Can someone do a lookup for me at NEHGS if the records cover this date? I found a marriage at the MA state archives site which looks like it might be my 2nd great grandmother's sister. I'm hoping the actual record might include more information, like maybe her parents' names or previous spouse? Savery Mary J. (Dezetoll) Leominster 1893 435 435 Marriage Benton Neziah B.Leominster 1893 435 435Marriage Thanks for the help, Lisa

There is a list called Archaic Community, District, Neighborhood, Section and Village, Names in Massachusetts at the state archives page http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisuno/unoidx.htm The closest to Danielson is Danielsville / Rowley / Essex There is a Danielson, Connecticut in Windham County Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "DEAN & KAREN TREARCHIS" dktrearchis@comcast.net Has anyone heard of Danielson, MA? I tried googling this town, but could not find it. I looked up the towns in the Quabbin and it is not one of those towns. I'm wondering if it is now a section of some town. For example, Dracut has a section of town that is called Collinsville and in the past people would just refer to a person as being from Collinsville not Dracut. I found mention of this in a newspaer: Sister Loretta Gates Whitney died in Sep 1936. In obituary it said “she leaves a sister Mrs. Mary Stevens of Danielson.” The person I am researching is Mary E. (Gates) Stevens born and died in Westminster,MA. Her funeral was in Gardner,MA and she married my ancester who was Israel Jacob Stevens who called himself Ij Stevens or I. James Stevens. He died in 1899. Karen

Has anyone heard of Danielson, MA? I tried googling this town, but could not find it. I looked up the towns in the Quabbin and it is not one of those towns. I'm wondering if it is now a section of some town. For example, Dracut has a section of town that is called Collinsville and in the past people would just refer to a person as being from Collinsville not Dracut. I found mention of this in a newspaer: Sister Loretta Gates Whitney died in Sep 1936. In obituary it said “she leaves a sister Mrs. Mary Stevens of Danielson.” The person I am researching is Mary E. (Gates) Stevens born and died in Westminster,MA. Her funeral was in Gardner,MA and she married my ancester who was Israel Jacob Stevens who called himself Ij Stevens or I. James Stevens. He died in 1899. Karen

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Wonder if anyone knew John Grinkis who died in 1973 at the age of 51? I am curious as to the cause of death....was it a heart attack ? Arline

The Irish genealogical group,TIARA, is meeting at the Moses Greeley Parker library, Dracut,MA, on Sat., May 17th! TIARA (The Irish Ancestral Research Association) is a nonprofit organization established to develop and promote the growth, study and exchange of ideas among people and organizations interested in Irish genealogical and historical research and education. Our monthly meetings educate and entertain our members, as well as foster interaction with other Irish researchers. MAY: Saturday morning, May 17, 2008 TIARA monthly meeting to be held at the Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library in Dracut, Massachusetts (28 Arlington St.). The Library is open until 4:30 pm. Attendees are welcome to spend the day. Event is free and open to the public. Please join us! 9:00 to 10:00: TIARA Business Meeting, Announcements of Upcoming Events, Social Time 10:00 to 11:00: Using the Irish Heritage Centres for Your Family History Research Mary Ellen Grogan, TIARA Vice-President, will talk about the Irish Heritage Centres, a project to gather genealogical data by county. She will discuss the history of the project, the current situation, and how to use these resources to your advantage for family research. 11:00 to 12:00: Discovering Your Family History in Ireland! TIARA organizes an annual research trip to Ireland. Mary Choppa, TIARA President, and Janis Duffy, Past-President, will lead a discussion about genealogical research in Ireland. They will be joined by TIARA members who have done research in Ireland to share experiences, techniques and insights. Maximum 100 people. No signup. TIARA http://www.tiara.ie/ http://www.dracutlibrary.org/ Hope to see you there! Karen

