- BIRTH: 16 NOV 1863, Hawley,,MA
- DEATH: 20 OCT 1901, Charlemont,,MA
Father: Roswell Hall ELDRIDGE
Mother: Eliza Hawks LONGLEY
_Levi ELDREDGE ________
_Roswell Hall ELDRIDGE _|
| |_Sarah (Sally) PUTNEY _
|
|--Henrietta Maria "Hetta" ELDRIDGE
|
| _______________________
|_Eliza Hawks LONGLEY ___|
|_______________________
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Notes
!Hetta Eldridge was born a few days after her mother had received word of the
death of her beloved Henry Robert (Wrisley) Eldridge who had been Eliza &
Roswell's son since he was adopted at age 5; Henrietta's name related to Henry
and her middle name Maria from his sister who was close to the family; Hetta
and her sister Alice were very close all their lives; Hetta was in the first
class to attend Arms Academy at Shelburne Falls and at 18 was teaching district
school in Hawley and in E Charlemont; she resided in an apartment over A L
Avery general store. She died of cancer at age 38 leaving a 13 yr old son,
husband & father-in-law to grieve among others; she was vivacious and popular;
Hetta is buried in the Avery plot at Arms Cemetery at Shelburne Falls, MA
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