Ada Grimshaw

1900 Census District 286 Springfield,VT
Grimshaw,Charles head b. Jan 1858 NH spinner cotton age 41
Sarah wife b.Nov 1859 Mass,Eng,Eng
Ada M. dau b. Aug 1883 age 16 VT
Fred H.son b.Mar 1890 age10 VT
Hakard,Samuel boarder b.July 1824 Eng. Wd. age 75
Samuel,JR. boarder b.May 1855 RI age45 boss spinner

Deborah Lundbech 14y
Thanks for posting! I had not seen the 1900 census info before. Ada was my husband's grandmother and lived in Springfield all her life.
The two Samuels (actually Halkard-sometimes Holkard - changed from the original Halkyard when they emigrated.) were Sarah (Halkard) Grimshaw's father and brother. I'm not sure when her father died. Her brother lived with his parents all his life and died in the late 1930s.
BTW - funny, looking at your stream. I used to work in Proctorsville!

Lisa Belanger 14y
I know Springfield very well having grown up in Proctorsville and going to school in Chester.Where did you work in Proctorsville?
Small world isn't it?

Lisa Belanger 14y
1880 Census Weathersfield,VT District 265
Halkard,Samuel age 55 works in cotton mill b. Eng
Mary age 55? b.Eng.
Samuel age 25 b.RI
Benjamin age17 b.Mass
Grimshaw,Charles age23 b.NH works in cotton mill
Sarah age 21 b.Mass

The Plain Cemetery (transcriber Gary Allen Lull)
Samuel Halkard born July 25 1824 died May 11 1901.
Mary A. Wolfendon wife of Samuel Halkard born May 29 1823 died Nov 28 1885.
Cemetery located on the Plains Rd off Stoughton Pond Rd near Perkinsville in Weathersfield.

Deborah Lundbech 14y
Thank you so much for so kindly transcribing this. We visited this cemetery years ago and couldn't find them - then went back a few years later (probably without kids!) and did.
I used to work in the house next to the elementary school in Proctorsville - on the right - for 5-C, which was a Headstart/Daycare program based in Springfield. I was there in the late 70s.
You might be interested in checking out my blog where i'm doing a daily transcribing of Ada's 1915 Springfield diary. She lived in the LaFrance block and then in 1916 she moved to be next door to her parents on Wall Street.I'm sure you know those places if you know Springfield! It's sort of day to day stuff and only a few lines a day but talks all about Springfield in those times.
Well, thanks again.