Saturday, August 25, 2018

Postmaster William Merrill West Newbury MA

Came across this article on William Merrill of West Newbury, Massachusetts.


Friday, June 29, 2018

Emma Mills Pike Salisbury Massachusetts

Emma Mills married Alexander Pike on June 30 1913. She was the daughter of Samuel Mills and Emma Dalton. Alexander was the son of Charles Pike and Helen Eaton. 
The same year Emma is voted in as first "Selectwoman" she saves her husband Alexander Pike from a mad bull!





Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Mildred Burnham Millett of West Newbury Massachusetts

Mildred Elliott Burnham (1892-1959) daughter of Benjamin F Burnham married Harold Joseph Millett (1896-1967) son of Albert Henry Millett and Jennie Etta Aull. Mildred was a West Newbury, Massachusetts native.



September 29, 1959 The North Adams Transcript from North Adams, Massachusetts · Page 15


From Back row: Bertha Pollard Aull, Rena Millet Hopkins, Mrs. Mildred Burnham Millett, Harold Millet, Bertha Aull Campbell, Samuel Joseph Aull Seated: Mildred Aull, Dorothy Aull, and Madeline Campbell Sanford Photo from

Monday, June 18, 2018

Artist Charles Henry Francis Turner of Newburyport Massachusetts


Charles Henry Francis Turner (1848-1908) son of Henry Turner and Sarah Goss. He married Elise Clementina Augusta Hagedorn (1842-1928) daughter of John Friedrich Hagedorn (1842-1920) and Augusta W Boehning/Bunning (1839-1921) of Germany. Above is a photo of Charles and his wife Elise.


 C H Turner Winslow Lewis Lodge Member Card 

Marriage Record of Charles H Turner, age 25 to Elise Hagedorn daughter of John H F in Boston, Massachusetts on June 3 1873.


C H Turner and wife Elise Turner Passport Application July 1882

C H Turner, age 51 Portrait Painter living in Jackson, Carroll, New Hampshire in 1900 Census 


Death Certificate of C H Turner filed November 27 1908 Boston, Massachusetts listing residence 68 Mount Vernon Street. Listed at this address in Appalachian Mountain Club Register Books, Art Directory, and Who's Who in America.



 From Art Gallery WordPress: Commonwealth Ave & Change Alley in Boston and Sardines For Dinner



William Turner and Theodate Goss Private Collection Taken from American Art Gallery 

Portrait of a Girl with a Red Head Covering Signed and dated "C.H. Turner/Feb 6" Skinner Auction House Auction: 2876T Lot: 1137 Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2876T: Boston  January 19, 2016 

American Gallery
Find A Grave 
Smithsonian Charles Henry Turner Papers  

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