Watertown, Massachusetts -- World War II Memorial

To These Gallant Heroes of

World War II

This Memorial is Reverently Dedicated

Leonard Almeda	George H. Elms	Douglas C. Kenney	Felix T. Murphy
George Andreotes	John A. Fantasia	Paul L. Kenney	George M. Natale
Joseph F. Arone	Jessie J. Farese	Armand Keshishian	Paul Nugent
Haig G. Barmakain	Romeo A. Farese	Bruce S. Kindred	Joseph M. O’Callaghan Jr.
Lloyd E. Beckwith	Ernest B. Ford	Robert A. Krancer	Michael  C. Papadopulos
John A. Bedrossian	Robert M. Ford	William H. Kremin	George A. Perkins
Raymond W. Braffitt	Arthur O. Furfey	Walter F. LaFort	Alfred W. Pezzella
Gerald C. Breen	Louis W. Gahran Jr.	John M. Lambert	Ralph A. Piteri
Thomas P. Brennan	George M. Gaitanis	Joseph F. Lennon	Clarence D. Powell
Thomas J. Cannalonga	Leopold W. Gierwiatowski	Minas L. Loisou	Robert F. Prest
Richard A. Carmchael	Joseph H. Gilfoil Jr.	Robert E. Looney	Vincent J. Ranucci
Lawrence L. Cashin	Charles E. Griffith	Charles J. Mackin	Lawrence N. Rice
Louis K. Chaberlain	George F. Harris	Gordon G. MacKennan	John A. Richards
Harry A. Chapanian	Robert E. Hartenstein	John J. Maloney	Henry H. Roberts
Carl I. Christianson	Charles R. Hasekian	William F. Mann	Edward T. Roche Jr.
Alfred B. Coffin	Lester W. Haynes	Paul S. Maroubian	Bernard F. Romano
Maurice L. Cohen	John W. Hennessey	Fredrick N. Martin	Angelo Russo
Alfred F. Cole	Richard K. Henry Jr.	Leo J. Martin	Dominic J. Russo
Nicholas Conti	Thaddeus R. Hubbell	John M. McCall	Edward A. Safer
John M. D’Alanno	Paul W. Hughes	Allan McClay Jr.	Raymond E. Sargent
Philip Z. Darch	Alfred Iodice	Stanley J. McEachern	Stephen F. Sawyer
Harold D. Davis	Eric B. Ives	Warren F. McManus	Charles J. Shutt Jr.
Fred Devenney Jr.	Myron L. Jevelekian	Harold H. Melkonian	Warren S. Studley
Joseph A. D’Onofrio	Charles E. Johnson	Suren Melkonian	Otto M. Theurer
James J. Donovan	Henning E. Johnson	Edward F. Moran	Albert C. Todino
Arthur O. Doria	Malcom E. Johnson	John J. Moran	Simon Torossian
Raymond G. Dougan	Louis W. Juliano	Murad Mouradian	Thomas J.Trapasso
Theodore J. DuBois	Aram G. Kadehjian	Richard S. Movsessian	Samuel Tungrain Jr.
Melville B. Eaton	John R. Keane	Harry C. Moyles	Thomas A. Waldron
			Earl H. Wellch
Frank D. Borghetti			Michael F. White
			Robert S. White
			Jack Wiltshire
			George F. York

Plum Island, Massachusetts

Since many of this year's blog posts have been based on photos I took last year, this one is no exception. From Wikipedia, "The island is located in parts of four municipalities in Essex County. From north to south they are the city of Newburyport, and the Towns of Newbury, Rowley, and Ipswich." We visit there at least once or twice a year. From the view above, we are facing the area where my husband's parents had a cottage for many years. His father, along with two other friends built it, and they all shared it during the summer months. We also stayed there.

Plum Island Lighthouse (Newburyport Harbor Lighthouse)

While looking into the lighthouse, all I saw was the reflection behind me.

Very near this spot is where the Atlantic Ocean (above) and the Merrimack River (fresh water) meet. The River is formed in New Hampshire and flows southward, then northeast until it meets the Ocean, a short distance from the above spot. What is interesting is the Merrimack River is a mile from where I live (see below).

Amherst, New Hampshire -- Horace Greeley Memorial

In Memory of

Horace Greeley

Born February 3, 1811.

Founder of the New York Tribune

Member of Congress

Candidate for President

Died November 29, 1872

Erected by the State of N. H.

* Find-A-Grave site with a lot of information.

Wikipedia site.

