Friday, November 30, 2012

Friday Funny ~ Kauai Marriott Weather Station

I've seen several versions of this around the globe
but it's funny every time!

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Find NH Town Clerk Records On Line



If you haven’t been using the FamilySearch website for your genealogy research, you are missing out on a rich database that is completely free.  This is the genealogy website run by the Church of the Latter Day Saints, using their huge archives of genealogical material stored out in Utah. It is important to sign up as a registered user on the website, to gain access to the scans of primary source material.  Without seeing the original documents you will be limited to transcribed records.
Don’t be afraid of registering on this website with a password.  It is free, and there will be no spam or email from the Mormon church. Just last night I recommended this website to a complete stranger on a Facebook chat about Nashua genealogy.  Along with obituaries she was able to begin her genealogical journey using these records and some New Hampshire vital records found on Family Search.
To discover all the newly available documents online for the state of New Hampshire, click off “United States” on the home page, and then scroll down to “New Hampshire” on the list of states.  You will see a list of nine databases available, ranging from Birth, Marriage and Death records to the latest entry “New Hampshire Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636 – 1947”.  Note that out of the nine collections, six have a camera icon next to them, signifying that you will be able to see the actual scanned images of that collection.  The town clerk collection was added on 7 November 2012.
To see the collection, you must click on the line “Browse through the 402, 443 images” and pick the county, and then the town you are interested in reading. Since I live in Londonderry, I first went to the Londonderry records to take a peek. The records are not searchable, but you can browse to search for a certain year or for pertinent information.  As volunteers transcribe these records, they will become searchable in the future, just like the vital records.
There are tools on the left for manipulating the image to make it readable (to enlarge it, or rotate it, etc) and choices for saving images and printing.  This is very important if you find a reference to your ancestor in the town clerk records.  You will find elected officers, town meetings, poor lists, tax records, and even some vital records in the town clerk collections. 
If your ancestors and family members lived in other states or countries, this website is rich in records from all over the United States and all over the globe.  I found baptism and marriage records from my husband’s ancestral village in Spain going back to the 1700s!
Recently, genealogist Randy Seaver wrote about how he found his ancestor’s birth record in the Brookline, New Hampshire town clerk records online.  You can read about how he accomplished this at the post titled “Finding Hannah Sawtell’s 1789 Birth Record in the New Hampshire Town Clerk Records” at this link http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/11/finding-hannah-sawtells-1789-birth.html
Family Search by the LDS church www.familysearch.org
Randy Seaver’s blog “Genea-Musings” www.geneamusings.com

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
(a slightly different version of this post was previously published at the Nashua Patch www.nashua.patch.com

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Penny Farthing


Every Wednesday for almost a year and half I've been posting photographs of weathervanes located in or near the Nutfield area (the former name for the land where Londonderry, Derry and Windham, New Hampshire are now located).  Most are historically interesting or just whimsical and fun weathervanes.  Have fun guessing where you may have seen this weather vane.

Do you know the location of weather vane #72?  Scroll down to see the answer.



Thanks to a sharp eyed reader of my blog who sent me a message, I found this weather vane in South Londonderry on a private residence.  A new owner had just removed over thirty trees from this property, so the previously hidden weather vane is now visible to passers-by.  It is a great weather vane representing an old type of bicycle known as a "Penny Farthing".  I've always been fascinated by these types of bicycles since I was a little girl and I saw the Mexican actor Cantinflas ride one in the opening scenes of the 1956 movie Around the World in Eighty Days.  It is called a "Penny Farthing" because the old style British coins were a very large copper penny (the front wheel) and a very small copper farthing (the small wheel).   A farthing was worth one quarter penny.


Click here to see all the past Weathervane Wednesday posts!

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Damon Family Plot in Honolulu

The Damon Family Plot can be found in the Oahu Cemetery on Nu'uanu Road in Honolulu, Hawaii.  It is a very historic old graveyard, full of some of the first westerners to settle on the island of Oahu.  Families of New England missionaries,  American and other foreign sea captains and merchants, as well as local Hawaiians, Chinese, Portuguese and people from and descendants of dozens of other countries. It was founded in 1844.
The Damon Family Plot
The first time I visited the Oahu Cemetery was to lay flowers and pay our respects at the Dominis family plot with a cousin from Honolulu.  It was on that visit that I noticed the Damon family plot was located right next to the Dominis plot.  On my second visit I was able to spend more time photographing the Damon stones and reading the Damon names.  I was very interested because the Reverend Samuel Chenery Damon not only was the pastor who married Governor John Owen Dominis and Lydia Paki (soon to become Princess Lili'uokalani), but Rev. Damon was from my hometown of Holden, Massachusetts.  He was sent to Hawaii in 1842 by the First Congregational Church of Holden, the same church I attended as I grew up.  I was confirmed there, married there, and my father had his funeral service a this same church.


In memory of
Rev. Samuel C. Damon, DD
Born in Holden, Mass
Feb. 15, 1815
Died in Honolulu
Feb. 7, 1885
Pastor of the Bethel Union
Church and for 43 years
Seamen's Chaplain 
at this Port.

In the cross of Christ's glory
Towering o'er the wrecks of time
All the light of the sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime


In memory of
Mrs. JULIA MILLS DAMON
Beloved wife
and worthy helpmate of
Rev. S. C. DAMON, DD
Born in Toningford, Conn.
Aug. 20, 1817
Died in Cheyenne City
Wyoming USA
June 19, 1890

Her children rise up and
call her blessed. 


I counted 30 gravestones on this family plot.  I'll list the names below.  I don't know if more Damons might be buried in the same plot.  There are five Damons listed at Find A Grave buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific "The Punchbowl".

Rev. Samuel C. Damon
Mrs. Julia Mills Damon
William F. Damon
Samuel Mills Damon
Gertrude Mary Esme Damon
Charles Gordon Damon
Samuel Edward Damon
Henry Fowler Damon
Gertrude MacKinnon Damon
Samuel Renny Damon
Heather Damon
Samuel Edward Damon "Ned"
Mary Mills Damon
Heather Jean Damon
Alexander Salusbury Haig and Gertrude Mary Joan Haig
Henry Edward Damon
Daphne Mills Damon
Ethel Moseley Damon
Wayne Lawrence Damon
Geraldine Putnam Clark
Douglas Damon
Richard C. Damon
Harriet Baldwin Damon
Samuel Mills Damon
Frank Lawrence Putnam and Violet Damon Putnam
Cornelia Beckwith Damon
Edward C. Damon
Bernard H. B. Damon
Cyril Francis Damon and Muriel Colgate Damon
Francis Williams Damon and Mary Happer Damon

The Reverend Samuel Damon was not only a minister, but a genealogist, local historian and he wrote a biography of his life. He wrote a book called The Damon Memorial: Notices of three Damon Families who came from Old England to New England in the XVIIth Century in 1882.  He wrote the History of Holden published in 1894 with David Foster Estes.  When I was growing up in Holden I had my first paying job as a page at the Gale Free public library, which is located at the Damon Memorial building.

