Alice Ethelyn Witham

Brief Life History of Alice Ethelyn

When Alice Ethelyn Witham was born on 5 September 1915, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Zebulon Witham, was 35 and her mother, Annie M Witham, was 35. She married Joseph Boudreau on 8 May 1936, in Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1897 and lived in Spring Street Cemetery, Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1950 and Beverly, Manitoba, Canada in 1950. She died on 13 August 2004, in Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Boudreau
1913–1950
Alice Ethelyn Witham
1915–2004
Marriage: 8 May 1936
Joseph Boudreau
1916–1992
Judith McMahon
–1985
Betty Stillson
–2022
Joseph Boudreau
1938–2021
Catherine Levesque
1941–2013
Alice Boudreau
1945–1945
Boudreau
1947–1947
Lenora Jean Boudreau
1948–2024

Sources (41)

  • Unknown, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Alice Witham Boudreau, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  • Alice M. McKinnon, "New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1925 · Palmer's Cove Yatch Club Formed

The Palmer's Cove Yacht Club was formed by Salem resident Arthur Dumas. In 1934 is was finally established as a club.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places so called, particularly those in Essex, Lincolnshire, and Somerset, though most often from Essex. The Essex placename may derive from Old English wiht ‘curve, bend’ + hām ‘village, homestead’. North and South Witham in Lincolnshire take their names from the river Witham (of uncertain origin). Witham on the Hill (Lincolnshire) may derive from the Old English personal name Wit(t)a, Old English wita ‘councillor’, or wiht ‘curve, bend’ + hām. The Somerset placename derives from the Old English personal name Wit(t)a or Old English wita + hām.

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

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