Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"But my grandfather, like I said, my two grandfathers…I’ve never seen more patient people in my life."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Flora Brooks, Lying in Repose, 1922

"Her great-grandfather, Francis Tufts was an original settler, and the family continues to reside in the area."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures cont'd

"Her grandmother was from Atlantic and her grandfather was from Minturn. He was widowed at the time and they had never met before."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… have a list of all the mills in Stockholm that my grandfather could remember... I think he got them all though after reviewing the photos at the…"

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… (brother-in-law of Martha Ballard and great-grandfather of civil war nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton) and Benjamin…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5

"It was my grandfather, who was on the truck teasing her. Then, after that workday ended, he asked her to go on a date and she said yes."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History

"My great grandfather Andrew (Anders) Gelmer (Hjelmer) Landeen was one of the biggest men most people had ever seen."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"Moulton, Augustus. Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925 Robinson, Brian. “An Inter-tidal Survey of the Scarborough Marsh.”…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"I know that store also because my grandfather was alive during the time the store was here and shopped right in this town."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"… - private publication ‘My Recollections of Grandfather and Grandmother and Their Family’ – by Emily Phillips Reynolds, dated 1982 – private…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"Her great-grandfather, John Manchester, was another one of the earliest permanent settlers of European descent to make a homestead on Mount Desert…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"Moulton, Augustus. Grandfather Tales of Scarborough . Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925. Moulton, Augustus. Old Prouts Neck."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"… a picnic lunch up to the dam cabin to meet her grandfather and patrol the perimeter of the dam with Asa."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Also, my grammy makes baskets like Sylvia Stanislaus. Another way I connect to this family is, my grandfather lives near the Penobscot River that…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"Moulton, Augustus. Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925. William KingScarborough Historical Society &…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Moulton, Augustus. Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925. Southgate, William."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… General Samuel Waldo, Lucy Knox’s maternal grandfather, before the American Revolution. Lucy’s father was Thomas Flucker, the Royal Secretary of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… After inheriting the Muscongus Patent from his grandfather, John Leverett arranged for a settlement of families in the vicinity of the trading…"

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"Wilbur also retrofitted the planer from his grandfather's steam sawmill to run on a Briggs and Stratton engine, and added a shingle machine which he…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… settler in the village was William Whitman, the grandfather of Hosea B. Whitman. William Whitman settled where G. H. Gleason later lived."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… in 1886 and grew up on Deering Street near his grandfather William Widgery Thomas, a noted diplomat."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"His grandfather purchased lands near Saco in 1673 and his father married into land ownership in Maine. Both were councilors in the state."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"I think that it is cool to have a grandfather that was a pastor here in Lincoln. Even though I am not religious it is cool to know that some of my…"