Alice K. Walsh, of 5 Goldthwaite Rd., died Thursday at Salisbury Nursing Center after an illness. She leaves 2 nephews, John A. Burke of Worcester and Paul F. Burke of Spencer; 2 nieces, Mary M. Jerz of Ludlow and Patricia A. Najarian of Westboro. She was born in Worcester to John B. and Margaret M. (O'Leary) Walsh. Miss Walsh worked at Sherman Envelope Co. and Shepard Envelope Co. for 35 years; retiring in 1975. She was a member of St. Joan of Arc Church and a former member of Immaculate Conception Church and its Altar Circle. Funeral will be held Monday from Athy Memoral Home, 111 Lancaster St.,with a Mass at 10:00a.m at St Joan of Arc Church, 570 Lincoln St. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetary.

C. Vaughn DeWolfe, 79 November 22, 1993 Telegram and Gazette Worc. MA Page: B5 NORTHBORO: C. Vaughn Dewolfe, 79, of 9370 Carthage Road, Spring Hill, Fla., formerly of Northboro, died Friday in HCA Oak Hill Hospital, Spring Hill, after an illness. Heleaves his wife of 32 years, Ann M. (Burke) DeWolfe; nephews and nieces. He was born in Marlboro, son of Charles F. and Elsie P. (Wynott) DeWolfe, and raised in Westboro. He then lived many years in Northboro before moving to Spring Hill in 1978. He graduated from Westboro High School. Mr. DeWofe served in the armed forces for 22 years, retiring in 1966. He was an Army Air Force glider pilot during World War II and was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. After cremation, funeral services will be private in Pine Grove Cemetary, Westboro. Wellman Funeral Home, Hudson Fla., is directing.

I am hoping to find the family of Lemuel Tucker, who married Phebe Bucknam and lived in Shepardsfield Plantation at the time of the 1790 Census. I see there was a Lemuel Tucker who enlisted in the Revolution from Mendon and I was curious if anyone had any information about this family. A number of families that settled in Cumberland County in Maine came from this county and I would love to connect Lemuel to some parents. Mahalo and take care, Kevin

The Worcester Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists will be holding its first meeting of the year at 7:00 on Tuesday evening. Sept. 10, at the Auburn Public Library (right next to the Auburn Mall). Our guest speaker will be Janis Duffy from the Massachusetts Archives speaking on "Passenger Lists for the Port of Boston, 1848-1891" and will include the similarities and differences between the state and federal passenger lists. The meeting is free and all are welcome.

http://nationalobituaryarchive.com/ Someone on this list may find this search engine useful! Margie

Does anyone know how long it takes for all of these postings to enter the archives? The reason I ask is that the last several batches, this past week, are not listed in Rootsweb's archives yet. I hope and pray they aren't lost. Marcia

