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Sunday, July 30, 2023

Lambertville, New Jersey Veterans Honor Roll

 These photos and the transcription of the Civil War military honor roll were sent to me by reader Neysa Garrett.  It is located in Lambertville, New Jersey. 


S.C. Worman
Memorial
Fountain
1917


LIEUT. C. WESTLEY ARNETT
CAPT. C. AUG. ANGEL
LIEUT W. M. EAGAN
LIEUT. GEO. C. JUSTICE
CAPT. CHAS. L. KNEASS
ADJ'T JOSIAH s. SUDDIFORD
LIEUT. COM. H. MARTIN BLUE U.S.N.


SAMUEL ASHBROOK
ALBERT BLACK
ABRA'M BLACK
CHAS. BRANDT
GEO. P. BREWER
JAS. BELL
ISAAC CATHRALL
JOHN CLARY
WM. CHIDISTER
JOHN GRAIG
PATRICK DEVER
JOHN ELY
WM. FISHER
LORENZO D. GIBSON
JAS. GIBSON
JACOB M. GARIS
JOHN BUTCHOL
WILSON HORN
ELIAS KRAMER
JOHN MAHAN
GOTTLIEB MUELLER


WM. B. PHILLIPS
NEWTON B. COOK


DELAWARE TOWNSHIP
WM. H. KETCH
GEORGE F. WILLIAMS
EVIN J. GREEN
RICHARD C. EVERITT
EDWARD NAYLOR

ERECTED 1870




ADAM MANN
JOHN MANN
CHAS. MANN
ALEX H. NAYLOR
JOHN O'DANIEL, JR
ANDERSON PIDCOCK
PATRICK PURCEL
GEO. W. PHILLIPS
PATRICK ROGAN
MICHAEL REAGINS
HIRAM ROOKS
AUG. RISLER
JOS. B. SNOOK
RICHARD SIBBETT JR.
GEO. W. TAYLOR
HUGH S. TAYLOR
PALMER THORN
ISRAEL TRAUGER
WM. H. TRACY
ELIAS VAN CAMP


This blog post will be linked to The Honor Roll Project website.  These transcriptions make the names available to search engines. This allows descendants, researchers, and family members to find their friends and heroes on the internet.  It is a simple but very rewarding project.  Thank you for participating!    https://honorrollproject.weebly.com/ 


Thursday, July 27, 2023

Happy 14th Anniversary to Nutfield Genealogy

 


Fourteen years ago I was brave and pushed the button that posted the first story to this blog. It was the story of how I proved that Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii married my first cousin many generations removed.  I had been working on the story for a few days, and didn't know when to go live on line.  We had cousins from Spain coming to visit for a few weeks, and I knew I was going to be busy, but I clicked on that link and...

I didn't know I'd still be doing this fourteen years later!

The first people who read my blog were family members.  Then a few days (or weeks, I can't remember) later complete strangers were reading and commenting on the blog posts.  That was a weird, but fun experience. It was even more fun to find out some of those strangers were "cousins"!  Cousin connections are my favorite part of blogging. 

Then a great bunch of folks known as the "GeneaBloggers" started following my blog.  We all became Facebook friends, and tweeted and Google+ed (remember G+?) each other's posts. Then local people in New Hampshire and New England began to read Nutfield Genealogy.  Soon I began to meet up with some of my virtual friends in person, and at genealogy clubs and conferences.   And well... the rest is history.  Pun intended.

I've reached over 6.6 million page view on my Blog according to the statistics.  Which is great since my readership has declined as I have slowed down on posting over the past year.  I've posted over 8,000 comments, and deleted a large number of spammy comments, too.

My five most popular blog posts (according to the Blogger statistics):

#1   "A Favorite Christmas Gift!  You might Want One, Too!" published 30 December, 2012:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-favorite-christmas-gift-you-might.html    This one isn't particularly genealogical (unfortunately), but more of a craft idea.  It went viral on Pinterest and social media and now has nearly a quarter million hits.  Check it out!

