William Wright Collins and Selina Hibbert, Immigrants
and some of their Descendants
Second Genration

LOUISA2 COLLINS (William1) was born at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, on 30 December 1850, a daughter of William Wright Collins and his wife Selina Hibbert. She died at Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, on 22 July 1934. She married at Pawtucket on 26 November 1869 THOMAS BRIDEN. He was born at Ashton-under-Lyne on 15 April 1848, a son of Samuel and Hannah Briden. He died at Pawtucket on 1936.[1]

Louisa Collins and Thomas Briden were born at Ashton-under-Lyne, about two and a half years apart. The 1851 Census record for Thomas' family is faded and difficult to read, as best as I can make it out, it reads as follows (I have placed a question mark in the place of words I could not distinguish):[2]

Name relation M. S. Sex Age Occupation Birthplace
Samuel Bryden head married M 40 cotton spinner Lancashire
Hannah Bryden wife married F 39 Scotland, Leith
John Bryden son unmarried M 19 [?] cotton Cheshirer, Newton
Walter Bryden son unmarried M 15 cotton [?] Lancashire, Ashton-under-Lyne
Samuel Bryden son unmarried M 12 scholar Lancashire, Ashton-under-Lyne
Robert Bryden son unmarried M 9 scholar Lancashire, Ashton-under-Lyne
Thomas Bryden son unmarried M 2 Lancashire, Ashton-under-Lyne
Sarah Bryden daughter unmarried F 1 Lancashire, Ashton-under-Lyne
Hannah Pollitt mother-in-law widow F 67 [?]

Thomas was the fifth of six children living in the home at that time. The family earned its living from the cotton textile industry.

Three years later the family migrated to America, leaving from Liverpool on the Adriatic, and arriving at New York City, New York, on 5 July 1854. The ship's manifest listed Samuel Bryden, 43, Hannah, 43, Samuel, 13, Robert, 11, Thomas, 6, and Sarah, 4. After each name the manifest listed occupation as spinner, place of origin England and destination Rhode Island.[3] The oldest two sons and the mother-in-law were not part of this migration.

Louisa Collins, the third of 5 children, came to America with her family at the age of nine, in 1859.

In the 1860 Census, Louisa (called "Lorida" by the census taker), age nine, and Thomas, age twelve, both lived at Smithfield, Providence County, with their families. There were twelve persons in Thomas' household, thirteen in Louisa's. Thomas' family follows:[4]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. P.E. Birthplace
24. Samuel Boyden 49 M watchman $ 150 $ 125 England
25. Hannah Boyden 49 F England
26. Samuel Boyden, Jr. 20 M weaver England
27. Robert Boyden 18 M cotton spinner England
28. Thomas Boyden 12 M England
29. Sarah Boyden 10 F England
30. John Boyden 28 M laborer England
31. Jane Boyden 20 F England
32. Walter J. Boyden 2/12 M RI
33. James Robinson 31 M weaver England
34. John Kinder 30 M weaver England
35. Robert Aiken 45 M cotton spinner England

The record also indicated that Thomas and Sarah were attending school. The family had been rejoined by eldest son John, his wife, and their new child. The family derived their living from the textile industry. Their surname, not a common name, experienced numerous spellings.

Thomas and Louisa married in 1868, Congregational pastor James Lyons presiding. The marriage record called Thomas a moulder.[5] Usually spelled molder the term refers to someone who makes molds, often in an iron foundry. The 1870 Census reported the Thomas Briden family at Smithfield, listed immediately after Thomas' parents, who no longer had any children at home. Thomas, 22, was working in a furnace, Lousa, 20, was keeping house, and caring for their nine-month-old son William.[6]

Thomas and Louisa had a second child, Carrie, in 1876; she lived twenty-one month and died of pneumonia.[7] The 1880 Census found Thomas Briden, 32, machinist, and Louisa Briden, 29, in Pawtucket, living with her widowed father, William Collins, 55, machinist, her brother Joseph Collins, 23, machinist, and their children, William Briden, 10, and Charles Briden [census taker's error, his name was Chester], ten months.[8]

The 1900 Census reported Thomas and Louisa Briden at 828 North Main Street, Pawtucket. Thomas was working as a stationary engineer. Younger son Chester, 20, was still at home.[9] Elder son William had married in 1891 and lived at 829 North Main Street, Pawtucket, with his wife Carrie and three children.[10] In 1908 Thomas Briden was described as a retired engineer serving as a license commissioner.[11]

