1887 Palermo, Maine Teaching Certificate for Maude Caswell

1887 State of Maine Certificate No. 18 for Palermo, Maine, November 21, 1887 certifying Miss Maude Caswell as competent to teach in the subjects of Reading, Spelling, English Grammar, Georgraphy, History, Arithmetic, Bookkeeping and Physiology. 

The certificate was signed by A. B. Glidden, Supervisor, who may have been Ansel B. Glidden (1857-1904).

From online research, hopefully correct - corrections requested:

Maude Nettie Caswell (1866-1948) was born in 1867 in Maine, perhaps in Union, the daughter of Lendall Caswell and his wife Ellen (Gower) Caswell.  

In 1892, Maude married George D. Rowe (1866-1934), the son of Charles S. Rowe and his wife Huldah (Stearns) Rowe, both of whom were born in Smithfield, Maine.  

George D. Rowe was a physician in Augusta, Maine.  He was associated with the Maine State Asylum, now known as Riverview Psychiatric Center.  I found George and Maude living in Providence, Rhode Island in the 1910-1930 Censuses.  No one else was listed as living with them.  I haven't yet found them in the 1900 Census, so am not sure if they ever had any children.

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CDV of Ed Carver; taken by Bangor, Maine Studio

Carte de Visite of "Uncle Ed. Carver" taken by Studio of H. C. & G. W. Call, Photo Artists, No. 2, Smith's Block, Bangor, Maine.  

From online research, hopefully correct, and hopefully with the correct "Uncle Ed Carver":


Edward Kent Carver was born 13 December 1841 at Lagrange, Maine, the son of Cyrus and Mary A. (Waterhouse) Carver.  His paternal grandparents were Nathan and Hannah (Matthews) Carver, born in Massachusetts and Maine respectively.  His maternal grandparents were John and Elizabeth (Jackson) Waterhouse.


Edward Kent Carver served in the Civil War in Company B, Maine 20th Infantry Regiment.  He mustered in on 29 August 1862 and mustered out 15 June 1864.


On 13 November 1870, Edward Kent Carver married Eunice Babson Merrill, who was born 30 October 1845 at Bangor, Maine, the daughter of Joseph Raynes Merrill and his wife Tamson Babson Gray.  Her paternal grandparents were Charles R. and Eunice (Raynes) Merrill.  I don't as yet have information on Tamson Babson Gray's parents.


The couple settled in Glenburn, Maine, which is adjacent to Bangor, and raised a family of six children: Cyrus W. Carver; Gertrude Carver; Mary Annie Carver; Joseph R. Carver; Margaret Merrill Carver; Mahala Maude Carver.


Edward Kent Carver died at Glenburn on 23 January 1899.  His widow Eunice died at Glenburn on 18 February 1921.


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4 Cabinet Photos of the Cartland & Graham Families of Maine

Four cabinet photographs of the Cartland and Graham families: Isaiah Cartland (shown above); Isaiah's daughter Mary Rich Cartland, who married William Graham, Scottish immigrant; Mary's son William T. Graham; Isaiah's sister, who was the second wife of William Penn Tuttle of the historic Tuttle Farm family.


The reverse of the photograph of Isaiah Cartland:

Below, photograph of Mary Rich Cartland:

The reverse of her photograph:

Mary's son, William T. Graham:

The reverse of William's photograph:

Isaiah Cartland's sister, Lydia M. Cartland, who married William Penn Tuttle:

The reverse of Lydia's photograph:

From online research, hopefully correct:


Isaiah Cartland was born on 9 September 1829 at Windham, Maine, the son of Charles and Miriam (Robinson) Cartland, both born in New Hampshire.  His paternal grandparents were Pelatiah and Anna (Hanson) Cartland of New Hampshire.  His maternal grandparents were Stephen and Content (Alley) Robinson, born in Kittery, Maine, and New Hampshire respectively.


On 24 August 1852, Isaiah Cartland married Eunice Hacker Rich, who was born 27 December 1827 at Lynn, Masachusetts, the daughter of Thomas and Eunice (Jones) Rich.    Isaiah and Eunice lived in Portland, Maine and raised a daughter, Mary Rich Cartland and a son Thomas P. R. Cartland.


