Dorothy E. Dunham

1810 - 1902  (92 years)

• Name	Dorothy E. Dunham
  Birth	27 Mar 1810	Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.   [5, 6, 8, 13]
  Census	1850 (39 years)	Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A.   [1]
  In the 1850 US Census she was recorded, age 40, living in Auburn, Maine.
  Census	1860 (49 years)	Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A.   [2]
  In the 1860 US Census she was recorded, age 50, living in Auburn, Maine.
  History	12 Apr 1861 (51 years)	Civil War Begins
  Census	1870 (59 years)	Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A.   [3]
  In the 1870 US Census she was recorded, age 60, living in Auburn, Maine.
  Census	1880 (69 years)	Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A.   [4]
  In the 1880 US Census she was recorded, age 70, living on 45 Bartlette Street, Lewiston, Maine with her son Herbert and his wife.
  Census	1900 (89 years)	Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  In the 1900 US Census, she was recorded as age 90, living in Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts with her son, Alvin, and his family.
  Death	27 Aug 1902	Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [6, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Agency: home of her son, Alvin Woodman
  Cause: dysentery
  	Death Record of Dorothy Woodman
  Burial	29 Aug 1902	Davis Cemetery, East Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. Davis Cemetery, East Auburn, Maine    [6, 11, 12]
  Obituary	say 30 Aug 1902 (92 years)  [11]
  According to her obituary, "She was a woman of lovable disposition an had a happy faculty of winning friends, who were always pleased to call themselves such."
  Siblings	5 brothers and 6 sisters
  1. David B. Dunham,   b. 24 Jun 1797, Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 3 Feb 1836, Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 38 years)   2. Susanna E. Dunham,   b. 23 Aug 1799   d. 6 Dec 1840  (Age 41 years) > 3. Jane M. Dunham,   b. 15 Jun 1801, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 27 Dec 1857, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 56 years) ▻ Aaron Jones Chamberlain,  m. 9 Mar 1821   4. Hannah M. Dunham,   b. 25 Jul 1803   d. 28 Feb 1876  (Age 72 years)   5. Eliza R. Dunham,   b. 21 Apr 1806, Thorndike, Waldo County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 2 Dec 1881, Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 75 years)   6. Abner M. Dunham,   b. 2 Feb 1808, Freeport, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A. d. 15 Jun 1877, Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 69 years) + 7. Dorothy E. Dunham,   b. 27 Mar 1810, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 27 Aug 1902, Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 92 years) ▻ Deacon Greenleaf H. Woodman,  m. 8 Feb 1831   8. Dorcas A. Dunham,   b. 4 Jun 1812, Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 24 Apr 1874, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 61 years)   9. Elliot M. Dunham,   b. 17 Jun 1814, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 24 Feb 1897, Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 82 years)   10. Thomas Dunham,   b. 15 Sep 1816   d. 25 Dec 1832, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 16 years)   11. Rebecca R. Dunham,   b. 4 Mar 1821   d. 10 Dec 1848  (Age 27 years)   12. Daniel J. Dunham,   b. 3 Jul 1823   d. 19 Aug 1863, The Bronx, New York, U.S.A.  (Age 40 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Deacon John Dunham,   b. 1588/89, England d. 2 Mar 1668/69, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years)  (5 x Great Grandfather)  Margaret Gepson  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I682	Roy Line
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Children: Many list Helen C. Woodman as their daughter. This is a misreading of the 1850 census form. The parson on line 23 is Milton C. Woodman.

