Spinney Family Genealogy by Herbert Spinney
Herbert L. Spinney of 52 High Street compiled a long lived Spinney family genealogy tracing origins to the first Spinney and a 1755 date. The work includes deeds wills letters and photos and covers Long Island Gilbet Head ownership and a historic pogy fishing industry with a spring of ships and factories. Spinney was born in 1862 in Georgetown and later lived on Long Island Seguin Island York County and Bath working as a fisherman lightkeeper and outside machinist before health issues redirected his efforts into collecting nature specimens and lecturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Spinney
High Street
Spinney
England
William the Conqueror
Long Island
Gilbert Head
Stephen Etnier
Herbert Spinney
Lincoln County Register of Deeds
Boston
Georgetown
Parker Mills
Seguin Island
York County
Portland
Augusta
Bath
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Hyde Park Terrace invites leases for commercial uses
The government bulletin for the Hyde Park Terrace housing project seeks individuals to lease land within the terrace limits to build and operate grocery and meat markets drug stores beauty parlors barber shops and other commercial services. Applicants must submit plans experience references and financial details to Housing Manager Simon M. Werner at 400 Center Street Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Terrace
Terrace
Simon M. Werner
Center Street
Bath
Birthday of Thomas M. Baker Noted in Old Folks Home Return
Thomas M. Baker aged 93, living at the Old Folks’ Home since 1936, celebrated with friends in the North End. His nephew Representative George A. Baker marked his own 73rd birthday on Sunday, July 12. Baker, born in Bath July 7, 1849, sailed as master of the schooner Starlight, later farmed and worked as a teamster, and served on Bath’s common council for two years. He married Adeline Estes on January 1, 1870, and they had three sons and one daughter. Mrs. Baker died years ago. Baker is a member of the Solar lodge of Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Baker
North End
George A. Baker
Capt. Baker
Orrin Baker
Bath
Litchfield Academy
Perth Amboy
Portsmouth
N. H
Baker
Adeline Estes
James Kendall
Cambridgeport
Alarm Calls Out Bath Fire Laddies
A false alarm from box 41 Winter and Middle streets brought the Bath fire department at 11 13 Monday forenoon with no fire found. Chief Frates attributed the misalarm to a jar causing a short circuit. A still alarm at 12 25 sent engine 4 to the Maine Central yard where a box of paper under a box car caught fire and was controlled by booster lines. Mary Clappison of North street visits relatives in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Streets
Richard Frates
Engine Four
Maine —Central Railroad
Georgetown Working League plans smaller lobster suppers
The Working League of Georgetown holds a special meeting to decide on cutting July lobster suppers due to rising costs and shortages of sugar coffee and tea. A $1 levy on each member funds local fundraising by ladies groups with town sections collecting further donations.
Wesley Church Vacation Bible School Ends
The Wesley Methodist church closed its vacation school with a vestry demonstration and exhibition. Mrs. Oliver directed the program with performances by all departments, 40 certificates awarded from 69 members, and handwork exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church
Martha Day
C. B. Oliver
Loving
Oliver
Jesus
Nazareth
Mr. Cigarette
Ray Small
Bernard Ferris
Robert Frederickson
Beth Trott
Summer residents and visitors fill Boothbay Harbor area
Westport families and guests from Everett Watertown Lynn and New York converge for the season. Daily activity includes cottage openings at Harriman's Point Vine Lodge and Squam Creek Farm with multiple visits from relatives and friends. Robert Higgins recovers after surgery at Miles Memorial Hospital.
Five Islands notes show locals and visitors at cottages
A stream of residents and guests visit Five Islands cottages near Bath. Names include Vincent Strout Ada MacGillivary Horace Wade and many others from Bath Kittery Portland and Leominster. Activities range from work at Bath Iron Works to camp counselor duties and social events.
