Rufus W. Rundlett1

b. March 19, 1909, d. June 26, 2007
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  • Rufus W. Rundlett was born on March 19, 1909 in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He attended local schools, and studied violin under Edward Soroier and sang in the Newbury Episcopal Church. He went to Vaughn's barber School in Boston. In 1928, he moved to Farmington to work in the barber shop of Elmer Evans. In the 1930's he directed two minstrel shows for the American Legion.

    In 1942, he enlisted in the US Navy and after basic training at Great Lakes Naval training station and further schooling at Quantico, VA, he was stationed on board the DD800, USS Porter, a destroyer based in Attu, Alaska. His job on board ship was a fire control man, a position that used the technology of computers to aim and fire the large guns on board ship. After WW II, he returned to Farmington and his barber shop in partnership with Milton Thurston and his father, Herbert Thurston. After Milton's death in the early 1950's he worked alone in his shop in the square in Farmington until his retirement in 1994 at the age of 85.

    Rufus was one of the original founders of the Farmington Boys (and Girls) club and served as its first president. During the building phase of the little league field, he, along with the other members who started this program, worked every sunday to get the field in shape for the opening of baseball season. They had to survey the field, build bleachers (done by Andrew Foss), level the land (done by Vickers) seed the grass, (done by Camerons) put in the uprights for the backstop (donated by Everett Emerson) and build a playground. That for the monthly drawings (their main source of income) and for meetings.
    A United States Naval Veteran, he served during World War II.

    A member and Past President of the former Kiwanis Club of Farmington, a member of the American Legion in Farmington, he had served as Town Treasurer for the Town of Farmington for 15 years and had served on the Board of Directors for Farmington Savings and Loans from 1950's and 1960's. Lifetime member of the VFW. Played the violin with the kingswood club Orchestra, even performing with them on radio show from Portland Maine. He played the violin at local dances and weddings. Played percussion fo Oliver Shaddock and the Allen A Camp's Band at Alton Bay and other locations. Sang in the choir at the Baptist, Congregational and Catholic Churches. Rufus was a avid golfer, (playing at many different clubs with Ralph Parent.) Red Sox fan and musician, playing the violin, percussion and organ at various times. A Great father and Grandfather.2
  • He was the son of Charles L. Rundlett and Estelle Louise Woodward Bartlett.1
  • The census of 1910 shows:
    Rufus W. Rundlett, son, 1; in the household of
    Charles L. Rundlett, 66, foreman at an iron foundry; and
    Estelle Rundlett, wife, 34;
    living at 9 Broad Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts.3

  • The census of 1920 shows:
    Rufus Rundlett, son, 10, attending school; in the household of
    Estelle Rundlett, 43;
    living at 90 Lime Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts.4

  • Rufus married Blanche A. Roy on July 3, 1932 in Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire. He was a barber and she was a bookkeeper. They were married by Paul Desauliners, a Roman Catholic priest.1
  • Rufus died on June 26, 2007 in Mountain View Nursing Home, Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire, at age 98. His residence was Orchard Circle in Farmington.2
  • He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire.2
  • Last Edited: 23 Aug 2016

Family: Blanche A. Roy b. February 8, 1911

Citations

  1. "New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLZJ-2M9 : accessed 21 Nov 2012), Rufus W. Rundlett and Blanche A. Roy and null, 1932.
  2. RUFUS RUNDLETT OBITUARY 1909 - 2007, at http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&n=Rufus-W-Rundlett&personID=89786979
  3. 1910 United States. Bureau of the Census. 13th census, 1910 population census schedules, Washington, District of Columbia: Bureau of Census Micro-Film Lab, ([19--?]) , Census Place: Newburyport Ward 5, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_586; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0437; ; FHL microfilm: 1374599.
  4. 1920 United States. Bureau of the Census. 14th census, 1920 population census schedules, Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives, ([193-?]) , Census Place: Newburyport Ward 2, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_695; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 226; Image: 781.
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Esther Runnels1

b. perhaps 1736
  • Last Edited: 10 Nov 2009

Citations

  1. Ezra Scollay Stearns and M T Runnels, History of Plymouth, New Hampshire, Cambridge, Mass.: University Press, (1906) , p. 614.
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William Runnels1

b. perhaps 1729
  • Reference: 0906cfs1
  • Last Edited: 15 Sep 2016

Citations

  1. David W. Hoyt, The old families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts : with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, and of York County, Maine / David W. Hoyt., , at https://archive.org/stream/cu31924025963772 . Providence, R. I.: Snow & Farnham, (1897) , p. 622.
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Eunica Rusburgh1

b. March 2, 1628/29
  • Last Edited: 17 Jan 2016

Citations

  1. Jane Fletcher Fiske, "The English Background of Hugh Mason of Watertown, Massachusetts", The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, , at https://books.google.com/books?id=tQ8oAQAAMAAJ . (2003) , pp. 161-4.
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Jane Rusburgh1