  
  

Father	Johnson Dunham,   b. 28 Mar 1776, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 5 Jan 1860, Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 83 years)
Mother	Hannah Moss,   b. 21 Nov 1780, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 3 Mar 1854, Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 73 years)
Family ID	F656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Deacon Greenleaf H. Woodman,   b. 25 Aug 1808, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 14 Mar 1880, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 71 years)
Marriage	8 Feb 1831	Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A.   [7, 13, 14, 15]
Age at Marriage	She : 20 years and 11 months - He : 22 years and 6 months.
Children	5 sons and 1 daughter
1. Osborn G. Woodman,   b. 30 Mar 1832, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 7 Dec 1854, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 22 years)     2. Jacob Lincoln Woodman,   b. 16 Aug 1835, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 21 Sep 1876, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 41 years) ▻ Julia Franklin Stevens  m. 24 Jul 1860     3. Alvin W. Woodman,   b. 18 Feb 1840, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 9 Sep 1917, Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 77 years) ▻ Elizabeth Mary Lowell  m. 5 Dec 1867;   Phebe Adelaide Briggs  m. 15 Nov 1870     4. Milton Clark Woodman,   b. 8 Oct 1844, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 4 Sep 1919, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, U.S.A. (Age 74 years) ▻ Sarah F. Osgood  m. 2 Jul 1866 +   5. Herbert J. Woodman,   b. 19 Apr 1848, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 2 Jun 1892, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 44 years) ▻ Mary E. Flanders  m. 18 Sep 1875     6. Mary B. Woodman,   b. About 1853, Maine, U.S.A. d. Before 1870 (Age 16 years)
Family ID	F655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	9 Oct 2025




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Dorothy E. Dunham(1810 – 1902) 2Johnson Dunham(1776 – 1860) 4John Dunham(Abt 1755 – 1827) 8Jeremiah Dunham(21 Jan 1727/28 – ) 16Ichabod Dunham(Abt 1699 – ) 17Mary Crediford(1707 – ) 9 18 19 5Lois Woodbury(1754 – 1833) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Hannah Moss(1780 – 1854) 6Anthony Moss(1748 – 1816) 12Deacon Anthony Morse(1722 – 1806) 24Deacon Joseph Morse(1694 – ) 25Rebecca Adams(1689 – 1737) 13Hannah Merrill(1726 – ) 26John Merrill(1701 – 1775) 27Anne Knight(12 Jan 1702/03 – ) 7Susanna Elliot(1755 – 1837) 14James Elliot(1716 – 1783) 28 29 15Margaret Gepson 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Mar 1810 - Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. Marriage - 8 Feb 1831 - Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1850 - Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1860 - Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1870 - Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1880 - Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1900 - Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 27 Aug 1902 - Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - 29 Aug 1902 - Davis Cemetery, East Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S273] Bureau of the Census, 1850 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: Auburn, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M432_250; Page: 19A; Image: 233. [S191] Bureau of the Census, 1860 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine; Roll: M653_432; Page: 657; Image: 659; Family History Library Film: 803432. [S192] Bureau of the Census, 1870 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Auburn Ward 2, Androscoggin, Maine; Roll: M593_536; Page: 34A; Image: 132568; Family History Library Film: 552035. [S189] Bureau of the Census, 1880 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine; Roll: 475; Family History Film: 1254475; Page: 276A; Enumeration District: 012; Image: 0547. [S137] Bureau of the Census, 1900 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: Brockton Ward 6, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Roll: 674; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 1115; FHL microfilm: 1240674. [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 11020617 Dorothy E. Dunham Woodman . [S167] International Genealogical Index (IGI), (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source . [S302] Mahoney, Gratia D. letter to Robert Roy, 20 August 1997 , (letter to Robert Roy, 20 August 1997). [S17] Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013). [S190] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), Death Record of Dorothy Woodman. [S303] Obituary of Dorothy Woodman, An Aged Resident, (Lowell, Massachusetts: Lowell Sun, 27 August 1902). [S405] Vital Records of Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. [S301] Woodman, Dorothy E. Woodman Family Record sampler, (Auburn, Maine: sampler, 1881). [S396] Woodman, J. H., A List of the Descendants of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who settled at Kingston, N.H., about 1736, (Brunswick, Maine: J. Griffin, 1856). [S398] Woodman, John A., Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman who settled at Ould Newbury Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1635, (Ocala, Florida: by author, 1995).