The 1910 Census reported Thomas Briden, 62, retired, and Louise, 59, at 847 North Main Street, Pawtucket.[12] Next door, at 849 North Main, lived their son William Briden, 40, his wife Carrie, 31, and their three children.[13] Son Chester, who had married in 1905, lived at 903 North Main Street, with his wife Helen, 22, daughter Louise, eighteen months, and mother-in-law Ella Stickney, widow, 60.[14]

The great influenza epidemic of 1918 severely crushed the family of William Briden, Thomas and Louisa's son. On 4 October 1918 William's wife Carrie died; the following day their son-in-law Fred Cory Myers died; five days later their daughter Mildred (Briden) Myers died. Death records did not always use the word influenza. Carrie's death was attributed to "acute pneumonia" and "Lagrippe." Fred's death record read the same; Mildred's death record read "acute lobar pneumonia; influenza."[15] These are all descriptions of the symptoms of the influenza. Meanwhile, while his mother sister and brother-in-law were dying, Raymond Briden was fighting in France. Raymond served from 12 February 1917 to 28 April 1919 in the 101st battalion Engineers. When the war was over, his unit left Brest, France on 27 March 1919 and arrived at Boston, Massachusetts on 4 April 1919.[16]

In 1920, Thomas and Louisa Briden, ages 70 and 69 respectively, still lived at 847 North Main.[17] Listed immediately before them in the census was grandson Raymond Briden, recently returned from war and married. Raymond, 25, worked as a designer for a cotton mill; his wife Bertha was bookkeeper for a grocery store.[18] Widower William Briden, 50 -son of Louise and father of Raymond - lived at 849 North Main with his other son William, 20. The older William was a clerk at city hall, the younger William was clerk for a machine shop.[19] Chester Briden, 38, son of Thomas and Louise, lived at 903 North Main, with his wife Helen, 33, daughter Louise, 11, and mother-in-law Ella Stickner, 73. Chester was manager of a dye works.[20]

William Briden, Sr., remarried about 1920-21. He was about 60 years old, his new bride, Lillie Davis, was about 43. William Briden Jr., married about 1921-2. He was about 22 years old, his bride Ruth Baldwin was about 18. Raymond Briden, the veteran, had married after his return from War in 1919, then his wife died in 1921 from puerperal septicemia, after giving birth to their daughter.[21] He married again about 1925-6.

The 1930 Census found Thomas and Louisa Briden, ages 82 and 79 respectively, residing at their home at 847 North Main Street.[22] Next door at 849 North Main were William and Lillie Briden, ages 60 and 52 respectively. William was secretary to the Board of Commissioners of the city; Lillie had come to America from England when she was six years old.[23] Chester Briden, 50, had moved to East Providence, where he lived with his wife, Helen, 42, daughter, Louise, 21, and mother-in-law Ella Stickney, 79. Chester was president of a bleachery.[24] Raymond Briden, 35, lived at 22 Nathaniel Avenue, Pawtucket, with his wife Althea, 34, and daughter by his first wife, Mildred, 9. Raymond worked as a designer for a cotton mill.[25] The younger William Briden, who called himself W. Earle Briden on this census report, lived at 475 Broadway, Pawtucket, with his wife Ruth and their daughter Pauline. W. Earle was a letter carrier for the United States mail.[26]

Louisa (Collins) Briden died at home in 1934, at the age of eighty-three, from arteriosclerosis and senility.[27] Thomas died two years later.

The death of son Chester Briden was reported in the Boston Globe in 1953:[28]

Chester H. Briden

Pawtucket, Feb. 14 (AP)--Chester H. Briden, 73, retired president of the Eureka Bleach & Dye Company, of Pawtucket, died today at Martha's Vineyard Hospital, Oak Bluffs, Mass., where he had been a seasonal resident for 26 years.

Briden sold his interest in the Pawtucket bleachery in 1939.


The obituary of great-grandson Charles R. Briden appeared in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota Argus Leader in 2017:[29]

Charles "Chuck" Briden

Charles "Chuck" R. Briden, retired telecom engineer, died peacefully July 17, 2017, at Daugherty Hospice in Sioux Falls, SD. He was 84.

Chuck was born May 27, 1933, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to William Earl and Ruth May (Baldwin) Briden. He graduated from East Senior High and served honorably in the Air Force during the Korean War in 1952.

Chuck relocated to California with his mother, Ruth, and sister, Pauline, then married Geraldine "Gerri" Marciniak September 1st 1956 in Montebello, California. During their adventurous 60-year marriage, Chuck and Gerri lived in California, Ohio, Texas, Hawaii, and Sioux Falls, SD.

