Simsbury Historical Society -- Simsbury, Connecticut

"The Simsbury Historical Society occupies a beautiful and convenient two-acre site located in the center of Simsbury. They own 16 historic and modern buildings and structures."

 Samuel Higley (above) was my 7th great-granduncle.

Over the past two years, I've taken a lot of Historical Society photos. Sometimes I couldn't remember if I had, because I also do a series on Libraries with genealogy collections. Below, is a running list of all the societies with appropriate links. (The list will be applied to each new Historical Society photo I post.)

CONNECTICUT

Simsbury, Connecticut

Wethersfield, Connecticut

Windsor, Connecticut

MAINE

Boothbay, Maine

Brunswick, Maine

Wells and Ogunquit, Maine

MASSACHUSETTS

Acton, Massachusetts

Andover, Massachusetts

Billerica, Massachusetts

Bolton, Massachusetts

W. Boylston, Massachusetts

Carlisle, Massachusetts

Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Cohasset, Massachusetts

Dracut, Massachusetts

Groton, Massachusetts

Harvard, Massachusetts

Lexington, Massachusetts

Nahant, Massachusetts

No. Andover, Massachusetts

Townsend, Massachusetts

Westford, Massachusetts

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Ashland, New Hampshire
Cheshire, New Hampshire
Exeter, New Hampshire
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
Londonderry, New Hampshire
Nashua, New Hampshire
New Castle, New Hampshire
New Ipswich, New Hampshire
Rindge, New Hampshire


RHODE ISLAND
Newport


CANADA
Quebec
Missisquoi County Historical Society

Micky Ward -- Lowell, Massachusetts

Micky Ward Circle, Lowell, Massachusetts

An academy award nominated movie was based on his life.

Information about this local celebrity HERE and HERE.

Simsbury Cemetery -- Tombstone Tuesday

Photo taken July 8, 2012.

Simsbury Cemetery, Simsbury, Connecticut

Also known as: Center Cemetery, Hop Meadow Cemetery

   HERE LYES
THE BODY OF SARAH CASS WIFE
OF JOHN CASS SENER
WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE NOVEMBER 3D 1691
AGED 55 YEARS

Sarah Spencer Cass (Case) was my 8th great-grandmother.

Buried Section B, row 35.

Update: Good Reference website for Simbury research is Vital Records of Simsbury, CT. It includes a list of all those buried in the Simsbury Cemetery.

Was it Washington or William who was Killed at 85?

Sometimes a second cousin, 4 times removed can drive you nuts. With a partial newspaper clipping of his death, all I had was the last name, and no idea who his daughter was. My quick solution was to ask for help from Susan Petersen of Long Lost Relatives blog to see if she subscribed to a newspaper database for her town, since the death of my Mr. Schrambling or Scrambling died there. I had just discovered a clue as to his first name. Below is what I wrote her.


"I have a partial news clipping, dated Sept. 20, 1933, from The Lincoln Star.  it is about a Mr. Schrambling who was killed by a Walton C. Roberts. Other clues didn't help because I don't have the married names of his daughters OR His first name. I googled Schrambling + Lincoln, and one thing that came up was FAG. Going to that, I saw..."

Schrambling, William 74737470 b. unknown d. Sep. 19, 1933

Wyuka Cemetery Lincoln Lancaster County Nebraska, USA

Within minutes, Susan found three newspaper articles all for a William Schrambling and his unfortunate death. But once my research began, I found nothing for William, but a lot for Washington W., who died the same date. Five censuses listed him as Washington or Wash (I am missing 1870, 1910 and 1930). It appears this man went by Washington or Wash, but his daughter, and Lincoln, Nebraska knew him as William.

The Lincoln Star, Sept. 20, 1933

"Injuries Fatal to Schrambling

County Farm Inmate

Struck by Car While

Walking in Road.

William Schrambling, 85, an inmate of the county farm was injured fatally when he stepped into the path of an automobile driven by Walton G. Roberts, 1515 L Street, about 7 o’clock Thursday evening, while walking on the highway near the farm about seven miles north of here.

County attorney Max Towle announced Wednesday morning that no inquest will be held in the death.

The injured man was brought to the Lincoln General hospital and died a few minutes after, death probably being caused by a concussion of the brain. He suffered a fractured left leg, fractures of the skull and numerous lacerations about the head. Medical attention was given by Dr. R. H. Sawyer.

Mr. Schrambling with Albert Tulley, another county inmate, was talking toward Lincoln on the west side of the road. Mr. Roberts and his wife, driving north, saw the men approaching and slowed down, he stated. Just as he came even with the men, he said Schrambling suddenly appeared in front of his car. He swerved in an attempt to avoid an impact, but the car had already struck the aged man.

