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The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

Along with my New England roots, other areas include New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for topics (please note, they need work). Below the labels and pageviews is a listing of my top nine posts, according to Google. Four of them pertain to Lowell, MA. These posts change often because they are based on what people are reading.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Anderson -- Norway to Lowell, Massachusetts -- Tombstone Tuesday

Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts
PEDER ANDERSON
BORN
IN BERGEN, NORWAY.
AUG. 14, 1810,
ARRIVED
IN THIS COUNTRY.
AUG. 7, 1830,
DIED IN LOWELL.
JULY  27, 1874.

A TRUE FRIEND OF HIS NATIVE
AND OF HIS ADOPTED COUNTRY.

MARTHA FISHER
WIFE OF
PEDER ANDERSON
BORN IN
LANCASTER, MASS.
AUG. 20, 1819.
DIED IN LOWELL.
MAR. 1, 1905.

ANNA F. ANDERSON
DAUGHTER OF
PEDER AND MARTHA
ANDERSON
BORN JAN. 13, 1849
DIED FEB. 5, 1921
_______

ELIZABETH  W. ANDERSON
DAUGHTER OF
PEDER AND MARTHA
ANDERSON
BORN JAN. 26, 1850
DIED AUG. 3, 1933

Additional information:
Per Lowell Vital records:  Fisher, Martha, of Lancaster, and Peter Anderson, int. [intention to marry] Oct. 23, 1846 in Lowell.

Per Lowell City Directory for 1870:  Anderson Peter, agent and
treasurer at Baldwin M. C.* home at 31 Anne Street.
* A mill was erected for the manufacture of worsted yarn and carpets in 1841, and a company was afterwards organized as the Baldwin Manufacturing Company, which was very successfully operated for several years, until near the close of the war, when, with many similar companies, they failed.