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Rowena Borden Grinnell

Female 1830 - 1916  (86 years)


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  • Name Rowena Borden Grinnell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Birth 30 Aug 1830  Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 13, 15] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Dec 1916  Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 7, 8] 
    Bible_Macomber_deaths    		 Bible_Macomber_deaths
    List of deaths ranging from 1909 to 1937 written in several different hands. The deaths of Frederick, Rowena, and Emma appear to have been recorded by the same hand that recorded the marriage of Frederick and Rowena.
    In personal collection of Emma's great-granddaughter.
    Burial Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I202  My Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Father William Gardner Grinnell,   b. 6 Jan 1799, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1832, Fall River Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Amy Borden,   b. 11 Feb 1802, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1877, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 13 Nov 1822  Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22] 
    Family ID F191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frederick B Macomber,   b. 27 Sep 1823, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1911, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jan 1853  Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 23] 
    Bible_Macomber_marriage    		 Bible_Macomber_marriage
    Page in family Bible with recorded information about marriage of Mr. Frederick Macomber and Miss Rowena Borden Grinnell.
    Does not list witnesses or clergy
    Children 
     1. Emma Rowena Macomber,   b. 29 Nov 1853, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1909, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Frederick Maxfield Macomber,   b. 10 May 1856, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1934, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. William Grinnell Macomber,   b. 10 Dec 1860, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1935 (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Charles Everett Macomber,   b. 21 May 1866, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1937 (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. George Borden Harrington Macomber,   b. 18 Jan 1868, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1927, Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F47  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

  • Photos
    Rowena Borden (Grinnell) Macomber    		Rowena Borden (Grinnell) Macomber
    Rowena Borden (Grinnell) Macomber, taken in honor of the 50th anniversary of her marriage to Frederick B. Macomber
    Bible_Macomber_marriage    		Bible_Macomber_marriage
    Page in family Bible with recorded information about marriage of Mr. Frederick Macomber and Miss Rowena Borden Grinnell.
    Does not list witnesses or clergy
    Bible_Macomber_deaths    		Bible_Macomber_deaths
    List of deaths ranging from 1909 to 1937 written in several different hands. The deaths of Frederick, Rowena, and Emma appear to have been recorded by the same hand that recorded the marriage of Frederick and Rowena.
    In personal collection of Emma's great-granddaughter.
    Rowena B. Macomber probate    		Rowena B. Macomber probate
    Newspapers.com - Fall River Globe - 18 Jan 1917 - Page 14
    Obituary for FREDERICK MACOMBER (Aged 88)    		Obituary for FREDERICK MACOMBER (Aged 88)
    Disposition of will of Rowena B. Macomber    		Disposition of will of Rowena B. Macomber
    Raymond Everett Bence (sr) with mother and grandmother    		Raymond Everett Bence (sr) with mother and grandmother
    In personal collection of Raymond's granddaughter.
    Gravestone at Oakgrove Cemetery, Fall River, MA    		Gravestone at Oakgrove Cemetery, Fall River, MA
    Photograph taken by notalice (Emma's great-granddaughter).
    Raymond at the beach    		Raymond at the beach
    In personal collection of Raymond's granddaughter.
    Macomber Grave Stone    		Macomber Grave Stone
    Photograph taken by notalice (Emma's great-granddaughter).
    Raymond Everett Bence (sr.) at beach    		Raymond Everett Bence (sr.) at beach
    In personal collection of Raymond's granddaughter.
    Frederick Macomber and Rowena Grinnell Macomber - 50th anniversary    		Frederick Macomber and Rowena Grinnell Macomber - 50th anniversary
    writing on the back
    Frederick Macomber - Rowena Grinnell Macomber - 50th anniversary
    Macomber Grave Stone    		Macomber Grave Stone
    Frederick B. Macomber Rowena B. Grinnell Emma R. Bence Frederick M. Macomber William G. Macomber Charles E. Macomber

    Photograph taken by notalice (Emma's great-granddaughter).
    Raymond, his father Peter, and other family members on porch    		Raymond, his father Peter, and other family members on porch
    In personal collection of Raymond's granddaughter.

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      Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991      		 Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991
      Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records 1690-1881; Author: Bristol County (Massachusetts). Register of Probate; Probate Place: Bristol, Massachusetts


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      Marriage date: 1853
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      1900 United States Federal Census      		 1900 United States Federal Census
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