Hingham LivesHigh Street Cemetery

High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Franklin J. Torrey

19 Oct 1835 – 3 Feb 1877 · about 42 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Franklin J. Torrey lived from 19 Oct 1835 to 3 Feb 1877, a span of about 42 years.

Theirs is one of 10 markers bearing the name Torrey in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 12relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
William Torrey1787–1875also hereSarah Cushing Torrey1790–1875also here
Franklin J. Torreym.Louisa B. Nott Torrey1842–1905also here
Alvin Whitten Torrey1862–1928also hereCharlotte Simmons Torrey1865–1868→ ~5 mCharlotte Simmons Torrey Crosby1869–1938also hereCarrie J. Torrey Rogers1871–1945also hereJonathan Edward Torrey1874–1879also hereMinnie Estelle Torrey1878–1879also here

SiblingsSarah C. Torrey Fearing1821–1876 · Elizabeth Hersey Torrey Cushing1823–1889 · William Crane Torrey1826–1870

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. Distances are to relatives whose graves are also recorded here.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date on a child line in the Torrey family genealogy and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
v. Franklin Jacobs, Oct. 19, 1835

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

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