Source list

Source reference H10002 :

Individuals : Lewis Nelson SWEENER
Notes for *Louis Nelson Sweener:
From Stephentown Heritage Center Living Gravestones Collection:
1922 tax, 3 acres, $15.00, part of Lane lot, bd. e. hgwy, n. Lapp, w.s. brook
1924 the same but value upto $140.00
1923 the value was $25.00
He also, in 1924, had 50 acre wood lot, $100.00 value, bd. n. Silvernail, e. hgwy, s. Earnst, w. Odell.
photo in Heritage Center album #1, page 49.
m. Doris Moon, April 6, 1928. "A quiet wedding, as Charles Moon died that week. He was her father which caused the quiet planned wedding."

Source reference H10003 :

Individuals : Florence Doris MOON
Notes for *Florence Doris Moon:
Gramworked mostly as a homemaker, but also worked in a shirt factory in Lebanon Springs. She also baby sat after all of her children were grown. She took in laundry while her children were growing up. She is described as a "Lovely Lady" by person who wrote notes.
She was deeply religious, and attended the Stephentown Free Will Baptist Church in Stephentown Center.
She loved to iron and I remember her trying to iron everything in sight.
From Stephentown Heritage Center Living Gravestones Collection:
m. Nelson Sweener April 6, 1928 dau. of Charles Moon
When her father died, there were 8 children and they were all to be sent to the orphan asylum so she married rather that join them. (as told by her dau Mrs. Amadon, 25 May, 1990).
No birth record was found in the Stephentown records for Doris.

Source reference H10004 :

Individuals : Nelson Willis SWEENER
Notes for Nelson "Pete" Willis Sweener:
From Anne Marie Sweener's notes:
"Nelson graduated from Berlin Central High in 1953. He was in the Army from.
While in the Army his sister-in-law Ruth asked Joann Peratto, a girl she worked with, if she would write to Pete. Joann agreed.
When Nelson and Joann married, they settled in Troy, N.Y. Nelson went to Albany Business School. After that he got a job working for Garety Lumber Co. In Sept. 1958, Nelson and Joann, along with son Nelson, Jr. and daughter Ann Marie moved to Boston, Mass. (Nelson's job had transferred him)In June 1972, Nelson gave up his job of 14 years and he and Joann, along with their seven children, moved back to N.Y., as they felt that Boston was getting too bad to continue raising a family there. They settled in Berlin, about 10 miles from where Nelson grew up."
From Anne Marie Sweener's notes:
"Nelson graduated from Berlin Central High in 1953. He was in the Army from
While in the Army his sister-in-law Ruth asked Joann Peratto, a girl she worked with, if she would write to Pete. Joann agreed.
When Nelson and Joann married, they settled in Troy, N.Y. Nelson went to Albany Business School. After that he got a job working for Garety Lumber Co. In Sept. 1958, Nelson and Joann, along with son Nelson, Jr. and daughter Ann Marie moved to Boston, Mass. (Nelson's job had transferred him)In June 1972, Nelson gave up his job of 14 years and he and Joann, along with their seven children, moved back to N.Y., as they felt that Boston was getting too bad to continue raising a family there. They settled in Berlin, about 10 miles from where Nelson grew up."

Source reference H10005 :

