Hello, In this morning's MassMoments e-mail there is another story about an important .woman.. in the history of MA: http://www.massmoments.org:80/moment.cfm?mid=133 This is one paragraph: Her mother Nancy was the Newton-born daughter of a man who fought in the Continental Army; her father John was a free black who arrived from the Dutch island of Curacao as a ten-year-old boy in 1798. The Remonds settled in Salem, where they built successful catering, provisioning, and hairdressing businesses. and Although they were prosperous free citizens of Massachusetts and protective parents, they could not shield their eight children from racial discrimination. The family set great store by education, and in 1835, Sarah and her sister passed the examination to enter Salem High School. Within a week,a segregationist school committee forced them to leave the school. Outraged, the Remonds moved to Newport, RI, where Sarah attended a private school for blacks. I know someone with the REDMOND name, and I'm curious whether REMOND are sometimes mixed up in records. ..... Since the "theater" in Boston is mentioned, I could ask how many had an ancestor who was some type of entertainer in Boston. I could mention 2 stores. My mother had an aunt who married Hobart PHELPS and they lived in Lexington. I was reminded a few years ago that Uncle Hobart was an "entertainer." He was some type of "impersonator" in Scollay Square. (Aunt Ruby was a seamstress, and she made the bridesmaids gowns for my wedding. She and her older sister both lived long lives.) And, my grandmother, the twice-orphaned girl, was told many "family stories" which turn out to be many "family lies." When she was reportedly "found" on the streets of Boston in Feb. 1889, she was taken to a hospital. And she was told the nurses gave her the name, Daisy WATROUS. And, she was told that that was the name for a well-known entertainer in Boston at the time. 4-5 yrs. ago I wrote to the Boston Public Library. The Reference Dept. checked all their books of "entertainers," and that name did not appear in any of them. (Since when do nurses give a baby .. a surname?) :o( (In 1892 at her adoption her name was officially changed from Daisy WATROUS to Mary Anna Clark DEXTER. She had just turned 3. We knew that she had nicknames, like "May" or "Mamie," but I never heard her mention a possible nickname of Daisy.) (This name-change is in a book.) (Long, complicated story in archives of MA and CT Lists.) Betty (near Lowell, MA)