The New Hampshire Presidential Primary Season Begins, and a Little History, too

A New Hampshire Citizen doing his duty

2016 marks the 100^th anniversary of the New Hampshire presidential primary, but the filing period for candidates began last week.  The actual primary day happens, by law, in New Hampshire at least seven days before a similar election in any other state.  It is not just tradition, but on the books.  The Secretary of State, William Gardner, sets the date, which is tentatively 9 February 2016.  But that date can change, and historically has been creeping earlier and earlier.  For generations it was held in mid-March before the presidential election.  Our “First in the Nation” status is a source of pride in the tiny Granite State.

On 21 October 2014 Governor Maggie Hassan appointed five bipartisan members to form a Presidential Primary Centennial Anniversary commission. Back in February 2015 there was an event at the Newseum in Washington, DC to celebrate the New Hampshire Presidential Primary centennial.  There was a big celebration on September 15 at the New Hampshire State Library with speakers from both sides of the aisle, media personalities and political science professors.  We’ll be hearing more about similar events this as we close in on primary day.

New Hampshire State Representative Stephen Bullock of Richmond proposed the first bill that created the primary election.  The first presidential primary was March 1916.   This year, any candidate who signs up to run in primary can sit at Bullock’s desk in Bill Gardner’s office (remember, he is the Secretary of State) to sign the necessary paperwork.  And pay the $1000 fee.   The first two candidates to sign up on November 4th were Donald Trump and Martin O'Malley. 

And I’m still waiting to hear how the closed Balsams Hotel, in Dixville Notch, will host their famous election usually held at one minute after midnight on primary day.   Since the hotel is closed, half of the voters are no longer residents of this polling district.  Will Dixville Notch uphold the tradition? What happens to their famous ballot box? These are important questions!

New Hampshire Primary 100^th website   http://nhprimary100.org/ 

“Ballot Boxes, Desk, Descendants part of History in Primary Centennial Celebration”, by Holly Ramer of the Associated Press, posted October 29, 2015, 

http://www.startribune.com/ballot-boxes-desk-part-of-new-hampshire-primary-history/338359421/ 

“Pieces of N.H. Primary History On Display During Filing Period”, by Casey McDermott, at New Hampshire Public Radio, posted 3 November 2015

http://nhpr.org/post/pieces-nh-primary-history-display-during-filing-period  

NECN Interactive 2016 New Hampshire Primary Candidate Tracker:  http://www.necn.com/news/politics/New-Hampshire-Candidate-Tracker-295977311.html

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "The New Hampshire Presidential Primary Season Begins, and a Little History, too", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 12, 2015 ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-new-hampshire-presidential-primary.html: accessed [access date]). 

Essex Honour Roll, Great War, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Essex Honour Roll 1914 Great War 1918 location: Talbot Street, Essex, Ontario, Canada * indicates supreme sacrifice Dedicated Nov.11th, 1929  

