Tag Archives: Cumberland

Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Mayberry  in the Censuses

Census Sunday Blanchard Project Blanchard-Bodge-Mayberry Line By Don Taylor Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Mayberry Bodge died October 10, 1882, at 45, suggesting she was born in 1837 or 1838. Her marker indicates she was the “Dau. of Edward & Frances Mayberry.”[i] … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Mary Washburn & the Early Censuses

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

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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