This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MASON, RUSSELL, PARROW Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pAC.2ACI/2169 Message Board Post: Searching for the parentage of Esther Mason b. 30 Jun 1832 married Edward N. Parrow of Sheldon, VT on 1 Jan 1853 in Swanton,VT had 5 children in Sheldon last one in 1864...moved to Three Rivers, Massachusetts. Here's the oddity....Three Rivers is ITTY BITTY...no Town Clerk even...have to look in Palmer, MA for that. My gg gram Orilla Mason Russell had ONE child there in 1866 (a middle one...all the rest b. Vermont) WHY there???? I'm looking for Orilla's parentage as well.... Need help :( Any ideas??

In various census years, there were Mason families in Swanton, Sheldon, Highgate, and Fairfax. Have you explored these various families? In 1870 there was an Edward Parrow married to an Esther, both about 37 years old and born in VT. They had three children: William, Ellen, and Emma. Was this your family? They were in Boston. He was an iron moulder. In 1880 there was an Edward Parrow, married but no spouse or children listed. He was about 48, born in VT. He was a moulder. He was in Watervliet, Albany County, NY. With reference to Three Rivers village, the Palmer area had several mills, primarily textile mills. During your time frame, there were probably jobs there. It might be that the family moved to wherever there was employment. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:22 PM Subject: [VTFRANKL] Esther Mason Parrow of Swanton > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: MASON, RUSSELL, PARROW > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pAC.2ACI/2169 > > Message Board Post: > > Searching for the parentage of Esther Mason b. 30 Jun 1832 married Edward N. Parrow of Sheldon, VT on 1 Jan 1853 in Swanton,VT had 5 children in Sheldon last one in 1864...moved to Three Rivers, Massachusetts. > > Here's the oddity....Three Rivers is ITTY BITTY...no Town Clerk even...have to look in Palmer, MA for that. My gg gram Orilla Mason Russell had ONE child there in 1866 (a middle one...all the rest b. Vermont) WHY there???? I'm looking for Orilla's parentage as well.... > > Need help :( Any ideas?? > > > > > > ==== VTFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Karima, List Administrator mailto:[email protected] > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/FranklinCoWelcomePage.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

I posed the question of how Three Rivers got its name to the Palmer Library. Here is the reply of Mary Bernat, Reference Librarian. Perhaps this will help you in terms of where to center your research: "Three Rivers MA is one of the 4 villages that make up the town of Palmer. Originally it was known as "The Dark Corner" for its dense, jungle-like growth. "But in January 1826, a new manufacturing company was granted the right to establish a mill for the manufacture of cotton, linen and woolen goods in the Town of Palmer. The name was 'The Three Rivers Manufacturing Co.' But the village wasn't officially recognized until 1829 when the plan of the village of Three Rivers was placed on record at the Hampden County Registry of Deeds and mapped out by Hall Jackson Kelly, engineer. "The village is situated of the upper Chicopee Valley at the junction of the Quaboag and Ware Rivers which join to form the headwaters of the Chicopee." ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:22 PM Subject: [VTFRANKL] Esther Mason Parrow of Swanton > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: MASON, RUSSELL, PARROW > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pAC.2ACI/2169 > > Message Board Post: > > Searching for the parentage of Esther Mason b. 30 Jun 1832 married Edward N. Parrow of Sheldon, VT on 1 Jan 1853 in Swanton,VT had 5 children in Sheldon last one in 1864...moved to Three Rivers, Massachusetts. > > Here's the oddity....Three Rivers is ITTY BITTY...no Town Clerk even...have to look in Palmer, MA for that. My gg gram Orilla Mason Russell had ONE child there in 1866 (a middle one...all the rest b. Vermont) WHY there???? I'm looking for Orilla's parentage as well.... > > Need help :( Any ideas?? > > > > > > ==== VTFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Karima, List Administrator mailto:[email protected] > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/FranklinCoWelcomePage.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >