Josephine M. Haskell

1849–20 October 1922 (Age 73)
Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States

The Life of Josephine M.

When Josephine M. Haskell was born in 1849, in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States, her father, William Barton Haskell, was 43 and her mother, Susan Pressey, was 36. She married Amos Torrey on 2 November 1870. She died on 20 October 1922, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Amos Torrey
1846–1887
Josephine M. Haskell
1849–1922
Marriage: 2 November 1870

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
2 November 1870

Parents and Siblings

    William Barton Haskell

    Male1806–1861Male

    Susan Pressey

    Female1813–1855Female

siblings

(8)

    Helen Mary Haskell

    Female1831–1903Female

    Angeline M. Haskell

    Female1835–1887Female

    Louisa T. Haskell

    Female1838–1865Female

    Samuel Holbrook Haskell

    Male1840–1932Male

    Benjaman Franklin Haskell

    Male1842–1866Male

+3 More Children

World Events (8)

1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President

Age 11

Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
1863

Age 14

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Age 21

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

1 English: from the Norman personal name Aschetil, from Old Norse Ásketill, Áskell, a compound áss ‘god’ + ketill ‘kettle’, ‘helmet’.2 Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Khaskl, a Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Yechezkel ( see Ezekiel ).

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

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Sources (3)

  • Josephine M Richardson in household of Ed W Richardson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Josephine M Richardson in household of Edward A Richardson, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Josephine Haskell in household of William Haskell, "United States Census, 1850"

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