You may remember Carl McKusick as co-author of “Guilford 2000,” a recent history of that Piscataquis County town.

McKusick also has updated “Genealogy Notes on the Descendants of Stephen Pearson of New Mills, Derbyshire, England, and Samuel Warburton of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.”

Stephen Pearson married Hannah Millett in Glossyp, Derbyshire. Their son Joseph Pearson of Brosscroft married in 1829 Mary Warburton, the daughter of Samuel and Charlotte (Allen) Warburton. Joseph and Mary were great-grandparents of Alice (Pearson) McKusick of Guilford.

Carl McKusick did much of the research for the book in the 1990s, assisted by Alice McKusick, Sharon McKusick O’Connell and other family members.

Joseph and Mary’s son William Pearson lived in both Lewiston and Abbot, dying in Abbot in 1919. Son William married Sarah Stevens, the daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Delano) Stevens.

The Delano line, by the way, goes back to Priscilla Mullins and John Alden of the Mayflower through their daughter, Rebecca.

Another son of Joseph and Mary, David Pearson, lived in Guilford and married Harriet W. Bennett, daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (Webber) Bennett.

The book is not for sale, but you can find McKusick’s Pearson-Warburton volume at the Maine State Library in Augusta, Guilford Memorial Library, and Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft. In addition, I’ll be passing on the review copy to Bangor Public Library.

The McKusick Family Maine Reunion will be held 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, July 18, at the McKusick Farm on Route 150 in Parkman, about three miles south of Guilford.

The reunion will be held under a big tent. A grill will be available for cooking, and soft drinks will be available. Everyone with a McKusick connection is welcome.

For information, contact Carl McKusick at 876-2252, or Carl Storms at 587-4456.

It’s a beautiful time of year to be in the St. John Valley. Do check out the Acadian Festival June 26-July 4 in Madawaska.

This year’s reunion will bring together hundreds of members of the Gendreau family July 1-4. Spell it Jandreau, Johndro, Jondreau, even Gendron.

You will find the Gendreau Reunion Web site at gendreaureunion.com.

The re-enactment of the historic Acadian landing is scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday, July 1, followed by the Gendreau tree ceremony. Both are scheduled for the St. David Cross site on the banks of the St. John River in St. David.

Throughout the weekend, you’ll find information on the Gendreau family on a giant family tree chart in the gymnasium at Madawaska High School.

3271. HASKELL-WOODMAN. Seeking information on Frank Haskell and his parents. They appear in 1900 census of Hudson as Everit and Hattie (Woodman) Haskell, and their children, Arthur, Albert, Bessie and Eva. Frank was not living with them at the time. Hattie Woodman’s family came from Glenburn. Can anyone give me information about the Haskell or Woodman families? K. McLaughlin, P.O. Box 697, Lincoln, ME 04457; kjm4@verizon.net.

3272. PUSHOR. Looking for information on Winnie Ann Pushor, born about 1807, md. Bryant Tozier. Resided in Pittsfield. Fran Williams, 231 West Cheyenne Mountain Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80906; cmaxwilliams

@msn.com.

3273. PLOURDE-PRATT. Looking for information regarding a name change from Plourde or Plude to Pratt in the Caribou-Presque Isle region. Would be ancestors of Ernest Pratt, b. in Duxbury, Mass., March 16 or 17, 1895 or 1896. Might be Frank Pratt, husband of Mary Goodreau(x), father of Ernest, who made the change. Name was likely changed in mid-1800s. Bruce Pratt, 95 Hatcase Pond Road, Eddington, ME 04428; telephone 843-7502.

Send genealogy queries to Family Ties, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor, ME 04402; or send e-mail to familyti@bangordailynews.net.