child	Name of Parents
10	William Clifton Badger	Gardner W. and Maria

Born in 1878

January
	Name of Child	Name of Parents
1	Jane Loretta Nagle	James and Sarah J.
6	Horace William Langley	Benjamin F. and Sarah A.
8	Patrick Francis Garvey	James and Catharine
8	Mary Elizabeth Moran	John and Margaret
9	Evelina Cassidy	James and Mary
12	Susie E. McCracken	John and Susie
15	Clara Lamonte	Oliver and Caroline
16	Mary Agnes Casey	James and Ellen M.
16	Lydia Vina Cuniff	Edward and Bridget
18	Grace Gertrude Henry	Charles C. and Addie S.
18	George Ernest Merrill	George W. and Betsey
19	Elsie Almira Ellis	Walter D. and Cynthia H.
20	Edward Burk	Thomas and Bridget
21	Mary Green	John and Ellen
22	Daniel Gallagher	James and Mary
24	Alice Emma Ellis	Clarence J. and S. Emma
24	Joseph Edward Costello	John and Mary E.
28	Arthur Willie Burks	Charles W. and Emma L.
30	Patrick Alfred Doyle	Patrick and Anna
13	Henry Edward Dunham	Adonijah J. and Elizabeth
February
2	Freddie Clifford Pearson	Benjamin H. and Emma A.
3	William Franklin Start	Franklin and Anna S.
3	Edward Francis Lucey	Patrick and Catharine
4	Alfred John Weigand	Henry P and Mary E.
6	Frederick O'Brien	Timothy and Ellen
8	George Balcom	Oscar and Harriett
8	Hannorah Breshnihan	John and Hannorah
9	John Elma Turnbridge	John S. and Jennie
10	Herbert Hanchett Blake	John B. and Mary E.
11	Mary Ormand	Michael and Winnifred
11	Martin Francis Naphin	William F. and Anna
12	Francis Moren	Patrick and Margaret
14	Evangeline McGrath	Martin and Alice
14	Daniel Lucey	John and Mary
14	Nancy Eunice Cassidy	John and Mary F.
17	Charlotte Elizabeth Drake	Herbert S. and Annis C.
18	Katie Meehan	John and Elizabeth
19	Julia Farewell	Henry and Mary
21	Elizabeth Naphin	Michael and Mary
25	Rosanna Hogan	Michael and Mary
28	Hannorah McGrath	Dennis and Hannorah
28	Harry Frank Bernard	Frank J. and Clara I.
March
2	John Scott McClintock	John and Sarah
5	Ida Gifford Fiske	Albert A. and Sarah
8	Cora Agnes Seagrave	Edward P. and Carrie A.
8	Edith Catherine Sewell	John F. and Nellie M.
10	Maggie Ellen Grant	Elisha and Carrie
10	Mary Ann Stacy Ryan	James G. and Katie
11	Herbert P. Atherton	Herbert W. and Kate B.
12	Bertha May Webber	Andrew B. and Ada
13	Ina Sherman Smith	George W. and Nancy W.
14	Frederick William Marston	John J. and Dora
14	Ferdinand Schaller	Ferdinand and Hannah
16	Joseph Henry Kenealey	John and Mary
16	Albert S. F. Lunn	Illegtimate child of Flora L. Lunn
17	George Edward Woodill	George E. and Eliza M.
17	Hannah Jane Garvey	Peter and Catharine
19	Edward Barnacle	Peter and Mary
21	Willie Oscar Munroe	Edward and Harriet A.
22	Katie Mahoney	James and Helen
22	John Sweeney	Michael and Bridget
23	Anna Estella Bertha Rowe	Victor E. and Annie E.
23	Andrew Francis Young	Thomas J. and Hannah
28	Isabella Welch	Michael and Margaret
April
2	Cora Eva Bell	John F. and Eunice
2	Mattie Adams	Edwin A. and Mary
7	Susie Roberts	Paul S. and Rosella
8	Augusta Danziger	Charles and Leah
10	Charlotte Etta Graham	William and Sarah
13	Abbie Lillian Damon	Collins and Ella
13	Julia Myers	Adolph and Julia
14	Evelina Blanchard Moore	Prince and Mary A.
15	Clara Barker	John and Minnie
15	Helen Geneva Frost	Joseph D. and Ruth E.
18	Elizabeth Jane Greave	Alexander and Mary Ann
20	Leroy Elkins	George and Laura
20	Otto Henry Schneider	John and Rachel
21	Hattie Matilda Chegnon	Frank E. and Nancy
21	Harry Gifford Chegnon	Frank E. and Nancy
22	Edward Emanuel Thomas	Benjamin W. and Catherine A.
22	Frank Casey	James and Ellen
24	Calvin P. Sanger	Calvin P. and Mary L.
25	Jane Wilhemine Reilly	Matthew W. and Kate
30	Grace Redington Wright	James H. and Harrietta H.
30	Stephen Donovan	Cornelius and Ellen
