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CALDER, Robert

Male 1812 - 1893  (80 years)


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  • Name CALDER, Robert 
    Birth 29 Feb 1812  Boston, Suffolk, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • From web site of Stephen M. Lawson's Kinnexions.com. He has Robert Born Boston, Mass., on 29 Feb 1812. Died Revere, Mass., on 6 Jan 1893. Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Mass. Residence: Revere, Mass. Data from Mason. [ While Robert has listed Boston as his birth place on most childrens birth records, he has also listed Chelsea on census records, and various records suggest his birth as between 1812-1817.] Mar 2011.
    Gender Male 
    Death 06 Jan 1893  Revere, Chelsea, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • as noted in City Directory, [Chelsea became Revere]. source: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Mar 2011.
    Burial Est 08 Jan 1893  Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • From web site of Stephen M. Lawson's Kinnexions.com. Lot 59. Mar 2011.
    Person ID I55  Ward
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2011 

    Father CALDER, William,   b. Abt 1760, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1824, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Mother STACEY, Elizabeth,   b. Est 1790, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1820, Boston, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Marriage 04 Jun 1809  Boston, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • by Rev. Daniel Webb. From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.
    Family ID F59  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 DAVIS, Elizabeth,   b. 30 May 1815, Boston, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1848, Chelsea, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage 01 Oct 1835  Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010).. CALDER: Robert and Elizabeth Davis, Oct. 1, 1835.
    Children 
    +1. CALDER, William Marsena 'Billie',   b. 26 Oct 1836, Chelsea, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 May 1879, 22 Frothingham Ave., Boston, Suffolk, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
    +2. CALDER, Helen Elizabeth,   b. 17 Sep 1838, North Chelsea, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1910, #1 Perham? Ave., Melrose, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     3. CALDER, Robert Augustus,   b. 22 Apr 1841, Chelsea, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Feb 1900, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     4. CALDER, Mary T.,   b. 01 Nov 1844, Chelsea, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Sep 1847, Chelsea, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     5. CALDER, Mary Anne Frances,   b. 21 Nov 1847, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1848, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F34  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 

    Family 2 SNELL, Mary Jane,   b. Est 1820, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1854, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Marriage 21 Nov 1852  USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.
    Family ID F58  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 

    Family 3 ROSS, Elizabeth F.,   b. Abt 1834, Bloomfield, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1914, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Marriage 03 May 1864  Salem, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841?1910. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.). Robert Calder, age 47, born Chelsea, Superintendant R.R., residing in Chelsea, parents Joseph & Ellen Calder, 2nd marriage; and Elizabeth F. Hersom, age 30, born Salem, residing in St. Albans Me., parents David & Catherine Ross, 2nd marriage. Performed by D. D. Winer?, Clergymn of Salem. Mar 2011.
    Children 
     1. CALDER, Mary L.,   b. Abt 1864, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1940, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years)
    +2. CALDER, Walter L.,   b. 05 Feb 1865, Chelsea, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1940, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. CALDER, Charles H.,   b. 15 Apr 1867, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1940, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +4. CALDER, Alden Stephen,   b. 05 Feb 1869, N. Chelsea, now Revere, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1940, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     5. CALDER, George P.,   b. 17 Nov 1871, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1929, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     6. CALDER, unknown,   b. 20 Sep 1875, Revere, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1880, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 4 years)
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Feb 1812 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachussetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 01 Oct 1835 - Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachussetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From web site of Stephen M. Lawson's Kinnexions.com. He has parents for Robert as William Calder (Baptized Charlestown, Mass., on 12 Oct 1760. Died Boston, Mass., on 20 Mar 1824. Buried Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston. Data from Mason.) and Elizabeth (Stacey) Lewis,( daughter of Stephen Stacey & Mary Jarvis, on 4 Jun 1809 in Charlestown, Mass. Baptized Marblehead, Mass., on 8 Jan 1786. Died on 14 Jun 1820. Buried Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston. Data from Mason.) Mar 2011.
    • VITAL RECORDS OF REVERE, SUFFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS Chapter V
      p. 295

      Robert CALDER was born in BOSTON Feb. 19, 1812, died in Revere Jan. ?, 1893, married in North Chelsea (then Chelsea) Oct. 1, 1835 Elizabeth DAVIS born in Boston May 30, 1815, died in North Chelsea Feb. 16, 1848 and was the daughter of Capt. John DAVIS and Mary COLBY, see No. 1 of the DAVIS family. He married secondly in Canton, N. Y. Nov. 21, 1852 Mary Jane SNELL born in Canton 1834, died in Boston Oct. 14, 1854. He married thirdly in Salem May 3, 1864 Elizabeth F. HERSOM born in Skowhegan ME. Sept. 11, 1834, did in Revere Dec. 1894 and was a widow HERSOM whose maiden name was ROSS. By her former husband she had a child born in St. Albans ME....... (Snip)

      By his first wife, Robert CALDER had the following children born in North Chelsea (then Chelsea.).... (snip)

      By his third wife, he had the following children born in North Chelsea except the first:-

      Walter Lincoln born in Chelsea Feb. 5, 1865, married in Malden April 11, 1894 Annie Elizabeth WELLS born in Wakefield N, H. Oct. 14, 1871
      Taken from web site: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wellsfam/country/massachu/masufvr.html]. by The Wells Family Research Association. Mar 2011.
    • After mother's death, taken to live with Joseph and Marry Harris, of North Chelsea (Revere). From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.
    • A Reference given by Libby Baker is: Calder, Philip Raymond, 'Calder Family in America', NEHGS. Another is: Calder, Major William of Charlestown, MA by Harold Clarke Durrell, 1933. Oct 2011.
    • There is an application to the Sons of American Revolution society in 1928 giving particulars of ancestry back to Major William Calder, through our Robert Calder. While this does not prove his ancestry it does support others who believe it is the correct line. Oct 2011.
    • When 1st wife died, went to California Gold Rush (twice). From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.


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