CDVs of siblings Joseph Clark Lowe & Florence Marion Lowe of Eastport, Maine

Joseph Clark Lowe

CDVs of siblings Joseph Clark Lowe and Florence Marion Lowe, children of John Albert Lowe and Anna Maria (Clark) Lowe.

Florence Marion Lowe

Their father, John Albert Lowe, was the son of Isaiah and Mary Jane (Swett) Lowe.  Their mother, Anna Maria (Clark) Lowe, was the daughter of Joseph and Silence (Holmes) Clark. Joseph, born in New Hampshire, was a sea captain.

The children of John A. and Anna Maria (Clark) Lowe:

• Minnie Sherman Lowe, born 7 November 1864; died 25 August 1865
• Joseph Clark Lowe, born 7 July 1866; died 19 March 1941; married Elizabeth M. Smith
• John A. Hilton Lowe, born 28 September 1867; died 16 July 1868
• William Wales Lowe, born 9 August 1869; died 5 May 1945
• Lillian Augusta Lowe, born ?; died 6 September 1872
• Anna Mary Lowe, born 30 September 1873; died 15 December 1873
• Florence Marion Lowe, born 5 September 1876; married Herbert H. Green
• George Edwin Lowe, born 16 April 1878; died 2 July 1878
• Albert Edwin Lowe, born 6 May 1880; died 12 May 1889
• Winfield Scott Lowe, born ?; died 6 October 1881
• John Albert Lowe, born 3 July 1883 at Eastport, Maine

If you have corrections to the information above or additional information to share, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  

These photographs have been shared with the Maine & Maritime Canada Genealogy network, so if you are related to the Lowe siblings, you might want to check the comments section there.

Eastport, Maine


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Tintype of Solomon LeVasseur of Grand Isle and Fort Fairfield, Maine

Tintype of a handsome young man I believe to be Solomon LeVasseur, who was born 23 May 1857 at Grand Isle, Maine, son of Isiah or Isaie LeVasseur and Phelonise "Floria" Hudon Beaulieu LeVasseur, originally of St. Basile, New Brunswick.

He was identified on the reverse as Solomon Vassar, which may have been how he was known just to the person who penned the identification or perhaps to the larger public.  The person from whom I bought the tintype said that the sitter was from Fort Fairfield, Maine.

Solomon LeVasseur married Lucille Augustine J. Dube or Dubay about 1876.  They farmed at Fort Fairfield and raised, at least, one daughter, Agnes, and three sons Edward, Theodore, Simon and William.

If you have more information on Solomon LeVasseur or his wife Lucille Augustine J. Dube/Dubay, or if you feel the young man is a different person, please leave a comment.  

Fort Fairfield, Maine [B] and Grand Isle [A], Maine [Zoom out one click to see both.]


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1909 Probationer's Handbook given by Eastport, Maine, Church to Henry Edward Emery

Probationer's Handbook given by Blakey Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church in 1909 to H. Edward Emery.  I believe the recipient was Henry Edward Emery, who was born 15 January 1883 at Eastport, Maine, the son of Oliver and Josephine M. (Holmes) Emery.

The booklet is approximately 5-1/8" x 3" and contains 96 numbered pages.

Henry Edward Emery, who apparently went by the name of Edward, married Lena Emma Dolson, daughter of Ambry and Mary Dolson.  She was born in New York on 20 October 1884.

Edward had moved to New York as early as 1910 where he's listed in the Census of Fishkill, already married to Lena, and living in her parents' household.  He was working as a bookkeeper.

By the time of the 1920 Census, Edward, Lena and their two daughters were living at Beacon, New York, where Edward was working as a clerk. 

In 1930, the family of four was still at Beacon.  No occupation is listed for Edward.  By the time of the 1940 Census, Edward and Lena were still at Beacon, New York, where Edward was working as a real estate agent.  One of the daughters was out of the household by then.

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Eastport, Maine

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1803 Note Signed by John Soule, Jr., at Freeport, Maine, to Pay Ralph Cross; witnessed by Winslow Webb

Note made by John Soule, Jr., at Freeport, Maine, on 1 June 1803  promising to pay $12.50 to Ralph Cross.  The document was witnessed by Winslow Webb.

See another document that includes the name of Ralph Cross here.