May
5	Gertrude Amelia Dunton	George E. and Mary A.
7	James Donnellon	Michael and Bridget
8	Fanny Elizabeth Hawkins	John E. and Sarah
8	Mabel Josephine Pratt	Edwin H. and Nellie C.
9	-- Clough	James M. and Mary
10	Ralph Waldo Dudley	Waldo and Jennie L.
12	Clara Estella Self	Joseph and Jennie M.
13	Susan Elizabeth Adams Stratton	George W. and Georgianna
13	Ida Louisa Pfeiffer	William and Elizabeth
14	Anne Genevieve Minehan	Cornelius and Elizabeth
17	Walter Hayes	Frank H. and Lizzie F.
20	Lottie Elsie Hall	Emery U. and Isabella
20	Effie Moore Cousins	Henry E. and Abbie J.
21	Charles Henry Williams	Edgar M. and Carrie F.
21	Michael Henry Murphy	Patrick J. and Margaret
26	Louis Boinay	Vandeline and Elizabeth
27	Charles Erving Drew	Charles L. and Lizzie M
27	Emily S. Schuman	Frank and Emma
	Eveline Bradley	Patrick and Mary L.
June
3	Charles Walter Robinson	Charles F. and Cornelia F.
4	Helen Francis Pond	Dana W. and Ella M.
7	Anna Grace Goodnow	Albert and Fannie B.
8	Albert Slammon	Thomas and Mary
9	-- Wilson	John L. and Eleanor M.
11	Margaret Dolan	Michael and Catharine
15	William Martz	Louis and Minnie
16	John Joseph Noonan	John and Margaret
20	Eddie Colman	John and Kate
21	Jennie Ida May Perry	Fred A. and Jennie
26	Frederick Meder	John C. and Clara
27	Herbert Meizer Fairbanks	James and Cora
27	Grace Ardella Turner	Erdix T. and Mary E.
27	Sabina King	Thomas and Mary
29	Alice Sarah Louise Hunter	Henry W. and Julia F.
	Catherine Ann McNeil	Illegtimate child of Elizabeth McNeil
July
2	Thomas Francis Jennings	Patrick and Margaret
4	Katie Keating	Patrick and Kate
4	Peter Edward Barrett	Peter and Phebe
5	Isabella Foley	Jeremiah and Margaret
8	Ernistine Margaret Allen	Wilbur J. and Sadie
10	Melvin Daniel Reed	Edward M. and Julia A.
10	Mary Alice Kyte	Edward J. and Bridget
11	Freddie Perky	Joseph and Eliza
11	Genevieve Hoey	William and Maria
12	Joseph Ernest Wignot	Joseph E. and Mary L.
13	Kate Walch	Michael E. and Mary
17	John Danahoe	John and Bridget
19	Ellen Frances Fay	Frank and Ellen
21	Julia Ann Sweeney	Patrick and Margaret
27	Maggie Barnacle	Michael and Mary
29	William Robert Denny	John and Mary
30	-- Bates	Charles W. and Nellie
31	Maggie Maria Murphy	Thomas and Anna
31	Joseph Leon Talma Dion	Leon and Philemon
August
1	Katie Naphin	James and Mary
4	Elman Leslie Meserve	George F. and Alice P.
5	-- Irwin	Thomas L. and Harriet A.
6	Alice Atwood Boardman	George D. and Emma
8	William Henry Belger	James and Nora
8	Kate Driscoll	Patrick and Margaret
10	Olive Gertrude Wall	Frank A. and Alothina
12	Harry Leonard Morse	Herbert L. and Sarah A.
13	Florence Hicks	Edward and Rebecca
14	Joseph Gilmore	Hugh and Eliza
15	Margaret Boland	Martin and Ann
16	Edward Godfrey Porter	Frank and Sophia L.
18	Mary Ann Del Giorno	Charles and Marie T.
21	Gertrude Hogan	Peter and Margaret
22	Thomas Dowd	Edward and Mary
23	Esther Florence Peters	Patrick F. and Catherine
23	Robert James Montgomery	Alexander and Elizabeth
23	Nellie Sullivan	Timothy and Ellen
24	-- Hinxman	Supervious and Mary A.
24	James Edward Lynn	Frederick W. and Charlotte E.
26	John Slammon	Andrew and Helen
27	Anne Agnes Cranney	Dennis and Winnifred
27	Mary Agnes Sullivan	Edward and Margaret
28	John Conley	Patrick and Hannah
30	Mary Barry McGrath	William and Ellen
31	Helen Hall Glidden	Irving E. and Helen S.
September
1	Mary Agnes Clancy	William and Mary A.
2	Charles Homer Kimball	George W. and Cora
3	-- Woods	George S. and Ida A.
3	Mary Ellen Evans	Thomas and Margaret
3	-- Harris	Charles O. and Alice D.
3	Edward Moynahan	James and Margaret
3	Emma Eleanor Elgin	William and Minnie L.
6	John Gilson	John H. and Delia
8	Fred Hopff	Fred and Johanna
