Book of Dates - Post 5

[Grace Ware (Holbrook) Haskell Book of Dates, continued]
1929
Jan 30 - Feb 18     To Brattleboro to see Mother
Feb 9                     Mother passed away at 4 PM
Feb 12                   Service at St Michael's - Rev Harry Pool, Lucien Howe at the organ
Mar 8 - May 28     MRC [Mary Rogers Cabot] in Boston, Atlantic City, New York
May 7 - July 12      Naulahka with Owen. Mrs Patten, Mother Haskell [Clarissa?] visited
May - May 30        Wai Tsu at Naulahka, Hilda Olsen married
August 4                  Moved from Portland to Yarmouth
September               Mrs Patten here, Marian Taylor visit
September 23          Lucy Brooks Haskell born 6:05 AM E.S.T 6 lbs 12 oz
[No Date]                Wai Tsu New returns to China

[to be continued...]

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Tombstone Tuesday - Amos Haskell

Cemetery: Lower Cemetery, New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine
Photo Date: 31 May 2004

Amos Haskell was b.26 Mar 1787 in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine to Eliphalet and Mary (Woodman) Haskell. He d. 20 Aug 1868 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, where he was living with his son, Alfred Haskell. He m. Sarah "Sally" Johnson on 20 Jul 1810. Amos is my 3rd great-grandfather.

Transcription: FATHER/AMOS HASKELL/DIED/Aug. 20, 1868/AEt. 81 yrs. 5 mos./[epitaph illegible]

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Green Mountain Camp - Post 5

[Grace Ware Holbrook Journal Entry regarding Green Mountain Camp]

[January 3, 1918 - Boston, Mass continued]
     Dinner came at 12:30, and then a rest hour a burdensome ruling to many, especially if there were not letters to be written. However it was a relief all around; and at the first, when the morning exercises, girl scout drill (given by Sarah Bradley) milk duty swimming etc were new to all they were truly in need of rest for a change from the general excitements. The novelty of course wore off, and first aid classes in hot weather did not tend to contrast sufficiently the dulness [sic] of lecturing and quite hour! 
     Sometimes the rest hour was shortened or early enough to allow for an auto trip or walk when we carried suppers with us. Our first excursion proved a lesson in that it was lacking in excitement other than mosquitoes and midges galore. The whole picnic hardly occupied over an hour, for we went and returned from the short wood walk, eating our supper frugally all around.
     Our most enjoyable expeditions were by motor, & there was general excitement in the air to where we were going & what might happen. One of the most successful afternoon trips was to Brattleboro when all were given a treat by Miss Lesley to ice-cream, and afterward drove to Naulahka to see mother. The children went about the garden etc, and two or three of us played the piano. "Granny" recited the poem she made up about the camp & one about "Granny's teapot". It happened that she went about with Miss Lesley to look at everything and in remarking the regularity of the garden from the outdoor sleeping porch, stated: "It might have been laid out with a yard stick."
     We went on after this in spite of thunderstorms & auto troubles (in Mr. Moffitt's Ford) to the heights of the McVeagh Farm with Margaret Goodhue, added to our party, escorting us.

Green Mountain Camp Girls at Naulahka Terrace

[to be continued...]

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Trip to Vladivostok, Russia

My family and I will soon be headed to Vladivostok, Russia. This is family history-related trip that came about by my wife organizing and sharing over 400 historic photographs that my grandfather (Merrill Haskell) took in Vladivostok back in 1919-1920. My wife shared these photos with several folks in Vladivostok and they wrote a book (after clicking the link, scroll to the bottom of the page), Vladivostok in the photos of Merrill Haskell. August 11, 1919 – February 23, 1920. Another summary of the book can be found here (again scroll to the bottom of the page). More coverage of the book is found in a photo gallery on the US Consulate's website.

My grandfather was a young accountant (27 years old) when he went to Vladivostok as an accountant with the YMCA. He traveled by boat from San Francisco to Japan and then on to Vladivostok, with three others from the accounting firm (Niles & Niles), where he was working for in New York City. He voyage also took him to Yokohama, Japan.

