Hi Betty, I'm still waiting for my inheritance from the RICHARDSON and WYMAN families. I wonder if they buried it and just forgot to tell me which oak tree to start digging under. LOL Sue -----Original Message----- From: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Betty Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 7:46 AM To: MAMIDDLE@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAMiddle] People in 1600's in MA with "MONEY" - did you Inherit any? Hi again, Kathy has brought up a good subject. It has brought to mind another thing I've thought about. Because I have so many ancestors who arrived in the MA Bay Colony in the 1600's, I have read that at least some of them were - rich ! Or, at least they had enough money to buy a large piece of land ! Or, a large house and property ! Etc. For example, James KIDDER, seems to have done this. And, even while raising 12 children with his wife, Anna MOORE, he was still able to buy property and have money. And, his sons seem to have had a lot of money as they lived in large, expensive houses in the area. And then the grandsons had large, expensive properties in the area, and 3 of them in New Ipswich, NH. And, for many descendants this situation existed through the 1800's. But, then Calvin left NH at Age 18 and traveled with other families up to New Brunswick. We have no way of knowing how he spent the next 15 years (1784 to 1798). So we don't know if he had money. His only son, born one week before he was killed in a boating accident, grew up in New Brunswick and was a "woodsman" / "lumberman" but did he inherit any money? We have no way of knowing. The son, J. Calvin (1799-1891) lived his married life in and near Calais, Maine, and, as far as I know, all 3 of his sons who survived to adulthood - never had too much money. So, the money that existed back in New Ipswich, NH, never came down to them. And, in New Ipswich, Reuben KIDDER had vast properties and large houses, and several thriving businesses. His homes were full of expensive items and some "KIDDER memorabilia." How many generations down did that "family money" come down? We'll never know. And several of those "KIDDER items" have been "lost." There are probably many stories among researchers where people in the 1600's and 1700's had "MONEY" but the descendants in the 1900's - didn't know about it ! And never saw any of it ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Marilyn, To ease your mind, the folks of that era were very good at saving. Many had the "summer camp". I came from a poor neighberhood in Cambridge but knew several families who managed to buy a house, have a car and sometimes a summer place. Irene > From: New.Englander@verizon.net > To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 06:51:50 -0400 > Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] odd question . . . > > Kathy: > > Loved your story ...! > > Yep, as kids, we do have these "selective" memories! I remember my > grandmother, Julia Ann (DAVIES) ARNOLD b. RI, married in Stoneham, lived in > Reading where husband, my grandfather Willard Clark ARNOLD was a minister. > She told me great stories about her Scotish relatives, and how proud she was > of her heritage, but at 8, all I could remember was the beheadings, and the > head being carted off to Edinborough. All I could think of was the blood, > dripping off the back of this horse. Not our links to this incredible > "house" (ie castle) in Scotland! http://www.inneshouse.co.uk/ which dated > to the 1600s, land to the 1100s, where an ancestor practiced witchcraft in > this ancient Celtic circle of stones. (My cousin and I were there in 97 -- > an incredible place!) > > So, suggest you pursue the land records/property records and/or tax records > for all that you know. My grandparents, too were in this (Middlesex) county > in the Depression, but lived simply ... but also managed to have a car, > property on the coast in Maine ($600 for 200+ feet of ocean frontage > overlooking Mt. Desert Island and Acadia Nat'l Park!!!) (wouldn't we all > like to have THAT now !) and silverware (which I have inherited.) My > grandparents built their house in Reading, on a loan by their son, an MD. > Haven't followed the Mdlsx land records on that, but .... now that you > bring this up, I know that grandpa only made some $3K/year as a minister, so > where did he get the $600 to buy the land in Maine? Hmmm. Just rambling on > my fingers as I'm typing. > > Ever get this sudden moment of "knowledge"? A lighhtning bolt ...? Had > this about my grandfather, and now have to live with this horrible feeling > that as a minister he had his hands "in the till" of the parishinors. A > pretty awful realization, about your own grandfather, the "respected and > revered" Rev. ARNOLD. I've only told his son and children. Obviously, now > the list, although I suspect many would have not read this far and already > deleted the message. > > You have some good and specific questions. Suggest: Land records for > Billerica, MA; Judith Pt RI; and Scituate MA. All will give you some clues. > Start there, and keep us posted. Also, purse any "probate" records for your > grandparents. You suggest that your Mom doesn't know about a will, but it's > at least worth a search. (Probate, ie > will). I know that's pretty basic, > but so are "wax" apples. [Better go for the good old Macs!] > > Best wishes and luck, > > Marilyn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy Montgomery" <kathym@uvic.ca> > To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:56 PM > Subject: [MAMiddle] odd question . . . > > > > Hi all - I have done a fair bit of genealogy, and learned interesting > > stories and such about all sorts of ancestors and relatives. I have > > learned > > tons about my mom's family, and much less about my dad's. (And wouldn't > > you > > know it, my dad was curious about it all; my mom - "not so much.") > > > > However, my mom's sense of family mystery is less genealogy, and more > > financial. She is 80, and the only question she ever asks me about family > > history is in one area I see very little about. My mom's maternal > > grandparents (my maternal great grandparents)appear to have modest income > > partnered with very comfortable lifestyle. She has tried to think how > > they > > did that. It is the only family history mystery that keeps her in the > > conversation. > > > > Her grandparents lived in a rented Cambridge apartment, owned a house in > > Billerica, and a summer cabin at Point Judith RI. They had nice clothes, > > china, sterling cutlery, etc. They ate well during the depression. I > > found > > a newspaper article that said she bought shore front land in Scituate. > > But > > in contrast, he worked behing the meat counter in a small grocery shop; he > > did not own it. She did not work. My mom's question - where'd the money > > come from? Neither of them came from families where they would have > > inherited much. > > > > Her