Community News from Richmond and Vicinity
Rich mond Second Lieut J Adolphe Savoie hosted a party at his River Road home with over 50 guests including former coworkers from the Ames Worsted mill. The gathering featured a money purse gift from attendees before Savoie returned to Fort Knox Ky. after a week with his mother. A West Bath outing drew 24 Sagadahoe County grange members including masters past masters and lecturers. Sagadahoe Pomona Enterprise Grange Ladies Aid met at the grange hall as ladies brought thimbles needles and white thread. The July supper was served by the Women's Society of Christian Service at the Methodist parish house. The Legion Minstrels dress rehearsal occurs at Enterprise grange hall. The Child Health Clinic moves to Erm erson school July 23. A Norris Sidelinger Jr son born at Gardiner hospital. A Sunday birth to John Hurley at Gardiner hospital. A son born Friday to Edward Merrill at Richmond home. Robert Wheeler recovering after surgery at Bath hospital. Mrs Howard Farwell Jr and Sara Frances return from a jaunt to Reading Mass. William Stacey of Farmington NH returns from a two week visit with Elmer King. Vincent Marchese and son Vincent Jr visit Worcester Mass. Carrie Hall returns from three weeks with daughter Earle Weeks in St Albans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Andrew Rowe
Stanley Flewelling
Gotts Cove
Myrtle Wing
Emma Billings
Belfast
Ralph Jewett
Westport
Knubble Bay
Robinhood
Memorial Granite Co. Inc
Quincy
Mass
Oak Cemetery
Everett Higgins
Nancy Russell
Bath
Todd's
George Laskey
Harold Brown
Earle Hogan
Elmer Palmer
William Todd
First Baptist Church
Koehlwetter
Warren Todd
Stoneham
Hartley
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabeth Harris
Dillon
Archie Gilles
Diana Fenn
Julie
Sally Cummings
John Ray
Kent Campbell
Wellesley Hills
Rudolph Trafton
Palmers
Portland
Donald
Cynthia
Howard Trafton
Beatrice Denningham
Tessim Zarach
Timothy
Greenbelt
Maryland
William Zarach
Vincent MacMahan
Bath Iron Works
Walter Berry
Salem
Berry
Harry Horn
Horn
Edmund Brown
Wellesley
Roy Newman
Mr. Brown
Read's Point
Warren S. Todd
J. Adolphe Savoie
River Road
Ames Worsted
Charles Dickinson
Savoie
Fort Knox
Inez Savoie
Cleveland Marriner
Frank Bishop
Joseph Randlette
Alfreda Perkins
West Bath
Sagadahoe County
Legion Minstrels
Enterprise Grange Hall
Grange Hall
Richmond
Ermerson School
Norris Sidelinger
Gardiner Hospital
Norris
John Hurley
Edward Merrill
Robert Wheeler
Bath Hospital
Howard Farwell, Jr
Sara Frances
H. P. Farwell
Reading
William Stacey
Farmington
N. H
Elmer King
Vincent Marchese
Vincent Jr
Demetrio Marchese
Worcester
Carrie Hall
Earle Weeks
St. Albans
Gas Rationing Held at Dresden Mills School
The Gas Rationing was held at the Dresden Mills school building Thursday through Saturday with Miss Margaret Pushard as Administrator. Helpers included Mrs. Joseph Houdlette, Miss Carolyn Sheldon, Miss Mary McDonald, and Mrs. Reuben Durgan. Various local residents and guests are noted, with updates on housing, medical events, and farm sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresc Mills
Margaret Pushard
Joseph Houdlette
Carolyn Sheldon
Mary McDonald
Reuben Durgan
Karl Rice
Bath
Oscar Bailey
Fred Carlton
Green's Point
Mabelle Perry
West Dresden
Vian Shagen
Boston
J. H. Mayers
Harold Bickford
Richard Colby
Wiscasset
John Menepa
Eleanor Durgan
Gardiner Hospital
Kenneth Woodward
Dresden Mills
Charles Dorr
Dolores
Yvonne
Hurriette
Carolyn
Damariscotta
Mrs Ann D Spinney Rites Held At Arthur Fo Mayo
Funeral services for Mrs Ann D Spinney widow of Timothis Spinney were held Friday afternoon at the Arthur Fo Mayo funeral residence on Wreh street. Rev Frederick Po Mitt Pitt of Corliss Street Baptist church officiated. Burial followed at Oak Grove. Several local residents attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann D Spinney
Timothis Spinney
Arthur Fo Mayo
Wreh Street
Frederick Po Mitt Pitt
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Oak Grove
Bonneys Take Trip to Five Islands for Coastal Stay
Mr and Mrs Dean Bonney with daughter Gay and Weston L Bonney of Park Street join Mr and Mrs Orvis Bonney and sons Orvis Jr and Thomas of Auburn for a Monday departure by car to Five Islands for a seaside outing at the Bonney cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Bonney
