Individual Details

Rebecca Rossignol HOLLIDAY

(16 Jul 1817 - 24 Jan 1884)

Events

Birth16 Jul 1817Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Marriage12 Sep 1836Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Daniel Frederick POMEROY
Residence1840with her husband - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Residence14 Nov 1848with her husband - Chestnut Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
OccupationAbt 1849confectionary shop owner - Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous27 Dec 1849named in her husband's Aunt Prudence will to receive her satin dress & a silver tablespoon - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Residence8 Aug 1850with her husband - Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Residence21 Aug 1855with her husband - Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous9 Feb 1858her husband named her executrix of his estate - Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Residence16 Apr 1860& petitioned the Probate Court to probate her husband's will as executrix - Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Residence31 Jul 1860North Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
MiscellaneousAft Aug 1861Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
MiscellaneousSep 1861was assigned as a duty nurse to the Georgetown Hospital - Georgetown, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
OccupationFeb 1862nurse in an army hospital - Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
Occupation22 Feb 1862was sent to the White House to care for Lincoln's son Tad after Willie had died - Washington, District of Columbia
MiscellaneousMar 1862Washington, District of Columbia
Miscellaneous4 Apr 1862Washington, District of Columbia
Miscellaneous16 May 1862Washington, District of Columbia
Miscellaneous18 May 1862escorted President Lincoln to the Army hospital at Columbia College - Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
Miscellaneous18 May 1862had a poem written about her by a friend, Mrs. E.J. Russell
MiscellaneousJul 1863Washington, District of Columbia
Illness1864gravely ill after 2 surgeries for removal of gall stones and an injection into the blood circulation - Washington, District of Columbia
MiscellaneousOct 1864Washington, District of Columbia
Illness14 Apr 1865typhoid and was unable to attend President Lincoln's funeral - Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
Miscellaneous20 Apr 1865returned to Chelsea, Massachusetts after the death of the President - Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
OccupationBet Dec 1866 and 1872superintendent of the Home for Orphan and Destitute Girls - Newton Center, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Occupation30 Aug 1870matron of a girls home - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous8 Nov 1872with the help of friends opened the Rebecca Pomeroy Newton Home for Orphan Children - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Occupation19 Jun 1880superintendent of a home for girls - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Residence19 Jun 1880on Hovey Street at Newton Girls Home, - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
WillBef 24 Jan 1884Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Death24 Jan 1884of angina pectoris - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
BurialAft 24 Jan 1884with a full military funeral - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Families

SpouseDaniel Frederick POMEROY (1815 - 1860)
ChildGeorge King POMEROY (1839 - 1901)
ChildWilliam F POMROY (1841 - 1859)
ChildClara Jane POMROY (1848 - 1857)
FatherSamuel HOLLIDAY ( - 1827)
MotherDorcas NORTON ( - )