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Laura B. <I>Ames</I> Dunham

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Laura B. Ames Dunham

Birth
Knox County, Maine, USA
Death
30 Oct 1918 (aged 45–46)
Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.2524395, Longitude: -71.6852497
Plot
65
Memorial ID
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Laura's death certificate provided the following information: parents Benjamin & Arabella (nee Perrigo) Ames (he was born in Maine and she in Nova Scotia) age- 46 yrs, status- married, occupation-cook, residence- Tewksbury, MA.;State Hospital care 7y7m28d, and cause of death - influenza; brocho pneumonia; biliary calculi; dementia praecox.

She had three brothers: Walter, George and Abram and a sister Grace. Laura married William F. A. Dunham in Lynn, MA April 3, 1898. (William's 2nd marriage). They had a child Ivy E Dunham. William appears as a widower in the 1900 census living with his parents and two children by prior marriage. Ivy lives with Laura's parents and Laura at the Worcester State Asylum in the 1910 census.
Laura's death certificate provided the following information: parents Benjamin & Arabella (nee Perrigo) Ames (he was born in Maine and she in Nova Scotia) age- 46 yrs, status- married, occupation-cook, residence- Tewksbury, MA.;State Hospital care 7y7m28d, and cause of death - influenza; brocho pneumonia; biliary calculi; dementia praecox.

She had three brothers: Walter, George and Abram and a sister Grace. Laura married William F. A. Dunham in Lynn, MA April 3, 1898. (William's 2nd marriage). They had a child Ivy E Dunham. William appears as a widower in the 1900 census living with his parents and two children by prior marriage. Ivy lives with Laura's parents and Laura at the Worcester State Asylum in the 1910 census.

Gravesite Details

A small concrete marker with the number 65 marks her grave.



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  • Maintained by: Mr White
  • Originally Created by: LMR
  • Added: Jul 25, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133333345/laura_b-dunham: accessed ), memorial page for Laura B. Ames Dunham (1872–30 Oct 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 133333345, citing Grafton State Hospital Memorial Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Mr White (contributor 50624884).