Saturday, January 27, 2018

Obituary for Dana Ross

Dana Ross was the son of Mary Joan Mitchell, daughter of Everett and Vera mitchell


Houlton - Dana J. Ross, 56, passed away on January 10, 2018 at the Houlton Regional Hospital. Dana died peacefully in his sleep after a two year battle with cancer. He was born on March 23, 1961 in Houlton, Maine, the son of Donald and Mary Joan Ross (Mitchell).
Dana was born with cerebral palsy, but he never let it slow him down. He graduated from Houlton High School in 1981. Dana had a big heart, a terrific smile and would do anything for anyone.
Dana was predeceased by his parents and his grandparents Kenneth L. Ross and Sarah Ross and Everett D. Mitchell and Vera Mitchell. He was also predeceased by two cousins, Maurice Doubleday and Mary Lyn Mitchell and his Uncle Moe. Dana is survived by his four brothers, Donald Ross of Pueblo, Colorado, Daniel Ross of Caribou, Maine, Darrell Ross of Bangor, Maine and Darren Ross of Houlton, Maine. He is also survived by his sister, Jody Sinclair (Ross) and her husband Daniel Sinclair, of Old Town, Maine. Dana had many special nieces and nephews, whom he loved dearly. Dana is also survived by his Aunt Carol Doubleday(DeeDee), his Uncle John Mitchell, his Uncle Everett Mitchell and his cousins Veronica, John and Ev. Dana also had many friends that were like family to him.
Dana chose not to have a funeral, he wanted his friends and family to remember him as he was. There are plans for a memorial service in the Spring. (date and time to be determined)
Published on  January 13, 2018

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Post about Captain Norman and Cape Ann Massachusetts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Planters_(Massachusetts)


Cape Ann, a neighborhood in the Massachusetts town of Gloucester is a lovely place and much like a number of old fishing villages gone upscale.  It reminds me a bit of Provincetown without the WOW factor.  Unfortunately the town has grown to the point that if you do not have a mansion on the water, it can be very touristy and rather uncomfortable to be in in the summer.  The traffic can be intolerable if you get there on the wrong day or hour, but then again, much of Massachusetts can have intolerable traffic if you do not know the local time patterns.  I drove 34 miles to my cousin's house and it took me 2 hours! 
The town has become so upscale that even the people who have invested a million in their properties have had their views blocked by newcomers on increasingly vertiginous but choice spots building multi-million dollar houses.  
I went looking for Norman's Woe.  I was advised to park in a little turn-out and walk in.  This was on a recent vacation from my new home far away.  "Walk down the path and you can find a place to see Norman's Woe."  I got down to the rocky shore, deeply cut with gorges and climbed along to see the reef a quarter mile away.  I had to do some fancy footwork to get all the way up to a headland that would have had a great view.  After skirting a few properties that were private, I was finally blocked by a fence that cut off any possibility of progressing without climbing into a deep gorge with the sea foaming into it.  At last, after creeping as close to the shore as possible, and slipping on to my ass in the black algae, I could see just the tip of the reef behind the headland, and the only way I could have seen the whole thing would mean dashing across someone's private retreat. 
 
 
I could have gone down to the shore at Hammond Castle, where there is a fine view, but it was closed for a private function.  I do not get back here very often as I am so deeply entrenched in my home and the travel is very expensive.  Perhaps another vacation will allow me to get a good look. 
 

Saturday, November 12, 2016

Please excuse the fact that I have published a number of posts from Internet copies. As I process the information over the next few weeks I will delete these and replace then with my own information.

Susan Murdock

Found 10 Records, 10 Photos and 415,224 Family Trees

Born to John Murdock and Mary Jane Berryman. Susan married John Day and had 7 children.
  • Name: Henry DAY 1
  • Sex: M
  • Reference Number: 2696
  • Birth: [Estimated by author.] ABT 1850
  • Death: UNKNOWN



    Father: John DAY b: BET 1823 AND 1828 
    Mother: Susan UNKNOWN b: BET 1823 AND 1832

    Marriage 1 Celia JONES b: ABT 1852
  • Name: Margaret ROBERTS
  • _FOOT: Ancestry Databases (http://trees.ancestry.ca), Julia varney; 1
  • _FOOT: Barney, Beverly, Bissett Cook 2012 2
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 1715 in Yorkshire County, England
  • Reference Number: Wade/S1
  • Death: UNKNOWN in Yorkshire County, England
  • Note:
    Summary:
    Margaret Roberts [Wade/S1], female, was born in 1715 in Yorkshire County, England. She died, date unknown, in Yorkshire County, England. Margaret married Robert Wade [Wade], marriage date unknown.

    Ancestry:
    Robert Wade & Margaret Roberts are 5th Great Grandparents of the Author.




    Marriage 1 Robert WADE b: 1712 in Yorkshire County, England
    • Married: UNKNOWN
    Children
    1. Has Children Margaret WADE b: 27 FEB 1747 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England c: 28 FEB 1747 in Gainford Parish Church, Gainford, Durham County, England
  • Birth: 1712 in Yorkshire County, England
  • Death: UNKNOWN in Yorkshire County, England
  • Note:
    Summary:
    Robert Wade [Wade], male, was born in 1712 in Yorkshire County, England. He died, date unknown, in Yorkshire County, England. Robert married Margaret Roberts [Wade/S1], marriage date unknown.

    Ancestry: Robert Wade & Margaret Roberts are 5th Great Grandparents of the Author.




    Marriage 1 Margaret ROBERTS b: 1715 in Yorkshire County, England
    • Married: UNKNOWN
    Children
    1. Has Children Margaret WADE b: 27 FEB 1747 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England c: 28 FEB 1747 in Gainford Parish Church, Gainford, Durham County, England
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