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Category Archives: New Hampshire Women
New Hampshire WWI Military: Army Nurse Corps Teresa Margaret Murphy of Concord NH (1891-1918)
Up until the posting of this story, very little has been written about Teresa Margaret Murphy, a hero(ine) of World War I. Every few years she is briefly mentioned in Concord New Hampshire newspapers. Those articles always say that information … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Women, NH WW1 Military
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2016: The 8th Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge
Each year for the past seven, genealogist bloggers have been invited to post a bit of poetry about a region, historical event, legend, or a person related to one of their ancestors. If you would like to participate, you can … Continue reading
Posted in Carnivals and Memes, History, New Hampshire Women, Personal History, Poetry
Tagged annual, challenge, Elinor, Hampshire, Isles, new, New Hampshire, NH, poem, poetry, Shoals, Urin, Vrin, welcome, Wellcomb
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New Hampshire’s Rock Profile: The Watcher aka Old Woman of the Notch
New Hampshire rocks are often like the clouds in its skies–if you stare at them long enough they start to look like something else. She has been known by several names: The Watcher, the Old Woman of the Notch, the … Continue reading
Posted in Boulders and Profiles, History, Humor, New Hampshire Women, Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather, Structures, Travel
Tagged Cliff, Crag, Eagle, Franconia, lady, Lafayette, Mount, mountains, Mt, notch, old, Old Man, The, Watcher, woman
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African-American Soprano and “Queen of Song”: Dover New Hampshire’s Nellie (Brown) Mitchell (1845-1924)
She was born, Nellie Brown, the daughter of Charles & Martha (Runnels) Brown. Her father was a shoemaker turned barber/hairdresser. In the 1850 census, Nellie along with her parents and siblings, are listed as mulatto, which would indicate that both … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women, NH Persons of Color
Tagged African, American, black, Boston, Brown, color, Dover, Hampshire, Mitchell, music, Nellie, new, New Hampshire, NH, opera, people, person, prima dona, singer
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