Emily Content Nason
| Emily Content Nason | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
May 24, 1850[1] Chase-Jellison Homestead, South Berwick, Maine |
| Died |
December 16, 1944[1] Wentworth Home, Portsmouth, New Hampshire[1] |
| Occupation | teacher[2] |
| Spouse(s) | John Frank Nason (July 4, 1877) |
| Children | Mary Chase Boston |
| Parents |
Aaron Jellison Sophia Jellison[1] |
| Signature |
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Contents
Biography
Emily Content Nason (née Jellison) was born May 24th, 1850 in South Berwick, Maine in the Chase-Jellison Homestead. Emily attended the local District 11 one-room schoolhouse before graduating from Berwick Academy. She attended Gorham Seminary in 1875 to become a teacher.[2] Emily and J. Frank Nason attended and reported the birth of Edith C. Hopper, the daughter of William H. and Sarah Littlefield Hooper, on November 9, 1875.[3] On July 4th 1877 she married John Frank Nason, with whom she had one child, Mary Chase. In 1911, after the death of both her daughter and her daughter's husband Oliver Alphonso Boston, Emily became the caretaker for Mary's three children. Gladys Hasty Carroll mentions Emily in her book Dunnybrook. She died on December 16th, 1944[1] and is buried in the family cemetery on Emery's Bridge Road.
Gravestone
JOHN FRANK NASON
JULY 28, 1854
JUNE 15, 1940
HIS WIFE
EMILY CONTENT JELLISON
MAY 24, 1850
DEC. 16, 1944
Family Tree
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 http://interactive.ancestry.com/5242/41267_312205-02262/495332?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dNHDeathDisintermentRecords%26h%3d495332%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%3aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d2555&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord Original data: “New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754–1947.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://interactive.ancestry.com/2203/32761_1020704762_0518-00011/3055601?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgst%3d-6&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Educational Institutions. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. The Digitized Content is licensed from the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) and may not be reproduced, transferred or commercially or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part, outside the terms and conditions of this service without the express written consent of AAS. All rights reserved.
- ↑ http://interactive.ancestry.com/1960/31515_204201-02229/457208?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dMaineBirthRe%26h%3d457208%26ti%3d0%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t2529078_p-1836237385_kpidz0q3d-1836237385z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t2529078_p-1836237385_kpidz0q3d-1836237385z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord Source Citation Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 54 Source Information Ancestry.com. Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Maine Birth Records, 1621-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.