Individuals : Joanne PERROTTO
Notes for Joanne Perrotto:
Joanne's obituary:
May 23, 1998
"Joanne T. Perroto, 62
Berlin-Joanne T. Perrotto Sweener, 62, of Sand Bank Road, died Saturday at St. Mary's Hospital in Troy after being stricken at her residence.
Born in Troy, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Morrow Perrotto.
She attended Catholic Central High School in Troy and did work for Tiny Town Togs and Cluett Peabody &Company in Troy.
In 1958, she moved to Boston, where she was a Girl Scout leader and Cub Scout den mother.
Mrs. Sweener moved to Berlin in 1972 and was a cashier at St. Mary's Hospital, retiring in 1994 because of a disability.Before that she worked at Bennington Health and Rehab.
She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church in Berlin, a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion Post of the Taconic Valley and teh Berlin Senior Citizens, where she was the treasurer.
Mrs. Sweener enjoyed playing cards at the senior center.
Survivors include her husband of 42 years, Nelson W. "Pete" Sweener, Sr., four sons, Nelson W., Jr. and David J. both of Troy, and Marc and Joseph M., both of Berlin; three daughters, Ann Marie of Hoosick Falls, Julie Ann and Mary D., both of Troy; two brothers, Anthony Perrotto of Troy and Samuel Perrotto of East Greenbush; three sisters, Gloria Perrotto of Albany and Phyllis Perrotto and Virginia Gorman, both of Troy; and nine grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 9:15a.m. Turesday from the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home, 457 Route 43 in Stephentown, and at 10a.m. at the Sacred Heart Church in Berlin with Rev. Ken Gregory, sacramental minister, officiating.Burial will be in Berlin Community Cemetery.
Calling hours are 4 to 8 Monday at the funeral home."
June 15, 1998
In March of 1997, I located Uncle Pete and Aunt Joanne after nearly 30 years of not knowing that they had moved back to New York State. In July of 1997, my husband, daughter Lindsay, and I went to visit and we had a wonderful time. Both very loving people, we enjoyed several afternoons with them, looking at pictures, talking about bygone days and even went on a town tour with Uncle Pete, when he showed us many of the places that held significance in his youth.
In the months since that visit, Aunt Joanne and I spoke often on the phone. She would call me every month or so if I hadn't called and ask why I hadn't called her. We had great conversations and I felt that I had gotten to know her somewhat. She was a sweet woman, who was adored by her children and grandchildren. She was not well when I saw her, and her daughter Ann has said that she was sicker than she let on but she didn't let it keep her from having a get together at their home on Sand Bank Road and coming to Eric's house in Massachusetts for a good old fashioned meal of New Orleans gumbo and potato salad, courtesy of my husband Clint.
She knew of my trip in July 1998 to New York and said that she was looking forward to me coming to see her. I regret deeply that I will not see her or talk with her again. I feel her loss deeply and feel especially cheated by the years that passed when I did not know that they had returned to Berlin and could not find them.
I continue to stay in touch with Uncle Pete and will spend as much time with him as I possibly can this summer.
Rest in peace,Aunt Joanne. We love you.

Source reference H10006 :

Individuals : James Frederick SWEENER
Notes for James Frederick (Sr.) Sweener:
Middle name was taken from a neighbor and friend of Gram and Gramp, Fredericka Haley.This was told to me by Aunt Ella.
During the week of July 19-23, I visited with Uncle Jim and his wife Alberta (Bert), in their home in Edgewater, Florida.I enjoyed our visits and long conversations.They are a great couple who are very suited for each other.Uncle Jim credits Bert with saving his life and he treats her with much love and respect.I am happy that they found each other and that they can enjoy their retirement years together.

Source reference H10007 :

Individuals : Christian Albert MARTINSON
Notes for Christian Albert Martinson:
According to immigration records, at National Archives branch in Pittsfield:
Christian came to the United States aboard the SCYTHIA, in May 1889. Roberts was shipmaster. He is listed as: Christian A. Martinson age 18 yrs. Country - Sweden (should be Norway). He is listed as a laborer. Destination USA. Location of space occupied-Minis sturage (bottom of ship). Number of bags - 1. Transcient - by permit.
According to 1900 census, Christian is listed as single, living as a boarder in Boston, Mass, County of Suffolk. Date of census - June 1 or 2, 1900, ed. 1374, sheet 2. Address 266 Silver Street. BD (?) Sept. 1871. Boston, Mass. Single. Place of Birth - Norway. Father & mother's birthplace - Norway. Emigrated 1889. Years in US - 11. Not a citizen yet. Occupation type - boiler -water. Number of months not employed - 0. Can read, write, speak English.
1910 census - Mass. County - Middlesex. Town - Concord. ED 794
Resides - 25 Bedford Court. Family listed as follows:
Christian A., owned home, mortgaged, 34 yrs. old. married 8 yrs. employee - HANUSO - maker
Kerrin A (?) - Birthplace - Norway, 32 yrs. old, married 8 yrs. 4 children, 4 living. Year of immigration - 1888 (?) Native language - English, Housewife, can read and write.
Children:
Edwin A (Albert) - son. male/white, 6 yrs. single, birthplace- Mass. attended school - 1909
Agnes M. - daughter, female/white, 4 yrs. single, birthplace - Mass.
Clara J. - daughter, female/white, 2 yrs. single, Mass.
Cornelia - daughter, female/white, 3 months, single, Mass.
1920 census - Mass. County- Middlesex Town- Concord district 4 ED 111 St. 4
25 Bedford Court Mortgaged.
Christian - 42 years. married, occup. - Factory workernaturalized - 1909 Employee
Kerrin E. 40 yrs. emigrating 1901 to US naturalized - 1909
Edwin A. - 16, single, in school, can read & write, Born in Mass. Salesman in drug store.
Agnes - 14, single, in school
Clara - 11, single, in school
Cornelia - 9, single
John - 7
Melvin - 5
Henry - 3 1/2
Helen - 9 months
From Cornelia Martinson Lawrence:
Christian's mother died from what we have heard, when he and Martinius were very young and his father married again.There were two children from that marriage, Albert and Mina.i do not know anything moe than that.We heard that Christian and Martinius left home when they were very young because of the stepmother.
Christian arrived in Boston on April 24, 1902 from Norway via Liverpool, England on the S.S. Invernia (Cunard LIne).This information we found in the Archives Center (federal) in Waltham, Ma. where Clara and I spent many, many hours.

