{"id":15770,"date":"2020-12-16T14:18:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T14:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/?p=15770"},"modified":"2020-12-16T14:18:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T14:18:36","slug":"looking-in-newspapers-for-my-wifes-ancestors-in-the-boston-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2020\/12\/16\/looking-in-newspapers-for-my-wifes-ancestors-in-the-boston-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking in Newspapers for My Wife&#8217;s Ancestors in the Boston Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of wife&#8217;s ancestors were Butler, Ellis and Upshall. I have already found some interesting information from newspapers. I have a trial at newspapers.com, so I&#8217;ll take a look<\/p>\n<h2>Upshall<\/h2>\n<p>This name should be fairly easy to find as it is unusual. I have found an article previously on my wife&#8217;s great-grandfather Fred Upshall. Let&#8217;s see if I can find it again.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Upshall was a ship captain. He was mentioned in the paper several times. Here is a random entry from the Boston Globe on Monday 22 September 1913:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-1-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-1-2.png 519w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-1-2-300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here we learn what Fred was up to in 1913. Here is another article from the Globe on 27 October 1911:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-2-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-2-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-2-2.png 505w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-2-2-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article involved a race and bets.<\/p>\n<p>In 1910 Captain Upshall was sailing the Schooner Romance:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15773\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-3-1.png 523w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-3-1-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is from a 2 September 1910 article in the Boston Globe.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a scary article from 21 Mar 1911:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15774\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4-2.png 540w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4-2-296x300.png 296w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4-2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is an engagement notice for Fred&#8217;s daughter Esther dated 16 May 1948:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-5-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-5-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-5-1.png 490w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-5-1-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fred had died by this point and the Mrs was his second wife.<\/p>\n<p>I found this notice by entering the year of Fred Upshall&#8217;s death:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-6-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-6-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-6-1.png 486w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-6-1-300x81.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All these articles are from the Boston Globe. This one is dated 8 January 1937. Here is an article from the day before:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-12.png 387w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-12-185x300.png 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My wife says that Fred actually died when the boat was fumigated.<\/p>\n<p>I assume that this is the same Fred Upshall in a 21 February 1928 article:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-7-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15777\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-7-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-7-1.png 536w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-7-1-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-8-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15778\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-8-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-8-1.png 510w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-8-1-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15779\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-9.png 513w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-9-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was about a month before the birth of his daughter Esther.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"957\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-10.png 957w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-10-300x221.png 300w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-10-768x566.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wensley Street is South of the McLaughlin Playground on the map above. Here is where the accident occured:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15781\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1005\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-11.png 1005w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-11-300x142.png 300w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-11-768x363.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is an article about the death of George Upshall from 1945:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15783\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-13.png 495w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-13-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Butler<\/h2>\n<p>I found quite a bit on the Upshall family. I think that it will be more diffiult to find articles on the Butler family. Here is the death record for my wife&#8217;s 2nd great-grandfather:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15784\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-14.png 516w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-14-300x66.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was published in the Globe on October 18, 1915.<\/p>\n<p>Here are Edward&#8217;s wife and children:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-15_07_12-Edward-H-Butler-Facts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15787\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-15_07_12-Edward-H-Butler-Facts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-15_07_12-Edward-H-Butler-Facts.png 231w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-15_07_12-Edward-H-Butler-Facts-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This may be one reason I am having trouble finding women in newspapers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/14aa13cb-d74a-483b-a499-8641ca050997.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/14aa13cb-d74a-483b-a499-8641ca050997.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"323\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/14aa13cb-d74a-483b-a499-8641ca050997.jpg 323w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/14aa13cb-d74a-483b-a499-8641ca050997-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Julia Ann Butler is listed as Mrs. Silas Deshon. I didn&#8217;t find this entry. Someone else had put this image in Ancestry.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an entry for an Ellen Butler from the Cincinnati Enquirer 11 October 1867:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-15_44_27-11-Oct-1867-Page-3-The-Cincinnati-Enquirer-at-Newspapers.com_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15788\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-15_44_27-11-Oct-1867-Page-3-The-Cincinnati-Enquirer-at-Newspapers.com_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-15_44_27-11-Oct-1867-Page-3-The-Cincinnati-Enquirer-at-Newspapers.com_.png 409w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-15_44_27-11-Oct-1867-Page-3-The-Cincinnati-Enquirer-at-Newspapers.com_-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Edward&#8217;s daughter would have been about 8 years old at this time it would not be her. The mother is a possibility as she was probably Mary Ellen. Who knows?