Vera May Lord

     Vera May Lord was born on 27 April 1882 at Hermon, Maine.^1,2,3,4,5 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.^6,1,7,2 As of 1899,her married name was Burnett. Vera, age 17 years, appeared on the US Census of 1900 on 258 North Hampton Street Block L, Holyoke, Massachusetts.¹ In February 1901 Vera and Francis lived at 258 Northampton Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts.⁸ Vera, age 27 years, and Francis, age 49 years, appeared on the US Census of 1910 on West Street, Stafford, Connecticut.⁹ Vera and Francis were divorced in 1919.⁶ According to the Biddeford, Maine, City Directory, 1920, she lived in Biddeford, Maine.¹⁰ Vera May Lord and Ernest Freeman Drillen filed marriage intentions on 1 August 1922 at Bangor, Maine.¹¹ As of 7 August 1922,her married name was Drillen.

Vera May Lord, age 40, married Ernest Freeman Drillen, age 43 , son of Henry Drillen and Mary Jane Bailey, on 7 August 1922 at Bangor, Maine. They had no children together.^6,2,12 Vera, age 47 years, and Ernest, age 51 years, appeared on the US Census of 1930 on 322 Broadway, Bangor, Maine.¹³ According to the census in 1930, Vera was a laborer working moving buildings.¹³ Vera, age 57 years, and Ernest, age 61 years, appeared on the US Census of 1940 on 39 South Park Street, Bangor, Maine.¹⁴ Vera, age 67 years, and Ernest, age 71 years, appeared on the US Census of 1950 on 39 South Park Street, Bangor, Maine.¹⁵ In 1967 Vera lived 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.^2,5,4 Vera's obituary of 21 July 1967, reads:



Vera was buried on 22 July 1967 at Spring Grove Cemetery, Florence, Massachusetts, in section 6.^2,5