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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:1199Search: Full Last First
id 1199 lastname Strowbridge firstname Emma G. sex f birth_date 1846.12.29 birth_place Worcester, MA date_admitted 1873 covenant_signed 1895.12.31 shaker_residences Enfield CT 1873. Hancock 1873, 1880, 1887, 1890-1891. Enfield CT 1891, 1893. Hancock 1893, 1895, 1898, 1900, 1910, 1912, 1920, 1928-1930, 1938. health Teacher, 1880. Eldress, 1887. Servant, 1910. Seamstress, Shaker store, 1930. occupation From Worcester, MA? From Enfield CT Chh to be Hancock Ministry Eldress 1873.10.28, MPH.8000 p9,11. 1880 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 100 (Phidelio Collins family): age 31, teacher, born MA. Visited NYC & Philadelphia Oct 1883, MPH.8000 p116. Hancock Ministry 2d Eldress, 1887.10.05, MPH.370. Toured eastern societies, White Mountains, Boston, May-June 1889, MPH.8000 p19. In Hancock Bishopric Ministry 1890, NOC.13.361. Returned to Enfield CT 1891, MPH.8000 p21. Back to Hancock Chh Family 1893.06.10, age 45, MPH.5218. At Hancock Chh 1895.01.01, NOC.10,345. Signed Hancock covenant 1895.12.31, MPH.370, p90. Moved to Office 1898.05.16, MPH.370, p91. 1900 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA, family 107 [Hancock Office?]: born MA Dec 1846, age 53. 1910 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA [Hancock Office?] family 372: age 63, born MA, servant. Returned from 6 months at Whitewater, OH, lives at Office, 1912.09.24, MPH.370 p96. 1920 U.S. census, Hancock, MA family 106, age 73, born MA, no trade. Res room 25 of brick dwelling 1928, MPH.OHA. At Caroline Helfrich funeral, res Hancock Chh Family, 'Honor Eldress Helfrich at Funeral,' Berkshire Eagle, 1929.02.16. 1930 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 89: age 83, born MA, seamstress, Shaker store. On town of Hancock voters' list 1938, MPH.1653a. Died age 91, MPH.5218. Died 1938.07.12, age 91y 6m 13d, MPB.HVR-13, p73. Birthdate & place from obituary: 'Oldest Shaker of Hancock Colony Dies,' undated clipping in HSV archives, probably from Berkshire Eagle, July 1938. Photo, NCH. departure_apostasy 1938.07.12 notes Hancock death_date Long illness (obituary). death_location MPH.5218.