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Sports Center Saturday – Boston Marathon 0

When I was a kid the famed Boston Marathon held a personal touch for me and my family. For several years my 1st cousin (1x removed) Arthur “Frank” Annis ran the marathon, which made Patriot’s Day in Boston a day for the family to gather at my aunt’s house on Newbury Street, where we …

Posted on: 09-22-2012
Posted in: Boston, Boston History, GeneaBloggers

Boston’s Great Molasses Disaster of 1919 0

Molasses disaster? It doesn’t seem possible that the words “molasses” and “disaster” could coexist in the same sentence! But on January 15, 1919, the city of Boston was rocked by an explosion that would send 2.3 million gallons of thick, sticky molasses coursing through the streets of Boston’s North End in a wave up to …

Posted on: 08-4-2011
Posted in: Boston, Boston History, GeneaBloggers, Massachusetts

Wedding Wednesday – Jean Kidby Murphy 0

We were first cousins but she was much older than me, already a young woman when I was born. I spent a lot of time at her mother’s house (my mother’s oldest sister, Aunt Flossie) when I was growing up. Jean was my idol, from my very earliest memories. She was beautiful, smart and charming. …

Posted on: 06-15-2011
Posted in: Boston, GeneaBloggers, Kidby, Weddings

Wordless Wednesday – Florence Viola Hoyt 1

I love this photo, it has such a lovely, dreamy quality to it. My aunt, Florence Viola Hoyt (Aunt Flossie) ca. 1940. I’m not entirely sure who the child is but I believe it is her daughter, Jean Faye Kidby. I’m also taking a guess on the location, which I think might be the Neponset …

Posted on: 01-26-2011
Posted in: Boston, GeneaBloggers, Hoyt, Massachusetts

Treasure Chest Thursday – Pennies From Heaven 0

I never knew my maternal grandmother Jessie Arlene (Stewart) Hoyt as she died before I was born, but I have heard many stories about her and my family research has filled in a lot of the details. Jessie was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia on 20 Jul 1883. As a young woman she came to …

Posted on: 01-20-2011
Posted in: Boston, GeneaBloggers, Hoyt, Stewart

A Little About Brick Walls… 0

Specifically, my brick walls. Just in the past few weeks I successfully broke through a brick wall that had plagued me for years (see “Wife of Joseph Collins Hoyt …found?) but there are so many more! Here’s just a few, posted in the hopes that someone may stumble across this who can shed some light …

Posted on: 10-13-2010
Posted in: Boston, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Stewart, Voye, Youmans