Chuck helped lead Boy Scouts and Indian Guide activities with his sons, and liked camping and fishing with his family. He enjoyed league bowling with Gerri and was an avid TV sports fan of basketball, football, bowling, golf, tennis, bass fishing and more.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Gerri; his children, Michael (Mike Lowery) of Houston, TX, and Jeffrey (Jeanne) of Sioux Falls, SD; his grandchildren, Gregory (Amber) and Christopher; his great grandson Dax; and his sister Pauline Tracy of Whittier, CA. . . .


Louisa Collins and her husband Thomas Briden had the following children:

  1. WILLIAM EARL3 BRIDEN[30] b. at Central Falls, Providence County, on 11 September 1869; d. at Pawtucket on 15 February 1935; m(1). at Pawtucket on 25 November 1891 CARRIE AUGUSTA KING, b. at Pawtucket on 29 August 1870, d. there on 4 October 1918, child of James and Harriet King. William m(2). about 1920-1 LILLIE DAVIS, b. at England on 27 September 1876, d. at Garden City, Nassau County, New York, on 7 February 1968. Children of William and Carrie:
    1. Mildred Louise Briden b. at Pawtucket on 18 August 1892, d. there on 10 October 1918; m. Fred Cory Myers b. at Providence, Providence County, on 29 December 1891, d. at Pawtucket on 5 October 1918.
    2. Raymond King Briden b. at Pawtucket on 21 September 1894, d. at Nassau County on 25 July 1972; m.(1). about 1918-9 Bertha Margaret Harrington b. at Pawtucket on 23 December 1897, d. there on 23 April 1921. Raymond m(2). about 1935-6 Althea Montgomery b. at Rhode Island on 14 August 1895, d. at Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, on 18 January 1978. Child of Raymond and Bertha:
      1. Mildred L. Briden b. at Rhode Island about 1920-1.
    3. William Earle Briden, Jr. b. at Pawtucket on 7 April 1899, d. on 1952; m. about 1921-2 Ruth Mary Baldwin b. at Rhode Island on 21 June 1901, d. on 5 November 1993. Children of William and Ruth:
      1. Pauline A. Briden b. at Rhode Island about 1922-3; m. ________ Tracy.
      2. Charles R. Briden b. at Pawtucket on 27 May 1933, d. at Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, on 17 July 2017; m. at Montebello, Los Angeles County, California, on 1 September 1956 Geraldine Marciniak. Children of Charles and Geraldine:
        1. Michael Briden m. Mike Lowery.
        2. Jeffrey Briden m. Jeanne ________
  2. CARRIE LOUISE3 BRIDEN b. at Pawtucket on 4 March 1876; d. there on 18 December 1877.[31]
  3. CHESTER HIBBERT3 BRIDEN[32] b. at Pawtucket on 30 July 1879; d. at Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, on 14 February 1953; m. at Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, on 30 December 1905 HELEN AUGUSTA STICKNEY, b. at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on 7 June 1887. Child of Chester and Helen:
    1. Louise S. Briden b. at Rhode Island about September-October 1908.

