Ipswich Library, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Ipswich Public Library

Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Founded 1869

This was one of the first libraries I ever did research in.

As with almost all the libraries I've visited, there is a distinct original section (above and below) and the new addition, not shown here.

A Genealogists worst nightmare....Archives Closed Until Further Notice!

Through the glass door, I see the "Tan Books" on the table and storage area.

On February 1, 2014, we went back to the Library and I was able to go in. The recent photo is below.

Two historic plaques on each side of the front door (below).

DANIEL TREADWELL

Born in Ipswich, Mass.

October 10th 1791.

Professor in Harvard University.

A Generous Contributor in Books

and Funds to This Free Public Library.

Died in Cambridge, Mass.

February 27th 1872.

This Tablet is Erected to His Memory

by the Trustees of the Library That

Future Generations May Know From

Whom These Additional Gifts of Books and

Funds were Received.

AUGUSTINE HEARD

Born in Ipswich, Mass.

March 30th 1785.

A Successful Merchant in China.

Established and Endowed This

Free Public Library in 1868.

Died in Ipswich, Mass.

September 14th 1868.

This Tablet is Erected to His Memory

by the Trustees of the Library That

Future Generations May Know the

Source of This Munificent Gift.

Day Trip to Maine to see the Last of Summer

Our northern trip yesterday to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine took three hours, but it was worth it to see the last of the 2013 flowers. Our return trip, along the coast took almost twice as long.

Campus of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

 Entering Wiscasset, Maine, and tourists lined up for lobster at Red's Eats, Wiscasset (below).

Red's Eats is well known for their lobster rolls.

 Passing through Freeport, home of L.L. Bean.

 

It was a summer's day at York Beach, York, Maine

We always stop at Nubble Light, in Kittery, Maine.


Bring on Fall.

One of the Best Obituaries Was on Find-A-Grave

(Permission to use was granted by the FAG volunteer who posted it.)

I don't always post obituaries to my blog, especially those that are far removed from me. In this case, a chance look at Find-A-Grave treated me to a wonderful surprise. I found the obituary of the wife of my 3rd cousin, 4 times removed, with a lot of information on my cousin. Through the censuses, I found this couple in New York and Los Angeles, then I looked at Find-A-Grave...it should be a step everybody takes in their research process. The obituary provided more information than I could have hoped for and filled in all my blanks. Transcribed below, the red indicates new data to me.

"Death of Mrs. Lucretia J. Kilbourne. Lucretia J. Kilbourn, eldest daughter of the late Joseph and Mary S. Carr, of Harris, (formerly Mongaup Center) died Oct. 5, 1921, at the home of Frank B. Carr, Monticello, N. Y. She was married to Frank P. Kilbourne on Oct. 18, 1875, and they resided a few years on his father's farm at Strongtown, then moved to Liberty, where he worked as a carpenter. In Oct., 1887, they went to Ontario, Cal., where they resided a few years and then moved to Los Angles, where they had since resided. Mr. Kilbourne was injured in an automobile accident on Feb. 12, 1921, and died four days later without regaining consciousness, mention of which was made in this paper at the time. Mrs. Kilbourne came to Monticello on Aug. 14th with the remains and burial took place in Brookside Cemetery at Harris on Aug. 30th. Mrs. Kilbourne had since been living at her brother's home, formerly the home of Henrietta A. Carr. She had been a great sufferer for the past year or more, especially the last three months,  being at no time free from pain.

The relatives of the deceased living are: Frank Carr, of Monticello; Adella M. Smith, Middletown, N. Y.; Henrietta A. Carr, Monticello, and Lizzie E. Prince, of Bethel. Funeral was held on Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at the home of her brother, Frank Carr, on North Street, this village, and burial was at Brookside Cemetery at Harris.

Founder's Monument -- Watertown, Massachusetts

Statue of Richard Saltonstall.

The scene below depicts my ancestor, Roger Clap, soon after he landed, being greeted by the local Indians. This scene is on the Watertown Seal. Roger also has a memorial seen HERE.

