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* [[Byfield Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1904-1927+
** Depot Square Gospel Hall +1904+; Central St. +1926-1927+
** c/o Oliver Ira Alvin Gould +1922-1927+(b. 1853 West Newbury, MA - d. 1947 Haverhill, Essex, MA), son of Tristran S. Gould (1810-1881 W. Newbury, MA, a local shoemaker) & Annie Perkins Gould (b. 1810 Hampton, [[New Hampshire|N.H.]]), married 1838 @ W. Newbury. Alvin's grandparents were Joseph Gould (b. 1765 Newburyport, MA - d. 1825) & Susanna Rogers Gould (b. 1766 Newbury, MA). Wife: Faustina Rogers Gould (b. 1858 Newbury, MA - d. 1944 Newburyport, MA). Faustina was in fellowship with the Methodist church in Byfield, toward the end of her life. Alvin was misprinted as Oliver Gould in the 1922 & 1927 AAB's.*** Clara Etta "Carrie" Gould Mooney (1873-1960 Newbury, MA). Husband: Fred Wilburt Mooney (b. 1874 Dalton, Coos, N.H. - d. 1956 Byfield, MA), son of Otis C. Mooney & Addie Dexter Mooney.**** Carroll Edgerton Mooney (b. 1894 Newbury, MA - d. 1965 New Orleans, LA). 1st wife: Rose Marthey Mooney (b. 1900 LA); 2nd wife: Ethel May Gerstner Mooney (b. 1917 New Orleans, LA - d. 1991 LA), daughter of William Predon Gerstner & Mary Keneker Gerstner.**** Marion Mooney Rogers (b. 1895 Newbury, MA - d. 1953 Byfield, MA). Husband: Fred Rogers (b. 1890 Newbury, MA - d. 1962 Haverhill, MA), son of Simon Orrin Rogers & Hannah Lavinia Hardy Rogers.**** Ruth Madeline Mooney (1898-1904 Newbury, MA)**** Lamont Prescott Mooney (1900-1970 Newbury, MA); Wife: Nellie Maud Rogers Mooney (1903-1966 Newbury, MA), daughter of Simon Alvin Rogers & Mary Abbie Rogers.*** Martha Emily Gould +1926Lowe (b. 1884 Newbury, MA - d. 1936 Danvers, MA). Husband: James A. Lowe (b. (ca.) 1871 Scot. - d. 1948 Newbury, MA), son of Alexander Lowe & Mary Beattie Lowe. James was instrumental in the early success of the [https://www.ouldnewbury.com/ Ould Newbury Golf Club], as a professional golfer and greenskeeper, also assisted with the founding of the golf course at the [https://www.amesburycountryclub.com/ Amesbury Country Club].**** Mary Beattie Lowe Lancey (b. 1904 W. Newbury, MA - d. 1960 Danvers, MA). Husband: Joel Louis Lancey, Jr. (b. 1903 Newburyport, MA - d. 1981 Rocky Hill, CT), son of Joel Louis Lancey & Charlotte Bailey Lancey.**** James A. Lowe (b. 1908 Woburn, MA - d. 1989 Arnesbury, MA). Wife: Virginia Frances Rogers Lowe (b. 1910 Newbury, MA - d. 2010 Newburyport, MA), daughter of Fred & Virginia Rogers.**** Ruth Snowden Lowe Lord (b. 1915 Newbury, MA - d. 1970 Danvers, MA). Husband: Asa Judson Lord (b. 1901 Plaistow, Rockingham, N.H. -1927+d. 1954 Newbury/Byfield, MA), son of Asa Lord & Sarah Judson Lord.
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/c07a81c755e7ce1868a583762545a7aa5fd70829.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 18 in fellowship (4 men, 14 women) including 3 S.S. teachers, presiding over 16 children (for a total of 34 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility, and $200 was spent towards the Lord's work.
====Chelmsford====
* [[North Chelmsford Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1904-1927+
** @ "Private House, A Village" +1904+; Woods Corner +1922-1927+
** c/o William Warley +1922-1927+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/0184650ab36992b49891109e7110cbb47c89b97b.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 41 in fellowship (15 men, 26 women) including 3 S.S. teachers, presiding over 20 children (for a total of 61). The Hall had a value of $3,000 with no debt (and with $336.98 in expenses), and $325.00 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work.
