Hi List: My COOMBS family were Long Point Settlers as were some BACON ancestors. Received information on some of Robert Mutrie's works recently: http://sites.google.com/site/longpointsettlers If anyone has a particularl interest in Norfolk, please advise as have a couple more sites that may interest. Lauraine

Hi Betty: This French name has quite a history. Suggest you google using Richelieu + genealogy. Believe this name is connected to French Royalty. There are a number of places in Canada named for this name. Lauraine > > From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> > Date: 2009/07/27 Mon AM 06:43:24 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] RICHELIEU (sp?) CAN to USA > > Hello, > > Someone on the MA (US) List is looking for information on the RICHELIEU > surname. I did a quick look at census information, and found it is not a > popular name, but the families which did live in New England came down from > Canada. > > I only found a few mentions of the name for MA. One was about 2 young > children in the 1880 census, seemingly living in an orphanage in Holyoke, > MA. Later there was a family in New Bedford, MA, and with a different > spelling in Fall River, MA (RICHILIEU). > > Just curious if there are other spellings of this surname which I'm not > thinking of. I just checked www.familysearch.org and it's not a > popular name there, either. And, the SSDI records have people with > surname, seeming to die in specific states in the US, like the Dakotas and > Minnesota, or CA or Colorado, or NY or FL, for example. (Not New > England) > > Just an FYI for you. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > List Administrator > > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Definitely recall the rationing of sugar. Mom used to save up white sugar for canning fruit. Dessert back then wass often a bowl of canned fruit like peaches, etc. in a syrup often served with a slice of buttered bread. Apparently she hid the sugar in the attic and we had the house insulated during this time. She swore the insulators stole her hoarde of sugar. Preserving food and setting a good table, was considered a wifely art. Recall my Mom always used a light syrup (used less sugar) and insisted it was much healthier which fits with today's beliefs. Lauraine > > From: Cynthia Phillips <cphillips59@gmail.com> > Date: 2009/07/25 Sat PM 07:43:14 CDT > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] WWII rationing. > > I have some ration books from WWII probably the Everett MA area. Malden > maybe. I was born in 1943 also I mixed flour salt and sugar right after > they got their months supply needless to say I wasnt their most favorite > person > > cindy > > > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 2:47 PM, pat <pattycake@gis.net> wrote: > > > I remember all that. Happy memories. Not the war, but the old times. > > Pat (Bostonian on Cape Cod) > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Elsie Pykonen" <elpyk@ncats.net> > > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] WWII rationing. > > > > > > >I recall in the 1940's I was about 13 and it was my job to wash out the > > > empty cans and cut the bottoms off, put lids in can and step on them to > > > squash flat. They were left periodically out on the curb and picked up > > > "for > > > the war effort." Now at 80 I am again washing out the cans and taking > > > them > > > to "recycling." > > > > > > Also remember we saved and strained all grease from frying, etc, stored > > in > > > cans and sold to the butcher shop for 5 cents/pound. I think the old > > > grease > > > was used for munitions. > > > > > > Elsie in west MI > > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > > > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > > > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there > > > is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > > > To search the archives: > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > > The information page is: > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.27/2258 - Release Date: 07/24/09 > > 05:58:00 > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is > > a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > To search the archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > The information page is: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Cindyp > > Lose inches with It Works! body wraps > http://LoseWeightin72.com > > http://grammiesbears.com > http://teambeachbody.com/cindylu > http://OurGV.com/cynthiaphillips > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Willow: Had never heard of the Coolgardie Safe! Had to google it and found some interesting material. Would give the URLs but am using someone else's computer and can't figured how to copy the URLS. Thank you for sharing the coolgardie with us. If read correctly, appears it is based on the theory of cooling by evaporation. Lauraine > > From: "Willow Aliento" <evajune@bigpond.com> > Date: 2009/08/02 Sun AM 06:25:47 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > G'Day, > Here downunda some folks in the city or big towns had iceboxes, but out bush > where ice could not be got, Aussies used a contraption called a "Koolgardie > safe" -- named after a remote mining town Koolgardie. > How they work is a tin box of various kinds either had a pan built in at the > bottom, or sat in a tin pan, with water in it; hessian was draped over the > box so the ends dangled in the water, the capilliarity of the hessian would > draw water up and the heat of the atmosphere dried it out, causing