Caroline Augusta Morse

(6 June 1825 - 13 May 1865)
Pedigree - three generations
Date this page was last edited=7 Jul 2014
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Ancestors of Martha Josselyn (1909 - 2007)
Descendants of Thomas Josselyn (1591 - 1661)
Caroline (Morse) Josselyn, from Alonzo Josselyn's photo album in possession of Howard DeVoe
Caroline Augusta Morse was born on 6 June 1825 at Warren Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts.1,2 She was the daughter of Harford Morse and Lucy Gay.

Caroline Augusta Morse married Alonzo Josselyn, son of Charles Josselyn and Lucy Dwelley, on 24 December 1846 at Roxbury, Massachusetts.3,4,5,6 The marriage was performed by the Reverend Cyrus Hyde Fay, who at the time was pastor of the Universalist Society at Roxbury.4,7

Caroline Augusta Morse appeared on the census of 13 September 1850 at Ward 11, Boston, Massachusetts, in the household of her husband.8

Caroline Augusta Morse appeared on the census of 20 July 1860 at Ward 3, City of Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the household of her husband.9

Caroline Augusta Morse died on 13 May 1865 in Centre Place, Roxbury, Massachusetts, at age 39.10,11,2,12,6 The cause of death was "cancer of uterus."12 She was buried on 16 May 1865 in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.2,13,14

Children of Caroline Augusta Morse and Alonzo Josselyn

Citations

  1. [S87] Josselyn family records: Births.
  2. [S431] Gravestone inscriptions, Lot 1356, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, original proprietor Alonzo Josselyn.
  3. [S89] Josselyn family records: Marriages.
  4. [S413] Charles Ernest Fay, "Rev. Cyrus Hyde Fay's Record of Marriages", 149.
  5. [S418] Roxbury Marriages and Deaths, 226, 287.
  6. [S442] Pencilled notes titled "Family record of Alonzo Josselyn," undated, probably sent by Alice (Josselyn) Bliss to Edgar or Ella Josselyn.
  7. [S414] Fay, Fay Genealogy, 157.
  8. [S78] Alonzo Joslin household, 1850 U.S. census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Boston Ward 11.
  9. [S80] Alonzo Josselyn household, 1860 U.S. census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Roxbury Ward 3.
  10. [S90] Josselyn family records: Deaths.
  11. [S388] Note written in pencil by Alonzo Josselyn in his copy of "A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass." by John S. Barry, now (2004) in the possession of Howard DeVoe; 344.
  12. [S439] Certified copy of record of death, Caroline A. Josselyn, obtained 18 June 1982 by Martha (Josselyn) DeVoe.
  13. [S433] Records of the Alonzo Josselyn plot, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
  14. [S868] Find A Grave memorial page for Caroline Augusta Morse Josselyn (1825 - 1865).

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