grandmother did not want her mother to marry - ever. So she eloped to > > NH at age 17. She would never accept money or anything of particular > > value > > from her parents, even while trying to raise 6 kids through the > > depression. > > Thus my mom sort of worries that maybe they did something bad; but there > > is > > no known evidence of that. If anything, they were pretty strict from the > > sound of it; much a part of the Victorian era. (As a 6 or 8 year old > > budding family historian, I made the mistake of asking my grandmother how > > old she was, and where she was born. trust me, I never did that again . . > > . > > I digress) > > > > My mom is the oldest of her generation still living; there is no one else > > to > > ask. > > > > so, my question - what clues are there to finances? Ideas I have had: > > > > 1) man from the above couple died in 1959 (before I was old enough to do > > something so naughty as to ask how old he was!). But there doesn't seem > > to > > have been a will; or not that my mom ever heard. > > > > 2) I don't have any experience in using land records. maybe that would > > help - any suggestions on land ownership in Cambridge and Billerica say > > 1900 - 1960 as a timeframe? > > > > any suggestions? > > > > oh, and I can't resist adding - I do remember this great grand dad; he is > > among my earliest memories. I was quite young, maybe just 4. We were > > visiting him at the Cambridge apartment. They had a huge dining room > > table > > with one of those crocheted tablecloths. On it was a small bowl with the > > most incredible looking apples I had ever seen; and I knew my apples let > > me > > tell you; my favorites for sure. So I asked him if I could eat one. He > > said no, they were wax. I said that was okay, I liked all kinds. He said > > no, you can't eat it, it is wax. Well wax was fine with me if that was > > apples . . . I couldn't understand, I had never met an adult that would > > not > > let me eat an apple. 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Hi again, Kathy has brought up a good subject. It has brought to mind another thing I've thought about. Because I have so many ancestors who arrived in the MA Bay Colony in the 1600's, I have read that at least some of them were - rich ! Or, at least they had enough money to buy a large piece of land ! Or, a large house and property ! Etc. For example, James KIDDER, seems to have done this. And, even while raising 12 children with his wife, Anna MOORE, he was still able to buy property and have money. And, his sons seem to have had a lot of money as they lived in large, expensive houses in the area. And then the grandsons had large, expensive properties in the area, and 3 of them in New Ipswich, NH. And, for many descendants this situation existed through the 1800's. But, then Calvin left NH at Age 18 and traveled with other families up to New Brunswick. We have no way of knowing how he spent the next 15 years (1784 to 1798). So we don't know if he had money. His only son, born one week before he was killed in a boating accident, grew up in New Brunswick and was a "woodsman" / "lumberman" but did he inherit any money? We have no way of knowing. The son, J. Calvin (1799-1891) lived his married life in and near Calais, Maine, and, as far as I know, all 3 of his sons who survived to adulthood - never had too much money. So, the money that existed back in New Ipswich, NH, never came down to them. And, in New Ipswich, Reuben KIDDER had vast properties and large houses, and several thriving businesses. His homes were full of expensive items and some "KIDDER memorabilia." How many generations down did that "family money" come down? We'll never know. And several of those "KIDDER items" have been "lost." There are probably many stories among researchers where people in the 1600's and 1700's had "MONEY" but the descendants in the 1900's - didn't know about it ! And never saw any of it ! Betty (near Lowell, MA)

Hi again, I forgot to mention that many, many people during the Great Depression or in other "hard times" rented out their bedrooms in order to bring in some money for running their home. If you watch a lot of old movies about the 1920's to 1950's, you see that some people even slept in the living room - or with their children - in order for all the bedrooms in the house could be - rented out. And there are a great many "boarding houses." People with large houses could "renting out their bedrooms" into a business. And anyone who has read a lot of census pages has read that many, many couples had their family's information written down - and beneath the family members is a list of the "boarders." And, "foster parenting" has existed for a very long time ! And, I believe those "foster parents" did earn a little money from that. And, as someone said, people who were creative could create things in their home and sell them ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Montgomery" <kathym@uvic.ca> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:56 PM Subject: [MAMiddle] odd question . . . > Hi all - I have done a fair bit of genealogy, and learned interesting > stories and such about all sorts of ancestors and relatives. I have > learned > tons about my mom's family, and much less about my dad's. (And wouldn't > you > know it, my dad was curious about it all; my mom - "not so much.") > > However, my mom's sense of family mystery is less genealogy, and more > financial. She is 80, and the only question she ever asks me about family > history is in one area I see very little about. My mom's maternal > grandparents (my maternal great grandparents)appear to have modest income > partnered with very comfortable lifestyle. She has tried to think how > they > did that. It is the only family history mystery that keeps her in the > conversation. > > Her grandparents lived in a rented Cambridge apartment, owned a house in > Billerica, and a summer cabin at Point Judith RI. They had nice clothes, > china, sterling cutlery, etc. They ate well during the depression. I > found > a newspaper article that said she bought shore front land in Scituate. > But > in contrast, he worked behing the meat counter in a small grocery shop; he > did not own it. She did not work. My mom's question - where'd the money > come from? Neither of them came from families where they would have > inherited much. > > Her grandmother did not want her mother to marry - ever. So she eloped to > NH at age 17. She would never accept money or anything of particular > value > from her parents, even while trying to raise 6 kids through the > depression. > Thus my mom sort of worries that maybe they did something bad; but there > is > no known evidence of that. If anything, they were pretty strict from the > sound of it; much a part of the Victorian era. (As a 6 or 8 year old > budding family historian, I made the mistake of asking my grandmother how > old she was, and where she was born. trust me, I