High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
William Wilder “Willie” Morse
1 May 1886 – 25 Dec 1899 · about 13 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
William Wilder “Willie” Morse was a child, who lived from 1 May 1886 to 25 Dec 1899, about 13 years.
Theirs is one of 8 markers bearing the name Morse in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Worrick family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
William Wilder, s. of Charles H. and Alice S. (Wilder) (III. p. 328: 61, i.), was b. in Hing. May 1, 1886. ■ MURPHY. John, a laborer, d. in Hicg. 31 Oct. 1888, aet. 65 yrs. 364 Nelson — O'Keefe. NELSON. William (III. p. 79). The rec. of this fam. was taken from the census of 1855, and is corrected after iii. on p. 80 as foil. : — iv. Sarah M., b. March 2, 1844, d. 11 Sept.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
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This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of William's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.
The stone is still there.