Category: Massachusetts
Families that lived in the state and left records behind there.
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Finding family in the military Charles Walter Putnam (1859–1922) was one of my wife’s sixteen great-great-grandparents. We talked about his family last year: Some families pass down maternal surnames as first or middle names in their children. In the Putnam family, Charles named his youngest son George Force Putnam (1904–1978), not only giving young George…
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When our identity is taboo, it is too easy to be erased from history Note: much of this post is adapted from “You Just Can’t Matcham,” posted on my old Mightier Acorns blog on November 11, 2016. If you are interested in this family, I included a lot more information about George and Emma’s children…
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Seeking the Wavetop for my Hart family A year ago, I wrote about my maternal grandmother’s paternal grandmother (one of My Sixteen), Florence Mabel (Hart) Tuttle (1874-1945): I followed Florence’s ancestry from there through her mother, Harriet Isette (Wells) Hart. Today, I am looking at her paternal ancestry. Seymour C Hart (1851–1934) was the youngest…
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The downfall of one turn-of-the-century American family Martin L Callin (1853 – 1889) was born in Weller Township, in Richland County, Ohio, and grew up working on farms near Olivesburgh. His father was a shoemaker, Thomas Jefferson Callin, a respected businessman well-known in the town of Mansfield. Martin was this Callin family’s oldest son, though…
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Going four generations back to find another line This surname can be found among my wife’s Sixteen great-great-grandparents. We have to go that far back to find the first Shepard – Harriet Jenevereth Shepard – 18 Dec 1874 – 17 Jan 1923 Hattie was the paternal grandmother of my wife’s maternal grandmother, Merilyn (Martin) Holmquist…
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Going four generations back to find another line This surname can be found among my Sixteen great-great-grandparents. We have to go that far back to find the first Hart in my tree. We start with: Florence Mabel Hart – 02 Nov 1874 – 03 May 1945 Florence was the paternal grandmother of my maternal grandmother,…
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Step 4 on our ladder is a very shaky rung Last week, we reviewed the evidence supporting the facts of Hattie (Wells) Hart’s life story. She was my 3rd-great-grandmother. Hattie’s parents were documented well enough to assert that Harlow C Wells (1827–about 1880) was her father, but the documents we have tell us precious little…
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Step 3 on our climb to Providence Last week, we examined the evidence supporting rung #2 in our ladder to Providence: Florence Mabel (Hart) Tuttle. This week, we take another step up . Harriet Isette “Hattie” Wells was born on 12 Jan 1854 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, to Harlow C Wells (1827-c.1880) and Sarah…
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Step Two on the Ladder to Providence Last week we took a close look at the records that provide supporting evidence for what we know about my maternal great-grandfather. This week, we will review the evidence for his mother: Florence Mabel Hart married John Jackson Tuttle on 28 May 1891 in Succasunna, Morris, New Jersey.…
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