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Sunday, December 26, 2021

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: I SAW THREE SHIPS

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  It's become a Geneablogger tradition to join our friend footnoteMaven in the annual Blog Caroling Event , when geneabloggers post the...
Thursday, December 23, 2021

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: OH CHRISTMAS TREE, OH CHRISTMAS TREE

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  Originally posted in 2007 You know that part of the movie A Christmas Story where the family goes out to buy the tree and the parents...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES : DEALING WITH CARDS

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  ((Originally posted in 2007))  I don’t get a lot of Christmas cards, mostly because I don’t send out a lot myself. I get some from the f...
Monday, December 20, 2021

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES:OBJECTS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR

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  ((First published in December, 2007)) I don’t recall many holiday parties from my earlier childhood. In our family folks were too busy...
Sunday, December 19, 2021

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: OH APPLE TREE, OH APPLE TREE!

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(originally published in Dec. 2007) My family was fortunate in that we never lived in the sort of place where Christmas outdoor decorati...
Sunday, November 21, 2021

MY ALLERTON AND WARREN ANCESTRY

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  Whenever I am talking or writing about my Mayflower descent, for some ironic reason I always forget about Remember Allerton. The reason f...
Thursday, November 18, 2021

MY ELLINGWOOD MAYFLOWER ANCESTRY

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 Back when I first started researching the family genealogy online I was thrilled to discover we were descended from several Mayflower pas...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN" BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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  ((Oddly enough, both my parents occasionally would quote a line or two from Riley's two most famous poems. This is the one Dad would ...
Thursday, November 04, 2021

ON THIS DATE NOVEMBER 4th

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 BIRTH: 4 Nov 1700 6x great grandfather John Thomas was born at Duxbury, Ma. MARRIAGES: 4 Nov 1611 11x great grandparents Isaac Allerton ...

ON THIS DATE NOVEMBER 3rd

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 BIRTH: 3 Nov 1673 7x great grandfather Eleazer Rogers was born at Eastham, Ma. 3 Nov 1650 8x great grandfather Nathaniel Wilder was born in...
Saturday, October 30, 2021

"LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE"

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  ((First posted on October, 2011)) When we were small our Mom occasionally would recite this poem and would tickle us when she reache...
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Thursday, October 28, 2021

ON THIS DATE: OCTOBER 28TH

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 On This Date: BIRTHS: 28 Oct 1681 7x great grandmother Sarah Stevens was born at Andover, Ma. 28 Oct 1653 7x great grandmother Sarah Learne...
Sunday, October 24, 2021

ON THIS DATE: OCTOBER 24TH.

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 On This Date: BIRTHS: 24 Oct 1744 5x great grandmother Edith Upton was born at North Reading, Ma. 24 Oct 1697 6x great grandfather Richard ...
Saturday, October 23, 2021

ON THIS DATE: OCTOBER 23rd

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 On This Day: BIRTH 23 Oct 1728 5x great grandfather Jonathan Barker Jr. was born at Andover, Ma. MARRIAGE 23 Oct 1676 8x great grandparents...
Wednesday, October 20, 2021

ON THIS DATE: OCTOBER 20th

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  On This Date: BIRTHS: 20 Oct 1640 8x great grandfather John Hayward was born at Concord, Ma. 20 Oct 1663 7x great grandfather Joseph Dow w...

ON THIS DATE: OCTOBER 19th

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  On This Date: BIRTH: 19 Oct 1748 5x great grandmother Meriah Peirce was born at Harvard, Ma. CIVIL: 19 Oct 1630 10x great grandfather Samu...
Saturday, October 16, 2021

ON THIS DATE: OCTOBER 16th

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On This Date:   BIRTHS: 16 Oct 1676 6x great grandmother Patience Simmons was born at Duxbury, Ma. 16 Oct 1672 7x great grandfather Thomas S...
Friday, October 15, 2021

ON THIS DATE: OCTOBER 15th

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 On This Date: BIRTHS: 15 Oct 1663 7x great grandfather  Joseph Wright was born at Chelmsford, Ma. 15 Oct 1753 4x great grandmother Hannah C...

ON THIS DATE: OCTOBER 14th

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  On This Date: MARRIAGE: 14 Oct 1663 10x great grandparents Jonathan Johnson & Mary Newton were married at Marlborough, Ma. DEATH: 14Oc...

ON THIS DATE: OCTOBER 13th

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  On This Date: MARRIAGE: 13 Oct 1750 5x great grandparents Jonathan Barker & Abigail Mitchell were married at Haverhill. Ma. 13 Oct 161...