2nd w/o Freeman H. Todd; age 66 yrs., 6 mos.
d/o William Boardman & Esther Wigglesworth Tappan
The eldest of nine children, Adeline Boardman (1815-1882) was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, where her ancestors had arrived from Yorkshire, England in 1637 and had engaged in shipbuilding and foreign commerce. When her parents moved to Calais, Maine on account of her businessman father's financial setbacks, Adeline remained Newburyport to study for an additional two years. At the age of sixteen, upon joining the family in Calais she began teaching in public schools in addition to writing stories and sketches for Boston's "Youth Companion", for which she was "liberally paid." Her 1838 marriage to "millionaire" businessman Freeman Hale Todd (1809-1885) brought her to live in his native New Brunswick at their "Dover Hill" home on the St. Croix river in St. Stephen. Having her own nine children, she endured much sorrow as three died before reaching their mid-twenties, using her writing to express how only her Saviour could mend the "broken threads" made in the "web of her life." Educated in the "orthodox faith" Adeline turned to Universalism during this era of grief. Subjected to months of her own sickness, she was a patient for a time at the Round Hill water cure establishment in Northampton, Massachusetts. While confined to her room, she passed the time by writing stories to entertain her children. With their encouragement, she later gave the writings on to the Universalist Publishing House in Boston, who in turn printed the tales for at least Adeline's own pastor's Sunday-school. Four of her Sunday School books were also published in the Round Hill series issued by the Boston firm of Beaton Smith in 1869. Although not proven, it seems she published a number of titles under pseudonyms derived from the name "Abby Skinner". Adeline died in St. Stephen in 1882. Decades later, her son, William Freeman Todd, would serve New Brunswick as MLA (1899-1903), MP (1908-1911) and Lieutenant-Governor (1923-1928). (source: Simon Fraser Digital Library, 2018)
Mrs. Todd w/o Freeman H. Todd, Esq., one of the largest lumberman on the St. Croix River, died at her home, St. Stephen (Charlotte Co.) at half past 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. She was about 67 years of age. A son of the deceased arrived in the city yesterday on the Pullman train - Bangor 'Whig', 19th. (source: The Daily Telegraph, June 20 1882)
d/o William Boardman & Esther Wigglesworth Tappan
The eldest of nine children, Adeline Boardman (1815-1882) was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, where her ancestors had arrived from Yorkshire, England in 1637 and had engaged in shipbuilding and foreign commerce. When her parents moved to Calais, Maine on account of her businessman father's financial setbacks, Adeline remained Newburyport to study for an additional two years. At the age of sixteen, upon joining the family in Calais she began teaching in public schools in addition to writing stories and sketches for Boston's "Youth Companion", for which she was "liberally paid." Her 1838 marriage to "millionaire" businessman Freeman Hale Todd (1809-1885) brought her to live in his native New Brunswick at their "Dover Hill" home on the St. Croix river in St. Stephen. Having her own nine children, she endured much sorrow as three died before reaching their mid-twenties, using her writing to express how only her Saviour could mend the "broken threads" made in the "web of her life." Educated in the "orthodox faith" Adeline turned to Universalism during this era of grief. Subjected to months of her own sickness, she was a patient for a time at the Round Hill water cure establishment in Northampton, Massachusetts. While confined to her room, she passed the time by writing stories to entertain her children. With their encouragement, she later gave the writings on to the Universalist Publishing House in Boston, who in turn printed the tales for at least Adeline's own pastor's Sunday-school. Four of her Sunday School books were also published in the Round Hill series issued by the Boston firm of Beaton Smith in 1869. Although not proven, it seems she published a number of titles under pseudonyms derived from the name "Abby Skinner". Adeline died in St. Stephen in 1882. Decades later, her son, William Freeman Todd, would serve New Brunswick as MLA (1899-1903), MP (1908-1911) and Lieutenant-Governor (1923-1928). (source: Simon Fraser Digital Library, 2018)
Mrs. Todd w/o Freeman H. Todd, Esq., one of the largest lumberman on the St. Croix River, died at her home, St. Stephen (Charlotte Co.) at half past 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. She was about 67 years of age. A son of the deceased arrived in the city yesterday on the Pullman train - Bangor 'Whig', 19th. (source: The Daily Telegraph, June 20 1882)
2nd w/o Freeman H. Todd; age 66 yrs., 6 mos.
