tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post4106731236058728503..comments2023-10-11T23:46:08.194-04:00Comments on West in New England: GENEALOGICALLY GOBSMACKED YET AGAIN!Bill Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-19065879959942118232011-08-22T20:37:22.868-04:002011-08-22T20:37:22.868-04:00Okie Dokie, Bill...
It's time you started to w...Okie Dokie, Bill...<br />It's time you started to write a book about all this stuff...even though we all love reading your online material :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-66293058279810469152011-08-18T10:20:37.747-04:002011-08-18T10:20:37.747-04:00A lucky find indeed! Not only because you weren...A lucky find indeed! Not only because you weren't expecting to find them but also because from the other pictures you took, it seems many of the stones in the cemetery are long gone.Charley "Apple" Grabowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-15454531476828872502011-08-17T08:11:52.320-04:002011-08-17T08:11:52.320-04:00I think Martin is onto something. There are place...I think Martin is onto something. There are places in Essex County, and parts of Rockingham County, where if I DON'T run into an ancestor or ancestral name I'm surprised! Bill, you were right where you belonged!Heather Wilkinson Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-83341314677041676152011-08-14T16:17:54.155-04:002011-08-14T16:17:54.155-04:00Yup. This what gravestone work is like! They calle...Yup. This what gravestone work is like! They called out to you.Midge Frazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05817669854967092840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-10785876529198242372011-08-14T15:46:52.206-04:002011-08-14T15:46:52.206-04:00Ask the opposite question: What are the odds of b...Ask the opposite question: What are the odds of being in rural Oxford Co. Maine, where your ancestors lived for 100-200 years in several different branches, and finding a cemetery where NO RELATION was buried. that would be the odd thing.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205797878738290997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-44326201300469412352011-08-14T13:59:16.729-04:002011-08-14T13:59:16.729-04:00Happy to see that the genea-stars aligned so that ...Happy to see that the genea-stars aligned so that you could make this great discovery. Also happy that someone else besides me uses the word "gobsmacked."Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-44632897412002532162011-08-14T12:58:08.001-04:002011-08-14T12:58:08.001-04:00I can hear Twilight Zone music playing in my head ...I can hear Twilight Zone music playing in my head as I read this. I'm glad you stopped!Michelle Goodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427355155193196767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-61253864317867001482011-08-14T10:27:58.158-04:002011-08-14T10:27:58.158-04:00Chris, Thanks for the info! Correction made. :)Chris, Thanks for the info! Correction made. :)Bill Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-24494742013492860052011-08-14T10:04:16.839-04:002011-08-14T10:04:16.839-04:00That's pretty awesome! And congrats!
Maybe th...That's pretty awesome! And congrats!<br /><br />Maybe the GPS wasn't messing up after all...<br /><br />Ruth Stephens<br /><a href="http://ruthsgenealogy.com/" rel="nofollow">Ruth's Genealogy</a>Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13408936254920081916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-23779453218455303092011-08-14T08:56:34.163-04:002011-08-14T08:56:34.163-04:00What a great story, I would say those ancestors we...What a great story, I would say those ancestors were pulling you there, daring you to find them.Lynn Palermohttp://www.thearmchairgenealogist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-65563109030425578592011-08-14T08:31:43.384-04:002011-08-14T08:31:43.384-04:00You write:
So: what are the odds that of all the ...You write:<br /><br />So: what are the odds that of all the places we stop and I get out to take a photo it's at that small cemetery that just happens to have more relatives buried there?<br /><br />I answer: Very, very good odds, it was time for you to know where they were buried and to share some time with them.<br /><br />WAAAHOOOOOOCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754623831815018924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34182491.post-55174524019762258892011-08-14T02:39:19.160-04:002011-08-14T02:39:19.160-04:00The maiden name of Caleb's wife was Alice Rowe...The maiden name of Caleb's wife was Alice <i>Rowe</i>. Their marriage record of 17 July 1827 identifies them as Caleb Barker "of Homes or Newry" and Alice Rowe of "Andover Surplus." (Holmes was an early name for Grafton Township; part of Andover West Surplus, which lies east of Grafton, was annexed to Newry in 1837.)<br /><br />Alice was the daughter of Joshua and Mary (Ayer) Rowe of Danville, Maine (now defunct). Alice's mother came to Newry, and was buried in the cemetery that you visited. She collected a pension as Joshua's widow, and Caleb Barker witnessed some of the documents found in the pension file.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386406270744275223noreply@blogger.com