Have a Seat in Lowell, Massachusetts

Photos taken in Boarding House Park, facing the stage, with the Boott Cotton Mills Museum in the background. The trolley takes visitors, free of charge, to and from the Museum to the Lowell National Park Visitors Center.

Historical Society -- Newport, Rhode Island

 Newport Historical Society, Newport, Rhode Island

Thornton of Lowell, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday

 

CHARLES H. THORNTON

1840 - 1907

HENRY R. THORNTON

1813 - 1862

HIS WIFE

HARRIET P. RANDAL

1813 - 1889

CHILDREN

HARRIET M. THORNTON

1839 - 1892

ELLEN A. THORNTON

1839 - 1894

(NAMES ON 3 SIDES OF THE MONUMENT)

BURIED AT LOWELL CEMETERY, LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS

Surname Saturday -- JOHN ALDEN Family of Massachusetts

After two years of posting my surnames of other ancestors, I'm finally doing one of my oldest lines, that of the John Alden (of the Mayflower) line. Direct lines are in green.

Cemetery photos for Elizabeth Alden and WilliamPabodie may be seen at these links.

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN ALDEN was born BEF 12 SEP 1598 in England, and died 12 SEP 1687 in (Prob.) Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Miles Standish Burial Ground, So. Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He married PRISCILLA MULLINS BEF JUN 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, daughter of WILLIAM MULLINS and ALICE PORETIERS?. She was born BEF 1605 in (Prob.) Dorking Co., Surrey, England, and died AFT 1650 in (Prob.) Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She was buried in Miles Standish Burial Ground, So. Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.


Children of JOHN ALDEN and PRISCILLA MULLINS were:
2 i. Mary ALDEN was born in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 13 JUN 1688.

3 ii. Priscilla ALDEN was born in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 13 JUN 1688.

+ 4 iii. ELISABETH ALDEN was born ABT 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 31 MAY 1717 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island.

5 iv. John ALDEN was born ABT 1626 in (Prob.) Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 14 MAR 1701 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth PHILLIPS 1 APR 1660 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

6 v. Joseph ALDEN was born AFT 22 MAY 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA or Duxbury, and died 8 FEB 1696 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He married Mary SIMMONS ABT 1660 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

7 vi. Sarah ALDEN was born ABT 1630 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died BEF 13 JUN 1688. She married Alexander STANDISH ABT 1650 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

8 vii. Jonathan ALDEN was born ABT 1633 in Plymouth or Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 14 FEB 1697 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He married Abigail HALLETT 10 DEC 1672 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, daughter of Andrew HALLETT. She was born ABT 1644, and died 17 AUG 1725.

+ 9 viii. Ruth ALDEN was born ABT 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 12 OCT 1674 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

10 ix. David ALDEN was born ABT 1645 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died BET 2 JUL 1718 AND 1 APR 1719. He married Mary SOUTHWORTH BEF 1670 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

11 x. Rebecca ALDEN was born BEF 1649 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died BET 12 JUN 1696 AND 5 OCT 1722. She married Thomas DELANO ABT 1667 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 2

4. ELISABETH ALDEN (JOHN ALDEN1) was born ABT 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 31 MAY 1717 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She was buried in Old Commons Cemetery, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She married WILLIAM PABODIE 26 DEC 1644 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, son of JOHN PABODIE and ISABEL HARPER BRITTAINE?. He was born BET 1616 AND 1619 in England, and died 13 DEC 1707 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He was buried in Old Commons Cemetery, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island.


Children of ELISABETH ALDEN and WILLIAM PABODIE were:
12 i. John PABODIE was born 4 OCT 1645 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 17 NOV 1669 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

13 ii. Elizabeth PABODIE was born 24 APR 1647 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died BET 4 MAY 1677 AND OCT 1679. She married John ROGERS 16 NOV 1666 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

14 iii. Mary PABODIE was born 7 AUG 1648 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 11 DEC 1727. She married Edward SOUTHWORTH 16 NOV 1671 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

15 iv. Mercy PABODIE was born 2 JAN 1649 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died BET 26 SEP 1728 AND 8 NOV 1728. She married John SIMMONS 16 NOV 1669 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

16 v. Martha PABODIE was born 24 FEB 1650 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 25 JAN 1712 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She married Samuel SEABURY 4 APR 1677 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She married William FOBES AFT 5 AUG 1681 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island.

