Waterville, Maine, USA
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Where is Waterville, Maine, USA? Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, USA
Known as Ticonic by English settlers, it was burned in 1692 during King William's War, after which the Canibas tribe abandoned the area. Fort Halifax was built by General John Winslow in 1754, and the last skirmish with Indians occurred on May 18, 1757.
The township would be organized as Kingfield Plantation, then incorporated as Winslow in 1771. When residents on the west side of the Kennebec found themselves unable to cross the river to attend town meetings, Waterville was set off from Winslow and incorporated on June 23, 1802...wikipedia
Waterville, Maine, USA
Leading Business Men of LEWISTON, AUGUSTA and VICINITY, BOSTON, MERCANTILE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1889
Waterville, Maine, USA
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Waterville, Maine, USA
Haines Theatre
Waterville, Maine, USA
Grand Stand, Central Maine, Park, Waterville, Me.
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1849 - Destructive Fire at Waterville, Me.A correspondent of the Boston Atlas, writing from Gardiner, Me., states that a large fire occurred...Read MORE...
1882 - Boiler ExplosionWATERVILLE, Me., Jan. 28. - The boiler in the steam mill of the Kennebec Framing Company at...Read MORE...
1884 - BURNED TO DEATH IN A LOCK-UP.WATERVILLE, Me., April 3. - PETER VIGNE, a young man from Fairfield, Me., who was put in the...Read MORE...
1886 - Waterville
Waterville lies on the western bank of the Kennebec River, adjoining Fairfield, in Somerset County, ...Read MORE...
Waterville lies on the western bank of the Kennebec River, adjoining Fairfield, in Somerset County, ...Read MORE...
1889 - EXPLOSION. Gas Works Destroyed in Maine. A FATAL EXPLOSION. A Gashouse Explodes at Waterville, Maine, This Morning.WATERVILLE (Me.), Oct. 24. - At 7 o'clock this morning the gashouse of the Lockwood Cotton Mills...Read MORE...
1906
Waterville, a city of Kennebec co., Me., on the Kennebec River and on the Maine Central R., 81...Read MORE...
Waterville, a city of Kennebec co., Me., on the Kennebec River and on the Maine Central R., 81...Read MORE...
1908 - C. O. JONES KILLED, HIS AIRSHIP BURNED - Aeronaut Dropped 500 Feet at Waterville, Me.WIFE AND CHILD PRESENT
Bag of Dirigible Caught Fire and Machinery and Inventor Shot to Earth...Read MORE...
1917 - SPECTACULAR FIRE THREATENS WHOLE NORTH END WATERVILLE900 Canoes and Two Large Ice Houses Burn Two Dwellings Damaged by Flames Two Alarms Sounded and...Read MORE...
1936 - $35,000 BLAZE AT WATERVILLE.Waterville, Me., Jan. 24. - Damage of about $35,000 was done to the two-story brick HAINES building ...Read MORE...
1939 - 26 in Blazing Hospital Wing Removed Safely. Nine Infants Rescued with Other Patients in Early Morning Fire at Waterville.Waterville, Me., April 6. - (AP) - Nine new-born babies had a baptism of smoke and fire today in a...Read MORE...
1942 - $200,000 FIRE RAZES WATERVILLE BUILDING.Waterville, Me. - Fire destroyed the four story SAMUEL BARRON brick building and damaged two...Read MORE...
1945 - 2 WOMEN MEET DEATH IN MAINE HOTEL FIRE.Waterville, Me., Feb. 19 (AP) - Two women were numbered as victims today of the fire which swept...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Pamelia Parker (CLIFTON) TOZIER
(20 February 1826, Waterville, Maine, USA - 19 March 1902, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)
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Alice A BARKER
(March 1870, Waterville, Maine, USA - bet. 1919-1957, )
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Fred A CHASE
(October 1860, Waterville, Maine, USA - bet. 1934-1957, , Maine, USA)
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Moses CORSON
(1799, Waterville, Maine, USA - 29 November 1852, Canaan, Maine, USA)
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Charles W DAVIS
(October 1861, Waterville, Maine, USA - 10 March 1923, Lewiston, Maine, USA)
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Sarah GLEASON
(9 May 1804, Waterville, Maine, USA - 23 September 1895, Fairfield, Maine, USA)
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Henry PELLETIER
(5-30-1889, Waterville, Maine, USA - 9-1968, )
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Delmar G TRIPP
(25 December 1857, Waterville, Maine, USA - , )
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Dora Amanda TRIPP
(4 October 1849, Waterville, Maine, USA - , )
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Edgar A TRIPP
(3 August 1855, Waterville, Maine, USA - , )
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Everett Walden TRIPP
(7 August 1853, Waterville, Maine, USA - 2 March 1931, )
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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John E BRAZIER
(1840, - 18 August 1886, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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Keith DAVIS
(10/03/1942, Bingham, Maine, USA - , Waterville, Maine, USA)
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Cecile DESROSIERS
(Nov. 30, 1900, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA - July 27, 1978, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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Elijah GLEASON
(15 July 1769, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA - 1852, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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Gilbert GREENWOOD
(22 June 1827, , Maine, USA - 11 March 1907, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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Esther T HEALD
(April 1827, Dead River, Maine, USA - 1908, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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Huldah MYRICK
(25 April 1823, Hebron, Maine, USA - 9 October 1893, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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Cynthia Esther NASON
(, , Maine, USA - 28 May 1809, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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Newton Leroy NURSE (NOURSE)
(28 November 1896, Lancaster, Coos, New Hampshire, USA - 22 April 1985, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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David Brainard ROBINSON
(5 September 1818, Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA - 10 November 1893, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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Increase ROBINSON
(11 November 1842, Sumner, Oxford, Maine, USA - 4 March 1916, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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James Minot ROCKWOOD
(18 August 1836, Belgrade, Maine, USA - 28 March 1918, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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Marion Estelle WORTHING
(23 November 1897, Palmero, Waldo, Maine, USA - 1 September 1998, Waterville, Maine, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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James Minot ROCKWOOD (18 August 1836 - 28 March 1918) &
Abbie A GORDION (GOODWIN) (abt. 1849 - )
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