Genealogy of the Damons:

Generation 1: John Damon, born about 1621 in Faversham, Kent, England; died 8 April 1708 in Reading, Massachusetts; married Abigail Sherman who died 25 December 1713 in Reading.

Generation 2: Joseph Damon, born 28 September 1661 in Reading; died 28 August 1726 in Dorchester, Massachusetts; married on 12 December 1686 in Dedham, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Kingsbury, daughter of John Kingsbury and Elizabeth Fuller.

Generation 3: Joseph Damon, born 6 July 1690 in Dedham, died 1763; married Mary Baker.

Generation 4: Joseph Damon, born 26 May 1723 in Dedham, died 31 January 1775 in Dedham; married on 7 June 1750 in Mendon, Massachusetts to Hopestill Thayer, born 31 March 1731 in Bellingham, Massachusetts.

Generation 5: Samuel Damon, born 13 August 1755 in Dedham, died 27 May 1813 in Holden, Massachusetts; married on 27 May 1779 in Medway, Massachusetts to Abigail Penniman, born 19 March 1754 in Medway.

Generation 6: Samuel Damon, born 11 June 1786 in Holden, died 23 July 1852 in Holden; married on 4 July 1810 in Holden to Alona Ann Chenery, daughter of Isaac Chenery and Susannah Pierce, born 27 January 1788 in Holden; died 22 December 1863 in Holden. 

Generation 7:  Samuel Chenery Damon, born 15 February 1815 in Holden, died 7 February 1885 in Honolulu, Hawaii; married on 6 October 1841 in Natick, Massachusetts to Julia Sherman Mills, born 20 August 1817 in Torrington, Connecticut and died 19 June 1890 in Cheyenne City, Wyoming.

The Oahu Cemetery  http://www.oahucemetery.org/

There is a wonderful hardcover book, with many photographs and stories, The Oahu Cemetery, by Nannette Napoleon Purnell,  which can be ordered for $30 at the above website.

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo


Monday, November 26, 2012

Roger's Rangers


Robert Rogers, 1727 – 1795

In New England, one of the most interesting roles to play in battles re-enactments is to be a member of Rogers Rangers.  This is a maverick group, and the actors don’t wear colonial uniforms, but buckskins and moccasins like Daniel Boone.   The Rangers became famous fighting in the French and Indian war, chasing the enemy up and down the Connecticut and Merrimack River valleys, which were the major highways of the time.

Robert Rogers was raised in Londonderry, when it was a frontier to the wilderness.  Beyond Londonderry was disputed territory belonging to Indian tribes and the French.   There were no formal schools in Londonderry at the time, and we can imagine when he learned to read and write, it was at home.  He learned to hunt with his Scots Irish neighbors, and to be comfortable in the wilderness.   In 1739 his family removed from Londonderry to near present day Concord, New Hampshire.   His father called his land Munterloney, after a place in Derry, Ireland.  It was later called Dunbarton, New Hampshire.

Rogers became a scout for Captain Ladd in 1746, and when he was a teenage boy.  In 1753 he was mustered into Captain John Goffe’s company.   At the expedition against Crown Point Robert Rogers was named Captain and the Second Lieutenant was John Stark.  Rogers kept journals at this time, which are an interesting view of the war from the frontier.   His troop was now known as “Rogers Rangers” and in 1757 they reconnoitered Lake George by snowshoes, and attacked a wagon train supplying the French.   This was known as the “Battle of the Snowshoes.”  He was wounded at this battle, but highly commended by General Abercrombie. 

Rogers later took his Rangers to the siege of Louisburg, missing the siege of Fort William Henry whilst he was in Nova Scotia.  He returned to Lake George, New York, in 1758 where he lost 114 out of about 200 men.  After many other skirmishes along the New York border, he was at the siege of Detroit in 1763.  He was to be tried for high treason and court-martialed in 1768 due to his mismanagement of Fort Michilimackinac.   However, he sailed for England to escape the trial.  He was feted by the nobility in England, probably because of the wild tales he could tell of life in the wilderness fighting the Indians.

By now he was known as Major Rogers, and earned a large estate in Concord, New Hampshire.  He married the daughter of a Portsmouth minister.  The marriage didn't last, and his wife petitioned for a divorce in 1778, on the grounds of desertion.   She lived with her second husband on the estate in Concord.

He appeared again in America in July 1775 on behalf of the British Army.   The people of the colonies regarded him as a spy, and he was arrested in Pennsylvania.   He appeared in Hanover, New Hampshire where he paid a visit to President Wheelock of Dartmouth College.  He proposed a deal to Wheelock to obtain a grant of land for Dartmouth from the Crown in exchange for aiding him, yet Rogers disappeared the next morning.   He was finally arrested again in New York, and he fought his last battle at Mamaroneck and was defeated by the colonists.   He returned to England and died there in 1795.

Rogers had a romanticized life, portrayed by writers and actors as an adventurer, yet his life ended in disgrace according to the Americans.  The British probably have a different point of view!

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For more information:

An American edition of Roger’s Journals was first edited by Dr. Franklin Benjamin Hough and published in 1883 and a new edition The Annotated and Illustrated Journals of Major Robert Rogers was edited by Timothy J. Todish, Purple Mountain Press, 2002

Rising Above Circumstances: The Rogers Family in Colonial America by Robert J. Rogers, Sheltus & Picard, 1998

Parker’s History of Londonderry, page 180 and 238

The Bay State Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 4, pages 211-   (January 1885), "Robert Rogers, The Ranger", by Joseph B. Walker

War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier by John F. Ross, Bantam Publishing, 2009

See the website http://www.montalona.com/ for more genealogical information on the Rogers family

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Rogers Family Tree:

Gen. 1.  James Rogers, born 30 June 1706 in Ireland, died in 1753 in Bow, New Hampshire, buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery, Derry, New Hampshire;  married  December 1725 in Ireland to Mary McFatridge, born about August 1705 in Ireland, died before 1772 in Dunbarton, New Hampshire.  Ten children.

Gen. 2. Robert Rogers, born 7 November 1731 in Methuen, Massachusetts (a staging point for Ulster Scots headed to New Hampshire), died on 18 May 1795 at Borough, England;  married about 1760 to  Elizabeth Browne, daughter of Reverend Arthur Browne of Portsmouth, divorced in 1778.  One child.

Gen. 3.  Arthur Rogers, Esquire,  born 12 February 1769 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, died 1841 in Concord, New Hampshire.   He was a lawyer.  He married about 1795 in Concord to Margaret Furness, daughter of Robert Furness.   She was born 2 July 1770 in Portsmouth and died in 1848.  They had nine children.

For a related story see "Scots Irish at Concord, NH" by my guest blogger, Tom Tufts 
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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Surname Saturday ~ Peirce of Watertown


PERS/ PEIRCE

John Pers/Peirce of Watertown was a freeman in Watertown in March of 1637/38 .  He was granted his first lot of land on 10 May 1642, and later bought three more lots.  He was a weaver by trade.
His daughter, Elizabeth, was insane before 1661 and her children were given to John Peirce in guardianship.  His will, and his wife’s will names their children and grandchildren.  For the story of the Ball children, see my Surname Saturday post from last week --------------------------------.

