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Note: o school, living with parents and family. 1900 census, Boston, Massachusetts: Wells, Abagail, b. May 1872 N.S. Eng., age 28, married 2y, immigration 1895, in the US 5y. 1920 census, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts: Abbie B. Wells, age 47, widowed, immig. 1895, naturalized in 1898(?), b. in Canada, parents b. Canada, widowed, stenographer for the US Gov't., living with son, daughter, and nephew. 1930 census, Belmont, Massachusetts: Abigail B. Wells, 57, D (divorced), born Canada English, parents b. Canada Eng., year of immig. 1895, naturalized, insurance stenographer, living with single daughter. Birth record: Abba (Abigail) Brown, born 15 May 1872 in Arcadia, Yar. Co., Nova Scotia, to William V. Brown, carpenter, Arcadia, and Emma Wyman. Marriage record: 14 Aug. 1898, at 524 Mass. Ave. in Boston, Massachusetts, age 25, stenographer, born Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, parents William V. Brown and Beatrice Williamson, to Jotham B. Wells, born Kennebunkport, Maine, age 24, salesman, son of Charles C. Wells and Sarah A Blaisdell, first marriage for both. Witness for sister's wedding (Frances). Father's obituary (1915) says she is Mrs. Abbie Wells, of Boston. Possibly named after her grandmother who had died just a few weeks before her birth.
Note: 1880 census, Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia: Abbie, age 10, born in Nova Scotia going t
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