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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:946Search: Full Last First
id 946 lastname Pettiff firstname Alexander S. sex m birth_date 1894c birth_place MA date_admitted 1910.01.26 covenant_signed 1914.12.21 shaker_residences Hancock 1910, 1914, 1920, 1922 health Superintendent, farmer, 1920 census. occupation 1922.03.15 departure_apostasy Alt surname: Pettit. Arrived Hancock 1910.01.26, age 16, MPH.5218. 1910 U.S. census, Hancock MA family 92: age 16, born MA, no occupation. Signed covenant 1914.12.21, NOC.10,345. 1920 U.S. census, Hancock, MA family 106, superintendent, age 26, born MA, parents born Bulgaria, farmer. 'Alexander Petitt of the West Pittsfield, Shakers, met with an accident to his eye, thro the bursting of a ginger pop bottle,' 1920.09.27, NOC.8851. 'Alexander Pettit severs his connections with the society, claiming to have gone to Auto Show,' 1922.03.15, NOC.10,345. Left age 28, MPH.5218.