I am new to this list, and have many Worcester County relatives. Daniel STEWART (STUART, STEWARD) was born in Leicester or Rutland in 1756 (history says Paxton, but Paxton was formed from parts of these towns in 1765). He served in the Revolutionary War for 19 days. In 1779 he married Dorothy MAYNARD of Westborough. In 1783 they moved to Brattleboro, VT. Their daughter Elizabeth married my g-g-g-grandfather James Frost. Daniel died in 1834. Widower Ebenezer FROST was in Cambridge, MA with four children in 1760. He married Ruth Wright of Woburn in 1761, and they moved to a farm he bought in Rutland, MA. They had six children (in addition to four Ebenezer had with first wife Naomi Dana). Son James was probably born Dec. 15, 1776. A shoemaker, James moved to Brattleboro, VT in 1790, later marrying Elizabeth Stewart. Ebenezer died in 1768. His home, which was built around 1760-61, still exists, although moved from its original location. The current owner allowed my husband and me to tour it in 2003. Amazing. Robert Anthony CALLAHAN moved from Charlestown, NH to Fitchburg around 1893, then to Worcester around 1895. He was a bartender or waiter, then had his own saloon starting around 1904. He married Florence PRATT in 1902. She died between 1911 and 1918. Prohibition closed his saloon in 1920, and his employment was spotty after that. He married Karah E. (surname unknown) in 1927. She was a clerk in a boot and shoe company. He died around 1936, Karah around 1949. Robert didn't have children with either wife. John C. CARMODY married Joanna (Annie) KENT in 1888. In 1890 they moved from Keene, NH to Fitchburg, where he worked for Western Union. By May of 1891 John's mother Mary (CORBETT) CARMODY was living with him. In 1892 he was manager of the Postal Cable Telegraph, a position he held through 1911. By 1895 he established Carmody's District Messenger and Signal Service which he ran while working at Postal. He invented a signal device for the telegraph and a device that allowed people to drive a car with hands only. His sisters Ages and Ellen (Nellie) lived in Fitchburg or Leominster from around 1896 to 1908 when they and their mother moved back to Charlestown, NH. Both John and Annie died in 1926. They are buried in Keene, NH with Annie's mother and brother. Last week I discovered that many of Annie (Kent) CARMODY's KENT relatives lived in Fitchburg, including her brothers Timothy and James. Timothy and wife Bridget (often listed by nickname Delia) Welch had six children, some of whom I found into the 1950s. James and wife Annie had several children, but he didn't live long. I need to go back to the Library of Congress and check Fitchburg city directories for this family. Sources for the above information include federal censuses; city directories; two Frost family genealogies; vital records; histories of Brattleboro, Rutland (MA), and Charlestown, NH; tombstones; over 60 articles from Fitchburg newspapers on Ancestry.com; and information from the Rutland and Charlestown Historical Societies. If anyone is related to these individuals, please contact me and we can exchange information. There may be a delay in responding since I'll be at the NGS convention 5/13-17. Robin in Maryland **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)

I just added the last of the Massachusetts Historical Collections for Worcester County to my website. I do not know when Worcester was incorporated as a city but it was a town when these were published on 1849. These vary a lot from short one paragraph articals to longer ones with much info about the towns with things about industries, wars, monument inscriptions, Ect. In some places these are written to sound as people would in the 1700's and keep that way, includeing the spelling if differant than what we use now. Links to all the towns and other counties may be found on the Worchester County page at: http://history.rays-place.com/ma/worcester/index.htm Other completed counties for these files are Franklin and Hampshire. Counties that have part online are Hapmden, Middlesex and Norfolk. If you explore the rest of my web site I am sure that you will also find other things of interest. According to Google I now have a little over 6,000 pages online. Many of those are small biographies but you may find the histories of other places of interest and the census pages usefull. Cheers Ray http://www.rays-place.com

