Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"Potatoes are extremely common here, but my mother had never heard of the word “potato” until she moved to the County."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"Martin recalled that he and his mother and sister were returning in June 1846 from a visit to Ellsworth where his mother had grown up and where…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"My parents used an outhouse in Vietnam. When my mother and father were young, their houses were made of wood and had a thatched roof."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"“Coming Mother, “Henry said. “What is it Mother?”. “Oh darling, I am going to miss you so much!” “What? What is it? Mother, what’s wrong?” “Henry…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"The teacher was a good friend of her mother, my great grandmother. Her middle name is from her aunt, my great great aunt."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 3 of 4

"… and sisters were old enough to pick potatoes, her mother and father would make her clothes. When they were old enough to earn money, they would…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elmer Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… play in the yard and discovered a hammock in his mother's apple tree." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… skillfully posed the seven sitters - a father, mother, three sons, and two daughters – to accentuate their individual personalities, expressions…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"When Rena was young, her mother did this chore. As Rena grew older, she helped. Washing the clothes took two to three hours."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73

"… a genealogy of his and his wife's families, his mother's life in Ellsworth, her marriage to John Martin Sr., his own childhood, including his…"

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

"… bestowed upon the library she received it as a mother would receive a gift for her child". from the obituary, Franklin Journal, September, 1922."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Martin-Raynes-Stevens Family Trees

"… trees of Martin, including the children of his mother and stepfather, Solomon Raynes; and of the Stevens family of Windham, into which Martin's…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"… in Brewer and Hampden, his lameness, his mother's illnesses, his work history, and, finally, the death of his daughter Mabelle (1866-1899)."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Reed Hardings neighborhood, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… neighborhood in Hampden where he lived with his mother and stepfather, Anna and Solomon Raynes. Martin (1823-1904) drew the neighborhood…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing, Bangor, ca. 1865

"… & Sketch Book" that he began in 1864 is labeled, "Mother in a Polka round. Father introducing a Gent." Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… in Bangor, 1865," with a discussion of what his mother wore when he was 4 years old and commented on what had changed, especially in bonnets, in 37…"

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

"Meanwhile, Martha gave birth to and mothered nine children, managed the daily provisioning of her household and supervised its labors, and performed…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… had died the previous August and his widowed mother, Hannah, certified that Frederick was 18 years old and had her consent as mother and guardian…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"My mother at first stayed at home- most house wives stayed at home- and I’m a little ambiguous about that. It pays to have a mother in the house."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 2 of 6

"… into managing the family hotel business with his mother, Mabelle Strout Savage (1877-1965), at the young age of 19 when he was summoned back to…"

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"… the identity of fathers by taking testimony from mothers at the height of labor. Martha Ballard's diary also states that Ephraim Ballard attended…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"In 1856, Phair and his mother moved to Presque Isle. He built his house in Presque Isle in the 1890s on the corner of Chapman and Main Streets."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"Rena’s mother, Sadie, usually had a tub, which she filled with water from a lake, stream, well, or river."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"She remembers that her mother would always have a pot of hot cocoa ready when they came in. Glenna had to wear long skirts or dresses to school…"