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    1. [HARRIS] ..John N. HARRIS, b1876 CANADA, Migr. 1895 MAINE, Marr. 1901 MAINE ..
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    3. Good morning, I belong to many other Lists, but have just joined this one. For more than 8 years I have been researching the KIDDER family which was centered around Calais and Princeton, ME, from the early 1800's to the present. .. My great-grandfather, G. Sanford Kidder, was born in Princeton in 1870. He was the son of Joseph and Clarissa (WILKINS) Kidder of Princeton. "Sanford" was the oldest of six children; his two brothers were Frank Kidder and Clinton Kidder, who both moved their young families to Berlin, NH. They had three sisters: Julia Kidder married John ROBINSON and probably lived in Waterville, ME. Ruth Kidder married Alexander MOORE, and they probably lived in Houlton, ME, or just over the border into New Brunswick. The youngest sister, born around 1880, was known as Aurelia "Rilla" Kidder. "Rilla" was married to ... John N. HARRIS.. in 1901 (or 1907) in Houlton, ME. The marriage certificate states the bride's name as Marion A. Kidder. After all these years, I cannot find any information at all .. about where John and "Rilla" HARRIS lived their married life and whether or not they had children. I do have a few other miscellaneous facts: John N. Harris was born in March 1876 in Canada .. and assume it was either in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, or possibly Quebec Province. ... The 1900 Census for Houlton, ME, shows that John immigrated in 1895. ... There is a possibility that he had a prior marriage .. as a 5-year-old girl, Effie Harris, is found living with another family .. in that Census.* Records differ but John N. Harris married Marion A. Kidder in Houlton, ME, on July 31, 1901 (or 1907). .... Mrs. "Rilla" Harris died in March 1925. ... Mr. John Harris would have been around Age 50 at that time. I do not know what became of him after 1925. Thank you for your time, Betty (near Lowell, MA) *Someone told me that there were other HARRIS marriages in Maine around the same time as John N. Harris married. The grooms were listed as Charles W. Harris and George G. Harris.

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