never did that again . . > . > I digress) > > My mom is the oldest of her generation still living; there is no one else > to > ask. > > so, my question - what clues are there to finances? Ideas I have had: > > 1) man from the above couple died in 1959 (before I was old enough to do > something so naughty as to ask how old he was!). But there doesn't seem > to > have been a will; or not that my mom ever heard. > > 2) I don't have any experience in using land records. maybe that would > help - any suggestions on land ownership in Cambridge and Billerica say > 1900 - 1960 as a timeframe? > > any suggestions? > > oh, and I can't resist adding - I do remember this great grand dad; he is > among my earliest memories. I was quite young, maybe just 4. We were > visiting him at the Cambridge apartment. They had a huge dining room > table > with one of those crocheted tablecloths. On it was a small bowl with the > most incredible looking apples I had ever seen; and I knew my apples let > me > tell you; my favorites for sure. So I asked him if I could eat one. He > said no, they were wax. I said that was okay, I liked all kinds. He said > no, you can't eat it, it is wax. Well wax was fine with me if that was > apples . . . I couldn't understand, I had never met an adult that would > not > let me eat an apple. We had to be rescued from the conversation by the > intervening generations! what a way to be remembered - all the things he > did in his life - and the only thing I remember about him is that he would > not let me have an apple! > > > >

Hi Kathy, It is not an odd question, but a question that is not asked on the Lists very much. I can offer a few comments. As I lived in Billerica for a long time, I know how many "summer camp" neighborhoods exist (and still exist) in that town. And they started around 1950 when people living "in the cities" wanted a place "in the country." I can only guess that "summer camp" could be bought for very little money in Billerica (and Wilmington and Tewksbury, etc.) And it wouldn't have been too much trouble to winterize it. And, even a person bought a very small house, he or she might not have needed a whole lot of money to buy it. My husband had 2 sets of uncles and aunts who lived in the city, but they soon bought a small house in Wilmington near the shore of Silver Lake. Later they sold that and bought small houses in Hull. I doubt very much they had much money, but perhaps the aunts' husbands had good-paying jobs. Also, one husband had been seriously injured while fighting in WW II, and he probably received some money each month from the Army or Navy ! Don't forget that many couples were reuniting after the "War events." I have 3 sets of grandparents growing up; that was because one set divorced in 1935 and both remarried shortly after. Two sets always lived in apartments in cities and had very little money. Both grandfathers were truck drivers - for small delivery trucks. But, my grandfather, who I didn't know very well, as he lived in other parts of the State, supposedly went to college and became an Engineer, and had many important jobs in MA as an adult. He was living in the Springfield area with his 3rd wife when he died suddenly. Come to think of it, I have never thought to try to find out if he left a "will." (1961) He might have had money to leave in a will, and I, his oldest grandchild, would have had no way to find out. (I was still in high school when I lost both grandfathers within a year of each other.) For my parents, and my husband's parents, I can say that in the 1950's, they were able to buy a large house for $5000 and $8000 (a duplex) near Boston. (And, in the 1960's, my EX and I bought a relative new house for $20,000.) MUCH different nowadays ! Also, in the 1950's, most adults had survived (or not survived) "The Great Depression," and they had to "count pennies" and "waste not, want not," etc. And they would have continued with those ways of doing things for a long time. And, the "cookie jar" in the cabinet could have contained - a little savings ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Montgomery" <kathym@uvic.ca> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:56 PM Subject: [MAMiddle] odd question . . . > Hi all - I have done a fair bit of genealogy, and learned interesting > stories and such about all sorts of ancestors and relatives. I have > learned > tons about my mom's family, and much less about my dad's. (And wouldn't > you > know it, my dad was curious about it all; my mom - "not so much.") > > However, my mom's sense of family mystery is less genealogy, and more > financial. She is 80, and the only question she ever asks me about family > history is in one area I see very little about. My mom's maternal > grandparents (my maternal great grandparents)appear to have modest income > partnered with very comfortable lifestyle. She has tried to think how > they > did that. It is the only family history mystery that keeps her in the > conversation. > > Her grandparents lived in a rented Cambridge apartment, owned a house in > Billerica, and a summer cabin at Point Judith RI. They had nice clothes, > china, sterling cutlery, etc. They ate well during the depression. I > found > a newspaper article that said she bought shore front land in Scituate. > But > in contrast, he worked behing the meat counter in a small grocery shop; he > did not own it. She did not work. My mom's question - where'd the money > come from? Neither of them came from families where they would have > inherited much. > > Her grandmother did not want her mother to marry - ever. So she eloped to > NH at age 17. She would never accept money or anything of particular > value > from her parents, even while trying to raise 6 kids through the > depression. > Thus my mom sort of worries that maybe they did something bad; but there > is > no known evidence of that. If anything, they were pretty strict from the > sound of it; much a part of the Victorian era. (As a 6 or 8 year old > budding family historian, I made the mistake of asking my grandmother how > old she was, and where she was born. trust me, I never did that again . . > . > I digress) > > My mom is the oldest of her generation still living; there is no one else > to > ask. > > so, my question - what clues are there to finances? Ideas I have had: > > 1) man from the above couple died in 1959 (before I was old enough to do > something so naughty as to ask how old he was!). But there doesn't seem > to > have been a will; or not that my mom ever heard. > > 2) I don't have any experience in using land records. maybe that would > help - any suggestions on land ownership in Cambridge and Billerica say > 1900 - 1960 as a timeframe? > > any suggestions? > > oh, and I can't resist adding - I do remember this great grand dad; he is > among my earliest memories. I was quite young, maybe just 4. We were > visiting him at the Cambridge apartment. They had a huge dining room > table > with one of those crocheted tablecloths. On it was a small bowl with the > most incredible looking apples I had ever seen; and I knew my apples let > me > tell you; my favorites for sure. So I asked him if I could eat one. He > said no, they were wax. I said that was okay, I liked all kinds. He said > no, you can't eat it, it is wax. Well wax was fine with me if that was > apples . . . I couldn't understand, I had never met an adult that would > not > let me eat an apple. We had to be rescued from the conversation by the > intervening generations! what a way to be remembered - all the things he > did in his life - and the only thing I remember about him is that he would > not let me have an apple! > > > >

