Anna Josephine (Richardson) Ireland (1866 - 1956)

Born 26 Jul 1866 in Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 4 Jul 1956 at age 89 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Anna Josephine was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, in 1866, the daughter of Francis and Sarah (Dexter) Richardson.^[1] She was the 6th of seven children. She grew up in Winchester, where her father worked in a saw mill,^[2] and attended local schools.

After graduating from Winchester High School, Annie started a teaching career in her hometown of Winchester.

She married in 1895, to Albert Frost Ireland, a builder of Newton, Massachusetts.^[3] They resided in Newton, where their two children were born: Helen Gertrude in 1897, and Harold Stone in 1899. Albert passed away a few years later, and Annie returned to Winchester, where she took up teaching again. In 1914, she removed to Somerville, Massachusetts,^[4] where she taught at the local Forster School.^[5]

Annie died in 1956, at a Somerville nursing home. She is buried at the Wildwood Cemetery in Winchester, Mass. ^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCY1-GSZ : 16 March 2022), Annie G. Richardson, 1866.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQM-1KM : Mon Aug 21 21:19:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Francis F Richardson and Sarah J Richardson, 1870.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC62-6MF : 28 December 2022), Annie Josephine Richardson in entry for Albert Frost Ireland, 1895.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX1N-HCH : Tue Jul 25 21:10:30 UTC 2023), Entry for Annie J Ireland, 1920.
5. ↑ City of Somerville Annual Reports, 1909, p. 211
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #258241119 Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester, Massachusetts
7. ↑ The Winchester Star, 6 July 1956, p. 8: "MRS. ANNIE J. IRELAND “Mrs. Annie J. Ireland, widow of Albert F. Ireland and a former Winchester school teacher, died Wednesday, July 4, at a nursing home in Somerville. “Mrs. Ireland was the daughter of Francis Stillman, and Sarah Johnson (Dexter) Richardson. She was born July 26, 1866, in Winchester in a house that still stands on Lake street and was educated in the Wincheter schools and at Winchester High School, showing such aptitude as a pupil that she went directly from high school to teaching in the elementary schools of the town. “She was married April 16, 1895, and after her marriage lived in Newton Highlands. Her husband died a few years after their marriage, in 1902, and she returned to her home in Winchester and her teaching here, leaving town in 1914 to take up residence in Somerville and to teach in the Somerville schools until her retirement. “Mrs. Ireland leaves a daughter, Mrs. Helen Gertrude Reed of Guilford, Conn., a son, Harold Stone Ireland of New York City; two grandchildren, Roland Keene Reed, Jr., and Mrs. Nancy Fried; also three great-grandchildren. “Funeral services will be held this Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Fudge Funeral Parlors in Somerville. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery.”