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You searched for: Year start: 1900✖Year end: 1910✖Place: is exactly 'Southwest Harbor'✖Subject: People✖Type: Reference✖
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| Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Ralph Stanley, boat builder, sailor, raconteur, genealogist, historian, musician, violin maker and beloved mentor to all who share these interests, has been recognized by the government of the United States, the State of Maine and the citizens of Southwest Harbor as a veritable Living Treasure. | ||
| Noble - Katherine Noble (1880-1971) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Noble - Katherine Noble (1880-1971) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Katherine Noble was born on April 10, 1880 to Palmer and Martha (Libby) Noble in Calais, Maine. She graduated from Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in 1911 and spent six years doing private nursing. She then became District Nurse of Worcester, Massachusetts for about six years. She came to Southwest Harbor, Maine in September 1933 as Director of the Tremont / Southwest Harbor Nursing Service. She retired in May 1950 and died on March 18, 1971 in Calais, Maine. [show more] | ||
| Whitmore - Rebecca (Whitmore) Lurvey Carroll (1844-1916) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Whitmore - Rebecca (Whitmore) Lurvey Carroll (1844-1916) Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Robinson - Adoniram Judson Robinson (1834-1912) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Robinson - Adoniram Judson Robinson (1834-1912) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Captain Adoniram Judson Robinson was Ralph Warren Stanley's great grandfather. Ralph grew up in Adoniram's house and his first boat building workshop was behind that house. | ||
| Pease - Captain Jesse H. Pease (1836-1901) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Pease - Captain Jesse H. Pease (1836-1901) Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Mayo - Simeon Holden Mayo (1867-1933) aka Sim Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Mayo - Simeon Holden Mayo (1867-1933) aka Sim Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Dix - Celestia Gertrude (Dix) Robinson (1875-1961) aka Lessie Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Dix - Celestia Gertrude (Dix) Robinson (1875-1961) aka Lessie Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Clark - Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897) aka Deacon Clark Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Clark - Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897) aka Deacon Clark Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: For a fascinating description of Deacon Clark and the Island House, written by a man who knew him as a child, see “Recollections of Southwest Harbor, Maine 1885-1894” by Jesse L. Parker, p. 29-32, manuscript, 1955 - Jesse Lindon Parker (1881-1966) This valuable manuscript is a narrative of the early history of the town by an eyewitness. There are largely unknown or unreported facts on almost every page. Deacon Clark was what has come to be called in the 21st Century an "Alpha Male." In 1871 in Southwest Harbor, Maine, he filled these functions: Insurance Agent, Steamboat Agent, Herring Dealer, Proprietor of the Island House Hotel, Owner of the Telegraph concession, Justice of the Peace. - Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles, by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 50-55 - 1871. [show more] | ||
| Clement - Chester Eben Clement (1881-1937) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Clement - Chester Eben Clement (1881-1937) Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Fuller - George Ripley Fuller (1857-1937) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Fuller - George Ripley Fuller (1857-1937) Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Clark - Nathan Clark II (1780-1848) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Clark - Nathan Clark II (1780-1848) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Nathan and Mercy are the patriarch and matriarch of the Clark family of the western half of Mount Desert Island. Archivists have found no images of them, but their second house, overlooking the harbor, represents them in Southwest Harbor today. | ||
| Clark - Grace Darling (Clark) Pease (1848-1917) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Clark - Grace Darling (Clark) Pease (1848-1917) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Grace Darling Clark was born to Seth Higgins and Lucy Ward Clark in Tremont, Maine, in 1848. Grace married widower Jesse H. Pease, son of Seba and Mary C. Pease, on September 3, 1877, in Tremont, Maine. Jesse H. Pease was born in 1836 and died in 1901 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Grace Darling Clark Pease died in 1917 in Belfast, Maine. | ||
| Thelma Rosalind Lurvey Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Thelma Rosalind Lurvey Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Nellie is remembered with love and gratitude by generations of Southwest Harbor and Mount Desert Island residents, genealogists and historians from here and "from away" for her 1938 book, popularly known as, "Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor," a complete and detailed record of the history of the people and places in the town of her birth. Besides writing the definitive history of Southwest Harbor and its inhabitants she was wrote the social notes for the town that appeared in the Bar Harbor Times for many years and was an active library volunteer. She was also an enthusiastic photographer who documented the activities of her large family. She made photograph albums for many family members, many of whom have shared her photographs with the Southwest Harbor Public Library. Archivists credit all of the photographs in her albums to her as she took or planned most of them. Those not taken by her were photographed by unnamed family members. [show more] | ||
| White - Leslie Frank White Sr. (1891-1967) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  White - Leslie Frank White Sr. (1891-1967) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Leslie “Les” Frank White Sr. (1891-1967) was born on August 23, 1891 to Willis J. White and Katie (Hatch) White in Jonesport, Maine. Leslie married first Aquaie Florence Richardson (1886-1950), daughter of Arthur T. Richardson and Ida M.(Ash) Richardson, on July 20, 1914 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. They were the parents of six children, among them, Leslie Frank White Jr. (1921-2010). Leslie married second Margaret Brewer (1894-1983), daughter of Everett Kimball Brewer and Nellie Josephine (Leland) Brewer, on May 22, 1953 in Bar Harbor. Leslie Frank White Sr. died on May 14, 1967 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. “Les” White built the original Harbor View Motel. Among his other business enterprises Leslie owned the Gordon & White Garage with Earl W. Gordon (1893-1964) at 322-326-330 Main Street. [show more] | ||