Transcript:

Freeport, June 1, 1803
For Value Received of Ralph Cross, I promise to pay him on his order the Sum of twelve dollars & fifty cents in eight months from date with interest.
Witness                                         John Soule, Jr.
Winslow Webb

John Soule, Jr.
$12.50

If you have corrections to the transcript and/or can decipher some of the other writing, please leave a comment. 

From online research, hopefully correct: [corrections and additions welcome]

I found more than one instance of a John Soule, Jr., at Freeport, Maine.  

Perhaps John Soule, Jr. was the son, born 13 August 1772, of John Soule, described below in "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation", Volume I, by William Richard Cutter, published in 1915.  

If so, then John Soule Jr.'s mother was Elizabeth (Mitchell) Soule, daughter of Benjamin and Mehitable (Bragdon) Soule.

A hitch with this theory is that most online references have this John Soule, Jr., as having died in 1800, whether in error or not.

If you have corroboration that this is the likely John Soule, Jr., or feel that the note maker was a different John Soule, Jr., please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!

Ralph Cross was born about 1764 and was a merchant at Portland, Maine, with a store at Freeport, Maine.  He died 15 October 1815 at Portland, Maine.

It's possible that the note's witness, Winslow Webb, was the son of John and Priscilla (Winslow) Webb, born 4 June 1778 at Hardwick, Massachusetts.  He was living at Freeport, Maine, during the relevant time frame, though he and his family later moved to Turner, Maine.  

That Winslow married Betsy Means/Meins at Freeport, Maine, on 10 January 1805; they had, I believe, twelve children.  

If you have corrections to the information above, or additional information on John Soule, Jr., Ralph Cross and/or Winslow Webb, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks for stopping by!


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1801 Note given by Simeon Sanborn to John Deane, at Standish, Maine

[Note: be sure to scroll down to the comments section for a reader's help with deciphering, as well as information on Simeon Sanborn and Sheriff David Learned.]

Note given by Simeon Sanborn of Standish, Maine, on 28 March 1801, to John Deane, also of Standish, Maine, in the amount of $11.60.

Transcript

Standish 28th March 1801
For value received I promise to pay to John Deane on order the sum of Eleven Dollars and Sixty Cents in Sixty Days from the above date.  Witness my hand.
With interest with the same until paid.
PU Standish       Simeon Sanborn, Gentleman
                         Said to Learned, Sheriff, Livermore or Paris
  11.60
      .26
  69.60
232.0  
301.60

Note
John Deane Esq
Simeon Sanborn

Simeon Sanborn
Note $11.60  54

From online research, hopefully correct: [corrections and additions welcome!]

Simeon Sanborn, assuming I have the right person, was born 5 July 1759 in New Hampshire, son of Daniel and Jane (Moulton) Sanborn, Hampton, New Hampshire natives.  Early in Simeon's life, in 1763, Daniel moved his family moved to Standish, Maine, following the original settler, Ebenezer Shaw.

On 9 January 1782 at Standish, Simeon married Hannah Ward, whose parents, according to a record at Bethel, Maine - see the comments section - were Nathan and Mary (Tret/Treat) Ward.  It's worth noting that many online trees and histories give her parents as Joseph Ward and Mary (Treat) Ward, natives of Barnstable County, Massachusetts, who moved to Maine.  None of the trees list a source, however.

I believe Simeon and Hannah had nine children: Stephen; Mary; Joseph Coleman; John; Hannah; David; Lettice; Lucy; and Esther.

Simeon was the town clerk at Standish for many years, before moving to Greenwood, Maine, and, finally, Bethel, Maine.  I don't know if Simeon himself precipated the moves and drew some members of his family with him, or if he was moving to where one or more of his children had already moved.  He died at Bethel on 28 October 1832.

John Deane was born 11 June 1743 at Dedham, Massachusetts, son of Samuel and Rachel (Dwight) Deane.  On 16 September 1766, at Norton, Massachusetts, John married Miriam Hodges, daughter of Joseph and Miriam Hodges.

By 1786, John Deane had moved to Standish, Maine, where he was elected moderator at the first election there after the town's incorporation in 1785, and where he performed the first marriage at Standish, between Sargent Shaw and Annie Tompson, on 14 September 1786.

They had at least one child, a daughter Miriam, born 6 January 1878.  She married Enoch Freeman Higgins.