More to come about my grandfather's adventure and ours when we return....

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Tombstone Tuesday - Harriet (Goodhue) Holbrook

Cemetery: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
Photo Date: 4 Aug 2006

Harriet (Goodhue) Holbrook was b. 10 Sep 1817 to Joseph and Sarah Lewis (Edwards) Goodhue in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont. She d. 21 Sep 1887 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont. On 13 Jan 1835 she married Frederick Holbrook, who went on to become Governor of the State of Vermont from 1861-1863.  Harriet is my 3rd great grandmother. Unfortunately, the following photo is not entirely in focus and the area around the stone is quite overgrown.

Transcription: Harriet Goodhue/wife of/Frederick Holbrook,/Born Sept 10, 1817./Died Sept 21, 1887./These green hills, where thy childhood roved,/Yon river winding to the sea,/All lovely things by thee beloved./Seem sacred to thy memory.

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Merrill Haskell Family - Ancestral Chart 17

Ancestral Chart No. 17, continuing Merrill Haskell's direct family line, compiled by Grace Ware (Holbrook) Haskell's. Chart 17 continues from Chart 1 with Mary Woodman (wife of Eliphalet Haskell). I have done very little research on the Woodman and associates lines - I've got some work to do!

 

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Wordless Wednesday - Merrill Haskell's Silk Baby Mitttens

circa 1892

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Tombstone Tuesday - Governor Frederick Holbrook

Cemetery: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
Photo Date: 4 August 2006

Frederick Holbrook was b. 15 Feb 1813 in Warehouse Point, Hartford County, Connecticut to Deacon John and Sarah (Knowlton) Holbrook, d. 28 Apr 1909 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont. He m. Harriet Goodhue 13 Jan 1835. Frederick was Governor of the State of Vermont from 1861 through 1863 during the Civil War. Frederick  is my 3rd great-grandfather.

Transcription: FREDERICK HOLBROOK/FEBRUARY 15, 1813/APRIL 28, 1909/GOVERNOR OF VERMONT/1861-1863

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Book of Dates - Post 4

 [Grace Ware (Holbrook) Haskell Book of Dates, continued]
[Entries are not entered in chronological order, therefore I expect some may have been written down well after they occurred]
1928
Dec 31-Feb 8     Mother in Boston
March 5th           Mother in Malden
March 15            Aunt Molly in New York & Wellesley
April 27              Aunt Molly at 176 Vaughan St Portland
May 2                 St Barnabas Hospital. MRC [Mary Rogers Cabot]
May 23 - July 17 Phillips House. Operation May 25 MRC [Mary Rogers Cabot]
May 31               Cousin Nellie van Kleeck paralyzed in London
Dec 4                  EBvK [Ellen Brooks van Kleeck] in Baltimore
January                Hilda Olsen with Jim Smith in Portland
June                     Brattleboro at Aunt Molly's
Sept 8                  [Living] Haskell born 5:17 PM E.S.T 8 lbs
Oct 15 - 22          At Aunt Molly's with Owen & Miss Callender
April 1st               Fishing in Jordan's Bay [Raymond, Maine] with Merrill [Haskell]

[to be continued...]

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Green Mountain Camp - Post 4

[Grace Ware Holbrook Journal Entry regarding Green Mountain Camp]

