Anna Elizabeth Nourse - Journal 1862

1861 - Missing

1862 Journal page - mostly about her child losing his teeth and several Civil War battles.

Transcription

1862.
Jan. 17.	Fred's [likely her son Fred Holbrook] 1st tooth.
[Jan]22	[Fred's] 2nd [tooth]
Feb. 5	Will F Wesselhoeft born
April 3.	Fred's 3rd tooth
[April] 12	[Fred] in short dresses
May 5	[Fred's] 4th tooth
[May] 6	[Fred's] 5[th] [tooth]
June 20.	Grandpa Goodhue died
[June] 29.	[blank]
July 14	Will's birthday
[July] 25	Fred's 7th tooth
Aug. 6	Battle Baton Rouge
[Aug]	2nd battle Bull Run.
Oct. 29	Fred's 9th tooth
Dec. 25	My sister & I baptized, & with mother
	joined the Dear old Chapel.

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Anna Elizabeth Nourse - Journal 1860

1857 - Missing
1858 - Missing
1859 - Missing

Here is Anna's journal page from 1860

Transcription

1860.
May 17th.	Frank Irvine married at 11 A.M. by Rev. Dr. Kerry A. Niles at 92 Boylston St. Boston, Mass.
	I left at 3 P.M. for Springfield. Stopped at Massasoit House
[May?] 18th	Left at noon for Albany.
[May?] 19th	Left for New York by Steamer "Daniel D[?]"
	down the Hudson. To Brooklyn at eve[?] to board on the heights No 1 Middagh St.

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Pedigree of Old Arm Chair

I got a kick out of this old note that I found in my Holbrook/Goodhue records from Brattleboro, Vermont. Lucy Brooks Holbrook (# 7 on the list) was the sister of my grandmother, Grace Ware (Holbrook) Haskell. Now if I could only find this old chair...

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Studies of Thomasso Juglaris - Emerline Mason Holbrook 1886

Here is an interesting family photo of my great grand aunt, Emerline Mason Holbrook. She was an artist and studied under Thommaso Juglaris in Boston back in the 1880's. This is a photo (actually a tin type) of her class in 1886. She is the 5th from the left in the first row. I have seen several pieces of Emerline's work and they are quite good.

Here is the back of the 1886 photo:

Here is another photo from 1887. In this photo, Emerline is third from the left in the second row.

The back of the 1887 photo includes signatures of her classmates:

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Anna Elizabeth Nourse - Journal 1856

Transcription

1856

Jan. 8.	To Weymouth
[Jan] 12	William & Emily drove me home in sleigh
[Jan] 29	Emily came
Feb. 9	" [Emily] left.
	My brother & sister had measles
Mar.	Emily & all her sisters had meas[?]
May 13.	Emily & William married. Dined with us.
June 5	Evelyn C. Pratt married
July 13	moved to Lynn.

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Anna Elizabeth Nourse - Journal 1855

I have uncovered another exciting family history artifact - my second great grandmother's journal/book of dates. I discovered this in an old banker's box along with other documents in a family home in Vermont. The journal is written on miscellaneous slips of paper rather than in a bound book. Initially, I was not able to determine who wrote the journal, but after reading several of the entries and references to various family members, it appears that Anna Elizabeth Nourse is the author. Anna was b. 10 Feb. 1836, Worcester, Massachusetts, d. 12 Feb. 1927, New York, New York. She m. 6 Dec. 1916, Franklin Fessenden Holbrook in Brattleboro, Vermont. The first entries are for 1855 - see below:

Transcription:

1855

May 24.	Moved to Lynn for summer.
	Sarah Gove's Frank born.
Sept. 4	To Hopkinton.
13	" To [sic] Brattleboro
22	" Deerfield
24	" Worcester
29	home.
Oct. 9.	Sarah Allen sailed for Sandwich Islands.

Family Records - Goodhue, Clark, Armstrong Surnames

More family records for the Goodhue, Clark and Armstrong surnames.

Here is the transcription:

Other Relatives. Births.

Children of
Francis Goodhue, Jr., and Elizabeth Evans Goodhue:
Mary Brooks Goodhue, born in Germantown, Pa., March 23, 1893.
Francis Goodhue, 3rd, born in Germantown, Pa., June 10, 1894.
Wister Evans Goodhue born in Germantown, Pa., June 8, 1896.
Elizabeth Evans Goodhue born in Germantown, Pa. Nov. 29, 1899.
Margaret [blank]

Anna Holbrook Clark (daughter of JK & Margaret Holbrook Clark) born at New York City Jan'y 19, 1904.
John Kirkland Clark (son of JK & Margaret Holbrook Clark) born at New York City April 12, 1906.
Marion Holbrook Clark (daughter of JK & Margaret Holbrook Clark) born at New York City

Percy Holbrook Armstrong, son of Edward C. & Emerline H. Armstrong born at Baltimore, Md. April 7, 1906.

