Letter of Mary ALice Scott

Mary Alice Scott ..excerpt of letter to Dorothy adn Owen Connolly 1957

Scott Family Solved

Mary Alice Scott ... letter to Dorothy & Owen Connolly 1957

Excerpt from a letter on the occasion of the naming of daughter number four from my Great-Aunt Mary Alice Scott to her nephew (Owen) and his wife (Dorothy). The daughter was named Sarah Anne for both mothers-in-law; and was born after the death of Anne Louise Connolly.
Excerpt

...I am delighted that you named the baby for Sara and your mother. that is the first grandchild to be named for Sara and I could see she is very much pleased.

The name Sarah goes very far back in the Scott family. In a great many generations there has been a Sarah My Great grandmother was a Sarah (Jones) Scott. She was always called Sally. Her father was a Dr. Jones. I have pictures of them all. She had four daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Clara, and Henry who is my Grandfather and now we have my sister Sarah Elizabeth - and then Sally - and now your darling Sarah.

I don't know if you are interested in names. I guess when I was young I did not think much about it, but as we grow older we begin to think about our family tree. I wish years ago I had talked more with my father's cousin, David Sawyer. He was very interested in genealogy. I can remember him - he was a Methodist Minister. I hope this has not bored you Dottie, but I got to thinking of all the Sarah's in the past family. Of course I was named for my Father's mother Mary Alice (Pegrim) Scott.
Sometime write me what Owen is studying. I don't know if you will have time. My fondest to all and I will write again. My love to you and Owen.

Lovingly Auntie Scott

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Our Scott Family Genealogy
Northern Scott & Pegrim Families
? Scott m.? ......... Dr. Jones m. (?) | /
Henry Scott m. Sarah Jones ||
Elizabeth, Mary, Clara, Henry ||
Henry (2) m. Mary Alice Pegrim || Charles Henry Scott
(first cousin David Sawyer - Methodist Minister) ||
Charles Henry Scott b 1852 m. Mary Ann Durgin ||
Sarah, Mary Alice 1885-1968-9 ||
Sarah Elizabeth Scott m 1906 Joseph A. Connolly ||
Joseph [d], Charles, Joseph 2d, Sarah, Owen

Owen F. Connolly m. 1947 Dorothy L. McCormack
Owen Jr, Scott M., Linda, Maureen,Anne [d], Sarah, Dorothy Eileen, Charles

Had thought my Scott ancestry was either Chas Henry to Chas Henry or Henry to Henry to Chas.

Have also info of a Chas Scott married to a Mary Alice Scott (NB Ca born) in 1850 Maine Census at Lubec (across from New Brunswick , nr Campobello) ..would confirm some famly references to Delano relations (Maine & Massachusetts) & some Nova Scotia/New Brunswick A.G. Bells.

A prior note at this site had this confirming information .. but the source could not be remembered (nor relocated) .. the [Anne} may have been incorrect .. as Alice is a possibility for the [A] ... and she was widowed 1850 and earlier married to a Mr Cummings.
Henry M Scott b 1827-Portland, Maine .. m Jan 5, 1851 A[Anne] or [Alice] Pingram [1850 w. Cummings] Rev JS Eaton The A may have stood for Alice

The Chas Scott of Lubec could also have been a Henry and we relate assumedly to Henry Scott son of Samuel Scott (b 1783) of Calais, Me - one of the old Maine economic loyalists ..joining others to settle Maine's remoteness against British-Canadian re-settlement before the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1846-8?) settled the border of Maine & Canada.

SMC
[also originally published at webtv site of Scott M Connolly]
This letter is not part of the contents of the 'missing' Mary Alice Scott family papers & her family bible .. last seen by Scott M Connolly in July 1994.
That family archive was maintained with photographs in an antique wooden 'writing' box, a portable desk; which had the name or initials of Mary Ann Durgin
Miss Mary Alice Scott was born in Portland, Maine in 1883; and after her mother and father (M�M� & P�P�) died by 1929 in Malden, Maine; she lived out her senior life at 45 Lincoln Street, & 68 Cedar Street & 209 Maple Street [Senior Citizens Home] in Malden, Massachusetts. She also was listed as a dressmaker at a shop on Main Street in Malden, Ma. G-GM Mary Ann Durgin Scott died in Malden in 1929 and was buried at Eveergreen Cemetery with her husband. Great-Aunt Mary Alice Scott died in 1968 and joined her parents grave at Evergreen Cemetery in Portland Maine's Back Cove. Her sister Sarah and brother in law Joseph, and family, lived in Malden also until the Crash in 1929. Joseph & Sarah & Family then moved to nearby Lexington.
  • Mary Alice Scott and her family - parents Charles Henry Scott and Mary Ann Durgin Scott in Portland, Maine in the 1900 US Census ... 12th Census of the US ... two older sisters pre-deceased her.
  • Maine, Cumberland, Portland City, 11th day of June 1900
  • Emery G. WIlson, Enumerator
  • Supervisor's District # 109
  • Enumeration District #69
  • Sheet No. 21
  • Ward of City 6th, partial
  • Line 75
  • 44 Bracket Street
  • Family #477 (enumerated)
  • Name-Status-Race-Sex-Date of Birth - Age at census - yrs married/single years .. children born ..children survived - Place of birth - Father Place of Birth - Mother Place of Birth - Citizenship: Year Immigrated/Years Living/Naturalized - Ocupation - Months not employed - - Education: Read/Write/Speak English - Ownership of home: Rent/Own .. House/Farm
  • Scott, Charles H. ..Head ...W M July 1857 42 M 22 - - Maine Maine Maine - TimeKeeper 0 - yes yes yes R - H -
  • --- Mary A. Wife W F Nov 1859 40 M 22 4 2 Maine Maine Maine - - - - yes yes yes -- - -
  • --- Alice M Dau W F Oct 1882 17 S - 0 0 Maine Maine Maine - - - Dressmaker - 0 - yes yes yes - - - -
  • --- Sarah E. Dau W F Dec 1885 14 S - 0 0 Maine Maine Maine - - - At School - 9 yes yes yes - - - -
  • Will be availble as animage of the census sheet later [image from microfilm or disc]
Auntie's other friends and relations were Maine Sawyers, Adline Freeman, and the Leightons - Sadie & Scott. She doied in 1969 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, Maine ... with her parents.