Will of “John Perc” 4 March 1657/8, proven 1 October 1661

In the name of God amen the fourth day of the i mo Anno Dom 1657/8 I John Perse of Watertowne in the County of Midlesex in New England weaver, being through the Lords mercy in good health, Sound mind and of good understanding. do make and ordaine this my last will & Testamt. My poore mortall Soule I do Desire freely and humbly to leave it in the everlasting Armes of the mercies of God the father in Christ Jesus My body I comitt to the earth to be decently buried at the Discreation of my Executrix, And as for my outward estate wch the Lord hath been pleased of his goodness to blesse me with all, and for a short time to make me Steward of, My Will is that (my funeral expences and all other my just debts being first payd and fully Sattisfied) My loveing wife Elizabeth Perse shall freely have and enjoy the same i.e. my dwelling house outhouses and all my lands Cattle, corne, & all other my goods and Chattlells Debts and Dues of what wr or kind soever, out of wch, my will is that shee the said Elizabeth with in one yeare next comeing after my decesae shall pay or cause to be payd unto my Eldest sonne Anthony Perse Twenty shillings and to the rest of my Children ten shillings a peece, to be payd in Country pay, also I Do hereby nominate & Appoynt the above said Elizabeth Sole Executrix of this my last will and Testamt In witness whereof I the said John Perse have here unto put my hand & seale the Day and yeare first above written
John Pers

Watertown, Middlesex County Probate #17450, the will of Elizabeth Peirce

In the name of God Amen I Elizabeth Pearse of wattertowne in the county 
of Middlesex in New England doo make and ordaine this my last will and 
testament in maner and forme following, viz I being aged and sicke of 
body but of good and perfect memory blessed and praysed be God first I 
recommend my soule and spirit into the handes of god that gave it hoping 
through the merits of Jesus Christ to have eternall life: and my body to 
the earth whereof itt was made and to be buried at the discretion of my 
executor hereafter mentioned Imp I give and bequeath to my son Robt 
Pearse all my meadow or sixteene pound Sterling at the liberty of my 
executor: also I give and bequeath to my son John Pearse 2 of my cowes 
now in the hands of John Ball Jur when ther time comes out with him: also 
I give and bequeath to my dauther Ester Moss one of my fether beds wch 
she shall make choice of and one bolster one pillow one covering one 
grene blanket and my yoke of oxen now in the hands of John Ball Jnr when 
ther time comes out with him: also I give and bequeath to my dauther Mary 
Coldum my best green Ruge and one paire of Sheets and my bigest brass 
Keatle and all my wearing clothes and my great looking glass and my cob 
irons: also I give and bequeath to my two grandchildren Mary and Ester 
Ball six pound to each of them to be payd by my executor two yeare after 
my decease and then to be improved for and to ther use by the discretion 
of my executor untill the time of their maridge or the age of eighteene 
yeares and then to come into their hands with the p'duce further I give 
and bequeath to my grandchild John Pearse son to my son Anthony Pearse 
twenty shill also I give and bequeath to my grandchild Mary Pearse 
dauther to my son Anthony twenty shill also I give and bequeath to my 
grandchild Judah Sawen twenty shill: also I give and bequeath to my grand 
child Ester Moss dauther to Joseph twenty shill: also I give and bequeath 
to my grand child Judah Pearse dauther to my son Robt Pearse twenty 
shill: and all the rest of my estate both houses lands goods cattle 
chattles debtes or whatever is mine I do hereby give and bequeath to my 
son Anthony Pearse and I doo hearby make and ordain my Aforesaid son 
Anthony Pearse my full and sole executor of this my last will and 
testament requiring him to perform all and every part hearof according to 
the true intent and meaning thereof in witness wherof I have hearunto 
anexed my hand and seale this 15th of the first month in the yeare 
1666-7.

Some sources for Peirce genealogy include Peirce Genealogy: being the record of the posterity of John Pers, an early inhabitant of Watertown, by Frederick Clifton Pierce,   1880 (available to read at Google Books) and the Pierce Surname Project at Rootsweb.com http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pierces/ResourceCenter.html

Some famous Peirce descendants include President Franklin Peirce  (1804 – 1869), President Calvin Coolidge (1872 – 1933),  and Barbara Peirce Bush (born 8 June 1925), First Lady and also mother of a president.

My Peirce genealogy:

Generation 1:  John Peirce, born about 1588 in England, died 2 September 1661 in Watertown, Massachusetts; married before 1609 to Elizabeth Unknown, who died on 12 March 1668.  Eight children.

Generation 2: Elizabeth Peirce, born about 1620, died about 3 October 1665 in Lancaster, Massachusetts; married as his first wife to John Ball who died 10 September 1675.   Five children.  Elizabeth’s sister, Judith (1623 – 1650) was the second wife of my 9x great grandfather, Francis Wyman (1617 – 1699).  

Generation 3: John Ball m. Sarah Bullard
Generation 4: Daniel Ball m. Mary Earl
Generation 5: Mary Ball m. Joseph Mixer
Generation 6. Lucy Mixer m. Andrew Munroe
Generation 7: Andrew Munroe m. Ruth Simonds
Generation 8: Luther Simonds Munroe m. Olive Flint
Generation 9: Phebe Cross Munroe m. Robert Wilson Wilkinson
Generation 10: Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill
Generation 11: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

Click here to read a bit of genealogical serendipity involving the Peirce family and my daughter’s wedding plans http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/04/wedding-serendipity.html

Click here to read about another Peirce connection- the story of Ivory Wilkinson AKA Ivory Peirce

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo


Friday, November 23, 2012

Friday Funny ~ Humorous Quotes about New England


"A good word now is worth ten on a headstone."

"In New England we have nine months of winter and three months of darned poor sledding."

To the European, a Yankee is an American.
To an American, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To a New Englander, a Yankee is someone from New Hampshire, Vermont or Maine.
To those from Northern New England, a Yankee is someone who eats apple pie for breakfast.
And to a Vermonter who eats apple pie for breakfast a Yankee is someone who eats pie with a knife.
~An old Yankee joke

Doris "Granny D" Haddock (1910 – 2010) 
"Small towns make up for their lack of people by having everyone be more interesting."

Henry Cabot Lodge (1850- 1924)
“New England has a harsh climate, a barren soil, a rough and stormy coast, and yet we love it, even with a love passing that of dwellers in more favored regions.”

Mark Twain  
“If you don’t like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.”

 John Collins Bossidy, Holy Cross alumni dinner, 1910
“And this is good old Boston,
The home of the bean and the cod,
Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots
And the Cabots talk only to God.”

Judson D. Hale, 1982, editor of the “Farmer’s Almanac”
“Summer person: ‘Nice little town, so old and quaint.  But I suppose you have a lot of oddballs, too.’
Native: ‘Oh, yes, quite a few.  You see ‘em around.  But they’re mostly gone after Labor Day.’

