William Andrew Luce

Brief Life History of William Andrew

When William Andrew Luce was born on 28 November 1865, in Rockport, Knox, Maine, United States, his father, William Henry Luce, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Ulmer Carleton, was 20. He married Alice Hortense Atkins Philbrick on 20 February 1892, in Newtonville, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Newtonville, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1930 and Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1939. In 1930, at the age of 65, his occupation is listed as treasurer, nat. fireworks. He died on 4 May 1938, in Newton Corner, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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William Andrew Luce
1865–1938
Olive Chandler Ford
1904–1939
Marriage: 13 July 1925
Jaqueline Alice Luce
1927–1977
William A Luce Jr.
1928–1998
Catherine Carleton Luce
1928–2017

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  • William A Luce, "United States Census, 1900"
  • William A. Luce, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • William A Luce, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"

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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

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1874

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1886

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Name Meaning

English:

from the Old French and Middle English female personal name Luce, Lucy, from Latin Lucia .

habitational name from Lucé (Orne), transported to England by the Normans.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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