** Framingham Gospel Hall +1922+
** @ 81 Franklin St. +1926-1927+
** c/o Hamilton Bros., 120 Tremont St., Boston +1922+; O.F. (or O.L.) ** Olin Fisk Herrick @ Western Ave. +1926-1927+(b. 1881 Wilbraham, Hampden, MA - d. 1958 Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA), son of William Braman Herrick (b. 1855 CT) & Lucy A. Fisk Herrick (b. 1852 Southampton, MA - d. 1923 Auburndale, MA).*** William B. Herrick was a son of William Henry Herrick (b. 1822 Cattaraugus Co., N.Y. - d. 1886 Marlborough, MA) & Tryphena Stratton Herrick (b. 1828 Elmore, Lamoille, VT - d. 1909 Boston, MA). The senior William was a Methodist pastor, serving Blandford, Hampden, MA in 1860.*** Lucy was a daughter of Franklin Fisk (b. 1814 Framingham, MA - d. 1896 Auburndale, MA), who retired as a Methodist Episcopal pastor, including in Stoughton (1840-1841). She was active in the Auburndale UMC, and a treasurer of a teachers' agency in Boston. She was a great-grand-daughter of Moses Fisk (b. 1746 Natick - d. 1810 Framingham, MA), who "responded to the Lexington Alarm from Natick" in 1775 which was the first battle of the Revolutionary War.*** In 1900, Olin and his parents and siblings resided at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Home_for_Missionary_Children Walker Home for Missionary Children] in Auburndale, Newton, MA.*** In 1918, Olin's brother William was killed in "airplane service" in France in WWI.*** Wife: Grace Frances Cooley Herrick (b. 1879 Brookline, MA), daughter of William Henry Cooley & Charlotte Cornelia Stoddard Cooley, and great-great-granddaughter of Liet. Adonijah Strong (b. 1743 Coventry - d. 1813 Salisbury) who served in 1776 in the artillery, militia, and commissary, as a member of the Cincinatti in the Revolutionary War.
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/6240852a07303de1feeed0bce9873847ae40544b.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 45 in fellowship (13 men, 32 women) including 1 under 13 years old. The Hall was a rented facility (with $1,113.70 in expenses), and $764.60 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work.
* [[South Framingham Meeting Room, MA]] (EB) +1879+
** Brookline Village Gospel Hall +1922+
** @ 64 Walnut St. +1922+; 366 Washington St. +1926+; 64 Walnut St. +1927+
** c/o John "Jock" Wilson @ 80 University Rd. +1922-1927+ (b. 1876 Lugar or Auchinleck, Ayr, Scot., emig. 1911, d. 1930 Foxborough, MA). Carpenter. Still living in Brookline in 1930. Son of James Wilson (b. (ca.) 1842 Tarbolton, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1916 Cathcart, Glasgow, Scot.) & Margaret Kelly Wilson (b. 1843 Liverpool, Eng. - d. 1931 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot.). Wife (1900 @ Glasgow, Scot.): Margaret White Kay Wilson (b. 1877 Glasgow, Scot.). Children:*** James R. Wilson (b. 1901 Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1983 Carlsbad, San Diego, CA). Wife: Arline A. Thompson Wilson (b. 1904 Somerville, MA - d. 1991 Oceanside, S.D., CA).*** Agnes "Nan" Wilson Olson (b. 1906 Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1991 Belmont, MA). Later @ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Street_Church Park Street Church], a conservative congregational meeting in Boston that historically supports [[InterVarsity_Christian_Fellowship|IVCF]] & Gordon Conwell TS. Husband (1938): Gordon W. Olson (b. 1896 MA).*** Robert Kay "Bob" Wilson (b. 1910 Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1976 West Yarmouth, Barnstaple, MA)*** Geraldine Margaret "Jerry" Wilson (b. 1912 Brookline, MA - d. 2001 Eliot, York, ME)** c/o James Mawhinney @ 447 Washington St. +1926-1927+; John Wilson @ 80 University Rd. +1922-1927+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/34b9003fac28151c55f909b02605e8d4c6e438fe.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 52 in fellowship (23 men, 29 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 50 children (for a total of 102). The Hall had a value of $22,000 with a debt of $16,500 (with $1,940 in expenses), and $375 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
*** wife (1883): Margaret "Bessy" Bingham Shillady (b. 1852 Drumgooland, Co. Down, Ireland - d. 1934 Roxbury, MA), daughter of Joseph Bingham (b. 1819 Ireland - d. 1905 Banbridge, Ireland) & Anne Jane McGaffin Bingham (b. 1824 Drumgooland, Ireland - d. 1916 Glasgow, Scot.); Bessy was a mantle maker in 1881 @ Glasgow. Her parents were married in 1850 @ Banbridge, Ireland.
*** apprentice ship carpenter @ Blackfriars, Glasgow, [[Scotland|Scot.]], boarded with the Burgham family +1881+; emig. 1888 @ NYC on the Devonia as carpenter; ship carpenter @ Winthrop, Suffolk, MA in 1900; In 1911, he was a railroad carpenter, still living in Winthrop. By 1913, he had removed to Boston (with his mother Elizabeth and siblings Jacob & Mabel), as a railroad carpenter, and retired by 1930.
** c/o William George Farquhar +1922-1927+ (b. 1882 Insch, Aberdeen, [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1955 Stoneham, MA), son of William Farquhar (b. 1851 Insch, Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1925). The senior William Farquahar was employed in 1891 as a carpenter. W.G.'s great-grandparents were James Farquhar (b. 1779 Monymusk, Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1862 Insch, Scot.) & Anne Forbes Farquhar (b. 1777 Kennethmont, Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1840 Insch, Scot.).
*** wife: Margaret Ann Summers Farquhar (b. 1877 Cruden, Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1944 Brighton, MA), daughter of Andrew Summers (1848-1928 Cruden, Aberdeen, Scot.) & Elizabeth Ritchie Summers (b. 1852 Pitsligo, Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1916 Cruden, Aberdeen, Scot.). Andrew was employed in 1881 as a fisherman.
