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| Bar Harbor Horse Show Poster, 1910 Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Bar Harbor Horse Show Poster, 1910 Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: ...Poster for the Bar Harbor Horse Show. Poster is a Charles W...Text of the poster reads: "Bar Harbor Horse Show Aug. 23, 24, 25 1910" In the lower left hand corner is the phrase "When Thoroughbreds Meet" and above... | |
| Royal "Tinker" Colby, 1977 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Royal "Tinker" Colby, 1977 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Newspaper clipping, obituary of Royal "Tinker" Colby, died 25 May 1977, Bar Harbor Times, Thursday 2 June 1977. Transcribed... File Attachment: 00000532.txt …The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, June 2, 1977 ROYAL [TINKER] COLBY Royal (Tinker) Colby, 44, of Cranberry Isles, died at a Mount Desert Island hospital …Eileen McCafferty, Rhonda and Renona, all of Cranberry Isles; three brothers, Harold of South Carolina, William of South Portland, and Stanley of Bar …Harbor; one sister, Mrs. | |||
| Death of Carl Nelson, 1988 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Death of Carl Nelson, 1988 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Newspaper clipping about the death of Carl Nelson, Bar Harbor Times, 18 Aug 1988... | ||
| Robert Eddy Suminsby, conservationist (obituary) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Robert Eddy Suminsby, conservationist (obituary) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: ...Bar Harbor Times. Details of Robert Suminsby’s life and his contribution to conservation on Mt. Desert... | |||
| Elisha Bunker and Edgar Bunker 1952 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Elisha Bunker and Edgar Bunker 1952 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Newspaper clipping, double obituary of Elisha Bunker and Edgar Bunker, Bar Harbor Times, Thursday 8 May 1952... | |||
| Obituary of Edith F. Favour Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Obituary of Edith F. Favour Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...She was born in Bar Harbor, 2-20-1916, daughter of James & Nora Falt. She was married to Paul Favour, Jr... | |||
| James F. Bracy 1958 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  James F. Bracy 1958 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Bracy, 86, died today in a Bar Harbor nursing home after a short illness...Surviving are four grandchildren, Leslie Wedge of Prospect Harbor, Harold Wedge of Moody, Estella Forcetano of Chelsea, Mass., and Norman Wedge of Cranberry... File Attachment: 00000529.txt …Bracy, 86, died today in a Bar Harbor nursing home after a short illness. …Surviving are four grandchil- dren, Leslie Wedge of Prospect Harbor, Harold Wedge of Moody, Estella Forcetano of Chelsea, Mass., and Norman Wedge of | |||
| Marjorie E. Phippen, (1904-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Marjorie E. Phippen, (1904-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, Marjorie E. Phippen, b 15 Jul 1904, d 20 Mar 2002. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000853.txt …BAR HARBOR TIMES, unknown date Marjorie E. Phippen Marjorie E. Phippen, of Southwest Harbor, died at age 97 March 20, 2002, in Bar Harbor. …Since her husband died in 1986 she had been living in Southwest Harbor, where she truly enjoyed going to the Kozy Kove Restaurant for lunches, usually …memory be made to the Cranberry Island Church, care of Gaile Colby, treasurer, Cranberry Isles 04625; or to the Maine Seacoast Mission, 127 West St., Bar …Harbor 04609. | |||
| Obituary for Jarvis W. Newman Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Obituary for Jarvis W. Newman Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Jarvis W.pdf …Newman September 4, 2019 SOUTHWEST HARBOR Jarvis Ward Newman, 84, died peacefully Sept. 1, 2019, at Birch Bay Village in Bar …Harbor. …Jarvis served on the board of directors of Bar Harbor Banking & Trust for 30 years. He was a Vestry member of St. …In 2016, when Jarvis suffered physical problems along with his dementia, he moved to Birch Bay Village in Bar Harbor. | ||
| Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson (1920-2006) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson (1920-2006) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson (b 23 Jun 1920, d 8 Jan 2006). Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000873.txt …Peterson, know as "Snooks" or "Brookes," 85, died peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 8, 2006 at a Bar Harbor health care facility. …is survived by her son, Paul Peterson of Arkansas; her daughter, Catherine Nelson of Lovell; two sisters, Nina Turner and Mae Joyce, both of Southwest Harbor …Peterson's memory to the fund that helps maintain the Stanley Cemetery on Great Cranberry, c/o the Northeast Harbor branch of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Co | |||