Mary Rich Cartland, whose photograph appears above, was born 13 July 1853 at Brunswick, Maine, the daughter of Isaiah and Eunice Hacker (Rich) Cartland.  Her paternal grandparents were Charles and Miriam (Robinson) Cartland.  Her maternal grandparents were Thomas and Eunice (Jones) Rich.


In 1878, Mary Rich Cartland married William Graham, who was born in Scotland, perhaps in April of 1853. I don't as yet have information on his parents, though I assume they were also immigrants to the United States, as William was only about three when he arrived here.


Mary Rich (Cartland) and William Graham lived at Portland, Maine and had at least three children: William T. Graham; Eunice M. Graham and Paul G. Graham.


Their son William T. Graham was born 30 December 1879 at Manchester, New Hampshire.  On 24 April 1907, he married Lucy Ellen Cartland, who was born 11 December 1879, the daughter of Charles Everett Cartland and Frances Ellen (Tracy) Cartland.  Her paternal grandparents were Cyrus and Phoebe Rogers (Jones) Cartland.  Cyrus was the brother mentioned on the reverse of two of the photographs above.  Lucy Ellen Cartland's maternal grandparents were John Orr Tracy and his wife Octavia Philbrook.  


The last photograph shows Lydia M. Cartland, Isaiah's sister.  She was born 20 October 1831 at Windham, Maine, the daughter of Charles and Miriam (Robinson) Cartland.  Her paternal grandparents were Pelatiah and Anna (Hanson) Cartland.  Her maternal grandparents were Stephen and Content (Alley) Robinson.


On 28 March 1872 at Strafford County, New Hampshire, she became the second wife of William Penn Tuttle of the historic Tuttle farm family.  He was born 26 June 1823 at Dover, New Hampshire, the son of Joseph and Sarah (Pinkham) Tuttle.  His paternal grandparents were William and Anna (Hanson) Tuttle.  His maternal grandparents were Joseph and Elizabeth (Green) Pinkham.    William Penn Tuttle's first wife was Mary Varney.  After Lydia's death, he married Hannah Coffin Hanson.  I believe his only child was with first wife Mary Varney, a son George E. Tuttle, who died in infancy.


By the way, I've mentioned two Anna Hansons in this post, but they were different people.


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See the page for the Cartland family at the Maine and Maritime Canada genealogy network.


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Cabinet Photo of Young Woman Lettie M. Carter, Pembroke, Maine area; m. Edgar E. Sylvia

Cabinet photo of a young woman identified on reverse as the mother of Glenn C. Sylvia, PO Box 38, Bernard, Maine 04612.  His mother was Lettie M. Carter, who married Edgar Everett Sylvia.

From online research, hopefully correct:


Lettie M. Carter was born in October of 1876 at Edmunds, Maine, the daughter of Albert M. and Josephine (Jones) Carter.  Her paternal grandparents were Samuel and Sarah (Cox) Carter.  Her maternal grandparents were Nathaniel C. and Maribeth (whose maiden name and parents elude me) Jones.


On 25 January 1897 at Edmunds, Maine, she married Edgar Everett Sylvia, who was born 27 February 1876, also at Edmunds, Maine, the son of Noah and Sophia (Gardner) Sylvia.  His paternal grandparents were John LaSilva, reportedly from Portugal, and Lavinia (Morang) LaSilva.  The LaSilva/Sylvia surname has several variations.  Edgar's maternal grandparents were Abner and Jane F. (Babb) Gardner.


Lettie and Edgar raised a family in Edmunds, Maine, of at least five children: Esther Sylvia, born about 1898; Edna M. Sylvia, born about 1900; Edgar M. Sylvia, born about 1901; Wilhelmina S., born about 1911; and Glenn C. Sylvia, born in 1914.  


View the page at the Maine & Maritime Canada genealogy network for Lettie M. Carter and Edgar Everett Sylvia


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Edmunds, Maine is located in downeast Washington County, situated along Cobscook Bay.


