Bible presented to Lydia A. (Andrews) Goodwin (1824-1912) of Monmouth, Maine, by her husband Charles W. Goodwin (1823-1873). The couple was childless.
The Bible contains marriage, birth and death dates for Lydia's parents, siblings and husband.
This heirloom is held at the Taconnett Falls Genealogy Library in Winslow, Maine, a repository containing many one-of-a-kind items found nowhere else, including donated and/or bequeathed papers and research into the genealogy of families in Maine, New England, the Maritimes, Quebec and beyond.
The Bible was printed by Luther Roby in 1849 in Concord, New Hampshire.
The Family Records pages consist of handwritten entries on the Marriages, Births and Deaths pages.
Marriages
- Otis Andrews and Rachel Thompson, married February 11, 1813
- Charles W. Goodwin and Lydia A. Andrews, married January 10, 1847
- Walton O. Hooker and Sophia A. Andrews, married December 12, 1841
- John C. Hamm and Rachel J. Andrews
- Otis W. Andrews and Augusta D. Chick, married March 15, 1855
- Leonard C. Andrews and Lucinda A. Walker, married November 1, 1865
- Charles W. Goodwin, born October 5, 1823
- Lydia A. Andrews, born October 30, 1824
Births
- Otis Andrews, born October 17, 1788
- Rachel Thompson, born November 3, 1789
- Everett Andrews, born March 22, 1814
- Harriet E. Andrews, born May 21, 1816
- Sophia A. (Andrews) Hooker, born June 26, 1818
- Hannah O. Andrews, born September 3, 1820
- Charlotte M. Andrews, born October 26, 1822
- Rachel J. Andrews, born March 10, 1827
- Otis W. Andrews, born July 17, 1829
- Otis W. Andrews, born January 10, 1832
- Leonard C. S. Andrews, February 15, 1835
- Otis Andrews, died March 13, 1873
- Rachel T. Andrews, died June 17, 1847
- Charles W. Goodwin, died September 24, 1873
- Everett Andrews, died July 15, 1817
- Hannah O. Andrews, died May 9, 1840
- Charlotte M. Andrews, died January 26, 1862; on her stone, her name is Maria C. Andrews, and her death year is carved as 1863.
- Otis W. Andrews, died June 27, 1830; the first born with that name
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