Unsung West Hartford

10/16/2024

Ethel Dissell was 15 years old when she died in a tragic accident involving a prominent West Hartford resident. It has been 109 years but her name lived on through her brother's family.

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09/15/2024

Eliza Maria Brace was born in August 1833 to Truman S. Brace and Roxana Thompson. She had one living brother George (Henry and Truman, other brothers, had not survived infancy). Her father died whe…

09/09/2024

Roger Newton Francis was born on November 14, 1839 in West Hartford to Chester Francis and Lucy Halsey, who came to town in the early 1800s and lived on the south side of New Britain Avenue near Ri…

09/08/2024

Born in Rocky Hill to Asahel Deming and Lucy Morton on April 7, 1792, Asaph was involved in the independence of West Hartford as one of the petitioners to break away from the City of Hartford in 18…

09/08/2024

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08/24/2024

Adeline Sophia Arnold was born in 1858 as the daughter of Edwin H. Arnold and Mary A. Flagg, his first wife. Mary died at the end of 1858, not long after Addie was born. With an older brother and s…

08/24/2024

Charles H. Cady was born in April 1887 to Henry D. Cady and Harriet Monroe, who lived in Farmington. Charles grew up with only sisters in Farmington while his father Henry worked as a farm laborer …

08/18/2024

Fred and Ellen Lee were the developers of Walter Avenue, named after their infant son, who did not survive more than a few weeks.

Fred Lee and his wife Ellen Walker created Walter Avenue in honor of their son Walter, who did not survive beyond infancy. Ellen V. Walker was born in West Hartford in June 1877 as the daughter of …

08/18/2024

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Florence S. Atkins was born on December 8, 1871, in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Frederick C. Atkins and Sarah Howard. At the time of their marriage in 1870, Frederick was a salesman. Florence was …

08/17/2024

West Hartford is no stranger to the deaths of unknown immigrants. Before 1900, many Polish immigrants came to the United States for a variety of reasons, driven by both push and pull factors. Many …

08/17/2024

Heman Hamlin’s family in West Hartford dates back to before the American Revolution. The family homestead was located on Mountain Road, north of Albany Avenue. When the home was built is not …

08/16/2024

Marion Josephine Lamb was born on December 16, 1891 in Franklin, CT as the daughter of Archibald D. Lamb, a local farmer, and Ada L. Hart. Her grandparents on her mother’s side, the Harts, ha…