Kathy: Loved your story ...! Yep, as kids, we do have these "selective" memories! I remember my grandmother, Julia Ann (DAVIES) ARNOLD b. RI, married in Stoneham, lived in Reading where husband, my grandfather Willard Clark ARNOLD was a minister. She told me great stories about her Scotish relatives, and how proud she was of her heritage, but at 8, all I could remember was the beheadings, and the head being carted off to Edinborough. All I could think of was the blood, dripping off the back of this horse. Not our links to this incredible "house" (ie castle) in Scotland! http://www.inneshouse.co.uk/ which dated to the 1600s, land to the 1100s, where an ancestor practiced witchcraft in this ancient Celtic circle of stones. (My cousin and I were there in 97 -- an incredible place!) So, suggest you pursue the land records/property records and/or tax records for all that you know. My grandparents, too were in this (Middlesex) county in the Depression, but lived simply ... but also managed to have a car, property on the coast in Maine ($600 for 200+ feet of ocean frontage overlooking Mt. Desert Island and Acadia Nat'l Park!!!) (wouldn't we all like to have THAT now !) and silverware (which I have inherited.) My grandparents built their house in Reading, on a loan by their son, an MD. Haven't followed the Mdlsx land records on that, but .... now that you bring this up, I know that grandpa only made some $3K/year as a minister, so where did he get the $600 to buy the land in Maine? Hmmm. Just rambling on my fingers as I'm typing. Ever get this sudden moment of "knowledge"? A lighhtning bolt ...? Had this about my grandfather, and now have to live with this horrible feeling that as a minister he had his hands "in the till" of the parishinors. A pretty awful realization, about your own grandfather, the "respected and revered" Rev. ARNOLD. I've only told his son and children. Obviously, now the list, although I suspect many would have not read this far and already deleted the message. You have some good and specific questions. Suggest: Land records for Billerica, MA; Judith Pt RI; and Scituate MA. All will give you some clues. Start there, and keep us posted. Also, purse any "probate" records for your grandparents. You suggest that your Mom doesn't know about a will, but it's at least worth a search. (Probate, ie > will). I know that's pretty basic, but so are "wax" apples. [Better go for the good old Macs!] Best wishes and luck, Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Montgomery" <kathym@uvic.ca> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:56 PM Subject: [MAMiddle] odd question . . . > Hi all - I have done a fair bit of genealogy, and learned interesting > stories and such about all sorts of ancestors and relatives. I have > learned > tons about my mom's family, and much less about my dad's. (And wouldn't > you > know it, my dad was curious about it all; my mom - "not so much.") > > However, my mom's sense of family mystery is less genealogy, and more > financial. She is 80, and the only question she ever asks me about family > history is in one area I see very little about. My mom's maternal > grandparents (my maternal great grandparents)appear to have modest income > partnered with very comfortable lifestyle. She has tried to think how > they > did that. It is the only family history mystery that keeps her in the > conversation. > > Her grandparents lived in a rented Cambridge apartment, owned a house in > Billerica, and a summer cabin at Point Judith RI. They had nice clothes, > china, sterling cutlery, etc. They ate well during the depression. I > found > a newspaper article that said she bought shore front land in Scituate. > But > in contrast, he worked behing the meat counter in a small grocery shop; he > did not own it. She did not work. My mom's question - where'd the money > come from? Neither of them came from families where they would have > inherited much. > > Her grandmother did not want her mother to marry - ever. So she eloped to > NH at age 17. She would never accept money or anything of particular > value > from her parents, even while trying to raise 6 kids through the > depression. > Thus my mom sort of worries that maybe they did something bad; but there > is > no known evidence of that. If anything, they were pretty strict from the > sound of it; much a part of the Victorian era. (As a 6 or 8 year old > budding family historian, I made the mistake of asking my grandmother how > old she was, and where she was born. trust me, I never did that again . . > . > I digress) > > My mom is the oldest of her generation still living; there is no one else > to > ask. > > so, my question - what clues are there to finances? Ideas I have had: > > 1) man from the above couple died in 1959 (before I was old enough to do > something so naughty as to ask how old he was!). But there doesn't seem > to > have been a will; or not that my mom ever heard. > > 2) I don't have any experience in using land records. maybe that would > help - any suggestions on land ownership in Cambridge and Billerica say > 1900 - 1960 as a timeframe? > > any suggestions? > > oh, and I can't resist adding - I do remember this great grand dad; he is > among my earliest memories. I was quite young, maybe just 4. We were > visiting him at the Cambridge apartment. They had a huge dining room > table > with one of those crocheted tablecloths. On it was a small bowl with the > most incredible looking apples I had ever seen; and I knew my apples let > me > tell you; my favorites for sure. So I asked him if I could eat one. He > said no, they were wax. I said that was okay, I liked all kinds. He said > no, you can't eat it, it is wax. Well wax was fine with me if that was > apples . . . I couldn't understand, I had never met an adult that would > not > let me eat an apple. We had to be rescued from the conversation by the > intervening generations! what a way to be remembered - all the things he > did in his life - and the only thing I remember about him is that he would > not let me have an apple! > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > and the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-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. 