This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dillon/Tierney/Meehan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1750.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Katherine. Thanx for the quick reply. I didn't realize that you had searched that directory for my Dillons and Tierneys. I have no other names for that area. I guess they had moved westward by then and perhaps were already in San Francisco. Thank you again, Colleen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACE/1753.1 Message Board Post: Here are a few items from Mass. Vital Records 1841-1910 (online for members at www.newenglandancestors.org): Somerville 1867 vol 197 page 226 Edward Arthur Walker born May 19, Somerville. Parents Massalon(?) and Lydia; father's occupation - Trader?; father born Somerville; mother born Georgetown Somerville 1865 vol 181 page 158 Groom: Edward M. Walker, residence Somerville, age 29, occupation ??, born Boston, parents Moses K and Sophia, 1st marriage Bride: Mrs Lydia A Preston, res Somerville, age 32, born Georgetown, parents George and Lydia M. Burroughs, 2nd marriage Married in Somerville Aug 31, 1865 Boston 1853 vol 71 p 167 Groom: George R. Preston, res Boston, age 23, occ: salesman, born Boston, parent Henry, 1st marriage Bride: Lydia A. Burroughs, res Boston, age 21, b Holliston?, parent George, 1st marriage Somerville 1864 vol 175 p 168 George Russell Preston died Feb 25, male, married, age 33 yr 2 mo 26 day, cause consumption, buried Woodlawn, parents Henry and Eliza(?) (Sargent) Somerville 1887 vol 383 p 210 Sophia K. Walker died April 12, female, widow, age 74, cause heart disease, res Somerville, place of burial Kills(?), place of birth Somerville, parents Edward and Rebecca, parents born Arlington and Dorchester Index only: Edward Walker married Lowell 1897 vol 470 page 202 There's no image online yet for this record, but the only Sarah also married Lowell 1897 vol 470 page 202 is Sarah McAnney Hope this helps! jp

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACE/1750.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes I could check the directory for you but if you are looking for the same people they are not there. If you have some one else I would gladly look it up for you.............

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dillon/Tierney/Meehan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1750.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Katherine for that information. Does that mean that someone could check the 1868/69 directories for me?

It was a small chain, including one on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, along the Charles River. The name was "Richard's Drive-In Car-feteria". I expect the advent of McDonald's put them out of business. Jack

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACE/1756 Message Board Post: Hello: I'am trying to locate an obituary for Durrell Bradford Mattinson who died July 7, 1969 in Winchester, Massachusetts. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all. Sandi

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1755 Message Board Post: Margaret MacLean was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia on March 29, 1875 to Duncan and Christy MacLean. She went to Lowell in the 1890's and may have worked as a domestic. We know she married and was still living when her mother died in 1925. A recently unearthed family record gives the death of a Margaret Wadden on October 18, 1951. Does anyone have access to marriage or census records that might help me to solve this mystery? Any help would be appreciated. Marleen (MacDonald) Hubley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1752.1.1 Message Board Post: Aine Thanks for the reply, I didn't even think about looking at the tax lists. I just assumed that each town/city would have a complete series of directories, silly me! Jocelyn

