Ann, Frances (b. ABT 1846, d. ?)

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Grafton, Windham, Vermont

Note: Abigail Moore was born on March 2, 1813 in New Marlboro, Massachusetts to Ariel Moore and Electa Lyon Moore, Mary Lyon's eldest sister. She graduated from Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1838 and taught there until 1846. She also served as associate principal in 1842-1846. In 1846, she married Reverand Ebenezer Burgess. In September of 1846, they left Boston, Massachusetts and sailed for Bombay, India to work as missionaries. The Burgesses were stationed in Ahmadnagar, northern India. Burgess had two daughters, Abbie Lyon and Mary P., both of whom graduated from Mount Holyoke. Abigail Moore Burgess died in Mahabaleshwar, India on April 26, 1853 at the age of forty.

Scope and Content:
The Abigail Moore Burgess Papers consist of correspondence, a journal, manuscript essays, poems, and stories written by Mount Holyoke Female Seminary students and collected for Burgess, and biographical information. The papers chiefly contain letters written by Burgess to family and friends, including Mary Lyon and Hannah Porter. The letters relate to Burgess' years as a teacher at the Seminary and her subsequent work as a missionary in Ahmadnagar, India, 1847-1849, alongside her husband, Reverend Ebenezer Burgess. Burgess' letters describe her activities and health while in India as well as the Indian people and conflicts in the Punjab region. The journal is a short, yet detailed account of her voyage to India dedicated to her family and Hannah Porter. The volume of manuscript essays and poems includes writings, known as Seminary Literature, by students between 1838-1849. Also includes biographical information containing published letters in response to her death and is supplemented by biographical notes that extend to 1945.

Cite as: Abigail M. Burgess Papers, Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collection, South Hadley, Massachusetts

Note: DEATH: Name: Wilfred Hall
SSN: 369-10-2299
Last Residence: 48601 Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States of America
Born: 20 Oct 1907
Last Benefit: 48602 Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States of America
Died: Jan 1978
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951 )

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Portville, Cattaraugus, New York

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Friendship, Allegany, New York

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Boston Ward 6, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Boston Ward 6, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Note: Occupation: Astronomer

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Boston Ward 6, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Note: 1870: Census, living with father

1880: Census, Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, living with father

Note: According to the 1910 Census, Kane, Pennsylvania, Caroline had been married 3 times, her current husband, that she had been married to for 22 years, William had been married once. Caroline had 12 children of which 7 were living in 1910.

According to the 1900 Census, Kane, Pennsylvania, Caroline had 12 children and 7 of them were still living.

Immigration: Date: 1882

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Kane, Mckean County, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Kane, Mckean County, Pennsylvania

Note: 1870: Census Troy, Geauga, OH

1880: Census, Troy, Geauga, OH

Note: Census 1900 spelled Siegrfied
Check for naturalization papers for Louis Siffrinn 1884

Occupation: Place: Glassblower