SIXTH GENERATION

453. Lemuel Kenneth HIRTLE ⁽⁸⁷³⁾ was born on 8 Feb 1866 in Midville Branch, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.⁽⁸⁷⁴⁾ ⁽⁸⁷⁵⁾ Transcript from the records of the Evangelical Lutheran Parish, Bridgewater, N.S.:

Name: Lenuel Kenny Hirtle
Parent's Name: John J. & Delilah Hirtle
Date of Birth: February 8th 1866
Date of Baptism: Aug. 26th 1866
Dated at Bridgewater, N.S., Aug. 24th, 1940. He was baptized on 26 Aug 1866 in Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He immigrated on 20 Feb 1886 to Quincy, Norfolk, Mass..⁽⁸⁷⁶⁾⁽⁸⁷⁷⁾ He was naturalized on 14 Oct 1896 in Quincy, Norfolk, Mass..⁽⁸⁷⁸⁾ ⁽⁸⁷⁹⁾ Immigration record in NARA, Waltham, Mass.:

District Court of Quincy, Mass, Nov. 11, 1893, vol. 292, p. 158.

Lemeul K. Hirtle, residing at Brook St., Quincy, Mass. Occupation: carpenter. Born in Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia on Feb. 8, 1866. About 30 yrs, arrive @ Boston on Feb. 20, 1886.

Witnesses: John P. Thomas, 18 Belmont St., Quincy
Gilbert W. Rhodes, 9 Old Colony Ave., Quincy
15 May 1896; Citizen on Oct 14, 1896.

Cert. 292-158, US Circuit Court, Boston, MA. He died on 27 Sep 1947 in Quincy, Norfolk, Mass..⁽⁸⁸⁰⁾⁽⁸⁸¹⁾ Death Certificate, Mass. Vital Records:

Place of death: Quincy City Hospital - in hospital 9 days
Residence: 264 Farrington St., Quincy, Mass.
Length of residence in community: 60 years
Widower of S. Elizabeth Esau
Age: 81 years
Occupation: Shipping clerk, Tubular Rivet and Stud Co. SS #012-12-4783
Father: John J. Hirtle (N.S.)
Mother: Delilah Snyder (N.S.)
Informant: Walter W. Hirtle (son), 264 Farrington St., Quincy
Date of Death: Sept. 27, 1947, 12:35 a.m.
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage - 9 days; generalized arteriosclerosis - 15 yrs.
Place of burial: Mt. Wollaston Cem., Quincy, Sept. 29, 1947.

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Obituary, Quincy Patriot-Ledger:

Lemuel K. Hirtle. The funeral of Lemuel K. Hirtle, 84, of 264 Farrington Street, Wollaston, who died Saturday in the Quincy Hospital was held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock fromthe Russell Funeral Home, 641 Hancock Street, Wollaston. Rev. Horace Tatum, minister of the First Baptist Church, officiated, and burial was in Mt. Wollaston Cemetery.

Mr. Hirtle, who had been employed as a shipper in the Tubular Rivet and Stud Company for 50 years, was born in Nova Scotia. He had been a resident of Wollaston for 60 years.

He was the husband of the late Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth (Esau) Hirtle, and leave three daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Stacey of Somerville, Mrs. Gladys Deacon of Quincy, and Mrs. Marjorie Gallant of Braintree; three sons, George A. Hirtle of Weymouth, Lemuel A. Hirtle of Dorchester, and Walter Hirtle of Wollaston, 11 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. He was buried on 29 Sep 1947 in Mt. Wollaston Cem., Quincy, Mass..⁽⁸⁸²⁾ He was a Shipping clerk.⁽⁸⁸³⁾ He was Baptist. Victoria Palch Family Group Record, 1983. Sources: Mass. Vital Statistics; George A. Hirtle, Weymouth, Mass.; Quincy Diretories.

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1900 Mass Census Ma T623 #671 Soundex Index H634 Hirtle
vol. 58 ED 1067 sheet 12 line 91

Lemuel K. Hirtle, Feb. 1865, 35 yrs., birthpl--Canada (Eng), AL (for alien - but he should have been naturalized by then)
Elizabeth Hirtle, wife, Feb. 1873, 27 yrs., birthpl--same AL
Evelyn R. Hirtle, dau, Jan. 1897, 3 yrs, birthpl-Mass
Gladys V. Hirtle, dau, Mar 1898, 1 yr, same

He was married to Sarah Elizabeth ESAU on 2 Apr 1896 in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island.⁽⁸⁸⁴⁾ Both are listed as being of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Sarah Elizabeth ESAU⁽⁸⁸⁵⁾ was born on 14 Feb 1872 in Maryland.⁽⁸⁸⁶⁾ She died on 4 Aug 1926 in Milton, Norfolk, Mass..⁽⁸⁸⁷⁾⁽⁸⁸⁸⁾⁽⁸⁸⁹⁾ Milton death certificate: Died at home, 95 Squantum Street, Milton, Mass on August 4, 1926. Cause of death: Carcinoma of Spine. Place of burial was Mt. Wollaston Cemetery. Place of birth: Maryland. Names of parents: Joseph & Ann (Reece) Esau.

Mass. Vital Records adds that she had lived in the community 8 years, and that both her parents were born in Wales. Time of death was 5 PM.

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Obituary, Quincy Patriot-Ledger, 1926

Mrs. Sarah E. Hirtle, wife of Lemuel Kenny Hirtle, a former resident of Quincy, died yesterday at her home 95 Squantum St., East Milton. She had been sick for several months. Besides her husband, she is survived by several children. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at her late hoe. Burial in Mt. Wollaston Cemetery. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Hirtle. She was buried on 6 Aug 1926 in Mt. Wollaston Cem., Quincy, Mass.. Lemuel Kenneth HIRTLE and Sarah Elizabeth ESAU had the following children:

+568 i. Evelyn Reece HIRTLE.
+569 ii. Gladys Viola HIRTLE.
+570 iii. Margaret Vesta HIRTLE.
+571 iv. George Allen HIRTLE.
572 v. [Twin of George Allen Hirtle] HIRTLE⁽⁸⁹⁰⁾ was born on 29 Dec 1903 in Quincy, Norfolk, Mass.. He (or she) died on 29 Dec 1903 in Quincy, Norfolk, Mass.. He (or she) was buried after 29 Dec 1903 in Mt. Wollaston Cem., Quincy, Mass.. He (or she) Twin of George Allen Hirtle. Stillborn.
+573 vi. Lemuel Astor HIRTLE.
+574 vii. Walter Wellington HIRTLE.

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