It seemed that Schrambling apparently became excited and ran directly into the car after being safely on one side of the grade, according to information obtained by Deputy County Sheriff C. A. Hughart who investigated the accident. Tulley told officials that he tried vainly to pull Schrambling out of the way.

Mr. Schrambling has been at the farm about three weeks this fall, said Mrs. W. W. Scofield, farm matron. He spent the summer on a farm east of Lincoln. He was cared for at the farm last winter after being discovered living in a boxlike hut in an old building excavation at Ninth and O streets.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Agnes Sagenuk of Soulian, Mont. The body is at Roberts."

Register Report for Washington (aka William) W. Scrambling

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Generation No. 1

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1.	William (aka Washington) W. SCRAMBLING (Jacob SCRAMBLING6, George SCRAMBLING5, HENRY SCRAMBLING4, GEORGE SCRAMBLING3, HENDRICK SCRAMBLING2, HENRICH SCRAMBLING1) was born 10 FEB 1848 in Michigan, Kankakee or Iroquois Co., Illinois, and died 19 SEP 1933 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska. He was buried at theWyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska. He married Dorothea Sophia BRANDT ABT 1880 in Laurel, Washington Co., Oregon. She was born 27 MAY 1851 in Germany, and died 25 FEB 1926.
	Child of Washington SCRAMBLING and Dorothea Sophia BRANDT was: + 2   i. Agnes Clara Reith SCRAMBLING was born 6 OCT 1881 in Laurel, Washington Co., Oregon, and died 8 MAY 1964 in Drummond, Granite Co., Montana.

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Generation No. 2

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2.	Agnes Clara Reith SCRAMBLING (Washington SCRAMBLING7, Jacob SCRAMBLING6, George SCRAMBLING5, HENRY SCRAMBLING4, GEORGE SCRAMBLING3, HENDRICK SCRAMBLING2, HENRICH SCRAMBLING1) was born 6 OCT 1881 in Laurel, Washington Co., Oregon, and died 8 MAY 1964 in Drummond, Granite Co., Montana. She was buried in Missoula, Missoula Co., Montana. She married Eli E. SAGE 1898. He was born ABT 1872 in California, and died 28 FEB 1945. He was buried in Missoula, Missoula Co., Montana.
	Children of Agnes Clara Reith SCRAMBLING and Eli E. SAGE were: 3   i. Dora E.\G. SAGE was born JUN 1899 in Montana. 4   ii. Elmer R. SAGE was born 1901 in Montana. 5   iii. Ebel L. SAGE was born 1904 in Montana. 6   iv. Maude Lorena SAGE was born 20 AUG 1905 in Jackson, Beaverhead Co., Montana. She married Bertie FAIRCLOUGH. He was born 1921. 7   v. Mildred SAGE was born 1906 in Montana. 8   vi. Vina G. SAGE was born OCT 1908 in Montana. 9   vii. Chancey SAGE was born ABT 1911 in Oregon. 10   viii. Edwin SAGE was born ABT 1914 in Montana. 11   ix. Clarence SAGE was born ABT 1917 in Montana. 12   x. Vern SAGE was born 1923 in Montana. 13   xi. Ruth SAGE was born 1926 in Montana.

The Doll -- Treasure Chest Thursday

Additional photos of the doll my grandmother gave me, see my July 3rd post. All six pieces of clothing are removable. Please see below for another doll post in which the doll is in an identical high chair as mine. See Carol Bowen Stevens' Treasure Chest Thursday, the Googly Eye Doll, a Rerun Post.

Doll sits in handmade Amish highchair (for dolls).

February 12, 2013. I have noticed a large number of people looking at this site, and while I'm delighted, I am just a bit curious. Since it is just a photo of a old doll, I'm wondering if there is anything else you would like to see or want explained  Could you fill me in on why, during this week, so many of you are looking at it. Of course I am pleased. You could leave a comment here at the post or email me at: BarbaraPoole@Gmail.com.

The Doll and How Similar Were The Grandparents?

The doll was always displayed in our home, and I had always assumed it belonged to my mother. When I was given it as an adult, I was told it was mine and given to me years ago by a grandmother. I don't know which one, and now I'm curious. All these 40+ years, it's collected dust, and had a shoe damaged by a cat.

The outfit and entire body are handmade. I've washed all articles of clothing over the years, but not in the past 10. Does anybody know anything about this doll? Detailed photos will be posted on Thursday.


There is no way I can determine which grandmother gave it to me, because one lived 1,000+ miles away and the other 3,000. So it had to be mailed to me (my mother) in California. All this got me thinking about how similar my grandparents were. Based on what I know, it appears they were quite alike. However, I don't think they ever met, as my parents eloped prior to my father joining the Navy during WWII.


Anybody have an idea of who sent it to me?