a cooling > effect (a bit like an evaporative air conditioner). They actually work very > well, I've used improvised Koolgardies at various times, the best thing for > improvising is a steel washing machine drum sitting in a pan with a hessian > sack for the cover. knew a bloke who kept meat frsh for a week in 40 degree > heat in one. > > and yurts are fairly popular with the alternative community around > Australia. > > Wishing everyone well, > Willow in Australia > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Betty: My grandfather had an ice house and the ice was cut from the lakes and rivers close to their home. Imagine the boys (my Dad & his brothers) cut the ice and hauled it home by horse and wagon, then it was stored under sawdust in the ice house. Vividly recall the ice house as it was a cool place to walk into in our hot prairie summers. We were not suppose to go in there but recall my cousin and I sneaking in to cool off. My aunt tells me that my gramma used to deliver the ice to town homes via a hand pulled wagon. This was a family of 10 children, so any way to increase family income was used. Know gramma also churned butter and sold it to the local store - perhaps exchanged it for essentials like flour, sugar and tea? Cows and stock are no longer allowed in the town, but do recall the two milk cows and chickens kept at my grandparents home. Even after WW2, my uncle had chickens inside the town limits. Lauraine Lauraine > > From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> > Date: 2009/08/01 Sat AM 06:19:29 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] foods, Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > Good morning, > > IF I'm remembering the story correctly, in Boston and Cambridge and > bordering cities probably when my parents were growing up (1930's?), the > children used to run behind the delivery trucks and catch chunks of ice. > Especially nice during hot, summer days. > > And then there were also the "ice-making companies" where the ice was > obtained from the large lakes. That was probably both in northern US and > Canada during winters. > > Did anyone have an ancestor who worked in those ice-block creating > companies? > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MASmith" <momsmith@fnwusers.com> > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 1:53 AM > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] foods, Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > > >I remember those old ice boxes in the summer cottages we used to rent in > >New > > Hampshire and Maine, too. The ice wasn't always clean, but we kids would > > grab chunks and suck on them.... Guess it didn't kill us, huh??? > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Dave: I also recall our home having an icebox. My Grampa Smith had an ice house and supplied ice to the small town we lived in. He had my Dad and his brothers cut the ice in the winter - was stored in the ice house amongst sawdust used as an insulater. Think we had a proper fridg just after the war. Recall sugar, coffee, jam, gasoline, etc. being rationed. Lauraine > > From: Piercedav@aol.com > Date: 2009/07/30 Thu AM 05:22:28 CDT > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] foods in the 40s > > Hi folks, > > I don't know how long this discussion of 40s foods has been > going on, but the one particular food that I remember is the old > margerine that had to be mixed with the coloring to make it look > like butter. I remember in particular, that the coloring packet was > a red dye that stained your hands for days before it finally started > to lighten up. > > As a small child, we had two iceboxes which were actually > cooled by placing a chunk of ice into the top of the box and it > was one of my chores each morning to empty the water from the > pan in the bottom. These were kept in the pantry and one was > used for meats and the other was a general purpose box. It was > a wonderful day when my dad brought home a regular refridgerator. > Lord but that thing was ugly and we had to remember to unplug it > during an electrical storm. War-time rationing was a very hard thing > to endure. It wasn't until after the war that we were treated in our > area of Vermont to access to a business that was always called > "The Freezer Locker" . This was located on the Beebe Road in > Derby Line . The technology came to us from the Canucks. > Yay for our side ! > > Dave > **************Hot Deals at Dell on Popular Laptops perfect for Back to > School > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223105306x1201716871/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D9) > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Believe junket and puddings were made to get extra milk into children's diets. Mom used to make tapioca pudding - hated it unless she put a large dollop of jam on top. Keep in mind that milk was fairly cheap back and many families had a milk cow. Rennet was also used to make cottage cheese. Still in B.C. but back from the Alaskan cruise. Marvelous trip. Lauraine > > From: Paulette <mamabearis@twcny.rr.com> > Date: 2009/07/28 Tue PM 09:16:18 CDT > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Foods You First Ate as a Child in '40's > > wellllll...our mother made ours with love too...but we hated it! > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Its my pleasure Harriet - I was informed thanks to Google! Good luck with your search Faye -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harriet Cady Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 1:55 