Bertram T. Anvrin Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire From: Barbara Gottlock - BGOTTLOC@ccsd.edu Surname: ANVRIN Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 1256 BERTRAM T. ANVRIN, residing in Hampton Falls, who is extensively engaged in the lumber business, was born in this town, July 20, 1869, a son of Edwin Janvrin. He is a descendant of John Janvrin of the Isle of Jersey Page 1257 in the English Channel, who flourished in the latter part of the seventeenth century. This early ancestor of our subject married Elizabeth Le Cousteur. Their son John came to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1696 as captain of his own ship, "Four Friends." He married, September 12, 1706, Elizabeth Knight, who was born July 8, 1689, a daughter of John and Bridget (Stoper) Knight. She joined the First Church in Portsmouth, October 2, 1709; died February 10,1759. Their children were: John (2d in the American line of descent), born at Portsmouth, N. H., July 8, 1707; George, baptized in 1713, who mar- ried Abigail (Pickerin) Patterson, who died in 1789, aged seventy-seven years; and Mary, who joined the church at Newington, November 5, 1738, and married Thomas Pickrin, May 9, 1743. John (2d), above mentioned, graduated from Harvard College in 1728; joined the church in Newington, Nov. 5, 1738; married, October 9, 1751, Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Moses Stickney. She was admitted to the church at Newington, June 19, 1727. Their children were: John, born, 1754, died Nov. 2, !837; James, born in Seabrook, January 22, !758, married Mary, daughter of Dr. Joshua and Ann (Sett) Chase, died in Hampton Falls, Nov. 6. 1822; William, born 1760, died Feb. 3, 1839; George, born March 6. 1762, died Sept. 21, 1841, and Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Judkin of East King- ston. The children of James, above mentioned, who married Mary Chase, were: Mendom, born June 5, 1786; Mary, born Dec. 12, 1787, died Sept. 5, 1871; Dorothy, born Jan. 27, 1790, died Oct. 28, 1817; Nancy, born Oct. 6, 1792, died March 20, 1857; and David, born May 20, 1795, died March 31, 1873. Edwin Janvrin, father of the subject of this sketch, was born February 21, 1836, and died November 22, 1913. He was one of Hampton Falls' rep- resentative business men. In early life he was a shoemaker, but later engaged in the cattle and butchering business, shipping beef to Boston. He then en- gaged in the lumber business, both wholesale and retail, which he conducted on a large scale up to the time of his death. He served as representative from his town in 1883. He first married Nellie C. Smith, April 30, 1865, of which union there were two sons, Fred and Frank. The mother died in 1866 and Mr . Janvrin subsequently married Mrs. Sally Ann (Thompson) Titcomb, daugh- ter of Levi and Climena B. ( Rundlett ) Thompson. Of this latter union the following children were born: Charles Edwin, February 22, 1868. who is now assistant librarian of the University of Illinois; Bertram Thompson, July 20, 1869; Mary Lucy, June 25, 1874, who married, June 10, 1903, A. E. Wakeman; John Alfred, September 26, 1876, and Edwin Levi, October 19, 1879, who married June 10, 1902, Lillian S. daughter of John and Emma (Tuttle) Hamilton. Bertram T. Anvrin was educated in the public schools, at Putnam High School, Newburyport, Mass., and at, a commercial school in Boston, He then became associated with his father in the wholesale and retail lumber busi- ness, and continued with him until the latter's death, at which time he became sole proprietor. He is doing an extensive business, having three mills in Maine, and in June of the present year he shipped one million feet of lumber. He is also a director in the Portsmouth, Trust and Guarantee Company. His society affiliations are with the Masons and the Grange, in the former order belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council. He has served the town of Hampton Falls as selectman and as representative, holding the latter office in 1911 and 1912. September 28, 1892, he married Miss Mary E. Brown, daughter of Page 1258 Charles T. Brown. They have three children, namely: Everett B., born June 19, 1894; Louis B., born June 5, 1899, and Richard M., born January 30, 1901. **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. 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