Category Archives: Blanchard

Ethel Wight Collection – Part 24

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Don Taylor

Brown, Bruns, Buckley, Bucklin, & Utterstrom Photo Friday Ethel Wight Collection By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I identify the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes contain the names who paid … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Sketch – Mary (Washburn) Blanchard

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Don Taylor

Ancestor Sketch – Mary S. [A.[i]] Washburn Blanchard/Utterstrom Project Blanchard-Washburn Line By Don Taylor Mary (Washburn) Blanchard had one of the saddest lives I’ve ever encountered. Her birth and childhood are unknown. She married a farmer so poor he needed … Continue reading →

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Mary Washburn & the Early Censuses

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Don Taylor

Census Sunday Blanchard Project Blanchard-Washburn In “Searching for Mary Washburn’s Parents,” I concluded the neither Cyrus Washburn’s daughter, Maria, nor James E. Washburn’s daughter, Mary, could be the Mary Washburn, who married Albion Blanchard. Mary had one of the roughest … Continue reading →

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Searching for Mary Washburn’s Parents

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Don Taylor

Blanchard Project Blanchard-Washburn As I embark on learning more about the life of Mary (Washburn) Blanchard, I start with what I know.  Mary married Albion Blanchard on 2 February 1857 in Windham, Cumberland County, Maine. The 1860 Census reported her … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Sketch – Albion Blanchard

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Don Taylor

Blanchard Line By Don Taylor Albion Blanchard’s short life was clearly difficult. His mother died when he was young and he, and his only daughter, died when he was only 34 years old. Blanchard Project – Ancestor #16 List of … Continue reading →

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