Personal Histories
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Otto Theodor Dreher (1890-?)
Contributed by Diane Ciba Young Otto was born June 24, 1890, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Wilhelmina (Brinkmann) and Otto Dreher. His parents came separately to the United States from Germany…
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Harold Raymond Archer (1894-1918)
Contributed by Diane Ciba In the Great War (World War I) Harold died of wounds while serving with with American Expeditionary Forces in the Argonne Forest. Born in Waterbury on…
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Mary Margaret “May” Flynn (1894-1918)
Contributed by Diane Ciba It is not clear whether “May” Flynn was a victim of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. Her cause of death has not yet been discovered. Mary…
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Helen P. Beers (1884-1919)
Contributed by Diane Ciba According to the 1900 U.S. Census, Helen Beers was born in February 1884 to William Howard Beers and Martha Jane (Peck) Beers. On June 6, 1900,…
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Harold Amos Beers (1892-1919)
Contributed by Diane Ciba A veteran of World War I, Harold Amos Beers worked on an Army Transport ship and was a victim of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 (also…
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Mabel Evangeline (Fairfield) Butterfield (1889-1919)
Contributed by Diane Ciba Mabel was one of the women who succumbed to the Spanish Flu also known as the Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919. Born in Dunmore, Pennsylvania in November…
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Frances Annette (Coan) Percy (1843-1918)
Contributed by Diane Ciba The oldest person in Watertown who died from the Spanish Flu (Influenza) was Mrs. Frances Percy, age 75, who died on October 22, 1918. Frances Annette…
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Wesley Henry Baldwin Atwood (1885-1918)
Contributed by Diane Ciba Wesley H.B. Atwood was born in Watertown on June 19, 1885, the son of Joseph Wheeler Atwood and Carrie Maria (Baldwin) Atwood. Wesley’s siblings include: Gertrude…
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Leman Cutler (1807 – 1901)
Contributed by Diane Ciba Born on December 12, 1807, Leman Woodward Cutler was the son of Younglove Cutler and his second wife, Anna “Aurora” Woodward. Fairly common in this period…
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Younglove Cutler (1750 – 1816)
Contributed by Diane Ciba Younglove Cutler was a successful merchant in the early days of Watertown. He first appears in town records in 1776 when he paid 40 pounds in…