Gay
Mr. Bonteys
Weston L. Bonney
Park Street
Orvis Bonney
Orvis, Jr
Thomas
Auburn
Islands
Bonney Cot Taupe
Bath loses a good citizen in Charles E. Robinson
Charles E. Robinson of 1325 Washington Street died Wednesday night at Bath Memorial Hospital after ten days as a patient. He would have turned 84 on July 27. Robinson, born in East Boston in 1858, worked as a millwright at Bath Iron Works and later at the Texas Company during WWI. He ran a neighborhood store for 19 years, retiring in 1941, and served in Bath city government as councilman and alderman. He is survived by two daughters, three grandsons, and a brother, with a sister formerly married to Fred Wetherbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Robinson
East
Boston
Leonard R
Olive D. (Baker) Robinson
Bath Tron
Texas Co
New England
Washington Street
Robinson
Annie C. Dunbar
Brooklyn Hospital
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bath
Clyde
Philip
Roland Robinson
Westboro
Mass
Gilbert CL Robinson
Albert Robinson
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Fred Wetherbee
Lacey Robison
Round Pond Mourns Wilder Nichols Death
Mr and Mrs Frank Bo Nichols attend the funeral of Wilder Nichols in Round Pond. Born July 14, 1864, he was son of Capt and Mrs Thomas Nichols and spent most of his life at the old homestead. He leaves four children Philip, Thomas, Mary Cunningham and Frances Mason, plus four grandchildren. He followed the sea in youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bo Nichols
Round Pond
Po Wilder Nichols
Capt
Thomas Nichols
Edna Frvine
Philip
Hyde Windlass Co
Thomas
Notable Maine Fisherman Joins American Fisheries Co
The manhaden, or porgies, returned to the Maine seacoast in the late 1990s and he joined the American Fisheries Co. as an accountant. He remained with the firm for several years and worked as far south as Florida. He held many trusted roles in his community and served as town treasurer for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Seacoast
American Fisheries Co
Florida
Obituary of Mrs Maude Pingree of Bath
Bath friends mourn Mrs Maude Pingree who died Saturday July 11 at her daughter Mrs Sewall Percy’s home 53 Spruce Street Portland She was widow of Dr Malcolm Pingree and longtime Bath resident She is survived by her daughter and two granddaughters Funeral services were held Monday at 11 at 749 Congress Street with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Bath
Maude Pingree
Portland
Sewall P. Percy
Spruce Street
Pingree
Malcolm Pingree
Virginia Pingree Sewall
Miss Alice M Blake Dies At 77 In Old Folks Home
Miss Alice May Blake aged 77 died Sunday night at the Old Folks Home on Washington Street where she lived since 1935. Born in Topsham February 18 1865 to Donald and Mary Patten Blake she had been in failing health. Survived by a cousin Miss Blanche Blake of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice May Blake
Washington Street
Miss Blake
Topsham
Donald and
Mary
Patten) Blake
Blanche Blake
Brunswick
Mrs Nina Larrabee Dies In Bath Hospital At Sixty
Mrs. Nina Larrabee, 60, wife of Raymond Larrabee of Popham Beach and member of the life saving crew, died Saturday night in Bath Memorial Hospital after a five week illness. She was a native of Larrabee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Larrabee
Raymond Larrabee
Popham Beach
Bath Memorial Hospital
Larrabee
Funeral for Thomas J. Lynch in Miami
The funeral for Thomas J. Lynch who died July 7 in Miami Florida was held Sunday at 2 p.m. at St Marys church Rev Roland A Martineau conducted the service. Honorary bearers were J Edward Drake Albert Desmond Walter Whitney and Henry Bickle members of the Bath lodge BPOE Lynch was an Elks member active bearers Included John P Carey Edward Hartnett Edward McCormick Joseph OBrian Ralph MacDonald and Bernard MacCausland. Burial followed at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Lynch
Miami
Fla
St. Mary's Church
Roland A. Martineau
J. Edward Drake
Albert Desmond
Walter Whitney
Henry Bickle
Bath Lodge
Mr. Lynch
John P. Carey
Edward Hartnett
