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Diary of Maria Antoinette McCrillis, widow with two young children, living in San Rafael, California, and Moving to Palmyra, Maine in 1876

Maria Antoinette McCrillis was a 24 year old widow with two children from her marriage to James Sullivan Collamore: Eliza, born in 1871, and Edith, born in 1873. James was a carpenter, born in 1838. Maria, nicknamed Nellie, was born … Continue reading

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Andrew McCrillis of Early New Hampshire and Maine

Andrew McCrillis was born on August 21, 1775, Meredith, NH. He died on Feb. 27, 1856, in Maine. Andrew McCrillis was Maria Antoinette Nettie McCrillis’s grandfather, and since Maria was Lida Jane Collamore’s mother, hence Roland Newcomb’s grandmother, then Andrew … Continue reading

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Robert King Newcomb, Maine Farmer

Robert King Newcomb, August 23, 1836-Feb. 6, 1927 Robert King Newcomb was born August 23, 1836, in Charlotte, Washington Co., Maine, to Robert B. Newcomb and Lydia Beals Lishness Newcomb, daughter of Lewis and Sophia Lishness of Maine. Robert’s father … Continue reading

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