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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:1096Search: Full Last First
id 1096 lastname Sherman firstname Alta May sex f birth_date 1892.02.13 birth_place MA date_admitted 1900.05.04 covenant_signed Hancock 1899-1901, 1903. shaker_residences Burned in mid-December 1902. health Arrived Hancock East Family 1899.05.04, age 8, MPH.5218. Age 8, in Hancock Shaker school 1900, MPH.5220. 1900 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA, family 106 (Hancock East Family): born MA June 1893, age 6. Birthdate; a west Pittsfield child in Hancock Shaker school Sept 1901, MPH.1007-b. For an account of how she set her clothes on fire, see 'Girl Burned at Shaker Settlement,' Springfield Republican, December 16, 1902, p. 10. 'The cause of death being burns on the body and arms, which came by her clothing takin fire on the morning of Dec 15. She sufferd very much before her death,' died at Hancock East Family, MPH.8000 p217. Died age 10 yrs 11m 13d, MPH.8000 p217. Born Easthampton, MA, daughter of Francis B. & Minnie J. (Williams) Sherman; died West Pittsfield of burns on body & arm & exhaustion, Pittsfield MVR. occupation 1903.01.26 departure_apostasy Hancock notes Burns death_date MPH.8000 p217. MPH.5218.
Village:Hancock, MA Source:whrsreel:013313Search: Full Last First