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Photo of sisters Ruth Marguerite Carney & Alice Gwendoline Carney, Newcastle, Maine

December 1907 photograph of sisters Ruth Marguerite Carney and Alice Gwendoline, who were born in Newcastle, Maine in the early 1900s.  

From online research, hopefully correct:


Ruth Marguerite Carney was born 5 September 1902 at Newcastle, Maine.  Her sister Alice Gwendoline Carney was born 15 September 1903.  They were the daughters of Franklin Irving Carney and his second wife Flora I. (Sprague) Carney.  


They had an older sister, Gladys Emma Carney, and a younger one, Dorothy.


Their paternal grandparents were Franklin Lafayette Carney and his wife Cecilia A. (Mahoney) Carney.  Their maternal grandparents were Elisha B. Sprague and his wife Mary Priscilla (Lash) Sprague.


Their father was first married to Jennie M. Mosher, who died in 1896, after having three children: Richard, Marion and Doris.


I found quite a bit of information online on Ruth and Alice's grandfather, Franklin Lafayette Carney, who was born in Boston and became a businessman and person of influence in the midcoast area of Maine.  He got his middle name at the age of about six months when he was being held in the crowd as General Lafayette was riding by on a tour of Boston.  Lafayette stopped to admire him and was told that the baby's middle name would be Lafayette from that point on.


I believe that Ruth Margaret Carney never married.  She died in 1982.  See the page at the Maine & Maritime Canada network for Ruth Marguerite Carney.


On 12 September 1928, Alice Gwendoline Carney married James Archibald Robinson, who was born 14 July 1906 at Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Harry Ellsworth Robinson and his wife Ruth Ella (Webster) Robinson.   They are in the 1930 Census of Stamford, Connecticut.  Alice died in 1989.


See the page at the Maine & Maritime Canada network for Alice Gwendoline Carney.


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Invitation to 1903 Wedding of Grace Dean Capen and John Martin Bieler, at Eastport, Maine

Invitation to the wedding of Grace Dean Capen and John Martin Bieler, to be held Wednesday afternoon June 17, 1903, at the Central Congregational Church, Eastport, Maine.


Grace Dean Capen was born 8 May 1876 at Pembroke, Maine, the daughter of David Ross Capen and his wife Sarah A. (Dean) Capen, born in Eastport and Pembroke respectively.  Her paternal grandparents were John and Sarah Lydia (Leighton) Capen.  I haven't yet found the parents of Sarah A. Dean.


John Martin Bieler, a minister, was born about 1873 in Germany.  His parents' names appear on his marriage license but they are hard to decipher: perhaps Conrad Muhlbaurn and Christina Bauselder.  Perhaps Conrad's last name was Bieler but this was assumed and not entered on the license.


I found the couple with their daughter in the 1920 Census of Machias, Maine, where John's occupation was listed as Clergyman.   I found a reference where John Martin Bieler graduated from the Hartford Theological Seminary in 1901.


Visit the page at Maine & Maritime Canada Genealogy network for the page of Grace Dean Capen and her husband John Martin Bieler.


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1899 Photo at Eastern State Normal School of Carrie B. Calligan, b. Grand Lake Stream, Maine

Photograph of Carrie B. Calligan, who was a member of the Class of 1899 at Eastern State Normal School in Castine, Maine.

From online research, hopefully correct - corrections requested:

Carrie B. Calligan was born about March of 1878 at Grand Lake Stream, Maine, the daughter of Thomas Calligan, who was born in Calais, Maine on 15 June 1840, and his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" F. (Calligan) Calligan, who was born 20 December, 1843 in Machiasport, Maine.  

On 24 June 1903, Carrie married George B. McDonald, who was born about January of 1872 at Grand Lake Stream, Maine, the son of Augustine McDonald, born at St. Peter Lake, Prince Edward Island, and Harriet Dinsmore, born in Talmadge, Maine. 

In the 1920 and 1930 Censuses, the couple was living in Calais, Maine, and had at least one child, a daughter, living with them.  I haven't yet found them in the 1910 or 1911 Census of the US or Canada.

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