High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Bessie Gladys McKenna Townsend
13 Jan 1892 – 17 May 1976 · about 84 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Bessie Gladys McKenna Townsend lived from 13 Jan 1892 to 17 May 1976, a span of about 84 years.
Born a McKenna, and known here by the name Townsend. Theirs is one of 2 markers bearing the name Townsend 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 Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Rockland, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
The exact grave location is recorded. Use it on-site:
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That is most of what the public record yet tells us. Bessie Gladys McKenna Townsend 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 Bessie'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.