Eliza Ann Brighty
Eliza Ann Brighty was born around December 1869 in Bacup, England, to Robert and Eliza Brighty. Her father worked as a “cotton operator,” and her mother worked as a cotton weaver. The family lived in Newchurch, England, until 1874, when they immigrated to America. They settled in Northbridge, Massachusetts, and her father worked in a machine shop there.
Brighty grew up and attended school in Northbridge, and she married Thomas C. Martin on June 29, 1887. They had at least three children: Lillian, born around 1889; Doris, born around 1893; and Caroline, born around 1895. Her husband worked as a house painter in Northbridge. By 1930, they owned a house valued at $3,500. Her husband died in 1938, and she died in Ashland, Massachusetts, on August 22, 1952.
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| (3396) | Brighty, Eliza Ann ~ Martin, Eliza Ann | 1869-12 | 1952-08-22 |
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 2
People - Records: 1
- (3396) Brighty, Eliza Ann is the [friend of] (3395) Burr, Ida Rebecca
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1871 England Census, available from Ancestry.com; 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, and 1950 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915, available from Ancestry.com; The Boston (MA) Globe, 24 August 1952
