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Hannah Catherine “Katie” <I>Baldwin</I> Boynton

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Hannah Catherine “Katie” Baldwin Boynton

Birth
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
11 Oct 1897 (aged 51)
Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 11 Lot 261
Memorial ID
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Cemetery records lists name as Catherine Boynton with a birthdate of 29 Mar 1846
Birth record lists name as Hannah Catherine Baldwin with a birthdate of 30 Mar 1846
Marriage record lists name as Katie Baldwin
Death record lists name as Kate H. Boynton

Daughter of Henry Baldwin and Mary Rust Choate

Sister of
Mary Matilda Baldwin
*Charles Henry Baldwin
*Abby Maria Baldwin
*George Edwin Baldwin

Married 20 Nov 1866 in Fitchburg, Worcester, MA to John Frank Boynton, age 27, Carpenter, born in Hollis, NH son of John Boynton and Sarah Fisk Woods

Mother of
*George S Boynton
*Harry J Boynton
*Arthur A Boynton
*Fred Wells Boynton, married Minnie R. Phillips

Marital status: Married
Age: 51 years, 6 months and 12 days.
Cause: shot wound in head
Residence: Leominster, MA
Occupation: Housework
Buried: Not listed
Undertaker/Funeral home: Not listed

She was killed by her husband on the same day before taking his own life.

The Fitchburg Sentinel ran the story with the following headline: MURDER AND SUICIDE, John F. Boynton of Leominster, Kills His Wife and Himself. Domestic Trouble Combined with Insanity Lead to the Shocking Event.

Sources:
Evergreen Cemetery Records
Birth:
Marriage: Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
Death: Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915; The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, MA, Monday 11 Oct 1897
Cemetery records lists name as Catherine Boynton with a birthdate of 29 Mar 1846
Birth record lists name as Hannah Catherine Baldwin with a birthdate of 30 Mar 1846
Marriage record lists name as Katie Baldwin
Death record lists name as Kate H. Boynton

Daughter of Henry Baldwin and Mary Rust Choate

Sister of
Mary Matilda Baldwin
*Charles Henry Baldwin
*Abby Maria Baldwin
*George Edwin Baldwin

Married 20 Nov 1866 in Fitchburg, Worcester, MA to John Frank Boynton, age 27, Carpenter, born in Hollis, NH son of John Boynton and Sarah Fisk Woods

Mother of
*George S Boynton
*Harry J Boynton
*Arthur A Boynton
*Fred Wells Boynton, married Minnie R. Phillips

Marital status: Married
Age: 51 years, 6 months and 12 days.
Cause: shot wound in head
Residence: Leominster, MA
Occupation: Housework
Buried: Not listed
Undertaker/Funeral home: Not listed

She was killed by her husband on the same day before taking his own life.

The Fitchburg Sentinel ran the story with the following headline: MURDER AND SUICIDE, John F. Boynton of Leominster, Kills His Wife and Himself. Domestic Trouble Combined with Insanity Lead to the Shocking Event.

Sources:
Evergreen Cemetery Records
Birth:
Marriage: Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
Death: Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915; The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, MA, Monday 11 Oct 1897


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