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Tag Archives: New Hampshire
A New Hampshire Mother of a President: Eliza (Ballou) Garfield 1801-1888
She was the first woman in American History to see her son sworn in as President of the United States. At his inauguration ceremony, the new President turned first to his mother, kissing her on the cheek, before he kissed … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged assassination, Ballou, Cheshire, conjurer, county, Eliza, Elizabeth, Garfield, grandma, inauguration, James, Mathurin, Maturin, mother, New Hampshire, NH, Ohio, President, Providence, Rhode Island, RI, Richmond
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Current Event: New Hampshire Caddie Camp Reunion September 11-13, 2015
In 2007 I wrote a story about Caddie Camps in New Hampshire. One source states that over 2,000 young men learned to caddie, and to golf this way. Based on the comments to that blog post, many seemed to enjoy … Continue reading
Manchester New Hampshire’s 1946 Centennial Celebration
This story, as usually is the case, begins with a photograph–in this case several. My mother (Mary Webster) was a “camera nut” and took hundreds of photographs in the Manchester area, but most were of family. She did not take … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged anniversary, beginning, bicentennial, birthday, celebration, centennial, Manchester, New Hampshire, NH, parade, polio, start
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New Hampshire’s First Woman Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs: Helen Kenney of Concord, M. Jennie (Wood) Kendall of Nashua, and Lillian (Christian) Bryant of Conway
Even today a woman sheriff in New Hampshire would be a rarity. In 1906, 1939 and 1944 when the three women mentioned in this story were appointed, they were momentous occasions. These women were not the first sheriffs in the … Continue reading
The Early History of Manchester New Hampshire’s Hesser Business College (now Mount Washington College) and the Hesser Family
The small business school started in Manchester, New Hampshire by Joel Harter Hesser on 1 June 1900 (for the first few years called simply “Hesser School”) still exists, though it no longer bears its founder’s name. [Editor’s note: At the … Continue reading
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Tagged building, business, college, commercial, Concord, early, Elm, facility, Fellows, Gladys, Hesser, history, Joel, Lowell, Manchester, Mount, Mt, New Hampshire, NH, odd, penmanship, school, shorthand, Street, typing, Washington
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