The information that fleshes out what we know about our forebears can be sad. An example is finding out that an ancestor was lost at sea – a too-common occurrence for families from coastal towns.

In Gloucester, Mass., for instance, there is a statue of a fisherman at the wheel, bearing the biblical motto, “They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships.”

In the Mount Desert Island town of Tremont, a 2-ton granite memorial was dedicated Aug. 26 in memory of 141 people lost at sea. The list, researched for three years by Frances Martin, is a wonderful resource including both names and the year each person was missing:

Stephan Albee, 1853; Capt. William Albee, 1883; William Allen, 1858; William A. Anderson, 1948; Lyman Benson, circa 1887; Isaac V. Bickford, 1870; David C. Black Jr., 1987; son of Twisden Bowden, before 1805; John Bowden, before 1805; Bertram Butler, 1959; Ralph Butler, 1890; Sadie Butler, 1890.

Roland Carter, 1883; John Clark, 1831; Thomas Clark, year unknown; Norman Closson III, 1991; Clarence F. Covill, 1903; Sydney Dawes, 1914; Benjamin Day, 1991; Ernest L. Dix, 1903; Eugene Dix, year unknown; Frederick W. Dix, 1886; George H. Dix, 1870; George R. Dix, 1877; Capt. Robert B. Dix, 1901; Capt. John S. Dodge, 1854; Leomond Eyre, 1800s; Ronald A. Farley Jr., 1950; Joseph M. Flye, 1875.

George B. Galley, 1850; Shirley F. Galley, 1923; Joseph Gilley, 1849; William Gilley, 1829; Alpheus Gott, 1839; Charles Gott, 1814; Charles M. Gott, 1943; Daniel Gott, 1870s; Daniel Gott Jr., 1814; David Gott, 1814; Ezra Gott, 1800s; Hiram Gott, 1870s; James Austin Gott, 1972; John Gott, 1839; Joseph Gott Jr., 1846; Leslie William Gott, 1953; Marvin V. Gott, 1898; Paris Gott, 1898; Peter Gott Jr., 1839; Sylvanus Gott, 1869; William Perry Gott, 1883; Otis Gray, 1910.

[–] Hamblen, 1938; John Hamlin, 1827; James Harding, 1853; Capt. Heschel Heath, 1876; William Higgins, 1857; William Higgins, 1893; Capt. John F. Hodgdon, 1897; Italian stonecutters, circa 1900; Francis Kelley, 1874; James Randall Kelley, 1867; Capt. John W. Kelley, 1874; Joseph Walter Kelley, 1874; Rudolph Edward Kelley, 1944; Samuel Kelley, late 1800s.

Clyde Latty, year unknown; James W. Lawler, 1877; John C. Lawler, 1872; John R. Lawson, 1913; Augustus Long, 1878; Lopaus, 10 months old, 1876; Lopaus, 4-year-old boy, 1876; Alonzo A. Lopaus, 1887; Samuel C. Lopaus, 1865; Benjamin F. Lunt, 1890; Charles H. Lunt, 1856; George B. Lunt, 1894; Augustus Lurvey, 1878; Enoch Lurvey Jr., 1867; Jacob Lurvey Jr., 1829.

Ralph McIntyre, 1944; Edward R. McLean, 1884; John P. Mitchell, 1924; Robert K. Mollenhauer, 1971; Benjamin Spurling Moore, 1843; Joseph Moore, 1805; Joshua Moore, 1865; Samuel Moore, before 1790; Welch Moore, 1805; Augustus Morris, 1892; Jacob V. Murphy, 1847; Leonard Murphy, 1929; Thomas V. Murphy, 1847; Capt. Everett Newman, 1880; Capt. Holsey Newman, 1876; Marval Newman, 1909; Capt. Ezra R. Norwood, 1901; Oliver M. Norwood, 1879; Shubal D. Norwood, 1857.

Capt. Albert E. Ober, 1874; Capt. Isaac M. Ober, 1853; Joseph Pasko Jr., 1971; [—] Peterson, 1940s. Ralph Ramsdell, 1948; Bloomfield Reed, 1919; Capt. Edmund B. Reed, 1880; Henry A. Reed, 1876; son of Delfina and Gilbert Rich, 1875; two oldest sons of Thomas Richardson, before 1805; Roswell Richardson, 1880; David Robbins, 1834; Lawrence Robbins, 1991; Sarah M. Robbins, 1920; Andrew Robinson, 1878; Colburn W. Robinson, 1867; James Robinson, 1822; Levi Romer, 1892; Capt. George W. Rumill, 1884; Joseph Rumill, 1918; William A. Rumill, 1891.

Willard Sawyer, 1842; William E. Sawyer, 1906; Thomas Somers Jr., year unknown; Dolliver Somes, 1887; Eugene H. Sprague, 1903; Perry Sprague, circa 1900; Ralph Washington Sprague, 1973; Capt. Benjamin Spurling, 1853; Halsey Stanley, 1880; Capt. John Leonard Stanley, 1898; Samuel S. Stanley, 1871; Smith H. Stanley, 1884; Warren Stanley, 1880; Nancy Kenniston Starling and her child, 1829; Robert Stevens, 1866; Alonzo A. Stewart, 1874.

Daniel Tarr, 1806; Capt. Daniel P. Thurston, year unknown; John Granville Thurston, 1879; Arthur Tinker, year unknown; Capt. James Tinker Jr., 1882; Capt. John F. Tinker, 1845; Capt. William D. Tinker, 1854; Nicholas Tucker, 1839; Isaac W. Verrill, 1870; Albert Jay Vollmer, 1983; Daniel Walls, 1850; Daniel Wilbert Walls, 1879; Capt. Samuel S. Webster, 1860; Lemuel Whitmore, 1817.

I hope to see many of you at the genealogy workshop sponsored by the Abbot Historical Society, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday at the municipal building on Route 15.

The 10 a.m.-11:30 session will be “Getting Started,” with particular attention to Piscataquis County resources as well as those at Bangor Public Library. The afternoon session will be more hands-on, with the opportunity to use resources we’ll bring in. The fee is $5 for the historical society’s expenses, and lunch on-site is $5.

3135. PERKINS-THOMAS-TIBBETTS. Need the maiden name of Thomas Perkins’ wife, Frances Thomas, b. about 1628 in England, d. about 1699 in Dover Neck, N.H. Frances md. next, Mark Giles. Two known children: Nathaniel Perkins [my line], b. about 1657, md. Hannah Tibbetts; Capt. Thomas Perkins, b. about 1660, md. Mary Banfield. Deborah M. Cross, P.O. Box 385, Brooks, ME 04921.

3136. JORDAN-OAKES-LOUGEE. Seeking identity of a Mr. Jordan, a mariner, who md. before 1878 Deborah Estelle Oakes. My ancestor is son John Gardner Jordan, b. 1879, Foxcroft. She md. 2) in 1881, Sangerville, Goodwin or Gooding Lougee and had Frank Lougee 1882, daughter Maude 1885. Frank md. 1903 in Sebec, Georgia Isaline Thompson. Deborah Estelle, known as Stella, md. 3) in 1886, Sangerville, John O. Currier, and had Mildred, 1888; Theodosia, 1890; Minnie Prince, 1892; Hannah G., 1895. John also had children by his first marriage. Stella Currier was living 1900-01 in Haverhill, Mass., no husband. Tina Banks, 734 Coy Road, Ripples, New Brunswick, Canada E4B 1T3; or e-mail mtbanks@nbnet.nb.ca.

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