Stiff

Stiff, Mildred B. Kramer Mrs. – Obituary

Mildred (Sue) B. Stiff, 99, of Baker City, died May 22, 2009, at the St. Elizabeth Health Care Center after a brave fight against cancer. Her memorial and celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m. June 22 at the Church of the Nazarene, 1250 Hughes Lane. Pastor Lennie Spooner will officiate. Sue was born the third of 10 children in Ariel, Wash., to Andrew J. and Bessie M. Wheatley Kramer. She was raised in the Ariel area, attended school there, and spent most of her time helping her mother with the brothers and sisters. During her marriage … Read more

Descendants of Frederick Packard of Brockton, MA

Fred. Packard

FREDERICK PACKARD, late of Brockton, was not only one of the best known men in the line of shoe manufacturing in that city but also one of its most honorable and respected citizens. He ranked among the city’s most successful business men, one whose start in life was obtained by his energy and push, and these traits, combined with excellent business acumen, had long secured for him a position of affluence, and caused the firm of which he had so long been the head to become one of the best known in its line in the country. Mr. Packard was … Read more

Brown Genealogy

Brown Genealogy

In 1895, Cyrus Henry Brown began collecting family records of the Brown family, initially with the intention of only going back to his great-grandfathers. As others became interested in the project, they decided to trace the family lineage back to Thomas Brown and his wife Mary Newhall, both born in the early 1600s in Lynn, Massachusetts. Thomas, John, and Eleazer, three of their sons, later moved to Stonington, Connecticut around 1688. When North Stonington was established in 1807, the three brothers were living in the southern part of the town. Wheeler’s “History of Stonington” contains 400 records of early descendants of the Brown family, taken from the town records of Stonington. However, many others remain unidentified, as they are not recorded in the Stonington town records. For around a century, the descendants of the three brothers lived in Stonington before eventually migrating to other towns in Connecticut and New York State, which was then mostly undeveloped. He would eventually write this second volume of his Brown Genealogy adding to and correcting the previous edition. This book is free to search, read, and/or download.