Allison, Stanley
Auld, W. Allen
Batten, Wallace
Beaman, A. Del
Blake, Edward
*Blake, George
Bowers, Percy
Brett, R. Ruddy
Bricker, Harold
Brien, J. W.
Campbell, James
Carr, Fred
Chase, John
Chevalier, Joseph
Church, Victor
*Church, Walter
Church, William
Clarke, Howard
Clarke, Lewis
Clarke, Nelson
Cock, L. E.
Coote, Arthur
Cousins, Everett
*Crowe, William
Crozier, William
Davies, Gordon
Dean, Howard
Dell, Harry
Dell, Richard
Dewhirst, W.
Dodge, Jackson
Elfrord, Oscar
*Farough, Norman
Ferguson, L.
Fleming, Peter
Flint, Elton
Goslin, William
*Green, Andrew
Grey, Thomas
Haggins, Raymond
Halliday, Thomas
Hannan, Earl
Hart, Enos
Hastings, Alex
*Hastings, Hugh
Hayes, George N.
Hayes, Harry Jr.
Heil, James
Hess, David Jr.
Hill, Ernest
Hill, Frank
*Hines, Flemming (Fleming spelled wrong on Honour Roll, correct on Cenotaph)
Hoskins, Dell
Huggard, Robert
*Hughes, Thomas
Hunter, Frank
Irwin, Harry
Irwin, Edward
Johnston, C. Grover
Johnston, Hugh R.
Johnston, J. Roy
Johnston, William
Jones, Alex
*Joyce, D. (not on Cenotaph)
Kendrick, Miss A.
Kendrick, Wesley
Kennedy, Robert B.
Keown, Frederick
Knight, Charles
*Knight, Clayton
Laing, Donald G.
Laing, Stuart
Laing, William O.
Laird, Bruce
*Laird, Burns
Laird, Wallace
Lane, W.
*Lannigan, John
Leak, Fred
Lee, Percy W.
Levi, Arch.
Lewis, Fred
Lickman, Lorne
Linton, John C.
Little, Samuel
Lloyd, James
Locke, John
*Maloney, James
*Mansell, Earl
Mansell, William
Massey, Harold
McEwan, Bert
McGhie, Charles
McKinnon, Emerson
McAfee, Louis C.
Meston, Arthur
McGuigan, John
Meston, Harold
Middleton, R. Elgin
Miracle, H. H.
Miesener, Chas.
Mitchell, Alfred
Morrow, James
Morrow, James, Jr.
Mowat, Alex.
*Myles, Oliver
Naylor, Alger
Nayor, Arch.
Nesbitt, W. J.
Neuendorf, Pearlo
Newton, Frank
Nichols, Ross R.
O'Harra, Robert Jr.
Oldfield, John
*O'Neil, Norman R.
O'Neil, Reginald
O'Neil, Roy
O'Neil, Russell
Percival, Joseph
Pettypiece, R.
Plant, Arthur H.
Pimm, Victor L. (Pymm on Cenotaph)
Piper, Chester
*Piper, Victor
Prior, Harry
Purvis, Dolway
Queen, James
Ransom, Arthur
*Raymont, Frank
*Rhyndress, Arch.
*Riggs, Thomas
Riley, Ernest
Robinson, Gerald
Robinson, Harold
Rose, Harry
Rupert, David A.
Russell, Hubert
Sadler, Fred
Sadler, Irwin C.
Scaife, John
Scott, E. S.
Seymour, Newton
Shepley, Gordon
Shuel, Anthony
Shuel, Banford
Shuel, Robert
*Skinner, Wm.
Slote, Leonard
Slote, Thomas S.
Smith, George C.
Smith, Murray T.
Smith, Oliver L.
Snyder, Verne
Stewart, Asa G.
Stone, George
Stone, Wilmot
Stottard, Roy
Tackaberry, H.
Taylor, Frank L.
*Taylor, Robert
Terry, Joseph
Thomas, David
Thompson, Cecil
*Tink, Stanley
Turner, Hugh J.
Valade, Mrs. Lydia
Vance, Claude
Vance, Walker
Van Every, Russell
*Wagner, Arch. I.
Ward, Clare
Ward, Eric
Warren, Howard
Wells, Ernest
Westlake, Chas.
Whitney, Ellmer D.
Wigle, Clive
Wigle, Warren
Williams, James
Wilson, John B.
*Wolfe, Earl
Wolfe, Leonard
Wolfe, William
Woltz, Lewis
Wood, Douglas
Wortley, John
Wortley, Joseph
Wyatt, Rex
Wyman, Hugh
Young, Frank

The Honor Roll and Cenotaph were photographed and transcribed by Earline Hines Bradt of Ontario, Canada for the Honor Roll Project http://honorrollproject.weebly.com/

Veteran's Day 2015 ~ Honor Roll Project Contributions

Derry, New Hampshire Veteran's Honor Rolls in MacGregor Park

Thank you to all the volunteers who contributed to the Honor Roll Project for Veteran’s Day / Remembrance Day 2015.  These volunteers spent many hours of their own time taking photos of war memorials and honor rolls, posting them on their blogs, and transcribing the names.  These transcriptions make the names available for search engines, and the names can be found by family, descendants and friends.

This project started in 2010.  Since then dozens of honor rolls have been included, and thousands of names transcribed from all across the United States, and five other countries!

Please check out the new website http://honorrollproject.weebly.com/

Here are the new contributions:

Connecticut

New Haven, 9^th Regiment Connecticut, Civil War by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

https://everyonehasafamilystorytotell.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/9th-regiment-connecticut-volunteers-1861-1865/

   
New Haven, Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco
https://everyonehasafamilystorytotell.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/vietnam-veterans-memorial/  

New Haven, World War I, by Jeanne Bryon Insalaco
https://everyonehasafamilystorytotell.wordpress.com/2015/11/10/new-haven-green-flag-pole-memorial-honoring-world-war-i/

Indiana

Kentland, Newton County World War II (Part 1)  by Deborah Ygerlehner Sweeney

http://genealogylady.net/2013/08/09/world-war-ii-veterans-of-kentland-part-1/   

Kentland, Newton County World War II (Part 2)  by Deborah Ygerlehner Sweeney

http://genealogylady.net/2013/08/17/world-war-ii-veterans-of-kentland-part-ii/

Maine

Harpswell, World War I and World War II, by Barbara Poole

http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2015/11/surprise-name-on-harpswell-maine-war.html

Orr’s Island, World War II, by Barbara Poole

(scroll down to the end of the story about the library)

http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2015/11/orrs-island-library-harpswell-maine.html