17 vi. Priscilla PABODIE was born 16 NOV 1652 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 2 MAR 1653 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

18 vii. Priscilla PABODIE was born 15 JAN 1653 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 3 JUN 1724 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She married Ichabod WISWALL 2 DEC 1682 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

19 viii. Sarah PABODIE was born 7 AUG 1656 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 27 AUG 1740 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She married John COE 10 NOV 1681 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

20 ix. Ruth PABODIE was born 27 JUN 1658 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died BET 25 APR 1724 AND 27 MAR 1725. She married Benjamin BARTLETT DEC 1678 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

21 x. Rebecca PABODIE was born 16 OCT 1660 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died DEC 1702 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island. She married William SOUTHWORTH ABT 1680 in Duxbury / Little Compton.

22 xi. Hannah PABODIE was born 15 OCT 1662 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 29 APR 1723 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She married John CHURCHILL. She married Samuel BARTLETT 2 AUG 1682 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, son of ROBERT BARTLETT and ANN w\o ROBERT BARTLETT. He was born ABT 1639 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts?, and died 26 FEB 1711 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

23 xii. William PABODIE was born 24 NOV 1664 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 17 SEP 1744 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He married Elizabeth PECK. He married Mary STARR. He married Judith TILDEN BEF 1698 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island.

+ 24 xiii. LYDIA PABODIE was born 3 APR 1667 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 13 JUL 1748 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

9. Ruth ALDEN (JOHN ALDEN1) was born ABT 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 12 OCT 1674 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. She married John BASS 3 FEB 1657 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.


Child of Ruth ALDEN and John BASS was:
25 i. Mary BASS. She married William COPELAND.

Generation No. 3

24. LYDIA PABODIE (ELISABETH ALDEN2, JOHN ALDEN1) was born 3 APR 1667 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died 13 JUL 1748 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married DANIEL GRINNELL BET 1683 AND 31 JUL 1694 in Little Compton / Saybrook, son of DANIEL GRINNELL and MARY WODELL. He was born ABT 1664 in (Prob.) Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island, and died 7 JAN 1741 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.


Children of LYDIA PABODIE and DANIEL GRINNELL were:
+ 26 i. MARY GRINNELL was born 1685 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, and died 9 JUN 1755 in Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

+ 27 ii. Elizabeth GRINNELL was born ABT 1687 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, and died 20 JAN 1747 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

+ 28 iii. Priscilla GRINNELL was born ABT 1689 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, and died 11 JAN 1770 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

+ 29 iv. Pabody GRINNELL was born ABT 1691 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, and died 5 AUG 1767 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

30 v. Lydia GRINNELL was born ABT 1693 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, and died BEF NOV 1726 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Joseph CLARK 25 SEP 1712 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

31 vi. Rebecca GRINNELL was born ABT 1695 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, and died AFT 6 OCT 1762 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married John DOUD BEF NOV 1726. She married Gideon WELLMAN 13 FEB 1741 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

32 vii. Sarah GRINNELL was born ABT 1698 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, and died AFT 19 JUN 1754 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married John BROOKER 29 APR 1717 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was born 9 JUL 1695 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 14 DEC 1731. She married John PIKE 27 NOV 1740 in Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Joseph NETTLETON 19 JUN 1754 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was born ABT 1683, and died 20 OCT 1767 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

33 viii. George GRINNELL was born 12 APR 1702 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, and died 11 NOV 1759 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Mary BULL 31 JAN 1725 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of EDWARD BULL and MARY POST. She was born 22 APR 1708 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 20 SEP 1775 in Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

34 ix. Daniel GRINNELL was born 11 JAN 1708 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died BEF NOV 1726.