The Irish genealogical group,TIARA, is meeting at the Moses Greeley Parker library, Dracut,MA, on Sat., May 17th! TIARA (The Irish Ancestral Research Association) is a nonprofit organization established to develop and promote the growth, study and exchange of ideas among people and organizations interested in Irish genealogical and historical research and education. Our monthly meetings educate and entertain our members, as well as foster interaction with other Irish researchers. MAY: Saturday morning, May 17, 2008 TIARA monthly meeting to be held at the Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library in Dracut, Massachusetts (28 Arlington St.). The Library is open until 4:30 pm. Attendees are welcome to spend the day. Event is free and open to the public. Please join us! 9:00 to 10:00: TIARA Business Meeting, Announcements of Upcoming Events, Social Time 10:00 to 11:00: Using the Irish Heritage Centres for Your Family History Research Mary Ellen Grogan, TIARA Vice-President, will talk about the Irish Heritage Centres, a project to gather genealogical data by county. She will discuss the history of the project, the current situation, and how to use these resources to your advantage for family research. 11:00 to 12:00: Discovering Your Family History in Ireland! TIARA organizes an annual research trip to Ireland. Mary Choppa, TIARA President, and Janis Duffy, Past-President, will lead a discussion about genealogical research in Ireland. They will be joined by TIARA members who have done research in Ireland to share experiences, techniques and insights. Driving Directions From the North on Route 93: Take Exit 46 (Rts 110-113). The first right is Rte. 113W. Take Rte. 113 west until you reach a small shopping center with the U.S. Post Office on your right. Just before the set of lights Rte.113 bears off to the right. Continue up the hill, the library is the second building on the right after the town hall. From the South on Rte. 93: Take Exit 46 (Rtes. 110-113) follow the rotary and go under Rte. 93 then follow the directions given coming from the North. Take Rt. 113 west ... From the South on Rte. 495: Take Rte. 38 Exit. Go back under Rte. 495 heading toward Lowell. Remain on Rte. 38 heading over the Merrimack River, stay on Rt. 38 heading toward Dracut. At the set of lights at Rt. 113, turn right on to Arlington St. The library is the large brick building on the left. Maximum 100 people. No signup. TIARA http://www.tiara.ie/ Hope to see you there! Karen

Judy: Just reviewed the census image. Minnie is a teacher in an Orphans home. Possibly live in so listed as inmate. This Minnie born NY in 1868.

MA VR's 1841-1910 NEHGS 1873 Sanderson Angelic Marriage Marlborough vol. 254 pg. 249 April 13, 1873. He is a shoemaker age 27, son Lean Baptiste and Olive Caron. She is 25 dtr. of Jean Baptiste: Margaret Balilo. Both born Canada. Octavo Leipointe (sp) Catholic Priest.

We're looking for information on SANDERSON, Angelique/Angeline, married to GIROUARD, Raymond in Marlborough, MA in 1873; their sons, Louis and David born in Massachusetts or Rhode Island. Thank you. Ilene Thevenot

I have added more to the Massachusetts Historical Collections at my web site. I now have 44 of the 55 towns in Worcester County online. http://history.rays-place.com/ma/worcester/index.htm I have also started Middlesex County and have the following towns there completed: Acton Ashby Bedford Billerica Boxborough Brighton Burlington Carlisle Chelmsford. These are located at: http://history.rays-place.com/ma/middlesex/ These were origionaly published in 1849 and parts of them are as people would have spoken back then, and I put them on pages the way that they were. Some of these mantion a lot of the early settlers and some only a few ministers. Many of the historical Sketches for Middlesex County are going to be very long compaired to what I put online for other counties, I will be adding one to three towns a day to these, but probably will not anounce the additional ones till near the end, so stop back often for updates. Cheers Ray http://www.rays-place.com

I've "rescued" an old photograph of 6 men taken by C. E. Wellman in Chester, Vermont. The photograph was taken outside in front of a home or building and indicates that it is either in Chester or Bellows Falls, VT. The photograph is dated 1904 and identifies the men in the photograph as: Albert MORCE (guessing this is actually MORSE) F. C. PARMENTER Eliet MORCE (guessing this is Eliot MORSE) L. N. PARMENTER L. E. DAY Rob SLOAN And the dog "Stride" identified as well. The men in the photograph appear to range in age from 20's to 60's. Based on limited research I was able to locate quite a lot of information regarding this group of men and have included that information below: Foster C. PARMENTER b. Sept 1876 in VT to parents Lucien PARMENTER (b. Oct 1847 in VT) and Alice R. CUTLER (b. Mar 1857 in VT). Foster married Lulu M. MORRIS about 1903 and together they had two children, Arminala R. PARMENTER b. about 1904 and Alletah E. PARMENTER b. about 1909 both in VT. It appears that he may have also been married previously as noted in census info below. Census records provide the following information: 1860 census of Townshend, VT: Hannah MORSE, age 55, born VT Emery A. MORSE, age 28, a Farm Laborer, born VT Elliot S. MORSE, age 25, a Farm Laborer, born VT Mary A. PRAVES, age 18, a Domestic, born VT 1870 census of Townshend, VT: Elliott MORSE, age 35, a Farmer, born VT Hannah MORSE, age 65, Keeping House, born VT Elsie BATCHELDER, age 28, Keeping House, born VT Casland BATCHELDER, age 2, born VT Julius SASKEY, age 19, a Farm Laborer, born VT 1880 census of Townshend, VT: Eliot S. MORSE, age 45, a Farmer, born VT, parents born VT Else R. MORSE, wife, age 39, Keeping House, born VT, parents born NH/VT Bertie F. MORSE, son, age 7, born VT Altea H. MORSE, dau, age 6, born VT Laura A. MORSE, dau, age 3, born VT Grace MORSE, dau, age 8 months, born VT Gaslan BATCHELDER, step son, age 12, Works on Farm, born VT, parents born VT Hannah MORSE, mother, age 75, Works with Family, born VT, parents born MA 1900 census of Townshend, VT: Elliot S. MORSE, age 65, a widower, born Jan 1835, born VT, parents born VT, a Farmer Addie F. MORSE, dau, age 25, born Jul 1874, born VT, parents born VT 1900 census of Hartford, VT: Albert L. MORSE, age 31, born Aug 1869, married 3 years, born VT, parents born VT, a Grocer Stella MORSE, wife, age 27, born May 1873, married 3 years, 1 child/1 living, born NS, parents born NS, to USA 1884 Victoria W. MORSE, dau, age 1, born Jul 1898, born VT 1910 census of Bethel, VT: Albert MORSE, age 40, married 14 years, born VT, parents born VT, a Sawmill Millman Estella MORSE, wife, age 38, married 14 years, 2 children/2 living, born Canada, parents born Canada, to USA 1880 Victoria W. MORSE, dau, age 11, born VT Wilhelmina I. MORSE, dau, age 11 months, born VT 1880 census of Springfield, VT: Enoch CUTLER, age 58, a Farmer, born VT, parents born NH/MA Ruth CUTLER, wife, age 55, Keeping House, born VT, parents born VT Lucien PARMENTER, son, age 32, a Carpenter, born VT, parents born MA/VT Alice R. PARMENTER, dau, age 23, House Keeper, born VT, parents born VT Foster C. PARMENTER, grandson, age 3, born VT Edna J. PARMENTER, granddau, age 2, born VT 1900 census of Randolph Township, VT: Foster PARMENTER, age 22, born Sept 1877, married 2 years, born VT, parents born VT, a Farm Laborer Anna M. PARMENTER, wife, age 20, born May 1880, married 2 years, 1 child/1 living, born VT, parents born NY/VT Ruth A. PARMENTER, dau, age 1, born May 1899, born VT 1910 census of Chester, VT: Foster C. PARMENTER, age 33, married 7 years, born VT, parents born VT, a Carpenter Lulu M. PARMENTER, wife, age 25, married 7 years, 2 children/2 living, born VT, parents born MA/VT Arminala R. PARMENTER, dau, age 6, born VT Alletah E. PARMENTER, dau, age 11 months, born VT 1920 census of Chester, VT: Foster C. PARMENTER, age 43, born VT, parents born VT, a Carpenter Lulu M. PARMENTER, wife, age 38, born VT, parents born MA/VT Arminala R. PARMENTER, dau, age 16, born VT, a Student Alletah E. PARMENTER, dau, age 11, born VT, a Student 1880 census of Bartonsville/Rockingham, VT: Edward F. DAY, age 34, Works in Paper Mill, born MA, parents born VT Cynthia E. DAY, wife, age 31, Keeping House, born VT, parents born VT Minnie T. DAY, dau, age 6, born VT Lewis E. DAY, son, age 1, born VT Fredrick W. PAGE, father-in-law, age 81, born NH, parents born NH/MA 1900 census of Chester, VT: (living in the home of John & Minnie BOREND) Lewis E. DAY, age 21, a servant, age 20, born Jun 1879, born VT, parents born MA/VT, a Salesman at Market 1910 census of Rockingham, VT: (rooming in the home of James ?) Lewis DAY, age 30, a widower, born VT, parents born VT, a Butcher 1900 census of Chester, VT: Mary A. SLOAN, age 42, born Jan 1858, a widow after 21 years married, 4 children/4 living, born England, parents born England, to USA 1863, a Farmer Robert J. SLOAN, son, age 19, born May 1881, born MA, parents born MA/England, a Farm Laborer Francis E. SLOAN, son, age 17, born Mar 1883, born MA, parents born MA/England, a Farm Laborer John H. SLOAN, son, age 11, born Mar 1889, born MA, parents born MA/England, at School Alice M. SLOAN, dau, age 8, born Apr 1892, born MA, parents born MA/England, at School Fred BENNETT, servant, age 33, born Mar 1867, born MA, parents born RI, a Farm Laborer 1920 census of Worcester, MA: Robert J. SLOAN, age 38, born MA, parents born MA, a Cannery Worker Lillian F. SLOAN, wife, age 48, born VT, parents born VT Arlene S. SLOAN, dau, age 12, born VT I am hoping to locate someone from one of these families so that this wonderful old photograph can be returned to the care of the family. If you are a member of one of these families, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