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Captain William S. Brooks 1820 Journal - Page 3

Here is page #3 from an 1820 journal written by my third great grandfather, Captain William Smith Brooks. You can find the second page of this diary here: Diary page 2.

Here is the transcription:

the Lake is truely romantic and
beautifull [sic] Tole at bridge	25
Turnpikes at Sunday Gates	45
To Dinner at Waterloo Village
here are a large number of flour
mills Trip hammers & no place can
be better Situated for Manufacturing
14 Slept at Geneva. Supper etc	1.00
15 Canandaigua. 16 miles to Breakfast
and dinner, Left some clothes to be
wash'd Stage 1.00
16 arrived at Lima called on Mrs
Nancy Bristol. found 4 fine Children
17th Went to Avon and called on Mrs
Peirce. found 2 Children, and both
well situated	7.25[?]
17. On Saturday morning took Stage
for Bufaloo [sic], on the way call'd on
Mr. Sam'l Albree saw him & wife
arrived at Buffaloo [sic] at 5 PM. On
18 Sunday morning to Stage for Niagra
falls. arrived at the falls at 2 PM
spent the remainder of the day in
crossing of to the British Side & [to be continued]

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More Goodhue, Holbrook and Other Family Marriage Records

 Here are more family marriage records for the Goodhue and Holbrook families. Other surnames include: Edwards, Cune, Hall, Brooks, Bull, Chapin, Nourse, Draper, Roberts, Bartlett, Chalmers, Kleek or Kleeck, and Evans.

Unfortunately, I do not have definitive information on who prepared these family records, other than I found them in an envelope labeled "Genealogy Papers by Franklin Fessenden Holbrook, Mary Rogers Cabot, Frederick Cabot Holbrook and Aunt Lina [Emerline Mason Holbrook]". These documents were found in a storage room in an ancestral home located in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Here is the transcription:

Marriages.

Joseph Goodhue and Sarah Edwards, married in Northampton, Mass, Nov 2nd, 1815.
William P. Cune and Mary Ann Goodhue, married in Brattleboro, Vt, Aug 25th 1834.
Frederick Holbrook and Harriet S. Goodhue, married in Brattleboro, Vt, January 13, 1835.
Chauncey A. Hall and Lucy W. Goodhue, married in Brattleboro, Vt, December 12, 1838.
Francis Goodhue and Mary E. Brooks, married in Brattleboro, Vt, October 26, 1847.
Albert H. Bull and Sarah F. Goodhue, married in Brattleboro, Vt, November 14, 1849.
Dr. Edward R. Chapin and Sarah G. Bull, married in Brattleboro, Vt, November 12, 1873.

GrandChildren.
Franklin F. Holbrook and Anna E. Nourse, married in Boston, Mass, May 17th, 1860.
Frank E. Draper and Mary G. Cune, married in Brattleboro, Vt, Sept 17, 1863.
Joseph G. Hall and Lizzie B. Roberts, married in Boston, Mass, April 17, 1867.
William C. Bartlett and Julia H. Cune, married in Brattleboro, Vt, Nov 8, 1866.
William C. Holbrook and Anna M. Chalmers, married in New York, N.Y. Jan'y 17, 1872.
Henry Van Kleek and Ellen B. Goodhue, married in Brattleboro, Vt, [no date]
Francis Goodhue Jr. and Elizabeth Evans, married in Germantown, Pa, June 15, 1892.

Great GrandChildren.
Frederick Holbrook 2nd and Grace Cabot, married in Bratto, Vt, Apr. 12/[18]87.
John Kirkland Clark and Margaret Chalmers Holbrook, married in New York City, June 15/[19]03.
Emerline Mason Holbrook and Edward Cook Armstrong, married in New York City, June 8, 1905.

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Captain William S. Brooks 1820 Journal - Page 2

 Here is page #2 from an 1820 journal written by my third great grandfather, Captain William Smith Brooks. You can find the first page of this diary here: Diary page 1.

In this diary, he primarily lists the places he visited, boarded, ate meals etc, although in later pages he becomes a little more verbose in his descriptions.

