Sarah Burlingham1

b. about November 1841, d. 15 February 1844
Pedigree
FatherNathan Huntly Burlingham1 b. 23 Feb 1813, d. 21 Feb 1898
MotherNancy Turner1 b. a 1810
Relationship1st cousin 3 times removed of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsPhilip Burlingham and Polly Babcock Descendants

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     Sarah Burlingham was born about November 1841.1 She died on 15 February 1844 in Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.1 She was buried at West Comstock Cemetery in Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.1

Citations

  1. [S4152] Kalamazoo Public Library, compiler, 3x5 Vital Records File. Image 4027, death record for Sarah Burlingham.

Sarah S. Burlingham1

b. about April 1837, d. 18 September 1837
Pedigree
FatherNathan Huntly Burlingham1 b. 23 Feb 1813, d. 21 Feb 1898
MotherSarah A. Rowell1,2 b. a 1810, d. 6 Oct 1838
Relationship1st cousin 3 times removed of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsPhilip Burlingham and Polly Babcock Descendants

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     Sarah S. Burlingham was born about April 1837.1 She died on 18 September 1837 in Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.1 She was buried at West Comstock Cemetery in Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.1

Citations

  1. [S4152] Kalamazoo Public Library, compiler, 3x5 Vital Records File. Image 4029, death record for Sarah S. Burlingham.
  2. [S6182] Obituary, Sarah A. Burlingham, Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 27 October 1838, p. 2, col. 6.

Susan Mutchler1

b. 24 May 1836, d. 24 March 1916
Pedigree
FatherSam Mutchler2
MotherMartha (?)2

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     Susan Mutchler was born on 24 May 1836 in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio.2,1,3 She married first (?) Robinson.1 She was married second, by William B. Gray, Justice of the Peace, to Franklin H. Burlingham, son of Nathan Huntly Burlingham and Nancy Turner, on 12 June 1876 in Niles, Berrien Co., Michigan.1 She died on 24 March 1916 in Picnic Point, Pierce Co., Washington, at age 79 from stomach cancer.2 She was buried in Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington.2
     Shortly after their marriage she and her second husband Franklin moved to Iowa, where their daughter Gettie was born in July 1877.4 They are listed in Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa, in the 1880 census, along with Corie (age 20, born in Indiana) and Maud Robertson (18, Michigan), and Lizzie Rogers (36, Ohio). Lizzie is listed as Franklin's sister-in-law, and thus is probably Susan's sister. Corie and Maud are listed as daughters-in-law, but are probably actually Susan's daughters from her first marriage.5
     She and Franklin moved to Washington in 1887, where they lived the rest of their lives, except for a short period of time in San Francisco, California, in 1890.6 They are listed in the 1900 and 1910 censuses in Artondale Prec., Pierce Co., Washington.3,7

Child of Susan Mutchler and Franklin H. Burlingham

Citations

  1. [S3295] Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940. Record for Frank Burlingham and Susan (Mutchler) Robinson, FHL Film 2240465, Image 1340.
  2. [S5298] Susan Burlingham, Death Certificate.
  3. [S5294] 1900 U.S. Census, Franklin Burlingham household, Pierce Co., Washington.
  4. [S5300] 1900 U.S. Census, Gettie Burlingham household, Pierce Co., Washington.
  5. [S5293] 1880 U.S. Census, F. H. Burlingham household, Clinton Co., Iowa.
  6. [S5299] Washington, Soldier Home Records, 1891-1945. Record for Franklin H. Burlingham, Retsil Home, File No. 975.
  7. [S5295] 1910 U.S. Census, Franklin H. Burlingham household, Pierce Co., Washington.

Gettie Madge Burlingham1,2,3

b. 30 July 1876, d. 17 September 1957
Pedigree
FatherFranklin H. Burlingham2,3 b. 15 May 1844, d. 27 Jan 1920
MotherSusan Mutchler2,3 b. 24 May 1836, d. 24 Mar 1916
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsPhilip Burlingham and Polly Babcock Descendants

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     Gettie Madge Burlingham was born on 30 July 1876 (the 1900 census says July 1877) in Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa.1,4 She married Byron Lincoln Aldrich, son of Byron L. Aldrich and Lillie B. Bodwell, on 21 November 1900 at the Trinity Parish Church in Seattle, King Co., Washington.5 She died on 17 September 1957 at the Rose City Nursing Home in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, from lung cancer.1 She was interred at Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.6
     She moved to Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington, with her parents in 1887 or 1888.7,3 In 1900 she was living on her own in Tacoma and working as a music teacher.4 After their marriage she and her husband Byron lived in Tacoma8,9 until 1926, when they moved to Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.7
     Both she and Byron were musicians, and later photographers.8,9,10,11 Together they owned a theater in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington, that burned in 1903.12 As musicians they accompanied several well-known performers, including singers Nellie Melba and Al Jolson, and actress Sarah Bernhardt.13,7
     She was a member of the Pythian Sisters and Eastern Star.7

