Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 278-361

"… known as the Queen City of the East, and his marriage to Clara Cary. Some of the people, events, and places included are: Bangor Pest House Nath…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73

"… families, his mother's life in Ellsworth, her marriage to John Martin Sr., his own childhood, including his father's death; his mother's remarriage…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"… Cary, bought to set up housekeeping after their marriage in 1850. He also described the house, his gardens, the birth of their first child, Ada…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… and amusements, and various employments, and marriage. All but the final hundred or so pages are recollections of Martin's experiences and those of…"

Lubec Historical Society

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Palmyra Historical Society

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"Through marriage, women built connections, solidifying alliances and facilitating the transfer of wealth between families."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"He is said to have lived an exemplary life thereafter, but his marriage had not survived and his family had suffered humiliation."

Guilford, Maine - RESOURCES

"… Scrapbooks, News articles, Obituaries, Births and Marriages, Cemetery Burial Records, historical objects and documents, original photos GUILFORD…"

Maine State Archives

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Leeds Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… and was in operation at least from 1920-1941 (his marriage license in 1923 lists him as a merchant)."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 4 of 4

"Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), 230; James Berry and Rachel Berry Deed to…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"Following their marriage in 1839, John and Pearl Spofford moved from Massachusetts to Dedham in the northwest Hancock County, where they farmed and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… important forms of influence, including because marriage and courtship rituals emphasized the approval of a bride and her family."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"Around 1820 just prior to John II and Climena’s marriage, John II and Climena’s brother William Roberts, Jr."

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… about to leave, whether to “go west” or enter marriage. Consider the first square shown here, signed by Almeda J. Case née Wormell. Almeda J."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Turner-Morris marriage license, Swan's Island, 1910Swan's Island Historical Society One family story involves Laura Turner, an island girl who…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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

"After their marriage, she and James Greenleaf lived for a time in New Orleans, and later built a home near her brother Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… came occasionally to hold services and to perform marriages, baptisms and funerals. But the first religious organization on the island was not…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"Throughout their marriage, Richardson and Carrie Johnson raised four children: W.H. Johnson, Lotta M. Johnson, Carrie E. Johnson, and Lillie Johnson."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"His was the first marriage (Betsey Walker, Feb.19, 1789). He owned the first plow, first harrow, first set of jointing tools, first brick kiln, and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"After the marriage, Captain Chase took his new wife on the newly built ship, the Bride. Another story goes that when they hit a large storm that…"