<\/p>\n<h3>George Butler<\/h3>\n<p>This appears to be the death record for George Butler:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-16_11_16-28-Mar-1925-16-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15789\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-16_11_16-28-Mar-1925-16-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-16_11_16-28-Mar-1925-16-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png 413w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-16_11_16-28-Mar-1925-16-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-16_13_26-28-Mar-1925-16-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15790\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-16_13_26-28-Mar-1925-16-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-16_13_26-28-Mar-1925-16-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png 402w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-16_13_26-28-Mar-1925-16-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_-300x45.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Boston Globe ariticle was from March 28, 1925. Here is George&#8217;s death notice:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-16_16_35-27-Mar-1925-19-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15791\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-16_16_35-27-Mar-1925-19-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-16_16_35-27-Mar-1925-19-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png 422w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-16_16_35-27-Mar-1925-19-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_-300x102.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a 27 August 1912 article about the unfortunate death of Geoge&#8217;s son Edward:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-20_50_49-27-Aug-1912-6-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15793\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-20_50_49-27-Aug-1912-6-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-20_50_49-27-Aug-1912-6-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png 409w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-20_50_49-27-Aug-1912-6-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_-300x255.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Edward Butler Born 1875<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-20_54_22-06-Feb-1925-12-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15794\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-20_54_22-06-Feb-1925-12-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-20_54_22-06-Feb-1925-12-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png 424w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-20_54_22-06-Feb-1925-12-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_-300x91.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was published Friday, February 6, 1925.<\/p>\n<h2>Ellis Family<\/h2>\n<p>My wife&#8217;s Ellis family was from Prince Edward Island, but moved to the Boston area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-21_26_16-19-Apr-1921-7-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15795\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-21_26_16-19-Apr-1921-7-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-21_26_16-19-Apr-1921-7-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png 413w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-21_26_16-19-Apr-1921-7-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>George, like Fred above, met an unfortunate death.<\/p>\n<p>George&#8217;s first wife Lillian Rayner died in New York City in 1910. George apparently remarried:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-21_48_36-Ancestry.com-1920-United-States-Federal-Census.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15796\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-21_48_36-Ancestry.com-1920-United-States-Federal-Census.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1099\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-21_48_36-Ancestry.com-1920-United-States-Federal-Census.png 1099w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-21_48_36-Ancestry.com-1920-United-States-Federal-Census-300x76.png 300w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-21_48_36-Ancestry.com-1920-United-States-Federal-Census-1024x259.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-21_48_36-Ancestry.com-1920-United-States-Federal-Census-768x194.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is some more on George Ellis:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_05_58-Ancestry-Person.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15797\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_05_58-Ancestry-Person.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_05_58-Ancestry-Person.png 225w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_05_58-Ancestry-Person-162x300.png 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is some more on Marion:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_13_40-01-Mar-1971-26-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15798\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_13_40-01-Mar-1971-26-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_13_40-01-Mar-1971-26-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_.png 303w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_13_40-01-Mar-1971-26-The-Boston-Globe-at-Newspapers.com_-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Willard Ellis<\/h3>\n<p>Here is Willard&#8217;s WWII Registion Card:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_21_15-Ancestry.com-U.S.-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15799\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_21_15-Ancestry.com-U.S.-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1161\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_21_15-Ancestry.com-U.S.-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947.png 1161w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_21_15-Ancestry.com-U.S.-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947-300x199.png 300w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_21_15-Ancestry.com-U.S.-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947-1024x679.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_21_15-Ancestry.com-U.S.-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947-768x509.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_23_07-Ancestry.com-U.S.-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_23_07-Ancestry.com-U.S.-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_23_07-Ancestry.com-U.S.-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947.png 503w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_23_07-Ancestry.com-U.S.-World-War-II-Draft-Cards-Young-Men-1940-1947-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I get the impression that Willard was single as he gives his sister as his contact.<\/p>\n<p>This may be Willard in the 1930 Census in Boston:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_34_47-Ancestry.com-1930-United-States-Federal-Census.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15801\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_34_47-Ancestry.com-1930-United-States-Federal-Census.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1189\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_34_47-Ancestry.com-1930-United-States-Federal-Census.png 1189w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_34_47-Ancestry.com-1930-United-States-Federal-Census-300x38.png 300w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_34_47-Ancestry.com-1930-United-States-Federal-Census-1024x130.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-22_34_47-Ancestry.com-1930-United-States-Federal-Census-768x98.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wonder who Willard&#8217;s cousin was.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of wife&#8217;s ancestors were Butler, Ellis and Upshall. I have already found some interesting information from newspapers. I have a trial at newspapers.com, so I&#8217;ll take a look Upshall This name should be fairly easy to find as it is unusual. I have found an article previously on my wife&#8217;s great-grandfather Fred Upshall. Let&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2020\/12\/16\/looking-in-newspapers-for-my-wifes-ancestors-in-the-boston-area\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Looking in Newspapers for My Wife&#8217;s Ancestors in the Boston Area&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-butler-dna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15770"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15803,"href":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15770\/revisions\/15803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}