Jane B. "Jennie" Haworth

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 148612678
• _UID: 1F8D2CEB280249E8AA1E43750729020CDC26
• Census-Household Member: 1865, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; Massachusetts State
• Census-Household Member: 1870, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1880, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Residence-Occupant: 1880, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; 102 Commercial Street
• Census-Household Member: 1900, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1920, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1930, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA

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MRS. J. B. RENFREW DIES AT AGE OF 87
Widow of Adams Textile Mill Head Prominent Locally for Many Years.

Mrs. Jane B. Renfrew, 87, widow of James Renfrew, Adams textile manufacturer, died yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in Plttsfleld at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William H. Hall of 113 East Housatonlc street. Mrs. Renfrew was born at Picadllly. Eng., the daughter of Lawrence and Betty (Pilling) Haworth. She had lived In this country about 75 years. The late Mr. Renfrew was one of a group of men who In 1868 establlshed the Renfrew mills in this town which were operated continuously until 1927. Mr. Renfrew died about 1900. Mrs. Renfrew continued for a number of years to live in thls town and was active in church and charitable work here. Mr. and Mrs. Renfrew were members at first of the Congregational church here and later Joined the local Universalist church. They built a home In East street which later was purchased by the Sisters of Providence and is now known as the Oreylock Rest. At the time of his death, Mr. Renfrew was treasurer of the Renfrew company. The survivors, besides the daughter, Mrs. Hall, are one son, L. Brown Renfrew of St. Petersburg. Fla.. two sisters Miss Margaret Haworth of 113 East Housatonlc street. Plttefleld, and Mrs. C. F. Smith of this town, and a brother, John Haworth of Medford. The funeral will be held at 113 East Housatonlc street. Plttsfleld. tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial will be in Adams. The family requests that no flowers be sent.

Jane married James Renfrew on 29 Oct 1862 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. James (son of James Renfrew and Agnes Pollock) was born on 18 Aug 1840 in Barhead Farm, Neilston Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 27 Sep 1840 in Neilston Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 28 Sep 1900 in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in Maple Street Cemetery, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 166066480
• _UID: FF3A6D3B65EC48EEB2067DC8E80DADD8DFE2
• Census-Household Member: 1865, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; Massachusetts State
• Census-Household Member: 1870, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1880, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Residence-Occupant: 1880, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; 102 Commercial Street
• Census-Household Member: 1900, Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1910, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Census: 1920, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Census: 1930, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA

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The Berkshire County Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), 27 Sep 1939, pg 13

?b?Mrs. Bessie Hall Dead ?/b?
Was Mother of Principal of Miss Hall's School
Mrs. Bessie Renfrew Hall, widow of William H. Hall, died this morning at the House of Mercy after a short illness. She was taken there from her residence 113 East Housatonic Street, several days ago. Mrs. Hall had been a resident of Pittsfield many years. She was a member of the First Church of Christ, Congregational.

The only immediate surviving relative is a daughter, Miss Margaret H. Hall, headmistress of Miss Hall's School for Girls. Miss Myra H. Hall, sister-in-law of Mrs Hall died in 1937.

The funeral will be held Friday at 3 at the residence. Rev. John
Gratton will officiate. Burial will be in the family plot in the Pittsfield Cemetery. It is requested that no flowers be sent.

Bessie married William Hinsdale Hall on 29 Sep 1886 in Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. William (son of Charles Hall and Elizabeth W. Hinsdale) was born on 9 Sep 1855 in Hinsdale, Massachusetts, United States; died on 5 Aug 1914 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 148613315
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• _UID: E752904FABF242E1A0A88F3A6064EFE8848E
• Census-Household Member: 1880, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Residence-Occupant: 1880, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; 102 Commercial Street
• Occupation: 1896, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; Manufacturer
• Census: 1900, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Occupation: 1900, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; Manufacturer (Cotton)
• Residence: 1900, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; 27 East Street
• Census-Household Member: 1910, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Residence-Occupant: 1910, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States; 54 Park Street
• Occupation: 1910, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States; Cone Salesman, Dry Goods
• Occupation: 12 Sep 1918, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States; Salesman, W.E. Ellis Company, 139 Merninade St
• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States; 268 Mill Street
• Census: 1930, St Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States; USA
• Residence: 1930, St Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States; E33 - 14th Avenue North
• Residence: 9 Jul 1933, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

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Birth:
Name:?tab?Levi Brown Renfrew
Birth Date:?tab?1873
Birth Place:?tab?North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number:?tab?209
Page Number:?tab?206
Index Volume Number:?tab?Index
Reference Number:?tab?F63.M362 Index

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Name:?tab?Levi Brown Renfrew
Gender:?tab?Male
Race:?tab?White
Death Date:?tab?1935
Death Place:?tab?Pinellas, Florida, United States

Levi married Marjorie Wellington Spaulding on 3 Jun 1896 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Marjorie (daughter of William W. Spaulding and Evelyn A. Harris) was born on 18 May 1875 in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1949 in Pinellas, Florida, United States; was buried in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 124344365
• _UID: BD87CB4A22904BC0905D085AFD4F229A6DC7
• Census-Household Member: 1900, Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1910, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1920, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Residence: 1920, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; Sacemin Street
• Occupation: 25 Jun 1923, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; Secretary
• Census-Household Member: 1930, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Census: 1940, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States; USA

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MARGARET HINSDALE HALL PITTSFIELD, Mass. W) Miss Margaret Hinsdale Hall, 74, former headmistress of Miss Hall's school, died Wednesday while at the annual meeting of the Berkshire Historical Society. Miss Hall was secretary and assistant headmistress of the girls' private preparatory school from 1922 to 1937 and headmistress from 1938 until she retired in 1948. She was born in Ware, Mass.