Citations

  1. [S8179] Gettie Madge Aldrich, Death Certificate.
  2. [S5293] 1880 U.S. Census, F. H. Burlingham household, Clinton Co., Iowa.
  3. [S5299] Washington, Soldier Home Records, 1891-1945. Record for Franklin H. Burlingham, Retsil Home, File No. 975.
  4. [S5300] 1900 U.S. Census, Gettie Burlingham household, Pierce Co., Washington.
  5. [S5305] Byron L. Aldrich and Gettie M. Burlingham, Marriage Record.
  6. [S1871] Find A Grave. Memorial for Gettie M. Aldrich (Mem. No. 176891390), Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon. Created by EGF, 2 March 2017.
  7. [S6209] Obituary, Gettie M. Aldrich, The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, 19 September 1957, p. 19, col. 2.
  8. [S5301] 1910 U.S. Census, Byron L. Aldrich household, Pierce Co., Washington.
  9. [S5302] 1920 U.S. Census, Byron L. Aldrich household, Pierce Co., Washington.
  10. [S5303] 1930 U.S. Census, Byron L. Aldrich household, Multnomah Co., Oregon.
  11. [S5304] 1940 U.S. Census, Byron L. Aldrich household, Multnomah Co., Oregon.
  12. [S6216] "Pair Married For 50 Years", The Oregonian, 24 November 1950, Sect. 3, p. 13, col. 4.
  13. [S6208] Obituary, Byron Lincoln Aldrich, The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, 10 April 1954, p. 11, col. 5.

Byron Lincoln Aldrich1,2

b. 31 May 1876, d. 9 April 1954
Pedigree
FatherByron L. Aldrich3
MotherLillie B. Bodwell3

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     Byron Lincoln Aldrich was born on 31 May 1876 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California.2,4 He married Gettie Madge Burlingham, daughter of Franklin H. Burlingham and Susan Mutchler, on 21 November 1900 at the Trinity Parish Church in Seattle, King Co., Washington.1 He died on 9 April 1954 at Good Samaritan Hospital (his obituary says at St. Vincent Hospital) in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, at age 77 from a heart attack.3,5 He was interred at Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.6
     After their marriage he and his wife Gettie lived in Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington,7,8 until 1926, when they moved to Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.9
     Both he and Gettie were musicians, and later photographers.7,8,10,11 He also (before his marriage?) operated newspapers in Kelso, Cowlitz Co., Washington, and in Hoquiam, Grays Harbor Co., Washington.12 He and his wife Gettie also owned a theater in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington, that burned in 1903.12
     He began conducting his own orchestra in Tacoma at age 16, worked as a theater music director, and became concert master of the Tacoma Symphony.5 Both he and Gettie accompanied several well-known performers, including singers Nellie Melba and Al Jolson, and actress Sarah Bernhardt.5,9
     He turned to photography after moving to Portland, specializing in color photography, and was owner of the B. L. Aldrich Photo Studio. Among his subjects were Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, and Coolidge, and William Jennings Bryant.5,2,12
     He was a charter and life member of Tacoma Chapter 117 of the American Federation of Musicians, and a member of the Ivanhoe Lodge of the Knights of Pythias.5

Citations

  1. [S5305] Byron L. Aldrich and Gettie M. Burlingham, Marriage Record.
  2. [S5307] World War II Draft Card, Byron L. Aldrich.
  3. [S8632] Byron L. Aldrich, Death Certificate.
  4. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Record for Byron Lincoln Aldrich, No. 543-12-5115. Lists his father as Rex B. Aldrich, apparently an error. All other sources found online list his father as Byron L. Aldrich.
  5. [S6208] Obituary, Byron Lincoln Aldrich, The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, 10 April 1954, p. 11, col. 5.
  6. [S1871] Find A Grave. Memorial for Byron L. Aldrich (Mem. No. 176891388), Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon. Created by EGF, 2 March 2017.
  7. [S5301] 1910 U.S. Census, Byron L. Aldrich household, Pierce Co., Washington.
  8. [S5302] 1920 U.S. Census, Byron L. Aldrich household, Pierce Co., Washington.
  9. [S6209] Obituary, Gettie M. Aldrich, The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, 19 September 1957, p. 19, col. 2.
  10. [S5303] 1930 U.S. Census, Byron L. Aldrich household, Multnomah Co., Oregon.
  11. [S5304] 1940 U.S. Census, Byron L. Aldrich household, Multnomah Co., Oregon.
  12. [S6216] "Pair Married For 50 Years", The Oregonian, 24 November 1950, Sect. 3, p. 13, col. 4.