Robert Frost - A Chronology

Personal Family Life

3-26-74: Robert Lee Frost is born in San Francisco, California.
6-25-76: Birth of Jeanie Frost (sister).
5-5-1885: Death of father, Will Frost, in San Francisco. Family returns to Lawrence, Massachusetts, for burial.
Sept, 1888: Robert enters Lawrence High School.
May, 1890: Robert writes his first poem “La Noche Triste.”
June, 1892: Robert graduates from Lawrence High School, sharing valedictorian honors with Elinor White.
Sept., 1892: Enters Dartmouth but leaves before the end of the term.
1893 – 1894: Teaches in local schools and works in the mills.
11-8-94: First poem published: “My Butterfly: An Elegy.”
1895: Works as a reporter and teaches school.
12-19-95: Marries Elinor Miriam White in Lawrence.
9-25-96: First child, Elliott, born to Robert and Elinor.
Sept., 1897: Enters Harvard University.
3-31-1899: Leaves Harvard and returns to Lawrence.
4-28-1899: Second child, daughter Lesley born.
7-8-1900: First child, Elliott, dies.
Oct., 1900: Frost family moves to farm in Derry, New Hampshire.
11-2-1900: Frost’s mother, Isabelle, dies of cancer.
5-27-1902: Third child, son Carol, born.
6-27-1903: Fourth child, daughter Irma, born.
3-29-1905: Fifth child, daughter Marjorie, born.
6-18-1907: Sixth child, Elinor Bettina, born – dies within days.
11-16-1911: Sells Derry Farm. Lives in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and teaches at New Hampshire State Normal School.
Sept., 1912: The Frost family sails for England.
10-26-1912: First book of poetry accepted by publisher.
5-15-1914: Second book published.
2-13-1915: The Frost family returns to the U.S. and buys a farm in Franconia, New Hampshire.
Oct., 1920: Moves to Shaftsbury, Vermont, and buys the Stone House.
Dec., 1928: Buys second farm, The Gulley, in Shaftsbury.
9-7-1929: Sister Jeanie dies.
5-2-1934: Daughter Marjorie dies following childbirth.
3-20-1938: Wife, Elinor, dies of a heart attack in Florida.
Summer, 1938: Frost rents an apartment in Boston.
Sept., 1939: Frost buys The Homer Noble Farm, Ripton, Vermont, to use as a summer residence.
Oct 9, 1940: Son Carol dies by suicide in Shaftsbury.
Spring, 1941: Frost buys a home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1-29-1963: Frost dies in Boston. Burial in Bennington.