1940 Newport City Directory Page 241 Garrettson Marie A wid Frederick died July 23, 1939 Garretson Memorial Nursery 299 Spring Street Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: <GWGPhila@aol.com> To: <RINEWPOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:05 PM Subject: [RINEWPOR] Garrettson Memorial School > Can anyone on this list tell me more about the school mentioned in the > following note from my daughter? > > "I don't remember who told me about it or where I read about it etc. > but...there is or was a school named Garrettson Memorial located at > 299 Spring St. in Newport R.I. 02840 What I found today is a > little piece of paper ripped out of something else, but on the back is a > notation that something was done and the date is 1981. So... this > information may be of little or no use, but is interesting." > > Was the person honored either Frederick Prime Garrettson or his wife Marie > Angele (Firth) Garrettson? If it is I would appreciate any data available > about them. Except for an extensive piece in "Representative Man and Old > Families of Rhode Island," I have not found much on this family. It seems > that Frederick's greatgrandfather, Thomas, was a brother of Rev. Freeborn > Garrettson, and nephew of the James Garrettson from whom my decent is traced. > > Thanks, > > George W. Garrettson > > > ==== RINEWPOR Mailing List ==== > Newport County, RI, USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~rinewpor/ > To unsubscribe: write unsubscribe and mailto:RINEWPOR-L-request@rootsweb.com > Advertisements are added below against the wishes of this list manager > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >