Tuesday, February 11, 2014

1870s Autograph Album of Mary Ellen Sumner of Mattapan, Massachusetts, 2 of 2


1870s autograph album of Mary Ellen Sumner of Mattapan, Massachusetts.


This album was found with another autograph album compiled by Mary Ellen Sumner in the 1870s and with the album of Mary Ellen's daughter, Pauline Sumner Howard, with sentiments collected at home at Mattapan and at college.


I'm not sure if the Mary Sumner of Mattapan, Massachusetts, who signed a page on August 2, 1874, was Mary Ellen Sumner, or another Mary Sumner, but she signed the page just after the title page.  As you can see from the traces of glue on the page below, several of the pages were stuck together.


The album measures approximately 6-1/2" x 4" and contains the sentiments of nearly forty of Mary Ellen's relatives, friends and schoolmates.  An alphabetical list of the signers appears at the end of this post.

From online research, hopefully correct:  [corrections and additions welcome!]

Mary Ellen Sumner was born 2 August 1863 at Brookline, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ebenezer and Laura Ann (Hopkins) Sumner, who were born at Sharon, Massachusetts, and Brewster, Massachusetts, respectively.

Her mother, Laura Ann (Hopkins) Sumner signed a page in Mary Ellen's other album, as did Laura's brother Warren Henry Hopkins of Orleans, Massachusetts.

On 22 December 1881 at Boston, Massachusetts, Mary Ellen Sumner married Frederic Theodore Howard, son of Daniel J. and Almira Eliza (Hood) Howard.  Frederic was born 9 January 1859 at Boston, Massachusetts.

Interestingly, there was an F. T. Howard who signed one of the last pages in Mary Ellen's album at Milton, Massachusetts, in 1881, and sketched a bird.  Perhaps this was Frederick Theodore Howard, who signed either before or after their marriage.


Mary Ellen (Sumner) Howard and Frederick Theodore Howard would have a daughter, Pauline Sumner Howard, whose autograph album was found with the two albums of her mother.

Another fancy sketch was done by signer ? A. Thompson, who sketched a two birds on November 15, 1871.


The last page in the album, signed by E. F. Sumner of Methuen, Massachusetts, had a four-leaf-clover pasted on the page.


Other signers with the surname of Hopkins or Sumner signed pages in Mary Ellen's album; refer to the list of signers below.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, or information on any of the signers listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!

Surnames
?
Allen
Atkinson
Atkinson
Atkinson
Atkinson
Baker
Clark
Daley
Farmer
Goodwin
Hopkins
Hopkins
Hopkins
Howard
Irving
Kenrick
Knox
Mack
O'Hern
Oldham
Plummer
Rich
Sanderson
Shattuck
Small
Smart
Souther
Sumner
Sumner
Sumner
Sumner
Thompson
Thompson
Vose
Whittemore

List of signers:  [Note: given names within a specific surname may not be in alphabetical order.]


  • Rose C, possibly Collins, of Mattapan, Massachusetts
  • George H. Allen of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on November 14, 1878 at T.G.S.
  • Byron A. Atkinson, signed at Boston, Massachusetts, on February 3, 1878; presumably the B. A. A. who signed the left facing page.
  • ? Clifford Atkinson, signed at Mattapan, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1878.  First initial possibly I or J.
  • ? Atkinson, signed at Mattapan, Massachusetts, on April 10, 1878
  • Mrs. ? C. Atkinson and Clara Atkinson, signed at Mattapan, Massachusetts, on April 6, 1878.  Mentions Sackville, New Brunswick.  Perhaps the wife of J. Clifford Atkinson?
  • M. A. Baker, signed on February 28, 1877
  • J. Henry Clark of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on January 3, 1878 at T.G.S.
  • James F. Daley of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on February 20, 1877, at T.G.S.
  • Arthur ? Farmer of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on February 21, 1877
  • George P. Goodwin, signed on February 20, 1877
  • W. H. Hopkins of Orleans, Massachusetts, "Left Home Oct. the 2 C. C.".  Presumably Mary Ellen's maternal uncle,  Warren Henry Hopkins, brother of her mother, Laura A. (Hopkins) Sumner
  • Freeman Hopkins of Ayer Junction, Massachusetts, signed on November 7, 1878
  • A. Irving Hopkins of Orleans, Massachusetts, signed on August 20, 1879
  • F. T. Howard, signed at Milton, Massachusetts, in 1881; presumably Mary Ellen Sumner's husband, Frederick Theodore Howard, whom she married on 22 December 1881
  • James A. Irving of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on November 14, 1877 at T.G.S.
  • Gertrude A. Kenrick of Orleans, Massachusetts, signed on December 8, 1878
  • Josie Knox of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on November 6, 1878
  • A. Louise Mack of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on March 5, 1877
  • Mary A. O'Hern of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on November 14, 1877 at T.G.S.
  • Blanche A. Oldham of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on February 22, 1877; signed at T.G.S.
  • Gertrude Plummer, signed at Orleans, Massachusetts, on December 11, 1879
  • Hattie B. Rich of Boston, Massachusetts, signed on November 9, 1879
  • Emma A. Sanderson of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on February 20, 1876
  • C. H. Shattuck of Orleans, Massachusetts, signed on October 28, 1879 "left Home 26th Oct."
  • Flora E. Small of West Groton, Massachusetts, signed in August 1879
  • Frank Smart, signed on December 10, 1878
  • Luther J. Souther, Jr.
  • M. E. Sumner of Mattapan, Massachusetts; album owner Mary Ellen Sumner
  • Mary Sumner of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on August 2, 1874; possibly the album owner Mary Sumner or another Mary
  • Not sure of given or surname; possibly Marnie Sumner
  • E. F. Sumner of Methuen, Massachusetts, signed at Attic Hall, F.A.A.
  • ? A. Thompson, signed on November 15, 1871; beautiful sketch
  • James Thompson of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on January 3, 1878 at T.G.S.
  • J. B. F. Vose of Mattapan, Massachusetts, signed on February 27, 1877
  • N. H. Whittemore, signed at Mattapan, Massachusetts, on February 19, 1877
Mattapan, Massachusetts


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2 comments:

  1. Very nice Pam. I was interested because I've got a lot of Sumners, but not this person. Also, loved the map...it helped because I didn't know where Mattapan was!

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  2. Thanks, Barbara. Check out Mary Ellen's other album and that of her daughter Pauline Sumner Howard to see if any names jump out at you. I love maps, as you can probably tell...

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