Emma F. Burditt

Notes:

Emma Burdett lived on the South Arm Road. She rode her bicycle to
Black Brook on the Pond Road to teach in the one-room schoolhouse
called "Blackberry Academy." One morning, Mrs. Dolly Elliot heard a
call for help and, looking out, saw Emma and her bike down on the dirt
road. Mrs. Elliot hurried out and found Emma's long skirt entangled in
the wheel of the bicycle. She had to cut it out, and then take Emma
inside to sew up the hole before the young school teacher could go on
over to her duties. Miss Emma Burdett married Mr. Howe, who used to
sell popcorn and peanuts at the Andover Fair.
Chas. E. Howe of Rumford Falls and Emma F. Burdett of Rumford Falls,
on Oct. 25, 1897, in Andover, by Rev. W. C. Adams. Mr. Howe, a
merchant, age 27, was the son of Chas. L. Howe, a merchant born in
Hanover, ME and residing in Savanah, Ill. and Jane Bangham?, residing
in Savanah, Ill. Miss Burdett, a clerk, age 19, was the daughter of
Oscar Burdett, a farmer born in Wakefield and residing in Andover, and
Mary Newhall, a housewife born in Turner and residing in Andover.

Emma married Charles E. Howe on 25 Oct 1897 in Andover, Oxford County, Maine. Charles (son of Charles L. Howe and Jane Bangham) was born in ca 1870 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]