[January 3, 1918 - Boston, Mass continued]
     A short service was held with reading and singing etc; then the daily duties began. Those who were appointed to be milk girls, went with an escort to the entrance of the road and returned bringing the large can of milk in the cart. This proved to be an arduous duty, as the wood road was very rough with stones and boulders and mud holes scattered along the way quite frequently. It generally took an hour's time, and the girls took turns pushing and pulling the express cart. this cart underwent several misfortunes, and all the expense of a little down-hill coast I attempted one day when I was outward bound for supplies! While the girls were on milk duty, two others pumped our daily supply of water by the force pump, into our barrels at the kitchen. This, in the hotest [sic] weather also proved to be an arduous duty; although it may have been just those occupations etc which kept us fairly contented on the whole.
     Hot weather we certainly had - and everything was affected by the high temperature - even the pond - so there was no escaping it. On the hotest [sic] days of all - & luckily for them Miss Lesley and Miss Sutherland were safely away - we had our canning demonstrations given by the state college county worker. It went off marvellously [sic] well, considering the hot situation of our fly where the lecture was given, and the out-door brick stove on which the cooking was done.
     Every morning about eleven o'clock came the daily swim on our little beach - and away rushed the girls with the greatest of glee from any classes or employment which might be on foot to get as long a swim as possible before dinner. If by any chance the regular time was changed, the girls would surely ask when they could get it later on.  On the last day, the swim had to be before breakfast - for they had seen us go off each morning early to take a dip, but had not had the experience themselves.

Green Mountain Camp - Swimming

to be continued...

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Tombstone Tuesday: Mary (Woodman) Haskell

Cemetery: Lower Cemetery, New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine
Photo Date: May 30, 2004

Mary (Woodman) Haskell was b. 30 Mar 1755 in Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire to Joshua and Eunice (Sawyer) Woodman (Source 1), d. 29 Sept 1839 in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine (Source: grave marker). Mary is my 4th great-grandmother.

Transcription: MARY/wife of/Eliphalet Haskell,/DIED/Sept. 29, 1839/AEt. 81.

Source:
1. Arseneault, Judith A. The Vital Records of Kingston, New Hampshire, 1694-1994. p. 32. Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, Maryland. 1995. ISBN: 0-8063-4552-7.

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Alfred Haskell Family Portrait

Alfred and Elizabeth (Owen) Haskell were my great-great-grandparents. They lived in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. They had eight children, however, three died within their first year and three died as young adults. Their children were:

George B. b. 4 Dec 1845, d. 1866
Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" b. 11 Mar 1847, d. 26 Feb 1875
Charles Alfred b. 6 Oct 1848, d. 3 Jun 1931
Amos J. b. 6 Jan 1851, d. 22 May 1851
Frederic T. b. Sep 1852, d. 10 Dec 1853
Henry A. b. 1855, d. 1856
Carrie A. b. 14 Jun 1859, d. 24 Aug 1889
Frank Owen b. 12 Jul 1863, d. 29 May 1931

Here is a photo of Alfred and Elizabeth with three of their children.

The following is written in pencil on the back of the photograph:
Elizabeth Owen Haskell & Alfred Haskell
Carrie A. Haskell
Frank Owen Haskell
Charles Alfred Haskell

I am not sure who made these notes, but I believe the children that are identified are incorrect for the following reasons:
1. Charles Alfred was born 15 years before Frank Owen and 11 years before Carrie A. The children in the photo appear to be much closer in age.
2. If the listed children were correct, Alfred and Elizabeth would be over 50 years old and they appear younger than that in the photo.

In my opinion it seems more likely that the children in the photo from left to right are: Charles Alfred, Mary E. and George B. Also note that Alfred was b. 20 Feb 1817 and Elizabeth was b. 3 Mar 1819. I believe this photo was taken circa 1860 when Alfred would have been about 43 years old.

Other hints include a photographer's stamp on the photo that says "F.R. Burnham, 96 Middle Street, Portland, Maine". I did a search of City directories on Ancestry.com and found Burnham Bros at 96 Middle Street in the 1860 Portland City Directory. I was unable to find them in any earlier directories.

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Treasure Chest Thursday - Elizabeth Owen - Cross Stitch Sampler

Elizabeth Owen was b. 3 Mar 1819 daughter of Cotton and Lydia (Cotton) Owen. She m. Alfred Haskell 14 Dec 1844, presumably in Portland, Maine although I have not found the marriage record yet. Alfred and Elizabeth are my great-great grandparents. They lived in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine and both are buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Portland. Elizabeth d. 3 Sept 1888 at age 69 years 6 months.

She created this cross-stitch sampler at age 11 (ca 1830). As you can see the thread colors are quite faded from this piece being displayed in a sunny room for many years.

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