Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… of significant populations of homeless women and children, and the other was the availability of educational and employment resources, public…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"Together they had two children: Benjamin Jr. and Edward. After 20 years of happy marriage, Bethia died from an unknown cause."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"He was the 11th of 12 children of Mary and Josiah Stinchfield. Jacob was an orphan at age 12 after his parents died from unknown events."

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

"Eleven of their twelve children died before reaching middle age. Dr. Robert Southgate, ca. 1830Scarborough Historical Society & Museum One of…"

L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Mothers with children would come and visit Maine while the father would stay at home working. The father would take a train on Friday evening and…"

Bangor Public Library

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Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"It was all men, so those women and children would have to step up and do extra chores and duties to get by."

South Portland Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"The Children's Room was moved out of the basement of the original building into the new wing, as were all books and other materials."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"… is located in downtown Thomaston and serves children from the MSAD 50 district (comprising Cushing, Thomaston and St. George)."

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"… to other states or countries and won’t see your children. Jonathan Clay, Jr. was in the American Civil War."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"This impacted my future because, my children, nieces and nephews, and grandkids will be able to be free in the years to come."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… married Rebecca King with whom he had some of his children. He then went to Orrington, Maine with four of his sons but Asa Woodbury (one of his…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… brother Richard and his wife Ernestine were both school teachers and taught in schools away from Mount Desert Island in Maine and California…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"When his own children were young, he helped coach youth sports. He also visits schools and libraries and reads kids his stories."

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Children often prompted photographers to be less formal and more creative in composing studio portraits."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… portrait of Lucretia Day Sewall and five of her children is a striking image, in which the sitters look directly at the viewer, engaging us through…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… arrived in Bangor, Maine where they opened a school that later became Saint John School. In 1873, Bishop David Bacon invited them to Portland to…"