| Age 21: Married at Howell Home (28 Summer Street, where best friend Ethel Howell, 20, lived) in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on a hot and thundery June day to Ernest Carl Edmands, 24 (part of the Lost Generation). Their friend George Allan Christie, 39 (part of the Missionary Generation), was best man at the wedding. The newlyweds moved to Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Ernest working as a motorman on electric cars for the Eastern Massachusetts Railway. Mother, Laura Caroline Bean Findley, suffering dementia from diabetes complications. | 1908 |
| Age 22: Daughter Ethel Jean Edmands born (as part of the Greatest Generation) at home in Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Husband, Ernest Carl Edmands, crazy over baby. Mother, Laura Caroline Bean Findley, suffering dementia from diabetes complications. | 1909 |
| Age 23: Mother, Laura Caroline Bean Findley, suffering dementia from diabetes complications. Husband's grandfather, Ephraim Sylvester Mansfield, died in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, at the age of 85 years 8 months and 10 days. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Saugus, lot 55. | 1910 |
| Age 24: Mother, Laura Caroline Bean Findley, died in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, of diabetes complications at the age of 62 years 1 month 7 days; she was buried in West Parish Cemetery, Andover, Massachusetts. Moved to Cliftondale, Essex County, Massachusetts. Son Allan Christie Edmands I born (as part of the Greatest Generation) in Cliftondale. | 1911 |
| Age 25: Husband, Ernest Carl Edmands, 28, built a "homestead" stone cabin in North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; after living in a tent for several months, they moved in. Cooked on an outdoor fireplace. Ernest working as a farmhand at the North Reading town farm. Niece Eleanor Ramsdell, daughter of sister, Susie Catherine Findley Ramsdell, 31, and brother-in-law Harry A. ("H.A.") Ramsdell, born. | 1912 |
| Age 26: Continued living in homestead stone cabin in North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Husband's Aunt Margaret E. Edmands Thomas, 66, and Uncle James W. Thomas died on the same day and were buried in Riverside Cemetery in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts. | 1913 |
| Age 27: Still living in homestead stone cabin in North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. A doctor informed husband, Ernest Carl Edmands, 30, that, because of his problem kidneys, he wouldn't live more than 15 more years. When the doctor informed Mary, Ernest threw his medicines away in anger. Brother-in-law Nelson Wilfred Edmands, 39, married Alice E. Blaney, 27, his second cousin, daughter of Nathaniel Russell Blaney and Ella May Edmands Blaney, in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. Nephew Harold George Edmands, son of brother Elbert H. "Bert" Edmands and sister-in-law (Bert's second wife) Anna Arnals "Annie" Edmands, born. | 1914 |
| Age 28: Moved from the stone cabin to a little house on Elm Street in downtown North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Husband's great-uncle Lorenzo Mansfield died in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, at the age of 86 years 9 months 15 days. | 1915 |
| Age 29: Nephew Nathaniel Melvin Edmands, son of brother-in-law Nelson Wilfred Edmands and sister-in-law Alice E. Blaney Edmands, born in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts. | 1916 |
| Age 30: Moved to Highland Road in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. Son Ernest John Edmands born (as part of the Greatest Generation) in Andover. Ernest working at Phillips Academy. He was not drafted because of a persistent ankle injury from high school football days and because he had three children. Brother, John Arthur Findley, 37, acting as assistant to the U.S. Consul, married to a French woman in LeHavre. Nephew Wilfred S. Edmands, son of brother-in-law Nelson Wilfred Edmands and sister-in-law Alice E. Blaney Edmands, born. | 1917 |
| Age 31: Ernest working as groundskeeper at Abbot Academy; the family lived in a rat-infested tenement at the academy. Niece born, daughter of brother, John Arthur Findley, 38, and his French wife in LeHavre, but she died soon after, because of the unavailability of medical care. Annette C. Hatch, daughter of niece Elizabeth C. Edmands Hatch (daughter of brother-in-law Arthur Seymour Edmands and sister-in-law Edith G. Mansfield Edmands) and her husband Lester Hatch, born. | 1918 |