35 x. Jemima GRINNELL was born 26 JAN 1705 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 3 FEB 1762 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Abraham CHALKER 4 MAR 1723 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of Abraham CHALKER and Deborah BARBER. He died 20 SEP 1783 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

Seeing Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire

Lake Sunapee

Dinner Cruise around the lake, Sept. 21, 2011.

Everything was perfect about this cruise, even the cloudy weather because it gave me the best vivid photos. 

Mayflower Ancestors (Rev.) HAPPY THANKSGIVING

My grandparents bought this tile in England over 40 years ago. When my grandfather died, the tile was one of the things I wanted. I keep it on a table, and it's a nice reminder of my two ancestors who were on the Mayflower:

John Alden m. Priscilla Mullins

Elizabeth Alden m. William Pabodie

Lydia Pabodie m. Daniel Grinnell

Mary Grinnell m. Robert Lay

Daniel Lay m. Anne / Hannah Bull

Daniel Lay m. Hannah Stannard

Daniel Lay m. Anna Brown

Huldah Lay m. Alexander Farmer

John Nelson Farmer m. Lana Scrambling /Schrambling

Sarah Belle Farmer m. Yates Adams

Marjorie Anderson Adams m. Clarence F. Poole

John A. Poole m. Jane T. Bishop

Barbara Poole

William Mullins m. Alice Poretiers?

Priscilla Mullins m. John Alden

Elizabeth Alden m. William Pabodie

Lydia Pabodie m. Daniel Grinnell

Mary Grinnell m. Robert Lay

Daniel Lay m. Anne / Hannah Bull

Daniel Lay m. Hannah Stannard

Daniel Lay m. Anna Brown

Huldah Lay m. Alexander Farmer

John Nelson Farmer m. Lana Scrambling /Schrambling

Sarah Belle Farmer m. Yates Adams

Marjorie Anderson Adams m. Clarence F. Poole

John A. Poole m. Jane T. Bishop

Barbara Poole

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYBODY

Tombstone Tuesday -- Newhall of Malden, Massachusetts

Lieut. Thomas Newhall

Born: November 1653

Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Died: July 13, 1728

Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

His wife,

Rebeckah Greene Newhall

Rebeckah Green

Born: About 1653

Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

Died: 25 May 1726

Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts


They are my 7th great-grandparents.

The Newhall's buried side by side.

Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts

Above are the foot stones for Thomas and Rebeckah.

Fiske of Lowell, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday

WILLIAM O. FISKE

BVT BRIGADIER GENERAL

U.S.V

JUNE 4, 1838

FEB 2, 1886

HIS WIFE, MARY AUGUSTA FISKE, BELOW

MARY AUGUSTA
WIFE OF
WILLIAM O. FISKE
DIED APR. 19, 1876
AGED 27 YRS.


BURIED AT LOWELL CEMETERY, LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS

Another Place to Find Obituaries

What if you haven't found a newspaper obituary, like for my great-granduncle below? Don't despair. I discovered his in the Obituary Record of Yale Graduates, 1926-1927, and was pleasantly surprised. Not only was there a good deal about William's ancestors, but there was information about his education, employment, and family. Don't overlook resources like this, for it could be better than a newspaper.


Obituary Record of Yale Graduates, 1926-1927.
Bulletin of Yale University, New Haven
Pages: 143-144.


"William Frederick Poole, B.A. 1891
Born January 14, 1868, in Melrose, Mass.
Died September 19, 1926, in Canton, Mass.


Father, William Frederick Poole (B.A. 1849, LL.D. Northwestern University 1882); a librarian; author of Poole's Index to Periodical Literature; son of Ward and Eliza (Wilder) Poole; seventh in descent from John Poole, who came from England to Cambridge, Mass., in 1630 and settled in Reading, Mass., in 1632. Mother, Fanny Maria (Gleason) Poole; descendant of Thomas Gleason [Leeson, Leason], who was born in Sulgrave, Northampton County, England, in 1617 and died in Cambridge, Mass., in 1686; descended also from William Hulberd, who came from Northumberland County, England, to Dorchester, Mass., in 1630 and moved to Windsor, Conn., in 1635. Yale relatives include an uncle, Henry W. Poole (B.A. 1845), and a brother-in-law, the Rev. Z. Swift Holbrook (B.A. 1875).



