Mary A. Groesbeck (1854 - 1865)

Born 28 Feb 1854 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Sep 1865 at age 11 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Mary Groesbeck died young.

Mary, daughter of Alexander McCoy Groesbeck and Emeline Holmes,^[1][2] was born 28 February 1854 in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.^[1]

In 1855, Mary (age 2), her parents Alexander (45, carpenter) and Emeline (33), and her brother Charles Holmes Groesbeck (10) were domiciled in Pittsfield, Berkshire County in the home of George W. (21, carpenter) and Adelia Ormsby (22).^[3]

Five years later Alexander (age 48, carpenter) and Emeline (47) had their own home in Lee, where they resided with their children Mary A. (6), Charles (14) and Delia Groesbeck (3), as well as a five-month-old baby George M. Robey.^[4]

Mary (age 11), her parents Alexander (53, carpenter) and Emeline (52) and siblings Charles C. (18, soldier), Delia (8) and Franklin Nash Groesbeck (5) remained in Lee in 1865.^[5]

Mary died at age 11 due to diphtheria on 5 September 1865 in Lee.^[1][2]

Research Notes

• There is a discrepancy in the records. The death index says she was 4 years, 4 months, and 4 days old with the birth in 1861.
• The 1865 census says she is 11 years old, born in 1854, as does her burial record.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910, database, FamilySearch (10 February 2018), Mary A. Groesbeck, 05 Sep 1865; citing Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, reference v 2 p 34; FHL microfilm 250,261.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (10 March 2018), Mary A. Groesbeck, 05 Sep 1865; citing Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, vol. 183, p.44, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,186. Although this record indicates Mary died at age four, I believe it is a clerical error in the index.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Massachusetts State Census, 1855, database with images, FamilySearch (11 March 2018), Mary Groesbeck in household of George W Ormsby, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,974.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (12 December 2017), Mary A Groesbeck in entry for Alexander Groesbeck, 1860.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Massachusetts State Census, 1865, database with images, FamilySearch (1 June 2018), Mary Groesbeck in entry for Alexander Groesbeck, 1865.

• This profile was created, researched and initially written by Kathy Rabenstein (9th cousin, five times removed).