Miss Harriet Melusina Fay
AKA Known as:
Mrs.Melusina Fay "Zina" Peirce (February 24, 1836 – April 28, 1923)
February 24, 1836, Peirce was born in Burlington, Vermont in her grandfather Right Reverend John Henry Hopkins's house. She was of English, French, German, and Irish background.
Peirce's father was Dr. Reverend Charles Hopkins Fay (1808–1888), an Episcopal bishop.
Peirce's mother was Emily Hopkins Fay (May 4, 1817 – September 23, 1856),[11] whose maiden name was Charlotte C. Hopkins. Emily was born in Ligonier, Pennsylvania one of 13 children.
One of nine children, Peirce had six sisters, including Amy Fay (a pianist), Rose Emily Fay, Laura Matilda Fay, Amelia Muller Fay, Katherine Maria Fay, and Lily Valeria Fay. Her brothers were Alfred St. John Fay, Herman Theophilus Fay, and Charles Norman Fay. Peirce's predecessors included John Fay,Anne Hutchinson and Caroline Howard Gilman.
Melusina Fay married Charles Sanders Peirce in the early 1860s, but separated from him in 1876 and divorced him in the early 1880s.
April 28, 1923, Peirce died of chronic arthritis and valvular heart disease in her home in Watertown, Massachusetts. She was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Watertown two days later.
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Bio;
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Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian
AKA Known as:
Mrs.Melusina Fay "Zina" Peirce (February 24, 1836 – April 28, 1923)
February 24, 1836, Peirce was born in Burlington, Vermont in her grandfather Right Reverend John Henry Hopkins's house. She was of English, French, German, and Irish background.
Peirce's father was Dr. Reverend Charles Hopkins Fay (1808–1888), an Episcopal bishop.
Peirce's mother was Emily Hopkins Fay (May 4, 1817 – September 23, 1856),[11] whose maiden name was Charlotte C. Hopkins. Emily was born in Ligonier, Pennsylvania one of 13 children.
One of nine children, Peirce had six sisters, including Amy Fay (a pianist), Rose Emily Fay, Laura Matilda Fay, Amelia Muller Fay, Katherine Maria Fay, and Lily Valeria Fay. Her brothers were Alfred St. John Fay, Herman Theophilus Fay, and Charles Norman Fay. Peirce's predecessors included John Fay,Anne Hutchinson and Caroline Howard Gilman.
Melusina Fay married Charles Sanders Peirce in the early 1860s, but separated from him in 1876 and divorced him in the early 1880s.
April 28, 1923, Peirce died of chronic arthritis and valvular heart disease in her home in Watertown, Massachusetts. She was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Watertown two days later.
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Bio;
By;
Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian
Miss Harriet Melusina Fay
AKA Known as:
Mrs.Melusina Fay "Zina" Peirce (February 24, 1836 – April 28, 1923)
February 24, 1836, Peirce was born in Burlington, Vermont in her grandfather Right Reverend John Henry Hopkins's house. She was of English, French, German, and Irish background.
Peirce's father was Dr. Reverend Charles Hopkins Fay (1808–1888), an Episcopal bishop.
Peirce's mother was Emily Hopkins Fay (May 4, 1817 – September 23, 1856),[11] whose maiden name was Charlotte C. Hopkins. Emily was born in Ligonier, Pennsylvania one of 13 children.
One of nine children, Peirce had six sisters, including Amy Fay (a pianist), Rose Emily Fay, Laura Matilda Fay, Amelia Muller Fay, Katherine Maria Fay, and Lily Valeria Fay. Her brothers were Alfred St. John Fay, Herman Theophilus Fay, and Charles Norman Fay. Peirce's predecessors included John Fay,Anne Hutchinson and Caroline Howard Gilman.
Melusina Fay married Charles Sanders Peirce in the early 1860s, but separated from him in 1876 and divorced him in the early 1880s.
April 28, 1923, Peirce died of chronic arthritis and valvular heart disease in her home in Watertown, Massachusetts. She was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Watertown two days later.
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Bio;
By;
Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian
AKA Known as:
Mrs.Melusina Fay "Zina" Peirce (February 24, 1836 – April 28, 1923)
February 24, 1836, Peirce was born in Burlington, Vermont in her grandfather Right Reverend John Henry Hopkins's house. She was of English, French, German, and Irish background.
Peirce's father was Dr. Reverend Charles Hopkins Fay (1808–1888), an Episcopal bishop.
Peirce's mother was Emily Hopkins Fay (May 4, 1817 – September 23, 1856),[11] whose maiden name was Charlotte C. Hopkins. Emily was born in Ligonier, Pennsylvania one of 13 children.
One of nine children, Peirce had six sisters, including Amy Fay (a pianist), Rose Emily Fay, Laura Matilda Fay, Amelia Muller Fay, Katherine Maria Fay, and Lily Valeria Fay. Her brothers were Alfred St. John Fay, Herman Theophilus Fay, and Charles Norman Fay. Peirce's predecessors included John Fay,Anne Hutchinson and Caroline Howard Gilman.
Melusina Fay married Charles Sanders Peirce in the early 1860s, but separated from him in 1876 and divorced him in the early 1880s.
April 28, 1923, Peirce died of chronic arthritis and valvular heart disease in her home in Watertown, Massachusetts. She was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Watertown two days later.
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Bio;
By;
Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian
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