Eugene Allen DUNBAR was the husband of Fredericka Merrow HYDE. As you can see by this headstone, he was a veteran. He was born in Hartford, CT on 6 May 1880 and lived there until he married on 21 Apr 1914 in Lynn, MA when he was 33 years old.
Eugene was the son of John DUNBAR and Maria GIBBON. His parents were both born in Ireland and lived in Connecticut.
Eugene was a pharmacist in the US Navy for 31 years until he retired. In 1920, he and his wife and children were living in Hudson, MA in the house next door to Linda and Phares (with a field in between). The sisters made a close family with my father-in-law and the oldest son, Vergene Emerson DUNBAR being quite close in age. There are several photo of the boys playing together.
Eugene is buried next his wife. He died 9 May 1958. Eugene and Fredericka had four children. Two are still living.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Fredericka Merrow HYDE
This is the headstone of Fredericka who was one of Linda Edward's HYDE's sisters. She is buried on the opposite side of the Maplewood Cemetery in Marlborough to her sister and the FRAZEL family. The headstones surround a large granite monument for the four surnames. [blog post to follow about this plot]
Fredericka was the youngest of the her three sisters. She was the mother of Eleanor Dunbar Sargent who is the family historian for this family and the person who is helping us with this family history.
Fredericka was born in Marlborough, MA on 25 Sept 1885. The parents lived in both Rockland, Maine where Linda was born, and in Marlborough, MA where the other two sisters were born.
I might have thought Linda was born in Marlborough too if I didn't have accurate records and the information in the Merrow genealogy to back it up. This is how some family records get confused. Luckily, we didn't make a mistake. [Merrow genealogy p. 449-450)
Fredericka died on 8 June 1960 as it says her on her headstone.
More on Fredericka in the next blog post....
Fredericka was the youngest of the her three sisters. She was the mother of Eleanor Dunbar Sargent who is the family historian for this family and the person who is helping us with this family history.
Fredericka was born in Marlborough, MA on 25 Sept 1885. The parents lived in both Rockland, Maine where Linda was born, and in Marlborough, MA where the other two sisters were born.
I might have thought Linda was born in Marlborough too if I didn't have accurate records and the information in the Merrow genealogy to back it up. This is how some family records get confused. Luckily, we didn't make a mistake. [Merrow genealogy p. 449-450)
Fredericka died on 8 June 1960 as it says her on her headstone.
More on Fredericka in the next blog post....
Monday, November 22, 2010
Midge and Eleanor
This morning, we traveled 10 minutes away from our new home to meet with Eleanor Merrow Dunbar Sargent to have her help us with my husband's family photos and his genealogy.
We were there for two hours and I can't wait to go back. Her granddaughter and niece met us there at her house. She told me on the phone that her mother proclaimed her the keeper of the records and that she had a big book of family photographs and a Merrow genealogy.
She is the youngest of her brothers and sisters and is as "sharp as a tack". I am exhausted as I write this...
I wanted you to see her telling me, "Don't forget to label the back of this photo!" See me laughing? Eleanor and I are not related and she wants me to tell you that I need to make sure that this photo is "right"!
Every family should be this lucky to have Eleanor. She has kept and labeled everything. I had pen and pencil, Flip-Pal scanner, photos she looked at and confirmed, charts and my digital camera. She kept up with it all.
This is going to be quite a story.
We were there for two hours and I can't wait to go back. Her granddaughter and niece met us there at her house. She told me on the phone that her mother proclaimed her the keeper of the records and that she had a big book of family photographs and a Merrow genealogy.
She is the youngest of her brothers and sisters and is as "sharp as a tack". I am exhausted as I write this...
Every family should be this lucky to have Eleanor. She has kept and labeled everything. I had pen and pencil, Flip-Pal scanner, photos she looked at and confirmed, charts and my digital camera. She kept up with it all.
This is going to be quite a story.
Dorothy Merrow DUNBAR
This cute little girl and her decorated doll carriage is my husband's first cousin once removed. She lives in the next town over from us! We have contacted her and told her that we live here, that my mother-in-law has passed away and that we would like to visit her soon. She no longer drives but she can't be far away and because of her age, I am going to try for a few short visits.
We will be going to visit her to see if she can help us with his family information and with the photos that we have inherited. I started working last Friday to scan the photos and newspaper clippings that were marked with her name.
I have scanned them, backed them up to Flickr, backed them up to an external USB hard drive, placed them in archival safe photo envelopes and put those in a clean envelope to give to her. Feeling comfortable with my plan, I posted then to my tree at Ancestry.com and then and only then, did I erase the scans from my laptop's hard drive.
I put a fluorescent dot on the outside of the envelope to indicate to myself that these photos are scanned and ready to be given to her for her children and grandchildren.
We will be going to visit her to see if she can help us with his family information and with the photos that we have inherited. I started working last Friday to scan the photos and newspaper clippings that were marked with her name.
I have scanned them, backed them up to Flickr, backed them up to an external USB hard drive, placed them in archival safe photo envelopes and put those in a clean envelope to give to her. Feeling comfortable with my plan, I posted then to my tree at Ancestry.com and then and only then, did I erase the scans from my laptop's hard drive.
I put a fluorescent dot on the outside of the envelope to indicate to myself that these photos are scanned and ready to be given to her for her children and grandchildren.
Saturday, October 09, 2010
The Road Ahead
I am using this photo of the access road for the Villages at Stow to demonstrate the concept of not knowing the road ahead. Technically, this is the road beside or between but you get the idea.
It's been going along better finding items and unpacking them and starting to feel a bit more normal about living here.
We are now receiving all the "snail mail" forwarded to us from my in-laws. My father-in-law's 97th birthday is this month and my husband gently told him that his wife has died. We are not sure that he understood. My husband feels better having told him but we are still worried that he will have to be told over and over again.
I was just wondering how to tackle the photos from his family when yesterday, we got a forwarded letter from one of my father-in-laws relatives. She is elderly but writes quite well. I think she can help me with this project. It felt odd opening a letter that was NOT addressed to me but I think that this is something I will have to get used to.
Oh, and by the way, she lives in the NEXT town from us.
It's been going along better finding items and unpacking them and starting to feel a bit more normal about living here.
We are now receiving all the "snail mail" forwarded to us from my in-laws. My father-in-law's 97th birthday is this month and my husband gently told him that his wife has died. We are not sure that he understood. My husband feels better having told him but we are still worried that he will have to be told over and over again.
I was just wondering how to tackle the photos from his family when yesterday, we got a forwarded letter from one of my father-in-laws relatives. She is elderly but writes quite well. I think she can help me with this project. It felt odd opening a letter that was NOT addressed to me but I think that this is something I will have to get used to.
Oh, and by the way, she lives in the NEXT town from us.
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