1 Bibiane BOUCHER (28y) m: 2 Dec 1930 Sp: Theodore GIRARD (27y) Her f: Jeremie Her m: Marie HEREAULT His f: Alderic His m: Emelia FREDETTE ------------------------------------------- 2 Charles J BOUCHER (21) m: 4 Nov 1889 Sp: Arzelie COLETTE (18) His f: Joseph His m: Amanda LAPOINTE Her f: Francois Zavier Her m: Mederise CASAVANT ------------------------------------------- 3 Delia BOUCHER (19) m: 24 Oct 1910 Sp : Clement RONDEAU (23) Her f: Alfred Her m: Philomene CABANA His f: Arsene His m: Hermine HUARD ------------------------------------------- 4 Dominick Joseph BOUCHER (20) m: 12 Dec 1908 Sp: Delia PETIT (22) His f: Arthur His m: Sarah PLANTE Her f: Joseph Her m: Josephine DULARD -------------------------------------------- 5 Donat W BOUCHER (50) m: 3 Aug 1951 Sp: Doris MASSE (35) His f: Wilfred His m: Mary ROBERGE Her f: Charles Her m: Amanda GUILMETTE -------------------------------------------- 6 Doris Jeannette BOUCHER (22) m: 20 Oct 1951 Sp: Norman Raymond LANDRY (23 Her f: Treffle Her m: Yvonne MARCOTTE His f: Raymond His m: Rose DEROSIERS -------------------------------------------- 7 Edward H BOUCHER (21) m: 10 Jun 1930 Sp: Marie BLANCHE BACHAND (18 His f: Treffle His m: Eva HENEAULT Her f: Ovila Her m: Diana BLANCHETTE -------------------------------------------- 8 Francois Xavier BOUCHER (20) m: 12 Jun 1874 Sp: Marie TRAHAN His f: David His m: Julie (?) Her f: Julian Her m: Henrietta (?) -------------------------------------------- 9 Leo BOUCHER (26) m: 5 May 1913 Sp: Clara MORIN His f: Alfred His m: Philomene CABANA Her f: John Her m: Marie LAZURE -------------------------------------------- 10 Louis BOUCHER (24) m: 13 Aug 1888 Sp: Emma LORD (21) His f: Oliver His m: Philomene DUCHESNEAU Her f: Nazure Her m: Clementine FOTIN -------------------------------------------- 11 Ludger BOUCHER (22) m: 9 Apr 1888 Sp: Marie Louise GARSEAU His f: Oliver His m: Philomene DUCHESNEAU Her f: Pierre Her m: Eugenie PLANTE -------------------------------------------- 12 Marie Louise BOUCHER (25) m: 5 Jan 1914 Sp: Azarias BENOIT Her f: Alfred Her m: Philomene CABANA His f: Salime His m: Adaline ASHBY -------------------------------------------- 13 Roland N BOUCHER (19) m: 2 Jul 1955 Sp: Carol LAMONTAGNE (18) His f: Armand His m: Aurore BERNIER Her f: Theophile Her m: Aldea THIBAULT

Listers, I need your help. How do I locate naturalization records on an individual ? I know this person came from Ireland to MA in 1884 with his mother and sister. The 1900 census record states he was naturalized. What information also will I learn from the naturalization record? Thanks in advance, Don

On a whim, I went to Worcester City Hall today to buy a copy of my mother's birth certificate. There was a large display rack next to the clerk's window, full of genealogy information, including a 3-page, colored instruction sheet called, "How to Map Your Heritage." http://www.ci.worcester.ma.us/clerk/index I also went to the new Public Library at the old location (Salem Street, in downtown area.) All I can say is..."WOW!" On the third floor in this library, there is extensive materials available to people, including censuses on microfiche, books of vital records for many parts of the country, etc... I didn't know where to begin! I met a nice lady there who was doing research. She educated me about other genealogical resources in the area, including a genealogy society that meets once a month in Auburn, Ma. Anyway...just wanted to share that with you. Margie

