Gramp Edward Fifield, Hill Road, Willis Cemetery, Dummer, New Hampshire
Edward listed his occupation in Dummer as "River Man." I assume this meant he ran a ferry taking people and goods across the Androscoggin River before the Milan Bridge was built.
When Edward's widow, Hester, died in 1895 many of her belongings went to my great-grandmother, Rose Ella Andrews, who had been raised in New Hampshire by Gram and Gramp Fifield. As far as I know neither Gram nor Gramp Fifield was a blood relative.
To make the story more intriguing Rose Ella's mother, Alvina Frost (cousin of poet Robert Frost's father), had in rural Maine also been raised by Gram and Gramp Fifield.
Gramp Edward Fifield, Hill Road, Willis Cemetery, Dummer, New Hampshire
Edward listed his occupation in Dummer as "River Man." I assume this meant he ran a ferry taking people and goods across the Androscoggin River before the Milan Bridge was built.
When Edward's widow, Hester, died in 1895 many of her belongings went to my great-grandmother, Rose Ella Andrews, who had been raised in New Hampshire by Gram and Gramp Fifield. As far as I know neither Gram nor Gramp Fifield was a blood relative.
To make the story more intriguing Rose Ella's mother, Alvina Frost (cousin of poet Robert Frost's father), had in rural Maine also been raised by Gram and Gramp Fifield.