PM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] National Archives Waltham Thanks Faye, You are so informed and I depend on the group to share their knowledge. Thanks Again Harriet --- On Sun, 8/2/09, faye rees <fmrees@nycap.rr.com> wrote: From: faye rees <fmrees@nycap.rr.com> Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] National Archives Waltham To: kd1843@myfairpoint.net, can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009, 11:05 AM Here you go Harriet Phone: (781) 663-0130 Fax: (781) 663-0154 E-mail: waltham.archives@nara.gov http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ Good luck Faye -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harriet Cady Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 10:33 AM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Cc: Ancestor Hunters Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] National Archives Waltham I was wondering if anyone has a telephone number for National Archves in waltham,Ma.  Years ago I wrote them but don't have the address anymore. I am still trying to find Silas Hefflon and Polly Knapps marriage and parents. I know the marriage would be about 1800 to 1804 and probably in eastern CT. town or western Rhode Island town. It's certainly very discouraging to be back to this brick wall. Harriet Cady in New Hampshire       When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Marie Our Daniel, born before 1628 in Dunbar East Lothian Scotland came over to the Lynn (Mass) Iron Works as a prisoner or slave or similar fashion. I don't have a connection to anyone named Douglas yet, but it seems yours immigrated much later. If I run across anything that might connect us I will for sure let you know! Faye -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marie Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 11:49 AM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Where Would You Vacation for Genealogy? Black family Hi Faye, The Black family I have been researching are from Pembroke, Washington County, ME. The only information I have came from the census records for the most part. The family I have is Douglas Black and a Eunice P 'Unknown'. Information starting with the 1850 census to the 1880 census, states Douglas was born in ME and his father was born in Scotland and Eunice was born in ME and her father was born in England. They had 9 children, the middle chid, Hannah, to the best of my knowledge, is my late husbands great grandmother. My brick wall is that I do not know where to hunt ( after 25 yrs+ of trying) for the information of the parents etc, of Douglas and Eunice. If you think that your Black family might fit in somewhere it would be great. Thankd Marie (in Vermont) When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

found it again this morning. I don't know how current it is, but it's newer than my original one. 3710 Glenmeade Dr. Houston, TX 77059 anyone have online contact with them? I wasn't successful in finding them last month. Cornelia

Hi Faye, The Black family I have been researching are from Pembroke, Washington County, ME. The only information I have came from the census records for the most part. The family I have is Douglas Black and a Eunice P 'Unknown'. Information starting with the 1850 census to the 1880 census, states Douglas was born in ME and his father was born in Scotland and Eunice was born in ME and her father was born in England. They had 9 children, the middle chid, Hannah, to the best of my knowledge, is my late husbands great grandmother. My brick wall is that I do not know where to hunt ( after 25 yrs+ of trying) for the information of the parents etc, of Douglas and Eunice. If you think that your Black family might fit in somewhere it would be great. Thankd Marie (in Vermont)

Here you go Harriet Phone: (781) 663-0130 Fax: (781) 663-0154 E-mail: waltham.archives@nara.gov http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ Good luck Faye -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harriet Cady Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 10:33 AM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Cc: Ancestor Hunters Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] National Archives Waltham I was wondering if anyone has a telephone number for National Archves in waltham,Ma.  Years ago I wrote them but don't have the address anymore. I am still trying to find Silas Hefflon and Polly Knapps marriage and parents. I know the marriage would be about 1800 to 1804 and probably in eastern CT. town or western Rhode Island town. It's certainly very discouraging to be back to this brick wall. Harriet Cady in New Hampshire When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Faye, You are so informed and I depend on the group to share their knowledge. Thanks Again Harriet --- On Sun, 8/2/09, faye rees <fmrees@nycap.rr.com> wrote: From: faye rees <fmrees@nycap.rr.com> Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] National Archives Waltham To: kd1843@myfairpoint.net, can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009, 11:05 AM Here you go Harriet Phone: (781) 663-0130 Fax: (781) 663-0154 E-mail: waltham.archives@nara.gov http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ Good luck Faye -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harriet Cady Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 10:33 AM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Cc: Ancestor Hunters Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] National Archives Waltham I was wondering if anyone has a telephone number for National Archves in waltham,Ma.  