Clue: Can= Canada Res=residence Inf=informant ND= Notre Dame Cem. Worc., MA ---------------------------------------------- 1 Alfred A. BEDARD d: 15 Nov 1965 Worc. @ 70y f: Albert BEDARD (St. Hyacinthe,PQ) m: Annie LEMIRE (St. Hyacinthe,PQ) b: Worcester,MA 12 sep 1895 Sp: Cora LEDUC Bur: ND Res: Worcester, MA----printer ------------------------------------------ 2 Marcia A. BEDARD d: 20 Jun 1969 @21y f: Tadous STANKIEWICZ (Salem,MA) m: Helen TRUSCOTT (Worc. MA) b: Lynn, MA 16 Feb 1948 Sp: Alfred P. BEDARD Bur: ND Res: Whitinsville, MA---inspector -------------------------------------------- 3 Marguerite E. BEDARD d: 8 Nov 1936 Sp: LUCIER -------------------------------------------- 4 Theodore L. BEDARD d: 11 Jan 1947 Worc. @ 69-2-16 f: Peter/Pierre BEDARD (Can) m: Clara COUTURE (Can) b: Worcester, MA 28 Oct 1877 Bur: ND Res: Worcester, MA---draftsman --------------------------------------------- 5 Adrien BEDARD d: 16 Jan 1928 Worc. @ 77y f: Prisque (L'Ange Gardien,PQ) m: Marie SMITH (Damascus) b: Quebec Sp: Josephine HERBOUR (deceased Bur: ND ------------------------------------------------ 6 Albert BEDARD d: 6 Mar 1939 Worc. @ 76-8-0 f: Prisque BEDARD m: Mary SCHMIDT b: Drummondville, PQ Sp: Marie Louise LAVERDIERE Bur: ND ------------------------------------------------ 7 Albert BEDARD d: 19 Aug 1938 Worc. @ 52y f: Adrien BEDARD (Can) m: Josephine HEBOUR (Can) b: Whitinsville, MA ----single--- Bur. ND --------------------------------------------- 8 Alma F. BEDARD d: 19 May 1976 Worc. @ 81-0-7 f: William BEDARD (Can) m: Victoria BENOIT (Can) b: Worcester, MA 12 May 1895 Sp: Henry P. BLANCHARD Bur: Worc. Co. Mem. Pk.,Paxton,MA Inf: husband ---------------------------------------------- 9 Amelia BEDARD d: 3 Jun 1953 Worc. @ 69y f: Israel LAVALLEE (Can) m: Eliza DESROCHERS (VT) b: Webster, MA 17 Apr 1884 Sp: Leonidas E. BEDARD Bur: ND Res: Worcester, MA Inf: Miss Leona BEDARD, Daughter ------------------------------------------------ 10 Anna May BEDARD d: 12 Oct 1946 Worc. @ 59y f: Albert A. BEDARD(Drummondville m: Annie LEMIRE (Worc.) b: Worcester, MA Sp: Octave G. ST. LAURENT Bur: ND Res: Worcester Inf: husband ---------------------------------------------- 11 Annie BEDARD d: 13 Oct 1917 Worc. @ 49y f: Augustin LEMIRE (Can) m: Josephine POTVIN (Can) b: Worcester, MA Sp: Albert BEDARD Bur: ND Res: Worcester, MA

MASSACHUSETTS. Worcester County. Hope Cemetery; 1,289 records; Jim Sanders http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/ bettythomas@charter.net My Family - http://BettyT.tripod.com Wicks,Hammond, Heintz,Bradfield,Walbridge Boylston Historical Society http://users.rcn.com/boyhisoc/ GenWeb County Coordinator for: Genesee, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenese Wyoming, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin Worcester, MA http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces

Clue: ND= Notre Dame Cem. Worc. MA Bur= buried Inf= informant Res= residence Can= Canada 1 Marie D. BOUCHER d: 17 Jun 1984 @ 88y f: Frederick O. LESLIE (Can) m: Zenilda BOISSE (Can) b: Canada 23 Feb 1896 Bur: ND 2 Rose BOUCHER d: 12 Feb 1973 Worc. @ 82y F; Joseph BOUCHER (Can) m: Emelie PRUNIER (Can) b: Worcester, MA 15 May 1890 Sp: Napoleon QUIRY Bur: ND Res: Worc.MA 3 William A. BOUCHER d: 27 Mar 1977 Worc. @ 84y f: Joseph m: Emelie PRUNIER b: Worcester, MA 16 Dec 1892 Sp: Mary LESLIE Bur: ND Res: Worc. MA ---bricklayer 4 Aglae BOUCHER d: 12 Jan 1922 Worc. @ 74y f: Medard BOUCHER (St. Jacques,PQ) m: Domethilda COMEAU (St.Marguerite b: St Blaize,PQ ---single--- Bur: ND Res: Worcester, MA 5 Albina M. BOUCHER d: 20 Mar 1988 Worc. @ 89-7-25 f: Onesime BOUCHER (can) m: Josephine PLEAU (Can) b: Spencer, MA 25 Aug 1898 Sp: William J. LEBLANC (deceased) Bur: ND Res: Worcester, MA Inf: Jeanette M. LAW---daughter 6 Alfred BOUCHER d: 27 Jun 1932 Worc. @ 41y f: Ferdinand BOUCHER (Can) m: Delia FECTEAU (Can) b: North Brookfield, MA Sp: Alice MIVILLE Bur: ND 7 Annie BOUCHER d: 2 Feb 1931 Millbury @ 68y f: Barthelemie MARTIN (Can) m: Zoe HAMLIN (Can) b: St. Philip, PQ SP: Joseph BOUCHER Bur: ND 8 Bessier B. BOUCHER d: 24 Aug 1978 Worc. @ 71-8-26 f: Henry BETTS (Nova Scotia) m: Alice GUERTIN b: Marlboro, MA 29 Nov 1906 Sp: Nelson J. BOUCHER (deceased) Bur: ND Res: Worcester, MA Inf: Harry E. MILLER Sr. 9 Celina BOUCHER d: 10 Nov 1951 Worc. @ 84y f: John B. BOUCHER (Can) m: Lucy BEAUREGARD (Can) b: St. Albans, VT Sp: Joseph BRUNELLE (deceased) Bur: ND Res: Worcester, MA Inf: Fred C. BRUNELLE---son 10 Chester BOUCHER d: 17 May 1910 Worc. @ 02-00-21 f: Onesime BOUCHER (can) m: Emelie VANDAL (Can) b: Worcester, MA Bur: ND

