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Comment on 4th Cousins to the Amherst Dickinsons by DanAxtell

DanAxtell — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:51:16 +0000

Alice, I should have indeed said Thankful Warner. I mistakenly put Nathan (the younger)’s second wife, which made the ages quite awkward, as you noted. I’ve corrected the post now. Thanks for checking!

Comment on 4th Cousins to the Amherst Dickinsons by Alice Caggiano

Alice Caggiano — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:41:34 +0000

Another report from Alice. Online genealogy websites show Nathan II’s mother was Thankful Warner, born 8 June 1716 at Hatfield, MA and died 7 Aug 1796, at Amherst, MA. Her age would have been 19 which is a bit better and more reasonable. Haven’t done a lot more checking on this, but seem to remember a researcher saying that the Dickinson family tree was a bit confused and not always reliable. That was maybe 20 years ago, so hopefully names have been corredted.

Comment on 4th Cousins to the Amherst Dickinsons by Alice Caggiano

Alice Caggiano — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:19:50 +0000

Correct the father to be Nathan Dickinson, not Nathan Dickinson II. That was the son.

Comment on 4th Cousins to the Amherst Dickinsons by Alice Caggiano

Alice Caggiano — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:19:02 +0000

Have a problem with Emily’s ancestor, Nathan Dickinson II and Joanna Leonard Dickinson. If their son Nathan II, was born in 1735, and his mother was born in 1724, she was only 11 when she had Nathan II. It looks like one generation was skipped.

Comment on Your questions by Alice Caggiano

Alice Caggiano — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:48:45 +0000

Does anyone remember the Italian rubber boat company in Westminster? I have a T shirt with “Cray Energy Off Shore Racing Team” on the back. Believe it was in the 1980s, the business was located in the “most recently” Melsur building by the Red Barn on RT. 5. In the dark of night all the machinery was removed and the company disappeared with all the investors’ money.

Comment on About by DanAxtell

DanAxtell — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:42:52 +0000

Fran, I’ll send you a user name and password so that you can be an editor. WordPress makes it relatively easy to create a new “post” and add photos from your computer.

Comment on About by fran renaud

fran renaud — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:11:26 +0000

I have a few real picture post cards of Westminster, is there any interest in my posting them here? If so how do I go about doing that?

Comment on About by fran renaud

fran renaud — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:09:51 +0000

Does any one know the locations of the ice harvestings?

Comment on Overview of the Westminster Town History project by Karen Walter

Karen Walter — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:59:12 +0000

The historical society thought the You Tube of Organic Music of Westminster plus the video interview of Pat and Bob Haas should be kept in the archives. If anyone could burn a CD of it that would be great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0STAYq-NCk8

Comment on Your questions by Alice Caggiano

Alice Caggiano — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:45:58 +0000

Hi Joyce,
According to a map we found in an old book, the same one that has “Apple Oven Ledge” on it, the school house was on the point of land between Andrea’s vet office and the underpass to Rt # 123 to Walpole. We had never heard of a school being there. I have found a very early reference to a school being on the hay field across from your old house on Rt 5, which was probably a forerunner to the Sand Hill School House. There also was a school house across from the Ford/Toyota Dealer on Rt 5, where the B&B is now.