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Tag Archives: New Hampshire
Manchester New Hampshire’s Sheehan-Basquil Park and Hunt Memorial Pool
According to a 2009 Manchester Union Leader newspaper report, in the early 1950s, Alderman John F. Mills (Ward 7, last year served 1953) “proposed that the landfill area bordered by Maple, Auburn and Wilson streets be turned into a neighborhood … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, Military Squares
Tagged baseball, Basquil, Clem Lemire, hunt, James, James H. Basquil, Jeremiah, Jeremiah Aiden Sheehan, John F. Mills, Little League, Manchester, Maple, memorial, New Hampshire, NH, park, parks and recreation, Pool, recreation, Sheehan, Sheehan-Basquil, skate, skateboard park, softball, Street, Sweeney Post, swimming
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Manchester NH’s Casualty of D-Day: Sgt. T/4 Charles William Blanchard (1922-1944)
It is estimated that 2,500 Americans and 3,000 other Allied troops died on D-Day,” according to the D-Day Museum. Among them was a 21-year old Manchester man, Charles William Blanchard. He was the only son of Harry Dwight & Agnes … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, Military of New Hampshire
Tagged 175th, 2, battle, Blanchard, buried, cemetery, Charles, Charles W. Blanchard, D-Day, died, France, II, Infantry, KIA, killed, killed in action, Knowlton Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, NH, Oakdale Avenue, Pine Grove, World War, WW2
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WW2 Army Yankee Division Casualty in France: PFC James H. Basquil (1922-1944)
James H. Basquil was born 12 January 1922 in Manchester New Hampshire to Irish immigrants, James & Nora (Kelley) Basquil. His father James had been born in Couty Mayo Ireland, and arrived in America about 1911. James met, then married … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, Irish in New Hampshire, Military of New Hampshire, Military Squares, New Hampshire Men
Tagged 2, Basqil, Basqill, county, died, France, II, Infantry, Ireland, James Basqil, Lorraine American Cemetery, Manchester, Maple Street, Mayo, Nancy Metz, New Hampshire, NH, park, Sheehan-Basqil, St. Avold, Utah Beach, wounded, WW, Yankee Division
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U.S. Airmail Service Casualty: Manchester NH’s 2nd Lieut. Jean Donat Grenier (1909-1934)
Jean Donat Grenier was born in November 24 1909 in Manchester, New Hampshire, the son of Canadian immigrants, Alphonse and Ursula Nora (Gadbois) Grenier. He grew up at 302 Cartier Street, and then later 370 Rimmon Street, receiving an elementary … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd, air, airmail, base, boxer, Cartier Street, cemetery, Field, Grenier, Hevey School, Jean, Lieut., Lieutenant, mail, Manchester, military, Mt. Calvary, New Hampshire, NH, Rimmon Street, Second, UNH, University, West High School
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Manchester New Hampshire’s Lafayette Park
The first mention of Manchester, New Hampshire’s Lafayette Park, can be found in the 1903 Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester (NH), when it is stated: “Extensive improvements were made at Lafayette Park which came into possession of … Continue reading
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Tagged Amory Street, Avenue, Coletti, Ferdinand, Gagnon, Joseph A. Coletti, Lafayette, Manchester, New Hampshire, NH, Notre Dame, park, sculptor, statue
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