Father's father, Clarence F. Poole was born 1891 in Illinois and married 1918
First child born 1919 (father) Illinois
1930 census indicates they had a maid living with them
Grandfather was a lawyer his entire life
Wife died January 1953  Illinois
He remarried June 1954  Santa Barbara, California
He died August 1957  Illinois
He always lived in Illinois
Their son went to college in New York state


Mother's father, Earle K. Bishop was born 1891 in Connecticut and married 1918
First child born 1919 (mother)  New York City
1930 census indicates they had a maid living with them
Grandfather was an architect his entire life
Wife died April 1953  Connecticut
He remarried July 1953  Connecticut
He died August 1981  Connecticut
He always lived in Connecticut
Their daughter went to college in New York state

Boston Public Library. Boston, Massachusetts -- Genealogy and Local History Sections

Boston Public Library

Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

Main Reading Room

The Library, photo taken from Copley Square, in front of the Trinity Church. It was built in 1895, a modern addition was done in 1972, and another large addition is being constructed now (August 2015).

Large collection of genealogy books. See Genealogy and Family History Resources link HERE.

Facing the genealogy books, more to the left and right.

One of my often used genealogy book is the blue, Cemeteries of the United States. (Bottom shelf, middle book.) It has been in this spot for over 10 years.

Courtyard where you can just relax or eat a lunch. This is where genealogy friends, Thomas MacEntee, Heather Rojo and I had lunch last October.

Cafe, first floor, area used to be the Microtext area. You may bring your food to the couryard or out of the building.

Microtext Room where I met genealogist and facebook friend, Diane MacLean Boumenot yesterday.

Additional photos taken August 2015

On the left is scaffolding, not a piece of art. "The scaffolding, running 80 feet high, is required for access to repair plaster around skylights and to replace light fixtures in the ceiling." from the BPL web page.

 Tech Central (rather new, the last time I was in this room there were two desks and nothing else.

Note: Excellent post by Mass Moments about the Library. See: http://www.massmoments.org/index.cfm

Two Samuel Newells, The Wills and the Deaths

As I organized  and re-read some of my ancestor's wills the other day, I remembered my confusion about the death dates of a father and son many years ago. Both had the same name. It wasn't until I got home that I discovered the son died two years before the father. It was pure luck that I printed both wills out, only because I looked at all the names on the reel with the same first and last name. Never had time to read any wills at the library, it was always done later.


The copies I made were on 11" x 17" size paper, so I could read them, and were copied at the New England Historic Genealogical Society's library in Boston many years ago. My two Samuel Newells were both from Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. One record dated 1751, the other 1753. They followed each other on the microfilm, Roll 93 Probate Records C69 Hartford District, 1641-1880 (Neuberth - Norris, G.).


Because of the size of the wills, I brought the wills to FedEx yesterday, where they were scanned to a flash drive.

Samuel Newell died 1751 (the son)

Samuel Newell died 1753 (the father)

Genealogy report of my Newell Line, as presented in a previous post.
Gravestone photos of very early Newell ancestors.

Sunday in the Park with the Family

My grandparents and mother in a NYC park, late fall, 1919.

Fellows -- Surname Saturday

There are two Fellows lines in my tree. The one below is my direct line, and I also have my male cousins Fellows line for 11 generations, to where it meets my first generation below. This line is from Massachusetts and Connecticut. My direct lines are bolded in green. Please write if you would like more information or sources.

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Generation No. 1

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1.	WILLIAM FELLOWS (NOBLE FELLOWS1) was born ABT 1610 in Foxton, Leicestershire Co., England, and died BET 29 NOV 1676 AND 21 DEC 1676 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He married MARY AYRES ABT 1637 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of Mr. AYRES. She died AFT 29 NOV 1676.
	Children of WILLIAM FELLOWS and MARY AYRES were: + 2   i. Isaac FELLOWS was born ABT 1637, and died 6 APR 1721 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. + 3   ii. EPHRAIM FELLOWS was born MAR 1641, and died AFT 1713 in Prob. Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. 4   iii. Samuel FELLOWS was born ABT 1643, and died BET 14 APR 1712 AND 11 DEC 1713 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 5   iv. Mary FELLOWS was born ABT 1646. She married Josiah BROWNE 23 FEB 1667 in Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. 6   v. Joseph FELLOWS was born ABT 1650, and died ABT 1693. He married Ruth FRAIL 19 APR 1675 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died 1729. 7   vi. Elizabeth FELLOWS was born ABT 1653, and died AFT 29 NOV 1676. 8   vii. Abigail FELLOWS was born ABT 1655, and died AFT 1722. She married Samuel AYRES 16 APR 1677 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 9   viii. Sarah FELLOWS was born 26 JUL 1657 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 3 FEB 1723.

