Melvina Augusta (Palmer) Ayer (1842 - 1927)

Born 9 Jun 1842 in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Elijah Ayer — married 5 Feb 1863 in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1927 at age 84 in Plainville, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Palmer Name Study.

This profile is part of the Ayer Name Study.

Melvina Augusta Palmer was born on June 9, 1842 in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada, daughter of John Palmer (1788–1889) and Elizabeth Cole (1793–1872).

Her siblings were:

• Martha Grace Palmer (1815–1902)
• Catherine Palmer (1818–1818)
• Gideon Palmer (1819–1826)
• Ebenezer Cole Palmer (1820–1892)
• Ann Trueman Palmer (1823–1871)
• Unknown Palmer (1825–1825)
• Andrew Nelson Palmer (1826–1885)
• Alpheus Palmer (1828–1910)
• Ruth Elizabeth Palmer (1831–1919)
• Caleb Read Palmer (1834– )
• Edward Chandler Palmer (1836–1935)
• Emily Jane Palmer (1838– )

Melvina (20) married Elijah Ayer (25) (born about 1837 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick; son of William Read Ayer and Mary (Wry) Ayer) on February 5, 1863 in Westmorland. Their known children were:

• Andrew Humphrey Ayer (1864–1940)
• Minne Grace Ayer (1865–1914)
• Melville Parker Ayer (1867–1867)
• Charity Ayer (1869–1955)
• Mary Elizabeth Ayer (1871–1958)
• John William Ayer (1873–~1957)
• Willard Gilford Ayer (1876–1965)
• Ernest J Ayer (1878–1880)
• Emma Haseltine Ayer (1881–1970)

Melvina died on April 25, 1927 in Plainville, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, aged 84.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4HC-SJ7 : 10 December 2014), Melvina Palmer in entry for Minnie Grace Herring, 27 Mar 1914; citing Plainville,,Massachusetts, 281, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,404,459.

See also:

• First-hand information as remembered by Emily Clements, Monday, February 2, 2015.