Born in Lenox, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne
and Sophia Amelia (Peabody) Hawthorne
Sister of
Una Hawthorne and Julian Hawthorne
Wife of
George Parsons Lathrop
— married
11 Sep 1871 (to 1895) in London, England
Mother of
Francis Hawthorne Lathrop
Died
at age 75
in Hawthorne, West Chester, New York, United States
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| Created 20 Jun 2014
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Rose (Hawthorne) Lathrop is Notable.
Biography
Category: Catholic Nuns "Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, a daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, is quoted as saying 'we cannot cure our patients but we can assure the dignity and value of their final days and keep them comfortable and free of pain. '
The Hawthorne Dominicans, which she founded operate several homes in Atlanta, GA and Philadelphia, PA as well as Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, NY which provides terminal care 24/7 to patients with terminal cancer, accepting no payment from either the patients or their families.
from NY Times Magazine May 15, 2016 "The Health Issue"
Rose's son died of cancer at age of five. She and her spouse had an apparently unhappy marriage, The were divorced shortly after the death of their son although both had converted to Roman Catholicism during their marriage. Rose then became a Dominican nun.
As a Dominican she was known as Mother Mary Alfonse.
She founded the Dominican Congregation of St. Rose of Lima, later called the Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer and is currently a candidate for sainthood.
Sources
- 1) US Federal Census; Year: 1880; Census Place: Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 538; Family History Film: 1254538; Page: 183C; Enumeration District: 362; Image: 0643.
- 5) Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14782485/mary-alphonsa-lathrop: accessed 29 October 2023), memorial page for Mother Mary Alphonsa Lathrop (20 May 1851–9 Jul 1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14782485, citing Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
- 6) son's recorded birth: "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX8Y-2W4 : 1 March 2016), Rose H. Hawthorne in entry for Francis Hawthorne Lathrop, 1880.
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