Daniel Webster (1782 – 1852)
“Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades:  shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe;  jewelers, a monster watch;  and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but up in the mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that here he is the makes men.”  [reference to the now gone “Old Man of the Mountain”]

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968)  
“From the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire, let freedom ring.”

Jeff Foxworthy
“If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New England”

“If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in New England”

"If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you live in New England”

“If you have switched from “heat” to “A/C: in the same day and back again, you live in New England”



Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Weathervane Wednesday ~ An Historic Old Hall

Every Wednesday for almost a year and half I've been posting photographs of weathervanes located in or near the Nutfield area (the former name for the land where Londonderry, Derry and Windham, New Hampshire are now located).  Most are historically interesting or just whimsical and fun weathervanes.  Have fun guessing where you may have seen this weather vane.

Do you know the location of weather vane #71?  Scroll down to see the answer.





Today's weather vane is located on top of the steeple of historic Union Hall on Anderson Road in Windham, New Hampshire, not too far from the Londonderry border and Beaver Brook.  This hall was built in 1880 to help the residents living outside of the center of town.  According to the Windham Historical Society website "it served the literary, social and religious needs" of the population in this end of Windham. It was built by funding shares from local inhabitants. It is still a popular spot for small meetings and an annual Halloween Haunted House event.

Click here to see all the past Weathervane Wednesday posts!

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Holt Family Plot in Honolulu

The Holt Family Plot can be found at the Oahu Cemetery on Nu'uanu Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Holt Plot
The first members of the Holt family in Hawaii are buried at the Kawaiahoa Church cemetery in a mausoleum.  The Holt vault is the resting place of Robert William Holt and his second wife, Caroline Tauwati Robinson.  His first wife, Ann Marie Jones, sister of my 4x great grandmother Catherine (Jones) Younger, is buried in Boston.  They were the daughters of Owen Jones and Elizabeth Lambert of Boston.  Their sister, Mary Lambert Jones married Capt. John Dominis, and her son was Governor John Owen Dominis, husband of Queen Liliuokalani.

Robert W. Holt (1792 - 1862) came to Hawaii, and sent for his two daughters, Elizabeth and Annie, to join him in Honolulu.  He remarried to Wati in 1835 in Honolulu, at the Seaman's Bethel by Rev. Samuel Damon,  and had four sons, one - Owen Jones Holt (1842 - 1891) is buried in the vault.

HANAKAULANI 1842 - 1904

HOLT

OWEN JONES
HOLT
1866 - 1922


Owen Jones Holt, Junior (1866 - 1922) is buried here at this plot, along with his mother,   Hanakaulani-o-kamamalu (1843 - 1904).  The other gravestones here are his descendants and relatives. I'll list the names on the other stones in this plot:

Daniel Lorenzen Holt
Richard Harding Holt "Uncle Mick"
C. Vickars Holt "Kepoikai"
Emma Daniels Holt
John D. Holt  (1861 - 1916)
James R. Holt and Katherine C. Holt
Herbert Marshall Pereira
Hanakaulani Ahulii Ferreira
Hanakaulani
John D. Holt (1885 - 1950) and May Ellen Bailey
Samuel N. Holt
Erminie Holt MacKenzie
Ellen Holt Finlay
John Dominis Holt IV (1919 - 1993) and Frances Damon "Patches"
Lizzie H. Richardson
Arma P. Peelua
Elizabeth Richardson Hart
Owen Jone Holt

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Surname Saturday ~ Ball of Watertown, Massachusetts


BALL

John Ball went to Nashaway Plantation, later called Lancaster, Massachusetts.  He was one of three men sent to occupy the land.  He was a tailor, and his first wife, Elizabeth Pierce, went insane about 1660.  The court gave guardianship of three children to her parents, and gave his in-laws guardianship of his wife. She died and he remarried to Elizabeth Fox.  They removed to Lancaster where in 1675 he, his wife, and infant son Joseph were slain during an Indian massacre and two other children (Esther and Abigail) were taken captive. The surviving children were probably living with his Pierce in-laws in Watertown.

His son, also called John Ball, administered to his father’s estate after the massacre. He was a weaver, and learned his trade from his grandfather Peirce.

Some sources for researching the descendants of John Ball include the History of Watertown by Henry Boston, 1860, Stone-Gregg Genealogy by Alicia Crane Williams, 1987, and Divided We Stand: Watertown, Massachusetts 1630 – 1680, by Roger Thompson, 2001, pages 1008 – 109.  There is a book The Descendants of John Ball, Watertown, Massachusetts, by Frank Densmore Warren and Mrs. George H. Ball, 1932 available to read online at Archive.org.  There is a fairly accurate family tree at the website www.newenglandballproject.com

One famous descendant of John Ball is the actress Lucille Ball (1911 – 1989).

My Ball family lineage:

Generation 1.  John Ball, born 1620, died on 10 September 1675  at Lancaster, Massachusetts; married Elizabeth Pierce, daughter of John Pierce and Elizabeth Hart, who died about 3 October 1665 in Lancaster. Five children, including Mary Ball who was the second wife of my 7x great grandfather William Munroe.  John Ball married second on 3 August 1665 to Elizabeth Fox and had three more children.

Generation 2. John Ball, son of John Ball and Elizabeth Pierce, born 1644 in Watertown, Massachusetts, died 8 May 1722; married on 17 August 1665 to Sarah Bullard, daughter of George Bullard and Beatrice Hall. Nine children.

Generation 3. Daniel Ball, born 2 August 1683 in Watertown, died 9 March 1718 in Watertown, married on 10 November 1708 to Mary Earl, daughter of John Earl and Mary Lawrence, born 9 January 1690 in Watertown. Two children.

Generation 4. Mary Ball, born 27 December 1709 in Watertown, married on 4 May 1726 in Watertown to Joseph Mixer, son of Joseph Mixer and Anna Jones, born 14 December 1705 in Watertown. Eight children.

Generation 5. Lucy Mixer m. Andrew Munroe
Generation 6. Andrew Munroe m. Ruth Simonds
Generation 7. Luther Simonds Munroe m. Olive Flint
Generation 8. Phebe Cross Munroe m. Robert Wilson Wilkinson
Generation 9. Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill
Generation 10. Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Friday, November 16, 2012

Washington Place ~ Needs your help!

Yours Truly, Mom and Husband at Washington Place
built for my 4x great aunt, Mary (Jones) Dominis

Most Americans have never heard of Washington Place.  It is a historic house in Honolulu built by Captain John Dominis for his Boston born wife in the 1840s.  At a time when most people were living in thatched huts, this enormous white mansion became a showplace.  No one knows why Capt. Dominis built such an impressive home, but within a short time of its construction he died at sea in 1846. His widow was reduced to taking in boarders to help cover the expenses of running such a big household.

Mary’s boarders were mostly Americans.  One of her first boarders was Anthony Ten Eyck, the American Commissioner to the islands.  Ten Eyck nicknamed the house “Washington Place” in a letter dated 22 February 1848, on an anniversary of George Washington’s birthday.  The name stuck when King Kamehameha III liked the name and wrote a royal decree retaining the name “in all time coming”.

