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Author Archives: Janice Brown
New Hampshire’s Fishing, Fisheries and Firsts
“Where, in many straggling group, Gnarled and crooked willows By a chaffing streamlet stoop, And their yellow branches droop, Tow’rd its tiny billows; Near the banks are little whirls,– Whirles of fretted water,– And beneath those rings of pearls Trout … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, History
Tagged dams, depletion, fish, fisheries, fishery, fishing, fishway, Hampshire, mills, Nashua, National, new, New Hampshire, NH, trouble, water power
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New Hampshire Back Stairs: Servants to the Carpenter, Manning, Hoyt, Slayton, Campbell and Jenks Families in 20th Century Manchester
They opened the door to greet visitors. They cooked, served and cleaned up after the daily meals. They tidied the rooms and changed the bed linens. They washed and ironed the family’s clothing. They provided transportation first in horse driven … Continue reading
Posted in History, Irish in New Hampshire, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women, Personal History
Tagged affluent, chauffeur, cook, driver, gardener, Irish, maid, Manchester, mansion, NH, rich, servant
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Manchester New Hampshire Major League Baseball Catcher: Thomas Francis Padden (1908-1973)
A modest base ball field bears his name at Steven’s Pond Park in Manchester, New Hampshire. Reportedly it is the “same field where he learned to play ball.” At Gill Stadium, a plaque near the entrance bears his name. On … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Sports
Tagged baseball, catcher, Gill Stadium, Holy Cross, league, Manchester, minor, Pirates, Pittsburgh, pro, professional, Stevens Pond Field, Tom Padden
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New Hampshire: Run-Aways, Desertions & Elopements of the 18th Century
When we think about ‘Run-Aways’ of colonial times, what first comes to mind is often run-away slaves. In fact the majority of these ‘errant’ individuals, at least in colonial New Hampshire, were either wives, apprentices or indentured servants. Indentured Servants … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women, NH Persons of Color, Really Old News
Tagged ad, advertisement, apprentice, colonial, color, common law, contract, elope, elopement, indenture, newspaper, people, person, runaway, servant, slave, wife
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New Hampshire’s First Female Aviator, Well-Known Photographer and Philanthropist: Bernice Blake Perry (1905-1996)
Bernice Gertrude Blake was born in Manchester, New Hampshire on 2 March 1905, one of four children born to Edward C. & Gertrude (Hurd) Blake. Her father was an English-Canadian immigrant who had founded Blake’s Creamery, originally as a milk … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Aviation, New Hampshire Women
Tagged aviator, Bernice Blake, Bernice Perry, Blakes Creamery, charter member, first, license, Lyndeborough, Manchester, Milford, music, ninety-nines, philanthropist, philanthropy, photo, photographer, photography, pilot, scholarship, Wilton, Winthrop
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