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Bill West
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Bill West left a comment for Lorraine Cuozzo
Hi Lorraine
Always nice to meet another cousin! Do you know about the Ellingwood Family reunion each year in August? There;s a page on Facebook called Ellingwood Reunions! if yu are on Facebook. I'm descended from Asa Freeman Ellingwood…
Bill West left a comment for Laura Cuozzo Guarnotta
Hi Laura,
What Ellingwoods are your ancestors? Asa Freeman Ellingwood was my great great grandfather
Bill West left a comment for Scott Morgan
My Richardsons go back to Philip P Richardson and Lydia Dow who married in Pembroke, Merrimack NH in 1794. Their son Philip married Esther Laughton (2nd wife) in New Sharon Maine in 1834 and then their daughter Louisa Amata Richardson married my…
Scott Morgan left a comment for Bill West
Well then cousin, nice to meet you. My Richardson's go back to the 1731. I have John Richardson Jr. settleing in Greenwood around 1799. He married Elizabrth(Betsey) Shepard in 1799. Both are buried in the Holt Cemetery in Norway.
Bill West left a comment for Scott Morgan
Scott, we're definitely cousins from the Barrows line. Harvey's grandfather Ansel Barrows was the brother of my ancestor Asa Barrows. Their parents were Moses Barrows and Deborah Totman.
No connection though that I can find yet through the…
Scott Morgan left a comment for Bill West
Bill, I descend from Hannah Pingree Barrows, daughter of Harvey and Hannah (Beckler) Barrows. Hannah Barrows married William Richardson of Greenwood. My Richardson's settled in Greenwood after they moved from Canada.
Bill West left a comment for Scott Morgan
Hi Scott, It's possible we might be related because while I don't know all the particulars yet on the Richardsons, my relatives did live near Norway Maine. Which Barrows are you related to?
Scott Morgan left a comment for Bill West
Where is Richardson line from. Mine hail from Greenwood/Norway Maine. I have a Barrows line that married into the Richardson line. I wonder if we are related.
Ellingwood Reunion
Just a reminder the Ellingwood Reunion is tomorrow, August13thin Norway Maine. Details are available at the Ellingwood Reunionspage on FacebookSee More
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- What Maine surnames are you researching?
- West, Barker, Upton, Coburn, Hastings, Swan, Ellingwood, Barrows, Laughton, Richardson, Dunham, Bancroft,.Ames, Greenleaf, Benson, Abbot,
Griffeth, Dow, Williamson
- What locations in Maine are you researching?
- Oxford County
- If you have a website, what is the URL?
- http://westinnewengland.blogspot.com/index.html
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A TREASURE TROVE OF FAMILY PICTURES
Last Friday I got a great early birthday present in my mail: two cds from
my West cousin Lewis Wuori containing photographs and other images.
As I told him in an email, it was like discovering a treasure trove. There
are pictures of ancestors whose faces I've never seen before! I've been
sharing them with my various cousins from the Wests and Richardson
families(alas, no Barker or Ellingwood pictures) and posting them on
Facebook on my profile page…
ContinuePosted on August 22, 2011 at 1:53pm
1899 SUMMER PLEDGE DRIVE FOR THE UPTON UNION CHURCH
Discovering the Upton (Maine) Historical Society page on Facebook has
put me in touch with several new found cousins and it has been a lot of
fun sharing pictures back and forth. One particular set of images were of
special interest to me.
When Dad married my Mom he converted to Roman Catholicism from
Protestantism. I don't know which Protestant denomination Dad was
brought up in; it just never came up in any conversation that I can…
ContinuePosted on August 22, 2011 at 1:49pm
MORE RICHARDSON PICTURES
Last week after I posted the anniversary reunion picture of Jonathan P West
and his wife Louisa Almata Richardson I discovered that the Upton, Maine
Historical Society has a Facebook page. The picture had been taken on
Back Street in Upton so I thought perhaps a member of the Facebook
page might recognize some of the other people in the picture. Unfortunately
no one has as yet but there was another benefit, namely meeting some
more cousins. One of…
ContinuePosted on August 22, 2011 at 1:45pm
GENEALOGICALLY GOBSMACKED YET AGAIN!