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----- Original Message ----- From: <maurs97a@roadrunner.com> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] odd question . . . > maybe they rented out thier house and summer home for income while living > in thier apartment? I too enjoyed your story. Maybe they were just very frugal. Maybe they, like my grandmother canned veggies, etc to save. grew their own etc. Maybe she took in sewing on the side, without letting anyone know. Who knows, but it is curious, and I can see why you are interested in solving that mystery. > > > > > > ---- Anne <smk312@comcast.net> wrote: >> Kathy, >> >> Perhaps your relative took in washing & ironing as a means for cash (as >> my >> dear, Grandmother Patterson did). >> Just a thought; enjoyed this piece very much. Hope you find your >> answer. - >> Anne >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Kathy Montgomery >> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:56 PM >> To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [MAMiddle] odd question . . . >> >> Hi all - I have done a fair bit of genealogy, and learned interesting >> stories and such about all sorts of ancestors and relatives. I have >> learned >> tons about my mom's family, and much less about my dad's. (And wouldn't >> you >> know it, my dad was curious about it all; my mom - "not so much.") >> >> However, my mom's sense of family mystery is less genealogy, and more >> financial. She is 80, and the only question she ever asks me about >> family >> history is in one area I see very little about. My mom's maternal >> grandparents (my maternal great grandparents)appear to have modest income >> partnered with very comfortable lifestyle. She has tried to think how >> they >> did that. It is the only family history mystery that keeps her in the >> conversation. >> >> Her grandparents lived in a rented Cambridge apartment, owned a house in >> Billerica, and a summer cabin at Point Judith RI. They had nice clothes, >> china, sterling cutlery, etc. They ate well during the depression. I >> found >> a newspaper article that said she bought shore front land in Scituate. >> But >> in contrast, he worked behing the meat counter in a small grocery shop; >> he >> did not own it. She did not work. My mom's question - where'd the money >> come from? Neither of them came from families where they would have >> inherited much. >> >> Her grandmother did not want her mother to marry - ever. So she eloped >> to >> NH at age 17. She would never accept money or anything of particular >> value >> from her parents, even while trying to raise 6 kids through the >> depression. >> Thus my mom sort of worries that maybe they did something bad; but there >> is >> no known evidence of that. If anything, they were pretty strict from the >> sound of it; much a part of the Victorian era. (As a 6 or 8 year old >> budding family historian, I made the mistake of asking my grandmother how >> old she was, and where she was born. trust me, I never did that again . . >> . >> I digress) >> >> My mom is the oldest of her generation still living; there is no one else >> to >> ask. >> >> so, my question - what clues are there to finances? Ideas I have had: >> >> 1) man from the above couple died in 1959 (before I was old enough to do >> something so naughty as to ask how old he was!). But there doesn't seem >> to >> have been a will; or not that my mom ever heard. >> >> 2) I don't have any experience in using land records. maybe that would >> help >> - any suggestions on land ownership in Cambridge and Billerica say 1900 - >> 1960 as a timeframe? >> >> any suggestions? >> >> oh, and I can't resist adding - I do remember this great grand dad; he is >> among my earliest memories. I was quite young, maybe just 4. We were >> visiting him at the Cambridge apartment. They had a huge dining room >> table >> with one of those crocheted tablecloths. On it was a small bowl with the >> most incredible looking apples I had ever seen; and I knew my apples let >> me >> tell you; my favorites for sure. So I asked him if I could eat one. He >> said no, they were wax. I said that was okay, I liked all kinds. He >> said >> no, you can't eat it, it is wax. Well wax was fine with me if that was >> apples . . . I couldn't understand, I had never met an adult that would >> not >> let me eat an apple. We had to be rescued from the conversation by the >> intervening generations! what a way to be remembered - all the things he >> did in his life - and the only thing I remember about him is that he >> would >> not let me have an apple! >> >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject >> and >> the body of the email with no additional text. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject >> and the body of the email with no additional text. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > and the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

maybe they rented out thier house and summer home for income while living in thier apartment? ---- Anne <smk312@comcast.net> wrote: > Kathy, > > Perhaps your relative took in washing & ironing as a means for cash (as my > dear, Grandmother Patterson did). > Just a thought; enjoyed this piece very much. Hope you find your answer. - > Anne > > -----Original Message----- > From: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Kathy Montgomery > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:56 PM > To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MAMiddle] odd question . . . > > Hi all - I have done a fair bit of genealogy, and learned interesting > stories and such about all sorts of ancestors and relatives. I have learned > tons about my mom's family, and much less about my dad's. (And wouldn't you > know it, my dad was curious about it all; my mom - "not so much.") > > However, my mom's sense of family mystery is less genealogy, and more > financial. She is 80, and the only question she ever asks me about family > history is in one area I see very little about. My mom's maternal > grandparents (my maternal great grandparents)appear to have modest income > partnered with very comfortable lifestyle. She has tried to think how they > did that. It is the only family history mystery that keeps her in the > conversation. > > Her grandparents lived in a rented Cambridge apartment, owned a house in > Billerica, and a summer cabin at Point Judith RI. They had nice clothes, > china, sterling cutlery, etc. They ate well during the depression. I found > a newspaper article that said she bought shore front land in Scituate. But > in contrast, he worked behing the meat counter in a small grocery shop; he > did not own it. She did not work. My mom's question - where'd the money > come from? Neither of them came from families where they would have > inherited much. > > Her grandmother did not want her mother to marry - ever. So she eloped to > NH at age 17. She would never accept money or anything of