| NAME |
Copley, Mary J. (Miss) |
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| PLACE |
Lowell, MA |
| AGE
IN 1850 |
16 |
| MAIDEN
NAME |
Mary J. Copley |
| PARENTS |
Harvey Copley (c. 1795-c. 1854) and Ruth Emerson (1795-1890) |
| BORN |
April 1834 |
| DIED |
Between 1900-1910 |
| BURIED |
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| MARRIED |
Rufus
B. Smith of Pittsfield,
VT,
March 1858. Born about 1830, he was the son of
Elias Cutler Smith. They later moved to
Stockbridge and Gaysville,
VT,
where he died 12
January 1904. |
| CHILDREN |
1. George Smith, b. July 1859 |
FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS |
1840 |
Goshen,
Addison
County,
VT. The Harvey Copley household consists of one male
between the ages of 40-50, one male 10-15, two males 5-10, one female 40-50, one female
15-20, two females 10-15, and two females 5-10. |
| 1850 |
Lowell, Essex County, MA. Enumerated on August 15, 1850, Hannah (26), Lois
(24), Adeline (20), and Mary (16) Copley are living in the boarding house of “L.
Crawford.” Miss Lucy Crawford ran a
boarding house for the Merrimac Manufacturing Corporation in Lowell, which means that the
Copley sisters likely worked there. Incorporated
in 1822, it was the earliest and the largest textile mill in town. In 1851, they employed 1,633 female and 622 male
workers. The entire town of Lowell had a
population of some 33,000. Their boarding
house serviced about 50 young women.
Barnard, Windsor
County,
VT. Future husband Rufus B. Smith (18 VT) is living in
the household of his parents, Elias C. (45 MA) and Emily (44 VT) Smith, along with
siblings Orlando C., Marlon A., Emily A., Ellen A., Melvin E., and Austin A. |
| 1860 |
Barnard,
Windsor
County,
VT. Living with their infant son George (born July
1859). |
| 1870 |
Stockbridge,
Windsor
County,
VT. Living with son George, now 11. Rufus works as a saddler. |
| 1880 |
Stockbridge,
Windsor
County,
VT. Rufus B. Smith (48) and Mary J. Smith (46) remain
with son George (20). Rufus works in a
buttonmill. |
| 1900 |
Pittsfield,
Rutland
County,
VT. Rufus (age 66, b. November 1831) and Mary J. (age
66, b. April 1834) have been married 42 years. They
had 2 children, 1 living at that time. |
| 1910 |
Stockbridge,
Windsor
County,
VT. Rufus (75) is now widowed and living alone. |
| NOTES |
Daughter of “Mrs. Ruth
Copley,” and sister of “Miss Adaline E. Copley,” “Miss Hannah
Copley,” and “Miss Lois A. Copley.”
Worked in the textile mills of Lowell,
MA
in 1850. |