Maryland

Williamsport, World War I Doughboy Memorial, by Denise Coughlin
http://den2cents.blogspot.com/2015/11/world-war-i-doughboy-memorial.html

Massachusetts

Bedford, MA, 43 Revolutionary War Soldiers, by  Barbara Poole 

http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2015/10/43-revolutionary-war-soldiers-and-widow.html

Billerica, Massachusetts, World War 1 and World War II, Barbara Poole

http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2015/10/billerica-public-library-billerica.html

Lexington,  the Lexington Minutemen April 19, 1775,  by Barbara Poole

http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/10/lexington-massachusetts-one-monument.html 

Leominster, Korean War Monument, by Deborah Lee Stewart
https://deborahleestewart.wordpress.com/2015/11/10/honor-roll-project-korean-war-monument-leominster-massachusetts/ 

Woburn, Revolutionary War Soldiers buried at Park Street Burial Ground, by Barbara Poole

http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2015/11/revolutionary-soldiers-buried-in-woburn.html  

Michigan

Weston, Lenawee County, Michigan, World War II, by Carol A. Bowen Stevens
http://reflectionsfromthefence.blogspot.com/2015/11/remembering-old-weston-cemetery-lenawee.html

New Hampshire

Merrimack, New Hampshire, World War II, Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2015/11/09/merrimack-nh-honors-world-war-2-veterans/

Sutton, World War I, by June Butka

http://newenglandroots.weebly.com/sutton-new-hampshire-world-war-i-veterans.html      

Sutton, World War II, by June Butka

http://newenglandroots.weebly.com/sutton-new-hampshire-world-war-ii-veterans.html

Sutton, Korean War, by June Butka

http://newenglandroots.weebly.com/sutton-new-hampshire-korean-conflict-veterans.html

Sutton, Vietnam War, by June Butka

http://newenglandroots.weebly.com/sutton-new-hampshire-vietnam-veterans.html

New York

Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, from Schalene Dagutis

http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2015/11/town-of-red-hook-new-york-war-memorials.html

Cohoes (First Ward), Albany

World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam from Schalene Dagutis

http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2015/11/city-of-cohoes-first-ward-new-york-war.html

Center Moriches, Suffolk County, World War I and World War II, by Jane E. Wilcox
http://www.4getmenotancestry.com/roll-of-honor-in-center-moriches-suffolk-county-long-island-new-york/

Sand Lake, Rensselaer,

Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, from Schalene Dagutis

http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2015/11/town-of-sand-lake-new-york-war-memorials.html

Villages of Kinderhook and Valatie, Columbia, New York, from Schalene Dagutis

World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam

http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2015/11/honor-roll-villages-of-kinderhook-and.html  

North Carolina

 Lenoir Country World Ward Memorial Kinston by Schalene Dagutis http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2015/11/lenoir-county-north-carolina-world-wars.html

Utah

Layton, Veteran’s Park, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, by Dawn Fitzpatrick

http://dawninggenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/11/veterans-day-week-honor-roll-project_70.html

Virginia

Leesburg, Vietnam War, by John D. Tew

http://filiopietismprism.blogspot.com/2015/11/heathers-honor-roll-project-veterans.html

Fairfax City, by Scahlene Dagutis

First Casualty of the Civil War

http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2015/11/52-ancestors-45-first-kia-of-civil-war.html

And our international contributors:

Australia

Hamilton, Victoria,  Honour Board World War I and World War II, by Merron Riddiford

http://westerndistrictfamilies.com/hamiltons-ww1/hamiltons-ww1-memorials/hamilton-war-memorial/

Stockton, New South Wales

World War I names and memorials, by Michelle Watson

http://ww1stockton.blogspot.com.au/

A message from Australian Alex Daw

For honour rolls in the Moreton Bay Region near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia check out the History and Heritage catalogue module on the library's catalogue here https://library.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/OPAC/ARC?HOMEPRMS=ARCPARAMS  or download the Once Upon a War Time MBR WWI App from iTunes or your Play Store as per here https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/subsite.aspx?id=138126#mbrwwi  

Canada

Owen Sound, Ontario, International Order of Odd Fellows World War I Cenotaph, by Janet Iles

http://graveyardrabbitgrey.blogspot.ca/2015/11/cenotaph-ioof-at-greenwood-cemetery.html

Blogger Lorine Massey reminded me of these two wonderful Canadian websites:

The Books of Remembrance, Veterans Affairs Canada (searchable)

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/books/search

Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/books/search

Essex Great War Cenotaph and Honor Roll, Essex, Ontario, by Earline Hines Bradt
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/11/essex-honour-roll-great-war-essex.html

