Description: 1. Pages 6-15 of address given by Rev. Horace H. Leavitt on July 14, 1940 in Somesville; memoranda and notes to same. 2. Names of 23 people who met on July 2, 1840 to form Congregational Church. 3. Names of people who desired a Union Meeting House and who bought pews for $5.00 each [1852]. 4. Lists of signers of Supply Fund, 1906, 1907, 5. Invitation to attend ecclesiastical council on June 11, 1908 to examine Mr. Elias Ambrose Jenkins to be pastor of the Somerville [sic] Congregational Church. 6. List of people taken into membership Oct. 17, 1909. 7. Typewritten notes from records of Congregational Church, Somesville, Jan. 6 1885, noting gift of communion service from Mr. Nehemiah Kittredge of Bangor. 8. Typewritten notes on history and legends of Congregational Church, Southwest Harbor, Maine, taken from Nell Thornton's "Traditions and Dates of Southwest Harbor." 9. Booklet with photos about Congregational Church in SW Harbor, n.d. 10. A Record of the Congregational Parish or Religious Society in Mount Desert organized July 2nd, 1840 [original booklet, Somesville] [show more]
Description: Five typed pages of vital statistic records on Abraham and Hannah Somes and their children. These records, drawn from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File, include some birth, death and marriage dates.
Other, Beach [Beech?] Hill Methodist Episcopal Church
Other, Genealogy
Creator:
Dean R Purdie
Date:
2001
Description: Letter from Dean Purdie to the MDI Historical Society discussing the Dow family genealogy and connection with Mount Desert Island. Purdie also sent materials detailing Dow family members.
Description: One page handwritten letter, photocopy of handwritten note and transcription of both. These all pertain to the Lunt family history in Mt. Desert.
Description: Letter from Harris Hyman to the MDI Historical Society regarding the load capacity of the Somesville bridge 06 October 2003. Addressing a concern from the community about the weight capacity for the bridge, Hyman assures the society that the bridge can sustain the weight of fornicating couples and drunk local gentlemen.
Description: The Redbook is a directory and handbook for Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor, Somesville, Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Adjacent Islands. This is dated 2001. The publisher and editor is Cheryl Caughey Chase. The price at that time was $6.50.
Description: The Redbook is a directory and handbook for Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor, Somesville, Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Adjacent Islands. This is dated 2004. The publisher and editor is Cheryl Caughey Chase. The price at that time was $6.50.
Description: Letter from Pam Watson describing Dr. Willis Watson's medical kit donated to the Tremont Historical Society see records 9/3/06 Dear Helene, Various medical and surgical instruments. Property of Dr. Willis Watson. Inclydes stethescope [sic], urine specificv gravity testing set, pharmaceutical vials,m small tortoiseshell instruments and larger surgical instruments. Arlene, these are considered extremely valuable to collectors of antique medical stuff. Live, Pam Notes: Pam Watson is Dr. Willis Watson's grand daughgter-in-law married to grandson Barron Watson. Helene is Halene Tuchman, THS Board member during 2000s. Arlene is THS Board president from 1990s to 2007. See records 2020.FIC.1.7, 2020.FIC.1, 2020.FIC.1.12, 2020.FIC.1.2, 2020.FIC.1.4, 2020.FIC.1.5, 2020.FIC.1.6, 2020.FIC.1.8, 2020.FIC.1.9. [show more]