Sarah was divorced by her husband, and in New Haven divorce papers heaccuses her of a liaison and names the man. AL Howard was away as amercenery most of their marriage and I have a feeling that she simplybecame lonely and desolate at the absenses. The letters betweenNelson and his father AL Howard indicate that he was a very judgmentaland controlling man who dictated to everyone around him. It appearsthat he did not have a great relationship with some of his childrenand I'm sure a divorce in those days was a trauma. The children didlive with him in Canada at one time, which means they did not livewith their mother and she is buried with the Newgeons. She remarriedafter her divorce.
Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 for Sarah E. Newgeon Howard
groom's name:Charles, Jr. Higgins
groom's birth date:1849
groom's age:40
bride's name:Sarah E. Newgeon Howard
bride's birth date:1856
bride's age:33
marriage date:18 Jan 1889
marriage place:Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
groom's father's name:Charles
bride's father's name:Nelson C.
bride's mother's name:Francis S. Newgeon
indexing project (batch) number:I01261-8
system origin:Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 1902438
reference number: 124
Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934 for Sarah E. Newgeon
name: Sarah E. Newgeon
gender: Female
death date:1897
death place:Connecticut
indexing project (batch) number:B03463-2
system origin:Connecticut-EASy
source film number: 3175
Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 for Sarah E. Newgeon Howard
groom's name:Charles, Jr. Higgins
groom's birth date:1849
groom's age:40
bride's name:Sarah E. Newgeon Howard
bride's birth date:1856
bride's age:33
marriage date:18 Jan 1889
marriage place:Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
groom's father's name:Charles
bride's father's name:Nelson C.
bride's mother's name:Francis S. Newgeon
indexing project (batch) number:I01261-8
system origin:Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 1902438
reference number: 124
Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934 for Sarah E. Newgeon
name: Sarah E. Newgeon
gender: Female
death date:1897
death place:Connecticut
indexing project (batch) number:B03463-2
system origin:Connecticut-EASy
source film number: 3175
- 18 JAN 1856 - Birth - ; New Haven, CT
- 06 NOV 1855 - Birth - ; New Haven, Connecticut
- FEB 1897 - Burial - ; Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut
- 1888 - Burial - ; Divorce granted A.L. Howard on grounds of adultery
- 19 FEB 1897 - Death - ; New Haven, CT
- 13 FEB 1897 - Death - Age at Death: 42 ; New Haven, Connecticut
- 13 FEB 1897 - Death - ; New Haven, Connecticut
- 1936 - Residence - ; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- 1860 - Residence - Age in 1860: 4 ; New Haven Ward 2, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- 1870 - Residence - Age in 1870: 14 ; New Haven Ward 2, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- 1880 - Residence - Age: 24; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife ; New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- 1936 - Residence - ; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- 1860 - Residence - Age in 1860: 4 ; New Haven Ward 2, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- 1870 - Residence - Age in 1870: 14 ; New Haven Ward 2, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- 1880 - Residence - Age: 24; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife ; New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