Mary Lambert Jones was born in Boston on 3 August 1803.  She married Captain John Dominis in Boston on 9 October 1824.  He was a native of Trieste, Italy, which is now in Slovenia.  Mary was the sister of my 4x great grandmother, Catherine Plummer (Jones) Younger.  When she was building the house in Hawaii, she enlisted the aid of her brother-in-law, Enoch Howes Snelling, to send the windows and doors from Boston.  Enoch, a glazier in Boston’s North End, was married to another sister, Sarah Dargue Jones.


The glass in the windows and doors of Washington Place
were sent from Boston by Enoch H. Snelling, husband of my 4x great aunt

For some unknown reason, the Dominises removed from Boston to Schenectady, New York where their three children were born.  Mary lived with the family of Reverend Christopher Yates while Captain Dominis went on many voyages to the Pacific.

 In 1837 they sailed on board the bark Jones to Honolulu, leaving two young daughters, Mary, age 12, and Frances, age 8, at school in Schenectady.  They brought their little son, John Owen Dominis, age 5, with them to Honolulu.   The year after they left Mary died in Schenectady, and in 1842 Francis also died.  Mary Dominis traveled back to Boston and New York in 1843, but her daughters were already laid to rest in the Yates family plot at the Vale Cemetery, Schenectady.  It is hard to imagine her loss.

But Mary returned to live in Honolulu, and raised her son there.  John Owen Dominis became the governor of Oahu and Maui.  He married Lydia Kamekeha Paki in 1862, the daughter of an ali’i family.  She became Princess Liliuokalani and later the last Queen of Hawaii.  After the Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown, she made Washington Place her permanent home. Liliuokalani lived there for the rest of her life, and died in her bedroom there on 11 November 1917.  She had lived there for 55 years.

A portrait of Queen Liliuokalani graces the dining room inside Washington Place

Washington Place was bought from the Queen’s estate by the legislature of Hawaii in 1921.  It became the governor’s mansion for the territorial and state governors of Hawaii until 2002 when a new governor’s mansion was built.  It is now a historic house museum, and the site of official events for the state of Hawaii, such as parties, press conferences, and official visits from heads of states. Tours are free, and available by appointment.

Although Washington Place is owned by the state of Hawaii, the funds for maintenance and upkeep are raised by the private Washington Place Foundation.  The house is now 171 years old, and the tropical climate has caused several maintenance problems which will be expensive to repair.  With state cutbacks and economic measures being what they are now, the house museum is seeking additional donations towards major structural repairs.  To make a donation please make a check payable to:

The Washington Place Foundation
PO Box 873
Honolulu, HI 96808

For more information on Washington Place:

Washington Place, A First Lady's Story,  by  Jean Hayashi Ariyoshi,  Honolulu, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, 2004

Washington Place Foundation website http://www.washingtonplacefoundation.org/

A previous blog post about Washington Place
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/12/advent-calendar-christmas-in-hawaii.html 

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Thursday, November 15, 2012

2012 New Hampshire Thanksgiving Proclamation

from left to right
NH Mayflower Governor John Payzant, Recording Secretary Heather Rojo,
Elder Penny Webster and NH Governor John Lynch

On 14 November 2012 the Honorable Governor John Lynch of New Hampshire signed the annual Thanksgiving Proclamation with members of the New Hampshire Mayflower Society, at a session of the Executive Council at the statehouse in Concord.

The New Hampshire Mayflower Society's mission is to honor the memory of our Plymouth ancestors and to fulfill this mission through genealogical research and promoting our colonial history.  The annual proclamation makes Thanksgiving official throughout the state of New Hampshire, so our residents can now "officially" enjoy their turkey dinners!

Photo courtesy of Carolyn Payzant

New Hampshire Mayflower Society  www.nhmayflower.org

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Copyright 2012 Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Weather Vane Wednesday ~ A Golfer!


Every Wednesday I post a photo of a weather vane from the area of New Hampshire once known as Nutfield, now the towns of Londonderry, Derry and Windham.  Today I wandered a bit over the border into Litchfield.

Do you know the location of weathervane #70?  Scroll down to see the answer.





Today's weather vane was seen at one of the pretty homes lining the fairways on Passaconaway Golf Course in Litchfield, New Hampshire.  This unusual weather vane is mounted directly on the ridge pole of the garage roof, and is not attached to a cupola or tower.  It is a great weather vane for this neighborhood!

Click here to see all the Weathervane Wednesday posts! 

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Derry, NH's World War II Honor Roll

In Derry the World War II Honor Roll is located in MacGregor Park, next to the library.


ROLL OF HONOR OF THOSE FROM
DERRY
WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES
OF THE UNITED STATE
IN WORLD WAR II
1941 - - 1945

