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Clara Chandler Giddings
Female 1859 - 1934

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  • Birth  2 May 1859  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender  Female 
    Census  1880  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census  1880  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census  1930  Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  1934  Pine Grove Cemetery, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died  16 Jul 1934  Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID  I3434  West Brookfield Families
    Last Modified  01 May 2024 
     
    Father  Chandler Giddings,   b. 4 Dec 1815, Franklin, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1864, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Wealthy A Gleason,   b. 21 Jun 1821, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1891, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  20 Aug 1842 
    Family ID  F622  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Graduated from Mount Holyoke class of 1878.
      Clara served as a missionary in India from 1889 -1897.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S1191] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 2004;), Vol.125: Pg.250.
      Born in West Brookfield, May 2, 1859, daughter of Chandler, b. Franklin, Ct and Wealthy A., B. Brookfield.

    2. [S2381] Worcester Evening Gazette, Worcester, Massachusetts (online archive), Miss Clara Giidings, Missionary Dies, 74; 17 July 1934, Page 10, Column 4; GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank,com : accessed 21 November 2022.).
      Death Notice for Clara Giddings.a Mt. Holyoke Colledge graduate, former missionary to India, teacher in mission schools in North Carolina and Kentucky. She had also been superintendent of the YWCA in Worcester for 10 years. Burial was in Pine Grove Cemetery, West Brookfield.
      https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1773BDF75FF7A17E%40GB3NEWS-17985A805101F467%402427636-1798410CD750F0A7%409-1798410CD750F0A7%40