Person:Ida Hurlburt (1)

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Ida A Hurlburt
b.14 Nov 1874 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
d.3 Jan 1965 North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
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m. 1872
  1. Ida A Hurlburt1874 - 1965
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m. 1904
  1. Marion Fisher1904 - 2002
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Name Ida A Hurlburt
Gender Female
Birth? 14 Nov 1874 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation? Abt 1895 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USASecretary-Typist,
Marriage 1904 Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United Statesto Albert Amory Fisk Fisher
Occupation? 1920 Groton, New London, Connecticut, USAStenographer -Electric Boat Co.,
Occupation? Abt 1925 Uncasville, New London, Connecticut, USAPoultry Farmer,
Death? 3 Jan 1965 North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Alt Death? 3 Jan 1965 North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USACause: Coronary Thrombosis
Burial? Comstock Cemetery, Uncasville, New London, Connecticut, USA

Sometime after Albert's death Ida and Marion moved down to New London .World War I was coming on and Ida got a job at the Electric Boat Company as a secretary. While there she met and married her second husband, Cyril Hewitt. Cyril was a draftstman at the shipyard. Cyril lived in Uncasville and Ida's father had retired from the railroad and moved back there into Ida's grandmother's house. Cyril and Ida built property on the west side of the Norwich-New London Road just North of the Waterford-Montville line. They built a house and started a chicken farm, raising White Leghorn hens to provide white eggs. (White eggs found a ready market among the New Yorkers who were moving into Connecticut. Native New Englanders produced and used only brown eggs.)

The poultry business was a success, but Cyril was not well and and diedin the 1920's. Ida ran the farm alone until about 1940. She was in her60's and the work got too hard for her. She went to work atConecticutCollege as a salad preparer in the dining room. Sometime in the 50's she retired from that. After an accident in which she demolished her car, Marion convinced her to sell her home. Kirkwood built her a small house next to theirs in Wickford RI and there she lived for the rest of her life.

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