Evanston (Ill.) High School and Phillips-Andover. Second dispute appointment Junior year; first colloquy appointment Senior year; captain Freshman Baseball Team and member University Baseball Team three years; member Apollo and University Glee clubs, College Choir, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones.


LL.B. Northwestern University 1893; during next six years practiced law in Chicago, being connected with firm of Hamlin, Scott and Lord; they moved to Boston, where he acted as attorney for Massachusetts Telephone Company until 1902; since then had been engaged in the general practice of law in Boston; associated in practice with Charles G.  Bancroft and John Curtin 1904-1915; since then partner in form of Curtin, Poole and Allen and its successor, Curtin, Poole, Allen and Cooch; officer and director in several corporations; member New Old South (Congregational) Church, Boston, and also First Congregational Church, Canton.


Married November 10, 1915, in Canton, Mass., Sally McKendry, daughter of Larra Wentworth and Hannah Eliza (Day) Sumner. Children: Elizabeth, William Frederick, and Sally Sumner.


Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Buried in Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton. Survived by wife,  son, two daughters, and two sisters, Miss Mary Poole, a non-graduate member of the Wellesley Class of 1883, and Mrs. C. Clarence Poole, both of Evanston, Ill."

 

 

A Surprising Survey

Bill West, in front, at the NEHGS Library.

Every Wednesday for many years, the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) has been posting The Weekly Genealogist, a free internet magazine, or ezine online. During the past year, one of their features has been a short survey, pertaining to various aspects of genealogy. I've been wondering if they were ever going to cover blog questions.


Well they finally covered blogs, and the survey was posted yesterday. I wrote NEHGS to get permission to print their results. Their reply was, "We've certainly had a range of responses to our blog survey questions – from people asking what a blog is to people saying they follow hundreds.  It is interesting that there is such a variety of experiences."

"Last week’s survey asked how many genealogical blogs you follow. The results are:

• 60%, I follow no blogs.
• 24%, I follow 1–2 blogs.
• 10%, I follow 3–5 blogs.
• 2%, I follow 6–10 blogs.
• 3%, I follow over ten blogs."

Wow, 60% don't follow anybody and only 3% follow more than ten blogs.

I know most of my followers are also bloggers. If I want to reach those who don't blog or don't know what a blog is, perhaps there needs to be a way to reach that population. Magazines may write about blogs, but how good of a job are they doing, are they really explaining them, and giving examples? As a blogger, I can't reach those 60% because they don't follow anybody.


What's the purpose of blogging, other than sharing, hoping to make connections or trying to get readers to buy products listed on their site so they can make money? Now, I'm trying to justify my blog. Do I want to reach the 60% or should I be content with the possibility of reaching just 3%. I'm not trying to make money, just want to share and help, so am I wasting my time?


Note: I received a message from NEHGS this morning. Lynn wrote: "Just over 2,000 people replied to that survey."

Cote's Market -- Lowell, Massachusetts

Update: Cote's is now 100 years old, and the business is being sold.

See the Lowell Sun Newspaper of June 25, 2017 to read article.

Cote's Market, Lowell, Massachusetts

Curt  Levasseur, son of the owner, holding photo from years ago. Cote's has been in the same family for 97 years.

Rodliff of Lowell, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday

RODLIFF

Ferdinand  1806  --  1898

Peace W.  --  1806  --  1892

Charles H.  1833  --  1858

BURIED AT LOWELL CEMETERY, LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS

The Sad End of Liberty Adams

Twenty-five years after Liberty Adams was born, he married, and twenty-one years later, he died, leaving a widow and three children. A letter from his son in 1906 says Liberty died of peritonitis after an illness of five days.  He was reported to be an alcoholic.  The coffin and box cost $30, and his burial lot was $6.