Source reference H10008 :

Individuals : Karen Elise ANDERSON
Notes for Karen Elise Andersen:
From Cornelia Martinson Lawrence:
Karen left Oslo on October 26, 1900 for boston on the S.S. Angelo.I got this information from the Archives Center in Oslo on October 25, 1993.I have been unable to find out when she landed and where in the U.S..The Archives Center in Waltham, Mass. says the S.S. ANgelo did not come to Boston and it appears that the records for a few years in that area of time are lost.

Source reference H10009 :

Individuals : Thomas Henry MCVEIGH
Notes for *Thomas Henry McVeigh:
Listed in various places as a painter, finisher, engineer, and fireman.
On the 1900 Windham County, Brattleboro, Vermont US census, Thomas stated that he was 33 years old, a painter, could read, write, and speak English and rented a farm.He had been married for 7 years and was born Dec. 1866, as well as both of his parents being born in Ireland.
He left Carrie for another woman. He remarried, not to the woman he left Carrie for, and had another child, Earle MacVeigh, who was an actor.
Ancestoral family originated from the northern part of Ireland to the southern part of Scotland.
Marriage Notes for *Thomas McVeigh and *Carrie Hawkins:
From Middlesex, Vt. Vital Records:
Marriage: McVeigh, Thomas Henry p. 1249.Hawkins, Carrie Grace, Res: Brattleboro. December 28, 1892. Age 26. 1st marriage.
Thomas, Finisher...
B. NY..Father- Mathew McVeigh.... Mother: Mary J. Boyd
William H. Collins, Rector: St. Michael... Brattleboro

Source reference H10010 :

Individuals : Carrie Grace HAWKINS
Notes for *Carrie Grace Hawkins:
Birth records for all children were extracted from Middlesex, Vermont Vital Records, as well as parents marriage record.
Dorothy Rand McVeigh's birth record states that she is the 6th child of this couple.
On the 1900 Windham County, Brattleboro, Vermont US census, Carrie stated that she was born Jan. 1869 and was 31 at the census taking.She had 4 children, 2 living.Her father was born in Nova Scotia, her mother, Massachusetts.She could read, write, and speak English.
Carrie frequently referred to herself as the one "who started all this", when referring to her family.
Her heritage was English.

Source reference H10011 :

Individuals : Wayne Damrell MCVEIGH
Notes for Wayne Damrell McVeigh, Sr.:
In Hancock, Mass. records listing the births of his children, Wayne is listed as a lumberman, and a farmer. He did own is own sawmill at one time, where his sons worked as well as his nephew, Edwin Martinson, son of Wayne's sister, Dorothy.
Pvt. 11 Field Artillery, 6 Division, WW1

Source reference H10012 :

Individuals : Dorothy Rand MCVEIGH
Notes for *Dorothy Rand McVeigh:
Known to her grandchildren as Nana Peck, she was not a very loving person, but commanded great presence. When she did see us as children, she would pat us on the head and give us each $1.00. She was always dressed up and I always got the impression that she thought that she was better than everyone else.
My father always loved Walter Peck, my father's stepdad,and from all accounts the feeling was recipricated. My father told us the story of the day that he went to the cab barn where Walter worked, and overheard Walter telling his fellow cabdrivers about "my son Eddie". ( My father went by the name of Eddie Peck while in school in Cambridge).
I never really liked her much, and neither did my father, who barely spoke to her while we were growing up and from about the early '70's, never spoke to her again. I recieved a phone call from brother Rick on December 18, 1997, telling me that she had died.
Her obituary, taken from The Boston Globe, reads:
"Clifford, Dorothy Rand
Cambridge
Formerly of Cambridge and Pepperell, November 24, Dorothy Rand (McVeigh) Clifford, wife of the late Walter B. Peck and the late Thomas C. Clifford, mother of Edwin A. Martinson, Jr. of No. Carolina, Barbara C. (Peck) Haley of Concord, Marjorie B. (Peck) Liebsch of Scottsdale, Arizona, formerly of Salem, Ma., and Walter C. Peck of Reading, also survived by 10 grandchildren and 1 great-grandson. Graveside Service will be private. Arrangements by Joseph Dee & Son Funeral Service. Concord."
(Tina had one son and two daughters who weren't accounted for here.)