Years ago I wrote them but don't have the address anymore. I am still trying to find Silas Hefflon and Polly Knapps marriage and parents. I know the marriage would be about 1800 to 1804 and probably in eastern CT. town or western Rhode Island town. It's certainly very discouraging to be back to this brick wall. Harriet Cady in New Hampshire       When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I was wondering if anyone has a telephone number for National Archves in waltham,Ma.  Years ago I wrote them but don't have the address anymore. I am still trying to find Silas Hefflon and Polly Knapps marriage and parents. I know the marriage would be about 1800 to 1804 and probably in eastern CT. town or western Rhode Island town. It's certainly very discouraging to be back to this brick wall. Harriet Cady in New Hampshire

List, I know that I'm older than some folks, ...but... You are looking for ancestors ? C`mon ! In northern Vermont, many of the things like ice harvesting were common factors well into the fifties. My birthday was in the first two weeks of January and It was easy to lie to the man that owned and ran his own ice house business. At eleven yrs old, I told him that I was fourteen and worked after school and on both weekend days to manage the storage of the blocks of ice in his warehouse. One of the percs of that job was that we were allowed to do some fishing in the (cut) channels of the ice that led up to the carriage sluices which brought the blocks up to the different levels in the main warehouses . There were four buildings in all. I earned a whopping fifteen cents an hour . With the christmas vacations from school, I made a real killing while the freezing temperatures lasted. The January thaw usually signaled the end of that work. The quality of the ice after that time made it impractical for long-term storage. For three years though, my January earnings were amazing. It is hard to remember, but my adult brother worked part time in a (SHELL)service station and he was only making thirty-one cents an hour. I got a two cent raise in my second year and three more cents in the third. Dave –— SCRIPT BELOW THIS LINE IS NOT MINE –— end of my message –— _bbffrrpp@comcast.net_ (mailto:bbffrrpp@comcast.net) WRITES : an ancestor who worked in those ice-block creating companies? **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.asp x?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd=JulystepsfooterNO115)

Marie Which Blacks are you searching for??? I connect back to the family who started with Daniel coming from Scotland to Boxford Mass, then the family made its way to York and Waldo counties in Maine, after a stint in New Hampshire. Maybe we have some in common! Faye The names I have been researching are: Black, Butler, Beals, Seavey, Faulkingham, Alley, plus their associated families. The Black and Butler have been my brick walls for a number of years. I do have a Greenlaw that married a Faulkingham, and a couple of Kidder but nothing much more then just their names. If I can answer any questions you may have about the area, please ask away. Marie (in VT)

No, but some of my older relatives lived in Oswego and remember, as children, going to the ice house located on the lake (Ontario) and getting ice from there to bring to the house. M. Craig On Aug 1, 2009, at 7:19 AM, Betty wrote: > Good morning, > > IF I'm remembering the story correctly, in Boston and Cambridge and > bordering cities probably when my parents were growing up > (1930's?), the > children used to run behind the delivery trucks and catch chunks of > ice. > Especially nice during hot, summer days. > > And then there were also the "ice-making companies" where the ice was > obtained from the large lakes. That was probably both in northern > US and > Canada during winters. > > Did anyone have an ancestor who worked in those ice-block creating > companies? > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MASmith" <momsmith@fnwusers.com> > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 1:53 AM > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] foods, Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > >> I remember those old ice boxes in the summer cottages we used to >> rent in >> New >> Hampshire and Maine, too. The ice wasn't always clean, but we >> kids would >> grab chunks and suck on them.... Guess it didn't kill us, huh??? > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, > I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to > include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please > make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Good morning, IF I'm remembering the story correctly, in Boston and Cambridge and bordering cities probably when my parents were growing up (1930's?), the children used to run behind the delivery trucks and catch chunks of ice. Especially nice during hot, summer days. And then there were also the "ice-making companies" where the ice was obtained from the large lakes. That was probably both in northern US and Canada during winters. Did anyone have an ancestor who worked in those ice-block creating companies? Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "MASmith" <momsmith@fnwusers.com> To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 1:53 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] foods, Ice Boxes, and Yurts >I remember those old ice boxes in the summer cottages we used to rent in >New > Hampshire and Maine, too. The ice wasn't always clean, but we kids would > grab chunks and suck on them.... Guess it didn't kill us, huh???

