Mill River Flood Lives Lost

Remembering the 139 Lives Lost on May 16, 1874

Mill River Flood Victims

Williamsburg, Massachusetts - 57 lives lost

Family Groups

Sarah Collyer Bartlett, age 24, mother

Viola Collyer, age 4, daughter

Family Groups (continued)

Epaphroditus Hubbard, age 56, grandfather and farmer

Emma Wood, age 21, mother

Harold Wood, age 1, son

Sarah Snow, age 76, grandmother

William Tilton, age 3, grandson

Johanah Downing, age 54, mother-in-law
Eliza Downing, age 28, mother
Edmund Downing, age 1, son

Mary Brennan, age 62, grandmother
Mary Scully, age 26, mother
John Scully, age 3, son
Mary Scully, age 8 months, daughter

Caroline Chandler, age 39, mother
E. Mary Chandler, age 8, daughter

Alexander Roberts, age 42, father and railroad engineer
Caroline Roberts, age 37, mother
Nettie Roberts, age 2, daughter
Olivet Roberts, age 1, daughter
Mary Ann McGee, age 14, servant

Elizabeth Kingsley, age 60, grandmother
Annie Kingsley, age 35, mother
Nellie Kingsley, age 3, daughter
Lyman Kingsley, age 1, son

Mary Josephine Adams, age 36, mother
William Adams, age 7, son

Henry Birmingham, age 47, father and superintendent of

the wool mill
Laura Birmingham, age 43, mother
Mary Birmingham, age 20, daughter
Lillie Birmingham, age 16, daughter
Carrie Birmingham, age 7, daughter

Michael Burke, age 61, grandfather; worked at wool mill
Michael Burke, age 9, grandson
Jennie Burke, age 8, granddaughter
Annie Burke, age 5, granddaughter

Susan Lamb, age 54, aunt
George Ashley, age 16, nephew

Frank Murray, age 53, husband; worked at wool mill
Mary Murray, age 53, wife; worked at wool mill

Jeremiah Ward, age 71, brother-in-law and stone mason
Electa Knight, age 80, sister-in-law

Spencer Bartlett, age 74, husband and farmer
Saloma Bartlett, age 55, wife

Lucretia Johnson, age 64, grandmother
Elbridge Johnson, age 38, father and physician
Mary F. Johnson, age 32, mother
Edward Johnson, age 8, son
Mary H. Johnson, age 6, daughter
Charlotte Johnson, age 4, daughter

Individuals

William H. Adams, age 51, miller

James Stephens, age 49, worked at wool mill

John Atkinson, age 48, worked at wool mill

Frederick Burr, age 34, fireman

Theodore Hitchcock, age 34, miller

Mary Carter, age 23

Archie Lancour, age 21, worked at wool mill

Mill River Flood Victims

Skinnerville, Massachusetts - 4 lives lost

Family Groups

Eli Bryant, age 77, grandfather

Joseph Hayden, Jr., age 5, grandson

Individuals

Christina Hills, age 46, daughter of John Kaplinger of

Haydenville

Sarah Hillman, age 42, wife of Jerome Hillman, who was

awarded a medal for his heroism

Mill River Flood Victims

Haydenville, Massachusetts - 27 lives lost

Family Groups

George Thayer, age 5, brother

Freddie Thayer, age 1, brother

Agnes Miller, age 10, sister
George Miller, age 8, brother
William Miller, age 1, brother

Mary Kiely, age 59, wife
Stephen Kiely, age 57, husband

Rosa Bissonette, age 22, mother
Joseph Bissonette, age 9 days, son

Theresa Pouzee, age 45, mother
Isabelle Pouzee, age 22, daughter
Ilocrain Pouzee, age 14, son
Nayerene Pouzee, age 11, daughter

Margaret Wilson, age 49, mother
Matilda Wilson, age 10, daughter
Rosa Wilson, age 7, daughter
Margaret Wilson, age 5, daughter

Individuals

John Kaplinger, age 73, father of Christina Hills of

Skinnerville and a shoemaker

Edmund Mockler, age 55

Margaret Lablone, age 54

Mary Hogan, age 50

Mary Macy, age 50

Mary Norris, age 50

Theresa Tafor, age 45

Johanah Williams, age 22

Francis Brodeur, age 20

Georgianna Nafroyze, age 14

Mill River Flood Victims

Leeds, Massachusetts - 51 lives lost

Family Groups

Meline F. Braulette, age 38, mother

Isaac Braulette, age 19, son

Osina Braulette, age 16, daughter

Louis Napoleon Braulette, age 15, son

Victor Braulette, age 1, son

George Clancy, age 3, brother
Clara Clancy, age 1, sister

Jane Cogan, age 42, mother
Annie Cogan, age 23, daughter
Grace Cogan, age 20, daughter

Ellen Fennessey, age 80, grandmother
Andrew Fennessey, age 49, father
Ellen Fennessey, age 39, mother
Nellie F. Fennessey, age 10, daughter
John Fennessey, age 6, son
Katie Fennessey, age 3, daughter
Elizabeth Fennessey, age 36, Andrew's sister

Mary Patrick, age 56, mother
Charles Patrick, age 24, son
Mary Patrick, age 23, daughter
Julia Patrick, age 17, daughter

Ellen Dunlea, age 72, grandmother
Jane Fitzgerald, age 38, mother
Charles Fitzgerald, age 20, son
Thomas Fitzgerald, age 10, son
Anna Fitzgerald, age 7, daughter
Lottie Fitzgerald, age 4, daughter
Bertha Fitzgerald, age 1, daughter

Family Groups (continued)

Sarah Jane Ryan, age 21, mother
Charles Ryan, age 4, son

Hannah Hannum, age 28, mother
Bridget Hannum, age 7, daughter
Edward Hannum, age 4, son
John Hannum, age 2, son
Michael Hannum, age 5 months, son

Individuals

Amos Dunning, age 78

Mrs. Hurley, age 63

Alexander Laney, age 40, button mill

T.F. Vaughan, age 40, silk factory boardinghouse manager

Ralph Isham, age 40, button mill bookkeeper

Sarah Shaughnessy, age 38, button mill

Patrick O'Neille, age 35

Samuel Davies, age 30, button mill