High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

William Wilder “Willie” Morse

1 May 1886 – 25 Dec 1899 · about 13 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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William Wilder “Willie” Morse was a child, who lived from 1 May 1886 to 25 Dec 1899, about 13 years.

Theirs is one of 8 markers bearing the name Morse in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 1relative, as recorded on Find a Grave
Alice Sidney Wilder Morse1858–1895also here
William Wilder “Willie” Morse

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

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

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date, found in the Worrick family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
William Wilder, s. of Charles H. and Alice S. (Wilder) (III. p. 328: 61, i.), was b. in Hing. May 1, 1886. ■ MURPHY. John, a laborer, d. in Hicg. 31 Oct. 1888, aet. 65 yrs. 364 Nelson — O'Keefe. NELSON. William (III. p. 79). The rec. of this fam. was taken from the census of 1855, and is corrected after iii. on p. 80 as foil. : — iv. Sarah M., b. March 2, 1844, d. 11 Sept.

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

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.

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