**** Elizabeth Ritchie Summers' parents were Andrew Ritchie (b. 1827 Pitsligo, Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1899 Rosehearty, Aberdeen, Scot.) & Elisabeth Downie Ritchie (1832-1916 Rosehearty, Aberdeen, Scot.).
** c/o Joseph A. Cox @ 332 Concord Ave., Cambridge
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/31afbfb57be4fc8e8eac1364a014abf641b2fbc0.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 11 in fellowship (4 men, 7 women) including 2 S.S. teachers, presiding over 30 children (for a total of 41). The Hall was a rented facility (with $330 in expenses), and $50 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
* [[Central Gospel Hall, Worcester, MA]] (OB) +1922-1927+
** @ 119 Chandler St. +1922+; 544 Main St. +1926-1927+
** c/o Jonathan Dalzell, 42 Lewis St. +1922+;
** c/o James Scott +1926-1927+
*** @ 31 King? St. +1926+; 721 S. Bridge St. +1927+
* [[Main Street Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1922-1927+
** @ 148 Main St. +1922+; 1910 Main St. +1926-1927+
** c/o William James Gourley(b. 1895 Mullaglass, Co. Armagh, N.I., emig. 1914; d. 1957 Springfield, MA), son of Samuel Gorley (b. 1859 Co. Armagh, N.I. - d. 1915 Newry, Co. Down, N.I.) & Annie McCollough Gourley (b. 1867 Co. Armagh, N.I. - d. 1950 Chicopee, MA). Wife: Florence Louise Morrow Gourley (b. 1901 Providence, R.I. - d. 1985 Chicopee, MA), daughter of George Morrow (b. 1868 Lisburn, Antrim, 48 Rimmon AveN.I., emig. 1891, m. 1892, d. 1953 Providence, R.I.) & Margaret Jane Bushell Morrow (b. 1867 Lisnaskea, N.I., emig. 1891, d. 1951 Providence, R.I.). Children: William George Gourley (b. 1938 Chicopee, MA); Anita Marilyn Gourley (b. 1927 Salem, MA), married James Edward Carroll (b. 1928 Varick, Seneca, N.Y. - d. 2004 Largo, Pinellas, FL); Dorothy Louise Gourley (b. 1922 Beverly, MA - d. 1999 Danvers, MA), married Lester Curtis Alboth (b. 1919 Lynn, Essex, MA - d. 1959 Danvers, MA).*** By 1911, William and his parents, siblings, and paternal grandmother were all registered as PB, and previously all were Church of Ireland in 1901.*** In 1947, he was credited in Letters of Interest for his leadership at a semi-annual New England Sunday School Workers' Conference at the Pawtucket Gospel Hall in [[Rhode Island]], presided by James Stirling, and spoken at by T. Ernest Wilson & Andrew Stenhouse.*** According to Aug. 1957 T&T, William was saved at the age of thirteen, and received into fellowship in N.I., and presumably in fellowship at the Springfield assembly. He was credited as a "lover of the Word, a shepherd of the flock and had a real heart for the Gospel." The "very large" funeral was shared by J. McCullough and J. Govan. Prayer was requested for his widow and "two unsaved sons". "His was a triumphant end, following a life spent in seeking to serve the Lord and His people, and for the upbuilding of the testimony."*** '''(?)''' William Gourley of Springfield, MA (b. 1894 Bessbrock Co., Armagh, N.I. - d. 1965 Springfield, MA) was in the Jan. 1966 T&T: "... born again May 13, 1906, after a long period of soul trouble. He was a quiet unassuming brother who did work for the Lord in a way that left its mark; he enjoyed reading the scriptures to the prisoners in the jail, and eternity alone will tell the results. He loved to pray, and it can well be said of him, "for he was a good man"; very faithfully filling his place in the assembly in all of its activities. A large company gathered at his funeral to hear the Gospel, and comforting words for those who sorrow "not as those who have no hope". He will be greatly missed in the assembly as well as in the home. He had the privilege of seeing all his children in the Lord and gathered "Outside the Camp unto Him", he was heard to say many times, "God has been very good to me, and I can't understand why". L. Pearson preached the Word at his funeral."
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/87d4999c165c477d8c0d83c3a095e62e5e818e1a.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 25 in fellowship (10 men, 15 women) including 4 S.S. teachers, presiding over 47 children (for a total of 72). The Hall was a rented facility (with $498.52 in expenses), and $306.24 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work.
* [[Westfield Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1904-1927+
** @ 146 Elm St. +1904+; 29 Elm St. +1926-1927; Room 16, Commercial Bldg., 33 Elm St. +1927+
** c/o W.G. Emmerson, Room 8, Commercial Bldg., Elm St. +1922+; W.H. Emerson, 15 or 115 Madison St. +1926-1927+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/1df5d95babfb8fb4d283560fc175aaefffdca067.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 8 in fellowship (2 men, 6 women). The Hall was a rented facility (with $81.94 in expenses), and $35.00 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work.