Germany

Ferschweiler, Germany,  World War I and World War II, by Cathy Meder-Dempsey

https://openingdoorsinbrickwalls.wordpress.com/2015/11/09/veterans-memorial-in-ferschweiler-germany/

German War Memorials explained by Karen Biesfeld (blog post in English)

http://vorfahrensucher.de/are-you-looking-for-german-war-memorials/   

German War Memorial Website (in English)

http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/en.htm

United Kingdom

Wells, Somerset, England "The Last Fighting Tommy" by Polly Kimmitt
http://pk-pollyblog.blogspot.com/ 

Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Fish by the Sea

Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly.  I started by publishing weather vanes from just the Londonderry area (Nutfield), but now I've found interesting weathervanes from all across New England.  Some of the weathervanes are whimsical, or historical, but all are interesting.  Often my readers will send me some photos of very unique and unusual weathervanes from all across the United States and the rest of the world!  If you know an interesting or historical weathervane, please let me know.

Today's weather vane is from Massachusetts.

Do you know the location of weather vane #234?  Scroll down to see the answer!

This weathervane was photographed at Juniper Cove, off Columbus Avenue in the Salem Willows area of Salem, Massachusetts.  It isn't located on top of a roof, cupola or barn, but at the end of a private boat dock.  This is an appropriate place for a fish, don't you think?

This three dimensional fish (anyone know what kind of fish?) has developed a nice patina over the years.  I couldn't get close enough to tell if it was copper or some other metal, because Juniper Cove is completely empty of water and full of deep mud at low tide.

Juniper Cove at Wikipedia   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniper_Cove  

Click here to see the entire collection of Weathervane Wednesday posts!

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Fish by the Sea", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 11, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/11/weathervane-wednesday-fish-by-sea.html :  accessed [access date]).

Ten Things to Know About Researching a Pilgrim in Your Family Tree

The Mayflower II
at berth in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts

The big National holiday in November is Thanksgiving, and so for November 10^th I’m presenting another list of 10 important facts about Pilgrim genealogy research.  This is the time of the year many people start to look for a Pilgrim in their family tree.

It is estimated that over 35 million people are descended from at least one of the 102 passengers who arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts on board the famous ship Mayflower in 1620.  According to GenealogyBank, 12% of Americans are descended from the Mayflower. Don’t you think that is an amazing number, considering that half of the passengers died within the first three months?  Odds are good that YOU might be descended from the Mayflower passengers, too.

#1:   You probably won’t find your Pilgrim ancestor in time for Thanksgiving if you start now.  But better late than never!  At least you can discuss your family history at Thanksgiving dinner, and start gathering some clues from the oldest family members.  Perhaps you will have a great research story to tell everyone at Thanksgiving next year!

#2:   Start with yourself and work backwards.  You won’t have success if you pick a Pilgrim from the Mayflower passenger list and try to work forward through time. There are too many potential descendants, and it would be a big waste of time to follow all the incorrect lineages for the estimated 14 or 15 generations needed to reach back to 1620.

#3: You may already have a clue in your family tree. The 102 passengers on the Mayflower had some distinctive names like STANDISH, BREWSTER and BRADFORD, but they also had common surnames like BROWNE, COOKE, ROGERS, and WHITE.  To see a complete passenger list, click on this link: https://www.themayflowersociety.org/about-the-pilgrims20/the-pilgrims

#4:  Is there a branch of your family from colonial era (pre-1776) New England?  Were any of them born in Massachusetts?  Were any of your ancestors born in Plymouth County, Massachusetts?  This can be a big clue that might lead to finding a Pilgrim.

#5: The Mayflower Society has a large project to publish a set of books known as the “Silver Books”, which contain the first five generations of descendants from each Mayflower passenger known to have issue.  This project is mostly complete; with a few surnames still being researched (these names “in progress” are published as “pink books).  If you can connect to an ancestor in one of these books, five generations of research will have already been done for you!

#6:  The Mayflower Society also maintains records of every lineage application ever submitted for membership.  Before proving your lineage, send a “preliminary application” to the Society in Plymouth, and they will check the records to see if your lineage has already been proved. If you are lucky, you may have had many generations of your lineage already proven in these files.

#7: Plymouth Colony was very small.  In the first hundred years several Mayflower passengers married each other, even more of their children married each other, and dozens of grandchildren of passengers married each other. If you find you are related to one passenger, keep looking and you might find several more Mayflower Pilgrims in your family tree.

