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Village:Hancock, MA Source:bios:21Search: Full Last First
id 21 firstname Elizabeth lastname Belden birthyr 1871 deathyr 1944 bio Belden, Elizabeth (1871-1944), of Hancock, MA, was born in Northfield, MA, and entered the Church F. when a child. She signed the covenant October 3, 1892, and served as a school teacher from 1898 through 1934. She was taught music in her later years by Sr. Alice Smith, but had a "terrible voice." Remaining in the Church F., she eventually became its eldress. She wrote essays and commentaries for the MANIFESTO, and kept lists of her students and of arrivals to and departures from the Church F., Hancock, MA. villageplus Hancock. MA
Village:Hancock, MA Source:census:4958Search: Full Last First
id 4958 firstname Elizabeth lastname Belden fullname Elizabeth Belden eventdate Census 1910-: birthdate 1871 cenurl https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2NF-3MY
Village:Hancock, MA Source:findgrave:2435Search: Full Last First
id 2435 firstname Mary Emma Elizabeth lastname Belden birthdate 1871 deathdate 1944-09-16 source findgrave sourceid 2390281:144322156 sourceurl http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2390281&GRid=144322156
Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:78Search: Full Last First
id 78 lastname Belden firstname Mary Emma Elizabeth sex f birth_date 1871.02.04 birth_place MA date_admitted 1892.10.03 covenant_signed Hancock 1885, 1890, 1892, 1895, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1928, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1944. shaker_residences Schoolteacher, 1900, 1910. Domestic, 1920. Girls' caretaker, 1928. Schoolteacher, 1930 census. Worked for pay or profit, 1940. health Alt name: Lizzie. Birthdate estimated from death record, MPB.HVR-13 p73. Age 14, in Hancock school 1885, MPH.1003d. Res Hancock Chh 1890, NOC.13.361. Signed covenant at Hancock 1892.10.03, NOC.10,345; MPH.370, p88. At Hancock Church Family 1895.01.01, NOC.10,345. 1900 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 6: age 29, born MA Feb 1871, schoolteacher. 1910 U.S. census, Hancock MA family 92: age 39, born MA, public school teacher. 1920 U.S. census, Hancock, MA family 106, age 48, born MA, domestic. Res with the girls, room 18 in brick dwelling 1928, MPH.OHA. 1930 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, 3d in family 89, age 59, born MA, schoolteacher. On town of Hancock voters' list 1938, MPH.1653a. 1940 U.S. census, Hancock MA family 58: age 69, completed 8 years of school, b. MA, res same house on April 1, 1935, working for pay or profit March 1940. Died at Hancock Chh Family 1944.09.00, NOC.13,420. Died age 73y 7m 12d, MPB.HVR-13 p73. occupation 1944.09.00 departure_apostasy NOC.13,420.