d/o William Boardman & Esther Wigglesworth Tappan
The eldest of nine children, Adeline Boardman (1815-1882) was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, where her ancestors had arrived from Yorkshire, England in 1637 and had engaged in shipbuilding and foreign commerce. When her parents moved to Calais, Maine on account of her businessman father's financial setbacks, Adeline remained Newburyport to study for an additional two years. At the age of sixteen, upon joining the family in Calais she began teaching in public schools in addition to writing stories and sketches for Boston's "Youth Companion", for which she was "liberally paid." Her 1838 marriage to "millionaire" businessman Freeman Hale Todd (1809-1885) brought her to live in his native New Brunswick at their "Dover Hill" home on the St. Croix river in St. Stephen. Having her own nine children, she endured much sorrow as three died before reaching their mid-twenties, using her writing to express how only her Saviour could mend the "broken threads" made in the "web of her life." Educated in the "orthodox faith" Adeline turned to Universalism during this era of grief. Subjected to months of her own sickness, she was a patient for a time at the Round Hill water cure establishment in Northampton, Massachusetts. While confined to her room, she passed the time by writing stories to entertain her children. With their encouragement, she later gave the writings on to the Universalist Publishing House in Boston, who in turn printed the tales for at least Adeline's own pastor's Sunday-school. Four of her Sunday School books were also published in the Round Hill series issued by the Boston firm of Beaton Smith in 1869. Although not proven, it seems she published a number of titles under pseudonyms derived from the name "Abby Skinner". Adeline died in St. Stephen in 1882. Decades later, her son, William Freeman Todd, would serve New Brunswick as MLA (1899-1903), MP (1908-1911) and Lieutenant-Governor (1923-1928). (source: Simon Fraser Digital Library, 2018)
Mrs. Todd w/o Freeman H. Todd, Esq., one of the largest lumberman on the St. Croix River, died at her home, St. Stephen (Charlotte Co.) at half past 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. She was about 67 years of age. A son of the deceased arrived in the city yesterday on the Pullman train - Bangor 'Whig', 19th. (source: The Daily Telegraph, June 20 1882)
d/o William Boardman & Esther Wigglesworth Tappan
The eldest of nine children, Adeline Boardman (1815-1882) was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, where her ancestors had arrived from Yorkshire, England in 1637 and had engaged in shipbuilding and foreign commerce. When her parents moved to Calais, Maine on account of her businessman father's financial setbacks, Adeline remained Newburyport to study for an additional two years. At the age of sixteen, upon joining the family in Calais she began teaching in public schools in addition to writing stories and sketches for Boston's "Youth Companion", for which she was "liberally paid." Her 1838 marriage to "millionaire" businessman Freeman Hale Todd (1809-1885) brought her to live in his native New Brunswick at their "Dover Hill" home on the St. Croix river in St. Stephen. Having her own nine children, she endured much sorrow as three died before reaching their mid-twenties, using her writing to express how only her Saviour could mend the "broken threads" made in the "web of her life." Educated in the "orthodox faith" Adeline turned to Universalism during this era of grief. Subjected to months of her own sickness, she was a patient for a time at the Round Hill water cure establishment in Northampton, Massachusetts. While confined to her room, she passed the time by writing stories to entertain her children. With their encouragement, she later gave the writings on to the Universalist Publishing House in Boston, who in turn printed the tales for at least Adeline's own pastor's Sunday-school. Four of her Sunday School books were also published in the Round Hill series issued by the Boston firm of Beaton Smith in 1869. Although not proven, it seems she published a number of titles under pseudonyms derived from the name "Abby Skinner". Adeline died in St. Stephen in 1882. Decades later, her son, William Freeman Todd, would serve New Brunswick as MLA (1899-1903), MP (1908-1911) and Lieutenant-Governor (1923-1928). (source: Simon Fraser Digital Library, 2018)
Mrs. Todd w/o Freeman H. Todd, Esq., one of the largest lumberman on the St. Croix River, died at her home, St. Stephen (Charlotte Co.) at half past 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. She was about 67 years of age. A son of the deceased arrived in the city yesterday on the Pullman train - Bangor 'Whig', 19th. (source: The Daily Telegraph, June 20 1882)
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