ABBOTT EARL M
ACKERMAN CHARLES C
AIKEN MAURICE S
AINSWORTH RAYMOND
AKINS RAY LEON JR.
ALEXANDER DAVID
ALEXANDER JESSE
ALEXANDER LLOYD *
ALEXANDER WARREN E.
ALLARD RONALD E.
ALLEN CHARLES F.
ALLEN COURTNEY
ANDERSON EVERETT J.
ANDERSON JOHN A.
ANDERSON LLOYD
ANDERSON WILFRED
ANTHONY FORREST A.
BAGLEY NORTON R.
BAGLEY WILLIAM H.
BAILEY ELWYN A.
BAILEY LEO A.
BAILEY LOUIS A.
BAILEY ULRIC D.
BAILEY WARREN I.
BAKER ROBERT G.
BALL EDWARD LEROY
BALL FOSTER H.
BALL JOHN MOORE JR.
BARKA ERNEST P.
BARKA K. D.
BARTH FRANCIS E.
BARTLETT PHILIP
BEAN HAROLD H. JR.
BEAN HERBERT W. JR.
BEAN NORMAN A.
BEAUCHAMP RAYMOND A.
BEAUREGARD ERNEST C.
BECKER RICHARD 
BELESKI JOHN
BELIVEAU ADRIAN
BELLAVANCE ALFRED
BALLAVANCE LEO R.
BELLAVANCE LEON J.
BELLEMORE HENRY E.
BELLEMORE WILLIAM O.
BERGEVIN ERNEST
BERRY ERNEST E
BERRY ERNEST M
BERRY LEROY FRANCIS
BERTRAND ARTHUR
BERTRAND GEORGE C
BERUBE CHARLES E
BESSEY HENRY
BETTEZ LORENZO R.
BETTEZ RODOLPHE C.
BIBEAULT WILLIAM J.
BICKFORD CHESTER W
BICKFORD EDWARD M
BICKFORD MELVIN G.
BICKFORD NAHUM
BLANCHARD EDWARD J.
BLANCHARD ERNEST H.
BLANCHARD FRANCIS
BLANCHARD GEORGE H.
BLANCHARD PAUL R.
BOIVERT BERNARD E.
BOLDUC ANITA
BONENFANT ROLAND R.
BOOKY ALBERT
BOOKY ERNEST
BOOKY JOSEPH
BOROWSKI EUGENE H. *
BOROWSKI FRANK E
BOROWSKI WALTER
BOUDREAU HENRY J.
BOULANGER BERNARD
BOULANGER CLEMENT
BOULANGER ROBERT
BOULANGER ROMEO
BOURDREAU EDWARD J.
BOURNIVAL LILLIAN T.
BOUSQUET RAYMOND
BOUVER ROBERT F.
BOYCE DAVID
BOYCE GEORGE S.
BOYCE JOHN A. JR.
BRASIER JOHN P.
BRASSARD JOHN L.
BRODERICK JOHANNA C.
BRODERICK WILLIAM H.*
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BROES EDWARD JULIAN
BROOKS JOHN P
BROOKS KENNETH E
BROOKS RUSSELL E
BRUDZISZ STANLEY
BRUNO LOUIS H.
BRUNO THOMAS T. JR.
BUCKLEY RAYMOND F.
BUNKER HOWARD O.
BURDETTE PAUL A.
BURDICK LEANDER W. JR.
BURELLE HERVEY L.
BUSHALL ROBERT W.
BUTTERFIELD DONALD A. JR.
BUZZELL CHARLES A.
BYRNE JOHN C.
CADIEUX EDWARD P
CADIEUX JOHN D.
CALDWELL LAWRENCE B.
CAMPBELL DANIEL C.
CAMPBELL HOWARD W. JR.
CAMPBELL HOWARD W. SR.
CAMPBELL SETH R.
CAREY ARTHUR F.
CAREY DONALD I.
CARON THOMAS D.
CARSON KENNETH
CASSIDY LEONARD A.
CASSIDY RAYMOND *
CASTLE HARRY
CASTLE RICHARD W.
CHADWICK EVELYN L.
CHADWICK HOWARD D. JR.
CHADWICK ROLAND D.
CHAPMAN HAROLD EARL JR.
CHASE ARTHUR C.
CHASE ARTHUR W.
CHASE CHARLES H.
CHASE CLARENCE
CHASE FRANKLIN E.
CHASE KENNETH R.
CHASE PERLEY E.
CHASE RICHARD E.
CHASE ROSE
CHASE RUSSELL E.
CHESNAKAS ANTHONY J.
CHENEVERT WALTER L.
CHOUINARD ADELARD
CLARK DONALD E.
CLARK IRVING F.
CLARK JAMES E.
CLAY KENNETH R.
CLEMENT BURTON P.
CLEVELAND ELBERT O.
COFFIN ELLON A.
COLBY CLYDE F.
COMEAU JAMES F.
COMETTE ERBERT E.
CONDON KENNETH D. JR.
COONS JOHN
COOPER CHARLES A.
COOPER JOHN L
COOPER LEON F.
CORLISS RALPH E.
CORMIER J. CAMILLE
CORNISH KENNETH G.
COTE ARMAND P.
COTE LEON E.
COTE NORMAN A.
COTE PAUL R.
CRICKX HARRISON F.
CUMMINGS EDWARD M.
DaPRATO CHARLES *
DASEY ALBERT M.
DASKY EDWARD *
DAVIE WILLIAM D.
DAVIS HAYDEN
DAVIS KEENE F.
DAVIS RAY JR.
DAVIS WALTER A.
DeANGELIS EDWARD J.
DeGROOT CORNELIUS
DeGROOT GERRIT
DeGROOT JACOB
DELUCA ALBERT
DENSMORE CLYDE L.
DENSMORE FRED S.
DENSMORE HORACE V.
DENSMORE WALLACE B.
DesROSIERS RALPH M. JR.

DEVINE GEORGE P.
DEVLIN GEORGE A. *
DEXTER DONALD E.
DEXTER HAROLD H.
DEXTER ROY E.
DICK ALBERT H.
DICK ALFRED W.
DICK BERNARD F.
DiMARZIO FRANK
DION ROBERT H.
DION ROLAND A.
DONNE EMILE J.
DiPIETRO HAROLD E.
DiPIETRO LOUIS A.
DISNEY MITCHELL K.
DORMAN HENRY J.
DOUBLEDAY MILTON JR.
DOUGHERTY DOUGLAS M.
DOWNING GENEVA B.
DOWNING WILLIAM R.
DRAKE ILA E.
DRAPER FREDERICK A. JR.
DUGAY JOHN E.
DURWARD ROBERT S.
DUVARNEY LEO P.
EDDY REGINALD VERE
EDDY ROBERT G.
EDWARD ROLAND
ELA WILLIAM C.
ELLINGWOOD JOHN P
EMERY CHARLES P.
EVANS RONALD H.
RAY WILBUR F.
FEINAUER ROY B.
FICKETT BYRON A.
FLANAGAN EDWIN C.
FLOYD CARL D.
FOGARTY RAPLPH E.
FONTAINE CONRAD A.
FONTAINE JULIEN
FONTAINE LOWELL H.
FONTAINE PHILLIP D.
FOSSETT ALBERT F.
FOWLER CHARLES S.
GAGNE DONALD P.
GAGNE GLOVER C.
GAGNE KENNETH C.
GAGNON JAMES A.
GAGNON JOHN B. JR.
GALLIEN ALBERT J.
GALLIEN CLARENCE E.
GALLIEN FRANCIS J.
GALLIEN LEO P.
GALLIEN NORMAN D.
GAMACHE DORELL J.
GARDNER WILLIAM R. JR.
GARDNER WILLIAM R. SR.
GASKILL JOHN G.
GAUTHIER JOSEPH I
GEDNEY DORIS
GELINAS RAY
GERMAINE EDWARD
GILE WINSTON L. *
GLIDDEN LLOYD A.
GONYE ANTHONY J.
GONYE EDWARD R.
GONYE LEONARD
GONYE RICHARD T.
GOODCHILD RUSSELL L. *
GOODROW DAVID S.
GOODROW NORMAN E.
GRADY PAUL G. *
GRADY ROBERT
GRADY RUTH M.
GRADY THOMAS
GRANDMAISON ROGER L.
GRATTON JAMES
GREENWOOD JOSEPH F.
GREENWOOD RAYMOND
GREGOIRE HENRY L.
GRINNELL GEORGE H.
GROSS SIDNEY
GUILBEAULT JOSEPH A.
GURLEY BENJAMIN
GURLEY HAROLD
GURNEY THOMAS F.
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HALL ALAN B. *
HALL GEORGE
HAL LAWRENCE
HALL LEONARD C.
HAM BENJAMIN S.
HAMBLETT RALPH E.
HAMBLETT SAMUEL R. JR.
HAMM CHARLES W.
HANE ROBERT M.
HARRIS CLARENCE E.
HARTMAN ALBERT J.
HARTMAN KENNETH E.
HATHAWAY VERNON L.
HAYES LAWRENCE
HENDERSON ROBERT L.
HENDERSON WILSON R.
HEPWORTH ALFRED T
HEPWORTH ARTHUR J.
HILBERG HERMAN W.
HILL ALBERT
HILL CHARLES
HILL HERBERT F.
HILLS WALTER E.
HOISINGTON CARLTON M. JR.
HOLDEN ARTHUR G.
HOLLINGHEAD IRMA B.
HOLM BERNARD S.
HOLM EDWIN A.
HOLM ROBERT S.
HOLM RUSSELL N.
HOULE FRANK J.
HOUSTON DONALD C.
HOWARD ARTHUR E.
HOWARD FREDERICK T.
HOWARD JOHN U.
HOWARD JOSEPH
HOWARD THOMAS E.
HULL JOHN H. JR.
HUTTON CHARLES F.
HUTTON MILDRED
HYLAN N. WICKER *
IVON ADELARD D.
IVON GEORGE
JACKSON JAMES E.
JENSEN ROWLAND .
JODOIN PAUL
JODOIN ROBERT J.
JOHNS CHARLES
JOHNSON ALVIN L.
JOHNSON GYLE W.
JOHNSON KARL L.
JOHNSON LANSIL A.
JOHNSON MERLE N.
JOHNSON THURMAN
JOHNSON WALDO E.
JOHNSON WILLIAM G.
JORDAN ROBERT J.
JOYCE EDWARD F.
JOYCE RICHARD A.
JOYCE WILLIAM M.
KACHAVOS CHARLES J.
KACHAVOS DEMETRA
KACHAVOS GEORGE
KATSAKIORES GEORGE N.
KEHOE LAURENCE F.
KEITH BARBARA M.
KEITH IRENE B.
KELLEY CHARLES L.
KELLEY GLENDEN J.
KELLEY WILLIAM J.
KENNEY LESTER O.
KIENIA ANTHONY
KIMBALL WALLACE L.
KING WALLACE P.
KINGSBURY LLOYD H.
KINGSBURY RAYMOND E.
KISIELEWSKI EDMUND S.
KRUGER ANDREW C.
KULIGOWSKI HENRY
KULIGOWSKI STANLEY F.
KORHONEN ALBERT C.
LACASSE ADOLPH A.
LAFERRIERE ALCIDE S.
LAFERRIERE DONALD
LAFOND GEORGE G.
LAMBERT GEORGE H.
LAMONTAGNE CHARLES
LAMONTAGNE GEORGE
LAMONTAGNE JOSEPH
LAMSON FLOYD G.