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The Tampa Tribune
Tampa, Florida
30 Apr 1966, Sat ? Page 27

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Miss Margaret Hall Dies in Pittsfield
Miss Margaret H. Hall, 74, of 113 East Housatonic St, Pittsfield, former headmistress of Miss Hall's School for Girls at Pittsfield and a founder and first president of the Berkshire Historical Society, died suddenly last night while attending the society's annual meeting in the Berkshire Life Insurance Co. Building.
She was born in Ware and was educated at Miss Hall's School and Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Conn. She had lived in Pittsfield since 1900. She served as secretary and assistant headmistress at Miss Hall's School from 1922 to 1937 and was headmistress from 1937 until 1948.
Shortly before she died last night, she was elected executive secretary of the historical society, having stepped down from the presidency.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 pm, in First Church of Christ Congregational, Pittsfield. Burial will be in Pittsfield Cemetery.

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• _UID: A5187853C1A149DABBABF916A417EE204B94
• Census-Household Member: 1910, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Residence-Occupant: 1910, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States; 54 Park Street
• Census: 1930, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; USA
• Occupation: 1930, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; Metalurgist Shop
• Residence: 1930, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; 883 Cook Street
• Census: 1940, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; USA
• Residence: 1940, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; 20 Luddington Avenue
• Occupation: 1942, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; American Brass Company, 721 Bank St, Waterbury
• Residence: 16 Feb 1942, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; 20 Lexington Ave

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Birth:
Name:?tab?Alan Spaulding Renfrew
Gender:?tab?Male
Birth Date:?tab?19 Oct 1902
Birth Place:?tab?Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Father:?tab?L Brown Renfrew
Mother:?tab?Marjorie W Spaulding

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?b?North Adams Transcript, 12 Oct 1943, pg 8

Renfrew Mill Founder's Grand 5 on Dies, Aged 41?/b?
Committal services for Alan Renfrew, son of Mrs. Marjorie Spauldlng Renfrew and the late L. Brown Renfrew, both former residents of Adams, and grandson of the late James Renfrew, founder of the Renfrew mill, were held Oct. 3 In North cemetery, Woodbury, Conn. Rev. F. O. Ayres, rector of St John^s Episcopal church, Waterbury, Conn. officiated.

Mr. Renfrew was born Oct 19, 1902, in Newtonville. His father had left Adams shortly after his marriage to Miss Spaulding, and after he hada served for a time as treasurer of the Renfrew mill, following the death of his father.

A metallurgist at hte American Brass Co., Mr Renfrew was educated at Phillips academy at Andover and graduated from MIT

Survivors include his mother, now of St Petersburg, Fla.; his wife, Mrs Norma Estes Renfrew; a son, Alan Spaulding Jr, and three daughers, Martha Hane, Marjorie Spaulding and Charlotte, all of Woodbury Conn.

?b?The Atlanta Constitution, 8 Jul 1943, pg 4?/b?

Alan Spalding Renfrew Succumbs in Connecticut Alan Spalding Renfrew, 39, for merly of Atlanta, died Tuesday at a private hospital in Water- bury, Conn. A native of Massachusetts and a graduate of Boston Tech, Ren frew moved with his wife, the for mer Miss Norma Estes, of Atlanta, to Waterbury, Conn., 15 years ago. Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Alan Spalding Renfrew Jr., and several sisters.

Family/Spouse: Norma Estes Hooper. Norma was born on 29 Dec 1903 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States; died in Jan 1975 in Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C7BF8DE2F9AA46AE9AADB2EBABE40EF90660
• Census-Household Member: 1910, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States; USA
• Residence-Occupant: 1910, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States; 54 Park Street

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Name:?tab?Stuart Spaulding Renfrew
Gender:?tab?Male
Birth Date:?tab?5 May 1907
Birth Place:?tab?Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Father:?tab?Levi B Renfrew
Mother:?tab?Margery W Spaulding

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• _UID: 2B3AFD8686C04C0DBCC9F7086CC8CB3B45D9
• Census-Household Member: 1930, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; USA
• Residence-Occupant: 1930, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; 883 Cook Street
• Census-Household Member: 1940, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; USA
• Residence-Occupant: 1940, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; 20 Luddington Avenue

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Name:?tab?Martha Renfrew
Social Security Number:?tab?196-16-6343
Birth Date:?tab?9 May 1923
Issue Year:?tab?Before 1951
Issue State:?tab?Pennsylvania
Death Date:?tab?May 1990

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Martha married Lawrence Wheeler, Jr. on 26 Nov 1955 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Lawrence was born in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

M.S. married E.H. Kirschbaum, MD [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

A.S. married R.B. Russell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

C. married G. Sheldon [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]