#8:  Although the Mayflower passengers are some of the most intensively researched genealogy subjects in America, there are also many lasting myths about them.  Many books and web pages claim that someone’s ancestor was a passenger on the Mayflower.  Look up to #3 on this list to see the “official” list of passengers.  Caleb Johnson has a webpage with some of the most common fake Mayflower genealogy.  Check it out here: http://web.archive.org/web/20070611110521/http://members.aol.com/calebj/hoaxes.html

#9:  If you find a Pilgrim in your family tree, please consider joining the Mayflower Society.  Registering your pedigree from a Mayflower passenger is part of the creation of one of the biggest, most researched, and most documented, family trees in United States history.  Having your family tree on file will insure that your future descendants can make a cousin connection and be part of the Society, too.  Membership is open to any man, woman or child who can document their descent from one or more of the Mayflower passengers. For more information, please see the General Society of Mayflower Descendants website at this link: https://www.themayflowersociety.org/

#10:  The Pilgrims and their story belong not just to the descendants, but to all Americans.  The story of survival, cooperation with each other, collaboration with the Native Americans, Thanksgiving and the founding of a new colony is part of American history. “The Pilgrims are America’s Family” is a quote from the current Governor General of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Lea Sinclair Filson.  

Good luck!  Maybe you will be one of my new Mayflower cousins!  I am descended of the following Mayflower passengers- Capt. Myles Standish, Isaac Allerton, Mary (Norris) Allerton, Remember Allerton, John Howland, John Tilley, Joan (Hurst) Tilley, Elizabeth Tilley, George Soule, and Edward Doty.

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If you are interested in the story of the Plymouth Colony and the Mayflower, there will be two new movies premiering on television this month:

National Geographic Channel “Saints and Strangers”, a four hour event November 22 and 23

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/galleries/saints-strangers-a-first-look/at/saints-strangers-a-first-look1-2099160/

preview video clip

http://www.tvinsider.com/article/42235/saints-and-strangers-trailer-first-look-at-natgeos-gritty-thanksgiving-event/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tvi

PBS “American Experience: The Pilgrims” by Ric Burns, November 24

http://pbsinternational.org/programs/the-pilgrims/

Please check these resources for more information:

The General Society of Mayflower Descendants  www.themayflowersociety.org

Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts   http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/

Plimoth Plantation Museum,Plymouth, Massachusetts   http://www.plimoth.org/

Caleb Johnson’s Mayflower website http://mayflowerhistory.com/  

Sail 1620, by the Pennsylvania Society of Mayflower Descendants  http://www.sail1620.org/

The Leiden Archives, The Netherlands  http://www.pilgrimarchives.nl/

The Leiden American Pilgrim Museum  http://www.leidenamericanpilgrimmuseum.org

The Scrooby Pilgrim Heritage Center http://www.leidenamericanpilgrimmuseum.org/index.htm

The Harwich Mayflower Project   http://www.harwichmayflower.com/

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Ten Things to Know About Researching a Pilgrim in Your Family Tree", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 10, 2015 ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/11/ten-things-to-know-about-researching.html : accessed [access date]). 

Hooksett, New Hampshire ~ Veteran's Park

These photographs and transcriptions of the names on the memorials are part of 

the new Honor Project website:   http://honorrollproject.weebly.com/    

Transcribing the names on these veterans honor rolls makes their names available to 

search engines and for family, relatives and friends searching the internet. 

ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF HOOKSETT

TO THE MEMORY OF

THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED

IN THE ARMED FORCES IN WORLD WAR II

Gordon E. Aiken           Ralph G. Follansbee              Richard Mitchell

Leah Albers                Raymond P. Follansbee         Robert Mitchell

  Frank Albin               Stanley M. Follansbee           Herman J. Moncrieff

Matthew Albin           Joseph O. Fremeau             Ralph S. Morgan

William E. Allen               William P. French                Oscar Morin  

Clarence P. Amadon             Andrews P. Gagne              Stanley Morse

Armand A. Archambault                 Raoul L. Gagne              Henry A. Moul     

Gerald R. Archambault             Marcell Gagnon                   John J. Moul

Lionel R. Archambault                  Stanley W. Gavis              Roger Moul  

Paul M. Archambault                   John H. Gaw                 Thomas Moul  

Marcel Arsenault                    Ernest Gelinas                William E. Moul

Charles L. Atkins               Maurice J. Gilbert               M. Helen Mulaire

Leland V. Atkins                     Charles Godzyk                 Rene Mulaire        

Paul Atkins                         John Godzyk                   Roger Mulaire

Herbert R. Austin                  Michael Godzyk            Victor J. Mulaire, MD

Herbert W. Bee                     Nicholas Coley               Jean G. Mulligan

Leo G. Belisle                     George L. Goulet           Robert O. Murray

Leon C. Bemis                Albert L. Grandmont          William F. Murray

Albert J. Biron                 Clayton Gray                *Omer W. Nadau

Paul L. Biron             William H. Greenough           Ralph H. Nadeau

Sterling V. Blakeley             Leo H. Grenier             Raymond E. Nadeau

Richard F. Bodkin                Roger Grenier                Thomas O. Nadeau

Leon Boisvert                William A. Gryseels           Richard A. Nedeau

Maurice Boisvert             Charles F. Hardy                Grace M. Newcomb

*Norman Boisvert              Alexander K. Hayes         Carleton R. Newell  

Charles Bourbeau                  Arthur J. Hayes           Stanley D. Newton 

   Dennis P. Bourgeois             Edward M. Hayes          Bartholemeu H. Nordle

Wilfred E. Brousseau               Ralph J. Hayes                  John A. Nordle     