| Marjorie E. Phippen (1904-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Marjorie E. Phippen (1904-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper clipping (copy), MDIslander, obituary of Marjorie E. Phippen, b. 15 July 1904; d. 20 Mar 2002. She was daughter of Oscar & Millie (Harding) Bulger, and was married to Leslie "Phip" Phippen for 65 years. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000793.txt …Phippen, of Southwest Harbor, died at age 97 March 20, 2002, in Bar Harbor. …Since her husband died in 1986, she had been living in Southwest Harbor, where she truly enjoyed going to the Kozy Kove Restaurant for lunches, usually …memory be made to the Cranberry Island Church, care of Gaile Colby, treasurer, Cranberry Isles 04625; or to the Maine Seacoast Mission, 127 West St., Bar …Harbor 04609. | |||
| Ada B. Rice (1910-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ada B. Rice (1910-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, Ada B. Rice, b 5 Dec 1910, d 29 Nov 2002. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000855.txt …Ada attended Bar Harbor Schools. She loved horses and took riding lessons in Bar Harbor. | |||
| Charles E. Wadsworth Jr (1917-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Charles E. Wadsworth Jr (1917-2002) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, Charles E. Wadsworth Jr, b 3 Mar 1917, d 21 Aug 2002. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000852.txt …BAR HARBOR TIMES, 29 Aug 2002 Charles Wadsworth. Charles E. …Wadsworth, he built a house out of wood salvaged from the Bar Harbor fire. | |||
| Warren Everett Fernald (1927-2005) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Warren Everett Fernald (1927-2005) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, Warren Everett Fernald, b 17 Jul 1927, d 14 Jun 2005. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000851.txt …Fernald married Anna Marie Cameron of Bar Harbor, on New Year's Eve in 1949, when he was home on a 10-day leave. …He is survived by his wife Anna; his children and their spouses, Bruce and Barb Fernald of Islesford, Mark and Vicky Fernald of Bar Harbor and Islesford …, Dan and Katy Fernald of Mount Desert and Islesford, Karen and Hugh Smallwood of Baltimore and Islesford, Paul and Brenda Fernald of Northeast Harbor | |||
| Jesse Newell Mills Obituary Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Jesse Newell Mills Obituary Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Mills - J.N. Mills Co - Obituaries.pdf …Mills Obituary The Bar Harbor Times September 1972 Jess N. Mills, 79, died Sept. 4 at his home after a brief illness. …Mills of Southwest Harbor; five grandchildren. …A volunteer fireman, he told exciting stories of fighting the Great Bar Harbor Fire of 1947. …Interment will be at Head of the Harbor Cemetery, Bass Harbor. | ||
| John Heliker (1909-2000) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  John Heliker (1909-2000) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, John Heliker (b 16 Jan 1909, d 22 Feb 2000). Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000878.txt …Bar Harbor Times, 2 Mar 2000 John Heliker, 91, artist John Heliker, a Cranberry Island artist and teacher, died at age 91, Feb. 22, 2000, at Sonogee …Rehab and Living Center in Bar Harbor. | |||
| Grindle - Ralph Merrill Grindle - Obituary Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Grindle - Ralph Merrill Grindle - Obituary Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Grindle - Ralph Merrill Grindle - Obit.pdf …He was a boat builder and co-owner of Rich and Grindle Boat Company in Southwest Harbor. He served in the U.S. …He was proprietor of Grindle s Store in Southwest Harbor for more than 45 years. …; and two daughters, RuthAnn Fenton and her husband, Nathaniel, of Bar Harbor; and Linda Ann Dow and her husband, George, of Southwest Harbor; 10 grandchildren …, Jeffrey Rich of Bass Harbor, and Paul Grindle of Southwest Harbor; 18 great-grandchildren; and a very special friend, Mary Grindle. | ||
| Carl G. Nelson (1898-1988) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Carl G. Nelson (1898-1988) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, Carl G. Nelson, b 1898, d 6 Aug 1988. Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000858.txt …The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, August 18, 1988 Cranberry Isles lose painter Carl G. | |||
