Heirlooms Reunited: 1869-1874 Autograph Album of Olive Amelia (Scott) Ingalls of Quebec, Massachusetts and Maine

1869-1874 autograph album that belonged to Olive Amelia Scott of Scottsmore, Dunham, Quebec, who moved to Massachusetts, where she married Owen Burnham Ingalls of Bridgton, Maine. Many of the signers had an association, either as patient or staff, at McLean Asylum at Somerville, Massachusetts, now known as McLean Hospital and located at Belmont, Massachusetts.

It's likely that a few pages, perhaps just limited to the end papers, are missing, including a title page and any page that Olive herself might have inscribed. The first page of text is the page inscribed by Olive's mother, Drusilla (Pettes) Scott, on May 28, 1872 [not sure of last digit] at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, after Olive's 1870 marriage to Owen Burnham Ingalls.

The album measures approximately 8" x 5-1/4" and contains the sentiments of about 74 of Olive's relatives and friends. As noted above, many of the signers were associated with McLean Hospital, either as staff or patients. An alphabetical surname list and an alphabetical list of the signers, together with any personal information they offered, appear at the end of this post.

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

Olive Amelia Scott was born August 23, 1844 at Dunham, Quebec, the daughter of Jedediah and Drusilla (Pettes) Scott, Dunham, Quebec natives. At least 3 of Olive's siblings inscribed pages in her album, and there may have been more:

Harriet Drusilla (Scott) Shufelt
Narcissa Lavina Scott
Egbert Linton Scott
One or both of the Anna Scotts who inscribed a page may have been Olive's sister Anna Catherine Scott

Other relatives and in-laws inscribed pages; refer to the list of signers below.

Entries in Olive's autograph album show she was in Massachusetts, at least as early as 1869, presumably either working at McLean Hospital or a patient there.

On January 3, 1870, either at Blackstone, Massachusetts, or Somerville, Massachusetts, Olive married Owen Burnham Ingalls, son of Joseph Lindsay Ingalls and Amanda (Church or Hale) Ingalls. Owen was born November 4, 1844 at Bridgton, Maine.

Olive and Owen perhaps first met at McLean Hospital, where Owen left a sentiment in Olive's album on March 14, 1869 and gave his residence as North Bridgton, Maine.

Owen may have come initially to Somerville because his sister, Julia Amanda (Ingalls) Record was living there with her husband, Horace Record, both of whom inscribed pages in Olive's album.

The 1870 Census of Blackstone, Massachusetts, shows Owen as a machinist and Olive as working in a cotton mill. By 1875, they were living at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, with son Linton Pettes Ingalls, who was born May 24, 1872. By 1880 Owen and Olive were living on the home farm at Bridgton, Maine, or North Bridgton, with Linton and daughter Stella Ethel Ingalls, who was born October 21, 1876.

Sadly Olive died at Bridgton, Maine, on November 21, 1882. I found records showing her buried at Forest Hill Cemetery at Bridgton, Maine, and at Scottsmore Cemetery at Dunham, Quebec, where she's listed on the stone of her parents, but perhaps isn't buried there.

About 1886, Owen married Elizabeth Staley, who was born at Leeds, England, on August 24, 1867. They had a daughter Edna Gertrude Ingalls, born October 15, 1887. Owen died in 1925 at Bridgton, Maine.

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.

One inscriber was McLean Asylum supervisor Elbridge Smith Upham of Saugus, Massachusetts, who left a sentiment on March 13, 1869.

Surnames in the Album

? [4]	D	M	S
A	Daniels [2]	Mars	S ? [2]
Aldrich	Davis	Meservey	Sawyer
B	Douglass	Mills	Scott [11]
Bailey	H	P	Shufelt [8]
Bates	Haskell	P ?	Smith
C	Henderson	Parsons	Stickney
Carsley	Hood	Peirce	U
Clap	Howes	Porter [3]	Upham
Clark	Hutchins	Punchard	W
Cobb	I	R	Ware
Coffin	Ingalls [3]	Rea	White
Cofran [2]	L	Record [2]	Winter
Cone	Ladd [2]	Rowe	Woodward
Conner	Learmont	Ruddick

Signers in the Album [Note: Given names within a specific surname might not be in alphabetical order.]

