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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:587

id 587
lastname Helfrich
firstname Sophia
sex f
birth_date 1835c
birth_place NY
date_admitted 1857.12.25
covenant_signed Hancock 1850, 1855-1857, 1860, 1865, 1867, 1870, 1878, 1880-1882, 1889, 1898, 1905, 1919.
shaker_residences Deaconess, 1857, 1878, 1880. Eldress 1881. Eldress & cloakmaker 1898, 1905. Eldress 1919.
health 1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, David Terry family 122: age 15, born NY. 1855 MA census, Hancock family 130 (David Terry family): age 19 & 20, born NY. Signed West Family covenant as Catharine Sophia Helfrich 1856.06.25, when she reached legal age, MPH.854. Sophia Helfrich came from West Family to the Chh to reside ... goes to the Office to be an assistant, 1857.02.21, NOC.TDM. Signed covenant 1857.12.25, NOC.13,602, p55. 1860 U.S. census, Hancock, MA (David Terry's West) family 2216: age 26, born NY. 1865 MA census, Hancock family 140 (West Family): age 28 & age 30, born NY City. When West Family was broken up, she was transferred to East Family 1867.11.27, NOC.10,467. 1870 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA, (Simon Mabee's) family 1524: age 35, no occupation, born NY. From Hancock East Family to Office 1878.05.15, MPH.8000 p11. 1880 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA [Hancock Chh] family 544: age 45, deaconess, born NY. From Office to 2d Family as Eldress 1881.06.19, MPH.8000 p15. Went to Niagara Falls summer 1882, MPH.8000 p115. Toured eastern societies, White Mountains, Boston, May-June 1889, MPH.8000 p19. Hancock 2d Family Eldress, ran cloak business, 1898, Henry Blinn, 'Notes from our Diary,' Manifesto 28.10 (Oct 1898), 147, 149. Making cloaks: Fidella Estabrook letter 1905.07.23, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Chh Family Eldress before 1919.01.16, NOC.10,345. Died Jan 1919, age 84y 1m 3d, NOC.10,345. Photos: DeWint, MPH, NCH, OClWHi.
occupation 1919.01.16
departure_apostasy Hancock
notes NOC.10,345.

	id	587
	lastname	Helfrich
	firstname	Sophia
	sex	f
	birth_date	1835c
	birth_place	NY
	date_admitted	1857.12.25
	covenant_signed	Hancock 1850, 1855-1857, 1860, 1865, 1867, 1870, 1878, 1880-1882, 1889, 1898, 1905, 1919.
	shaker_residences	Deaconess, 1857, 1878, 1880. Eldress 1881. Eldress & cloakmaker 1898, 1905. Eldress 1919.
	health	1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, David Terry family 122: age 15, born NY. 1855 MA census, Hancock family 130 (David Terry family): age 19 & 20, born NY. Signed West Family covenant as Catharine Sophia Helfrich 1856.06.25, when she reached legal age, MPH.854. Sophia Helfrich came from West Family to the Chh to reside ... goes to the Office to be an assistant, 1857.02.21, NOC.TDM. Signed covenant 1857.12.25, NOC.13,602, p55. 1860 U.S. census, Hancock, MA (David Terry's West) family 2216: age 26, born NY. 1865 MA census, Hancock family 140 (West Family): age 28 & age 30, born NY City. When West Family was broken up, she was transferred to East Family 1867.11.27, NOC.10,467. 1870 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA, (Simon Mabee's) family 1524: age 35, no occupation, born NY. From Hancock East Family to Office 1878.05.15, MPH.8000 p11. 1880 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA [Hancock Chh] family 544: age 45, deaconess, born NY. From Office to 2d Family as Eldress 1881.06.19, MPH.8000 p15. Went to Niagara Falls summer 1882, MPH.8000 p115. Toured eastern societies, White Mountains, Boston, May-June 1889, MPH.8000 p19. Hancock 2d Family Eldress, ran cloak business, 1898, Henry Blinn, 'Notes from our Diary,' Manifesto 28.10 (Oct 1898), 147, 149. Making cloaks: Fidella Estabrook letter 1905.07.23, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Chh Family Eldress before 1919.01.16, NOC.10,345. Died Jan 1919, age 84y 1m 3d, NOC.10,345. Photos: DeWint, MPH, NCH, OClWHi.
	occupation	1919.01.16
	departure_apostasy	Hancock
	notes	NOC.10,345.

Village:Hancock, MA Source:whrsreel:006821