Orissa Jane Hathaway

Vital Information

Born

1850-04-05, Mattawamkeag, Penobscot County, Maine

Died

1939-03-28, Mattawamkeag, Penobscot County, Maine

Age at Death

88

Residence

Mattawamkeag, Penobscot County, Maine

Burial

Mattawamkeag Cemetery, Mattawamkeag, Penobscot County, Maine

Notes

Mother of Annie Orissa Hathaway Farrington (ID 126). Widowed 1888 when husband John Adams Hathaway died aged 37. Lived another 51 years as widow, dying aged 88 in Mattawamkeag in 1939. Obituary published in Bangor Daily News, Monday April 10, 1939 (photo of obituary on FindAGrave). NOTE — Spelling: FindAGrave and all secondary sources consistently spell her given name as 'Orissa'; prior tree research_leads spelled it 'Orrisa' (double-r). Corrected to single-r per headstone transcription and FindAGrave. 'Orrisa' retained as alias. FamilySearch PID: KFG8-S53 (from prior research; unverified in this session due to login). Interesting family connection: Her brother John Otis Hale (1844-1902) married Adelaide S. Hathaway — the sister of Orissa's own husband John Adams Hathaway.

Sources

Find a Grave memorial #131985152 (Mattawamkeag Cemetery, includes headstone transcription and Bangor Daily News obituary photo Apr 10, 1939); FamilySearch Family Tree KFG8-S53 (cited in prior research)

Research Leads

• ☐ Verify FamilySearch PID KFG8-S53
• ☐ Find 1900 census for Orissa Jane Hathaway (widow) household in Penobscot County with children Annie, Maud, Guy
• ☐ Find Bangor Daily News obituary (10 Apr 1939) — may list surviving children and other family details
• ☐ Find Maine death record for Orissa Jane Hathaway, died 28 Mar 1939 — may list parents and additional details