PARENT (M) Nelson C. Newgeon | |||
Birth | 1832 | Granville, MA | |
Death | 27 MAR 1874 | New Haven, CT | |
Marriage | 12 MAY 1853 | to Frances S. Adams at Becket, Massachusetts | |
Father | William Thompson Newgeon | ||
Mother | Saphronia Cornwall | ||
PARENT (F) Frances S. Adams | |||
Birth | 1833 | Becket, MA | |
Death | 09 NOV 1883 | New Haven, CT | |
Marriage | 12 MAY 1853 | to Nelson C. Newgeon at Becket, Massachusetts | |
Father | William L. Adams | ||
Mother | Sarah C. Dewey | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Flora I. Newgeon | ||
Birth | 1859 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | |||
Marriage | 19 FEB 1880 | to James D. Henion at Greenfield, MA | |
F | Mary Frances Newgeon | ||
Birth | 1858 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | |||
Marriage | 30 JUN 1899 | to Robert Blair Corney at NY | |
F | Ency Newgeon | ||
Birth | New Haven, CT | ||
Death | |||
F | Aillie Ann Newgeon | ||
Birth | 22 DEC 1867 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | 1868 | ||
M | Robert Anderson Newgeon | ||
Birth | 08 APR 1861 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | 1862 | New Haven, CT | |
F | Nellie C. Newgeon | ||
Birth | 1870 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | |||
Marriage | 1895 | to William H. Smith | |
F | Clara Huntington Newgeon | ||
Birth | 06 JUN 1866 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | |||
Marriage | to Edward B. Finch | ||
F | Grace A. Newgeon | ||
Birth | 15 NOV 1862 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | 29 JAN 1915 | CT | |
Marriage | to Frank B. Finch | ||
F | Sarah E. "Sadie" Newgeon | ||
Birth | 18 JAN 1856 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | 19 FEB 1897 | New Haven, CT | |
Marriage | DEC 1889 | to Charles Higgins Jr. | |
Marriage | 25 DEC 1873 | to Arthur Lockhart "Gat"" Howard at New Haven, Connecticut |
PARENT (M) Charles Higgins Jr. | |||
Birth | 29 JUL 1848 | CT | |
Death | BEF 1900 | ||
Marriage | 07 OCT 1874 | to ? at CT | |
Marriage | 11 MAR 1898 | to ? | |
Marriage | DEC 1889 | to Sarah E. "Sadie" Newgeon | |
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
PARENT (F) Sarah E. "Sadie" Newgeon | |||
Birth | 18 JAN 1856 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | 19 FEB 1897 | New Haven, CT | |
Marriage | DEC 1889 | to Charles Higgins Jr. | |
Marriage | 25 DEC 1873 | to Arthur Lockhart "Gat"" Howard at New Haven, Connecticut | |
Father | Nelson C. Newgeon | ||
Mother | Frances S. Adams | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Vesa Eveline Higgins | ||
Birth | 04 JAN 1889 | Pittsfield, MA | |
Death | |||
Marriage | 22 MAY 1916 | to Elmer Young Brown at Bartholomew, Indiana, USA | |
F | Ola E. Higgins | ||
Birth | 06 SEP 1892 | New York | |
Death |
PARENT (M) Arthur Lockhart "Gat"" Howard | |||
Birth | 16 FEB 1846 | Hinsdale, NH | |
Death | 14 FEB 1901 | Boer War, Rustplaate in South Africa | |
Marriage | 10 JAN 1895 | to Margaret Green at New Haven, CT | |
Marriage | 25 DEC 1873 | to Sarah E. "Sadie" Newgeon at New Haven, Connecticut | |
Father | Lockhart Wright Howard | ||
Mother | Susan Jeannette "Jane" Fuller | ||
PARENT (F) Sarah E. "Sadie" Newgeon | |||
Birth | 18 JAN 1856 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | 19 FEB 1897 | New Haven, CT | |
Marriage | DEC 1889 | to Charles Higgins Jr. | |
