Maine Memory Network

William Fogg Public Library

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"He watched and listened to his elders and father during council meetings which decided on the future of the Tribe."

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"… record of midwives who confirmed the identity of fathers by taking testimony from mothers at the height of labor."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Horrible. I can remember my father in the winter staring the kitchen window at the thermometer and waiting."

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… Cony, Samuel Colman, Benjamin Page, John Hubbard (father of Maine Gov. John Hubbard), Obadiah Williams, James Parker, Issachar Snell, Stephen…"

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

"When my mother and father were young, their houses were made of wood and had a thatched roof. My grandmother cooked on a fire pit and got water from…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"… and city has their prominent citizens, their town fathers and mothers. Though the people may be lost to time, their names live on in fable if not…"

Bowdoin College Library

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

"… John Martin Sr., his own childhood, including his father's death; his mother's remarriage to Solomon Raynes, and the family's move to Brewer and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… lower corner, moving the Rogers barn, his father's shipbuilding work, whooping cough, coping with deep snow in the winter, and moving back to Reed…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850

"… and various activities were like during their father's life. The Martins had six children, only two of whom survived their parents."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket, Bangor, 1889

"Her father, John Martin (1823-1904) drew the illustration of her casket on page 80 of a scrapbook he wrote beginning in 1888."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket at grave, Bangor, 1889

"Her father, an accountant and shopkeeper, included the illustration on page 85 of a scrapbook he wrote and illustrated starting in 1888, while he was…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden Town House, 1849

"… powder & balls which were deposited there by the fathers of this section which were on the ground in rear of the academy at the time the british…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. Charles Snell, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… Snell pictured practiced in Bangor and his father in Oxford County. John Martin (1823-1907) drew this sketch of the son "to show how near I can…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"… finely dressed Weeks family belies the fact that father and son made their living by their hands. John Weeks worked as a joiner in Portland from…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"In 1871, the town fathers agreed to spend no more than $15.00 to build a fence around the park so the farmers could contain their livestock during…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"1849 Courtesy of the Charles E. Burden Collection Father Theobald Matthew (1790-1856), an Irish priest concerned about drinking in his homeland began…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"Lucy’s father was Thomas Flucker, the Royal Secretary of the Province of Massachusetts just before the Revolution, and she came from a very wealthy…"

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"Abigail’s father was Deacon John Odlin. Benjamin Page made his first appearance in Hallowell in 1791."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"Her mother died when she was an infant, and her father moved the family to Farmington, where she attended Farmington Academy."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"She also had a garden after she got married. Her father and brothers took care of the horses and cows. They had five cows and two horses."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"Fifteen years later, father and son Arlen and Chris Dow purchased the theater. It re-opened on Saturday, March 1, 2009."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"James, Skippy’s father, wanted to go see his son in Waterville though, so when we started off from the hospital I started coming this way (north) and…"