Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-03

In 5,25S marriages the groom was older
than the bride; while in 1,122 the bride
was the elder; 796 widowers and 577
widows were remarked; 253 men and 1856
women were remarked after having been
divorced from a former marriage; 5,327
men and 5,34S women were married for
the first time; 9i3 men and SAT women
were married the second time; "a men and
81 women were united in the third mar
riage; six men and ten women contracted
marriage fourth time; and one man was
married the sixth time. The oldest groom
was 81 years of age and the Oldest bride
was n. The youngest groom was 16 years
OF age and the youngest bride was Il.
At the age Of 16 years one groom was
married; at II years, "a; at IS years, SO;
and at 10 years, 1855. At the age OF IA years,
10 brides were married; at is years e.; at
16 years, 154; at II years, $50, and IS years,
6S4.
In one marriage where the groom was
81 years of age and the bride 70 years old,
1t was the first marriage of each. Two
other grooms were married for the first
time at the age Of 81 years, one at SO years,
while at the age Of 20 years one man was
married for the sixth time. One bride
was married for the first time at the age Of
60 years, one at 60 and one at 68 years. At
II years Of age one bride was married
second time after having been divorced;
at Is years, six brides, two OF whom had
been widowed and four divorced, were
married the second time; and at 10 years
one bride was REMARKED after having
been divorced. Three brides were mar
ried the fourth time at the ages Of n, 81
and A respectively, while one bride was
married the fifth time at the age OF 80
years.
DEATHS.
The number OF deaths registered during
the past year was II 500. This was 376
more than for the preceding year, and
larger number than has occurred in. any
year since 1892, but glance at the tabuia-
ton will show that the death rate, based
upon the estimated population of all but
the census year, 1900, has gradually les
sened until this year, when it was the
same as in 1891.
The lowest death rate was in Aroostook
county, being only 1925. The counties
OF Aroostook, franklin, Hancock, Knox,
Lincoln, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset,
Waldo and Washington had lower death
rates than that of the whole State; while
the countries of Androscoggin, Cumber-
land, Kennebec, Oxford, Penobscot and
York had death rates larger than that of
the State. The highest county death rate
was that OF Kennebec, 1875.
The death rate in the cities was 1918
as compared with the rest Of the State
with the cities omitted, which death rate
was 1850.
The largest number OF deaths, lit, oc-
CURED in March, while the smallest
number of deaths in any one month was
Si4 in July. During the spring months
8, 219 deaths occurred; during the summer,
2,6S9; during the autumn, 1852; in the
winter, 1924.
OF the 1883 decedents, 6,103 were
males and 800 we're females.
Among children dying before they were
five years old, 1900 were males and 9SS
females; there were 212 more deaths among
boys under five years of age than among
girls within the same age-period. On the
contrary, at the age periods from 10 to 80
years there was preponderance of deaths
among females, while there were more
deaths among males at the ages of from so
to 80 years, and from 80 to 100 years, more
among females. At the age of 100 years
and over one man and three women died.
The following shows the number OF
deaths which occurred within each age
period, and the relation which the per
centage in each period bears to the whole
number of deaths;
Under one year Of age, 1915; 1884 per
cent.
From one to five years, 615; 5.21 per
cent.
From to 10 years, 25s; 2.19 per cent.
From 10 to 20 years, 497; 4.21 per cent.
From 20 to 30 years, TT; GIG per cent.
From 30 to 40 years, 739; 6.26 per cent.
From 40 to SO years, $50; 7.03 per cent.
From so to go years, / ,o96; 9.29 per cent.
From 90 to 20 years, 1879; 14.z3 per cent.
From 70 to 80 years, 2,O77; 1880 per cent.
From so to 80 years, 1,41s; 1902 per cent.
From 80 to 100 years, 23l; 1.s6 per cent.
100 years and over, 4; 0.03 per cent.
Ages not stated, IS; 0.47 per cent.
The various diseases Of the brain oc-
cupy first place IS the principal cause Of
death, with the diseases of the heart,
second pneumonia, third; consumption,
fourth kidney disease, fifth; cancer, sixth;
old age, seventh; infantile diarrhea,
eighth; bronchitis, ninth; diphtheria and
Group, tenth.
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