Keywords: Separated families
Item 100313
K.B. Sewall birthday wishes to daughters, Mobile, 1856
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1856-08-20 Location: Mobile; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 99421
K.B. Sewall to daughter Ellen, Mobile, ca. 1853
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1853 Location: Mobile; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Exhibit
A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915
After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.
Site Page
"… hand sewn, with its scalloped edges attached as a separate piece. A light pink drawstring ribbon serves as the enclosure."
Site Page
"Joseph's--was established in 1870. The last Catholic church would be St. Andre's, established by a separate faction of French-Canadians in 1900."
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
Story
Norman Sevigny: history of a neighborhood grocery store
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Growing up in a Franco-American community and working in the family business, Sevigny’s Market