item 640, marriage date Sep 12, recorded Sept 13, 1898 Oran A. Kelley Jr. age 32, residing Worcester, clerk, born Worcester son of Oran A and Mary L. Bond, first marriage Frances O. Hewett, age 30, residing Worcester, at home, born Rockland ME, dau. of George E. and Delphena A. Adams, first marriage Enjoy! Kathy Parkinson ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jackbowk@aol.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 9:34 PM Subject: [MAWORCES] Looking for marriage details: Frances O. Hewett > Anyone who can help? > In 1898, Worcester, Vol 480, P 584. > Who was the groom, please? Tks.

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Many more towns have been added to the Massachusetts Historical Collections since I last wrote. So far I have Franklin and Hampshire Counties completed and I have 17 towns on Worcester County and 10 towns in Hampden County online. Links to these may be found at: http://history.rays-place.com/ma/index.htm Cheers Ray http://www.rays-place.com

In the1870 census, there were 3 Belford families listed in Massachusetts and they were all in Worcester County. In Southbridge: BELFORD, Joseph, 48, born Canada, farm laborer Pauline, 44, born Canada William, 18, born Canada Edwin, 16, born Canada Mary, 13, born Canada Delia, 3, born Mass. Maggie, 46, born Canada BELFORD, Joseph 22, born Canada, works in boot factory Delia, 20 In Fitchburg: BELFORD, Halford, 20, born Canada, carpenter Zoe, 23 Halford, Jr., 10 months They live in the same house with Flavien St. Germain and with Joseph Jacques, 26 Hannah Jacques, 24 Joseph Jacques, 1 (female, can't read name), age 4 Alfred Jacques, 29 E(female, can't read name) 21 On Apr 23, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Richard wrote: > Hello I am looking for any information on some of my ancestors that > lived in Worcester county starting in the mid 1800's to the early > 1900's. > Thank you, > Richard Belford > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAWORCES-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Hello I am looking for any information on some of my ancestors that lived in Worcester county starting in the mid 1800's to the early 1900's. Thank you, Richard Belford

Try the town of webster http://www.webster-ma.gov/index.php?page=departments Town Clerk to ask about the cemetery and Veterans dept to ask about who marks the graves I also just found this website for Olde Webster - looks pretty interesting http://oldewebster.com/ You could also try contacting a local funeral home. Someone should be able to give you the contact information. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beckie Thomas" <beckie1@greenerpasture.com> | My great-great grandparents are buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Webster, | MA. My great-great grandfather was Andrew Korch (Kovalcik). According to | the gravestone, he was born in 1867 and died in 1939. He obviously did | not fight in the Civil War, since he wasn't even born. His year of | immigration from Austria to the United States was 1889. Next to his | gravestone is a G.A.R. marker. There are no other stones close to that | marker, but there appears to be enough plots for more than two people to | be buried there. I am guessing that other family members are buried | there without stones. Is there any way to find out who the G.A.R. marker | is supposed to be for? Does anyone know how to contact someone at Mt. | Zion Cemetery? They don't seem to have a web site. | | This is a link to a photo of the stone and marker: | http://www.greenerpasture.com/genes/images/korch_andrew_elizabeth.jpg | | Thanks in advance!