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Anna Collins Ricketson was born 10 June 1871 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts to Charles Ricketson and Susan S. Smith.¹

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Anna lived with her parents and grandmother at 17 Allen Street in New Bedford during her childhood and attended Fifth Street Grammar School.² Anna graduated from New Bedford High School in 1890.³

After high school, Anna attended Wellesley College from 1891-1892, then returned to New Bedford, where she lived with her parents.⁴ Anna’s father, Charles Wood Ricketson, died in 1908 and is buried in South Dartmouth Cemetery in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.⁵

Anna operated a tea room, wrote drama and music reviews, and continued living with her mother until her mother’s death in 1925.⁶ Anna remained living at 67 Allen Street, where she had lived with her mother, for the remainder of her life.⁷ Around 1930, Anna invested about $85,000 in stock, to which she later testified against the broker in 1932.⁸

In 1935, Anna attended her 45th reunion for the class of 1890 of New Bedford High School. She is pictured on the fourth row, second from the left in the photo.⁹

Anna Collins Ricketson died 16 June 1949.¹⁰Anna is buried in South Dartmouth Cemetery in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.¹¹

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1. New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Births Register 1871, p. 141, no. 348, Anna C Ricketson, 10 June 1871. Parents: Charles [Ricketson], born in New Bedford, and Susan S. Smith, born in Dartmouth. Father’s occupation: Accountant.

Full name of Anna Collins Ricketson listed in Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of New Bedford, with the Superintendent’s Annual Report, for the Year 1890, (New Bedford : Mercury Publishing Company, 1891, p. 23, New Bedford High School Graduating Class of 1890, Anna Collins Ricketson.

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2. 1880 U.S. census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 115, p. 42B, dwelling 368, family 435, Charles Ricketson household.
Address: 17 Allen Street
– Charles Ricketson, age 39, born in Massachusetts, clerk in bank
– Susan S., wife, age 38, born in Massachusetts
– Annie C, daughter, age 9, born in Massachusetts
– Eunice Smith, wife’s mother, age 66, born in Massachusetts

Also, “Admission to the High School,” newspaper article, The Evening Standard (New Bedford, Massachusetts), 10 July 1886, p. 5, col. 3.

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3. Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of New Bedford, with the Superintendent’s Annual Report, for the Year 1890, (New Bedford : Mercury Publishing Company, 1891, p. 23, New Bedford High School Graduating Class of 1890.

Also, “New Bedford High School Class of 1890”; photograph held by the New Bedford Free Public Library photograph collection, New Bedford, Massachusetts; published online at Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collection Online.

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4. Wellesley College Record 1875-1900 (Wellesley, Massachusetts), p. 258, Anna Collins Ricketson.
– Ricketson, Ann Collins. 1891-1892. Address, 17 Allen Street, New Bedford, Mass.

Also, 1900 U.S. census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 197, p. 8B, dwelling 150, family 171, Charles W. Ricketson household.
Address: 17 Allen Street
– Charles W. Ricketson, age 58, born Aug 1841 in Massachusetts, clerk (bank)
– Susan S., wife, age 57, born Feb 1843 in Massachusetts, 1 child born, 1 child living
– Anna C, daughter, age 28, single, born June 1871 in Massachusetts

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5. “Charles W. Ricketson,” funeral notice, The Evening Herald (Fall River, Massachusetts), 21 July 1908, p. 6, col. 4.

Also, New Bedford, Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Return of a Death, no. 417, Charles W. Ricketson, 17 July 1908.  Age: 67. Married. Birthplace: New Bedford. Father: Barton [Ricketson], born in Dartmouth, and Catherine C. Ryder, born in France. Burial: 20 July 1908, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Also, headstone reads: Charles Wood / Ricketson / 1841 – 1908.
Find A Grave, memorial 113916624, Charles Wood Ricketson (1841–1908), South Dartmouth Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts with headstone photo.

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6. 1910 U.S. census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 206, sheet 14A, dwelling 232, family 322, Susan S. Ricketson household.
Address: 67 Allen Street
– Susan S., widow, age 67, born in Massachusetts, 1 child born, 1 child living
– Anna C, daughter, age 38, single, born in Massachusetts, tea room keeper

Also, 1920 U.S. census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 148, sheet 4A, dwelling 70, family 89, Susan S. Ricketson household.
Address: 67 Allen Street
– Susan S., widow, age 77, born in Massachusetts
– Anna C, daughter, age 48, single, born in Massachusetts, tea room proprietor

Also, Headstone reads: Susan S. / Wife of / Charles Wood / Ricketson / 1843 – 1925.
Find A Grave, memorial 113928623, Susan S. Smith Ricketson (1843–1925), South Dartmouth Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts with headstone photo.

Also, Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Death Index, 1921-1925, New Bedford, Bristol County, Susan S. (Smith) Ricketson, 1925, vol. 53, p. 13.

Also, Anna wrote as a drama and music critic under the initials, A.C.R., for 30 years, “Anna C. Ricketson,” obituary, Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island), 17 June 1949, p. 15, col. 7.

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7. 1930 U.S. census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 135, sheet 10B, dwelling 143, family 152, Anna C. Ricketson household.
Address: 67 Allen Street
– Anna C. Ricketson, daughter, age 58, single, born in Massachusetts, newsie critic, Mercury

Also, 1940 U.S. census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 20-88, sheet 61B, family [blank], Anna C. Ricketson household.
Address: 67 Allen Street
– Anna C. Ricketson, age [crossed out, unreadable], single, born in Massachusetts, music and dramatic critic, newspaper

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8. “Gave $125 for Shares Selling as Low as $80, New Bedford Writer so Testifies at Medford Trust Stock Case,” newspaper article, The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 2 Dec 1932, p.24, col 4.

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9. “New Bedford High School Class of 1890 at their 45th Reunion, New Bedford, MA,” 14 July 1935; photograph held by the New Bedford Free Public Library photograph collection, New Bedford, Massachusetts; published at Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collection Online.

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10. “Anna C. Ricketson,” obituary, Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island), 17 June 1949, p. 15, col. 7.

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11. Headstone reads: Anna C. / Ricketson / 1871 – 1940 / “A.C.R.”
Find A Grave, memorial 113916494, Anna Collins Ricketson (1871–1949), South Dartmouth Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts with headstone photo.

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Citing this page: Kimberli Faulkner Hull, author, “Anna Collins Ricketson (1871–1949),” Cool Adventures (https://cooladventures.com/collection/anna-collins-ricketson/ : posted 2021).

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