Lizzie; shared the page with Sarah E. Rea
E. D. I., signed on November 19, 1869; not sure of surname initial.
Aunt Anna of what looks like Broom C., Quebec, but might be Brome County, Quebec.
Angie, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on November 24, 1869

James A. Aldrich of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, signed at Somerville, presumably Massachusetts, on March 10, 1869

Helen M. Bailey, signed on November 23, 1869
Rutharia Bates, signed at the McLean Asylum at Somerville, Massachusetts, on October 7, 1869. Patient. Teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, schools.

Mary M. Carsley of Boston, Massachusetts, signed on January 2, 1870
Mrs. S. G. Clap, signed on November 23, 1869
Mrs. J. D. Clark of Brome, Quebec, signed on January 13, 1870
Ferdinand L. Cobb of Charlestown, New Hampshire, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on June 14, 1869
Julia F. Coffin of Norway, Maine, signed on January 1, 1870
James B. Cofran of Northfield, New Hampshire, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 7, 1869.
Aura A. Cofran of Northfield, New Hampshire, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 6, 1869.
Nettie D. Cone of Thornton, New Hampshire, signed at McLean Asylum on March 15, 1869
Marion S. Conner of Brandon, Vermont, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on May 17, 1869
Jane Cushing, signed on November 24, 1869

Stella Daniels of Woonstock, Rhode Island, signed on July 29, 1874
Estella Daniels of Woonstocket, Rhode Island, signed on January 13, 1872
W. L. Davis of Putney, Vermont, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 13, 1869. Perhaps Warren L. Davis of Vermont
Ellen M. Douglass of Chelsea, Vermont, signed at McLean Asylum on April 7, 1869

Annie M. Haskell of New Gloucester, Maine, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 4, 1869
Mary N. Henderson of Moncton, New Brunswick, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 8, 1869; inscribed to "Sister Olive"
Miss G. P. Hood; not sure of first initial
Sophia F. Howes, signed at Watertown, Massachusetts, on November 19, 1869
Villa Hutchins of Somerville, Massachusetts, signed on December 25, 1869

Olive Amelia (Scott) Ingalls of Quebec, Massachusetts and Maine; album; album owner
Owen B. Ingalls of North Bridgton, Maine, signed at McLean Asylum on March 14, 1869. Owen Burnham Ingalls, who would become Olive's husband about 1870.
Addie L. Ingalls, signed at West Brome, Quebec, on December 8, 1870

Diana M. Ladd of West Brome, Quebec, signed on January 11, 1870
R. J. Ladd of West Brome, Quebec, on January 10, 1870
Annie I. Learmont of East Blackstone, Massachusetts, signed on January 13, 1872

Annie Mars of Milford, Massachusetts, signed on July 31, 1874
Mary E. Meservey of Milo, Maine, signed at the McLean Asylum, Somerville, Massachusetts, on April 7, 1869
G. W. Mills of Somerville, Massachusetts, signed on November 24, 1869 at McLean Asylum. Presumably Supervisor Georgiana W. Mills

A. B. P. of Somerville, Massachusetts, signed on December 26, 1869
Mary V. Parsons, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 5, 1869
M. L. Peirce
Julia M. Porter of New York [not sure of state], signed at Somerville, on April 3, 1869. Presumably Somerville, Massachusetts.
Lydia A. Porter of Hastings, Nova Scotia, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 28, 1869
William H. Porter signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on June 14, 1869
Nellie Punchard, signed at McLean Asylum on March 27, 1869

Sarah E. Rea, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 27, 1869; shared the page with Lizzie
Horace Record, signed at Harrison, Maine, on September 15, 1869
Julia A. Record of Harrison, Maine, signed on September 15, 1869. Julia Amanda (Ingalls) Record, wife of Horace Record and sister of Olive's husband Owen Burnham Ingalls.
Nancie M. Rowe of Saugus, Massachusetts, signed at McLean Asylum on April 6, 1869
Nellie S. Ruddick of Somerville, Massachusetts, signed on March 18, 1869