Albertine SAVAGE November 24, 1992 Telegram and Gazette Worcester, MA Page: B5 UXBRIDGE- Albertine (COTE) SAVAGE, 82, of 35 East Harford Ave. died Sunday in St. Camillus Nursing Home, Whitinsville. Her husband, Alphonse W. SAVAGE, died in 1989. She leaves a daughter, Jeanette JACQUES of North Uxbridge; a sister, Marie Anna BROOK in Quebec, Canada; and three grandchildren. She was born in Manville,R.I., daugher to Zenon and Anna (VALOIS) COTE, and lived here most of her life. She worked at the former Haywood-Schuster Woolen Mill in East Douglas for many years, retiring in 1975. Mrs. SAVAGE was a member of Good Shepherd Church, it's former Ladies of St. Anne Society and the North Uxbridge Progressive Club Ladied Auxiliary. The funeral will be held tommorow from Tancrell-Jackman Funeral Home, 35 Snowling Road, witha Mass at 10:00 a.m. in the Good Shepherd Church, 171 Linwood St., Linwood. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetary. Calling hours at the funeral home are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.

Margie.... There are probably many ways to answer you question...My personal experience includes: 1. Calling or visiting the Oakham town hall and ask questions. 2. Visit the Mass Archives/Vital Statistics site in Boston. This site will have all records that pertain to your Mom and other family members (u too). There are 2 sites..One is for 1911 and before (Archives) and the other 1911 to present (Vital Statistics.). Plan on spending a few hours at either or both sites (across the street from each other). I would suggest the Vital Statistics site to find the info you seem to be looking for. Birth, Marriage, Divorce, and Death records are there. It cost $3 / hour / person to look over the records and more to have copies made. I would suggest you try out #1 above and then plan a day trip to Boston for #2. You will find allot of information on your family there. Let me know if you want driving instructions. Good Luck. Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margie Casey" <hoejbusk@prodigy.net> To: <MAWORCES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 2:27 PM Subject: [MAWORCES] Fitzpatrick in Oakham, Mass. (1930's or 40's)

My dear mother passed away in 1999. Now that I am doing genealogical research (and even if I wasn't!) I wish I had asked her more questions! My mother talked a lot about living in Oakham when she was young. She mentioned having goats, named "Nelly" and "Elly" or something similar to that--rhymed with "elly". Where should I go to find information about this? My mother was born in 1934. I'm not sure what town she was born in. I grew up in Worcester. Her name was "Fitzpatrick." Margie

I need help with a census look-up please for Richard O'LEARY, probably in his 20's. I do know that in late 1899 he was still residing in Millville/Blackstone, MA. By 1904, he was living in Franklin, MA and presumably married. Richard also had a sister Theresa O'LEARY who for sure was living at home until she was married in 1904. I'm not sure but I am guessing that their father was Michael O'LEARY of Millville/Blackstone, MA when they were still living at home before marrying and moving off. Thanks for your help in advance Don

I have an un-needed certified Copy of Register of Death from the Mass Archives for Peter WHITE: Died 2/20/1899 in Worcester, place of residence. Single, Age 25 years Machinist, born England Father, Patrick, b. Ireland Mother, Catherine McHugh, b. Scotland Anyone who wants this send me your snail mail address.

