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Cyrus Chapman Howland was born 19 March 1871 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts to Frank H. Howland and Caroline D. Chapman.1 He had one known sister, Blanche, who was born in 1872.2 During Cyrus’ childhood, Cyrus and his family lived at 152 Grinnel Street in New Bedford and attended Fifth Street Grammar School.3
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Clark attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and then worked with the engineering department in New Bedford. While riding his bicycle in Boston in 1894 , Cyrus was badly injured in an accident.4
Cyrus married Maude M. Smith of Cambridge on 31 January 1899 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.5 After their marriage, Cyrus and Maude lived with his parents, sister, Blanche, and aunt, Anne Chapman, at 39 Waumbeck Street in Roxbury in Boston.6 Cyrus’ father, Frank H. Howland, died in 1905.7
By 1910, Cyrus and Maude were living at 140 Bridge Street in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, where Cyrus was working as a civil engineer.8 Around 1918, Cyrus moved to the Taunton State Hospital, where he died at the age of 48 on 23 February 1920.9
Cyrus Chapman Howland is buried in Friends Burying Ground, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.10 Maude never remarried, living until 5 April 1960.11
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1. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Taunton, Bristol County, Standard Certificate of Death, no 472, Cyrus C. Howland, 23 Feb 1920. Birth: 19 Mar 1871, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Age: 48 years, 11 months, 4 days. Married. Spouse: Maude M. Smith. Occupation: Civil Engineer, City of Boston. Parents: Frank H. Howland, born in New Bedford, and Caroline D. Chapman.
Notes: No birth record was found in a page-by-page search of the 1871 New Bedford Birth Register; there were very few March entries, none found for Howland male birth.
Also, Headstone reads: Cyrus Chapman Howland / Born / 3rd mo. 19th 1871/ died 2nd mo. 28th 1920.
Find A Grave, memorial 120567047, Cyrus Chapman Howland (1871–1920), Friends Burying Ground, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts with headstone photo.
2. New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Births Register 1872, p. 106, no. 254, Blanche R. Howland, 31 29 Sept 1872, Corrected vol. 49, p. 93. Parents: Frank H. Howland, born in New Bedford, and Caroline D. Chapman, born in New Bedford. Father’s occupation: Clerk.
3. 1880 U.S. census, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 117, page 278A (stamped) 17 (penned), dwelling 166, family 185, Frank H. Howland household.
Address: 152 Grinnel Street
– Frank H. Howland, age 35, salesman of oil, born in Massachusetts
– Carrie D., wife,age 35, born in Massachusetts
– Cyrus C., son, age 9, born in Massachusetts
– Blanche R., daughter, age 7, born in Massachusetts
Also, “Admission to the High School,” newspaper article, The Evening Standard (New Bedford, Massachusetts), 10 July 1886, p. 5, col. 3.
Note: No high graduation record in New Bedford was found for Cyrus: Annual Report of the School Committee of City of New Bedford, Together with the Superintendent’s Annual Report, Years 1886–1890. New Bedford : Mercury Publishing Company. Also, Annual Report of the Public Schools of New Bedford, Mass, Years 1891–1894. New Bedford : Mercury Publishing Company.
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Technique, vol 8 (Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Class of 1894 ), p. 237, Cyrus Chapman Howland.
– Cyrus Chapman Howland, New Bedford, 21 Concord Sq.
Also, “Cyrus C. Howland Injured in Bicycle Accident,” newspaper article, The Fall River Daily Herald (Fall River, Massachusetts), 21 July 1896, p. 1, col. 5.
5. Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Marriage Register 1899, p. 24, no. 418, Cyrus C. Howland–Maude M. Smith, 31 Jan 1899.
Groom: Cyrus C. Howland, age 27, first marriage, civil engineer, born in New Bedford. Parents: Frank H. Howland and Caroline D. Chapman.
Bride: Maude M. Smith, age 26, first marriage, born in Cambridge. Parents: Frank M. Smith and Ellen Gallagher.
6. 1900 U.S. census, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 1483, ward 21, page 6B, dwelling 76, family 79, Frank H. Howland household.
Address: 39 Waumbeck Street
– Frank H. Howland, age 54, married 29 years, born Oct 1845 in Massachusetts, oil broker
– Caroline D., wife, age 54, married 29 years, born Dec 1845 in Massachusetts, 2 children born, 2 living
– Cyrus C., son, age 29, married 1 year 5 months, born Mar 1871 in Massachusetts, civil engineer
– Maude M., daughter-in-law, age 27, married 1 year 5 months, born Jan 1873 in Massachusetts, 0 children born
– Blanche R., daughter, age 27, single, born Sept 1872 in Massachusetts, music teacher
– Anne D Chapman, sister-in-law, age 62, single, born Aug 1837 in Massachusetts
– Betti Daniels, age 20, single, servant
7. “Frank H. Howland,” funeral notice, Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, Massachusetts), 26 Apr 1905, p. 16, col. 5.
“Frank H. Howland,” obituary, The Evening Standard (New Bedford, Massachusetts), 26 Apr 1905, p. 8, col. 6.
8. 1910 U.S. census, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 1164, ward 1, page 3A, dwelling 47, family 57, Cyrus C. Howland household.
Address: 140 Bridge Street
– Cyrus C., age 39, married 11 years, born in Massachusetts, civil engineer
– Maud M., wife, age 37, married 11 years, born in Massachusetts, 0 children born
9. 1920 U.S. census, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 202, page 12B, dwelling 47, family 57, Cyrus C. Howland [hospital].
– Cyrus C. Howland, patient, age 49, married, born in Massachusetts
Also, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Taunton, Bristol County, Standard Certificate of Death, no 472, Cyrus C. Howland, 23 Feb 1920. Birth: 19 Mar 1871, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Age: 48 years, 11 months, 4 days. Married. Spouse: Maude M. Smith. Occupation: Civil Engineer, City of Boston. Parents: Frank H. Howland, born in New Bedford, and Caroline D. Chapman. Resident of Taunton: 2 years, 4 months, 12 days.
Also, “Cyrus C. Howland, Roxbury District” funeral notice, The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 25 Feb 1920, p. 8, col. 5.
Also, “Cyrus C. Howland,” obituary, The Evening Standard (New Bedford, Massachusetts), 25 Feb 1920, p. 13, col. 2.
10. Headstone reads: Cyrus Chapman Howland / Born / 3rd mo. 19th 1871/ died 2nd mo. 28th 1920.
Find A Grave, memorial 120567047, Cyrus Chapman Howland (1871–1920), Friends Burying Ground, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts with headstone photo.
11. “Maude M. Howland,” death notice, The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 8 Apr 1960, p. 38, col. 5.
No Find A Grave entry was found for Maude; searches for “M* Howland,” death 1960 and “Howland,” Friends Burying Ground, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; nothing found.
Citing this page: Kimberli Faulkner Hull, author, “Cyrus Chapman Howland (1871–1920),” Cool Adventures (https://cooladventures.com/collection/cyrus-chapman-howland-1871-1920/ : posted 2021).