High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Barbara Agnes Ritchie Hornstra
20 Feb 1888 – 23 Aug 1964 · about 76 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Barbara Agnes Ritchie Hornstra lived from 20 Feb 1888 to 23 Aug 1964, a span of about 76 years.
Born a Ritchie, and known here by the name Hornstra. Theirs is one of 8 markers bearing the name Hornstra in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. Distances are to relatives whose graves are also recorded here.
Born in Scotland. Died in Massachusetts, USA.
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
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That is most of what the public record yet tells us. Barbara Agnes Ritchie Hornstra was a person who walked this town, not a name on a list, with a life still largely unrecovered. We will not invent the rest. If you are descended from Barbara's family, you can add a source, a correction, or a memory. Until then, their name is kept here, with respect.
The stone is still there.