Hi Bill, Thank you for helping me with my memories ! I didn't know about the "Medford Bowl." But, my parents probably did ! They both grew up in Medford and Somerville.* (Grandparents from Everett.) Thank you for also telling us about the old Wellington Station. I had kind of thought there used to be more stations along the "Lowell to Boston Commuter Rail" tracks. There's just too long a stretch between the West Medford Station and North Station ! Also, I guess the old expression, "they lived on the wrong side of tracks" doesn't really come into play -- when people lived directly beside the tracks ! :o) I just spent many years living very close to the tracks in Billerica, but the "commuter rails" of today are a whole lot different than coal-fired locomotives ! Enjoy your day ! Betty * My grandmother spent the majority of her youth living in "homes," orphanages, etc. (mostly in Downtown Boston - "a foundling" up to Age 20). She married and was raising her many children during the Depression years, and her "thing" was to move the family to a different apartment - almost every year - but always remaining within Medford and Somerville. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Fitzgerald" <wmfitzgerald@comcast.net> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Re: Wellington station in Malden > Hi Betty > > I grew up in the Wellington section of Medford. It encompasses the > section of Medford north of the Mystic River, up to where the Malden line > is located. West boundry was around where the Meadow-Glen Drive-In > theater was located and the Twin Drive-In to the east. The Twin Drive-In > was preceded by the Medford Bowl, where they used to race cars and have > demolition derby's. > Back in the heydays of the railroads there was a Wellington Station on the > old B & M line that went to North Station. The station was located about a > half mile north of where the new MBTA Wellington station is. I can > remember as a kid the old coal fired locomotives going by our house which > was right next to the tracks. They shook our whole house as they rumbled > by. > > Bill from Billerica > > Betty wrote: >> Hi Kathy, >> >> I just found another tidbit of information about the Wellington Circle >> area of Medford. There was originally a village within Medford, >> called Wellington. >> >> http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisuno/unoidx.htm >> >> Betty (near Lowell, MA) >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: <kathym@uvic.ca> >> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 12:44 PM >> Subject: Wellington station in Malden >> >> >>> Hi - would anyone know why this station was named Wellington? >>> >>> I am interested in Edward Wellington, born circa 1862 in Malden MA. He >>> was a >>> produce and milk and egg wholesaler. He married Charlotte Hezlitt born >>> 1862 in >>> Cambridge. >>> >>> Their children were Marion born circa 1890, Hastings born circa 1893 and >>> Catherine >>> born circa 1903. >>> >>> Any tie between the naming of Wellington station and this family would >>> be >>> interesting to me. >>> >>> thanks >>> Kathy Montgomery >>> Victoria, BC >>> >>> ______________________________ >> >> >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> >> > > ______________________________

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROGERS, FAIELLA, MacGREGOR, KELLY, SARTIN, etc... Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1754 Message Board Post: ..would like to have a copy of the above kin's obituary. At the time of his passing, he lived in Arlington. Any and all help is appreciated. Thank you... :-))

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1752.1 Message Board Post: Jocelyn, Cambridge did not publish city directories every year. I do not know which ones were published and which ones were not. I would hope Cambridge Public Library reference could answer this for you. When you were at the library did you ask or did they suggest tax list perhaps they would exist for the years you are searching. Good Luck Aine

Hi Betty I grew up in the Wellington section of Medford. It encompasses the section of Medford north of the Mystic River, up to where the Malden line is located. West boundry was around where the Meadow-Glen Drive-In theater was located and the Twin Drive-In to the east. The Twin Drive-In was preceded by the Medford Bowl, where they used to race cars and have demolition derby's. Back in the heydays of the railroads there was a Wellington Station on the old B & M line that went to North Station. The station was located about a half mile north of where the new MBTA Wellington station is. I can remember as a kid the old coal fired locomotives going by our house which was right next to the tracks. They shook our whole house as they rumbled by. Bill from Billerica Betty wrote: > Hi Kathy, > > I just found another tidbit of information about the Wellington Circle > area of Medford. There was originally a village within Medford, > called Wellington. > > http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisuno/unoidx.htm > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <kathym@uvic.ca> > To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 12:44 PM > Subject: Wellington station in Malden > > >> Hi - would anyone know why this station was named Wellington? >> >> I am interested in Edward Wellington, born circa 1862 in Malden MA. >> He was a >> produce and milk and egg wholesaler. He married Charlotte Hezlitt >> born 1862 in >> Cambridge. >> >> Their children were Marion born circa 1890, Hastings born circa 1893 >> and Catherine >> born circa 1903. >> >> Any tie between the naming of Wellington station and this family >> would be >> interesting to me. >> >> thanks >> Kathy Montgomery >> Victoria, BC >> >> ______________________________ > > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACE/1745.3 Message Board Post: Only Lowell marriage at this time is Thomas Mangovin in 1857 (v109, p134). There are also these 4: Mary Mongovan in Fitchburg 1860 (137, 175); Michael Mongovin in Fitchburg, 1856 (101, 182); Patrick Mungovan in Cambridge in 1858 (118, 094); and Bridgett Mungovin in Fitchburg in 1856 (101, 180). Nothing 1861-5. Even if not registered, you might see who married Thomas where and follow for Margaret in case they are related. Luck!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACE/1751.1 Message Board Post: Marriage record shows 12 Feb 1885 in Cambridge by John O'Brien, Pastor. Julia Dillworthy (sic), of Cambridge, age 19, a domestic, born in Ireland to Timothy and Catherine, first marriage; Jeremiah Murphy, of Cambridge, age 20, a labourer, born in Ireland to Michael and Elizabeth, first marriage.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1753 Message Board Post: Anna R. Walker, born in Canada 1845, death unk. Birth name. Birth/marrage records for Edward Walker born o/a 1868 in Ma., married a Sarah -unk. last name. unk. Need her birth surname. Born in Ireland o/a 1872. Came to US o/a 18881. Any info on a Lydia married to Edward Walker. Born o/a 1834. Also Webster, Lowell and a place called Sommerville Ma., also involved, o/a 1870. T.Y.

