Clara Esther (Parker) Rounsefell (1861 - 1930)

Born 1 Mar 1861 in Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Wife of William E Rounsefell — married 15 Mar 1883 in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Died 18 Sep 1930 at age 69 in Durham, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Carrie was born in 1861.

She is best known as a singing evangelist who toured throughout New England and New York with a small autoharp (zither). She composed the music for the hymns "I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go" and "Be Not Afraid."

She was raised in Manchester, New Hampshire where she met and married William E Rounsefell (1857 - 1922), a bookkeeper for a paint and wallpaper firm there.

She died in 1930 in Durham, Maine, while touring.

Sources

• "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900". Citing Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,030. FamilySearch (accessed 18 February 2022). Clara C Parker birth 1 Mar 1861 in Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

• "United States Census, 1870". Citing Page: 11; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 31; FHL microfilm: 000552346; Record number: 10442;. FamilySearch (accessed 18 February 2022) FamilySearch Image Image number 00270. Clara E Parker (9) in Epping, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

• "United States Census, 1880". Citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm . FamilySearch (accessed 18 February 2022) FamilySearch Image Image number 00200. Carrie E Parker (18), single daughter, in household of J.c. Parker (55) in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. Born in New Hampshire, United States.

• "New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947". Citing Marriage, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 004284247. FamilySearch (accessed 18 February 2022) FamilySearch Image Image number 00678. C E Parker (21) marriage to William E Rounsefell on 15 Mar 1883 in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

• "United States Census, 1910". Citing enumeration district (ED) ED 126, sheet 20B, family 443, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 862; FHL microfilm 1,374,875. FamilySearch (accessed 18 February 2022) FamilySearch Image Image number 01143. Carrie Rounsefell (48), wife, in household of William Rounsefell (55) in Manchester Ward 2, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. Born in New Hampshire.

• "New Hampshire, U.S., Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947". Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
  Ancestry Record 5242 #636273 (subscription required, accessed 18 February 2022). 18 Sep 1930, Carrie E Rounsefell.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134158626/carrie-esther-rounsefell : accessed 18 February 2022), memorial page for Carrie Esther Parker Rounsefell (1 Mar 1862–18 Sep 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134158626, citing Shiloh Cemetery, Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Tia Wilson (contributor 48241429) .