Thursday, November 12, 2009
Been Hard At Work.....
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Townsend, Mass., Spaulding Memorial Class Photo
Also in the photo are in the second row...Donald Keefe..2nd from the right...he is a retired teacher from the Townsend school system.
And my Aunt Elizabeth Spaulding...my Mother's older sister.
Elizabeth is 6th from the right.
Bud Johnson was my Mother's cousin.
My Dad was about 13 years old at the time this photo was taken in 1938.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Edward A. Sullivan
Vera Rose Lancey Sullivan Wilson Sullivan
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Roswell Adams
Gilbert Cook
Sarah Jewett Cook Adams
Vera Rose Lancey and Edward Timothy Sullivan
Chester Alden Lancey and Rose Lucier
Emma Lizzie Cook and Wilber Alden Lancey
I do not have any photos of Emma Lizzie. I only have a photo of Wilber Alden Lancey
Emma Lizzie was born October 23, 1855 and Wilber Alden was born on May 30, 1853. I do not know when they were married.
Emma and Wilber had six children.
Tessa Myrtilla, born October 31, 1875
Alton Roswell, born May 23, 1877
Leroy James, born September, 19,1879...died, June 2, 1915
Earl Wilber, born August,17,1881
Ava Lizzie, born August 14, 1883
Chester Alden, born May 3, 1885
Chester Alden married Rose Lucier. They had four children.
Samuel Jackson Cook and Sylvia Spaulding Cook
This is Samuel Jackson Cook..He was born on March 14, 1798. He was 1st married to a Hannah Flag of Lunenburg, Mass. She was born on June 2, 1796. Hannah and Samuel Jackson were married in November of 1823. Hannah died on March 29, 1827.
Samuel Jackson and Hannah had one son together.
That son was Jackson...he was born on July 16, 1825...he died on November 9, 1906. More on him later.
Samuel Jackson then married for a 2nd time to a Sylvia Spaulding of Townsend, Mass. Sylvia was born on December 16, 1799. They had seven children together.
She is in the photo shown above.
Their 1st son was James, born on May 5, 1829. James married a Sarah Elizabeth Pierce, who was born on June 1, 1828.
James and Sarah had four children together. Three sons and one daughter.
Their daughter was Emma Lizzie, born on October 23, 1855. Emma Lizzie, married Wilber Alden Lancey..who was born on May 30, 1853.
Emma Lizzie died on March 29, 1912.
Wilber Alden died on May 10, 1914
Emma Lizzie would be my Great-Great- Grandmother.
Samuel Jackson Cook and his wife Sylvia Spaulding Cook both died on the same day..January 10, 1878
Samuel Cook
This is Samuel Cook. He was born in Newton, Mass. on March 12, 1767. He was 1st married to a Sarah Jewett, who was born in Pepperell, Mass. on April, 28,1764. They were married in Pepperell on April 24, 1797. Sarah died on June 24, 1834..aged 70 years, 1 month, 26 days.
Samuel then married a Dolly Holden, who was born on August 28, 1776. They were married on August 1, 1835. Dolly died on November 29, 1859.
Samuel Cook died on December 31, 1858...aged 91 years,9 months.
He had five children....
One of the children was a Samuel Jackson born, March 14, 1798, died January 10, 1878.
I will get to to other children later.
Looking for my Cook family relatives......
But I would like to know more of my ancestors relatives and descending offspring.
I have some family photos that were handed down to me from my father, I will be posting them in this blog
The Cook family I am looking for largely comes from Lunenburg, Mass.
Samuel Cook and Samuel Jackson Cook and Emma Lizzie Cook are in the paternal line of my Grandparents..all having many greats in the title.
My Great Grandfather was Chester Lancey, son of Wilber Lancey and Emma Lizzie Cook.
Chester had a daughter, Vera.. and she was my Grandmother...Vera, had a son Edward...he was my Dad..I am his oldest child...J.R. Sullivan