Hi Kathy, I just found another tidbit of information about the Wellington Circle area of Medford. There was originally a village within Medford, called Wellington. http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisuno/unoidx.htm Betty (near Lowell, MA) ----- Original Message ----- From: <kathym@uvic.ca> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 12:44 PM Subject: Wellington station in Malden > Hi - would anyone know why this station was named Wellington? > > I am interested in Edward Wellington, born circa 1862 in Malden MA. He > was a > produce and milk and egg wholesaler. He married Charlotte Hezlitt born > 1862 in > Cambridge. > > Their children were Marion born circa 1890, Hastings born circa 1893 and > Catherine > born circa 1903. > > Any tie between the naming of Wellington station and this family would be > interesting to me. > > thanks > Kathy Montgomery > Victoria, BC > > ______________________________

Hi, There was also a Richards burger place there with "car Hops". I did a brief stint there in the late fifties. There would be a big flurry of business when Meadow Glen let out. Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty<mailto:bbffrrpp@comcast.net> To: MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:10 AM Subject: [MAMiddle] Wellington Circle, Medford, Wellington T Station, Malden Hello, Actually, the Wellington Station for the MBTA's Orange Line is within the area we know as "Wellington Circle" in Medford. But, I believe the Medford / Malden city line goes between them. The Station is just on the other side of a bridge on Rt. 16. For those of us who are old enough to have been regular customers of "drive-in theaters" ...... the "Wellington Circle Drive-in Theater" was right across the sreet from the "T" stop ! (Am I remembering the name correctly?) (Actually, there were two drive-in theaters within the area - the other was on Rt. 16 going in the other direction. I can't remember the name of that one at this second; was it "Tri-City or Twin-City Theater?") I went to the MBTA's web site and found this: http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/schedules_subway_stationinfo.asp?staname=Wellington%20Station<http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/schedules_subway_stationinfo.asp?staname=Wellington%20Station> For those of you who haven't visited "Wellington Circle" in a while, you might not recognize it ! Lots of changes: old stores coming down, new stores going up, more office buildings, etc. I just spent a half-hour looking at web sites about the history of Medford, and it is one of the oldest towns, and has quite a varied history. But on none of the sites did I see the name, WELLINGTON, mentioned. So, you might need to write or call the Medford Historical Society to find out how "Wellington Circle" was named. By the way, one of the "drive-in's" was the "Meadow Glen" and that property became a Mall ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) FYI: I put out a query yesterday on my great-great-grandfather, Charles Wellington RICE, b1850 ME. Several years ago we became curious how he got his middle name. (He named his first child, Louise Wellington RICE.) And, my sister and I have different opinions. I read on-line that during the 1800's many children were named after the "Duke of Wellington." But, my sister believes that we have the WELLINGTON name on our family tree; I do not really agree. Another FYI is that I found out there is only one city-run cemetery in Medford - the Oak Grove Cemetery, and that is probably where Charles RICE is buried. But, I found out there were two historic cemeteries in the city, but one was moved to the Oak Grove. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx>

