Category Archive: Merrimack Co., New Hampshire

Mar 28

Military Monday: World War II, Old Man’s Draft

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Merrimack Co., New Hampshire, Woodward Family

March 28, 2011

On the 12th of September 1918, my grandfather, Oscar H. Woodward, Sr., registered at Local Board #2 in Franklin, New Hampshire, for the World War I Draft [WW I Draft registration Card of Oscar H. Woodward; RG 163, Selective Service System (World War I), National Archives-Southeast Region, Morrow, Georgia]. At the time of registration he was thirty-eight years old and resided in Franklin.

World War II Draft Registration Card of Oscar Herman Woodward

On the 25th of April 1942, he again when to his local draft board to register. This time he was enrolling in the fourth draft registration for World War II [World Wr II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of New Hampshire, Record Group 147, Records of the Selective Service System 1940-; National Archives micropublication M1963, reel 19]. At this time, he was sixty-two years of age and resided in Loudon, New Hampshire.

Grand Dad was not called to military service on either of these occasions, nor did he volunteer.

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Mar 27

Sweets

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Childhood Memories, Loudon

March 27, 2011

During week #13 of 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History, the topic is “Sweets.” What, you ask, does a Steeple clock have to do with sweets?

When my twin brother and I were toddlers, we lived in an apartment across from Craigen’s Store in Loudon Village, New Hampshire. At the time Dad was away most of the time serving as a Marine during World War II. I know now that money was very tight for the family and as I look back, I can understand it better. I remember Mom washing clothes using a galvenized tub and a scrub board, but I digress.

Our parents tried their best to make Dad’s furloughs memorable. One of their favorite activities was to stage bubble contests using bubble gum (a nice sweet flavor). To our delight every one in the family participated. There was much laughter … that is until it was time to clean up and the kerosene was called into action. Mom would tie my hair away from my face in hopes that I wouldn’t get gum in my hair, but I generally managed to do so anyway.

Any left over gum was stored in the back of the steeple clock that was kept on a shelf behind the living room couch. I recall wanting a piece so very badly (even though I was not supposed to have it) that I set out to invade the storeage place. The clock came crashing down on my head and several parts broke off. Needless to say my Mom was most unhappy and I received the punishment I certainly diserved.

Tags: memories, sweets

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Mar 14

Matrilineal Monday: Margaret E. Gale

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Brown Family, Canterbury, Gale Family

March 14, 2011

Margaret Elizabeth (Gale) Brown

My great grandmother, Margaret Elizabeth Gale (daughter of Eliphalet and Mary Jane (Merrill) Gale was born in Concord, New Hampshire on the 16th of May 1851.[1] She married Alfred H. Brown on the 20th of January 1872 in Canterbury, New Hampshire.[2] Alfred was a merchant in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Margaret died 15 January 1919.[3]

Sources:
1) Death Registration of Margaret Elizabeth Brown, Box #500, New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord, New Hampshire; and James Otis Lyford, History of the Town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1y727-1912, 2 volumes, Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1912), II: 156.
2) “Canterbury, New Hampshire, Records of Marriages, Births, and Deaths, 1719-1931,” Canterbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Family History Library microfilm #2,259048, item 3.
3) Death Record of Margaret Elizabeth Gale, “New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947,” Online Database from the New Hampshire State Department of Vital Records and Health Statistics at FamilySearch.org.

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Mar 09

Wordless Wednesday: Emma Jenkins

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Jenkins Family, Loudon, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire

March 9, 2011

Emma Jenkins (1847-1906)

Emma Jenkins, born 9 November 1847 & died 6 March 1906 [Annual Report of the Financial Affairs of the Town of Loudon (Loudon, New Hampshire: The Town, 1907].
The identification on the reverse side of the photograph is in the hand of Alice M. (Brown) Perkins.

Emma was the wife of John Butters Perkins…They were my great grandparents.

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Mar 08

Tombstone Tuesday: Perkins & Jenkins

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Jenkins Family, Loudon, Perkins Family

March 8, 2011

Tombston of John Butters Perkins; his wife, Emma Jenkins; and their daughter, Louise B.,

These tombstone are located in the Moore Cemetery behind the Congregational Church in Loudon Village, New Hampshire.

Perkins
John B. Perkins
Jan. 25, 1844 – May 1, 1918
Emma A. his wife
Nov. 3, 1847 – Mar. 6, 1906
Louise B. Perkins
July 6, 1875-July 31, 1885

Tombstone of William & Joanna B. Jenkins, and three of their children

William and Joanna Jenkins were the parents of Louise B. Jenkins.

Jenkins
William Jenkins, June 8, 1811 – Mar. 18, 1896
Joanna B. His Wife
Apr. 18, 1811 – Nov. 25, 1888
Children
Mary H., Jan. 10, 1833 – Dec. 30, 1889
Louise J. Jan. 10, 1836 – Feb 9, 1900
Etta G. Apr. 1, 1850 – Mar. 19, 1854.

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