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Joseph Richardson Rumrill 1829 and
Caroline Francis Foster 1837

2 pictures below
  • Joseph Richardson Rumrill was the son of Joseph Richardson Rumrill Sr. & Mehitable Carver.
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  • He was born in Nov 1829 in New Bedford, and he died 23 Feb 1899 in New Bedford.

  • He married Caroline Frances Foster 16 May 1855 in New Bedford.

  • Joseph enlisted in as a private in Company C, 3rd Cavalry Regiment of Massachusetts on 4 Sep 1862.

  • He was discharged 20 May 1865 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 

  • He was a painter in private life.

  • Caroline Frances Foster was the daughter of James Foster & Susan Bunker.
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  • She was also the granddaughter of the whaling ship captain Ebenezer Lathrop Foster.
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  • She was born 20 Sep 1837 in New Bedford, and she died 26 Jun 1906 also in New Bedford.
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  • She and her husband’s family are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, in New Bedford, in Lot 54, Section Q.

  • Joseph & Caroline had two sons: Joseph Adams Rumrill & Herbert Elmer Rumrill.

  • Above information submitted by William Lucas the 4th-great-grandson of
    Joseph R. Rumrill Jr. & Caroline F. Foster of New Bedford.

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    Below is research from the New Bedford Directories listed on both father and son Joseph Richardson Rumrill and Caroline Francis Foster (Rumrill)

  • In 1836  Joseph R. Rumrill lived at 21 South Second street, and he was listed as a painter

  • In 1838   Joseph R. Rumrill lived at 89 North Second Street, and he was listed as a painter

  • In 1871 - 1872 there are no listings for any Rumrill

  • In 1875 - 1876 there are no listings for any Rumrill

  • In 1892 a Joseph Rumrill was a boarder at 175 William Street

  • In 1897 Joseph R. Rumrill lived at his house at 112 Willis Street

  • In 1898 Same info as 1897

  • In 1904  Mrs. Caroline F Rumrill lived at 285 Pleasant Street she was the widow of Joseph R. Rumrill

  • In 1905 Mrs. Caroline F. Rumrill lived at 595 Pleasant Street


  • Click the 2 images below of Joseph and Caroline to enlarge them.
    Joseph R. Rumrill - www.WhalingCity.net

    Caroline Foster Rumrill - www.WhalingCity.net

     
     

     


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