R. L. S., signed at Sutton, Quebec, on January 9, 1870; Olive's cousin
N. L. S., signed at Scottsville or Scottville, on January 9, 1870; presumably in Quebec. Possibly Olive's sister Narcissa Lavina Scott.
Lena H. Sawyer of Somerville, Massachusetts
Olive Amelia Scott of Quebec, Massachusetts and Maine; album owner
Olive's mother Drusilla (Pettes) Scott (1817-1895), signed at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on May 28, 1870
Melvin N. Scott of Sutton, Quebec. Melvin Nathaniel Scott, Olive's brother.
Anna Scott of Dunham, Quebec; possibly Anna Catherine Scott, Olive's youngest sister.
Janette R. Scott of Sutton, Quebec, signed on January 14, 1870. Daughter of Olive's older brother Melvin Nathaniel Scott and Emily Lucinda (Hubbard) Scott
Miss Anna Scott of Dunham, Quebec, signed on January 9, 1869; possibly Anna Catherine Scott, Olive's sister.
Narcissa Scott, signed at Dunham East, Quebec, on January 9, 1870; Olive's sister Narcissa Lavina Scott
Ira Scott of Brome, Quebec
Mr. E. L. Scott of Scottsville, Quebec. Presumably Olive's brother Egbert Linton Scott.
Elvira Scott, signed at Iron Hill, Brome, Quebec, on January 8, 1870. Presumably Elvira (Pickle) Scott, wife of signer Ira Scott.
Mrs. Emily L. Scott of Sutton, Quebec, signed on January 14, 1870. Olive's sister-in-law Emily Lucinda (Hubbard) Scott, wife of Olive's brother Melvin Nathaniel Scott.
Florence D. Shufelt of East Farnham, Quebec. She spelled her town as East Farnaham. Her mother, Sarah (Pettes) Shufelt and Olive's mother Drusilla (Pettes) Scott were sisters.
Hattie D. Shufelt of Iron Hill, Brome, Quebec, signed on January 17, 186x [can't determine last digit]. Hattie Drusilla (Scott) Shufelt; Olive's sister. She inscribed another page on January 12, 1870
Louise E. Shufelt, signed at South Bolton, Quebec, on January 12, 1870
Jerusha Shufelt of East Farnham, Quebec. Presumably Jerusha (Brimmer) Shufelt, second wife of Hiram Shufelt.
Hiram Shufelt of East Farnham, Quebec. His first wife Sarah (Pettes) Shufelt was a sister to Olive's mother Drusilla (Pettes) Scott.
William A. Shufelt of Brome, Quebec. Presumably William Arthur Shufelt, son of Cyrus Cleveland Shufelt and Mary (Pettes) Shurfelt. Mary was a sister to Olive's mother Drusilla (Pettes) Scott.
Forrest Shufelt of Brome, Quebec; possibly Thomas Forrest Shufelt, son of Cyrus Cleveland Shufelt and Mary (Pettes) Shufelt. Mary was a sister to Olive's mother Drusilla (Pettes) Scott.
John D. Shufelt; presumably John David Shufelt, first husband of Olive's sister Hattie Drusilla (Scott) Shufelt McCrum.
Anne P. Smith, signed at New York on May 29, 1869
Mary E. Stickney of Campton, New Hampshire, signed at McLean Asylum on May 21, 1869

Elbridge S. Upham of Saugus, Massachusetts, signed at McLean Asylum on March 13, 1869. Elbridge Smith Upham, Supervisor at McLean

Mary E. Ware of Knowlton, Quebec, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on December 25, 1869
Maria D. White, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, in December 1869
Mrs. G. F. Winter, signed on May 29, 1869; inscribed to Olive. Not sure of surname
Lucia E. Woodward of Plainfield, New Hampshire, signed at Somerville, Massachusetts, on May 27, 1869. Supervisor at McLean Asylum

Dunham, Quebec; Somerville, Massachusetts; Blackstone, Massachusetts; Woonsocket, Rhode Island; Bridgton, Maine

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