War Memorial, Amherst, New Hampshire -- Wordless Wednesday

Honor Roll

1917 - 1918

Town of Amherst

A Tribute of Respect

To Those who Served in the

World War

______________

*Paul G. Blandin	*Percy N. Davis
Guy E. Bills	Guy E. Kidder
Elgin J. Bartlett	Leland C. Kidder
Horace R. Boutelle	Ralph G. Manning
Leon K. Boutelle	Everett W. Merrill
Harold B. Burtt	Willard H. Parker
Everett E. Byrd	Frank G. Pettengill
Samuel A. Caldwell	Tracy I. Raymond
Carroll C. Carkin	Earle Roberts
Malcolm D. Clark	Fred Sanville
Peter F. Clarkin	William Sanville
Royal E. Chase	Fred E. Sprague
Ralph W. Chase	Henry L. Stockwell
Albert W. Converse	Carl H. Vogel
James P. Doyle	Byron B. Walker
Daniel J. Doyle	Robert T. Weston
Wendell W. Greenlee	Walter K. Weston
Henry E. Hall	Kenneth B. Wetherbee
Rodney J. Hodgman	William R. White
Elmer E. Hodgman	William F. Whitehouse
William H. Hodgman	Walter R. Whitehousse
Frederick V. Howard	Fred Whittemore

* I assume these two men died.

In May 2013, I did a post with photos of the Amherst common, it may be seen HERE.

Gillmore, Parker, Dodge and Adams -- Tombstone Tuesday

Old Burying Ground, Jaffrey, New Hampshire

I wrote about this cemetery last year, see HERE.

Additional information from the town (a pdf of all names included).

None of these individuals are in my tree, I took them solely to put into FindAGrave.

Samuel L. Gillmore

Abel Parker

Edith Parker

Abel Parker and Edith Parker

Samuel Parker

Job Dodge

Lieut. Thomas Adams

Molly Dodge wife of Lt. Thomas Dodge

Fanny's House in Brookline, Massachusetts

Sometimes finding an ancestor's home can be extremely easy, especially if you know what city or town they lived. Of course a lot depends on the when they lived there and what kind of resources are available for you to find the address. I was lucky to find my Fanny Poole, 2nd great-grandmother's address from her 1904 obituary, it stated she died in her home, at 39 Addington Road, Brookline, Massachusetts. She was not at this address during the 1900 census or any other source.

Her death location, is a rather short distance from where I live, about 45 minutes away. To find her house, I used google maps, enlarged them and took several photos with my iPad. The old development looked complicated because of all the circular streets, and I knew I'd need simple directions. Another method, and I've used it with much success recently, is to do a google search for the address. When I typed in "39 Addington + Brookline," I was lucky to get a nice screen shot and since it was on the market, I saw the current value, plus photos of the inside. This was a bonus.  With my maps, I was ready to go, except I got lost, and in spite of everything, couldn't take a decent photo of the property. 

You can see Addington Road (red A to left) and how it circles around on the top of Aspinwall Hill, all the paths are just that, they are for walking only. Since we were there in the summer, every shrub and tree was full, plus lots of cars on the road, so, all three made it difficult to take a photo.

The above shot shows Claflin Path (one of seven paths) is right next to her home, and my photo is below, complete with lots of green. However, I couldn't get a decent picture of the building! I believe the best time to go is winter.

A good example how the street and property looks like in winter.

The development above has quite a history. I discovered this when I was at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, and asked for directions from there to Addington Road, since it was rather close. I was told that Mr. Olmsted had a hand in that development. I found a good article by the Brookline Historical Society complete with photo of a path and map. "The curving, gently rising roadways that wind up and down Aspinwall Hill were originally designed by F.L. Olmsted. Subsequent designers retained the basic curvy street layout devised by Olmsted. Perhaps they appreciated Olmsted's goals of respecting the contours of the hillside and revealing the landscape from a variety of viewpoints as you passed by in your horse drawn carriage. These very same curvy streets, when traveled by foot, make for a very long and slow ascent of the hill. Addington Road is a giant S, with each half of the S traversing opposite sides of the hill. This is where the value of the path's shortcut shines."

The apartments, condos and houses in the entire area are old and beautiful. A few of the ones I liked are below. 

Some of Henry David Thoreau's Houses

Only by asking questions and riding around, do you make some great discoveries. Although Henry David Thoreau isn't in my family tree, I treated some of my research about him, as though he were a relative. Naturally, I have always heard of him, being from the area he lived, and it was only during a visit to the Concord Museum that I asked a staff member where did he die?  On my next trip to Concord, I saw the house where he died, and then, by just driving around on a out of the way country road, my eyes caught, "Thoreau Farm Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau." That was totally unexpected, a most delightful surprise and I'm sure a lot of people don't know about this site. In a previous post, I had visited his tombstone.

Note: New photos taken inside recently will be posted to a new blog post on July 22, 2014.

Henry David Thoreau

Died May 6, 1862, in this house which

later became the home of the

Alcott family.

The ‘Yellow House’ where Thoreau lived hits the market for $2.6 million.

From: RealEstate.Boston.com (See this link for photos.)

Period room for Henry D. Thoreau at the Concord Museum, Concord, Massachusetts. It is an ongoing exhibit.

The Concord Museum also has a replica of Henry David Thoreau's house, where he lived at Walden Pond for two years, two months and two days.

 

My next steps are:

1. When weather improves, go to the original site of Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond and take photos to post here. https://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/08/i-learned-to-swim-at-walden-pond-before.html

2. Tour Thoreau's birthplace when it opens in the spring.  https://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/07/inside-henry-david-thoreaus-house.html