Willie Brousseau               Vincent C. Hayes              Louis F. Nordle

George E. Bullard                   Gerard J. Hebert               Forris W. Norris   

Earl E. Burbank                  Roger G. Hebert                Elbert C Noyes

Elton R. Burbank                Romeo T. Hebert            Leonard A. Noyes

George D. Burbank             Theodore A. Hebert          Edward K. Otterson

Kendell E. Burbank             Xavier F. Hebert               Joseph M. Pellerin

Edward J. Butler, Jr.            Joseph E. Heroux           Lawrence H. Perrigo

Joseph J. Byk                     Arnold S. Herron                  Homer Piche

Archie B. Campbell            Edward Herron                    Arnold Piper

Harry W. Campbell              Judson E. Herron                 *James Place   

   Neil G. Campbell                   Richard Herron               Edward N. Plourde

Robert D. Campbell               Edith L. Hunt                      Gilman Poor

Antoinette M. Carrier             *Robert T. Jacob                     Samuel Poor   

Maurice E. Carrier               Edmund E. Kaffel               Parker H. Rice

Philip H. Carrier                    Henry Kaffel                   Armand A Rivard

Roger N. Carrier                   Mitchell Kaffel                 Lloyd B. Robie 

Wilfred J. Carrier                    Walter Kaffel                   Maurice H. Robie

Gerard O. Cartier                    Alfred J. Kelley                 Maurice A. Roy

  Harold Champagne                 Henry L. Kennett           John D. Sacco,  DMD

Albert R. Charette                  Guy C. Kimball, Jr.               Earl B. Sargent

Alpha A. Chevrette                   Ivory C. Kimball                   Guy R. Sargent  

Gerard Chevrette                    Ray A. Kimball               Leo N. Sasseville

  Roger I. Chevrette                  Theodore Koehler         Napoleon T. Sasseville

Arthur W. Chochran, Jr.         Armand D. Labbee               John Senechek  

*George Corey                       Arthur J. Labonville             *Michael Senechek

Joseph P. Courchene               Phillip I. Lafleur               William L. Senechek

Edward Courchesne               Romeo J. Lafleur           Enver J. Silkman   

Robert R. Couturier               Gerald J. Fafond                  Theodore Skora

Edward Dauteuil                  Leo P. Lafond                    Arthur Smith

Carroll A. Demers               Maurice H. Lafond                Milton Smith

   Ernest E. Demers                    Maurice P. Lafond                 Norman S. Smith

 Wendell E. Demers                   Roland Lafond            Dennis St. Germain

     Jean B. Despins                     Wilfred Lafond             Leon J. St. Germain

      Louis M. Dlugosz             William H. Lambert        Maurice J. St. Germain

Arthur J. Donati                      Ray E. Langer               William Stobie

Alvin W. Downing               Carlton J. Langley             Emanuel Talbot

Alphee O. Duhaime               Leo G. Laroche         Burnouf P. M. Tebo

Armand L. Duhaime              Roger Laroche              Charles L. Tebo

David G. Duhaime               Rudolph LaSalle              Jeanne S. Tebo

Ralph M. Dukeshire           William H. LaValley              Elmer R. Thiem   

    Harvey DuPuis                    Harry LeMay                       David Tibbetts

     Maurille Dupuis                 Roger E. LeMay          Kenneth W. Tibbetts

Lloyd B. Elliott             Edmund L'Esperance          Fred W. Toule

      Forrest S. Evarts              Paul M. L'Esperance          Joseph A. Trembley

Russell J. Evarts                 Lucien Levesque          William F. Tuttle

William V. Faust, Jr.             Edward P. Lineham          *Martin P. Vugts 

  Oscar Felix, Jr.                    Arthur J. Locke              Lawson S. Wagner

Edward Fisher                 Robert L. Macey            Ralph L. Whipple

  Henry Fisher                            Ivan P. Maine             Roland Woodbury

Norman S. Fisk                  Wilfred J. Marston            Frank Zabratowski

Albert Fletcher               Robert M. McCloskey         Burnard Zapora

Edward C. Fletcher                  David McDougall                Theodore Zapora

Mildred Fletcher                *Earl W. Miller                Nichoas Zela

Robert C. Fletcher            Frank E. Miller                     Peter Zela

Thomas M. Fletcher               Robert E. Miller              Russell Zela

Arnold S. Follansbee              Adelard Mitchell             *Joseph Zukosky

Norman K. Follansbee              Raymond Mitchell        Theodore W. Zydon

*MADE THE SUPREME SCRIFICE

1861              CITIZENS OF HOOKSETT            1865

WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR

Abbott Christopher

Averill W.G.

