Person:Thomas Bulfinch (1)

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Thomas Bulfinch, III
b.15 Jul 1796 Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.27 May 1867 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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  1. Thomas Bulfinch, III1796 - 1867
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Name[1] Thomas Bulfinch, III
Gender Male
Alt Birth[4] Cal 4 Jul 1796 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Birth[3] 15 Jul 1796 Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Census[5] 1860 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesAt 57 Bowdoin.
Occupation[5] 1860 Bank clerk.
Death[1][4] 27 May 1867 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesAt home, 6 Bowdoin Sq, at age of 70 years, 10 months, 13 days. Bowdoin Square ceased to be in 1955.
Burial[2] Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Cause of Death[4] Pneumonia.
Reference Number Q943991 (Wikidata)
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1860 census

Thomas Bulfinch, 63 year old male bank clerk born in Massachusetts. His personal estate was worth $2,500.

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Death index record

No.: 1700

Date of death: May 27
Full name of deceased: Thomas Bulfinch
Sex & Marital Condition: M / S
Color: W
Age - Years, months, days: 70, 10, 13
Residence, place of death, special information: 6 Bowdoin Sq
Place of birth: Boston
Occupation of informant: Clerk
Names and birthplaces of parents of the deceased: Charles Bulfinch (Boston), Hannah (Boston)
Disease or Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Place an date of burial and undertaker: Mt Auburn Cem, Cambridge, F Smith
Date of record: (none)

No.: 1700

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Thomas Bullfinch.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Bullfinch III, in Literary Connections.

    "Thomas Bulfinch III (1796-1867).... Charles and Grizzell Apthorp, Bulfinch’s great-grandparents.... His grandfather, Thomas Bulfinch II, was a notable physician involved in early smallpox inoculation efforts in Boston.... Susan Bulfinch, his grandmother.... His parents were Hannah Apthorp Bulfinch and Charles Bulfinch, the architect who designed the Massachusetts State House.... Thomas Bulfinch III's other relatives include aunts, uncles, siblings and cousins...."

    "He grew up in Boston, attending King’s Chapel and studying at local schools, culminating in a course of study at Harvard. After graduation, Bulfinch worked as a teacher and then an accountant, but remained an academic as well, continuing his studies of the classics that fascinated him while in school."

  2. ↑ Thomas Bullfinch (1796-1867), in Find A Grave.
  3. ↑ Bullfinch, Thomas, in Database of Classical Scholars
    1987.

    Date of Birth: July 15, 1796
    Born City: Newton
    Born State/Country: MA
    Parents: Charles, architect of the Capitol in Washington, DC, & Hannah Apthorp B.
    Date of Death: May 27, 1867
    Death City: Boston
    Death State/Country: MA

    Education:
    A.B. Harvard, 1814.

    Professional Experience:
    Teacher, Boston Latin School; assistant in store; attempted various business ventures without success; clerk of Merchant's Bank, Boston, from 1837 until his death; recording secretary, Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 1842-8.

    Sources: M. Cleary, "Bulfinch's Mythology," Humanities 8 (1987) 12-5; WhAmHS 152.
    Author: Marie Cleary

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 No. 1700, in Massachusetts. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001. (FamilySearch)
    Deaths Registered in the City of Boston For the Year 1867.

    "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L975-9CY6?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D6-K68%3A353350401%2C353366201%2C1006015001 : 22 October 2020), Suffolk > Boston > Deaths 1866-1867 > image 497 of 723; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Suffolk, 4th Ward Boston, in Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693)
    Page 7, 57 Bowdoin, dwelling/household 32/39, row 15, 8 Jun 1860.

    "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSS-WT6?cc=1473181&wc=7QGH-YY8%3A1589422209%2C1589428987%2C1589429647 : 24 March 2017), Massachusetts > Suffolk > 4th Ward Boston > image 7 of 178; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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