| David Stainton (d. 2006, age 72) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  David Stainton (d. 2006, age 72) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper obituary, David Stainton (d 31 Jul 2006, age 72). Transcribed. File Attachment: 00000877.txt …The Bar Harbor Times, 3 Aug 2006 David Stainton, community leader David Merriman Stainton, a Cranberry Island resident, community leader and the | |||
| George B. Dorr Caricature Cartoon by Ralph Yardley Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  George B. Dorr Caricature Cartoon by Ralph Yardley Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Pencil drawing by Ralph Yardley from Stockholm Record. Represents George B Dorr with caption: "George B Dorr may be a bachelor but he's married to Lafayette Park". |
| Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Charter document: Grand Lodge of North America (State of Maine) Independent Order of Good Templars, organized May 16, 1855, grant unto G. H. Pressey, C. H. Bulger, L. H. Bracy, A. M. Spurling, G. H. Spurling, Wm. P. Preble, H. A. Preble, L. G. Stanley, C. G. Kimball, A. Bunker, J. M. Bunker, S. A. Bunker and their associates this Charter for a Lodge to be known as Ocean Echo Lodge No. 157 located at Cranberry Isles… signed July 4, 1866. Wikipedia: "The IOGT originated as one of a number of fraternal organizations for temperance or total abstinence founded in the 19th century and with a structure modeled on Freemasonry, using similar ritual and regalia. Unlike many, however, it admitted men and women equally, and also made no distinction by race." According to a local 1888 newspaper article they met Tuesday evenings each week at Norwood's Cove School House. [show more] | ||
| George B. Dorr's Harvard Diploma Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  George B. Dorr's Harvard Diploma Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Framed diploma; Bachelor of Arts in Latin degree to George Bucknam Dorr. | |
| Eben M. Hamor Manuscript - Books 1 & 2 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Eben M. Hamor Manuscript - Books 1 & 2 Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...From Raymond Strout collection. records of the Plantation and Town of Mount Desert and Bar Harbor to 1825. Typescript... File Attachments: 6185 bk. 1.pdf …Settled at Bar Harbor, was a Sea Captain. Kept the second Public House for summer' visitors at Bar Harbor. It as called the Hamor House. …Spphix " 2 8, 7illiam H, " Harriet ' j ~ settled at Bar Harbor. …Bar. Harbor rt.: . tit1.anct lot. …Laland lot. a.t Bar Harbor. Their Children were. IV. 6185 bk. 2.pdf …Bar Harbor at one time and. …Live at Bar Harbor. II. 5. Adaline born ay 15-1847. Seep 45. Mar Edwin H. Higgins. Live at Bar Harbor. II. 6. …__CF HELD AT BAR HARBOR, EDEN, JULY 2d. 1896. …He afterwards moved to Bar Harbor. | |||
| Richards Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Richards Northeast Harbor Library Description: Connections: Knowles, Thomas, Thompson, Hinckley, Richards. The Winthrop Fleet of 1630, by Banks, Charles Edward. Richards Genealogy, by Swett, David L. & Wescott, Elizabeth C. File Attachments: 6355 a.pdf …John Allen He lived in Eden--Bar Harbor Northeast Creek 30 years deacon of Baptist Church. …Moses Grace of Bar Harbor (b. c1812 d. 13 October 1888+. …Harbor #27 Born: 9 May 1807 Died: Buried: Bar Harbor #27 Lived Bar Harbor, Eddy's Brook, Mariner, retired Ship Master, Selectman 1864 CHILDREN: i …Harbor Buried: Bar Harbor Farmer CHILDREN: VI-28 i Melissa Higgins b. 17 May 1835 VI-29 ii Alonzo Higgins b. 13 December 1836 VI-30 iii Amanda L. 6355 b.pdf …NE Harbor c8 April 1949 m. 30 October 1890+ Charles Howard Frazier b. 9 December 1865 Northeast Harbor d. 30 March 1949 NEHarbor s/o Charles & Ruth ( …John Henry Abram b. 15 August 1879 Ellsworth d. 14 September 1961 Buried: Holy Redeemer, Bar Hbr. …Lived Southwest Harbor, worked as gardener on the Tyson Estate, Northeast Harbor. CHILDREN: Elene Hamblen b. 16 June 1907 VII-29 i Forrest L. …(Newman) Born: 17 May 1861 Born: c21 April 1855 Married: Trenton Died: 28 April 1904 Eden Died: 28 November 1936 Buried: Bar Harbor (Eden) Ellsworth m( 6355 c.pdf …(Dore) Born: 25 September 1911 Born: 14 February 1915 Bar Harbor Boston, MASS. …His work is especially well done, even with the copy put in the Bar Harbor Times. …Obviously, his special interest was Bar Harbor; but there is much to tie in with the rest of the island. 7. Gott Family by William Otis Sawtelle. …Newspapers--Bar Harbor Times, Bangor Daily News, Ellsworth American and others--microfilm, University Library in Orono PEOPLE The following are, hopefully | ||||
| MDI History Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  MDI History Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...The Story of Bar Harbor 6. 1798 Tax List 7. Occupants of Old Cemetery at Sandy Point 8. Vessels 9. Northeast Harbor 1870-80 10... |