Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"… from the business, joining Pendleton & Ross, ship chandlers, and their business difficulties. Among the people mentioned are: Albert Wiggin Rinaldo…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 278-361

"… Wiggin Rinaldo Wiggin Pendleton & Ross Ship Chandlers Rufus Wiggin Bob Cram Hannah Emery Ellen Benson Clara Cary Z."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… to Bangor to work for Rufus Prince, Soap & Tallow Chandler. In Bangor, he met his future wife, Clara Cary, and many young men with whom he was…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"Bangor and Aroostook Railroad X Text by Chandler and Gabby, students at Presque Isle Middle School Images from and the students X The B&A…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Flying Torah

"… by Brennan, Sam, Malik, Hunter, Jon, Jackson, Chandler, Kaitlyn and Ronnie Harold Gordon with 'Flying Torah,' Bangor, 1945 Chaplain Gordon…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… and shopkeeper, worked for Pendleton & Ross ship chandlers beginning in 1854. Martin wrote that Pendleton & Ross was "the largest and finest…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864

"Prince was a soap and tallow chandler in Bangor. The store also included dry goods. When he was about 21, John Martin (1823-1904) began working for…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"According to Inspector Jim Chandler, sand and stone for the concrete abutment, piers and superstructure on the Canadian end of the bridge came from…"

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"… residents, John Agry, Benjamin Page, Ariel Wall, Chandler Robbins, Thomas Agry, Samuel Sumner Wilde, and Nathan Moody, who paved the way for the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Blacksmith shops, ships’ chandlers, block makers and sawmills lined the south side of Water Street, while the north side was lined with houses of…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"They established business as blockmakers and ship chandlers at Paine’s wharf, near the Narrows on the George's River, an area below the prison site."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Our Partners

"… High School Stephen Nokes-Holy Savior School Chandler Redmond-Holy Savior School Katrina Riggs–Dirigo High School Robert Schmersal–Dirigo High…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"and Mrs. Chandler Bruce. Mr. Edwards’ second wife was Miss Hattie Crockett who survived him. Quite a few years before his death, Fred was interviewed…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… place, in the area now known as the south end of Chandler Road. Dist.# 3 - McCleary School was on the east side of the Sandy River in the South…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"The house was built in 1840 by Chandler Bruce. Thomas had a house that had enough room to have two families in it at one time."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… specializing in groceries, hardware and ship chandler's supplies. In Dark Harbor, Williams Brothers operated a large grocery store featuring fancy…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the timber, and to blacksmiths, carpenters, ship-chandlers and other suppliers of materials needed to construct the yards and vessels."