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Category Archives: History
Gordon’s Fried Sea Food and Other Shops at 215 Hanover Street in Manchester NH
Yes, I realize that “Gordon’s Fried Sea Food and Other Shops at 215 Hanover Street in Manchester NH” is a long title for a blog post. However it is very fitting, because my research took me on a long, convoluted, … Continue reading
Posted in History, N.H. Missing Places, New Hampshire Men
Tagged 215 Hanover Street, baker, bakery, Burke Stark, business, fish, friend fish, Gordon, historic, history, immigrant, Jacques, Manchester, NH, old, Print, printing, restaurant, Saul Gordon
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2014
May you always have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you, and all your heart might desire. – New Hampshire’s Irish Myths and Legends – … Continue reading
Posted in History, Irish in New Hampshire
Tagged green, holiday, Irish, patrick, saint, st patrick
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Sixteen Completely Free Ways to Research Your Family Tree in New Hampshire
Certain expensive, pay-to-use genealogy corporations are using mass media in an attempt to convince us that we need their services in order to research our personal family histories. TAINT TRUE! You don’t need shaking leaves to point you in the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Genealogy, History
Tagged Ancestry, completely, family tree, free, free way, genealogy, history, low cost, New Hampshire, NH, no cost, research, researching
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Celebrating Women’s History Month in New Hampshire 2014
March is Women’s History Month–when we have thirty-one days to celebrate women’s contributions to history. In the case of this blog, it is the stories of New Hampshire women that I mostly share. Why is women’s history important? Because women … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged herstory, New Hampshire, NH, women, womens history
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Wilfred Ernest Burpee (1860-1948) and Other Early Opticians of New Hampshire
Many of my blog stories are generated based on the view of a curious, old postcard. “Reception Room, Brown & Burpee” was inscribed on the front of this particular postcard. Three men are present–one sitting. There are display cases in … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men
Tagged 1911, Ben & Jerrys, Brown & Burpee, Burpee, early, Elm Street, eye, eyeglasses, eyes, Gerould, glasses, John W. Foster, Keene, license, Manchester, Markens, Moses, NH, ocular, oculist, optician, optometrist, optometry, Portsmouth, specialist, spectacles, testing parlor
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