I remember those old ice boxes in the summer cottages we used to rent in New Hampshire and Maine, too. The ice wasn't always clean, but we kids would grab chunks and suck on them.... Guess it didn't kill us, huh??? -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Betty Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 6:30 AM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] foods, Ice Boxes, and Yurts Hi Dave, You just reminded me of a story I could mention. When my father got out of the Army Air Corps after fighting in WW II, he got a job as an "appliance repairman" for a small, family-operated store. He would travel around to different cities and towns to repair the appliances in the people's homes. This would have been the late '40's and '50's. And it was not just a few times when he would go to someone's home to see what was wrong with the "fridge," only to discover that it was not plugged in ! The person had to pay for the "service call" anyways. (And my father also said that, when he had to drive down to Cape Cod for a service call during the summertime, the "lady of the house" was sometimes - not appropriately attired.) And, we vacationed in the log cabins at what we always called "Ashby State Park" for at least 10 years as children. And, there was the "ice box" on the front steps of the (authentic) log cabin. On the way from Arlington, MA, to Ashby, MA (one hour 1950's driving time), we had to stop in a nearby town to buy the "blocks of ice" - from an "ice store" - can't think of what it was called. I think it was actually in NH that we went. And, I think you just reminded me that the block of ice did go into the top, and we did have to empty the water later. (When we first started staying at those log cabins, there was no water or electricity in the cabin. When we arrived for the week's vacation, that night we had to walk up to the Ranger's Cabin with a few pails and containers to get water from their outside faucets. Later they brought water to the cabins and we got to use the "pump" in the kitchen.) Oh, speaking of State Parks (US), I learned a new word last night. I had picked up a Nashua, NH, newspaper yesterday (good comics for hubby), and there was a small article. It said that some of the State Parks in NH now have cabins and .. yurts ...! Because hubby is a big reader of books, he knew what they were. But, I had to learn that they are .. sort of .. cabins made of canvas walls. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator FYI: After my father moved his growing family from his grandmother's farmhouse to an old, abandoned house he bought, and we settled in, he started going to college -- nights ! The same year I graduated from high school, he graduated with an Assoc. Degree from college, and was able to stop being an appliance repairman. He began a career as a "technical writer." And he had already insisted that all of his children would --go-- to college. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Piercedav@aol.com> To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:22 AM Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] foods in the 40s > > As a small child, we had two iceboxes which were actually > cooled by placing a chunk of ice into the top of the box and it > was one of my chores each morning to empty the water from the > pan in the bottom. These were kept in the pantry and one was > used for meats and the other was a general purpose box. It was > a wonderful day when my dad brought home a regular refridgerator. > Lord but that thing was ugly and we had to remember to unplug it > during an electrical storm. War-time rationing was a very hard thing > to endure. It wasn't until after the war that we were treated in our > area of Vermont to access to a business that was always called > "The Freezer Locker" . This was located on the Beebe Road in > Derby Line . The technology came to us from the Canucks. > Yay for our side ! > > Dave When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dave, Any chance you are descended from a Nathaniel PIERCE who settled in Northern VT, particularly Highgate, Swanton? Pat > > > Hello list, > > > > My name is Dave Pierce, and I'm pleased to be able to be > > a part of this list. My mother was a french canadian from just > > over the border in Rock Island, Stanstead County, Quebec. > > I grew up in the section of Newport, Orleans County, Vermont > > called French Village and/or Catholic Hill. As I was growing up > > our family spent considerable time on both sides of the border, > > but now it is much more complicated to be able to travel either > > way. My primary research is for the surnames CHOQUETTE, > > DANIELS/DANNEAU, and BELOUIN . My PIERCE surname > > has mostly been in the Massachusetts, New Hampshire and > > Vermont areas . I am currently living in western Massachusetts, > > high atop a mountain overlooking the Connecticut River in the > > Pioneer Valley . > > > > Dave > > > ** _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Search, add, and share the web’s latest sports videos. Check it out. http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_videos_072009&cat=sports