Jemima A. Raworth
Jemima A. Raworth was born on July 24, 1841, in Wellington, England to John Raworth and Mary Oakley. Her family immigrated to America when she was only one month old, and she grew up and attended school in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Her father was a farmer and shoemaker who owned $100 of real estate and $200 of personal property. By 1860, she was working in a hoop skirt factory. She married Daniel A. Handy in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 18, 1864, and they had at least two children: Rodolph, born around 1868; and Frederick, born around 1879.
They lived in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, until the 1870s, when they moved to Ashland, Massachusetts. Her husband died in 1888, and she applied for a widow’s pension soon afterward. By 1900, she was living in her son Rodolpho’s household in Buckland, Massachusetts, and she was working as a servant. A decade later, she was living with her son Frederick in Winchester, Connecticut. She died in Connecticut on December 29, 1913.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1104) | Raworth, Jemima A. ~ Handy, Jemima A. | 1841-07-24 | 1913-12-29 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (1970) [recipient] ~ Daniel A. Handy to Jemima A. Raworth, 27 June 186X
People - Records: 1
- (1104) Raworth, Jemima A. is the [wife of] (1103) Handy, Daniel A.
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915, available from Ancestry.com.