Bates Sidney T.

Baker Amos

Baker William D.

Bartlett John

Bartlett James

Bennett John

Bean Edward D.

Blodgett Henry

Briggs America

Brooks Woodbury

Carlin Dennis

Carr Parker

Carbee Henry C.

Chase E. C.

Clay George H.

Clay Bradley

Clay Warren

Clay Thomas

Clark James

Clark Mayhew

Clark Edward

Clement H. A.

Crooker Philip E.

Davoase James

Dearborn Horace

Dimick Charles N.

Ducham Moses

Ducham Peter

Duprey Peter

Duprey Joseph

Duprey Edward

Dunbar Stephen

Eaton Henry

Eastman William

Farmer Erastus

Farmer Matthew

Farnum George W.

Farnum Benjamin F.

Fishk A. Eugene

Fitts Jerald

French James M.

George Daniel

George Alden G.

George Rufus K.

Gage Horace P.

Gile Henry H.

Goodale Silas T.

Gould Stephen O.

Griffin Peter

Hall John A.

Head George H. L.

Howard John

Hoyt Charles C.

Ingalls Charles H.

James Charles W.

Jewell Frank C.

Jones Clinton

Keafe Dennis

Kelley W. M.

Kimball Edward P.

Lakin Francis

Lawrence Henry A.

Lawrence Nthan K.

Leary Thomas

Leighton John B.

Lesciene Francis

Lindsey John

Lindsley John

Lillin David C.

Lincoln Othis B.

Martin Augustus

Martin Daniel S.

Martin Frederick

Mason John A.

Mallard George H.

Mathen Morris

Manger James M.

Mahoney Dennis

McDuffee James C.

Mitchell Frank

Miller Joseph

Miller Silas G.

Morris Richard

Moulton Charles H.

Nutting Ebenezer H.

Ormston Joseph

Ordway Frank D.

Otterson William

Parker Horace H.

Peabody George W.

Perica Paul

Poor Eri

Poor Samuel

Porter Charles P.

Porter George F.

Prescott James F.

Prescott John H.

Pronk Edwin

Putnam Silvanus B.

Quimby John, Jr.

Ramsey William

Riley John, Jr.

Riley Daniel

Richardson Byron

Robinson William H.

Robinson Charles

Robertson George H.

Robie Edward A.

Roake William h.

Rowell Warren C.

Rose Frank

Sentor Franklin

Schmidt William

Silver Sullivan

Smith William

Smith S. Stone

Steavens Ransom D.

St. John Joseph

Tabor Charles L.

Terrier Lewis

Thomasson William R.

Thompson Samuel

Titus Jerome B.

Towle John F.

Towle Geoge W.

Verville Joseph

Wallace James S.

Wallace Herman R.

Wattles John S.

Wentworth Charles J.

White Peter

William Maxime

Wood Nathan B.

ERECTED BY THE CITZENS

OF HOOKSETT

TO THE MEMORY OF MEN WHO SERVED IN

1914                                 THE WORLD WAR                               1919

Austin Ralph H.

Ayotte Wilfred

Bascom Albert S.

Batchelder Clinton D.

Bazan Lionel B.

Beaudet George

Beudet Thomas

Beulac Donat

Beulac Elias

Beuregard Theodore T.

Blair Walter A.

Breen Patrick

Burbank Clifton

Burbank Raymond P.

Campbell Alfred

Campbell Wilfred J.

Cantara Albert

Carleton raymond P.

Casey Joseph A.

Cheverette Ovila

Cook George A.

Couchene Henry

Couchene Irene

Couchene Leo

Cournoyer Alphonese

Courteau Arthur

Courteau Fred

Coutourier George

Coutourier Joseph G.

Eastman Roland

Fairbanks Chester

Gay Wilfred H

Goodwin Guy

Goulet Amand

Grandmaison Joseph

Guertin Nelson

Harrison Robet B.

Hayes Thomas J.

Heath George E.

Hickey Wm. P.

Hines Joseph Jr.

Houston Ernest

Houston Hormidas

Howard Frank

Howe James A.

Hubbard Herbert

Jacobs Napoleon

Jameson Henry H.

Kahum Otis

Keating Frank R.

Kimball Ralph O.

Kimball Roy S.

LaFleur Leo

LaFond Ephrem

LaFond John B.

LaRose Franklin

LaSalle Rudolph

Lawrence Henry C.