LANGELIER LAURICE
LAPOINTE ROGER J.
LAPORTE EDMUND
LAPORTE GEORGE W. JR.
LAPORTE HENRY J.
LARMONDRA JOSEPH R.
LAROCHELLE ALEX A.
LAROCHELLE RAYMOND A.
LATULIPPE CLEMENT P.
LATULIPPE LEO E.
LAUNDRY ARTHUR W.
LAUZON HENRY R.
LAVOIE CHANEL L.
LAVOIE OSCAR L.
LAWTON JAMES J.
LEACH CLINTON M.
LeBLANC ALYRE Z.
LeBLANC ARMAND
LeBLANC EDGAR JR.
LEE EDWIN F.
LEE FRANCIS
LEE WILFRED J.
LEGASSE PAUL J.
LEGER LEO J.
LEHOUILLIER DONAT E.
LESSARD CLARENCE J.
LEVANDOWSKI FRANK P.
LEVANDOWSKI JOHN J.
LEVANDOWSKI PAUL
LEVANDOWSKI PETER
LEVANDOWSKI STANLEY
LAVANDOWSKI WILLIAM J.
LEVESQUE GEORGE A.
LEVESQUE HENRY G.
LEVESQUE LEO H.
LEVESQUE NORMAN A.
LESVESQUE OMER
LESVESQUE RAYMOND P.
LEWIS MICHEAL J.
LINTEAU JOSEPH H.
LOW RICHARD C.
LUCAS FORREST
MABRY GWENDOLYN E.
MacGREGOR ARTHUR W.
MacGREGOR CHESTER A.
MacGREGOR DAVID C.
MacGREGOR DONALD R.
MacGREGOR ROBERT C.
MacISAAC BURTON G.
MacPHERSON FRANCIS R.
MacWHA ROBERT W.
MADIGAN JOHN J.
MAGUIRE ELMER W.
MAKEPEACE GEORGE E.
MANNARINI JOSEPH A.
MANNING FREDERICK H.
MANNING HAROLD W.
MANNING WOODROW G.
MARCOTTE ALBERT L.
MARCOTTE ALFRED L.
MARCOTTE GEORGE P.
MARCOTTE LAWRENCE
MARCOU CARLTON J.
MARQUIS ARTHUR J. JR.
MARSTERS JOHN
MARTEL WARREN R.
MARTIN MARION M.
MARTIN OLIVER J. JR.
MASELLIS JOHN A.
MAURER CHARLES D. JR.
McCARTHY JAMES L. B.
McDONALD EDWARD L.
McDUFFIE CLARENCE E.
McGILLEN EDWARD J.
McKAY MARJORIE E.
McKERNAN GORDON
McMORRIS ERNEST .
MERCURE ROSALINE A.
MERCURE WALTER J.
MERISOTIS GEORGE E.
MERISOTIS PETER
MERISOTIS SOCRATES
MESSERY JOSEPH
MESSERY SAMUEL E. *
MESSINA SEBASTIAN L.
MIDDLETON GEORGE J.
MILLER ALBERT M.
MILLS ARTHUR E.
MILLS EVERETT G. JR.
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MITCHELL DOUGLAS B.
MOODY ROBERT M.
MOORE WILLIAM S.
MOQUIN RENE G. J.
MORIN BASIL J.
MORIN CLAUDE V.
MORIN CORNELIUS T.
MORIN HENRY
MORRISON DONALD R.
MORRISON JEREMY
MORRISON ROBERT H.
MORSE ROBERT L.
MORTIMER JOHN W.
MOSMAN ANSON L.
MOYNIHAN FRANK P.
MOYNIHAN HAROLD E.
MOYNIHAN THOMAS
MUNSEY RICHARD I
MURPHY ANDREW
MYATT CHARLES
MYATT RONALD F.
NAYLOR ROBERT M.
NEWCOMB ELMER R.
NEWELL EDWARD C.
NEWELL PRESCOTT C.
NIARCHOS GEORGE
NIGIEJEWSKI EDWARD R.
NIGIEJEWSKI STANLEY
NORMAN MELVIN A.
NORMANDEAU WILFRED A.
NORRIS RAYMOND A.
NUTE EDMUND E
O'BRIEN HOWARD A.
O'BRIEN LEON D.
O'BRIEN LEWIS F. JR.
O'CONNOR NANCY E.
O'HARA THOMAS U.
OIKLE CLARENCE V.
OIKLE HECTOR M.
ORZECHOWSKI STANLEY
OWEN CHARLES
PAGE ARMAND
PAGE ORREN E.
PALIN ALDEI D.
PALMER JOSEPH L.
PAQUIN RAYMOND C. E. 
PARADIS FRANCIS X.
PARKER WILLIAM J.
PARMENTER HAROLD J.
PARSHLEY HOWARD
PATNAUDE ALBERT G.
PATNAUDE HENRY
PATNAUDE THEODORE H.
PATTEN CLARENCE W.
PATTEN GEORGE A. *
PATTEN SAMUEL M.
PAUQUETTE RICHARD J.
PELLETIER HENRY O.
PELLETIER LEO C.
PELLETIER PHILLIP M.
PERKINS ALBERT J.
PERKINS CHARLES F.
PERKINS RALPH B.
PERRY ROBERT D.
PERRY ROLAND H.
PHILBROOK FRED A.
PICKERING ALBERT R.
PIERONI LEOPOLD G.
PILLSBURY EVERETT
PILLSBURY WALTER A.
PINGREE ELWIN S.
PINGREE LAWRENCE
PIPER CHARLES A.
PIPER CLINTON G.
PIPER CLYDE W.
PIPER FRED L.
PIPER LEONEL G.
PIPER MAURICE E.
PIPER MAURICE E. JR.
POLCHARCZYK BERNARD H.
POLLARD LAURENCE R.
POND EMERSON H.
PONTAUT RAYMOND
POTTER MYRON R.
POTTER ROBERT G.
POWERS DOUGLAS D.
POWERS MILFORD
POWERS RAYMOND C.
PRESCOTT DONALD E.

