High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Ann Catherine Hersey Groce

7 Nov 1833 – 23 Sep 1920 · about 87 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Ann Catherine Hersey Groce lived from 7 Nov 1833 to 23 Sep 1920, a span of about 87 years.

Born a Hersey, and known here by the name Groce. Theirs is one of 9 markers bearing the name Groce in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Caleb Hersey1796–1882also hereAnn Catherine Adams Whitney Hersey1802–1842also here
Ann Catherine Hersey Grocem.Nelson Groce1832–1897 (m. 1856)also here
Frank Hersey Groce1861–1862also hereAlida Webster Groce1870–1870also here

SiblingsCaleb Francis Hersey1823–1885 · Lydia Whitney Hersey1839–1906

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
of Andrew and Lucy (Hersey) Cushing. She was b. in Hing. Oct. 1, 1834. v. Ann Catherine, Nov. 7, 1833. ra. Nelson Groce. vi. Lydia Whitney, May 10, 1839. 69. Hosea 6 (Abijah *-* Jeremiah 8 John 2 William *), b. in Hing. Feb. 4, 1800. m. Oct. 24, 1824, Hannah Lincoln, dau. of Israel and Chloe (Lincoln) Lincoln. She was b. in Hing. July 8, 1801, and surviving him, m. secondly,

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.

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 Ann'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.