#2   "Flora Stewart - Black History Month in Londonderry" published 17 February 2011:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/02/flora-stewart-black-history-month-in.html  This is a story about a controversial photograph published about a former slave who lived to be over 100 years old in Londonderry over 100 years ago.  The vital records are conflicting on her real age.

#3  "2020 Events for the 400th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Mayflower", dated October 4, 2018.  I won't publish the link here for this blog post since most of the information on this is now incorrect due to the pandemic cancellations.  A more accurate version was published here: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/05/updated-mayflower-400-schedule.html  and here  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/mayflower-400th.html 

#4  "The Five Kernels of Corn Myth at Thanksgiving" recieved over 12,000 hits, and was published on November 28, 2013.  I have updated this post and reblogged about it twice, but the original post keeps on getting hits.  I posted an update with a link to the 2020 version at the top of the 2013 post. https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-five-kernels-of-corn-myth-at.html   

#5  "10 Unexpected Places to Find Family History Online", was published 2 February 2015 at this link:  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/02/10-unexpected-places-to-find-family.html  It is still popular, and receives smaller amounts of readers as the years go by.

I have the links to five permanent pages (look up under the image at the top of this blog page to see the links) on my home page.  The most popular page is the first one "Surnames from my Family Tree"  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/surnames-to-9-generations.html  There are hundreds of surnames listed in two groups (my Paternal lineage and my Maternal lineage) with links to the "Surname Saturday" post for that surname.  This page has received many hits and lots of email as folks make cousin connections.  Take a peek and see if we have a common ancestor!

Thank you for reading and following Nutfield Genealogy!

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To Cite/Link to this post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Happy 14th Anniversary to Nutfield Genealogy!", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 27, 2023, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/07/happy-14th-anniversary-to-nutfield.html: accessed [access date]). 

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Fish and Fowl for Weathervane Wednesday

 Todays weathervanes were photographed in Yarmouth, Maine.



These two gilded weathervanes are above cupolas on the Muddy Rudder restaurant in Yarmouth, Maine on US Route 1.  I recently featured a few other weathervanes on this stretch of highway, all unique and whimsical, between the Maine State Visitor Center in Yarmouth by the exit off Rt. 295 and Lower Main Street in Freeport. 

T.J. McDermott created these two weathervanes, which are gilded, three dimensional, wooden sculptures of a bluefish and a great blue heron.  These two shiny golden weathervanes will catch your eye as you travel along Route 1, but to really appreciate the details you need to pull over and take a closer look. 

You can read all about T.J. McDermott and his art in the book Weathervanes of New England by Glenn A. Knoblock and David W. Wemmer, 2018, pages 250 - 253.  McDermott's weathervanes grace many private residences in New England. He also creates indoor sculptures, architectural details, and hand carved signs.  McDermott has a gallery in Portland at 87 Market Street. 



For the truly curious:

Muddy Rudder Restaurant, Yarmouth, Maine: https://muddy-rudder.com/   

TJ McDermott's weathervane website:  http://www.tjmcdermott.com/index.php  

Weathervanes of New England by Glenn A. Knoblock and David W. Wemmer, 2018 available at Amazon.com and at https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/weathervanes-of-new-england/  

Click here to see over 500 other weathervanes featured at Weathervane Wednesday:    https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Weathervane%20Wednesday    

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Fish and Fowl for Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 26, 2023, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/07/fish-and-fowl-for-weathervane-wednesday.html: accessed [access date]).  

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Hunting Dogs for Weathervane Wednesday!

 This weathervane was photographed in Freeport, Maine.


Route 1 in Yarmouth and Freeport, Maine has a short section with loads of weathervanes!  The next time you are there check out all the weathervanes between the Maine State Visitor Center in Yarmouth and Lower Main Street in Freeport.  This silhouette of a hunter with two hound dogs is located on a cupola above the Maine Floor Supply building at 125 US Route One South in Freeport.  It is highly detailed for just a silhouette, with a cap on the hunter, his rifle, and two dogs.  Both dogs seem to have found the scent with their noses at attention. 

