Inez Rebecca Peabody (1884 - 1935)

Born 20 Aug 1884 in Barre, Washington, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Died 1935 at about age 50 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Inez Rebecca was born in Barre, Vermont, in 1884, the daughter of William and Abbie (Wood) Peabody.^[1] Her father died when she was young, in 1890.

Inez was 14 years old when she was admitted to The Hospital Cottages for Children in Baldwinville, Massachusetts, in 1892.^[2] She was a patient was 28 years, including at the time of the censuses of 1900,^[3] 1910,^[4] and 1920.^[5] In August of 1920, she was transferred to the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded in Waltham. She remained at the Waltham institution, later renamed the Fernald State School, for the rest of her life.^[6]

She died there in 1935 and is buried at the Fairview Cemetery in Grafton, Massachusetts, with her parents.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF34-1VM : 6 November 2017), Peabody, 20 Aug 1884
2. ↑ Admissions for the Hospital Cottages for Children 1907-1912, Baldwinville, Massachusetts, Transcribed by E. Childs, 2019, from Mass. Dept. of Mental Health - Institutional Registers Hospital Cottages for Children, FamilySearch.org
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9B4-34X : accessed 13 August 2019), Inez R Peabody, The Hospital Cottages for Children Baldwinville village, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22G-DJ1 : accessed 13 August 2019), Inez R Peabody, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF9R-CBF : accessed 13 August 2019), Inez R Peabody, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States;
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQPR-YR5 : accessed 13 August 2019), Inez Peabody, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #132049749 Fairview Cemetery, Grafton, Massachusetts