Liberty's Probate packet consisted of 30 pages for the estate of Liberty Adams, who died intestate on March 14, 1867, at the age of 45. He left behind his widow, Martha Anderson Adams, and three children, John A. Adams, Yates A. Adams, and Aletta B. Adams (the last two under age 14). My cousin Claire obtained the probate papers and sent them to me.  Important documents were either typed or scanned and are displayed below. These were obtained from the Batavia Court House, I believe, maybe 20 years ago. As of January 15, 2023, they are not online. 

Genesee County,

Surrogate's Court.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OF 

Liberty Adams

Deceased.

TO THE SURROGATE OF THE COUNTY OF GENESEE ;

I, Martha Adams,

Administratrix of the goods, chattels, and credits of Liberty Adams late of the town of Stafford, in the County of Genesee, do render the following account of my proceedings as such Administratrix for the final settlement, allowance, and distribution, viz :

On the 29th day of March 1867, Letters of Administration of the estate of said deceased were issued to me.

On the 10th day of April 1867, I caused an Inventory of the personal estate of said deceased to be filed in the Surrogate's Office of said County, which personal estate therein set forth amounts by appraisement of Appraisers to the sum of $979.99.

On or about the first day of October 1867, caused a notice to creditors to present their claims, to be published as required by law, pursuant to the order of the Surrogate. (Below are Schedules A-F.)

"All moneys paid for funeral and other necessary expenses for said estate."

Receipt indicating the Burial Lot number for Liberty.

"Contains the names, places of residence of all persons entitled as a widow or next of kin, of the said deceased, and if any of them are minors, the ages of such minors, and the names and places of residence of their guardians, if they have guardians.

Obituary -- Avery Schramling Early Iowa Pioneer

SABULA, IOWA PAPER

DEC. 1899

Avery A. Schramling

A letter received by L. H. Steen from Garber, Oklahoma conveys the sad news of the death A. A. Schramling, which occurred at the home of his son, D. J. Schramling, near Garber, on the 21st inst. The letter says: "The last two years of his life has been one constant misery and worry, being of such an active disposition it was impossible for him to give up and be contented. His children have been kind and attentive to him. He passed the time with the two oldest boys, William, in Washington Co., Kan., D. J., near Garber. P. H. lives near Woodward, Oak.; E. H. lives in Hayleyville, Ia.; Mrs. Joy, the eldest daughter, lives at Villisca, Ia., and Mrs. Traver, the youngest daughter, near Lakeside, Neb. They all visited with him during the past summer.  The cause of his death was old age and heart failure. He passed away peacefully and the remains were taken to Ida Grove, Ia., for interment by the side of the beloved who passed to the Beyond in 1899."

Avery A. Schramling was one of the early pioneers of Sabula and made his home here for many years. His cheerful, sunny disposition made him a general favorite during those days of pioneer hardships and there are a few old settlers in Jackson county who will not readily recall "Ave" Schramling with kind memories.

Deceased was a brother of Frederick Schramling, one of the well known pioneers of this locality passed away a number of years ago, and a brother-in-law of Jos. McElroy who was one of the few Sabula pioneers still living. He was born in Otsego county, N.Y., in 1819 and came to Sabula in 1839 or 1840. Mr. Schramling appeared to have the surviving instinct of the typical pioneer and was never more at home than when roving about the track__ west in his old "prairie schooner." In 1849 he, in company with J. McElroy, M. McMullen, and his brothers Dave and John Schramling. They drove through California, they numbered among the '49ers early? pioneer gold miners. Messrs. McElroy and the subject of  this which? returned to their Iowa home in the fall of 1852, but in 1859 they again set forth to take a hand in the gold diggings at Pike's Peak. Returning miners discouraged them, however and they returned to Sabula without reaching the mines.

In 1861 another Sabula party consisting of Messrs. Fred and Ave Schramling, Dr. Seymour Day, Geo. Farquhar , A. C. Ferguson, John Hayes, S. L. Watts, Dolph Smith, John? Hess and others, started for the mines in Montana, where most of the party remained nearly two years, but in a few days after reaching that country Messrs. Schrambling and Farquhar started up into the British possessions and competed a 2,200 mile drive before returning to their companions.