| Age 32: Because of pregnancy, ousted from tenement in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, so moved to Ballardvale in South Andover. Daughter Frances Caroline Edmands born (as part of the Greatest Generation) in Anderson Sanitorium on Maple Avenue in Andover with lots of red hair, but she died two days later. | 1919 |
| Age 33: Husband, Ernest Carl Edmands, 36, suffered colitis and a ruptured ulcer, and nearly died. Had to work to support family, making doughnuts at home and selling them to a store for 25 cents a dozen. Sons, Allan Christie Edmands I, 9, and Ernest John Edmands, 3, sent to live with their Uncle Ellis (Ernest's half brother Ellis Lincoln Edmands) and Aunt Annie on their farm near Rochester, Vermont. Father-in-law Artemas Seymour Edmands died of chronic endocarditis in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, at the age of 83 years 9 months 16 days. Anthony E. Hatch, son of niece Elizabeth C. Edmands Hatch (daughter of brother-in-law Arthur Seymour Edmands and sister-in-law Edith G. Mansfield Edmands) and her husband Lester Hatch, born. Nephew Edward Wesley Edmands, son of brother-in-law Edward Wesley Edmands and sister-in-law Emma Flora Pierce Edmands, married Helen M. Cook. Nephew Milton A. Edmands, son of brother-in-law Nelson Wilfred Edmands and sister-in-law Alice E. Blaney Edmands, born; his sister, Dorothy May "Dot" Edmands was born nearly 11 months later. | 1920 |
| Age 34: Father, William F. Findley, died in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, at the age of 66 years 2 months and 17 days. Joined Episcopalean Church. Grammy Bean (M. Abigail Bean), widow (third wife) of Grandfather Arthur Noah Bean (deceased in 1902), died in Andover at the age of 87. | 1921 |
| Age 35: Nephew Nelson Wilfred Edmands, Jr. ("Sonny"), son of brother-in-law Nelson Wilfred Edmands and sister-in-law Alice E. Blaney Edmands, born. | 1922 |
| Age 36: Mother-in-law, Ella Josephine Mansfield Edmands, died in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, at the age of 73 years 9 months and 10 days. | 1923 |
| Age 37: Husband, Ernest Carl Edmands, 40, used the inheritance from his parents' death to have a house built for them on Carmel Road in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. They moved into the house this year. Ernest was recovered from his bleeding ulcers sufficiently to find work as a surveyor and draftsman for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railway. Sons, Allan Christie Edmands I, 13, and Ernest John Edmands, 7, returned home from Vermont. Sister-in-law Alice E. Blaney Edmands, wife of brother-in-law Nelson Wilfred Edmands, died in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, at the age of 37. | 1924 |
| Age 38: Niece Florence Margaret Edmands, 19, daughter of brother-in-law Oscar Melvin Edmands and sister-in-law Helena Louise "Lena" Moltzen, married Antonio V. "Tony" Passante, 26. John T. Hatch, son of niece Elizabeth C. Edmands Hatch (daughter of brother-in-law Arthur Seymour Edmands and sister-in-law Edith G. Mansfield Edmands) and her husband Lester Hatch, born. | 1925 |
| Age 39: Sister-in-law Edith G. Mansfield Edmands died at the age of 61. She was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts. Alda Florence Passante, daughter of niece Florence Margaret Edmands Passante, 20 (daughter of brother-in-law Oscar Melvin Edmands and sister-in-law Helena Louise "Lena" Moltzen), and her husband, Antonio V. "Tony" Passante, 27, born. | 1926 |
| Age 40: Husband, Ernest Carl Edmands, 43, too sick to work, so Mary resumed work at the Andover Press, this time as a proofreader, to pay bills (got job through influence of family friend George Allan Christie, 58). Niece Margaret Louise Edmands, daughter of brother-in-law Ellis Lincoln Edmands and his first wife, the late Emeline Ferris Laurence Edmands, died at the age of 20. John "Jack" Russell and JoAn Russell, twin children of niece Minerva Ramsdell Russell, 21 (daughter of sister, Susie Catherine Findley Ramsdell and brother-in-law Harry A. ("H.A.") Ramsdell) and her husband, John Russell, born. | 1927 |
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