Amy Frances (MacConney) Torrey (1861 - abt. 1932)

Born 12 Nov 1861 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Augustus Torrey — married 16 Apr 1884 in Rockland, Massachusetts

Descendants

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Biography

Amy was born in 1861. She passed away about 1932.

• Biography of Amy Frances MacConney by my cousin Amy Francis^[1]

Birth

• 12 Nov 1861: Amy was born in Abington, Plymouth, Mass^[2]

Marriage

• 16 April 1884: Amy married Henry in Rockland, Plymouth, Mass.^[3]

Residence

• 1870: Abington, Plymouth, Mass. ^[4]

• 1880: Hanover, Plymouth, Mass^[5]

• 1900: Hanover Town, Plymouth, Mass.^[6]

• 1910: Amy, Henry and children Grace, Henry F., Lottie W. Torrey are renting at 66 Church St. Rockland, Mass. 2 other families are also renting there: Charles Lowell and family. And Edward C. Meara and family. Edward's wife Ethel (Tilton) is the cousin of Lottie's future husband Harry Stetson. This Meara family may be related to the "Myra" family that Amy rents from in 1930 after husband Henry passed away.^[7]

• 1920. Albion St. Rockland, Mass.
• Note: Edward Meara and son Charles (mentioned in 1910 Census) are now living on Linden St. in Rockland. Edward is still married but wife Ethel is not living with them.

Note: A Marion M. (McDonald) Stetson is boarding with Edward. She is 41yo. Married. Stetson is probably her married name. Her maiden name might be McDonald. She is a cook, born in Canada, immigrated 1889. Her parents were born in Scotland.^[8]

• 1930: 373 East Water St. Rockland, Plymouth, Mass. Amy is widowed and is a boarder in Florence (Kemp) Myra family home.

The Myra/Myrer/Myer family are possibly relatives of Amy. They immigrated from Nova Scotia about 1922. Amy's mother Euphemia Fish is said to have been from Maine and Nova Scotia. It could be just a coincidence.

There are 4 homes at this address. One of the homes is owned by George O. Barbour. His son Ralph married Amy's daughter Eva. George and Amy are 7th cousins, they both descend from Robert Stetson and Honour Tucker.

Amy may have moved or passed away before 1935. By this time I haven't been able to find her residence or death record. Other families are now renting 2 of these homes.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ https://francisgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/04/henry-torrey-and-amy-frances-mcconney.html?m=1
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SRS-ZPP?i=346&cc=1536925
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHP7-TYS : 17 October 2017), Henry A. Torrey and Amy F. Mcconney, 16 Apr 1884; citing Marriage, Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 2,080,575.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQW-QPJ : 19 March 2020), Amy F McConney in entry for James F McConney, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHX8-675 : 12 August 2017), Amy F Mcconney in household of Frank Mcconney, Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 540, sheet 500B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,550.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Y7-RND : accessed 8 June 2020), Amy F Torrey in household of Henry A Torrey, Hanover Town, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1124, sheet 4A, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,674.
7. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RKW-94N?i=8&cc=1727033
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFMW-QJD : accessed 14 March 2019), Amy F Torrey in household of Henry A Torrey, Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 141, sheet 22A, line 33, family 386, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 727; FHL microfilm 1,820,727.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ5K-DXB : accessed 21 August 2019), Amy F Torrey in household of Florence A Myra, Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 97, sheet 2B, line 97, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 941; FHL microfilm 2,340,676.