Marriage | 25 DEC 1873 | to Arthur Lockhart "Gat"" Howard at New Haven, Connecticut | |
Father | Nelson C. Newgeon | ||
Mother | Frances S. Adams | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Flora May Howard | ||
Birth | 18 JAN 1879 | New Haven, Connecticut | |
Death | JUL 1967 | Fairfield, CT | |
Marriage | ABT 1919 | to Sewell Haggard | |
Marriage | to Kidder | ||
Marriage | 03 SEP 1898 | to Albert Moyer at New York City, NY | |
M | George Melville Howard | ||
Birth | 17 JAN 1877 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | 26 AUG 1959 | Halifax, NS, Canada | |
Marriage | 05 JUN 1901 | to Mabel Rose Pyke at Halifax, NS, Canada | |
F | Sarah Jeanette Howard | ||
Birth | 14 JUN 1884 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | 17 APR 1975 | Vancouver, CAN | |
Marriage | 24 AUG 1910 | to Frederick James Buller Dr. at Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada | |
M | Horace Hubbard Howard | ||
Birth | 17 MAY 1882 | New Haven, Connecticut | |
Death | 1967 | Alberta, Canada | |
Marriage | to Martha | ||
Marriage | 25 DEC 1904 | to Kathryn Edith Mayor at Manhattan, NY | |
M | Nelson Arthur Howard Sr. | ||
Birth | 09 OCT 1874 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | 21 SEP 1940 | Pasadena, CA | |
Marriage | 28 APR 1909 | to Natalie Cameron Rand at Tippecanoe Co. IN | |
Marriage | 08 FEB 1900 | to Anna Holmes Galpin at West Presbyt. Church, NY City | |
M | Van Straubenzie (Ben) Howard | ||
Birth | 04 JUL 1886 | New Haven, CT | |
Death | JUN 1949 | Honiton, Devon, England | |
Marriage | BET 1910 AND 1917 | to ? |
[S43] | World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1 |
[S38] | wft976vol3.FTW |
[S59] | 1880 United States Federal Census |
[S337] | Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934 |
[S52] | 1870 United States Federal Census |
[S193] | Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2012 |
[S84] | 1860 United States Federal Census |
[S154] | Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 |
[S147] | U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta) |
1 Sarah E. "Sadie" Newgeon b: 18 JAN 1856 d: 19 FEB 1897
+ Charles Higgins Jr. b: 29 JUL 1848 d: BEF 1900
2 Vesa Eveline Higgins b: 04 JAN 1889
+ Elmer Young Brown b: 25 AUG 1883 d: 23 JAN 1955
2 Ola E. Higgins b: 06 SEP 1892
+ Arthur Lockhart "Gat"" Howard b: 16 FEB 1846 d: 14 FEB 1901
2 Flora May Howard b: 18 JAN 1879 d: JUL 1967
+ Sewell Haggard b: 1880 d: 03 JAN 1928
+ Kidder
+ Albert Moyer b: 24 MAR 1871 d: OCT 1953
3 Margaret Bergen Moyer b: 28 JAN 1901 d: SEP 1973
+ Reginald Ward Davis b: 25 NOV 1897 d: 09 DEC 1974
2 George Melville Howard b: 17 JAN 1877 d: 26 AUG 1959
+ Mabel Rose Pyke b: 01 MAR 1877 d: 16 NOV 1933
2 Sarah Jeanette Howard b: 14 JUN 1884 d: 17 APR 1975
+ Frederick James Buller Dr. b: 06 SEP 1876 d: 23 APR 1955
3 Helen Louise Buller b: 15 JUN 1915 d: 09 JAN 1922
3 Margaret Helen Buller b: 07 FEB 1923 d: 05 MAR 1985
+ Arthur Stephen Rendell b: 09 MAY
3 Arthur Edmund Buller b: 18 JUL 1912 d: 05 JUN 1989
2 Horace Hubbard Howard b: 17 MAY 1882 d: 1967
+ Martha
3 Horace "Red" Arthur Howard b: 23 AUG 1918 d: 13 MAY 2011
+ Patricia
4 Betty Mae Howard b: 02 NOV 1945 d: JAN 1993
2 Nelson Arthur Howard Sr. b: 09 OCT 1874 d: 21 SEP 1940
+ Natalie Cameron Rand b: 02 OCT 1873 d: 14 FEB 1955
+ Anna Holmes Galpin b: 18 OCT 1873 d: 24 NOV 1906
3 Arthur Lockhart Reginald Howard b: 1901 d: 22 JUN 1958
3 Nelson Arthur Howard b: 28 SEP 1906 d: 12 NOV 2005
2 Van Straubenzie (Ben) Howard b: 04 JUL 1886 d: JUN 1949
+ ?