Category: 1896

Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Friday) – I went to school. At noon, Ada Salisbury (Ada Haydee Salisbury) and I went over to Aunt Emily Black’s (Mary Emily Sperry) and then down to Kendall’s. We came back to Aunt Emily’s and Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) walked out home with us. There wasn’t any school in the afternoon. In the […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Tuesday) – Ada (Ada Haydee Salisbury) and I walked up to school, at noon, I went up to see Mrs. Burton’s (Frances Haddy Betenson) for a few minutes. In the afternoon, May Grover came up to visit our school. We received a letter from Lon (Charles Alonzo Sperry).

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Monday) – I started to school. At noon, I went down to the post office and over to the coop. I went up to Aunt Augusta’s (Emma Augusta Taylor) for lunch. After school, Ada Salisbury (Ada Haydee Salisbury) and I walked out home. I wrote a letter to Art (Arthur David Sperry).

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Sunday) – In the afternoon, I went up town. Min (Minnie Lamont Abbott) and Maud (Ruth Maud Abbott) Abbott, Stella Taylor (Stella Jane Taylor) and I took a walk, visited our new house and then came down to Aunt Sarah Abbott’s (Sarah Elizabeth Sperry) and had supper. Afterwards, Maud Parkin’s came by Aunt Sarah’s and […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Saturday) – Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) cut Ruth’s (Ruth Sperry) hair. In the afternoon, I went up down and took my music lesson. I went over to Howarth’s for some vinegar and then over to Grandfather Webb’s (David Webb) home for some apples. Father (Charles Henry Sperry) and I came down home. In the […]

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This Day In Our Family History

1793 – James Wood was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England to William Wood and Ann 1814 – Ann Phipps Brand was christened 1882 – Louis William Pitt was born 1896 – Eli Lunt Batchelor and Nell Dora Norton were married 1901 – Charles Alonzo Sperry completed her endowments for The Church of Jesus Christ of […]

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