particular value > from her parents, even while trying to raise 6 kids through the depression. > Thus my mom sort of worries that maybe they did something bad; but there is > no known evidence of that. If anything, they were pretty strict from the > sound of it; much a part of the Victorian era. (As a 6 or 8 year old > budding family historian, I made the mistake of asking my grandmother how > old she was, and where she was born. trust me, I never did that again . . . > I digress) > > My mom is the oldest of her generation still living; there is no one else to > ask. > > so, my question - what clues are there to finances? Ideas I have had: > > 1) man from the above couple died in 1959 (before I was old enough to do > something so naughty as to ask how old he was!). But there doesn't seem to > have been a will; or not that my mom ever heard. > > 2) I don't have any experience in using land records. maybe that would help > - any suggestions on land ownership in Cambridge and Billerica say 1900 - > 1960 as a timeframe? > > any suggestions? > > oh, and I can't resist adding - I do remember this great grand dad; he is > among my earliest memories. I was quite young, maybe just 4. We were > visiting him at the Cambridge apartment. They had a huge dining room table > with one of those crocheted tablecloths. On it was a small bowl with the > most incredible looking apples I had ever seen; and I knew my apples let me > tell you; my favorites for sure. So I asked him if I could eat one. He > said no, they were wax. I said that was okay, I liked all kinds. He said > no, you can't eat it, it is wax. Well wax was fine with me if that was > apples . . . I couldn't understand, I had never met an adult that would not > let me eat an apple. We had to be rescued from the conversation by the > intervening generations! what a way to be remembered - all the things he > did in his life - and the only thing I remember about him is that he would > not let me have an apple! > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and > the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kathy, Perhaps your relative took in washing & ironing as a means for cash (as my dear, Grandmother Patterson did). Just a thought; enjoyed this piece very much. Hope you find your answer. - Anne -----Original Message----- From: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kathy Montgomery Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:56 PM To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAMiddle] odd question . . . Hi all - I have done a fair bit of genealogy, and learned interesting stories and such about all sorts of ancestors and relatives. I have learned tons about my mom's family, and much less about my dad's. (And wouldn't you know it, my dad was curious about it all; my mom - "not so much.") However, my mom's sense of family mystery is less genealogy, and more financial. She is 80, and the only question she ever asks me about family history is in one area I see very little about. My mom's maternal grandparents (my maternal great grandparents)appear to have modest income partnered with very comfortable lifestyle. She has tried to think how they did that. It is the only family history mystery that keeps her in the conversation. Her grandparents lived in a rented Cambridge apartment, owned a house in Billerica, and a summer cabin at Point Judith RI. They had nice clothes, china, sterling cutlery, etc. They ate well during the depression. I found a newspaper article that said she bought shore front land in Scituate. But in contrast, he worked behing the meat counter in a small grocery shop; he did not own it. She did not work. My mom's question - where'd the money come from? Neither of them came from families where they would have inherited much. Her grandmother did not want her mother to marry - ever. So she eloped to NH at age 17. She would never accept money or anything of particular value from her parents, even while trying to raise 6 kids through the depression. Thus my mom sort of worries that maybe they did something bad; but there is no known evidence of that. If anything, they were pretty strict from the sound of it; much a part of the Victorian era. (As a 6 or 8 year old budding family historian, I made the mistake of asking my grandmother how old she was, and where she was born. trust me, I never did that again . . . I digress) My mom is the oldest of her generation still living; there is no one else to ask. so, my question - what clues are there to finances? Ideas I have had: 1) man from the above couple died in 1959 (before I was old enough to do something so naughty as to ask how old he was!). But there doesn't seem to have been a will; or not that my mom ever heard. 2) I don't have any experience in using land records. maybe that would help - any suggestions on land ownership in Cambridge and Billerica say 1900 - 1960 as a timeframe? any suggestions? oh, and I can't resist adding - I do remember this great grand dad; he is among my earliest memories. I was quite young, maybe just 4. We were visiting him at the Cambridge apartment. They had a huge dining room table with one of those crocheted tablecloths. On it was a small bowl with the most incredible looking apples I had ever seen; and I knew my apples let me tell you; my favorites for sure. So I asked him if I could eat one. He said no, they were wax. I said that was okay, I liked all kinds. He said no, you can't eat it, it is wax. Well wax was fine with me if that was apples . . . I couldn't understand, I had never met an adult that would not let me eat an apple. We had to be rescued from the conversation by the intervening generations! what a way to be remembered - all the things he did in his life - and the only thing I remember about him is that he would not let me have an apple! To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Or perhaps they lived in genteel poverty with the trappings of "wealth" from previous generations. Our ancestors, many times, were very frugal and careful of their possessions. They didn't live in the "toss away" life-style in which we do. Just a thought! Loved your story... Suzi Larson > Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:51:35 -0400 > From: maurs97a@roadrunner.com > To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] odd question . . . > > maybe they rented out thier house and summer home for income while living in thier apartment? > > > > > > ---- Anne <smk312@comcast.net> wrote: > > Kathy, > > > > Perhaps your relative took in washing & ironing as a means for cash (as my > > dear, Grandmother Patterson did). > > Just a thought; enjoyed this piece very much. Hope you find your answer. - > > Anne > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com] > > On Behalf Of Kathy Montgomery > > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:56 PM > > To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [MAMiddle] odd question . . . > > > > Hi all - I have done a fair bit of genealogy, and learned interesting > > stories and such about all sorts of ancestors and relatives. I have learned > > tons about my mom's family, and much less about my dad's. (And wouldn't you > > know it, my dad was curious about it all; my mom - "not so much.") > > > > However, my mom's sense of family mystery is less genealogy, and more > > financial. She is 80, and the only question she ever asks me about family > > history is in one area I see very little about. My mom's maternal > > grandparents (my maternal great grandparents)appear to have modest income > > partnered with very comfortable lifestyle. She has tried to think how they > > did that. It is the only family history mystery that keeps her in the > > conversation. > > > > Her grandparents lived in a rented Cambridge apartment, owned a house in > > Billerica, and a summer cabin at Point Judith RI. They had nice clothes, > > china, sterling cutlery, etc. They ate well during the depression. I found > > a newspaper article that said she bought shore front land in Scituate. But > > in contrast, he worked behing the meat counter in a small grocery shop; he > > did not own it. She did not work. My mom's question - where'd the money > > come from? Neither of them came from families where they would have > > inherited much. > > > > Her grandmother did not want her mother to marry - ever. So she eloped to > > NH at age 17. She would never accept money or anything of particular value > > from her parents, even while trying to raise 6 kids through the depression. > > Thus my mom sort of worries that maybe they did something bad; but there is > > no known evidence of that. If anything, they were pretty strict from the > > sound of it; much a part of the Victorian era. (As a 6 or 8 year old > > budding family historian, I made the mistake of asking my grandmother how > > old she was, and where she was born. trust me, I never did that again . . . > > I digress) > > > > My mom is the oldest of her generation still living; there is no one else to > > ask. > > > > so, my question - what clues are there to finances? Ideas I have had: > > > > 1) man from the above couple died in 1959 (before I was old enough to do > > something so naughty as to ask how old he was!). But there doesn't seem to > > have been a will; or not that my mom ever heard. > > > > 2) I don't have any experience in using land records. maybe that would help > > - any suggestions on land ownership in Cambridge and Billerica say 1900 - > > 1960 as a timeframe? > > > > any suggestions? > > > > oh, and I can't resist adding - I do remember this great grand dad; he is > > among my earliest memories. I was quite young, maybe just 4. We were > > visiting him at the Cambridge apartment. They had a huge dining room table > > with one of those crocheted tablecloths. On it was a small bowl with the > > most incredible looking apples I had ever seen; and I knew my apples let me > > tell you; my favorites for sure. So I asked him if I could eat one. He > > said no, they were wax. I said that was okay, I liked all kinds. He said > > no, you can't eat it, it is wax. Well wax was fine with me if that was > > apples . . . I couldn't understand, I had never met an adult that would not > > let me eat an apple. We had to be rescued from the conversation by the > > intervening generations! what a way to be remembered - all the things he > > did in his life - and the only thing I remember about him is that he would > > not let me have an apple! > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and > > the body of the email with no additional text. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi all - I have done a fair bit of genealogy, and learned interesting stories and such about all sorts of ancestors and relatives. I have learned tons about my mom's family, and much less about my dad's. (And wouldn't you know it, my dad was curious about it all; my mom - "not so much.") However, my mom's sense of family mystery is less genealogy, and more financial. She is 80, and the only question she ever asks me about family history is in one area I see very little about. My mom's maternal grandparents (my maternal great grandparents)appear to have modest income partnered with very comfortable lifestyle. She has tried to think how they did that. It is the only family history mystery that keeps her in the conversation. Her grandparents lived in a rented Cambridge apartment, owned a house in Billerica, and a summer cabin at Point Judith RI. They had nice clothes, china, sterling cutlery, etc. They ate well during the depression. I found a newspaper article that said she bought shore front land in Scituate. But in contrast, he worked behing the meat counter in a small grocery shop; he did not own it. She did not work. My mom's question - where'd the money come from? Neither of them came from families where they would have inherited much. Her grandmother did not want her mother to marry - ever. So she eloped to NH at age 17. She would never accept money or anything of particular value from her parents, even while trying to raise 6 kids through the depression. Thus my mom sort of worries that maybe they did something bad; but there is no known evidence of that. If anything, they were pretty strict from the sound of it; much a part of the Victorian era. (As a 6 or 8 year old budding family historian, I made the mistake of asking my grandmother how old she was, and where she was born. trust me, I never did that again . . . I digress) My mom is the oldest of her generation still living; there is no one else to ask. so, my question - what clues are there to finances? Ideas I have had: 1) man from the above couple died in 1959 (before I was old enough to do something so naughty as to ask how old he was!). But there doesn't seem to have been a will; or not that my mom ever heard. 2) I don't have any experience in using land records. maybe that would help - any suggestions on land ownership in Cambridge and Billerica say 1900 - 1960 as a timeframe? any suggestions? oh, and I can't resist adding - I do remember this great grand dad; he is among my earliest memories. I was quite young, maybe just 4. We were visiting him at the Cambridge apartment. They had a huge dining room table with one of those crocheted tablecloths. On it was a small bowl with the most incredible looking apples I had ever seen; and I knew my apples let me tell you; my favorites for sure. So I asked him if I could eat one. He said no, they were wax. I said that was okay, I liked all kinds. He said no, you can't eat it, it is wax. Well wax was fine with me if that was apples . . . I couldn't understand, I had never met an adult that would not let me eat an apple. We had to be rescued from the conversation by the intervening generations! what a way to be remembered - all the things he did in his life - and the only thing I remember about him is that he would not let me have an apple!

