Maine Memory Network

L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"… Museum Description Fred Ryder was an orphan who lived with his uncle in Bangor. He sold candy on the streets."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… local relief fund for needy veterans, widows, and orphans. Money could be used for medical, burial and housing expenses, and for food and household…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… the distress, Bury the dead, and Educate the orphan”. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was one the oldest and most popular fraternal societies…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"A Piece Of The World, Orphan Train, Orphan Train Girl, Bird In Hand, The Way Life Should Be, Desire Lines, Sweet Water, About Me, Child Of Mine, Room…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"set up fundraisers for needy veterans, orphans, and widows. The money and funds were used for medical, burial, and housing expenses."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"Jacob was an orphan at age 12 after his parents died from unknown events. He then lived with his uncle, and moved to Lincoln in 1826 where he started…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… but they all have much in common besides orphaned stone walls, abandoned cellar holes, and discontinued roads."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… invited them to Portland to teach and care for orphans. From these locations, the Maine Mercy community spread and established numerous…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Elizabeth’s Catholic Orphan Asylum, and in 1968 St. Elizabeth’s Child Development Center. Residents like Deborah Minton, who lived at St."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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