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High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Ruth Eliza Ayers Fearing

7 Feb 1853 – 19 Nov 1892 · about 39 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Ruth Eliza Ayers Fearing lived from 7 Feb 1853 to 19 Nov 1892, a span of about 39 years.

Born an Ayers, and known here by the name Fearing. Theirs is one of 41 markers bearing the name Fearing in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 8relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Ruth Eliza Ayers Fearingm.Washington Irving Fearing1846–1914also here
Sarah Cady Fearing1871–1892also hereEugene Foster Fearing1873–1873also hereFred Atwood Fearing1874–1895also hereAlice May Fearing1876–1878also hereJennie Washington Fearing1878–1899also hereNettie Foster Fearing1880–1899also hereHarry Winthrop Fearing1882–1883also here

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 Fearing 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
1870, Ruth Eliza Ayers, dau. of Calvin and Rebecca (Cady) Ayers. She was b. at Dover, Mass., Feb. 7, 1853. "Farmer." Resides on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Sarah Cady, Oct. 1, 1871. ii. Eugene Foster, July 3, 1873, d. 5 Dec. foil, iii. Freddie Atwood, Sept. 14, 1874. iv. Alice May, Feb. 1, 1876, d. 5 Sept. 1878. v. Jennie Washington, March 18, 1878. vi.

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

Born in Dover, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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