Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
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Where is Manchester, New Hampshire, USA ? Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
In 1722, John Goffe III settled beside Cohas Brook, later building a dam and sawmill at what was dubbed Old Harry's Town. It was granted by Massachusetts in 1727 as Tyngstown to veterans of Queen Anne's War who served in 1703 under Captain William Tyng. But at New Hampshire's 1741 separation from Massachusetts, the grant was ruled invalid and substituted with Wilton, Maine, so Governor Benning Wentworth rechartered the town in 1751 as Derryfield. Derryfield remains a neighborhood in contemporary Manchester, along its easternmost area adjacent to Massabesic Lake.
In 1807, Samuel Blodget opened a canal and lock system to allow vessels passage around the falls. He envisioned here a great industrial center, "the Manchester of America", like the Industrial Revolution's Manchester in England, the first industrialized city in the world. In 1809, Benjamin Prichard and others built a cotton spinning mill operated by water power on the western bank of the Merrimack. Following Blodgett's suggestion, Derryfield was renamed Manchester in 1810, the year the mill was incorporated as the Amoskeag Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company...wikipedia
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
BUSINESS BLOCK BURNED.
Manchester, N.H., May 13. - The large six-story KENNARD business block was badly damaged by fire this morning, with a loss... Read MORE...
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Amoskeag National Bank and Merchants National Bank
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Amoskeag Falls, Bridge and Gate House, Merrimac River, Manchester, N.H.
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Elm Street looking North
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History of Manchester, New Hampshire
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1858 - TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.We stop the press to announce a frightful accident that occurred near this city, on the Central...Read MORE...
1870 - DISASTROUS FIRES. Six Acres of Buildings Burned in Manchester, N.H. -Two Hundred Families Rendered HomelessManchester, N.H., July 8. At 2 o’clock this morning a fire broke out in one of the buildings in the ...Read MORE...
1871 - Long-term Letter CarrierManchester, N.H., boasts of a letter-carrier who has been such in that city for twenty two years,...Read MORE...
1873 - May 20 - Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive United States patent #139121 for using copper rivets to strengthen the pockets of denim work pants.Levi Strauss & Co. begin manufacturing the famous Levi's brand of jeans, using fabric from the...Read MORE...
1896 - Dam and Bridge Gone.Manchester, N. H., March 2. - The Merrimac and Piscataquog rivers, swelled by the continued rain of ...Read MORE...
1903 - FIRE AT MANCHESTER. The Massabesic Hotel Destroyed - Probably the Work of an Incendiary.Manchester, N. H. May 14. - The Massabesic hotel in this city was destroyed by fire tonight. The...Read MORE...
1906
Manchester, a city, one of the capitals of Hillsboro co., N.H., is situated on the Merrimac River,...Read MORE...
Manchester, a city, one of the capitals of Hillsboro co., N.H., is situated on the Merrimac River,...Read MORE...
1909 - LOSS IS $100,000 - ONE LIFE LOST AT A FIRE IN MANCHESTER TODAY.Manchester, N. H., April 8. - All the worldly possessions of 2000 Greeks, Armenians,...Read MORE...
1914 - June 24 – In Manchester, New Hampshire, a downtown fire causes $400,000 damage and injures 19 firemen.www.wikipedia.org
June 24, 1914
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Rodolphe BETTEZ
(11 January 1889, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 2 December 1922, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )
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Abigail BROWN
(30 May 1829, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 14 May 1906, Williston, Vermont, USA)
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Delia Adeline COUTURIER
(October 1856, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - bet. 1915-1930, , Massachusetts, USA)
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Patrick DICKINSON
(1851, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 20 April 1872, Dalton, Massachusetts, USA)
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Elizabeth FISHER
(14 August 1895, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 21 January 1967, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard))
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Clara GRANDMONT
(24 April 1893, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - February 1981, , New Hampshire, USA)
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Henri HEBERT
(January 28 1883, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - August 10 1963, Boscawen, New Hampshire, USA)
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Addie Rebecca MOULTON
(16 August 1855, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - , )
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Sadie M NEWTON
(28 August 1871, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 16 July 1933, Lancaster, Coos, New Hampshire, USA)
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Henry James NICHOLS
(7 January 1854, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 31 December 1909, Milford, New Hampshire, USA)
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Anna Hattie ORRILL
(31 December 1888, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - February1976, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )
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George Edward ORRILL
(2 October 1885, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 2 April 1967, Tampa, Florida, USA)
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John Henry (Jean Henri) ORRILL
(26 February 1884, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 4 May 1975, Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA)
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Laura Agnes ORRILL
(29 November 1897, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - , )
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Leona Elizabeth ORRILL
(13 November 1881, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - , )
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William Henry ORRILL (ORALE)
(abt. 3 March 1849, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 12 December 1909, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )
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Victoria Francis "Vicky" ORZECHOWSKI
(2 August 1911, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 22 September 2000, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )
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Adelie Mary PAQUETTE
(19 July 1872, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 25 December 1925, Gardner, Massachusetts, USA)
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Howard Walton POND
(4 April 1897, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 13 March 1960, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard))
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Thomas RAND
(22 May 1776, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 31 May 1857, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA)
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Merlin Scott WHEELER
(6 April 1898, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - 11 November 1925, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )
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Ancestors Who Died Here
We currently have information about 60 ancestors who died in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA .
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Cyrille LEBRUN (1 March 1826 - 15 October 1878) &
Lea (Leocadie) BOUCHER (9 February 1831 - 9 March 1904)
married 18 May 1851 |
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Louis DUGUAY (August 1834 - May 1866) &
Eloise CAYA (10 October 1832 - 8 August 1902)
married abt. 1853 |
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Benjamin SHEPLEY (abt. 1820 - ) &
Emeline MESSER (HASSER) (abt. 1837 - )
married 23 September 1861 |
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Octave CAYA (1848 - ) &
Mary BEAUDOIN (abt. 1847 - )
married 7 January 1873 |
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Isiah François (Frank) GENDREAU (18 March 1858 - 2 February 1929) &
Marie GLAUDE (18 March 1858 - 22 March 1894)
married 2 April 1878 |
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William Henry ORRILL (ORALE) (abt. 3 March 1849 - 12 December 1909) &
Laura Evelina LEBRUN (June 1858 - 29 April 1940)
married 27 March 1880 |
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George R BROWN (abt. 1857 - ) &
Jennie Frances MOULTON (10 August 1864 - 3 June 1932)
married 11 October 1886 |
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Clarence Melville NURSE (1862 - ) &
Sadie M NEWTON (28 August 1871 - 16 July 1933)
married 11 June 1891 |
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Jean Louis BEAUDRY (28 September 1863 - 2 August 1922) &
Clara GAUVREAU ( - )
married 13 June 1893 |
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Ernest C WILLETT (abt. 1876 - 5 December 1965) &
Ectorine BOISVERT (abt. 1878 - )
married 12 July 1898 |
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Arthur AUGER (<1872> - ) &
Agnese-Lumina TURMEL (<1881> - 11 February 1905)
married 3 June 1900 |
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George Crosley FEIGE (27 July 1882 - 9 February 1964) &
Rose Maude LITTLE (1878 - 8 February 1935)
married 28 November 1907 |
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Herbert Irving STEWART (3 November 1906 - 5 July 1974) &
Etta Alberta RHEEL (17 June 1905 - 17 August 1987)
married 17 March 1932 |
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Cemeteries in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
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