About Heirlooms Reunited

The Todd House 

The Heirlooms Reunited blog is a way for me to bring life to the heirlooms I've collected over a lifetime.  Many of these items are for sale.

email: heirlooms (dot) reunited (at) gmail.com

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Heirlooms include:
  • autograph albums
  • family Bibles 
  • correspondence 
  • documents 
  • identified photographs and albums 
  • inscribed books
  • family registers
  • samplers
  • municipal annual reports
  • and other treasures

1850s Autograph Album of A. Elizabeth Withers, "Lizzie", of Lancaster, Pennsylvania


Many of the items relate to Maine, but others come from all over the United States and Canada via online sites and collections being dispersed at antique shops by people who have retired to Maine.   

One cherished album - sample page below - of photographs, clippings, letters, documents, locks of hair, umbilical cords and a booklet detailing the genealogy of the Dorr, Goldthwait and related families, was purchased online from Argentina - the patriarch was Addison Dorr of Massachusetts, who settled in Argentina in the early 1800s.



Below,  CDVs of J. Graham Rodgers; taken by the Bradley & Rulofson studio at San Francisco, California, corner of Montgomery and Sacramento Streets. 


Below, Hazel Keyes; photo by a Belfast, Maine studio




Surnames I'm researching in Maine and the Maritimes:
  • Turner, back to Richard and Eleanor (Cowell) Turner of Lancashire, England
  • Hanson, back to John Hanson of Nock's Marsh, or Knox Marsh, of Dover, New Hampshire
  • Young/Jung of Maine, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; back to Johann-Jacob Jung of the Strasbourg, France area (Germany in the mid 1700s) who came to the Broadbay settlement at Waldoboro, Maine
  • Jewers, O'Neill, Hawbolt (many variant spellings), Baker, Crofts families of Nova Scotia - can someone unravel them for me?
  • Umlah, Umlach, Umloch, Hemlow of Nova Scotia, back to John Umlach of Scotland and Philadelphia, who received land grant in Nova Scotia as a result of service in French and Indian War
  • John Watt and Elizabeth Cunningham, who married in 1855 at Saint John, New Brunswick - brick wall; John possibly son of Catherine McLaren
  • Cottrell of Maine and New Brunswick
  • Digory Sparks of New Brunswick
  • Libby of New Hampshire, Maine, and New Brunswick
  • Pendleton of Rhode Island; Islesboro, Maine; Charlotte County, New Brunswick

Littleton, New Hampshire

Thanks for stopping by!

32 comments:

  1. I love what you do! I am always scanning for my Eastport relatives!

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  2. Thanks for your kind words!

    If you're not already a member, consider joining the Border Historical Society (Eastport and Passamaquoddy area) or Washington County Historical and Genealogical Society. There are newsletters from each and opportunities for networking. $10 each.
    Border Historical Society: http://borderhistoricalsociety.com/ and on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Border-Historical-Society/303752736358162
    Washington County Historical & Genealogical Society: http://www.washingtoncountymaine.com/wchgs/

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  3. I noticed that you have a lot of information on my family. My great grandfather, levi mosher was a sister to lida mosher who married Nathaniel Luce. Levi married Nathaniel's sister Emily. I remember Aunt Eva Luce, Aunt Persis and Uncle Almon from my childhood. The Mosher's and the Luce's were neighbors on Mosher Hill in Farmington. The Norton's were also related to both the Mosher's and the Luce's including Lillian Norton aka Nordica. I would be interested to have family documents. Many were stolen from my father in the seventies and never recovered so much has been lost, diaries, photographs, journals etc. theresammosher@yahoo.com

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  4. Hi, most of my Maine things have come from antique malls, bookshops and local auctions, while some have come through eBay. Sure hope I don't have any stolen items!

    Though once I had to return some things purchased through a local country auction. It was discovered a couple weeks later that they'd been stolen from a library. The auctioneer gave all the bidders their money back, which is not always the case, but he's a peach.

    It would kill me, too, to know that one-of-a-kind diaries and journals from my ancestors had been stolen! You could set up Google and eBay alerts for those names. I found my great grandmother's Bible on eBay by making alerts out of surnames I'm researching.

    Thanks for your comment.

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    1. Pam- I had no idea you could follow searches and get alerts like that! I read your amazing comment about finding your great-grandmother's bible that way, and I immediately went to eBay and set up alerts to be sent for my searches. Thank you!

