Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: May
• Occupation: Bookkeeper
• Research Notes: Age given as 20 in 1870 census, 55 in 1910 census and 64 in 1920 census entry, but 33 in marriage registration (to Joseph Songster in 1890). As of the 1910 census, Mary was the mother of 2 children, with only 1 surviving. It appears that the daughter Mary was from Joseph’s first marriage and that Howard Phillips died between 1900 and 1910.
• Census: 1855, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1860, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1865, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1870, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1874, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: May 1878, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1880, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Dec 1890, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1892, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1900, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1910, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1920, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Census:
89 Putnam Street

Residence:
5 Prescott

Census:
245 Lexington Street

Census:
245 Lexington Street

Census:
245 Lexington Street

Mary married Edmund Wallace Phillips on 15 Oct 1874 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Edmund (son of Isaac Phillips and Hannah _____) was born on 9 May 1846 in Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Joseph A. Songster on 17 Dec 1890 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Joseph (son of Isaac Songster and Elizabeth _____) was born in Mar 1855 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Electrical engineer
• Research Notes: Howard appears in the household of his mother and step-father in the 1900 census. By the 1910 census, his mother is listed as having had two children, but only one still alive. It is assumed that Howard died between 1900 and 1910.
• Census: 1880, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1900, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Falcon

Census:
89 Putnam Street

Census:
245 Lexington Street

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Chequer, cafeteria
• Occupation: Editor
• Research Notes: Age given as 34 in 1930 census entry.
• Census: 1900, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1910, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1920, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

At the time of the 1940 census, Rena was divorced and living as a lodger in the household of Lewis Ralph.

Birth:
184 Princeton

Census:
245 Lexington Street

Census:
245 Lexington Street

Census:
245 Lexington Street

Census:
12 Crescent Hill

Census:
111 Greenwood Street

Rena married George Leighton Colson in 1922 in Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA, and was divorced before 1940. George (son of Samuel G. Colson and Gertrude E. Burrill) was born on 29 Jul 1900 in Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Dec 1977 in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA; was buried on 6 Dec 1977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]