Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… child rearing, cooking, and caring for the sick, elderly, and dead. She took on these roles in an era where there were no modern services as we…"

Porter Memorial Library

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Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"Lastly, in 1979, it became a house for the elderly and remains that to this day. Cyclone, Cotton Mill, Hallowell, 1895Hubbard Free Library In…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Once Elder Margaret died in Maine, her estate was turned over to Trustees - Thompson and Richard; from probate records it appears they took very good…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"and Abigail Stone on October 3, 1752. The elder Stephen Titcomb had come to Kennebunk from Newburyport, MA."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Leverett and Addie Morgan's son did not want to join the war effort, so they made a deal with another man that if he would fight in their son's…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Plummer “ “ “ A. Elder “ “ “ West Village Old Mill DamNew Portland Historical Society The West Village was once a very prosperous place, mills…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Using the profits from the fair, the Lions help elderly people by sending fruit baskets at Christmas."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"On June 7, Mr. Macomber was accepted and served the Baptist church at the Center for many years. On December 18, 1852, Mr."

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"—(LI) Thesis on Shipbuilders of Blue Hill by Rebecca Herrick—(SHIP) Interviews Personal interviews with members of the community: Mike Astbury Westy…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76

"Elder Pendleton & Ross Edwin B. Patten Isaac W. Patten John A. Peters George W. Ladd John S. Ricker Henry McLaughlin Ambrose C. Warren D. M. Howard T."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Ella called elderly people every morning as a community service. People called Ella to contact the doctor if he and his assistant were busy with…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"A daguerreotype of each of these portraits was made for family members. Stephen’s daguerreotype copy is part of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"Not only were they housing people in shelters but the number of Red Cross shelters activated and filled was the most in Maine history."

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"A man who was elderly and was from Vassalboro died when he fell down some steps in the dark. A man from Waterville died from carbon monoxide…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"Some elders where rushed out of nursing homes without power, and moved to shelters where there was power."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"Blaine. At the extreme right of the school photo note the roof corner of Columbian Hall, which appears in the righthand photo also richly decorated."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"Most people left in Stockholm were elderly people that couldn’t leave or farmers that wouldn’t leave."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"I have a number of elderly neighbors and so we would make coffee in the morning, we had a lot of those mugs with the covers on them."