Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph)
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Where is Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA? Holbrook, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Holbrook was first settled by Europeans (mostly British colonists) in 1710 as the southern part of Old Braintree, and was officially incorporated on February 29, 1872, the last town created from the former lands of Braintree. It was formerly known as East Randolph, being divided from Randolph by track from the Old Colony Railroad line...
The story of Holbrook's split from Randolph begins in 1871, when pressure had been building in East Randolph for an independent town. After a little "misunderstanding" (according to Randolph brethren, the Eastern group used rather stronger language) about the placement of a cupola on top of Stetson Hall as a vent for the gas lighting, the pot boiled over and East Randolph petitioned to be incorporated as a separate town.
Elisha Holbrook was deacon of the old East Randolph church from 1819 to 1856, and deacon of the Winthrop Church from 1856 to 1865. His son Elisha Niles Holbrook provided the town with the funds for the town hall and library. The town was named after him.
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Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph)
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Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph)
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Holbrook Square looking North
Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph)
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Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Ellen M. BARRY
(1853, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph) - 30 January 1886, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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Wilfred J. CATE
(1867, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph) - 21 May 1890, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
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Frederick Henry HOUSER
(4 October 1912, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph) - 26 January 1913, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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Payson Angell JONES
(19 November 1922, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph) - 3 June 2007, Lovell, Maine, USA)
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Seth TURNER
(26 September 1831, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph) - 27 November 1899, Houston, Texas, USA)
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Ancestors Who Died Here
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Ellen M. BARRY
(1853, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph) - 30 January 1886, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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Daniel F. COONE
(1847, , Ireland - 13 April 1886, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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James E. HOBART
(1837, Randolph, Massachusetts, USA - 23 March 1886, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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Frederick Henry HOUSER
(4 October 1912, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph) - 26 January 1913, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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James KENNEY
(1867, Stoughton, Massachusetts, USA - 12 July 1886, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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Samuel LUDDEN
(1788, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA - 1 November 1886, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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Susan Elizabeth MCGUNNIGLE
(1861, Stoughton, Massachusetts, USA - 17 April 1886, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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William H MOORE
(1860, Milford, New Hampshire, USA - 19 November 1886, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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Leonard POOLE
(22 March 1816, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA - 14 June 1886, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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Lillian A. SMITH
(1867, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA - 26 November 1886, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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Bradford THAYER
(4 April 1817, Randolph, Massachusetts, USA - 26 June 1879, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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Thomas WEST
(1812, Randolph, Massachusetts, USA - 10 January 1886, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph))
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
Cemeteries in Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA (East Randolph)
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