Julia McConnell

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• Residence: 1987, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Address:
  97 North Rd

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• Wikipedia:: Wikipedia on Isham Railey McConnell
• Census: 1920, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 3; Address:
  Rose Hill Street
• Census: 1930, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 13; Address:
  142 Rose Hill Street
• Military: 20 Oct 1942 to 7 Mar 1946; He was in the Army as an engineer during World War II
• Residence: 1990, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Address:
  97 North Rd
• History: 2002; The following obituary was published in the Boston Globe. Isham R. McConnell, Architect Studied With Frank Lloyd Wright, 86 Isham Railey McConnell, an architect who studied with the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright and later designed Wright-inspired homes in the suburbs west of Boston, Massachusetts, died in his Bedford, Massachusetts, home Saturday, October 26, 2002, at the age of 86. "Isham's year with Frank Lloyd Wright was to influence his architecture throughout his career," said his wife, the former Judith Lindau. Mr. McConnell focused almost entirely on building contemporary homes, most of them in Bedford, Lexington, Concord, and Sudbury. His wife said he felt each of his projects should be fresh and original. Each home or addition was designed to fit the natural landscape, using only natural materials, with a strong emphasis on lighting. Among his proudest works was the writing studio he built in Bethany, Connecticut, for his wife's brother-in-law, R.W.B. Lewis, the late Yale professor who received a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Edith Wharton. Lewis wrote the book in the studio that Mr. McConnell designed, an octagonal building reached from the main house by a catwalk. Mr. McConnell, whose family had deep roots in the South, was born and spent his youth in Versailles, Kentucky, where his family owned a large farm. His creative interests appeared early in his life. After dropping out of the University of Kentucky, he became a student in 1939 at Wright's now famous community of young aspiring architects, Taliesin, in Spring Green, Wisconsin, Later that year, he studied under Wright at Taliesin West, in Arizona. His wife said studying under Wright was the defining influence in her husband's professional life. Mr. McConnell served in the Pacific during World War II as an Army engineer, and moved to the Boston area in 1949 to earn his architecture degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He met his wife when they took the same class at MIT. He worked for several architectural firms in Boston before settling in Bedford in the late 1950s. In his later years, Mr. McConnell expanded his hobby of stamp collecting into a small business, corresponding with people all over the world. He was also well known for the Kentucky Derby party he threw annually at his rambling, book- lined Colonial farmhouse, connecting with his Southern roots by serving mint juleps to his friends and neighbors. "Isham had such a full engagement with life," said Maxwell King, the executive director of the Heinz Endowments, who had lived in a cottage on the McConnell farm as a young Harvard student. "He loved art and architecture and politics and newspapers, and he loved most of all to talk about all of it with his friends. "He was the most charming and entertaining dinner companion imaginable, and his passion for life and its pleasures was infectious."

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Isham married Judith Lindau on 08 Jul 1957. Judith (daughter of Norman C. Lindau and Margaret Susan Kelton) was born on 25 Apr 1925 in Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: Posted on the Bedford Town web site, "Judith was born in 1925 and after her marriage to Isham in 1957, returned to her childhood home in Bedford. She worked as an apprentice teacher in Cambridge and she likes to think that the most important gift has been the reading aloud at the Schools. Reading is what mostly defines her volunteering. She helped Williston Farrington put together a book, An Awesome Century, from a series of articles that he had written that had been published in The Minuteman. Judith has also been deeply involved in Town affairs and as Town historian for a six year period. She loves meeting people and being the kind of person who warmly welcomes people to her home and to the area with a hot cup of tea in the afternoon."
• Census: 1930, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 4; Address:
  259 North Road
• Residence: Jan 1955, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1968, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1990, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Address:
  97 North Rd
• History: 2012; Reading Aloud with Judith McConnell: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving: https://youtu.be/8zeY932SqgU

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• Census: 1920, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky; He is listed as a farmer.; : 42; Address:
  Rose Hill Street
• Census: 1930, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky; He is listed as a farmer.; : 54; Address:
  142 Rose Hill Street

John married Louise S. Railey on Yes, date unknown. Louise was born about 1878 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1920, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky; : 42; Address:
  Rose Hill Street
• Census: 1930, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky; : 52; Address:
  142 Rose Hill Street

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• Residence: 1915, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland; Address:
  1600 Linden Avenue
• Draft Registration: 25 May 1917, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland; He registered for the draft claiming an exemption because his "right leg stiff, due to tuberculosis."; : 25; Address:
  1800 Eutaw Place
• Census: 1930, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was listed as a playwright; : 38; Address:
  259 North Road
• Census: 1940, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a writer.; : 47; Address:
  97a North Road
• Residence: Dec 1941, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Draft Registration: 1942, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He registered for the draft; : 50; Address:
  North Road
• Obituary: 29 Jan 1955
• Last Full Review: 27 Feb 2021

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He was a playwright and wrote Cooks and Cardinals, a comedy and Jennie, a tragedy.

Norman married Margaret Susan Kelton on 14 Feb 1920 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Margaret (daughter of George Howard Kelton and Ruth Sarah Coolidge) was born on 24 Oct 1894 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 17 May 1956 in Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Rural Glen Cemetery, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1900, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 5; Address:
  8 Clyde Street
• Census: 1910, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 15; Address:
  5 Fairview Street
• Census: 1920, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents. Her occupation is listed as a school teacher.; : 23; Address:
  Perrinton Road
• Census: 1930, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; : 35; Address:
  259 North Road
• Census: 1940, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; : 45; Address:
  97a North Road
• Residence: Dec 1941, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Last Full Review: 27 Feb 2021

Albert married Charlotte "Lotte" Baach in 1891. Charlotte was born on 7 Apr 1870 in Virginia; died on 28 Mar 1952 in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1865, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 3
• Census: 1870, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 8
• Census: 1880, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 18
• Graduation: 1893, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He graduated from Harvard University.
• Census: 1900, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was the superintendent at a country club.; : 38; Address:
  8 Clyde Street
• Census: 1910, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He was a produce dealer.; : 48; Address:
  5 Fairview Street
• Membership: 1914, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He became a mason
• Census: 1920, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He is listed as a farmer.; : 58; Address:
  Perrinton Road
• Residence: 1929, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Census: 1930, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He is listed as a farmer.; : 68
• Residence: 1935, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Census: 1940, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; : 76; Address:
  113a North Road
• Obituary: 28 Nov 1941
• Last Full Review: 19 Dec 2020

George married Ruth Sarah Coolidge on 21 Mar 1893 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of Orasa Coolidge and Susan Carter Delvy) was born on 7 Apr 1873 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Jun 1941 in Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried on 3 Jun 1941 in Rural Glen Cemetery, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1880, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 7
• Census: 1900, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; : 27; Address:
  8 Clyde Street
• Census: 1910, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; : 37; Address:
  5 Fairview Street
• Census: 1920, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 47; Address:
  Perrinton Road
• Residence: 1929, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Census: 1930, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 56
• Residence: 1935, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Census: 1940, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; : 66; Address:
  113a North Road
• Obituary: 2 Jun 1941
• Last Full Review: 19 Dec 2020