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Category Archives: History
Education Champion and Elocutionist: Professor William Russell of Merrimack New Hampshire (1798-1873)
In researching the teacher’s college (later the high school) of Merrimack New Hampshire, I discovered that the man who founded it is little known in that town. His focus was to develop and nurture educators, with the school board … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men
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‘Woman Edison” Inventor: Margaret E. Knight of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts
When you go grocery shopping, you should be thankful to Margaret E. Knight. One of her many inventions, and possibly her most famous one, was a paper-feeding machine for “making and folding square-bottom paper bags.” Prior to this time paper … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Inventors, New Hampshire Women
Tagged engine, first, Framingham, Hampshire, inventor, Knight, MA, machine, machinery, Manchester, Margaret, Massachusetts, mills, motor, new, New Hampshire, NH, paper, paper bag, patent
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December 7: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
2,403 United States citizens were killed in Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor. This incident heralded the beginning of the U.S. entering WWII when war was declared on Japan the following day. In 1994 the United States Congress designated … Continue reading
New Hampshire Missing Places: Mansion House in Merrimack
A building is more than a structure or a location–it is also a repository of stories about the people and events connected with it. My cousin, Ginny Penrod, had an opportunity to photograph the so-called “Mansion House” of Merrimack NH … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, N.H. Missing Places, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women, Really Old News, Structures
Tagged Anna, Carl, ChemFab, Chemical Fabrics, Daniel Webster, DW, Dybeck, fX, GE, General Electric, Gobain, Hampshire, highway, hotel, house, Lariviere, mansion, Mansion House, Merrimack, Napoleon, new, New Hampshire, NH, Reeds Ferry, restaurant, saint, Saint-Gobain, Savigny, Sevigny, smorgasbord, St.
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Five Ways Genealogists Survive a Pandemic Thanksgiving
Genealogists (family history researchers) are a different breed. They live and breathe for the next tidbit of information that others find trivial. They sigh and gush over dusty documents and faded photographs. They love a good story, especially if the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Genealogy, History, Holidays
Tagged genealogist, genealogy, holiday, pandemic, spend, survive, Thanksgiving
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