Hello ..looking for any information on the Wollerscheid families in this area. Thank you, Jay

I have obtained the date and volume for my gr grandfather's naturalization in 1874 (Wors. Sup. Court). How do I obtained a copy of the intention and certificate? thanks

Betty Clingman's folks moved from Worcester Co., MA to Windham Co., VT about 1774 and was wondering about motivations for the move, especially "Was it influenced by 'pro' or 'anti' war factions or any other hot political issues?" My people went to Windsor Co., VT from Hardwick, MA about a decade earlier, which makes me somewhat less of an ancestral Vermont latecomer. My own studies thus concern the Revolution in a different way. But I have never heard of any motive for migration into Vermont during the 1700s other than the desire for fresh, new, and cheap land. The scenario is twice complicated by New York. New York was a barrier to migration west from New England, as one complication. And New York radicalized western Vermonters much more than it did eastern Vermonters as the other complication -- and because of migration patterns, the radicals were often pre- radicalized before they got to Vermont. Betty and I are both ancestral southeastern Vermonters, thus our people were more relaxed than the others. Ethan Allen (who was a western Vermonter) was not our boy, and it is well to keep this in mind when the subject of Vermont history and politics comes up. If you look at a map of the eastern U.S., and limit the western boundary to what was ours in the 1700s, you will see that a Massachusetts family intent on migrating to fresh, new, cheap land didn't have many choices. They could move to New York, or to Pennsylvania, or north to Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine. New York at the time was impossible. If your people had gone there, they would have wound up as tenant farmers toiling under one of the great landlords of the aristocracy. New York was out. It was a feudal society -- downright medieval. That left Pennsylvania versus the North. Pennsylvania was not enthusiastic about Puritans, and newcomers would have had to buy land from the Indians. The North (Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine), on the other hand, was a lot more user-friendly, especially Vermont. Puritans were OK. And in Vermont, there were no Indians to buy land from, thus no Indian complications of any sort. Vermont was truly available for settlement. Over top of this was a layer of land speculators trying to make money from immigration into the area. Some of these speculators would have been advertising down south for people to move to Vermont. Many New Englanders did go to Pennsylvania, but more went north. New York steered most migrants around itself to the north, the way a rock diverts a stream. The politics of eastern and western Vermont differed considerably, as western Vermonters had come from western New England and had more prior (and unpleasant) contact with New York than the eastern Vermonters, who came more from central New England. Degrees of opposition to New York governed much of Vermont politics, and the westerners were hot if not rabid on that subject while we easterners were more relaxed -- until New York adopted its new constitution near the beginning of the Revolution, which threatened to remake Vermont into its own feudal image. Prior to the Revolution, New York had kept the land ownership and local governance issues on the back burner, but with the Revolution that changed, which outraged the eastern Vermonters. During the Revolution, Loyalists in Vermont were treated just about as badly as most other places in the Colonies. Vermont's new (revolutionary) government was largely financed by money raised from the sale of land confiscated from Loyalists. Vermonters were just as "patriotic" as their Massachusetts fathers, although this was expressed differently because of New York's claims on Vermont's land. There were enough Loyalists around to make the seizure and sale of their farms lucrative for the new government in Vermont, but this was also true all over New England. If there were any Loyalists who went to Vermont thinking it might be a haven, they were badly mistaken. Oops. Just one more thing. There was another land boom, this one in Canada, after the Revolution in the 1790s and prior to the War of 1812. My very own Vermonters took advantage of this land boom by moving to Canada in 1803, signing loyalty oaths to England, and transforming themselves as if by magic into Loyalists. Some of mine even have their genealogies printed in a book of "Loyalist Ancestors," even though during the Revolution they were bona fide, genuine Patriot Rebels. What happened was: They lied. To the Canadians. To get that land up there. Kinda like lying about your age to get a Senior Discount at the bakery today. Be careful if you see your ancestral names printed among the Loyalists, at least if they were Vermonters. Ain't necessarily so. Lester Powers ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.