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Harriet Farrie (Bemis)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death: August 03, 1907 (100)
Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Josiah Bemis, Jr. and Joanna Bemis
Wife of William Farrie
Mother of Frances Anna Waterman
Sister of Joanna Bemis; John Bemis; Josiah Bemis; Lucinda Bemis; Joel Bemis and 3 others

Managed by: Alice Zoe Marie Knapp
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About Harriet Farrie

  • Daughters of American Revolution
  • Member: Harriet Farrie
  • Nat'l #: 51292
  • Chapter: 1009 MA
  • Ancestor: BEMIS, JOSIAH (A008952)
  • Ancestor: BEMIS, JOSIAH (A008953)

The oldest woman in Somerville is Mrs. Harriet Bemis Farrie, one of the real daughters of the Revolution, who will be one hundred years old today, and will pass the day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Anthony Waterman, at 162 Broadway, Somerville, who she has resided for the past eighteen years. She intends at her banquet tonight to make a speech relating her experiences and the changes since her childhood days.

She was born in Quincy on Oct. 30, 1806. She is the daughter of Johanna Fish and Josiah Bemis of Quincy. She was youngest of twelve children and when she was three years of age her parents moved to Cordis stree, Charlestown, where in the old colonial house which is still standing she made her home up to eighteen years ago, when she moved to Broadway.

Source: Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, MA, 29 Oct 1906, page 16.

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Harriet Farrie's Timeline

1806
October 30, 1806
Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
1845
August 24, 1845
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
1907
August 3, 1907
Age 100
Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Woodlawn Cemetery and Crematory, Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States