Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832

"… Description When John Martin (1823-1904) was a child, his stepfather, Solomon Raynes, moved the family to a farm on Ball Hill Cove in Hampden."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… fist meal" and was the birthplace of their first child, Ada. The illustration is on page 369 of a journal Martin wrote and illustrated in 1864…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"Their only child was a boy named Orrin Horton who was born on June 20, 1863 in Somerville, MA. Orrin grew up in Blue Hill and became a builder."

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"Benjamin and Abigail Page had one child named John Odlin Page. At the age of seventy-eight, Benjamin Page died in Hallowell on October 28, 1824."

Skowhegan Community History - About the Project

"… found the scrapbook of Elise Fellows White, a child violin prodigy from Skowhegan who, in the 1880s, played in Boston at the age of ten and in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"He was the first in the family attend, even though he was not the oldest child. He came home for the summers and sometimes on the weekends."

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

"… housed the projector and playing 'submarine' as a child. In the late 1940's, the building was already in disrepair with a caving floor."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"As in many temperance images, a mother and child plead father not to indulge. X The Battle Axe Portland, June 10, 1849 Collections of Maine…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"As a child, his family would take trips to Mama Olore’s restaurant, Roma Cafe. The Cafe was in an apartment over Oaks Appliance."

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

"… visit Swan's Island during school vacations as a child. Her family moved here in 1976 after she graduated from high school."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"She herself remembers that as a small child she would take a picnic lunch up to the dam cabin to meet her grandfather and patrol the perimeter of the…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"… often states Conrad Heyer was the first white child born in the German immigrant community of Waldoboro."

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"She lived to the age of 71. In 1849, they had their last child, Jere, who made the total number of kids 12."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Housing of Maine for expansion into a new, child-appropriate fifteen-unit residence on 68 High Street."

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… of an old deacon or the artless innocence of a child. They convey an artistry of another period and provide considerable historical clues."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… Historical Society Jacob Abbott was the second child of Jacob and Lydia Abbot. Born in Hallowell, Maine on November 14th, 1803, Jacob was the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"As a child, Alice was like any child and enjoyed swimming, berrying, and playing with her friends, along with a healthy dose of schooling and church…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… turned against the settlers at the death of his child, which had been caused by the intentional overturning of a canoe in the middle of the river…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"… in a court decision to liberate or discharge the child. An apprentice or servant discharged due to ill treatment, or whose master died, could be…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… remains listing the name of that one perfect child. Hopscotch and London Bridges, marbles and ball games filled the play area adjacent to the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Brackett’s to take care of a sick child–diptheria. Little Carrie very sick indeed. Dr. Bartlett glad I came. Very sick and growing worse. Mrs."

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

"… Scammell Wadsworth (1790–1851) was the ninth child of Peleg and Elizabeth Wadsworth; he was born in the Longfellow-Wadsworth house."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… moved with his family to Portland as a child in 1857. Upon graduating from Portland High School in 1873, he entered the office of Francis H…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"Its abuse led to violence, spousal and child abuse, loss of work, and sometimes, a night in jail. Drunkenness among children was not uncommon, either."