PRESSEY ROLAND H
PRESTON CHARLES E. JR. *
PRESTON CHARLES E. SR.
PRESTON ELBRIDGE H.
PRESTON EUGENE J.
PROCTOR IRVING
PROCTOR WARREN D.
PURDY SUMNER F.
PUTNEY WARREN C.
QUIMBY CLIFFORD
RAMSDEN WALTER
RAMSDEN WILLIAM L.
RAND THOMAS
RATAY STANLEY F.
REED MONROE M.
REGIS CLOVIS L
RENDO JOHN F.
RICHARDSON GEORGE W.
RICHARDSON HOWARD E.
RIDER ARTHUR W.
RIDER KENNETH P.
RIEMER EDWARD F.
RIEMER PETER G.
ROBBINS ELMOND H.
ROBERTSON WILLIAM J
ROBITAILLE NORMAN T.
ROBITAILLE ROLAND
ROCHELEAU HAROLD D.
ROCK ALBERT
ROLLINS ELWIN
ROMEIKO JOSEPH H
ROSS CLAYTON
ROUTHIER FRANCOIS A
ROUTHIER GEORGE A
ROUTHIER ROLAND N
ROUTHIER WILLIAM H.
ROY ALFRED J.
ROWE FLORENCE E
St. CYR JOHN A
SARGENT FRED J.
SARGENT RAYMOND
SAUNDERS CHARLES W. JR.
SAUNGERS JOHN P.
SCHOLZ KENNETH P.
SCHOLZ RICHARD M
SCHURMAN JOHN C.
SCOTT ARTHUR G.
SCOTT ARTHUR G. JR. 
SCOTT EDWARD C
SCOTT EDWARD G.
SCOTT WALLACE H.
SEFTON HENRY R.
SENECAL ROLAND W.
SENTER KENNETH L. JR.
SHACKFORD RICHARD
SHACKFORD ROBERT I.
SHAW ROBERT N.
SHEEDY GEORGE F.
SHEPARD ALAN B.
SHEPARD ALAN B. JR.
SHERIDAN EDWIN H.
SHINER OTIS F.
SHINER THEODORE M.
SHRIBERG PAUL
SIMPSON LEONARD A.
SIMPSON ROSS M.
SING CHARLES E. JR. *
SIVIK JOHN J.
SMART CHESTER L
SMART ROBERT M.
SMITH AUBREY L
SMITH CARROLL E
SMITH EDWARD H.
SMITH FRANK B.
SMITH GEORGE S.
SMITH HOWARD W.
SMITH KENNETH B.
SMITH LEON J.
SMITH MERLE G.
SMITH PAUL R.
SMITH RICHARD W.
SMITH ROSS G. JR.
SMITH VAN NESS JR.
SONEY RALPH
SPAFFORD CARROLL G.
SPAFFORD GEORGE K.
SPAULDING CHARLES H.
SPOLLETT PERLEY P.
SPRINGFIELD CHARLES W.
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STAMPS CHESTER H.
STARKEY GEORGE O.
STARRETT FRANK L.
STEARNS RALPH M.
STEVENS FRANCIS L.
STEVENS JOHN J.
STEVENS MARJORIE
STEVENS RUSSELL E.
STEWART WILLIAM
STONE OSBORN E.
STONE STANLEY C.
SULLIVAN NEIL
SUTTON DONALD F.
SUTTON JAMES L
SVIRSKAS GEORGE
SWEET ALTHEA E.
SYKES EDGAR W.
TALBOT GERARD L.
TALBOT JOSEPH C.
TALBOT LIONEL J.
TALBOT MARIO A.
TAMBURELLO ELAINE P.
TANGNEY ROBERT P.
TAYLOR HERBERT W.
TAYLOR LESTER H.
TEITELBAUM A. D.
TETREAULT GEORGE T.
TEWKSBURY CARL H. JR.
TEWKSBURY NELSON C.
TEWKSBURY RICHARD W.
THIBEAULT PAUL L.
TIBEAULT RAYMOND
THOMPSON CARL O.
TINKHAM FRANK NELSON JR.
TINKHAM WENDELL W.
TODD STANLEY W.
TODD WESLEY L.
TYRRELL KENNETH R.
UICKER LEO
UPTON WILLIAM F.
VARNEY CLAYTON E. JR.
VARNEY RICHARD B.
VEILLEUX THEODORE H.
WAKEFIELD ROYAL A.
WALKER ROBERT L
WALLACE JAMES JR.
WALLACE ROGER D.
WARK CARLTON A.
WARREN C. FRANK
WARREN EARL F.
WATTS ARTHUR H.
WATTS CLYDE D.
WATTS IDA L
WATTS WINFIELD M.
WEBBER FREDERICK H.
WEBER HENRY A.
WELCH MIRON A.
WELCH STANLEY E.
WELLS DONALD C.
WELLS LEON S.
WELLS RICHARD
WESTON GAIL B. JR.
WHEELER HENRY T. JR.
WHEELER WALTER F.
WHEELER WILLIAM T.
WHITE LLOYD N.
WHITNEY LEON A.
WHITNEY MALCOLM D.
WHITTEMORE FRED A.
WIGGINS GEORGE H.
WILCOX JOHN R.
WILKINSON KENNETH W.
WILLEY GEORGE A.
WILSON WALTER H. JR.
WILSON WILLIAM J.
WING SETH P.
WISSIG ARTHUR L.
WITHINGTON ROBERT S.
WOODBURY PAULINE M.
WOODWARD JOSEPH P.
WOODWARD MAHLON R.
YORK OSCAR E.
YOUNG FRANK N.
YOUNG MARY E.
YOUNG PETER *
ZOERB CONRAD
ZOULIAS GEORGE
ZULKESKI CHARLES T.
ZULKESKI HENRY A.

[On the back of the monument are some more names
ALWAYS check the back!]

FLOYD RALPH W.
MOULTON EARL A. JR.
SHEEDY WILLIAM F.
MILLER RUTLEDGE L. *
CARSON RUSSELL


*DIED IN SERVICE

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