Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"I told my mother I would someday marry Mr. MacGregor and she laughed for quite some time. “Good gracious, child! He’s an old man compared to you!”…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… serving in the Revolutionary War, leaving his mother as the sole support of the family. Although she was a talented weaver and skillful homemaker…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… Society His baby shoes, birth certificate, his mother's picture, and his high school athletic letter were found in the suitcase, as were his…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"His father was an engineer, and his mother was an artist. Barrows graduated from Philips Exeter in 1929 and from Harvard in 1934."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Shep’s mother, Maude, moved the family to many places such as Pittsfield and Searsport, both located in Maine."

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"… Benjamin decided to give his two sons another mother. He decided to marry Polly Hathaway. Together they also had two children: Belia and Jefferson…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"… can connect my life with Jeremy Nelson because my mother is a teacher, I am a student, and I am in the school district that he started."

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…"

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

"… of a young man thrust into supporting his mother and siblings at the early age of thirteen, upon the accidental death of his father. Hugh J."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner Mother nature took away other things also. Ice harvesters had to say goodbye to their ice fields when they were…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"The Days sold to Errol Dearborn. (He was President of the Normal School at that time) Dearborn and wife sold to Bernard "Bing" Etzel; Mr."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… Penobscot tribe in Mattawamkeag in 1831 by his mother, Mary Nicolas, and his father, Stanislaus. He worked as a river guide until he became…"

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… in 1951 Peter passed away, and Milton and his mother Flora took over the business. In 1968, the business was incorporated as “Carney Inc." and a…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"… people were fathers and grandfathers and maybe mothers. They gave their lives for the people of the United States to make sure they were safe."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… Lincoln in the 1960s—caused not by the hand of Mother Nature, but by human intervention. The people of Lincoln called on their perseverance and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… to run the family farm while his father and mother took care of his brother. The second time he was forced to stop studying was when his father…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Willard’s mother gave him those middle names in exchange for a baby lamb from their neighbor, Mr. Winslow."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"His mother then decided to lease out the farm for which Arthur was happy as he did not enjoy farming. Arthur’s first job was at the age of 14."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… into the Norton Family and would become the mother of a famous Opera Diva into the late 19th century."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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