Friday, February 26, 2016

Additions to the Archives of the Waterford Historical Society

This month included the first annual meeting for the Waterford Historical Society, ably chaired by board president Donna R. Heath and well attended in spite of icy roads and heavy rain. Wait til you see all the events planned for the first half of 2016!

Earlier in the month, the archiving team gathered to sort, label, and file -- which always turns out to include mysteries, puzzles, and excitement. This time, a group photo taken at the local VFW (post 4992) needs identification ... if you know who's here, please add a comment to this blog piece; thanks!
Who are they? And did they/do they live in Waterford?

We also welcomed into the archives this month a five-generation genealogy of Geneva Powers Wright and her late husband Gilbert August Wright (1912-2000); the couple were married on March 1, 1938. Mrs. Wright included with the genealogy a photo of her husband's family and their home in Waterford, shown here.


Another arrival in the archives, thanks to the careful eye of Davies Memorial Library director Jen D'Agostino, is the massive family genealogy compiled by town resident and postmaster Amos Bugbee Carpenter, which he had printed in 1898. The book is elegant, and the information inside is wide-ranging and fascinating.


Coming to Town Meeting on March 1 at the Waterford School? A number of historic photos will be on hand, thanks to WHS members; also look at some letters from Amos Carpenter's family (featured earlier in this blog). Hope to see you then.
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4 comments:

  1. DavidJanuary 27, 2024 at 2:01 PM

    The house pictured in the lower half of the page shown above and identified as the Alfred and Mabel Wright home in Lower Waterford [circa 1906-1917] is also the original Abel Goss homestead in Lower Waterford, [1793].

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2024 at 2:17 PM

    Thank you -- that's very helpful.

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  3. DavidJanuary 28, 2024 at 1:09 PM

    Following the suicide of Henry Martin Goss in 1896, Hannah Baker Goss, his mother and administratrix of his estate, sold the Goss farm on April 23, 1898 (225 acres more or less) to Philo Van Dyke and Sherburn Lang. A portion of this acreage (25 acres) was sold to William Wright.

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  4. DavidJanuary 28, 2024 at 1:18 PM

    Following the suicide of Henry Martin Goss in 1896, Hannah Baker Goss, his mother and administratrix of his estate, sold the Abel Goss farm on April 23, 1898 (225 acres more or less) to Philo Van Dyke and Sherburn Lang. A portion of this acreage (25 acres) was sold to William Wright. Related to Alfred Wright??

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