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Almira <I>Going</I> Derby

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Almira Going Derby

Birth
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
26 Apr 1892 (aged 85)
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 150(north): Catalpa Path
Memorial ID
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Daughter of James Going (1780 - 1839) and Abigail Hill

She married Andrew Derby (her sister Mary married his brother Abel Derby) in Dec 1829. She and Andrew had children:

. Gilbert H. Derby (1841 - 1917)
+ sp: Sara S. Lamb
. Andrew J. Derby (1845 -
+ sp: Harriet Vestina Brown
. James P. Derby (1847 - 1927)
+ sp: Emma Angeline Proctor (divorced)
+ sp: Lucy P. Brown (Loring)
. Frank Derby (1850 - 1897)
+ sp: Annie L. Fillmore

In 1855 she lived in Leominster, Massachusetts with husband, 4 sons, a girl, Nancy Derby, 11, born in Canada (a relative?), and a lodger. Her husband worked as an overseer at a cotton mill.

In 1860 she lived in Fitchburg, Massachusetts with husband and 4 sons. Her husband was a farmer.

In 1865 and 1870 she lived in Lunenburg, Massachusetts where her husband had become an innkeeper.

In 1880, widowed, she lived in Fitchburg as a boarder in the home of Margaret Sawtelle and daughter.

She died of "old age" at 85 years, 3 months, 13 days.
Daughter of James Going (1780 - 1839) and Abigail Hill

She married Andrew Derby (her sister Mary married his brother Abel Derby) in Dec 1829. She and Andrew had children:

. Gilbert H. Derby (1841 - 1917)
+ sp: Sara S. Lamb
. Andrew J. Derby (1845 -
+ sp: Harriet Vestina Brown
. James P. Derby (1847 - 1927)
+ sp: Emma Angeline Proctor (divorced)
+ sp: Lucy P. Brown (Loring)
. Frank Derby (1850 - 1897)
+ sp: Annie L. Fillmore

In 1855 she lived in Leominster, Massachusetts with husband, 4 sons, a girl, Nancy Derby, 11, born in Canada (a relative?), and a lodger. Her husband worked as an overseer at a cotton mill.

In 1860 she lived in Fitchburg, Massachusetts with husband and 4 sons. Her husband was a farmer.

In 1865 and 1870 she lived in Lunenburg, Massachusetts where her husband had become an innkeeper.

In 1880, widowed, she lived in Fitchburg as a boarder in the home of Margaret Sawtelle and daughter.

She died of "old age" at 85 years, 3 months, 13 days.

Inscription

[front of stone]
DERBY
1803 ANDREW 1876
1807 ALMIRA 1892
[back of stone]
.CHILDREN.
FRANK P.
GILMAN
GEORGE W.
A. A.
A. L.
E. A.



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