Hi, Betty, Thank you for responding and for these web sites. No I haven't contacted with them but 2 wonderful gals, cousins, came forward yesterday and together they are going to get it done for me. What a gift! Janet Hi Janet, Have you contacted both the Wakefield Town Clerk and the Library in Wakefield? http://www.wakefield.ma.us/public_Documents/WakefieldMA_Depts/clerk http://www.wakefieldlibrary.org/ I don't think you mentioned whether the people died in Wakefield, but, if they did, the Town Clerk should be able to give you their dates of death. And you can ask the Librarians if they will try to find an obituary for you. And maybe there is a "cemetery office" where you can ask for information: http://www.wakefield.ma.us/public_Documents/WakefieldMA_dpw/cemetery Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. I research the CROSBY families in Arlington, MA, 1800's (formerly Cambridge and West Cambridge, MA in 1700's). And they were descended from patriarch, Simon CROSBY, and son, Simon, of 1600's Billerica, MA.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Branson" <jbranson@tcaexpress.net> To: "List, Middlesex" <MAMIDDLE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 12:35 PM Subject: [MAMiddle] Crosby Hi, Is there anyone on this list who lives in Wakefield, MA and could do a look-up for me and grave photo? I am looking for obits of Truman Crosby and his wife Carrie Jane Crosby. They are buried in Lakeside Cemetery in Wakefield. I have possible death dates for Carrie but not sure. The date I have for her death is 1 Oct 1944 but somehow I don't think that is correct. Truman died several years previous. I should think the cemetery would have burial records. I hope so. Also there might be Harry Iram and wife Dorothy buried near Truman and Carrie, and another wife who died about 1940. If someone could take and email pics of those graves, I'd sure appreciate it. Thank you so much, Janet Branson 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
Since the subject of Wakefield, Mass, has come up, I recently came across a clipper ship built in Thomaston, Maine, circa 1860 or so...named by Cyrus Wakefield...I don't know much more than that, except that a passenger on that ship wrote a book about (available on Google Books) a four-month voyage they took around Cape Horn to San Francisco. There are many other mentions of the ship Cyrus Wakefield on Google Books as well, in various publications. -David Reed The Greater Swanville Metroplex, Waldo County, Maine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- "When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take, choose the bolder." - William Joseph Slim -----Original Message----- From: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Janet Branson Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 8:35 AM To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Crosby Hi, Betty, Thank you for responding and for these web sites. No I haven't contacted with them but 2 wonderful gals, cousins, came forward yesterday and together they are going to get it done for me. What a gift! Janet Hi Janet, Have you contacted both the Wakefield Town Clerk and the Library in Wakefield? http://www.wakefield.ma.us/public_Documents/WakefieldMA_Depts/clerk http://www.wakefieldlibrary.org/ I don't think you mentioned whether the people died in Wakefield, but, if they did, the Town Clerk should be able to give you their dates of death. And you can ask the Librarians if they will try to find an obituary for you. And maybe there is a "cemetery office" where you can ask for information: http://www.wakefield.ma.us/public_Documents/WakefieldMA_dpw/cemetery Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. I research the CROSBY families in Arlington, MA, 1800's (formerly Cambridge and West Cambridge, MA in 1700's). And they were descended from patriarch, Simon CROSBY, and son, Simon, of 1600's Billerica, MA.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Branson" <jbranson@tcaexpress.net> To: "List, Middlesex" <MAMIDDLE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 12:35 PM Subject: [MAMiddle] Crosby Hi, Is there anyone on this list who lives in Wakefield, MA and could do a look-up for me and grave photo? I am looking for obits of Truman Crosby and his wife Carrie Jane Crosby. They are buried in Lakeside Cemetery in Wakefield. I have possible death dates for Carrie but not sure. The date I have for her death is 1 Oct 1944 but somehow I don't think that is correct. Truman died several years previous. I should think the cemetery would have burial records. I hope so. Also there might be Harry Iram and wife Dorothy buried near Truman and Carrie, and another wife who died about 1940. If someone could take and email pics of those graves, I'd sure appreciate it. Thank you so much, Janet Branson 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