I know that this is Maine, and everyone in Freeport seems to be a sports enthusiast, but this weathervane seems a bit inappropriate for a flooring supply store.  Perhaps this building was originally a fish and game supply store? Or a gun shop?



For the truly curious:

Maine Floor Supply website:  https://maine-floor-supply.business.site/   

Maine Floor Supply Facebook page:   https://www.facebook.com/MaineFloorSupply/   

Click here to see over 500 more weathervanes featured on Weathervane Wednesday:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Weathervane%20Wednesday   

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Hunting Dogs for Weathervane Wednesday!", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 19, 2023, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/07/hunting-dogs-for-weathervane-wednesday.html: accessed [access date]). 

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Seacoast New Hampshire Commemorates 400 years!

 


This summer several of the seacoast towns of New Hampshire are commemorating their 400th anniversary.  The official Portsmouth 400 website states “400 Years of History”, which is not very politically correct, but fortunately there are events scheduled to commemorate the region’s history going back to Native settlement and history much further back in time than 400 years!

The seacoast region of New Hampshire was the land of the Wabanaki nation known as N’dakinna.  In 1623 European settlement began, although the region had been visited by fishermen and explorers for decades previous to 1623.  Historians believe that David Thompson and his fishing settlement on Odiorne Point was the first permanent settlement by the English. This was followed by settlements on Great Island (New Castle) and Strawberry Bank (Portsmouth) since the Piscataqua River area offered such a great deep water harbor. 

Dover, Portsmouth, and Rye all have committees and websites with history, lists of events and more. Part of the Seacoast’s 400th Anniversary celebrates the “Founding Families” of New Hampshire.  If you are descended from these families, you might want to attend some of the events happening this summer.  I will try to update this list of events as I hear about them. 

July 19 – “Governor’s Council Meeting” 10am, at the Rotary Arts Pavilion in Dover (in case of rain Dover City Hall Auditorium)

July 26, August 2 – “Soup and History” 5:30pm, at the Warner House Museum, 150 Daniel St., Portsmouth

July 26, August 2 – “Portsmouth Underbelly Tour” 6pm, outside the Rusty Hammer, 49 Pleasant St., Portsmouth

July 27 -  “Parade of Sails and Flotilla”  Prescott Park, Portsmouth (tall ships, military and municipal vessels, and dozens of private pleasure craft)

July 28 – 31 – “Tour the Tall Ships”   Portsmouth Commercial Fish Pier

August 1 – 31 – “Scenes from Portsmouth’s 400 Years” Museum of Dumb Guy Stuff, 114 Mechanic St, Portsmouth

August 3 – “A Rare Isles of Shoals Tour” 9am – 10am tickets at this link:  https://www.ryenh400.org/events/a-rare-isles-of-shoals-tour-py7l2

August 4 – “Locke Family Reunion”  see this link https://www.ryenh400.org/events/rye-founding-families-wtbz8

August 5 – “Rye Town Scavenger Hunt” 1pm at the Rye Congregational Church, 580 Washington Rd

August 6 – “Rye Founding Families”, 11:30 – 4:30pm, on the Rye Town Green, next to the Rye Library, 10 Old Parish Rd, Rye, NH - genealogists will be on hand, several family associations (including LOCKE, fish chowder, and full day admission to the Rye Historical Society Museum.  Food truck until 2pm.  