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Dear Maud: My GG-aunt was said to have taught at Rindge Tech ... years unknown, but born perhaps 1870s. She would have taught art/carving, perhaps engineering. Her name was CARRIE (Caroline) LOUISA BLAKE, and lived in Reading, MA, with sister Mary Anna (Blake) Jewett), my mother's grandmother. Would you be willing to see if Carrie BLAKE is in the 1934 Rindge Tech yearbook as a teacher? Even better, is there a pix??? Thank you so very much! Marilyn PS I have some of her carvings, as do many of the grandchildren, and GG grandchildren. My mother had a scar from carving work w/her in her studio in Reading, on the top floor, where her great aunt "Carrie" taught her how to carve. I have these bookends as well. Wonderful treasures ....! M ----- Original Message ----- From: "MAIFA" <MAIFA@bellsouth.net> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Medford High School >I have the 1937 edition of the Medford High School yearbook. > > For anyone who is interested, I also have the 1934 edition of the Rindge > Tech Brownie yearbook. > > Maud Marie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of elizabeth burke > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:10 PM > To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com; massachusetts genealogy > Subject: [MAMiddle] Medford High School > > > Hi Listers, > > I recall seeing postings about Medford High School which I should have > saved. My father, Francis Burke, graduated from Medford High School in > 1932 > - I have a copy of a very "scratchy" picture and wonder if it is possible > to > view the yearbooks online. I see that I can contact by mail or in person > (I > live in B.C., Canada) the Medford Public Library. But do I recall that > someone on this list owned some yearbooks? Thanks for any help! Liz > (Burke) > Robinson > > _________________________________________________________________ > We are your photos. Share us now with Windows Live Photos. > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666047 > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > and > the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > and the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-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: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.14.1/2407 - Release Date: 10/01/09 06:34:00

I have the 1937 edition of the Medford High School yearbook. For anyone who is interested, I also have the 1934 edition of the Rindge Tech Brownie yearbook. Maud Marie -----Original Message----- From: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of elizabeth burke Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:10 PM To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com; massachusetts genealogy Subject: [MAMiddle] Medford High School Hi Listers, I recall seeing postings about Medford High School which I should have saved. My father, Francis Burke, graduated from Medford High School in 1932 - I have a copy of a very "scratchy" picture and wonder if it is possible to view the yearbooks online. I see that I can contact by mail or in person (I live in B.C., Canada) the Medford Public Library. But do I recall that someone on this list owned some yearbooks? Thanks for any help! Liz (Burke) Robinson _________________________________________________________________ We are your photos. Share us now with Windows Live Photos. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666047 To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have a copy of the 1930 Somerville High School yearbook, if anyone wants a lookup, and or pictures. Tee Huffaker On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:10 PM, elizabeth burke <lizburke48@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Listers, > > I recall seeing postings about Medford High School which I should have saved. My father, Francis Burke, graduated from Medford High School in 1932 - I have a copy of a very "scratchy" picture and wonder if it is possible to view the yearbooks online.  I see that I can contact by mail or in person (I live in B.C., Canada) the Medford Public Library. But do I recall that someone on this list owned some yearbooks?  Thanks for any help! Liz (Burke) Robinson > > _________________________________________________________________ > We are your photos. Share us now with Windows Live Photos. > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666047 >  To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Listers, I recall seeing postings about Medford High School which I should have saved. My father, Francis Burke, graduated from Medford High School in 1932 - I have a copy of a very "scratchy" picture and wonder if it is possible to view the yearbooks online. I see that I can contact by mail or in person (I live in B.C., Canada) the Medford Public Library. But do I recall that someone on this list owned some yearbooks? Thanks for any help! Liz (Burke) Robinson _________________________________________________________________ We are your photos. Share us now with Windows Live Photos. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666047

I am a new member and am searching for information on this couple: In 1900 Rice, is in Lincoln, Mass., age 32, single, occupation coachman, immigrated 1887. It appears likely that he had recently moved from Worcester, as his father and sister sailed from Ireland to Philadelphia in 1894, at which time Rice's address was given as 11 Cheever St, Worcester. The following is the record of his marriage: Rice Meredith age 34, occupation carpenter, residence Worc., b. Ireland son of George Meredith [note this is an error, as his father's name was Samuel] and Frances Thompson married by W.H. Goggin priest; Catherine Jennive McCawley age 28, dressmaker, residence Worc., b. Ireland, daughter of Thomas McCawley and Jennive Munroe. In 1910 we find Rice and Catherine living in Lincoln, his occupation still a coachman; in 1920 I have not been able to find Catherine, but Rice is a "boarder" in a house in Worcester; in 1930 we find Rice and Catherine both in Worcester. They do not appear to have had any children. I would welcome any further information or sources anyone might be able to suggest. Sharon Haggerty Bowen Island, BC Canada

thanks for letting me know about that broken link. It is now working. If after reviewing the instructions, you are not sure, do send the photos to me along with names of cemeteries you know they are in. David Betty wrote: > Hi David, > > Over the past 4 years I've taken some photos at local graveyards. > Unfortunately for others, I've never labeled them. If I tried hard, I > could tell which set of photos were from which graveyard or cemetery. > > Also, I am not good with photos. I can get them into my computer, and I > can send them to someone as an attachment, and that's about all. Any > advice? By the way, I could send a few of the photos from Littleton to > you privately, if you wanted to look at them. > > Also, I did go to your web site and clicked on "How to Prepare Your Photo," > and nothing happened. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "W. David Samuelsen" <dsam52@sampubco.com> > To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:37 PM > Subject: [MAMiddle] More gravemarker photos > > >> http://www.magravestones.org/ >> >> There have been more photos for Berkshire, Essex and Middlesex counties. >> >> And if you want to submit, best results can be obtained by going to the >> "Preparing Photos Before Uploading" on home page. >> >> And if you find the name of cemetery is not listed at the time of >> submission, go to the bottom of the list and enter the name of cemetery. >> I will contact you to verify the name of cemetery if necessary. >> >> W. David Samuelsen, admin >> >> >> > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I'd try "following" him via the City Directories (if available in that timeframe) or Telephone Directories -- forward in time. (Same w/brother John, where you may get other clues). Also, you might try and find a WWII Draft Registration Card (ancestry.com), which would give an address and NOK (perhaps a wife?). good luck. You've got a tough one there with that (common) name! Marilyn Arnold ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Butt" <marilyngbutt@yahoo.ca> To: <genMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com>; <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:35 AM Subject: [MAMiddle] Robert E. Johnson Hi, I am searching for a relative named Robert Johnson, born 1925 in Mass. Robert's parents are Lessie (Driscoll) and John or Robert Johnson. He lived at 72 Chestnut St. Cambridge Mass, for a while and maybe at 37 Warland around 1942. I would love to find out if and who he married, does he have a family? He is a descendant of this family (1920 census): John Johnson 56 - Finland Mary S Johnson 49 John E Johnson 24 Edna M Johnson 19 Ina S Johnson 17 Hilda E Johnson 13 If anyone can help me locate this relative, it would be deeply appreciated. Marilyn __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-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: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.113/2400 - Release Date: 09/28/09 05:51:00

http://www.magravestones.org/ There have been more photos for Berkshire, Essex and Middlesex counties. And if you want to submit, best results can be obtained by going to the "Preparing Photos Before Uploading" on home page. And if you find the name of cemetery is not listed at the time of submission, go to the bottom of the list and enter the name of cemetery. I will contact you to verify the name of cemetery if necessary. W. David Samuelsen, admin