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Presque Isle: The Star City - Beulah Akeley, Librarian, ca. 1940

"Later she and her husband George were caretakers at the Methodist church in Presque Isle. Beulah is mentioned in the March 1945 edition of the…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… their fathers, and widows inherited from their husbands both via their dower rights and additional bequests."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Sally Holmes's evening gown, ca. 1824 - Page 1 of 2

"… Monroe's administration from 1817-1825 when her husband, John Holmes, served as one of Maine's first US senators after Statehood."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 4 of 4

"She told me one time the husband felt bad because she had a hard time. He stuffed a dollar in her hand as they were leaving and told her not to tell…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"… who moved to Swan's Island with her late husband Stephen McCormick, the longtime radio and television broadcaster who, among other things…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… and family business managers, while their husbands earned the wages that financially supported the family."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"Ballard’s husband, Ephraim, was surveyor and agent for the Kennebec Proprietors, and so generated extensive documentation within its papers."

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Jesup Memorial Library

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Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… someone shout Peering threw the window near The husband should’ve been struck with fear Instead he said with a smile “We won’t be going there for a…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Lil and her husband were the telephone operators during that time. The audio story about the island telephone system took place in the 1960s."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket, Bangor, 1889

"She had been ill for several years. She and her husband of nine years, G. Fred Snow, had been living in New Brunswick, Canada, where he worked."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823

"… and re-created the home that she lost after her husband died. The illustration appears at the beginning of "John Martin's Journal," which he wrote…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… 1977, along with other pieces from Lucile and her husband Ivan Baker's wardrobe. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"Emily Reynolds and her husband Bill Dolliver built the Pastime Theatre in Northeast Harbor in 1913. In summers the Pastime also hosted plays…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"… moved into the home after the death of her husband in 1963. Marion broke her hip beyond repair and lived in the corner room on the first floor…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 4 of 4

"For her 1938 wedding to her husband to be, Greek immigrant Peter Spanos at Portland’s Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Bessie Rodis wore a wedding…"

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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"She married three times. She married her first husband, Sanford Smith from Trenton, Maine, across Union River Bay, on March 5, 1859, when Phebe was…"

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

"… Sound.) Emily Manchester was fond of saying her husband “Chase” should construct all of his buildings on wheels."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"… got involved with harness racing because her husband John enjoyed watching the races. Her son, Jimmy one of her five children, started racing in…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… Historical Society Honorable John Holmes, second husband of Caroline Knox Swan (daughter of General Knox) and eminent lawyer and statesman, left…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"She and her husband Roger are history buffs and were among the founders of the Strong Historical Society."

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"After the death of her first husband, she married Congressman James Madison in 1794. A brilliant lawyer and politician, Madison served as Thomas…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"When the husband began to reveal too much information, his wife chastised him and ended the exchange.(2)"

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Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… Hallowell would experience its share of losses of husbands, brothers and sons to shipwreck, disease or accident."