Edward McCormick
Joseph O'Brien
Ralph MacDonald
The
Elks Club
Bernard MacCausland
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral held for Edwin O. Chandler in Freeport
Edwin O. Chandler of 122 Court Street and formerly of Freeport died recently. The Thursday funeral convened at the Freeport Congregational church with Rev. David L. Wilson officiating. Freeport Lodge No. 23 conducted a Masonic service and bearers. a Masonic committal service followed at Burr Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin O. Chandler
Court Street
Freeport
Congregational Church
David L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Bath
Freeport Lodge
A. M
Burr c
Funeral for Charles E. Robinson Held at Mayo Residence
Charles E. Robinson of 1325 Washington street was laid to rest Saturday at 2 pm in the Arthur F. Mayo funeral residence. Rev. Charles I. Kinney officiated his Beacon Street Methodist church affiliation noted. Bearers Leonard Wetherbee David Tabor Eugene Footer and Edward Powers assisted. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Robinson
Washington Street
Arthur KF. Mayo
High Street
Charles I. Kinney
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Mr. Robinson
Leonard Wetherbee
David Tabor
Eugene Footer
Edward Powers
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral for Miss Alice May Blake Held in City
The funeral for Miss Alice May Blake was Tuesday at 2 PM at Curtis funeral home 942 Washington street. Rev Frederick P Moffatt of Corliss Street Baptist church officiated. Miss Blake a native of Topsham was buried in Cathance cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice May Blake
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Miss Blake
Topsham
Cathance
Mrs Worrall C Lemont Admitted To Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs Worrall C Lemont of 210 High Street has been admitted to Bath Memorial hospital for treatment.
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Mouth of
Kennebec
Old Couples Home
Wesley Church
William Lane
Evalin Lane
Billy Lane
Everett
Gove
Town Hall
Florence Boothbay
Owen Boothby
Edwin Hoffman
Warren
Watertown
Mathews
Harriman’s Point
Hoffman
Ethel Fogg
Lynn
Pine Lodge
Arthur Roche
Newton
Roche
John Walker
New York City
John B. Harrison
Ethel Wass
Amos Knight
Boothbay Harbor
Vernon Brewer
Annie Tarbox
Maud Webber
Philip Brown
Walpole
Robert Wailther
Walther
Russell Stodder
East Shore
Harriet Burkheart
Frank Miller
Vine Lodge
Chester Garland
Joan
Jimmie
Waltham
J. Louis Doyle
Betty
Ruth Doyle
Virginia Jewett
Horace Herrick
Southwest Harbor
Ray Higgins
New Gloucester
North End Road
Robert Higgins
Miles Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Dacey
Framingham
James Harper
Squam Creek Farm
Vincent Strout
Cabot
Strout
Horace E. Wade
Woolwich
Ada MacGillivary
Five Islands
Allen Carr
Clarence Pinkham
D. L. Howard
Pinkham
Christine Carey
Andeagouda
Spring Lake
Flagstaff
Miss Carey
Lermond Davis
North Anson
Vernon Chaney
Kittery
Leo
Dana Brackett
Boothbay
Merton Davis
Priscilla
Orville Rowe
Mr. Rowe
Harold Rowe
Rowe
F. O. Robinson
Cambridge
Harmon Harbor
Wallace Gleason
Beatrice
South Portland
Norman Drummond
Esther
Norma
Arrowsie
Alma Fifield
Buecksport
Joseph G. Stevens
Frank Mahan
Somerville
Marilyn Pearson
MacMahan
H. M. Fossett
Randolph
Gott’s Cove
Rockcrest
George Nichols
Jones Cottage
Otis Baker
James
Norwood
C. H. Sanford
Exeter
Clarence Kelley
A. W. Butler
Walter E. Ried
Sequintand
Eva Lamont
Bath Os
Zetta Higgins
Ella Messenger
Victor Connor
Liverpool
Eng
Stanley Ruddock
St. Stephen
N. B
Warren A. Parris
Upper Washington Street
Parris
Ruddock
Lloyd Calderwood
Gardi’ Ite
Pemaquid
Hattie Witham
Middle Street
Nancy
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Sheruf
Charles Messenger
Ralph
Burden
Barbara
Ralph, Jr
John A. Green
Helen
Frederick Morton, Jr
William ‘T. Crowley
Mercie McFadden
Harry Bennett
Kathleen
Winona Clark
William Armstrong
Fred Quimbs
Linwood Haynes
Carol
Nathan B. Coffin
Charles A. Corliss
T. Wilder Nichols
Mrs, Maude Pingreer
Alice M. Blake
T. J. Lynch
E. O. Chandler
E. Robinson
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington St
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