| Born (as part of the Lost Generation) in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. | 1887 |
| Age 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1888 |
| Age 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1889 |
| Age 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1890 |
| Age 4: Aunt Eliza running town farm on Carmel Road in Andover, MA. | 1891 |
| Age 5: Aunt Eliza running town farm on Carmel Road in Andover, MA. | 1892 |
| Age 6: Aunt Eliza Findley Allen running town farm on Carmel Road in Andover, MA. | 1893 |
| Age 7: Aunt Eliza Findley Allen running town farm on Carmel Road in Andover, MA. | 1894 |
| Age 8: Aunt Eliza Findley Allen running town farm on Carmel Road in Andover, MA. | 1895 |
| Age 9: Living on Harnden block of Florence Street near Elm in Andover, Essex Co., MA. Aunt Eliza Findley Allen running town farm on Carmel Road in Andover. | 1896 |
| Age 10: Living on Harnden block of Florence Street near Elm in Andover, Essex Co., MA. | 1897 |
| Age 11: Living on Harnden block of Florence Street near Elm in Andover, Essex Co., MA. | 1898 |
| Age 12: Living on Harnden block of Florence Street near Elm in Andover, Essex Co., MA. | 1899 |
| Age 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1900 |
| Age 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1901 |
| Age 15: Grandfather Arthur Noah Bean died in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, at the age of nearly 78. Buried in West Parish Cemetery, Andover, Massachusetts. His widow was his third wife, M. Abigail Bean ("Grammy Bean"), age 68. | 1902 |
| Age 16: Played basketball at Punchard High School in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. Confirmed at Free Christian Congregational Church. On Sunday October 25 took electric car to Saugus, MA, for 20-cent fare, and visited friends Elbert H. "Bert" Edmands, 25, and his wife(?) Nellie at their farm. Met Bert's brother Ernest Carl Edmands, 19 (part of the Lost Generation), who was working as a farmhand and groundskeeper. Bert and Ernerst were two of the four sons of Artemas Seymour Edmands and Ella Josephine Mansfield Edmands of Saugus. (Artemas had three older sons from a previous marriage.) Mary and Ernest fell in love and became engaged. Ernest's parents did not approve of Mary, because they considered her too "unladylike." | 1903 |
| Age 17: Played basketball at Punchard High School in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. Graduated from Punchard. Attended Cannon Commercial School in Lawrence. Continued engagement with Ernest Carl Edmands, 20 (part of the Lost Generation). Sister, Susie Catherine Findley, 23, married Harry A. ("H.A.") Ramsdell; they moved to 16 Summer Street, Andover. | 1904 |
| Age 18: Attended Cannon Commercial School in Lawrence. Continued engagement with Ernest Carl Edmands, 21 (part of the Lost Generation). Niece Minerva Ramsdell, daughter of sister, Susie Catherine Findley Ramsdell, 24, and brother-in-law Harry A. ("H.A.") Ramsdell, born. | 1905 |
| Age 19: Became secretary at the Andover Press, working for owner John N. Cole. Continued engagement with Ernest Carl Edmands, 22 (part of the Lost Generation). | 1906 |
| Age 20: Continued engagement with Ernest Carl Edmands, 23 (part of the Lost Generation). George Allan Christie, 38 (part of the Missionary Generation), printer at the Andover Press, enabled their courtship by acting as a liberal chaperon. Mother, Laura Caroline Bean Findley, began suffering dementia from diabetes complications. Niece Virginia Ramsdell, daughter of sister Susie Catherine Findley, 26, and brother-in-law Harry "H.A." Ramsdell, born. | 1907 |