August 11 – “Milestone Anniversary Celebration by the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce” 5pm at 6 Washington St., Dover  

August 19 – “Odiorne Family Reunion” 10am – 4pm at Odiorne State Park, Rye

September 4 – “Rye Trolley Tour”, 9:45am – noon, meet up at 10 Olde Parish Rd, Rye. Purchase tickets at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/labor-day-historic-trolley-tour-tickets-594828848097?aff=oddtdtcreator

September 14 – “Rye History with Author Dennis Robinson: The forgotten arrival and strange disappearance of New Hampshire’s founding family”, 7pm at

October 1st – “The Great Portsmouth Picnic” noon – 3pm at Leary Field, Parrott Ave, Portsmouth

October 7 – Dover 400 Apple Harvest Day

October 8 – “Rye History – African Americans in Rye” 1pm at the Rye Congregational Church

November 8, “Anne Jennison presents “The Impact of 500 years of colonization on the Abenaki-Wabenaki People of the Northeast” 6:30pm at the Rye Public Library

For the truly curious:

Dover, NH 400 website:  https://dover400.org/

Portsmouth, NH 400 website:   https://www.portsmouthnh400.org/ 

For more Portsmouth events see:   https://www.portsmouthnh400.org/overview-calendar 

Portsmouth 400 on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/PortsmouthNH400/  

A list of events from the Portsmouth Historical Society:  https://portsmouthhistory.org/theeventscalendarpluginpage/tag/portsmouth-400/ 

Rye, NH 400 website:  https://www.ryenh400.org/ 

Rye 400 events:  https://www.ryenh400.org/events 

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Seacoast New Hampshire Commemorates 400 years!”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 18, 2023, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/07/seacoast-new-hampshire-commemorates-400.html: accessed [access date]). 

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

A Bee and A Bee Keeper for Weathervane Wednesday

 Today's weathervanes were photographed in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts by my distant cousin Sue Gosselin.



Today's two weathervanes can be found atop The Colony in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. This interesting business specializes in bee hives, bee keeping equipment, honey, and it is also a meadery ( mead is a fermented alcoholic beverage made with honey).  Their farmhouse style building has two cupolas, and each has a fun weathervane.

The first weathervane is a silhouette of a bee keeper aiming a smoker at a beehive. It is two dimensional, but full of details, such as the netting on the bee keepers helmet, and the beehive has several levels.  The second weathervane is also a two dimesional silhouette, but it features a very big bee sipping nectar from a blossom. The bee figure has wings, antenae, and even a striped abdomen.  Very nice!

Thanks, Sue, for photographing these terrific weathervanes!

For the truly curious:

The Colony website:    https://thecolonyma.com/  

Click here to see over 500 more weathervanes, all featured in Weathervane Wednesday posts!    https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Weathervane%20Wednesday  

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "A Bee and A Bee Keeper for Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 12, 2023, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-bee-and-bee-keeper-for-weathervane.html: accessed [access date]). 

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Napa Auto Parts in Freeport, Maine - Weathervane Wednesday

 Today's weathervane was photographed on Route 1, Freeport, Maine. 



There is a short section of US Route 1 in Freeport, Maine loaded with fun weathervanes.  The next time you are visiting, slow down and enjoy looking at the weathervanes in Freeport!

This weathervane can be found above the cupola on the NAPA Auto Parts building on the west side of US Route 1, squeezed in between Route 1 and Route 95.  It is a two dimensional weathervane of a colorful pickup truck with the NAPA logo on the door. This weathervane is small, but easy to see because it is a small one floor building, and no trees to block the view. Colorful weathervanes are rare, so this is not only a fun find, but it is easy to spot.  

Trivia:  NAPA is an acronym for National Automotive Parts Association, founded in 1925. 

Are there any other NAPA stores with similar weathervanes?

For the truly curious:

Napa Auto Parts
152 US-1, Freeport, Maine 
(207) 865-2822

https://www.napaonline.com/?store=20896&cid=pl_DAC-order_gpc_NAPAAutoParts_20896  

Click here to see over 500 weathervanes in Weathervane Wednesday posts:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Weathervane%20Wednesday   

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Napa Auto Parts in Freeport, Maine - Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 5, 2023, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2023/07/napa-auto-parts-in-freeport-maine.html: accessed [access date]).