Person:Genette Follansbee (1)

m. 2 May 1844
  1. Frank Fulton Follansbee1845 - 1920
  2. Genette Crawford Follansbee1847 - 1926
  3. Susan Palmer Follansbee1850 - 1926
  4. Floretta Claracina Follansbee1853 - 1884
  5. Samuel Nathaniel Follansbee1860 - 1942
Facts and Events
Name Genette Crawford Follansbee
Gender Female
Birth[3] 27 Nov 1847 West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Residence[4] 1880 Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesas a box shopworker
Residence[1][5] 1910 Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesas a paper box maker, with her mother
Residence[2][6] 1920 Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Medical? According to a letter her father wrote when she was born he states that 'Genet' weighed 8 1/2 lbs.
Death? 9 Feb 1926 Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Burial? Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester Co., Ma.

According to the 1920 Leominster, Ma census Gennette owned a home at 359 Pleasant St. Born in 1847 she was 73 years old when this census came out. Having never married Gennette and her mother Susan lived together in this house after Samuel Sr. death 1891 until Susan died Dec 22,1912. Gennettes brother, Samuel b. 1860, lived on 353 Pleasant with his wife, Fanni

References
  1. United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624).
  2. United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625).
  3. West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of West Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1918)
    20.

    FOLLANSBEE, Jenett, d. Samuel, comb maker, and Susan S., [born] Nov. 27, 1847.

  4. 1880: The indexer misread the name as Tollansbee: The Samuel Follansbee household in Leominster consists of Samuel 73, Susan S. 60, daughter Genette C. 30, and son Samuel 20, daughter Floretta C. Smith (now widowed) 26, and grandson George A. Smith 5. Father Samuel works in a comb shop, Genette works in a box shop, and Samuel N. works in a jeweler shop.
  5. Sister Genette and Mother Susan Follansbee live next door 359 Pleasant St. Genette (Nettie) is listed as a paper box maker. (Esther reminisced about Aunt Nettie making the boxes at home.)
  6. 1920: Genette Follansbee is again listed next door at 359 Pleasant St. She is 70 now and is not employed.