Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"Martin recalled that he and his mother and sister were returning in June 1846 from a visit to Ellsworth where his mother had grown up and where…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The sisters provided an opportunity never before available in Strong. Home of May Sisters, with School at far right X Together they operated the…"

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"After school, Glenna, her sisters, brothers, and friends would all play softball in the yard with everyone who would come to their house."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 1 of 4

"… Masardis, ME, growing up with eight brothers and sisters. When she was five years old, she started going to the Masardis School, from 7:30 AM to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The John Ruggles House

"His wife’s sister married the Honorable John O’Brien, who owned the marble manufactory at Mill River, and they built the house to the west in a…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 2 of 2

"Rowe, Ethel. Letter describing the fire to her sister, Mary-Louise Rowe in California. May 1, 1911."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"Eliza was especially close to her sister Zilpah, who was one year older. Letters Eliza wrote during the summer of 1800 indicate that she and Stephen…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - About This Project

"The work produced by New Sweden, and its sister communities in the project (Skowhegan and Mt. Desert Island) laid a foundation that allowed MHS to…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The First 51 Settlers

"… - Lot 116, New Sweden Wife: Anna Mother: Elsa Sister: Hanna Truls Persson, New Sweden, ca. 1880New Sweden Historical Society Nils Persson -…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Marshall, Megan. The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Nason, Emma Huntington."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"She found one at Newberry. All her brothers and sisters worked on the farm including her. There were four boys and two girls."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"My mother was twenty-one when she first drove a car, about a year after she had my older sister in the United States."

Stanley Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… Island Historical Society The Redmen and their sister organization, the Degree of Pocahontas, used the building for their Lodge meetings and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"Erdine's sister Marion Kent Norton (1896-1985) moved into the home after the death of her husband in 1963."

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"Stevens Parkhurst, a great-niece of Martin's half-sister Rebecca Raynes Stevens. John Martin Junior and his wife, Edith, lived with his parents for a…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Longfellow Era: 1807-1901

"Her father gave her and her sister Lucia ownership of the house in his will. Silhouette of Zilpah and Stephen Longfellow, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"… make sure that her family of seven bothers and sisters would go on Children’s Day and the Big Day."

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Lubec Landmarks

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"Dolly Madison’s sister Anna was married to Richard Cutts of Saco, and the Maine Historical Society probably acquired this daguerreotype from the…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… center right, receives the attention of his two sisters. James Fowler family, Unity, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society Family Groups in…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"Adeline (Bond) Rines or one of her sisters. The second dress is a brown satin, trimmed with gold metallic lace, and two long tasseled tabs that…"