Vera May Lord

     Vera May Lord was born on 27 April 1882 at Hermon, Maine.^1,2,3,4 She was the daughter of Herbert Samuel Lord and Sarah Melissa Mayhew.

Vera May Lord married Francis William Burnett, son of Frank William Burnett and Calista Ann Prentiss, in 1899.^5,1,6 Vera, age 17 years, and Francis, age 39 years, appeared on the US Census of 1900 at 258 North Hampton Street Block L, Holyoke, Massachusetts.¹ Vera, age 27 years, and Francis, age 49 years, appeared on the US Census of 1910 at Stafford, Connecticut.⁷ Vera and Francis were divorced in 1919.⁵

Vera May Lord, age 40, married Ernest Freeman Drillen, age 43 , son of Henry Drillen and Mary Jane Bailey, on 7 August 1922.^5,2,8 Vera, age 47 years, and Ernest, age 51 years, appeared on the US Census of 1930 at 322 Broadway, Bangor, Maine.⁹ According to the census in 1930, Vera was a laborer working moving buildings.⁹ Vera, age 57 years, and Ernest, age 61 years, appeared on the US Census of 1940 at 39 South Park Street, Bangor, Maine.¹⁰ Vera lived in 1967 at Orange, Massachusetts, She was living on 117 Hayden Street, Orange, Massachusetts, before being admitted to a hospital in Northampton, Massachusetts.⁴ She died on 19 July 1967 at Northampton, Massachusetts, at age 85.^2,11,4 Vera's obituary of 21 July 1967, reads:



She was buried on 22 July 1967 at Spring Grove Cemetery, Florence, Massachusetts, in section 6.^2,11