High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Lydia Wilder Stoddar

30 Aug 1786 – 4 Nov 1866 · about 80 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Lydia Wilder Stoddar lived from 30 Aug 1786 to 4 Nov 1866, a span of about 80 years.

Born a Wilder, and known here by the name Stoddar. Theirs is one of 7 markers bearing the name Stoddar in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 2relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Lydia Wilder Stoddarm.Daniel Stoddar1784–1823also here
Mary Ann Stoddar1817–1821also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • MarriedDaniel Stodder (Nov. 27, 1808)

Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Wilder family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
iv. Lydia, Aug. 30, 1786. ra. Nov. 27, 1808, Daniel Stodder, 3d

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

The inscription

DANIEL STODDARFeb. 9, 1784.May 11, 1823.LYDIA WILDERhis wifeAug. 30, 1786.Dec. 4, 1866.MARY ANNtheir daughter July 29. 1817.Nov. 30. 1821.

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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