High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Frances Whitney Hersey
10 Jul 1859 – 16 Oct 1949 · about 90 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Frances Whitney Hersey lived from 10 Jul 1859 to 16 Oct 1949, a span of about 90 years.
Theirs is one of 56 markers bearing the name Hersey 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 Henderson family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
1885, aet. 62 yrs. " Farmer." Resided on Main St., So. Hing. Child, — i. Frances Whitney, July 10, 1859. Hersey. 325 99. William H.7 (Warren A.6 Abijah w Jeremiah3 John2 Wil- liam l), b. in Hing. Nov. 27, 1840. m. first, Aug. 31, 1869, Sarah L., dau. of Stephen P., and Sarah L. (Nye) Goold ; and secondly, Nov. 10, 1880, Effie A. Whiton, dau. of Albert and Sarah A. (Hersey)
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Frances'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.