Prior to attending the Ellingwood Reunion in Norway, Me. today, Cheryl
and I took a swing through Upton Maine on business pertaining to the
West side of the family. As we drove along Route 26 Cheryl pointed out a small
cemetery we passed in or near Newry, Maine, but we didn't have time to stop
at the moment and I didn't think there were any relatives buried there anyway,
Our business required us to keep going west on 26 through the Grafton…
ContinuePosted on August 22, 2011 at 1:41pm
THE 85TH ELLINGWOOD REUNION, AUGUST 13TH 2011
Today (August 13th) was the 85th Ellingwood family Reunion. Originally
begun by the children and descendants of Asa Freeman Ellingwood and
Florilla Dunham Ellingwood, it is also open to any descendants of Ralph
Elinwood who came to America and settled in Beverly, Ma. in the 1600's.
In fact anyone Ellinwood, Ellingwood, Ellenwood or Ellwood are descended
from Ralph. The reunion is always held Saturday in August and for some time
at the home of Jerry…
ContinuePosted on August 22, 2011 at 1:30pm
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 3:02am on September 30, 2011,
Scott Morgan said…
Well then cousin, nice to meet you. My Richardson's go back to the 1731. I have John Richardson Jr. settleing in Greenwood around 1799. He married Elizabrth(Betsey) Shepard in 1799. Both are buried in the Holt Cemetery in Norway.
- At 2:33am on September 30, 2011,
Scott Morgan said…
Bill, I descend from Hannah Pingree Barrows, daughter of Harvey and Hannah (Beckler) Barrows. Hannah Barrows married William Richardson of Greenwood. My Richardson's settled in Greenwood after they moved from Canada.
- At 1:51am on September 30, 2011,
Scott Morgan said…
Where is Richardson line from. Mine hail from Greenwood/Norway Maine. I have a Barrows line that married into the Richardson line. I wonder if we are related.
- At 10:27pm on June 11, 2011,
Virginia Stopper said… Hi Bill,
Glad you got back with me, it's always nice to know there are more parts of that family tree out there. I haven't really had any time to look into this any further, as I am still working for at least another year or so, but then I'll be looking into all my family. We also have cousins that are Barkers in South Paris and Norway, ME. I have been in touch with them in the past as their grandfather and my grandfather were the same. I will try, when I have time, to look on your blog, but your pictues are great. Look forward to getting into this a little more. We are trying to get ready to go to Maine right now, as I work for a local school district here in California and am off for the summers and we travel with our motorhome to Maine to try and fix up a house we bought a few years ago in Thomaston. I have a lot of cousins there in the area that were on my father's side. Well, have to get for now, but take care and keep searching.
Virginia
- At 7:27pm on June 10, 2011,
Virginia Stopper said…
Hi Bill,
My grandmother was Ruth Barker and she was born with her, I think 2 brothers and 2 sisters in Bethel, ME Their father was Eben Barker and their mother was Florence. I would really like to find out what happened to a lot of these people from her past. I believe she was born in 1902 and I don't know about the others and one day soon, I will be able to have time to find out a lot more than what I know now. There was a Nathaniel Barker in the way past as the dates I have are that his birth was in 1794 and death was 1884. I will have to get busy on this. I live in California, but we do own a home back there in Thomaston, ME that we go to in the summer to fix up for when we retire which will be within the next two years. Maybe this summer I can find out more.
- At 8:36pm on June 3, 2011,
Pamela Carter said… Hi Bill,
I haven't attended the reunion since I was a little girl. I would love to have anything that you are willing to share on Asa. Where and when is the reunion? How do I get on the list to receive Ellingwood news? Thanks,
Pam
- At 10:53am on May 15, 2011,
May McKinnon said…
I am descended from James, Nathaniel, and Jacob of Rowley, Mass., then they moved to NB., Canada as UEL, Asa of Maugerville, NB, John Wesley of Burton, NB, William Edery of Burton who moved to Montana then to Alberta. Wm Edery was my great-grandfather.
Have you perused 'Barker Genealogy' by Elizabeth Frye Barker? It is not 100% accurate but has a lot of info on many Barker families.
- At 9:33pm on May 13, 2011,
Pamela Carter said…
Hi Bill,
Asa Freeman Ellingwood and Florilla Dunham are my 3rd Great Grandparents so we are related. Their daughter Nina is my 2nd Great Grandmother to Annie Florilla Gibbs, my great grandmother. Her daughter, Fern Lyndell Cotton was my grandmother. I grew up in Bethel and currently live in Windham.
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