From Rob Gregg, president of Medfield's Vine Lake Preservation Trust:
Marcus was the fourth great-grandfather to Helen Loraine Allison, the only child in first and second class on the Titanic to perish in the sinking," Gregg said. "She was not yet three years old. Her body was never recovered, nor were her parents'. Her 11-month-old brother survived and died of ptomaine poisoning in 1929. Helen is my ninth cousin once removed."
Wrentham births: GILMOR, Marcus, s. of Andrew Jr. and Hannah, June 13, 1797.
Walpole marriages: GILMOR, Marcus and Eliza Messenger, int. Mar. 9, 1823.
Medfield marriages: GILMORE, Marcus of Walpole, and Attarah Smith, Nov. 25, 1824.
Medfield deaths: July 17, 1865, Marcus Gilmore, married male, a. 68, carpenter, d. Medfield, b. Wrentham, son of Andrew Gilmore & Hannah Makepeace.
Parents: Andrew Gilmore & Hannah Makepeace, m. Aug. 23, 1787, Raynham.
Marcus was the fourth great-grandfather to Helen Loraine Allison, the only child in first and second class on the Titanic to perish in the sinking," Gregg said. "She was not yet three years old. Her body was never recovered, nor were her parents'. Her 11-month-old brother survived and died of ptomaine poisoning in 1929. Helen is my ninth cousin once removed."
Wrentham births: GILMOR, Marcus, s. of Andrew Jr. and Hannah, June 13, 1797.
Walpole marriages: GILMOR, Marcus and Eliza Messenger, int. Mar. 9, 1823.
Medfield marriages: GILMORE, Marcus of Walpole, and Attarah Smith, Nov. 25, 1824.
Medfield deaths: July 17, 1865, Marcus Gilmore, married male, a. 68, carpenter, d. Medfield, b. Wrentham, son of Andrew Gilmore & Hannah Makepeace.
Parents: Andrew Gilmore & Hannah Makepeace, m. Aug. 23, 1787, Raynham.
From Rob Gregg, president of Medfield's Vine Lake Preservation Trust:
Marcus was the fourth great-grandfather to Helen Loraine Allison, the only child in first and second class on the Titanic to perish in the sinking," Gregg said. "She was not yet three years old. Her body was never recovered, nor were her parents'. Her 11-month-old brother survived and died of ptomaine poisoning in 1929. Helen is my ninth cousin once removed."
Wrentham births: GILMOR, Marcus, s. of Andrew Jr. and Hannah, June 13, 1797.
Walpole marriages: GILMOR, Marcus and Eliza Messenger, int. Mar. 9, 1823.
Medfield marriages: GILMORE, Marcus of Walpole, and Attarah Smith, Nov. 25, 1824.
Medfield deaths: July 17, 1865, Marcus Gilmore, married male, a. 68, carpenter, d. Medfield, b. Wrentham, son of Andrew Gilmore & Hannah Makepeace.
Parents: Andrew Gilmore & Hannah Makepeace, m. Aug. 23, 1787, Raynham.
Marcus was the fourth great-grandfather to Helen Loraine Allison, the only child in first and second class on the Titanic to perish in the sinking," Gregg said. "She was not yet three years old. Her body was never recovered, nor were her parents'. Her 11-month-old brother survived and died of ptomaine poisoning in 1929. Helen is my ninth cousin once removed."
Wrentham births: GILMOR, Marcus, s. of Andrew Jr. and Hannah, June 13, 1797.
Walpole marriages: GILMOR, Marcus and Eliza Messenger, int. Mar. 9, 1823.
Medfield marriages: GILMORE, Marcus of Walpole, and Attarah Smith, Nov. 25, 1824.
Medfield deaths: July 17, 1865, Marcus Gilmore, married male, a. 68, carpenter, d. Medfield, b. Wrentham, son of Andrew Gilmore & Hannah Makepeace.
Parents: Andrew Gilmore & Hannah Makepeace, m. Aug. 23, 1787, Raynham.
Inscription
MARCUS GILMORE,
Born June 13, 1797,
Died July 17, 1865.
_________
ATARAH, His wife
Born Feb. 13, 1797,
Died Sept. 1, 1865.
_________
Children of
MARCUS & ATARAH GILMORE
_________
Death in Life and Life in Death.
_________
Eliza Messinger
Born July 15, 1823
Died April 8 ????
ABIG????
Gravesite Details
Stone is broken off its base and lying on the ground.
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