Here is the transcription (please let me know if you can determine the last word in the fourth line down):

Lebanon Springs Board etc.	2.90
Nausua Breakfast	60
th
8 Albany. Dinner & Horse Credendosy[?]	1.13
8 Waterford Sleep at Hulls	1.16
9 Hulls Breakfast	37
9 Schenectady Sleep etc.	1.25
9 Amsterdam Abbott Sleep	81
11 Johnstown Anderson B-	38
11 Oppingham Nelles. Dinner	25
10 Little falls Morgon Sleep	1.36
Schyler Peacock	40
11 Deerfield. Biddlecom. Dinner	25
Sunday toles	60
11 Utica Sleep. Bags	1.13
12 West Moreland Crarys Break.	34
12 Lenox. Blosson Dinner etc	63
12 Chestewingo Cary’d Lodge etc	1.44
Here it rained and I took the Stage	1.12
To Phillips in Manulius 16 Miles to
Dinner Horse Shod	1.69
14 Mercellus Sleep	84
14 Auburn Breakfast	50
On this route I pass’d Cauga [probably Cayuga] Bridge over 1 Mile long here the prospect of [to be continued]

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Family Records - Goodhue & Holbrook

I've uncovered some family birth and death records for my ancestors who lived in Brattleboro, Vermont. These are handwritten notes that are likely to have been written by Anna Elizabeth (Nourse) Holbrook (my second great grandmother) or her daughter, Emerline Mason (Holbrook) Armstrong. There is no date notation on when the records were originally recorded. Surnames in this record, include: Bartlett, Bingham, Bull, Cune, Goff, Goodhue, Hall, and Holbrook.

Here is my transcription of the records:


Family Record
[Notes likely prepared by Grandma Holbrook (Anna Elizabeth (Nourse) Holbrook) or Aunt Lina (Emerline Mason (Holbrook) Armstrong)]

Born
Joseph Goodhue     Oct 27th 1794
Sarah Goodhue     Mar 10th 1796
Mary Ann B. Goodhue     Aug 4th 1816
Harriet S. Goodhue     Sept 10th 1817
Lucy W. Goodhue     July 27th 1819
Francis Goodhue     Aug 26th 1822
Sarah F. Goodhue     May 3rd 1827

Grand Children
William G. Cune     Dec 17th 1835
Frank F. Holbrook     Mar 1st 1837
Joseph G. Hall     May 25th 1841
Mary G. Cune     Oct 11th 1841
William C. Holbrook     July 14th 1842
Julia H. Cune     Feb 25th 1844
Joseph Goodhue 2nd     Oct 29th 1849
Ellen B. Goodhue     June 14th 1851
John Holbrook     July 17th 1852
Sarah E. Goodhue     June 22nd 1855
Lucy Hall Goodhue     July 30th 1862
Alice Goodhue     Nov 10th 1863
Francis Goodhue Jr     Dec 13th 1867

Great Grand Children
William C. Holbrook Jr     Feby 12th 1873
Lucy Goodhue Hall     born April 14th 1871
Richard Knowlton Holbrook     born Oct 15th 1874
Frederick Holbrook Jr     born July 20th 1861
Emerline Mason Holbrook     born July 30th 1863
William Henry Holbrook     born Dec 30th 1865
Percy Holbrook     born Aug 18th 1868
Betsey Bingham came to our family to live June 1825

Died
Joseph Goodhue     June 20th 1862, 67 yrs
Sarah Edwards Goodhue     Nov 11th 1883
Chauncy Hall     May 8th 1856, 43 yrs
Lucy G. Hall     June 3rd 1859, 39 yrs
William G. Cune     April 3rd 1842, 7 yrs
Julia H. Bartlett     Dec 21st 1867, 23 yrs
Joseph Goodhue     Aug 23rd 1851, 10 mos
Sarah Edwards Goodhue     Aug 18th 1860
Lucy Hall Goodhue     June 3rd 1864
Alice Goodhue     Aug 17th 1864
Dorcas Goff     died Feb 15th 1853, 67 yrs
Mr A. H. Bull     died July 29th 1869
Mrs Wells Goodhue     died Dec 5th 1873
Mr Wells Goodhue     died Dec 18th 1874




Source: Holbrook and Cabot Family Records. [Privately Held]. Genealogy Box #2 - Genealogy Papers by FFH, MRC, FCH, Aunt Lina.

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Captain William S. Brooks - 1820 Journal Page

1820 Journal page from my third great grandfather, Captain William Smith Brooks.

"...and found good beds at every house & good Milk, and found the Bread either sour or musty. Butter good but too Salt."

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