Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… Flood, then three years of age, came with his father (Andrew) from Cheshire, N.H. to Pattten's Bay."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"As a teenager, Leonard worked on his father's farm, but as a young adult he began his industrious activities."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"Chisholm brought to the presidency, as did his father and grandfather before him, new energies and a keen business sense."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"When he, his mother, and his step-father moved from Ellsworth in 1825, Maine was five years into statehood and independence from Massachusetts."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"Burr’s father was a doctor at Madigan, and his mother was the director of nurses at the hospital. Burr attended the parish school, and remembered…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Guy Gannett and his father were avid aviators and followed current events relating to air travel intently, William Howard Gannett flew his plane all…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… Maine and down into New York in a letter to his father back home. Once in Washington, the 1st Maine performed guard duty in Washington, and…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"His father, Charles Whitten, bridge construction engineer for the Maine State Highway Commission and a resident of New Portland researched the Wire…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… a great thing and it was good for my mother and father, too. J: Where did you get your beautiful gown for the ball? S: Well, Peacock’s bought my…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Coast Guard, Yeaton later became known as the "Father of the Coast Guard." Yeaton, friend and companion to Allan, retired in 1798 to his North Lubec…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… Hayden was one of the mayors of Bath and was the father of Emma Eames, a turn of the century opera star, who sang for European royalty."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Annie Clough remembered that her father, as a boy, served up the grog at the yard where her grandfather, Asa Clough, Jr., was ship’s carpenter and…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"… we sent out 168 people, some of those people were fathers and grandfathers and maybe mothers. They gave their lives for the people of the United…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Regardless of how proficient a young father was with an axe, adze or saw, he did not receive 75 cents a day (apprentices received fifty cents) per…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"1870 James Joyce II's father came to Swan's Island to fish for mackerel in the early 1800's. Swan's Island Historical Society Early settlers…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… age of thirteen, upon the accidental death of his father. Hugh J. Chisholm developed his love for paper when he sold newspapers on the expanding…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Jacob’s son, Jacob Abbott (yes, the father's last name has one "t" and the son's has two), educated at Hallowell Academy in preparation for his later…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… by the work of Rudolf Laban, known as the father of European modern dance and movement analysis."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"Bartlet’s father, Bill Bartlet was a coach for Junior Pro Basketball in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"My father is too weak to leave his bed, but he told me to send his regards to John MacGregor, his friends and family."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"The father and son watched Mr. Gordon walk out behind the barn to his car. Keith noticed a white sheet of paper out of the corner of his eye."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… States; the 1838 visit of Ezekiel Holmes, the father of Maine Agriculture; the starch industry; and the railroad; most of these events can be…"