LeMay Alfred

Main Matthew E.

Martell George

Martell Hormidas

Means Joseph W.

Merrill George Edson

Merrill George Edward

Mitchell Eugene H.

Morse Clayton Harold

Mulligan George

Neill Robert A

Neill Archibald

Neill John

Ottterson Maurice F.

Poor Benjamin C.

Poor Harld

Pothier Onesime

Roberge Thomas F.

Roberge Francis

Robie Harley A.

Ruden Samuel

Rushton Francis H.

Sleeper Cyril F.

Sleeper Lester M

Stewart Osroe

Strickford Arthur A.

St. Hillaire Ariste

Thibeault Arthur

Togus Leopold T.

Turbin Thomas T.

Tyrell George T.

Vanasse Nestor

Verville Frank

White Chauncy W.

IN MEMORY OF

CORP. GEORGE E. MERRILL

CO. H 128TH INFANTRY 32ND DIV.

KILLED IN ACTION AT THE

BATTLE OF THE ARGONNE OCT. 15, 1918

BURIED IN FRANCE

DEDICATED BY THE GEORGE E. MERRILL

POST NO. 37 AMERICAN LEGION

NOVEMBER 11, 1933

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Surname Saturday ~ FOSS of New Hampshire

The Piscataqua River Region of New England, 1667, by John Scott,
from the British Library
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a00d8341c464853ef01a3fca57e7b970b-800wi

FOSS

There are many misleading myths about the origins of the FOSS family in New Hampshire.  For many years I have read in books and online that John FOSS and his brother were Danish crew members of a ship to New England.  They both stayed in New Hampshire.  Another myth says that John deserted the British Navy from a warship in Boston Harbor.  Here is an excerpt from a Foss genealogy typewritten manuscript at the New Hampshire Historical Society Library [Genealogy of the Foss Family, by Guy Scoby Rix, 1917] “Johan (John) Foss, son of Lauritz Davidson Foss, (see page 3) was born in Ribe, Denmark, July 23, 1638.  He went to England with his brother Peter, and thence came to New England.  A tradition exists that he came to Boston in a British war vessel, landing in Boston by jumping overboard, swimming ashore, and escaping further service.”  This seems like very specific information, but it is all untrue.

In the New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, Volume 144, page 32, there is an article about the Jackson family, and in it Mary Jackson, born about 1615, married on 14 February 1632 in Paignton, Devonshire to Stephen Fosse.  Her son, John, born about 1633, came to Portsmouth, New Hampshire to be with his great uncle, John Jackson (there was only a 25 year age difference).  John Foss was a caulker, and Jackson was a cooper in Portsmouth.

John Foss married Mary Berry, the daughter of immigrant William Berry and his wife Jane.  They had about 12 children.  John married second to Mary Chadbourne and third to Elizabeth Crawford.  He was granted land in Portsmouth in 1657, and admitted an inhabitant of Dover on 1 January 1665/6.  He was a selectman in 1698 and died in 1699.

I descend from his daughter Elizabeth Foss, who married Nathaniel Batchelder, grandson of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, about 1685 in Hampton, New Hampshire. 

For more information on the FOSS family of New Hampshire, see The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire by Noyes, Libby and Davis; “Two John Jacksons from Dartmouth, Devon” by John Plummer in the 1990 New England Historic Genealogical Register, Volume 144, page 33, Berrys by the Beach by Sylvia Fitts Getchell, 1980; and The History of the Town of Rye, by Langdon B. Parsons, 1905 [reprint 1992 by Heritage Press]

My FOSS genealogy:

Generation 1: Stephen Fosse married on 14 February 1632 in Paignton, Devonshire, England to Mary Jackson, daughter of John Jackson and Christian Furneis, baptized on 7 August 1615 in Paignton. 

Generation 2: John Foss, baptized on 25 November 1633 in Paignton, died 17 December 1699 in New Castle, New Hampshire; married first to Mary Berry, daughter of William Berry and Jane Unknown.  Married second to Mary Chadbourne, third to Elizabeth Crawford.  About 12 children with Mary Berry.

Generation 3: Elizabeth Foss, born about 1666 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, died in 1746; married about 1685 to Nathaniel Batchelder, son of Nathaniel Batchelder and Deborah Smith.  He was born 24 December 1659 in Hampton, New Hampshire and died about 1745 in Hampton Falls.  Nine children.

Generation 4: Josiah Batchelder m. Sarah Page

Generation 5: David Batchelder m. Elizabeth Swett

Generation 6: Elisha Batchelder m. Sarah Lane

Generation 7: Jonathan Batchelder m. Nancy Thompson

Generation 8: George E. Batchelder m. Abigail M. Locke

Generation 9: George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson

Generation 10: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen

Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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