Papers, 1856-1937.

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Papers, 1856-1937.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259705

This collection revolves around the Riccius' family life in Millbury, Webster, and Worcester, Mass., in the 1890s. A forty-six-page history written by Edith Riccius King in 1937 provides much family information through a variety of anecdotes and descriptions of schools, neighborhoods, Worcesters's first telephone and electric cars, interesting town characters, fashions, housing problems, and adjustments to life in Worcester. Also included in the collection are: a list of rules and items needed for a voyage in 1856; the Riccius' marriage certificate, 1879; Adolf Gustav Riccius' certificate of birth, written in German; a printed memorial of Ida Adelia Riccius written by Clara Barton, 1911; Adlof Riccius' notebook written in German, giving an account of his voyages to America in 1856; and photographs of Riccius and his wife.

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Gadsden Public Library

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Gadsden Public Library

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Barton, Clara, 1821-1912

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Civil War nurse, suffragist, and founder of the American Red Cross Clarissa Harlow Barton was born in North Oxford, MA, on December 25, 1821, the fifth and last child of Stephen and Sarah (Stone) Barton. She was a shy and lonely child, and for two years at the age of eleven she devoted her time to nursing her brother David during a protracted illness, an experience which later affected her life's work. At eighteen she began to teach in neighboring schools. In 1850 she spent a year at the Libe...

Riccius, Ida Adelia Barton, 1847-1911.

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Riccius family.

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Ida Adelia Barton (1847-1911) was a niece of Clara Barton (1821-1912), founder of the American Red Cross. Ida married Adolf Gustav Riccius (1841-1895?), a German immigrant, in 1879. They lived in Millbury, Mass., with their four children: Edith J. (1881?- ), who married George E. King ( - ); Hermann P. (1884-1965); Saidee F. ( -1959); and Walter Harold ( - ). Saidee Riccius received most of Clara Barton's papers and contributed much to the organizing of biographical studies of and memorials to h...

Riccius, Adolf Gustav, 1841-1895?

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King, Edith J. Riccius, b. 1881?

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