Lydia W. BALLOU

Father: Loren A. BALLOU
Mother: Lydia Whitney SYLVESTER 

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 _Loren A. BALLOU _________|
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|--Lydia W. BALLOU
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|                                                     _Charles SYLVESTER _
|                           _Caleb Barker SYLVESTER _|
|                          |                         |_Lucy BARKER _______
|_Lydia Whitney SYLVESTER _|
                           |                          _Micah WHITNEY _____
                           |_Joanna WHITNEY _________|
                                                     |_Hannah COBB _______

Notes

Updated February 6, 2024. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com

- Births Registered In: Holyoke, Mass., 1853
- No.: 276
- Date of Birth: June 23
- Name: Lydia W. BALLOU
- Place of Birth: Holyoke
- Names of Parents: Loran BALLOU and Lydia BALLOU
- Residence of Parents: Holyoke
- Occupation of Father: Time Keeper

(2) 1860 United States Census for Connecticut, Hartford Co., Third District of Hartford (Hartford Post Office): Page 128, June 26, 1860.

Lydia BALLOU is included in the household of her father, Loren BALLOU, and step-mother, Helen BALLOU. Lydia is 7 years old and born in Massachusetts.

(3) 1870 United States Census for Connecticut, Hartford Co., 4th Ward Hartford (Hartford Post Office): Page 162-163; July 2, 1870.

Lydia BALLOU is included in the household of her father, Loren BALLOU, and step-mother, Helen BALLOU. Lydia is 17 years old and born in Massachusetts.

(4) 1880 United States Census for Connecticut, Hartford Co., Hartford: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 17; Page 33; June 10, 1880.

Lydia BALLOU is the daughter of Loren BALLOU and step-daughter of Hellen BALLOU. She is 26 years old, born in Massachusetts and is at home.

(5) 1900 United States Census for Connecticut, Hartford Co., Hartford Town, Hartford City: Supervisor's District 26; Enumeration District 156; Sheet 14A; June 13, 1900.

Lydia W. BALLOU resides in the household of the Samuel C. and Hellen B. DOTY family. Helen is Lydia's half sister. There are various other relatives there as well including Samuel's father, Alex H. DOTY, another of Lydia's half-sisters, Grace B. BALLOU, and a cousin, Margarett CAVENS (b. Scotland).

- Address: 78 Barber Street
- Birth date: June 1853; age 46
- Marital Status: Single
- Birthplace: Massachusetts, with her father born in New Hampshire and her mother born in Maine
- Home: a house; not a farm

(6) 1910 United States Census for Connecticut, Hartford Co., West Hartford Town: Supervisor's District 29; Enumeration District 243; Sheet 27B, May 9, 1910.

Lydia BALLOU resides in the household of her half-brother, Lorin A. BALLOU (age 38, single, clerk - fire insurance)

- Address: Oakwood St.
- Age: 57, single
- Birthplace: Massachusetts, with her father born in New Hampshire and her mother born in Maine
- Occupation: None
- Home: A house; not a farm

(7) U.S., City Directories via Ancestry.com: Hartford, Connecticut

- 1892: BALLOU Lydia W. stenographer at 230 Asylum, b. 17 Congress
- 1893: BALLOU Lydia W. stenographer at 230 Asylum, b. 17 Congress
- 1894: BALLOU Lydia W. stenogr. 230 Asy. b. 17 Congress.
- 1895: BALLOU Lydia W. stenogr. 230 Asy. b. 17 Congress.
- 1897: BALLOU Lydia W. Stenographer 252 Asylum.
- 1899: BALLOU Lydia W. clerk at Hartford Life Ins. Co. 252 Asylum, b. 78 Barbour
- 1900: BALLOU Lydia W. Stenographer 252 Asylum.
- 1901: BALLOU Lydia W. Stenographer 252 Asylum.
- 1902: BALLOU Lydia W. with Hartford Life Ins. Co. 252 Asylum, b. 78 Barbour.
- 1903: BALLOU Lydia W. with Hartford Life Ins. Co. 252 Asylum, b. 408 Prospect av.
- 1904: BALLOU Lydia W. b. 408 Prospect av.
- 1905: BALLOU Lydia W. b. 408 Prospect av.
- 1906: BALLOU Lydia W. b. 408 Prospect av.
- 1907: BALLOU Lydia W. b. 408 Prospect av.
- 1908: BALLOU Lydia W. b. 408 Prospect av.
- 1909: BALLOU Lydia W. b. 408 Prospect av.
- 1910: BALLOU Lydia W. b. W.H.t 40 Oakwood av.
- 1912: BALLOU Lydia W. b. W.H.t 40 Oakwood av.

(8) Connecticut, U.S., Death Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Lydia BALLOU
- Death Date: 3 Mar 1914
- Death Place: West Hartford, Connecticut, USA

(9) Obituary via Newspapers.com: Hartford Courant; Hartford, Connecticut; Wed, Mar 4, 1914; Page 9

"Miss Lydia W. BALLOU, daughter of the late Loren BALLOU, died yesterday morning at No. 80 Oakwood avenue, West Hartford, where she lived with her brother, Loren A. BALLOU. She had been a sufferer from paralysis. She was born in Nashua, N. H. but had spent practically all her life in West Hartford. Besides Loren A. BALLOU, she leaves another brother, Harry D. BALLOU, of New York, and two sisters, Mrs. Samuel C. DOTY of Hartford and Mrs. Charles M. SEAY of New York. She was a member of the Windsor Avenue Congregational Church. The funeral will be held at No. 80 Oakwood avenue, West Hartford, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery."

(10) Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records via Ancestry.com

"This 24th day of March A.D. 1914... Samuel C. DOTY has this day by the Court of Probate in and for the District of Hartford, in said State, has been appointed Administrator of the estate of Lydia W. BALLOU late of West Hartford in said District, deceased and has appeared in said Court and accepted said trust."

"Decedents brothers + sisters Loren A. BALLOU of West Hartford, Harry D BALLOU of Brooklyn, N.Y., Helen B. DOTY of Hartford and Grace B. SEAY of New York City." Total value of estate left for distribution: $2,645.60.

(11) Find a Grave

- Name: Lydia BALLOU
- Birth: 23 Jun 1853
- Death: 3 Mar 1914 (aged 60)
- Burial: Spring Grove Cemetery; Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
- Plot: Section H
- Inscription: "Lydia W. BALLOU Daughter of Loren BALLOU"
- Memorial ID: 153079321

(12) Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC., p. 4.

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Additional Notes.

Mayflower lineage: Howland/Tilley -1; Hope Howland -2; Hope Chipman -3; Samuel Cobb -4; Chipman Cobb -5; Andrew Cobb -6 (DAR/SAR ancestor); Hannah Cobb -7; Joanna Whitney -8; Lydia Sylvester -9; Lydia Ballou -10.