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Author Archives: Janice Brown
Exeter and North Hampton New Hampshire Writer and Poet: Lillian “Lilja” (Hillbom) Rogers (1901-1993)
Lilja Rogers is an often-quoted but little known New Hampshire poet. We share her with Wallingford, Connecticut, her birth place in 1901, where she was brought up in a talented family. Her father Henrik Hillbom (sometimes mis-spelled Hillborn) was a … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Conn, Connecticut, CT, Exeter, Hampton, Hillbom, Hocus Pokus, Lilja, Lilja Rogers, Lillian, Lilly, north, PEA, poems, poet, poetry, Rogers, Rye, seacoast, Wallingford, writer
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March 2016: Celebrating Women’s History Month in New Hampshire
The March 2016 Women’s History Month Theme (as designated by the National Women’s History Project) is “Working to Form a More Perfect Union: Honoring Women in Public Service and Government.” Their goal is to make women’s historic achievements visible. My … Continue reading
Musician and Music Teacher, Orson Lafayette Mason (1849-1923): Descendant of Capt. Hugh Mason in Cheshire County NH
Orson Lafayette Mason‘s very interesting face looks out from a scratched tintype photograph that I purchased on a popular auction site. He wears a stylish hat, and his mutton chop sideburns add to the impressive look. He would have appeared … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History
Tagged Bahan, Benjamin, Capt., Captain, Cheshire, Collister, county, Dublin, Edward, Floyd, Gertrude, Hampshire, Harrisville, Hugh, Joseph, Keene, Kingsbury, Lucy, MA, Marlborough, Martha, Mason, Massachusetts, McCollester, music, new, New Hampshire, NH, piano, Samuel, sing, singing, Spaulding, Starkey, Stephen, store, teacher, voice, Watertown
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New Hampshire Tidbits: Milford New Hampshire’s Oddity Party of 1876
In olden times, Oddities were people with odd or strange looks or mannerisms. Think–Barnum & Bailey’s side show. Parties where attendants would dress as ‘oddities’ were being held as late as 1900 when there was a newspaper report in Sheldon … Continue reading
The face of Claremont New Hampshire’s Adaline A. (Johnson) Stowell
I am starting to think that someone collected photographs of people who died from tuberculosis in the Claremont NH area. Among a group that I purchased recently, at an online auction is one of Adaline A. (Johnson) Stowell. She was … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Adaline, Claremont, Edmund, Hampton, Johnson, New Hampshire, NH, Stowell, Winnicumet
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