She worked in her later years sorting dried beans in a plant in Unity, ME. She kept her house in immaculate condition and would wash her floors on her hands and knees to make sure it was spotless. Her daughter, Loretta said she remembers her saying "Mops are for lazy people". She was a determined lady and did whatever she set out to do. Loretta remembers her mother playing the organ and singing religious songs.
Rebecca'a mother died when she was about 5, and it was then she went to live with her Aunt Becky (Rebecca Jane Morrison McBreairty) who ran a boarding house in St. Francis. (Relationship to 'Aunt Becky' not actually known).
In Rebecca's obituary, Orlando (FL) Sentinel, Sep 23, 1960, she had a sister, Mrs. Leah (should be Lydia) St. Pierre, surviving her in Saint John, ME.
Her death certificate shows her middle name was Annie.
Certification of Naturalization, No 7152774, Petition No. 281, Jan. 5, 1954.
She worked in her later years sorting dried beans in a plant in Unity, ME. She kept her house in immaculate condition and would wash her floors on her hands and knees to make sure it was spotless. Her daughter, Loretta said she remembers her saying "Mops are for lazy people". She was a determined lady and did whatever she set out to do. Loretta remembers her mother playing the organ and singing religious songs.
Rebecca'a mother died when she was about 5, and it was then she went to live with her Aunt Becky (Rebecca Jane Morrison McBreairty) who ran a boarding house in St. Francis. (Relationship to 'Aunt Becky' not actually known).
In Rebecca's obituary, Orlando (FL) Sentinel, Sep 23, 1960, she had a sister, Mrs. Leah (should be Lydia) St. Pierre, surviving her in Saint John, ME.
Her death certificate shows her middle name was Annie.
Certification of Naturalization, No 7152774, Petition No. 281, Jan. 5, 1954.
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