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From: "Dale H. Cook" <>
Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Peabody Birth/Marriage Registers
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:40:00 -0500
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At 05:44 AM 2/7/2007, Kay wrote:

>My grandmother was born 19 May but I am not sure of the year - I think 1895
>but could be a year either side. I think she was born in Peabody but again
>I am not sure.
>
>Alice Maud POETON is her name. Unfortunately this name is often
>mistranscribed!

Kay -

According to the index to the state's copies of vital records, Alice
Maud Poeton was born in 1893 in Peabody. Unfortunately the image of
that record is not online at NEHGS. You can, however, order a copy
from the Peabody City Clerk's office:

http://www.peabody-ma.gov/cityclerk/cityclerk.html

or from the state:

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcres/residx.htm#duplicate

>Her parents would have been married just a bit before then. Their names are
>Arthur Thomas POETON b 1870 Coventry Warwickshire England and Alice BOTHROYD
>b 1870 Ferry Hill Durham England.

A soundex search of the Massachusetts vital records index does not
reveal a marriage record under either name, so they may have married
before immigrating.

Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants;
Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project
http://members.cox.net/plymouthcolony/index.shtml

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