9	Ann Keogh	James and Mary
10	Alice Teresa Kyte	Lawrence and Joanna
11	Alfred Lester Ricker	William H. and Ida E.
12	Harriet Ruth Evans	James and Mary J.
13	Charles Henry Yeager	James B. and Julia
14	Margaret Frances Everett	John and Margaret
18	William Wallace Brown	James and Sarah
20	Ina Cutty	John and Ella
20	Mary Alice Cooper	Christopher and Ellen E.
20	Mabel Florence Clark	Oscar F. and Elvira M.
23	Florence Turrena	Etienne and Louise
26	Anna McGee	Frank and Mary
October
3	Agnes Deignan	Martin and Mary
7	Margaret Anna Fay	William and Rosanna
8	Clarence Eugene Travis	Benjamin C. and Mary
8	Benjamin Franklin Burden	Benjamin B. and Denia
10	Anna Elizabeth Reagan	William G. and Ellen A.
11	Bertha Levina Bennett	George H. and Nellie
17	Charles Francis Maloney	James and Mary
18	Anne Agnes McGrath	James and Anne
19	Edith Ruby Hall	Milton E. and Lizzie C.
22	Anne Catharine Dumphy	Edward and Bridget
23	Leonora Alice Gummerson	William I. and Maria A.
24	Hannah Felch	Harry and Florella
26	Eva May Washburn	David I. and Mary M.
27	-- Felch	Oliver A. and Martha W.
29	-- Ginder	William and Alice I.
31	-- Demeritt	William F. and Eliza T.
November
2	George Albert Sloper	William F. and Martha A.
2	Helen Custer Pook	Charles A. and Georgette
2	Chester Hanchett	Chester and Rosanna
2	Homer Hanchett	Chester and Rosanna
5	Herbert Edward Perry	William W. and Emma B.
5	Walter Francis Chamberlin	William H. and Susan H.
6	Joseph Linwood Ginder	Joseph and Mary
6	-- Cook	John B. and Clara A.
11	Kate Ulrich	Valentine and Hannah
13	George Howard Tyler	Frank H. and Ellen E.
13	Francis Hubert Ochee	Alfred and Mary
13	-- Wilson	Charles O. and Susan M.
16	Mary Brown	Richard and Mary
16	Connor Gore	Patrick and Kate
17	Susie Ella Daniels	William E. and Susie M.
17	Francis Saunders	George W. and Mary Ann
17	Agnes Mahan	Patrick and Julia
20	Eugene Cormack Sweeney	Daniel and Maria
20	Anne Williams	Thomas and Ellen
25	Mamie Gray	Charles and Maria
27	Charles Clarence Partridge	Charles F. and Idella F.
27	Arthur Edwin Maud	Thomas J. and Harriett
December
4	-- Mahar	John W. and Mary
5	Hugo Elvin Towne	Samuel W. and Emelia C. E.
5	Emma Afraetta Humes	Peter J. and Mary
6	George Alpheas Clough	Gilman J. and Martha E.
7	Anne Gardelle	Lois and Rosa
7	Bernard Grady	Patrick and Margaret
7	Nellie I. Brown	Charles H. and Emma A.
8	Joseph Henry Dagg	Henry F. and Sarah
9	-- Lamphier	William L. and Angeline J.
12	James William Dolan	Patrick and Mary
13	-- Hastings	Addison T. and Ella G.
15	Walter Henry Mahony	Daniel and Johanna
18	Arthur Harwood	Frank W. and Jennie M.
19	Margaret Swift Hosmer	Samuel D. and Susan
22	-- Provenchier	Oliver and Viletta
22	Thomas Flanagan	Patrick and Catharine
23	-- O'Connell	John and Mary
23	Violet Clark	Willard F. and Lizzie J.
23	Michael Francis Wallace	John and Bridget
23	Nettie Brennan	Bartholomew and Mary
24	Ruhama Thomas	Samuel J. and Emma J.
25	Almy Underwood Emery	Charles and Anna
26	-- Randall	Calvin E. and Caroline P.
28	Cornelius Connelly	John and Elizabeth
28	Anna Doyle	William and Mary Ann
29	-- Jones	Charles E. and Mary E.
30	-- Hasson	John R. and Lorinda A.
	-- Jager	Charles F. and Mary E.

Whole number of births registered:
Males	117
Females	137
Total		254

Of this number one hundred and three were the children of American-born parents	103
And ninety-eight were the children of Foreign-born parents	98
While fifty-three were the issue of parents one Foreign and the other American-born	53
		254

Two pairs of twin children were found to have been born in 1878; being one-third as many as in 1877.

There has been an increase of twenty-seven in the number of births over the year 1877.