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Generation No. 2

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2.	Isaac FELLOWS (WILLIAM FELLOWS2, NOBLE FELLOWS1) was born ABT 1637, and died 6 APR 1721 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He married Joanna BOREMAN 29 JAN 1672 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of Thomas BOREMAN. She was born ABT 1646 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 20 MAR 1732 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
	Children of Isaac FELLOWS and Joanna BOREMAN were: 10   i. Isaac FELLOWS was born 27 NOV 1673 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. + 11   ii. Samuel FELLOWS was born 8 FEB 1676 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 1707 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.

3.	EPHRAIM FELLOWS (WILLIAM FELLOWS2, NOBLE FELLOWS1) was born MAR 1641, and died AFT 1713 in Prob. Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. He married MARY BEF 1666 in Salisbury / Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. She died 23 FEB 1671 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He married Anne CROSS BEF 1685 in Ipswich, MA / Plainfield, CT, daughter of Robert CROSS. She was born 1651, and died AFT 1710.
	Children of EPHRAIM FELLOWS and MARY were: 12   i. William FELLOWS was born 1666 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 12 APR 1737 in Prob. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He married Elizabeth RUST 7 DEC 1693 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. + 13   ii. JOHN FELLOWS was born ABT 1668 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 20 OCT 1748 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. 14   iii. Mary FELLOWS was born FEB 1671 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She married Nathaniel HOVEY ABT 1693 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died 1696. She married John BROWN AFT 31 MAR 1696 in Newbury / Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was born 1678. Children of EPHRAIM FELLOWS and Anne CROSS are: 15   i. Elizabeth FELLOWS was born 14 SEP 1685. 16   ii. Anna FELLOWS was born 26 FEB 1693.

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Generation No. 3

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11.	Samuel FELLOWS (Isaac FELLOWS3, WILLIAM FELLOWS2, NOBLE FELLOWS1) was born 8 FEB 1676 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 1707 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. He married Deborah SANBORN 15 NOV 1698 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. She was born 1681, and died 1725 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.
	Child of Samuel FELLOWS and Deborah SANBORN was: + 17   i. Isaac FELLOWS was born 20 JAN 1700 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, and died 1773 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.

13.	JOHN FELLOWS (EPHRAIM FELLOWS3, WILLIAM FELLOWS2, NOBLE FELLOWS1) was born ABT 1668 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 20 OCT 1748 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Old Plainfield Cemetery, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. He married RACHEL VARNEY 14 OCT 1692 in Chebacco (Ipswich), Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of THOMAS VARNEY and ABIGAIL PROCTOR. She was born ABT 1676 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died BEF 1731 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.
	Children of JOHN FELLOWS and RACHEL VARNEY were: 18   i. Varney FELLOWS was born 25 MAR 1694 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. 19   ii. Nathan FELLOWS was born SEP 1696, and died 24 SEP 1732 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. He married Priscilla WARREN 29 JAN 1730 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. 20   iii. Issac FELLOWS was born 1 SEP 1696 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died 26 AUG 1755 in Tolland, Tolland Co., Connecticut. He married Abigail HUTCHENS 9 NOV 1721 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. 21   iv. Rachel FELLOWS was born 22 OCT 1698 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. She married Wait HERRICK 26 JUN 1741. 22   v. Abigail FELLOWS was born 13 MAY 1701 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She married Samuel HALL 4 JAN 1720. + 23   vi. JOHN FELLOWS was born 3 MAR 1704 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died AFT 30 AUG 1757 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. 24   vii. Anne FELLOWS was born 1710. 25   viii. Mary FELLOWS was born 1712.

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Generation No. 4

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17.	Isaac FELLOWS (Samuel FELLOWS4, Isaac FELLOWS3, WILLIAM FELLOWS2, NOBLE FELLOWS1) was born 20 JAN 1700 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, and died 1773 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. He married Abigail SLEEPER, daughter of Aron SLEEPER and Elizabeth w\o Aron SLEEPER. She was born 17 APR 1700 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, and died 9 NOV 1779.
	Child of Isaac FELLOWS and Abigail SLEEPER is: + 26   i. Samuel FELLOWS was born 22 OCT 1722 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, and died APR 1805 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.

23.	JOHN FELLOWS (JOHN FELLOWS4, EPHRAIM FELLOWS3, WILLIAM FELLOWS2, NOBLE FELLOWS1) was born 3 MAR 1704 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died AFT 30 AUG 1757 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He married JERUSHA DOUGLAS 22 OCT 1728 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, daughter of WILLIAM DOUGLAS and SARAH PROCTOR. She was born 26 APR 1706 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.
	Children of JOHN FELLOWS and JERUSHA DOUGLAS are: 27   i. William FELLOWS. 28   ii. Ezra FELLOWS was born 9 APR 1730 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. + 29   iii. RACHEL FELLOWS was born 31 JAN 1733 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died in (Prob.) Egremont, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. 30   iv. Sarah FELLOWS was born 28 SEP 1733 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. 31   v. John FELLOWS was born 7 JUL 1735 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died 1 AUG 1808 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.