Person:Emily Farwell (1)

Watchers
m. 17 Apr 1838
  1. Emily J Farwell1842 - 1866
m. 14 Oct 1863
  1. Lucy Fay1864 - 1937
  2. Alice Upton Fay1866 - 1873
Facts and Events
Name Emily J Farwell
Alt Name[4] Emily J Upton
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3] 17 Oct 1842 Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Adoption? Bet 1850 and 1855 Adoptive parents:Edwin Upton and Louisa Farwell Upton (1)
Marriage 14 Oct 1863 Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto George Flagg Fay
Death[2][3] 12 Oct 1866 Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice, 1910)
    p. 27.

    FARWELL, Emily J., d. James M. and Mary, [born] Oct. 17, 1842.

  2. 2.0 2.1 Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
    [1].

    Deaths Registered in the Town of Fitchburg for the Year eighteen hundred and sixty-Six.
    No.: 150
    Date of Death: 1866 Oct 12
    Name: Emily U. Fay / (mn Upton)
    Sex: Female
    Condition: wife of / George F. Fay / (adopted child of E. & L. M. Upton)
    Age: 23 y. 11 m. 25 d. [birth calculates to about 17 Oct 1842]
    Cause: Tuberculosis / Consumption
    Place of Death: Fitchburg / Ward Place
    Occupation: [blank]
    Place of Birth: Harvard / Mass
    Parents: Edwin Upton / Louisa M Upton
    Birthplace of Parents: Fitchburg / Bolton

  3. 3.0 3.1 Find A Grave: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, MA, in Find A Grave
    Emily Upton Fay.

    1828 GEO. F. FAY 1895
    1842 EMILY UPTON FAY 1866
    WIFE OF
    GEO. F. FAY
    [reverse side of gravestone]
    GEORGE FLAGG FAY
    BORN SEPT 26 1828
    DIED MAY 8, 1895.
    ---
    EMILY UPTON FAY
    BORN OCT. 17, 1842
    DIED OCT. 12, 1866.

  4. As mention on her death record, Emily was adopted by Edwin and Louisa Upton, Louisa being her aunt. In 1850 census she is listed in her parents' household (line 25) and her aunt's household (line 19), both with the name Emily J Farwell. In 1855 she is missing from her parents' household (lines 11-16), but listed in her aunt's household (left side, line 13) as Emily J Upton.