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Category: Stanwood
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Lumbering in Minnesota in the early 20th Century
If your colonial family came from Maine like mine did, they were likely engaged in or supported the lumber industry. Later, when the local forests were depleted and barren, many of those Mainers headed west to Minnesota and other regions where pine was still plentiful. Thus it was with my grandmother’s maternal family who relocated…
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Time for a Happy Dance! Grandma Caroline Stanwood appears in Northfield, Minnesota!
Nearly fourteen years ago I posted (um, more like lamented) about my 3x great grandmother who seemed to completely disappear after the 1885 census. (Original post here.) I strongly suspected she was still alive in 1893 even though she was not listed as a survivor in the death announcement of her mother, Mary (Scott) White…
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Susan Belle Stanwood
Click here for Susan B. Stanwood’s genealogy Susan Belle Stanwood was the young child of Albert and Lavina (Bursley) Stanwood. She was born at Santiago, Sherburne County, Minnesota 15 May 1885, and died at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota 22 December 1946. She married her first husband, Edwin R. Clark, at Floodwood, St. Louis County, Minnesota…
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Seeing double: two lines to my Mayflower ancestors!
My grandmother was proud of her New England heritage. While she didn’t know much beyond the names of her maternal grandparents, Albert Stanwood and Lavina Bursley, she had been told growing up that our ancestors came on the Mayflower. Many years later, after connecting with a Bursley cousin and documenting my descent from John Howland…
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Stanwood Homestead
In 1844, Benjamin Stanwood purchased Lot 25 and the eastern half of Lot 24 in Township No. 2 Indian Purchase, now known as Woodville, Penobscot County, Maine. It is here he was enumerated on the 1850 census with his family. Where was his homestead? The 1859 map of Penobscot County, Maine below shows B. Stanwood…
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The Stanwood Coat of Arms
The coat of arms is an oft sought-after element of family historians. Symbolizing the right to bear arms, the coat of arms indicated status and privilege. Rarely are those seen in the United States deemed authentic. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 50:542 tells us of the Stanwood Coat of Arms. The article’s author, Mrs.…
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Cordelia Stanwood, unmarried: a hidden gem in the family tree
New genealogists often overlook the unmarried folks in their family trees. After all, there are no offspring to track or trace. However, these unmarried aunts and uncles, cousins and kinfolk, can have stories just as interesting as those of our ancestors, and just as deserving of being told and preserved for generations to come. Just…
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Find-A-Grave, more than just graves
Good stuff starts with Find-A-Grave. Okay, certainly not all good stuff, but lately it seems like LOTS of good stuff has made it’s way to me, complements of the wonderful people who post on Find-A-Grave. Take, for example, the photo shown above, which awaited me in my email upon arising this morning. Find-A-Grave volunteer…
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Tuesday’s Tip: HistoryGeo.com – You Can’t Live Without It!
Okay, it might not be as important as food, water, clothing or shelter, but if you are as into maps and land records as I am, then I’m sure you’ll agree – HistoryGeo.com is one of those “must have” subscriptions. Here’s why: HistoryGeo.com takes Arphax Publishing’s superb books, Family Maps series of Land Patent Books…
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Mary Hill’s Legacy webinar “Land Records Solve Research Problems” really solved my research problem!
I’ve posted about some of my successes using land records previously, and how I was able to piece together the 18th century business relationships of my Wasgatt and Stanwood families who intermarried frequently on Mount Desert Island, Maine, by using Hancock county’s digitized land records. (You can read my post here.) Having dabbled in land…
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