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Deed of Albert S Bodge to John J Bodge – 12 June 1876
Amanuensis[i] Monday Blanchard Project Blanchard-Bodge By Don Taylor As I begin looking more closely at the life of Albert S. Bodge, I find his life seems to have fallen apart sometime between 1872 and 1880. Looking at his property transactions … Continue reading
Posted in Blanchard-Utterstrom Project, Mayflower Ancestry
Tagged Maine, Cumberland, Windham, Gray, Amanuensis, Bodge
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Albert Bodge & the 1840 Census
Census Sunday Blanchard Project Blanchard-Bodge By Don Taylor One of my first process activities in reviewing an ancestor’s life is to follow the individual through all of the available census records. Often this can be difficult, but in the case … Continue reading
Posted in Blanchard-Utterstrom Project, Censuses
Tagged Bodge, Maine, Cumberland, Windham, Westbrook
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Becker – Surname Saturday
Glarus Switzerland By Don Taylor Ancestry indicates that Becker is a Dutch, German, Danish, and Ashkenazic Jewish occupation name for a baker of bread or baker of bricks and tiles, which comes from the German word backen “to bake.” Ancestry … Continue reading
Mary Parsons – The 1855 New York Census opened a Brick Wall
Census Sunday Brown-Sanford-Parsons-Wolcott By Don Taylor Introduction Following families in the early census records is always tricky, and following widows can be particularly difficult. I had been unable to find her in several early census records after her husband died. … Continue reading
Posted in Brown-Montran, New York Genealogy
Tagged New York, Wolcott, Greene County, Windham
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Montrans in the News – “At the Summer Resorts”
Montran Monday By Don Taylor This week for Montran Monday[i], I found the following article in the Boston Evening Transcript dated 4 August 1899, Page 9, Column 5, 1st full paragraph.[ii] “At the Summer Resorts” Golf the Feature at Camden … Continue reading