Individual Details
Alanson Prouty
(23 Dec 1812 - 23 Dec 1896)
Events
Families
Spouse | Melina Howland (1811 - 1863) |
Child | Gardner O. Prouty (1842 - 1864) |
Child | Ruth Ann Prouty (1844 - ) |
Child | Herbert Alanson "Henry" Prouty (1854 - ) |
Father | Gardner Prouty (1784 - 1828) |
Mother | Ruth Howe (1788 - 1868) |
Sibling | Eliza Prouty (1808 - 1888) |
Sibling | Marcia Howe Prouty (1810 - 1903) |
Sibling | Carlos Prouty (1815 - ) |
Sibling | Gardner Prouty (1817 - 1899) |
Sibling | Fanny Prouty (1819 - 1822) |
Sibling | Nancy Prouty (1822 - 1843) |
Sibling | Harriet Fanny Prouty (1825 - 1827) |
Sibling | Hannah Augusta Prouty (1827 - 1847) |
Notes
Marriage
transcribed as Melina Newland, but should be HowlandCensus (family)
184, 224, Alanson Prouty, 37 M, Trader, MAMelina H Prouty, 39 F, MA
Gardner O Prouty, 7 M, MA, attended school
Ruth A Prouty, 5 F, MA, attended school
Census (family)
127, 148Alanson Prouty Male 44 Massachusetts, United States, Merchant
Malissa Prouty Female 45 Massachusetts, United States
Gardner C Prouty Male 14 Massachusetts, United States
Ruth Ann Prouty Female 11 Massachusetts, United States
Hurbert A Prouty Male 1 Massachusetts, United States
Peggy Caffill Female 60 Ireland
Census (family)
26, 27, Alanson Prouty, 47 M, Merchant, MAMelinda H Prouty, 48 F, MA
Ruth A Prouty, 15 F, MA
Henrie Prouty, 5 M, MA
Census
Alanson Prouty Male 52 Massachusetts, United States, widowedRuth A Prouty Female 21 Massachusetts, United States
Henrie A Prouty Male 10 Massachusetts, United States
Census
[1870 Census - Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts - July 15, 1870 - page 17(128), image 17]Alanson Prouty, 57, dry goods merchant, real estate $2000, personal property $3000, born in Massachusetts;
Ruth A. Prouty, 25, keeping house, born in Massachusetts;
Henry A. Prouty, 15, clerk in store, born in Massachusetts.
Census
[1880 Census - Oakham (District 819), Worcester, Massachusetts - June 12, 1880 - page 10, image 10]Alanson Prouty, 67, widowed, variety store, born in Massachusetts (parents in Massachusetts);
Ruth A. Prouty, 35, daughter, single, keeps house, born in Massachusetts (parents in Massachusetts).
Death
widowed, merchantEndnotes
1. Draper, James., History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753. (Worcester: Printed by H.J. Howland, 1860?, 279 pgs.), p. 238.
2. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 66.
3. "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 21 April 2020), Alanson Prouty, 1812..
4. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 115.
5. Steve Adair, "Joshus Prouty and Bemis genealogy," e-mail message from
6. , Vital records of Spencer, Massachusetts: to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1909), 195 p; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 8 October 2009.
7. Steve Adair, "Joshus Prouty and Bemis genealogy," e-mail message from
8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 census.
9. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > MASSACHUSETTS > WORCESTER > OAKHAM Series: M653 Roll: 530 Page: 655.
10. Steve Adair, "Joshus Prouty and Bemis genealogy," e-mail message from
11. Steve Adair, "Joshus Prouty and Bemis genealogy," e-mail message from
12. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 115.
13. Steve Adair, "Joshus Prouty and Bemis genealogy," e-mail message from
14. "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 21 April 2020), Alanson Prouty, 23 Dec 1896; citing Springfield, Massachusetts, v 463 p 811, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,518..
15. Steve Adair, "Joshus Prouty and Bemis genealogy," e-mail message from