William Cargill Burnett, (b. 18 Sep 1863-d. bef. 1924), son of my 2nd great grandparents William Burnett and Susan Hill Kent, had arrived in Lowell MA in the 1880′s from his hometown of Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, Canada. On 13 Dec 1884 he married Margaret M. Murtagh in Lowell with a son, Walter V. Burnett, …
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Book, Written and Printed…Finally! 2
It’s been too long of a time since I’ve updated my site and this blog, but I’m happy to say that its been time well-spent. I had decided on writing a genealogy book for my brother compiling my research thus far of our paternal line (Youmans and Burnett) as a Christmas gift, a project I …
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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 …
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Maritime Monday – “Uncle Eddie” Stewart 2
At last I have some time to work with my family research after a few weeks of a very busy schedule! I had kept a little list over the past few weeks with the names of a few family members with mysterious stories attached to them that I wanted to work on as soon as …
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Sunday’s Obituary – The Untimely Death of Engineer Burnett 2
Again I must thank GeneaBloggers, and not only for the prompts that spur me on with great ideas to keep me writing! I just made a fantastic discovery and all because I had dropped by GeneaBloggers to look through today’s blogging prompts. I read through some great posts written by bloggers in the “Sunday’s Obituary” …
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Black Sheep Sunday – The Pilfering Constable 4
Last week I wrote about Dorothie Hoyt and the scandal she created by her “presentment” for dressing in men’s clothing. This week my “Black Sheep Sunday” story is about her elder half-brother John, or John Hoyt Jr. as he is called in some of the old manuscripts and documents of early Essex County MA. John …
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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 …
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Question: Which Susan Kent? 0
Which Susan Kent is the mother of Francis Burnett? Susan Hill Kent, the daughter of Alexander Kent and Martha Stewart… or Susan Kent, the daughter of Alexander Kent and Elizabeth Horton. My paternal great-grandfather was Francis (Frank) Burnett, who according to his death record was born in 1861 in Nova Scotia to Wm. Burnett and …
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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 …
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