The Nancy Anne is ready for action up in the railways
Day: March 17, 2020
Live GloucesterCast 388 Chris and Connor McCarthy, Pat & Jimmy Dalpiaz and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 3/17/20
GloucesterCast 388 Chris and Connor McCarthy, Pat & Jimmy Dalpiaz and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 3/17/20
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Where will Tom Brady Take His First Football Snap Next Year?
List of Restaurants offering Takeout-
Mom’s Kitchen, Sugar Mags, The Farm Bar and Grill, 525, Sherry’s Corner, Yellow Sub, Cove Cafe, Duckworth’s working on it, Cafe Bishco will also do curbside and delivery, Zeke’s Place, George’s coffee shop, Willow Rest,Charlie’s Place, Oliver’s Harbor, Rhumb Line, Hooks, Destinos, Two sister’s Tacos Lupita, Hale Street, 15 Walnut, The Spot andMaggie’s Farm will remain open for takeout only, starting Wednesday March 18th., Machaca, Causeway, Essex Seafood, The Mill, Windward Grille, Cape Ann Pizza, Woodman’s of Essex, C.K. pearl *currently closed for kitchen reno until end of week/stay tuned, Great Marsh Brewing *growlers only, no food, Village Market, Chebacco Market, Essex Pizza, Blue Marlin Grille.
Baby Boomlet coming up “Quarantines” thirteen years from now
Kim’s Butterfly movie premiere has been postponed
Drinking On St Patrick’s Day While Everyone Is Working From Home
Connor McCarthy (the silent assasin) has a dating app
A Gloucester Irish Story for St. Patrick’s Day 2020
Mary Ryan Brotherton 1866 – 1943
I recently obtained some new information about Mary after one of those “dope-slap” moments that often occur in life. The Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters was originally based in Boston after its founding in 1879 by Irish immigrants to provide life insurance for its members. It soon spread to other cities, so Gloucester Irish were among its target demographic. In the past, I have found a couple of our ancestor’s files in this collection (now being housed at the University of Massachusetts). Their applications for membership have been scanned and made available. They are several pages long and provide intimate details of their lives at the time of the application. They are especially helpful because applications were often made in a range of life span that often lacks detail in normal research. Often, the applicants are heads of young families with living siblings and parents. These details are extraordinarily helpful in pinning down the lives of the applicant as well as the life of their families.
And I made the CLASSIC mistake of only seeking the males in these files. Since the files were recently transferred to UMass, more have become available and it finally dawned on me that I should look for some of the females (cue the dope-slap). And Mary was my first discovery!
This is one page of the file showing the status of Mary’s parents and siblings as of 1913 when this application was made. This helps establish her life circumstance in a period that is sometimes hard to research: “mid” life. These policies paid $1000 upon the death of the member. Mary’s Foresters file contains 16 pages all together and they are extraordinarily valuable and interesting. You can bet I’ll be looking for others.
Gloucester UK Adventure With Adventureman, Don, Rabbit and Chris Nyland
@FishermenGHS: Spring sports start date is now April 27th. Please continue to practice social distancing and note that all GHS athletic facilities are closed until further notice
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