New Hampshire Christmas Gifts and Events of 100 Years Ago (1916)

Posted on 24 December, 2016 by Janice Brown

In December of 1916, one hundred years ago, the Portsmouth (NH) Herald offered tidbits of local information along with advertisements for Christmas gifts and food. These offerings are a window into New Hampshire’s past. Continue reading →

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The Faces of Warren Plummer & Eliza Ann (Pease) Tenney of New Hampshire and Vermont

Posted on 22 December, 2016 by Janice Brown

wp-and-eliza-tenney-watermarkedThe faces of Eliza Ann Pease and her second husband, Warren Plummer Tenney, peer out from worn and speckled photographs. These are gem-sized pictures, designed to be inserted into jewelry, that managed to remain in their paper wrappers, and were taken after their marriage in 1861.  Continue reading →

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Blog Caroling: This Time of Year

Posted on 20 December, 2016 by Janice Brown

My dear friend fM’s favorite holiday tradition (she says) is Blog Caroling.  I suspect that her ritual of dressing up in flannel jammies with hot toddy in hand are as important as the musical production.

Last year I presented a truly local song.  But with New Hampshire-specific Christmas songs being rarer than chestnut trees, I settled, quite happily, for one I like that has little to do with my locale. Continue reading →

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Faces of the EVERETT FAMILY of New London, Salisbury and Concord New Hampshire

Posted on 18 December, 2016 by Janice Brown
New London's main street circa 1900. From an old postcard.

New London’s main street circa 1900. From an old postcard.

We have to start with the father in order to know the sons. Jonathan-5 Everett came from a long and well-traced line that I have included in the genealogy below. Jonathan moved from Attleboro, Massachusetts to New London NH before 1789 (according to the New London NH town’s history). He lived in a log cabin, and later in a frame house. He was an influential citizen. He married Mary Messinger/Messenger and produced eight children.

In a previous  story I wrote about this same Jonathan & Mary (Messinger) Everett’s daughter Mary, who married the Honorable Anthony Colby, a governor of New Hampshire. In this story I will show photographs of Mary’s brothers, David and Daniel Everett, along with their wives, and their family trees. Continue reading →

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The Furber Family of Londonderry New Hampshire

Posted on 14 December, 2016 by Janice Brown

john-w-furber2-watermarkedMany of my stories originate from photographs, and this one is no different.  I purchased two of the Furber family of Londonderry, New Hampshire.  Both are tin type photos in a paper jacket, probably taken around the time of the Civil War, in the mid to late 1860s.  The boys pictured are both sons of John S. Furber, a prominent manufacturer of water pumps.

The first photograph is of John W. Furber.  Sadly he died in 1885  at the age of 39.  His younger brother, Elbridge W., died in 1881, aged 18.  Both of these men died from consumption (tuberculosis), a common killer of both young and old in those days. Continue reading →

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