NOTES

1Rhode Island Town Clerks, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," digital images, Family SearchAncestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 July 2020).; Piece: 2233; Page: 33, household 112, Samuelk Bryden family. Oak Grove Cemetery, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 7 February 2021), Thomas-Louisa Briden; Created by: Jo-Ann Croft, Photo added by Marilyn. [day and month of Thomas' birth provided by informant].
2Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851, Piece: 2233; Page: 33, household 112, Samuel Bryden family.
3"Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897," digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 March 2021), 1854, Jul 5, Adriatic; Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
4Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Smithfield, Providenve County, Rhode Island, p. 417, household 708, Samuel Boyden family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 March 2021); NARA microfilm publication M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
5"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," Pawtucket Marriages 1868, p. 34 , Briden-Collins.
6Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, p. 714A, household 435, Thomas Briden family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 March 2021); NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
7"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," Pawtucket Deaths 1877; pp. 146-7; Carrie Briden.
8Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, enumeration district (ED) 128, roll 1215, p. 30C, household 254, William Collins family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 19 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
9Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Pawtuclet, Providence County, Rhode Island, enumeration district (ED) 142, p. 3, household 42, Thomas Briden family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2021); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
101900 Census, Pawtuclet, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 142, p. 1, household 8, William Briden family.
11Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: genealogical records and historical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the old families (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908), v. 1B, p. 843.
12Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, enumeration district (ED) 118, roll 1440, p. 3B, household 73, Thomas Briden family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 January 2021); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
131910 Census, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 118, roll 1440, p. 4A, household 74, William Briden family.
141910 Census, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 118, roll 1440, p. 4A, household 83, Chester H. Briden family.
15"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," digital images, Family Search, Pawtucket Deaths 1918; p. 225; Carrie Briden; Return of a Death, 1918, Fred Cory Myers; Return of a Death, 1918, Mildred Louise Myers.
16United States, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, "Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File, 1850-2010," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 March 2021), Raymond Briden. United States Army, "World War ! Transport Service Passenger Lists," digital images, Fold 3 (fold3.com : accessed 4 March 2021), Co. E, 101st Engineers; Raymond Briden
17Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, enumeration district (ED) 131, roll 1674, p. 16A, household 371, Thomas Briden family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 January 2021); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
181920 Census, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 131, roll 1674, p. 16A, household 370, Raymond Briden family.
191920 Census, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 131, roll 1674, p. 15B, household 369, William Briden family.
201920 Census, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 131, roll 1674, p. 14B, household 346, Chester Briden family.
21"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," Death Record; 1921, Bertha Margaret Briden.
22Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, enumeration district (ED) 240, p. 22B, household 532, Thomas Briden family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 January 2021); NARA microfilm record group T626; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
231930 Census, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 240, p. 22B, household 533, William Briden family.
241930 Census, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 207, p. 12B, household 252, Chester Briden family.
251930 Census, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 265, p. 3B, household 61, Raymond Briden family.
261930 Censhs, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 245, p. 4A, household 74, W. Earl Briden family.
27"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," Pawtucket Deaths 1934; p. 76; Louisa Briden.
28"Chester H. Briden," Boston (Massachusetts) Globe, 15 February 1953; Newspapers+ (newspapers.com : accessed 8 February 2021). p. 58.
29"Charles "Chuck" Briden," obituary, Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), 20 July 2017; Newspapers+ (newspapers.com : accessed 7 February 2021). p. C4.
30Information on the family of William Briden is from: "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," Pawtucket Deaths 1935; p. 103; William Earl Briden; Pawtucket Marriages 1891; p. 152; Briden-King; Pawtucket Births 1870; p. 56; Carrie King; Pawtucket Deaths 1918; p. 225; Carrie Briden; Pawtucket Births 1892; p. 119; Mildred Louise Briden; Return of a Death, 1918, Mildred Louise Myers; Providence Births 1891; p. 83; Fred Myers; Return of a Death, 1918, Fred Cory Myers; Pawtucket Births 1894; p. 164; Raymond Briden; Death Record; 1921, Bertha Margaret Briden; Pawtucket Births 1899, p. 4; William Earl Briden. 1930 Census, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 240, p. 22B, household 533, William Briden family; Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 265, p. 3B, household 61, Raymond Briden family; Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 245, p. 4A, household 74, W. Earl Briden family. Oak Grove Cemetery, Pawtucket, William-Carrie-Lillie Briden; Created by: Jo-Ann Croft. [day and month of Lillie's birth provided by informant]; Thomas-Louisa Briden; Created by: Jo-Ann Croft, Photo added by Marilyn [day and month of Althea's birth provided by informant]. New York State Department of Health; Albany, New York, "New York State Death Index, 1957-1969," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 7 February 2021), 1968, Lillie D Briden. BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," Raymond K. Briden. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey, "New Jersey Death Index, 1901-2017," Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 7 February 2021), Althea Briden, 1978. Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 7 February 2021), William-Ruth Briden; Created by: David Bulpett, Photo added by Daphne Farmer. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 7 February 2021), Ruth M. Briden, 037-12-4419. "Charles "Chuck" Briden."
31"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," Pawtucket Births 1876; pp. 150-1; Carrie Briden; Pawtucket Deaths 1877; pp. 146-7; Carrie Briden.
32Information on the family of Chester Briden is from: "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," Pawtucket Births 1878; pp. 258-9; Chester Briden. "Chester H. Briden." Arizona History and Archives Division, Phoenix, Arizona, County Marriage Records, Pima County, p. 102, Briden-Stickney, 1905; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 8 February 2021). Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 8 February 2021), v. 378, p. 453, e. 948; Worcester Births 1887; Helen Stickney. 1910 Census, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 118, roll 1440, p. 4A, household 83, Chester H. Briden family.

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