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Maynard, Middlesex, MA
was named after Amory Maynard, the man who, with William Knight, had bought water-rights to the Assabet River, installed a dam and built a large carpet mill in 1846-47. There was an attempt in 1902 to change the town's name from "Maynard" to "Assabet". The Commonwealth of Massachusetts decided to keep the name as "Maynard" without allowing the topic to come to a vote by the residents. kids.kiddle.co
Maynard includes: Assabet Park
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"The Assabet Woolen Mill was a textile manufacturer founded by Amory Maynard in 1847 in the northern part of Sudbury, Massachusetts which was later named Maynard, Massachusetts in 1871 in honor of the mill founder. The mill, located on the Assabet River, produced carpets and later wool used in military uniforms during the American Civil War." wikipedia)
Assabet Mills - General View - Maynard, Mass.
"The Assabet Woolen Mill was a textile manufacturer founded by Amory Maynard in 1847 in the northern part of Sudbury, Massachusetts which was later named Maynard, Massachusetts in 1871 in honor of the mill founder. The mill, located on the Assabet River, produced carpets and later wool used in military uniforms during the American Civil War." wikipedia
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"...After bankruptcy in 1898, it [Assabet Woolen Mill] was purchased by American Woolen Company which modernized and expanded the facility through the First World War." wikipedia)
American Woolen Mills, Maynard, Mass.
"...After bankruptcy in 1898, it [Assabet Woolen Mill] was purchased by American Woolen Company which modernized and expanded the facility through the First World War." wikipedia
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1638 - Maynard is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1871 - Maynard is incorporated
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Maynard Massachusetts, 1890
Maynard is a thrifty manufacturing town situated in the western part of Middlesex County, 27 miles from Boston. It is bounded on the northeast by Acton and Concord, on the southeast by Sudbury, on the southwest by Stow, and on the northwest by the latter and Acton. The assessed area is 3,050 acres; and there are included about 1,270 acres of woodland.
The Assabet River flows northeastward through the town, furnishing a valuable power at Maynard village, which occupies the central part of the town. Its lots are spacious, and the streets well shaded with handsome maples. The post-office for the town is located here. The Marlboro Branch of the Fitchburg Railroad gives connection with other towns and roads north and south. The Assabet Manufacturing Company's woollen mill employs some 875 persons, and is the principal industry of the place. Twenty-two persons were in 1885 employed in the powder-mill. The various food preparations amounted to $62,820. Other manufactures were iron and... Read MORE...
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1895 - Maynard
Maynard, a post-village of Middlesex co, Mass. in Maynard township, on the Assabet River, and on the Marlborough Branch of the Fitchburg Railroad, 10 miles E.S.E. of Marlborough, and 7 miles W.S.W. of Concord. It has 3 churches, a newspaper office, a woollen-factory, a paper-mill, and a powder-mill. Pop. of Maynard township, 1965.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1906
Maynard, a post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., in Maynard township (town), on the Assabet River and on the Boston and Maine R., 10 miles ESE. of Marlboro. It has large woollen and powder-mills. Pop. in 1900, 3142.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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Silvio CIUCCI (1754, , Italy - 7 November 1812, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA)Paulino CIUCCI (1757, , Italy - 7 November 1813, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA)John MORRISEY (1814, - 11 December 1874, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA)Kaapo Gabriel JARVINEN (1863, , Finland - 6 April 1943, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA)
Anne Veronica GRIGAS (13 November 1905, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA - 2 January 1993, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (Marlboro))Harold Eldridge JUSTASON (2 June 1906, Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick, Canada - 11 August 2001, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA)Neidre Isabella SMITH (23 October 1907, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable) - 3 January 2000, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA)Kenneth Gabriel JARVINEN (11 March 1920, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA - 8 January 1992, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA)Helen Anne LUBIN (2 September 1921, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA - 4 July 2013, Maynard, Massachusetts, USA)Ancestors Who Were Married in Maynard, Massachusetts, USA
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Wilhelm Albert "William" THEINERT (15 August 1870 - 2 December 1926) and 
Annie DODSON (April 1870 - 24 December 1951) married 8 November 1907Harold Francis DAVIS (7 January 1897 - November 1975) and Anne Veronica GRIGAS (13 November 1905 - 2 January 1993) married 1925
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