John's wife Miriam died in 1791, so it's possible that he was the John Deane of Standish, Maine, who married Mary Jewett at Newburyport, Massachusetts on 20 June 1793. 

John Deane served as Justice of the Peace for Cumberland County, Maine.  He died at Standish, Maine on 6 May 1826.

I found information on Sheriff David Learned here on Find-a-Grave, but the listing itself was apparently for his son.

If you can fill in the blanks in the transcription or if you have corrections to the information above, or additional information on the Sanborn, Deane and Learned families, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!

Standish, Maine


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1908 Wedding Book of George Elwin Martin & Alice Estelle Mildon, Marlborough, Massachusetts

Wedding book from the wedding of George Elwin Martin and Alice Estelle Mildon at Marlborough, Massachusetts, on 9 March 1908.  More about them, below.

Witnesses were Mary Harvey Boggs and Edith G. Chipman.                
The minister who performed the ceremony, Rev. Albert H. Wheelock, left the only message in the Congratulations section.

"The Bridal Souvenir" was published by the American Tract Society in Boston, New York and Chicago and was compiled by Rev. Samuel Cutler and Revised by Rev. John H. Kerr, D.D.  It measures approximately 7" x 4-3/4" and contains 56 numbered pages, plus others.  The original copyright was 1876; the latest copyright shown is 1906.

Two pages of Contents:

The forward was written by John H. Kerr, D.D.

A few representative pages:

 From online research, hopefully correct: [corrections and additions welcome!]

George Elwin Martin was born 13 December 1881 at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, the son of Byron E. Martin and Mary Lizzie (Bass) Martin, who were born at Manchester, New Hampshire, and Sharon, New Hampshire, respectively.

Alice Estelle Mildon was born at Eastport, Maine, about September 1882, the daughter of Frederick Robert Sayles Mildon and Abigail Churchill (Travis) Mildon of Nova Scotia.  Frederick was a mayor of Eastport, Maine before moving to Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Frederick's younger brother, William Shaw Mildon, also born at Weymouth, Nova Scotia, was a successful merchant and civic leader at Eastport, Maine.  William's wife, Sabina (Travis) Mildon, was a sister to Frederick's wife, Abigail Churchill (Travis) Mildon.  

George and Alice lived at Marlborough, Massachusetts, where George was superintendent of the Springhill Cemetery, according to his 1942 World War II Draft Registration Card.  They had at least one child, a daughter.

If you have corrections to the information above, or additions to it, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!

Jaffrey, New Hampshire


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Eastport, Maine


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Marlborough, Massachusetts


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1912 Graduation Program of Farmington High School at Farmington, Maine

Commencement Exercises of the Class of Nineteen Hundred Twelve of the Farmington High School, June 7, 1912, at Farmington, Maine.

Outer covering approximately 13" x 3-1/4", with a thinner ply inner sheet slightly smaller, folded once.  Bounded with a lilac colored cord.  Printed by the Franklin Journal Print, at Farmington, Maine.

March
Invocation, Rev. H. E. Latham
Salutatory, Harry Sanborn Thomas, "Turkey and the Nations"
Song, School, "Sweet Genevieve
Essay, Edith A. Luce, "The Development of the English Drama"
Declamation, John Glenwood Winter, "The Chariot Race"
Semi-Chorus, "The Bells of Seville"
Class History, Jessie M. Pinkham
Orchestra
Class Prophecy, Adah Enola Nickerson
Song, Dorothy McKeen, "Madame Butterfly"
Presentation of Gifts, Ernest S. Knowlton
Valedictory, Golda G. Gushee, "The City of My Dreams"
Presentation of Diplomas
Orchestra

Graduates
Ruth D. Blake
Marion S. Crowell
Florence M. Davis
Golda G. Gushee
Bessie O. Hackett
Ernest S. Knowlton
Clement H. Leavitt
Edith A. Luce
Dorothy McKeen
Robert B. McLeary
A. Enola Nickerson
Vannie E. Oakes
Lottie F. Oliver
Katherine C. Paine
Jessie M. Pinkham
Thaddeus L. Roderick
Clara M. Shaw
Harry S. Thomas
Harold Titcomb
Orren Tufts
Anna R. Vehue
Myra S. Weeks
Gladys E. Weymouth
John G. Winter
Ola M. Wright

If you have information to share on any of the people mentioned above, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

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