There is a RICE in Malden, Massachusetts on my index of GEDCOM files at http://gedcomindex.com/Towns/usma0175.html also in Medford, Massachusetts http://gedcomindex.com/Towns/usma0187.html Visit those pages and click on the link that says, "Download GEDCOM file" to obtain the GEDCOM file from another site where somebody else is hosting it. GEDCOM files are special genealogy files readable by any of the competing genealogy software products. Tom Alciere webmaster@GEDCOMindex.com > > FYI: I put out a query yesterday on my great-great-grandfather, > Charles > Wellington RICE, b1850 ME. Several years ago we became curious how he > got > his middle name. (He named his first child, Louise Wellington RICE.) > And, my sister and I have different opinions. I read on-line that > during the 1800's many children were named after the "Duke of Wellington." > But, my sister believes that we have the WELLINGTON name on our family > tree; > I do not really agree. > > Another FYI is that I found out there is only one city-run cemetery in > Medford - the Oak Grove Cemetery, and that is probably where Charles RICE > is > buried. But, I found out there were two historic cemeteries in the > city, but one was moved to the Oak Grove.

>From: Sharon Guzik <sguzik@comcast.net> >Hi Betty ,et al - > >I am not currently on the Middlesex MA list but I did catch your discussion >on the Wellington section of Medford through PML! > >A little information on the area. The area now known as Wellington was >part of a 183 acre farm which was purchased in 1819 by two brothers from >Lexington, Isaac and James Wellington. They married two sisters - Mary >Wilder Jacobs and Susanna Jacobs. The Wellington family owned part of the >farm into the 20th century. Slowly over the 19th century parts of the farm >were developed. By 1855, much of the Wellington Farm had been >sub-divided. Wellington Station was built in the 1970s when the Orange >Line was extended into Malden. It is within Medford city limits - the >boundary is basically mid-river in the Malden River. > >Sharon Guzik >Medford, MA John In loving memory of our son, Brennan. 11/10/88-5/31/01. http://john-slaughter.rootsweb.com/Brennan.html MA-Bay-Colony list moderator USGenWeb County Coordinator Essex County, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~maessex Middlesex County, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamiddle USGenWeb Town Coordinator Ipswich, Essex, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~macipswi _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

Hello, Actually, the Wellington Station for the MBTA's Orange Line is within the area we know as "Wellington Circle" in Medford. But, I believe the Medford / Malden city line goes between them. The Station is just on the other side of a bridge on Rt. 16. For those of us who are old enough to have been regular customers of "drive-in theaters" ...... the "Wellington Circle Drive-in Theater" was right across the sreet from the "T" stop ! (Am I remembering the name correctly?) (Actually, there were two drive-in theaters within the area - the other was on Rt. 16 going in the other direction. I can't remember the name of that one at this second; was it "Tri-City or Twin-City Theater?") I went to the MBTA's web site and found this: http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/schedules_subway_stationinfo.asp?staname=Wellington%20Station For those of you who haven't visited "Wellington Circle" in a while, you might not recognize it ! Lots of changes: old stores coming down, new stores going up, more office buildings, etc. I just spent a half-hour looking at web sites about the history of Medford, and it is one of the oldest towns, and has quite a varied history. But on none of the sites did I see the name, WELLINGTON, mentioned. So, you might need to write or call the Medford Historical Society to find out how "Wellington Circle" was named. By the way, one of the "drive-in's" was the "Meadow Glen" and that property became a Mall ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) FYI: I put out a query yesterday on my great-great-grandfather, Charles Wellington RICE, b1850 ME. Several years ago we became curious how he got his middle name. (He named his first child, Louise Wellington RICE.) And, my sister and I have different opinions. I read on-line that during the 1800's many children were named after the "Duke of Wellington." But, my sister believes that we have the WELLINGTON name on our family tree; I do not really agree. Another FYI is that I found out there is only one city-run cemetery in Medford - the Oak Grove Cemetery, and that is probably where Charles RICE is buried. But, I found out there were two historic cemeteries in the city, but one was moved to the Oak Grove.