| Stanley - John Lenzey Stanley (1841-1922) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Stanley - John Lenzey Stanley (1841-1922) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: John Lenzey was the son of Peter and Sarah (Newman) Stanley). He married Mary Elizabeth Whitmore on January 5, 1870. They had 4 children: Isaac Foster (b. Dec 1, 1870), Everett George (B. Sept 1, 1874), Fred Lenzey (1876-1880), and Nellie May (b. Sept 28, 1878). J.L. Stanley owned the J.L. Stanley Fishery. He also started a cold storage business, Southwest Harbor Cold Storage Company, in 1907. Along with several other men, he started the Tinkers Island Fish Company. [show more] | ||
| Thurston - Eugene Shubal Thurston (1881-1961) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Thurston - Eugene Shubal Thurston (1881-1961) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Eugene Shubal Thurston Sr. (1881-1961) was born on January 30, 1881 to Charles Dix Thurston and Elizabeth “Lizzie” E. (Moulden) Thurston in Tremont, Maine. Eugene married first Alice May Orr (1883-1944), daughter of Alonzo A. Orr and Mary J. (Seavey) Orr of Lincoln, Maine, on May 9, 1903 in Eden, Maine. Angus M. MacDonald performed the ceremony. Eugene married second Flora Olive Davis (1901-1982), daughter of Leamon T. Davis and Agnes F. (Joyce) Davis on September 19, 1948 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Eugene S. Thurston died on April 21, 1961 at Staten Island, New York. When Eugene registered for the draft in 1918 he was a jeweler. Eugene was the proprietor of "E.S. Thurston Jewellry Store" in the first Odd Fellows Building at 357 Main Street in 1914. "The store of Eugene S. Thurston, Southwest Harbor, Me., recently suffered a loss of $800 through fire. This loss was covered by insurance. Mr. Thurston is no longer in business." – The Jewellers’ Circular, May 3, 1922. The store would have been lost in the March 27, 1922 Southwest Harbor Fire that destroyed much of the business district. In 1919 he was a picture framer and listed in the Maine Register. Eugene Shubal Thurston Sr. (1881-1961) was Postmaster in Southwest Harbor [known at that time as South West Harbor] from December 22, 1921 to April 25, 1934. In 1940 he was an inspector for the Liquor Commission. [show more] | ||
| Whitmore - Abigail (Whitmore) Robinson (1829-1906) aka Argo Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Whitmore - Abigail (Whitmore) Robinson (1829-1906) aka Argo Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Abigail Whitmore was born on October 26, 1829 to James and Rebecca (Stanley) Whitmore in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Abigail married James E. Robonson (1824-1881), son of Smith and Hannah (Moore) Robinson, in 1848. Abigail “Argo” (Whitmore) Robinson died on May 8, 1906 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. | ||
| Robinson - James E. Robinson (1824-1881) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Robinson - James E. Robinson (1824-1881) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: James E. Robinson (1824-1881) was born on May 11, 1824 to Smith Robinson and Hannah (Moore) Robinson in Tremont, Maine. James married Abigail “Argo” Whitmore (1829-1906), daughter of James and Rebecca (Stanley) Whitmore, in 1848. James E. Robinson died on January 15, 1881 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. | ||
| Robinson - Ina Caroline (Robinson) Lawler (1865-1959) aka Cad Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Robinson - Ina Caroline (Robinson) Lawler (1865-1959) aka Cad Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Ina Caroline Robinson was born to James E. and Abigail (Whitmore) Robinson on August 23, 1865 in Tremont, Maine. She graduated from the Castine Normal School and became the first female elementary school principal in the state of Maine. She married Allen Jacob Lawler (1863-1933), son of William and Elizabeth Cook Lawler, on December 29, 1889. Caroline Robinson Lawler died on January 23, 1959 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Caroline Robinson Lawler was an active supporter of the Southwest Harbor Public Library during its early years. She was Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Trustees in 1925. Caroline Lawler, an early secretary/treasurer of the library, was once observed not taking notes during a trustees' meeting. When asked why, she replied, "I will, when there's something worth saying." [show more] | ||
| Clark - Seth Higgins Clark (1816-1896) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Clark - Seth Higgins Clark (1816-1896) Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Young - Charles Morris Young (1869-1964) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Young - Charles Morris Young (1869-1964) Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Walls - Franze Earl Walls (1890-1964) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Walls - Franze Earl Walls (1890-1964) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Franze Earl Walls was born on April 22, 1890 to John Andrew Walls and Elmira S. (Lurvey) Walls in Tremont (Southwest Harbor), Maine. Franze married Rena M. Donnell (1891-1985), daughter of Henry A. Donnell and Lillian B. (Libby) Donnell, on April 11, 1912. Franze Earl Walls died on December 13, 1964 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. | ||
| Gilley - Irene R. (Gilley) Dunbar (1911-1940) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Gilley - Irene R. (Gilley) Dunbar (1911-1940) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Irene R. Gilley (1911-1940) was a great-great-great-granddaughter of William Gilley (1746-1839).According to historian Ralph Warren Stanley, Irene’s funeral at the Methodist Church on Wesley Avenue in Southwest Harbor was well attended. The church, built in 1888, apparently needed repair. The floor dropped 6” during service. That day may have been the last day the church was used. – 05/28/2014 | ||
| Dunbar - Linwood N. Dunbar (1904-1942) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Dunbar - Linwood N. Dunbar (1904-1942) Southwest Harbor Public Library |