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Musician and Music Teacher, Orson Lafayette Mason (1849-1923): Descendant of Capt. Hugh Mason in Cheshire County NH
Orson Lafayette Mason‘s very interesting face looks out from a scratched tintype photograph that I purchased on a popular auction site. He wears a stylish hat, and his mutton chop sideburns add to the impressive look. He would have appeared … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History
Tagged Bahan, Benjamin, Capt., Captain, Cheshire, Collister, county, Dublin, Edward, Floyd, Gertrude, Hampshire, Harrisville, Hugh, Joseph, Keene, Kingsbury, Lucy, MA, Marlborough, Martha, Mason, Massachusetts, McCollester, music, new, New Hampshire, NH, piano, Samuel, sing, singing, Spaulding, Starkey, Stephen, store, teacher, voice, Watertown
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New Hampshire Tidbits: Milford New Hampshire’s Oddity Party of 1876
In olden times, Oddities were people with odd or strange looks or mannerisms. Think–Barnum & Bailey’s side show. Parties where attendants would dress as ‘oddities’ were being held as late as 1900 when there was a newspaper report in Sheldon … Continue reading
The face of Claremont New Hampshire’s Adaline A. (Johnson) Stowell
I am starting to think that someone collected photographs of people who died from tuberculosis in the Claremont NH area. Among a group that I purchased recently, at an online auction is one of Adaline A. (Johnson) Stowell. She was … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Adaline, Claremont, Edmund, Hampton, Johnson, New Hampshire, NH, Stowell, Winnicumet
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New Hampshire Tidbit: There is NO President’s Day in February
Today is really a day to celebrate George Washington’s Birthday. Both the federal and New Hampshire wording of the law calls it Washington’s Birthday. So why are we allowing this amazing day to be ‘watered down’ by calling it something … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, NH Tidbits
Tagged birthday, celebrate, Day, federal, Hampshire, holiday, Lincoln, Lincoln's, new, New Hampshire, NH, President, presidents, state, Washington, Washington's
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A 2016 New Hampshire Valentine’s Day Compilation
In earlier days of New Hampshire’s history, Valentines Day was held in higher regard. There were poems to compose, sweet gifts to distribute, and rituals to perform. Today the day seems much more commercialized. In 1851 your shopping list for … Continue reading