~ THOMAS DOLIBER ~
Religion: Swedenborgian, Member, New Jerusalem Church, Boston, Suffolk MA:

Merchant, Grad, MA College of Pharmacy, Treasurer, MA College of Pharmacy
Member & Partner, Theodore Metcalf & Company, President & Treasurer, Mellin's Food Co, Member, Exchange Club, The Country Club

Note: Thomas & Ada were strong in their faith and went to the New Jerusalem Church on Beacon Hill in Boston. Thomas was a lover of music and very talented. He would hold musical parties in their home in BrooKline. They had 6 children, a governess and 4 domestic servants. Thomas was a kindly man, whose beaming face suggested a resemblance to one of the Cheeryble brothers of Charles Dickens.

Father: John W. Smethurst
marriage (16 Oct 1836), Marblehead, Essex, MA:

Mother: Sarah E. Homan Smethurst (Born: 1819, Marblehead, MA - 14 Jul 1874, age 55, Marblehead, MA) D/o Thomas Homan & Sarah B. Doliber
Note: Due to Sarah's unhappy marriage her son's name was changed to Doliber, after her great grandfather

In household: Sarah Homan (Born: 1819, MA)

1st Married: Eliza Moody Kimball (Born: 7 Feb 1834, Kennebunk, York, Maine, USA - Died: 20 Jun 1872, aged 38 yrs, 4 mos, 3 dys, Boston, Suffolk, MA);

2nd Married (11 May 1876, Cambridge, MA): Ada Ripley Heath (B: 1856, Brookline, MA - 03 Jan 1910, age 54, Brookline, Norfolk, MA) D/o Charles Henry Heath & Lucy Wilson Ripley of Heath St., Brookline, Norfolk, MA

The Heath's being Descendant of Col. Joseph Williams of MA
Joseph Williams (1708-98) was a member of the "Sons of Liberty"; served as muster master of minute men and as an officer on guard in Cambridge 1775. He was born and died in Roxbury, Mass. Also No. 30810.
Source: The Howland Heirs: being the story of a family and a fortune and the ... By William Morrell Emery

Children: Margaret Eleanor Doliber (B: 1876 /1884, Cohasset, Plymouth, MA) married (08 Apr 1908): William Atmore Robinson, Jr. (B: 20 Mar 1876, New Bedford, Bristol, MA) S/o William A. Robinson & Marion Lancaster Swift, Edith Doliber (B: 16 Apr 1878, Boston, Suffolk, MA) married: Henry Rogers Hedge, Constance Ada Doliber (B: 30 Jan 1886, Boston, Suffolk, MA), Cecil Thomas Doliber, Jr (B: 05 Oct 1891, MA), William H. Doliber of Seekonk, MA; Frank W. Doliber of Brookline, Norfolk, MA

Moved (1889): to Goddard Avenue, Brookline, Norfolk, MA; House once called the "Raymond Place." Residence (1910): Brookline town (south part), Norfolk, MA

Passport Application dated Dec 1899: I solemnly swear that I was born at Marblehead, in the State of Massachusetts, on or about the 16th day of February, 1837; that my father was a native born citizen of the United States; that I am domiciled in the United States, my permanent residence being at Brookline, in the State of Massachusetts, where I follow the occupation of Merchant; That I am about to go abroad temporarily; and that I intend to return to the United States .... with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein.

Died: At his daughter's home, Mrs. William Atmore Robinson, Jr., New Bedford, Bristol, MA