b. August 19, 1627
  • Last Edited: 17 Jan 2016

Citations

  1. Jane Fletcher Fiske, "The English Background of Hugh Mason of Watertown, Massachusetts", The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, , at https://books.google.com/books?id=tQ8oAQAAMAAJ . (2003) , pp. 161-4.
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Jasper Rusburgh1

b. perhaps 1631
  • Last Edited: 17 Jan 2016

Citations

  1. Jane Fletcher Fiske, "The English Background of Hugh Mason of Watertown, Massachusetts", The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, , at https://books.google.com/books?id=tQ8oAQAAMAAJ . (2003) , pp. 161-4.
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Thomas Rusburgh1

b. perhaps 1600
  • Last Edited: 17 Jan 2016

Family: Eunica Mason b. December 9, 1602

Citations

  1. Jane Fletcher Fiske, "The English Background of Hugh Mason of Watertown, Massachusetts", The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, , at https://books.google.com/books?id=tQ8oAQAAMAAJ . (2003) , pp. 161-4.
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Philemon Russel1

b. perhaps 1667
  • Last Edited: 29 Nov 2009

Citations

  1. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary or The first Settlers of New England showing Three Generations or Those who came Before May, 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, (1862) , vol. 1, p. 259.
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(?) Russell1

b. perhaps 1716
  • Last Edited: 7 Apr 2010

Citations

  1. Ancestors of Gordon McCrea FISHER, at www.familyorigins.com/users/f/i/s/Gordon-M-Fisher/FAMO1-0001/index.htm. See this site for further biographical information and primary citations.
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Alice Russell1

b. perhaps 1560
  • Alice Russell was born perhaps 1560.1
  • Alice married John Parmelia 'Jan 1572/3.1
  • Last Edited: 20 Dec 2021

Family: John Parmelia b. before 1550

Citations

  1. Doris Corgan Jones, Patrick Corgan, 1760-1848: his descendants & allied families, , at https://books.google.com/books?id=nEQ5AAAAMAAJ . Gateway Press, (1986) , p. 270.
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Alice S. Russell1

b. 1858, d. May 26, 1934
  • Last Edited: 20 May 2017

Citations

  1. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=146554344
    Created by: Lulabell
    Record added: May 16, 2015.
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=146553625
    Created by: Lulabell
    Record added: May 16, 2015.
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Anna Russell1

b. perhaps 1644
  • Last Edited: 20 Sep 2015

Citations

  1. James Shepard, The New Haven (Conn.) Potters, 1639, , at https://archive.org/stream/newhavenconnpott00shep . Boston: David Clapp & Son, (1902) , pp. 4-5.
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Anna Eloise Russell

b. August 1, 1856, d. July 5, 1922
  • Last Edited: 23 Aug 2016

Family: Lieutenant Henry Wyer Hale b. about October 20, 1833, d. August 20, 1897

Citations

  1. Ancestry.com, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc, (2007).
  2. "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKV-SJ6 : 27 December 2014), Henry W Hale and Anna E Russell, 1875.
  3. "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVZ-8L8 : 27 December 2014), Edward Russell Hale, 1884.
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Annie F. Russell1

b. 1867 or 1868
  • Last Edited: 31 Mar 2016

Citations

  1. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQS-BYG : accessed 31 March 2016), Mabel R Russell in household of Joseph L Richardson, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 93, family 837, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,134.
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Betsey H. Russell1

b. October 23, 1824, d. May 28, 1866
  • Last Edited: 8 Jul 2016

Family: Samuel Spurr Stanley b. perhaps 1822, d. July 14, 1890

Citations

  1. "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-40623-32124-68?cc=2242151 : 16 April 2015), Rowe - Sanders > image 1552 of 3419; Maine State Library, Augusta.
  2. 1850 United States. Census Office. 7th census, Population schedules of the seventh census of the United States, 1850, Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives. Central Plains Region, (1964) , Census Place: Bethel, Oxford, Maine; Roll: M432_262; Page: 9A; Image: 24.. (With few exceptions, names are listed exactly as they appear on the census.).
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Caroline C. Russell1

b. February 13, 1829
  • Last Edited: 12 Jan 2017

Citations

  1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46R-SG4 : 13 July 2016), Caroline C. Russell, 13 Feb 1829; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.
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Carrie Louisa Russell1

b. December 11, 1869, d. September 27, 1949
  • Last Edited: 20 May 2017

Citations

  1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVG-X13 : 4 December 2014), Carrie Louisa Russell, 11 Dec 1869; citing Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, 33; FHL microfilm 815,614.
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=146554538
    Created by: Lulabell
    Record added: May 16, 2015.
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=146553625
    Created by: Lulabell
    Record added: May 16, 2015.
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