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  5. I found an old photograph while cleaning out a barn in northern Vermont of people climbing mount Katahdin, the stamp on the back says "The Call Studio, Dexter Me. Does that studio still exist? jmstinehour@yahoo.com

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    1. Sorry, did not see your comment until today. I don't know if it still exists - would have to have been passed along to family members, as I have some photographs by this studio that were taken in the early 1900s. Would love to see your photograph!

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  6. Have you found out anything about Digory Sparks of New Brunswick? He is my 5th great-grandfather but I can't find any information on him ... would love to hear from you. thanks.

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  7. Is the Berlin Ont. autograph album for sale? You can reach me at hurst97@yahoo.com Thanks.

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    1. Sorry to have missed your comment but I've now contacted you.

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  12. Hi Pam,
    Your work is remarkable! I, too, am a collector of heirlooms and treasures.(and a Pam)
    I am interested in the journal of Joseph Grindell that you mentioned in your blog post of December 2013. My mom is the granddaughter of Joseph Grindell and Evelyn Cousens. She is 97 years old and lives with me. She still talks about her Grandpa Joe--We would love to read the contents of the journal. The link to the full contents on the blog post is not working. Is there any way that you could send the contents to me via email? Is the journal for sale? I would be interested in purchasing it as a gift for my mother. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
    Pam Miele mielep@comcast.net

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  13. Greetings, Interested in the 1837 tax book for Burnham. Is there a digital version of it? Just wanting to see the taxation for William and John Newcomb. William was my 4 times great grandfather. My email has changed since I listed it previously. It is now fiberdetails@yahoo.com.

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  14. How exciting to find this page and all of the heirlooms you have collected. I am a teacher at the CK Burns School in Saco, ME, researching our namesake, Clementine Kendrick Burns. She lived in Saco and was married to Henry Burns. Her obit also says she was a speaker about women's suffrage. I would love to find out if you have any materials or information regarding Clementine, her family the Kendricks, her attendance at Gorham Normal School, or her involvement in the Women's Industrial and Educational Union. Thank you! Carey

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    1. Try the search box in the right margin near the top. That said,there are many things in my collection I haven't gotten to yet, and most of those are Maine. How wonderful that your school was named after an early suffragette - hope your students have fun fleshing out her life!

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    2. Elizabeth Burns

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    3. Apologies - my comment above never posted! My name is Elizabeth Burns. Clementine Kendrick Burns was my great grandmother (my paternal grandfather was her son Alan Lincoln Burns). I'd love to see any information your research turned up, Carey, as we don't know much about her! My email is elizabethdalyburns@gmail.com and I live in Portland. Thank you!

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  15. Is the Samuel Mills IOU for sale? Please advise.

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  16. Hello Pam, I came across your post about the Whipple/True Family. I am wondering if the picture you have of Lottie is for sale? My phone number is 617-717-9615. Thank you.

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  17. Hello Pam, I came across your post about the Whipple/True Family. I am wondering if the picture you have of Lottie is for sale? My phone number is 617-717-9615. Thank you.

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  18. Pam,
    I just discovered your blog. I am a descendent of Pendletons from Islesboro, Maine. I am a descendent of Captain Joshua Pendleton. He is my 5x great grandfather. He was born in 1755 in Stonington, Connecticut. His family moved to Islesboro, Maine in 1771. I would more than happy to share the information I have about this branch of my tree. Terry

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  19. Hello!

    Do you try and reunite the items with the families with whom they originated before selling them?

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    1. My goal is to place them with descendants of the original owner or a person mentioned in the item - sometimes to an appropriate repository or to a researcher who will make their research available. As long as I'm able to care for them, they are safe here. This is not a business in that sense.

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  20. Not sure if this is a repeat.
    But regarding the autographed Lutherville Female Seminary album, Marion McConkey is my great grandmother, her daughter, Irene, is my paternal grandmother.
    Where did you acquire this album?

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  21. Have an ancestor photo from G.H. Smyth photography from milbridge, maine. Who is she? How do I get this photo to you? Ancestor is Captain Alonzo Wallace who went to different places in the world. Little girl seated on a wicker chair with long hair pulled back with white ribbon and white printed dress with a lace collar. Brown eyes and hair. Hands in her lap. Dress has long sleeves. She is looking off to the left. A lovely child with a serious look. Look forward to hearing from you. Senick@twc.com Susan Strout Nickerson

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