RON --- Houlton Maine is in the northern part of the state, 110 miles north east of Bangor, 40 miles directly south of Presque Isle, very near the Canada border next to Woodstock NB Canada. Houlton is the county seat of Aroostook Co. As to your second question, a "bio" of Edward Laverty follows. What is your interest in this name & place? Regards, ED COSTELLO, 1009 Blenheim Dr, Raleigh NC 27612 USA e-mail: < costello13@juno.com >, tel: 919-782-6058; --------Searching: COSTELLO (FAHEY), (JOYCE): Co Mayo>CT, MA, ME USA>USA; HAGGERTY (McGUIRE): Co Donegal>NB Canada>ME USA>USA; LAVERTY (BROWN), (KELLY): Co Armagh>NB Can>ME,CA>USA,Can. EDWARD LAVERTY: b: 1863, Woodstock NB Canada Storekeeper, delivered mail, postmaster, Benton NB Canada; communicant of St Agnes RCC, Debec, NB Canada; payed his pew rent & contributed money for oats during 1889-1898; migrated (1918) to Salem MA USA m: Margaret E Denning; 24 April 1895... ( b: NB Canada; d: 19 June 1936, age 63 years, Salem MA USA, cause: liver cancer, interred St Marys RCCem, Salem MA USA, informant: Anna Laverty of Salem MA) d: 1 December 1940, age 78 years, Salem MA USA, cause: myocardial insufficiency; interred: St Marys RCCem. Salem MA USA, informant: Anna Laverty of Salem MA 10 Kids: : Walter Edward, 10 January 1896, Benton NB - ? Henry Leo, 22 June 1897, Benton NB - ? John Cosmas, 27 September 1900, Benton NB - ? Margaret Hazel, 24 September 1902 - ?; m: Wilfred Fraser, 3 February 1929, St James Church RCC, Salem MA William Eldon, 19 August 1903 - 1 January 1991; m: Margaret McCabe, Corpus Christi RCC, Mineola NY; SSN-016-09-2469 Vaughan A, 19 August 1904 - April 1969; m: Anna Listchook, 27 January 1929, St James RCC, Salem MA Hannah Francis Jane, 11 July 1906 - 23 April 1910; interred: RCcem Debec NB Wilfred Laurence, 28 September 1907 - 7 March 1908; interred RCCem Debec NB Mary Adelaide, 16 March 1909 - ? Elizabet h Edith , 22 December 1910 - ? ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.