Mr. Schramling's death makes another break in the rapidly thinning ranks of Sabula's pioneers, and his children will have the earnest sympathy of his old time friends and acquaintances.

Appleton Avery was my 1st cousin, 5 times removed.

I found the obituary at the DAR Headquarters in Washington, DC (in the file of his niece's application paper).

Missing for 68 Years, Finally Laid to Rest

The Sunday I read about WWII Air Force 2nd Lt. Martin Patrick Murray being finally laid to rest, after missing almost 68 years, I knew he would be my topic for Veteran's Day, 2011.  The local paper had a large article about his burial on April 16, 2011 and the following day, my husband and I went to St. Patrick's Cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts, but couldn't locate where he was buried. Today, the cemetery provided me with the exact location, and of course I took the photo. Amazingly, nobody had taken a photo for Find A Grave, although there was an entry for him. It appears that the contributor obtained her information from one of the many newspapers that carried the story.

From the Boston Globe
From The Boston Channel
From WCVB Channel

From The Lowell Sun newspaper, his obituary:


Martin Patrick Murray

WWII Army Air Corps. Aviator
lost in The South Pacific over 67 years ago

MOROBE PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- Martin Patrick Murray, 22, of Lowell, passed away on October 28, 1944. He was the co-pilot of a B-24D Liberator aircraft that was lost in the South Pacific while on a reconnoissance mission during World War II.

Born March 13, 1922, in Lowell, he was the son of the late Martin A. and the late Katherine M. (Clancy) Murray, and he was educated in the local schools. He grew up in South Lowell, on Cosgrove Street and was a communicant of the former Sacred Heart Parish.

He enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in March of 1942, and quickly rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant. On October 27, 1943, he and his crew were on a reconnoissance mission of the shipping lanes in the Bismarck Sea. Shortly before losing radio contact, the crew was told to abort the mission due to poor weather conditions. The crew was never heard from again, and despite numerous search efforts, ultimately the 12 crewmen were placed in the status of presumed dead.

In August of 2003 it was reported to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command that the wreckage of a WWII era aircraft was found in the Morobe Province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. After unsuccessful attempts to reach the site in 2003 and 2004, the site was reached in 2005 and identified as the B-24D Liberator that was lost with Second Lieutenant Murray and crew. After recovering what was possible, the site was excavated in early 2007. It was then that the remains of Second Lieutenant Murray and the 11 other men were finally recovered, and then identified by the Armed Services DNA Identification Laboratory.

When he passed away in 1944, he was survived by his parents, and his three sisters, Mary Claire Murray, of Lowell, Catherine S. Murray of Lowell, and Eileen M. and her husband, Henry S. Trembley of Boston.

During the 64 years that he was missing, all of his immediate family have passed away, currently he is survived by many cousins in the New England area.

AT THE FAMILY'S REQUEST, 2ND LT. MURRAY'S CALLING HOURS AND FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD PRIVATELY ON SATURDAY, APRIL 16 AT THE MCDONOUGH FUNERAL HOME, 14 HIGHLAND STREET, LOWELL, 978-458-6816. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE FAMILY FOR HIS BURIAL WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS INCLUDING A MILITARY AIRCRAFT FLYOVER AT ST. PATRICK CEMETERY BETWEEN 10:15 AND 11 A.M. PLEASE VISIT US AT MCDONOUGHFUNERALHOME.COM TO SEND THE FAMILY AN E-CONDOLENCE AT ANY TIME.
Published in Lowell Sun from April 14 to April 15, 2011

Previous posts for Veterans Day were:
Princess Diana and Charles on Veteran's Day.
President Carter at Arlington National Cemetery on Veteran's Day.
The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial and Me in Uniform.

Wordless Wednesday -- Have a Wonderful Day

Tombstone Tuesday -- What's the Name?

Tombstone located in Rindge, New Hampshire