A while back I wrote
about James Vincent & Nora O’Brien and their daughter Phyllis.
Today, I share the
obits I found and the story of Nora – orphaned at the age of 2, ending up in a
convent in England, and finding love in the States
The Brattelboro Reformer, Mon, 24 Jun 1940
Mrs Vincent Dies From Long Illness - Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow For Native Of England
Mrs Nora (O'Brien) Vincent, 46, wife of James E Vincent of 94 South Main Street, died at her home yesterday morning at 7:20 o'clock after an illness of nearly eight years. She became ill in September 1932. The funeral will be held at Rohde's Funeral Home tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev W Robert White, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will take place in Meeting House Hill Cemetery. A native of England, she was born May 22, 1894, in Warrington, Cheshire, a daughter of Peter and Agnes (Sullivan) O'Brien. Her parents died when she was two years of age and she made her home with her grandmother. At the age of seven, she entered Mount Holly Convent in Bery, England, remaining there six years. She and an older sister, Nellie, came to this country in October 1907, making their home with two other sisters in Fall River, Mass. On June 15, 1912, she married James Edwin Vincent of West New Annan, Nova Scotia, at New Bedford, Mass. Besides her husband she leaves a son, Clifford of Boston; two daughters, Phyllis and Eileen, at home; a grandson, Clifford jr; three sisters, Mrs William Caine of Fall River, Mrs May Bagnall of Ocean Grove, Mass, and Mrs Nellie Ball of San Diego; and several nieces and nephews. She was a member of the First Methodist Church. She formerly was very active in the West Brattleboro Baptist Church while a resident of that village.
Rutland Daily Herald, Mon, 13 Mar 1961
Mrs Vincent Dies From Long Illness - Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow For Native Of England
Mrs Nora (O'Brien) Vincent, 46, wife of James E Vincent of 94 South Main Street, died at her home yesterday morning at 7:20 o'clock after an illness of nearly eight years. She became ill in September 1932. The funeral will be held at Rohde's Funeral Home tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev W Robert White, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will take place in Meeting House Hill Cemetery. A native of England, she was born May 22, 1894, in Warrington, Cheshire, a daughter of Peter and Agnes (Sullivan) O'Brien. Her parents died when she was two years of age and she made her home with her grandmother. At the age of seven, she entered Mount Holly Convent in Bery, England, remaining there six years. She and an older sister, Nellie, came to this country in October 1907, making their home with two other sisters in Fall River, Mass. On June 15, 1912, she married James Edwin Vincent of West New Annan, Nova Scotia, at New Bedford, Mass. Besides her husband she leaves a son, Clifford of Boston; two daughters, Phyllis and Eileen, at home; a grandson, Clifford jr; three sisters, Mrs William Caine of Fall River, Mrs May Bagnall of Ocean Grove, Mass, and Mrs Nellie Ball of San Diego; and several nieces and nephews. She was a member of the First Methodist Church. She formerly was very active in the West Brattleboro Baptist Church while a resident of that village.
Rutland Daily Herald, Mon, 13 Mar 1961
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| courtesy of Erin Bohannon - Find A Grave |
BRATTLEBORO - Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 3 pm at the Rohde & Dawley Funeral Home for James Edward Vincent, 75, who died Friday night at his home by the Rev Harold W Robinson. Born Sept 28, 1885, at West New Annan, Nova Scotia, Mr Vincent was the son of William and Janice (Swan) Vincent. He came to the United States at the age of 21. Survivors include one brother, David H of West New Annan; three children, Clifford W Vincent and Mrs Eileen A Jaycox, both of Springfield, Mass and Miss Phyllis J Vincent of Barttleboro; five grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
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