High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

George Harold Reed

21 Nov 1878 – 21 Nov 1878

From the burial index · with sourced details below

George Harold Reed was an infant. Born 21 Nov 1878, died 21 Nov 1878, a life of less than two years.

Theirs is one of 4 markers bearing the name Reed in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

George C. Reed1842–1925Susan Maria Fearing Groves1850–1929also here
George Harold Reed

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact birth date, found in the Reed family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
27, 1873, Susan M., dau. of Thomas and Susan (York) Fearing Their child, George Harold, b. Nov. 21, 1878, d. next dav. 1 26 Remington. REMINGTON. 1. Thomas, was prob. the first person bearing this surname in Hing., and although most of his descendants have lived and d. here during the past two centuries, but little information concerning their births, marriages, and deaths,

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

The inscription

1878 BABY 1878

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth 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 George'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.