Henry H. Kitson, Sculptor

FOUNDERS

Thomas Arnold
John Ball
John Barnard
Ellis Barron
William Barsham
Michael Barstow
Thomas Bartlett
Richard Beach
Richard Beers
Joseph Bemis
John Benjamin
John Bigelow
Nathaniel Biscoe
Edmund Bloys
William Bond
Nathaniel Bowman
Thomas Boylston
Henry Bright, Jr.
Thomas Brooks
Abraham Browne
Richard Browne
George Bullard
Charles Chadwick
Lambert Chenery
Garrett Church
Hugh Clarke
John Coolidge
Benjamin Crispe
Henry Curtis
James Cutler
Richard Cutting
Robert Daniel 
Edward Dix
John Doggett
John Eaton
John Eddy
Simon Eire
John Eliot
Robert Feake
John Firmin
David Fiske
John Fiske
Nathan Fiske
Thomas Flagg
John Flemming
Samuel Freeman
Richard Gale
Edward Garfield
John Goss
Christopher Grant
Nicholas Guy
William Hagar
William Hammond
Robert Harrington
Thomas Hastings
Justinian Holden
Ephraim Child
Samuel Hosier

Edward How
Miles Ives
William Jennison
Robert Keyes
Richard Kimball
William Knapp
John Knight
Edward Lamb
John Lawrence
Edmund Lewis
John Livermore
John Lovering
Hugh Mason

John Masters

Thomas Mayhew

Isaac Mixer

Joseph Morse

George Munnings

Jeremiah Norcross

John Oldham

John Page

William Paine

George Parkhurst

Daniel Patrick
Anthony Peirce
Brian Pendleton
Thomas Philbrick

Rev. George Phillips
John Prescott
John Reynolds
John Richardson
Thomas Rogers
Sir Richard Saltonstall
Richard Sawtell
Robert Sanderson
Robert Seely
William Shattuck
John Sherman
John Smith
John Spring
Isaac Stearns
John Stimson
Gregory Stone
Simon Stone
Samuel Stratton
Joseph Tainter
Gregory Taylor
Samuel Thatcher
John Traine
Martin Underwood
Richard Waite
John Warren
Roger Wellington
John Wetherell
Timothy Wheeler
John White
John Whitney
Richard Woodward

Kittredge Park, Lowell, Massachusetts

 Kittredge Park, Lowell, Massachusetts

Many old timers of Lowell remember when Sen. Paul Tsongas planted, watered and tended to the gardens. He lived just a few streets away on Mansur Street.

Update: Recently Eileen, of the Lowell Doughboys and more... blog wrote a post about Paul Edward Kittredge, for whom this park is named after. Please read HERE.

Acton Library, Acton, Massachusetts -- History and Genealogy Room

Acton Memorial Library 1889

Built as a memorial to those who died in the Civil War.

Addition at the entire back and side. The circular addition is a teen reading area.

Photo of original library.

The locked cubicles is where the genealogy material is kept. 

Massachusetts "Tan Books" may be seen (births, marriages, and deaths to 1850).

Quite a large Civil War exhibit, with a lot about Acton soldiers.

*See flyer about the Library's Civil War website, at the bottom .

Microfilm Room (above)

Original fireplace and front door at left.

Below is a shot looking out the front entrance, next to door.

Excellent site to search for your ancestors if they were from Acton and fought in the Civil War. The records for 374 men include: Index to Soldiers and Sailors, Regimental histories, Pension Files, G.A.R records, Obituaries, Veteran grave markers (with photos), Documents and Manuscripts, and Extensive Bibliography.

http://www.actonmemoriallibrary.org/civilwar/index.html

Augustus Saint-Gaudens -- Tombstone Tuesday

  Augustus Saint-Gaudens was cremated and is buried on his property.

If you would like to see more of his house (above), studio and fabulous gardens, please see my Blog, from earlier today at Home, Gardens and Studios of Augustus Saint- Gaudens.