Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn

(15 September 1854 - 28 December 1908)
Pedigree - three generations
Date this page was last edited=7 Jul 2014
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Descendants of Thomas Josselyn (1591 - 1661)
Carrie Josselyn, from Alonzo Josselyn's photo album
Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn was also called "Carrie." She was born on 15 September 1854 at Lenox Street, Boston, Massachusetts.1,2,3 She was the daughter of Alonzo Josselyn and Caroline Augusta Morse. Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn was called "Caroline" in later life; this is the name found in the Josselyn family death records and on her tombstone.4,2

Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn appeared on the census of 20 July 1860 at Ward 3, City of Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the household of her father, where her name was shown as Carrie E. According to the census, she attended school within the year.5

Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn appeared on the census of 29 July 1870 at West Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the household of her father where her name was listed as Carrie E; she was recorded as attending school.6

Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn appeared on the census of 1 June 1880 at Alveston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, as a boarder in the household of Benjamin W. Putnam, teacher and lecturer.7 She was a teacher according to the 1880 census.7

In 1884 and 1885, Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn was reported to be a kindergarten teacher, with 50 pupils and one assistant, in a school at Green Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.8,9

Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn was a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club from 1885 to 1907.10

From 1888 to 1892 Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn lived at 89 Worcester Street, Boston, Massachusetts.11,12,13,14,15 From 1893 to 1898 her address was 89 Worcester Street, Boston.16,17,18,19,20,21 In 1899 she gave her address as 85 Westland Avenue, Roxbury22 and in 1900 she gave it as 85 Westland Avenue, Boston.23 In 1901 and 1902 her address was 31 Lyndhurst Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts,24,25 and from 1903 to 1907 it was 3 Gaylord Street, Dorchester.26,27,28,29,10

Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn was the principal of the kindergarten in the school at 147 Ruggles Street, Boston, from 1889 (or earlier) until at least 1905.30,31,32,33 In 1908 her residence was reported as 4 Elm Street, Jamaica Plain and her annual compensation was given as $792.34

Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn was retired on 31 August 1908 with a pension of $114 per year, after having taken a leave of absence from teaching in January.35

Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn died on 28 December 1908 in Brookline, Massachusetts, at age 54.4,2 She was buried on 30 December 1908 in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.2,36,37

Citations

  1. [S87] Josselyn family records: Births.
  2. [S431] Gravestone inscriptions, Lot 1356, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, original proprietor Alonzo Josselyn.
  3. [S442] Pencilled notes titled "Family record of Alonzo Josselyn," undated, probably sent by Alice (Josselyn) Bliss to Edgar or Ella Josselyn.
  4. [S90] Josselyn family records: Deaths.
  5. [S80] Alonzo Josselyn household, 1860 U.S. census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Roxbury Ward 3.
  6. [S81] Alonzo Josselyn household, 1870 U.S. census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, West Roxbury.
  7. [S510] Benjamin W. Putnam household, 1880 U.S. census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Boston, Ward 23, enumeration district 768.
  8. [S704] 1882-'83 Education Report, 430-431.
  9. [S705] 1883-'84 Education Report, 446-447.
  10. [S703] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1907, 59.
  11. [S684] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1888, 33.
  12. [S685] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1889, 33.
  13. [S686] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1890, 35.
  14. [S687] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1891, 36.
  15. [S688] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1892, 36.
  16. [S689] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1893, 38.
  17. [S690] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1894, 40.
  18. [S691] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1895, 41.
  19. [S692] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1896, 41.
  20. [S693] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1897, 41.
  21. [S694] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1898, 44.
  22. [S695] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1899, 47.
  23. [S696] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1900, 48.
  24. [S697] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1901, 48.
  25. [S698] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1902, 50.
  26. [S699] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1903, 51.
  27. [S700] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1904, 58.
  28. [S701] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1905, 57.
  29. [S702] Register of the Appalachian Mountain Club for 1906, 58.
  30. [S706] Nominations for Reelection, 1889, 40.
  31. [S707] Nominations for Reelection, 1892, 23.
  32. [S708] Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Boston 1904, 267.
  33. [S709] Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Boston 1905, 254.
  34. [S710] Officials and Employees of the City of Boston and County of Suffolk, 1908, 140.
  35. [S711] Proceedings of the School Committee of the City of Boston 1908, 2, 79, 133.
  36. [S433] Records of the Alonzo Josselyn plot, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
  37. [S861] Find A Grave memorial page for Caroline Elizabeth Josselyn.

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