Grace May (Towne) French (1895 - 1982)

Born 24 May 1895 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Wife of Arthur Frank French — married 22 Jun 1917 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Died Sep 1982 at age 87 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Grace was born in Keene, New Hampshire, in 1895 to Burton E Towne and Hattie C Cota Towne.^[1]

Marriage & Family
Arthur married Grace May Towne, daughter of Burton E Towne, and his wife, Julia Harriet Cote Towne, of Keene, on the 22nd of June in 1917 in Keene, New Hampshire.^[2] The Rev, F.A. Leach officiated at their marriage. The couple lived in Gilsum. They never had any children.

Examination of the 1920 Census for Keene, New Hampshire, shows that both she and Arthur were living in Keene and were workers in a Mica mill.^[3] Their home was near 391 Washington Street.

By 1930, Grace was now a homemaker and Arthur was working at a factory in Keene that made chairs.^[4]

Death & Burial
Arthur died at home in 1978 in Marlborough, New Hampshire, at the age of 81.

She passed away in 1982 and was buried next to Arthur, in the Woodland Cemetery in Keene, New Hampshire.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Digital Image: "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch, Grace May Towne, 24 May 1895; citing Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,049
2. ↑ Digital Record: "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch, Flora Henrietta Grant in an entry for Arthur Frank French and Grace May Towne, 22 Jun 1917; citing Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 2,058,031
3. ↑ Digital Image: "United States Census of Keene, New Hampshire, for the year 1920", database with images, FamilySearch, Arthur F French, 1920.
4. ↑ Digital Image: "United States Census of Keene, New Hampshire, for the year 1930", database with images, FamilySearch, Arthur F French, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 4B, line 66, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1299; FHL microfilm 2,341,034
5. ↑ Online Memorial: Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Grace May Towne French (24 May 1895–Sep 1982), Find A Grave: Memorial #35395553, citing Woodland Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Maintained by Find a Grave, contributor 8

See Also

• Digitized Book: "Genealogy of the Billerica, Massachusetts French family from 1599 to 1944", compiled by H.M. Kellogg in 1884; page 95, cites birth and marriage.
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