End Comes in House She Lived in Since She Was Only One Month Old.
Mrs. Johanna O'Brien Boswell, 60 years old, a lifelong resident of Washington, died at her residence, 11 D street southeast, Wednesday [18 Nov 1925]. She had lived in the house in which she died since she was a month old.
Funeral services were conducted at the residence yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock, and mass was said at 10 o'clock in St. Peter's Catholic Church. Interment was in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Boswell is survived by her husband, Ceylon M. Boswell; six daughters, Mrs. Joseph Loughran, Mrs. Paul Smith, Mrs. W. A. Stewart, Miss Camille Boswell and Miss Lorena Boswell; three sons, Ceylon T. Boswell, William H. Boswell and Hugh C. Boswell, and eight grandchildren, all of Washington. Mrs. Boswell was the daughter of the later Mrs. Catherine and Thomas O'Brien, who were among the old residents of this city.
[Paper: Evening Star, published as The Sunday Star; Date: Sunday, 22 Nov 1925; Page: 41; Location: Washington (DC), District of Columbia]
End Comes in House She Lived in Since She Was Only One Month Old.
Mrs. Johanna O'Brien Boswell, 60 years old, a lifelong resident of Washington, died at her residence, 11 D street southeast, Wednesday [18 Nov 1925]. She had lived in the house in which she died since she was a month old.
Funeral services were conducted at the residence yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock, and mass was said at 10 o'clock in St. Peter's Catholic Church. Interment was in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Boswell is survived by her husband, Ceylon M. Boswell; six daughters, Mrs. Joseph Loughran, Mrs. Paul Smith, Mrs. W. A. Stewart, Miss Camille Boswell and Miss Lorena Boswell; three sons, Ceylon T. Boswell, William H. Boswell and Hugh C. Boswell, and eight grandchildren, all of Washington. Mrs. Boswell was the daughter of the later Mrs. Catherine and Thomas O'Brien, who were among the old residents of this city.
[Paper: Evening Star, published as The Sunday Star; Date: Sunday, 22 Nov 1925; Page: 41; Location: Washington (DC), District of Columbia]
Gravesite Details
Grave stone shows the year of 1866, but the death certificate gives a full birth year of 14 Apr 1865. Thank you to member Jane for bringing this to my attention.
Family Members
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Katherine V Boswell Loughran
1885–1951
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Florence Marie Boswell Smith
1889–1950
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Marie R Boswell
1891–1891
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Marguerite Cecilia Boswell Stewart
1891–1975
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Elizabeth L Boswell Barnette
1893–1974
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Lorena E Boswell
1897–1957
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Ceylon Thomas Boswell
1900–1963
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William Henry Boswell
1902–1969
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Hugh Curley Boswell
1908–1973
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