----- Original Message ----- From: "bbffrrpp" <bbffrrpp@mediaone.net> To: <Maine-D@rootsweb.com>; <Genwashin-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 1:19 PM Subject: Marriage Certificate from.......Baskehagan, Maine .... 1834 | Hello, | | I have what I hope is a very easy request. I very much need to locate | information off of a Marriage Certificate from October 12, 1834. | | The groom, Calvin Kidder, alias, Joseph Calvin Kidder, had grown up in St. | Stephen, NB, but had moved to Calais, ME, soon after he turned 30. | | He married Mary J. Wilkins of Baskehagan, Maine. Because I have been | doing this Kidder research for over 7 years, I know that back in the 1800's | that was a village. I do not know if it still exists, or whether it is a | village which is now inside another town. | | My question is: If I wanted to retrieve the information off of Calvin and | Mary's Marriage Certificate, would I write a letter to Calais, ME, where he | lived, or to Baskehagan, Maine, where she lived, or is there a central | source of this information? | | After 7 years of research, I cannot come up with the name or family origin | of Calvin Kidder's mother. This would also be his father, Calvin | Kidder's wife. All I know is that Calvin Kidder (1765-1799) moved up to | northern Maine around 1785, but moved over to St. Stephen, NB, at some | point. Just last week I found a very small mention of this Calvin | Kidder's marriage in 1798 in St. Stephen, NB. There was no mention of the | wife's name. | | In January 1799, they had a baby born to them. His birth name was Joseph | Calvin Kidder. In March 1799, the father, Calvin Kidder, was killed in a | mailboat accident on the St. Croix River. I can find no reference at | all - to his widow. | | The Marriage Certificate I am looking for is for the son, "Calvin" Kidder | (1799-1891). (In my research, I call them "the two Calvin's." | They started many generations of Kidders in Washington County, ME. (1800 | to the present) Calvin and Mary Kidder had over 20 grandchildren, from | their three oldest sons. | | And, I continue to hope and pray that one of the descendants of these 20 | grandchildren would consider corresponding with me. | | Thank you for your time, | | Betty | | (near Boston, MA) | | | |