Source reference H10013 :

Individuals : Edwin Albert MARTINSON
Notes for *Edwin Albert Martinson, Sr.:
Obituary:
Edwin Martinson
Edwin A. Martinson, 78, of 3 Carver Road, West Yarmouth, died Thursday, Sept. 2, 1982in Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis.He was a former superintennent of schools in the towns of Groton, Billerica and Marshfield.
Born in Concord, he was a son of the late Christian and Karen (Anderson) Martinson.He was a graduate of Concord High School and a 1928 graduate of Tufts University, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta franternity.He received a master of Education degree from Tufts in 1933. After service as school superintendent in Groton during the 1930's and early 1940's, he became superintendent of schols in Billerica.In 1953 he was appointed superintendent at Marshfield and remained there until his retirement in 1964. The following year, the new Edwin A. Martinson Junior High School of Marshfield was opened and dedicated in his honor.
There are many residents in Marshfield who worked closely with Edwin Martinson during his tenure as superintendent.Among them is John Nangle, Jr., of South River Street, who served on the School Committee at that time.
"I felt," said Nangle early this week, "that he was a fine administrator, a gentleman.He had many good qualities and his thoughts were always with the schools.He was the type of person whose heart and soul were embedded in providing a rounded program, the best education you could give.During that time Marshfield was growing rapidly and he always seemed to be one step ahead of any major problem, managing to avoid double sessions, for example.I think of him as a very dedicated person."
An educator of about 25 years experience, Frederick Hubbard, now principal of Governor Winslow School, said it was Edwin Martinson who gave him his first job in this school system in 1957, when the superintendent's office was behind the now closed Grace E. Ryder School.And John Sullivan, assisitant principal at Martinson School, said he was a student of the Ryder School when Mr. Martinson was superintendent.That was a time when the administrator was part of the every day school life."He was a soft spoken man, respected as the authority, a nice man."
In his youth, Mr. Martinson worked as a guide at Concord historical sites, including the Old North Bridge, and at Richardson's Drug Store in Concord.He was a 50 year member of the Corinthian Lodge A.F. and A.M. Concord.
His first wife, Vivian A. (Wight) died in 1966.He leaves Elizabeth (Sherman) Hatch Martinson of West Yarmouth and a son, David W. Martinson of Northborough and a daughter, Judith P. Ryan of Stowe, Vermont.He was a stepfather of Daniel Hatch, Marshfield; Anthony Hatch, San Francisco; Deborah Davis, Los Angeles; and Mary Henderson, Harwich.
He also leaves 11 grandchildren; his sisters Cornielia Lawrence of Concord and Clara Murphy of Lexington; and his brothers Henry of Concord and John of Sebring, Fla.He was preceded in death by his brother Melvin of Leicester and ihs sisters Helen Thompson and Agnes Olsen of Concord.
Arrangements were by McRae-Tunnicliffe, Concord.Services were private and burial was in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.Memorial gifts may be made to the Cape and Islands Radiation Therapy Center, Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, MA.02601.
David Martinson wrote:
One of Edwin's gifts at retirement was a pair of boodends engraved:
"Always sensitively aware of the teacher"from the Teacher's Association.
Met Dorothy McVeigh when he worked at a funeral home, run by Carrie Grace Hawkins McVeigh, Dorothy's mother.

Source reference H10014 :

Individuals : Ulysses Pascal SWEENER
Notes for Ulysses Pascal Sweener:
Interesting facts:
Leo and Ruth Sweener are brother and sister
Joan and Joseph Reiger are brother and sister
Leo married Joan
Ruth married Joseph
Donald and Stella Sweener are brother and sister
Linda and Walter Hoffman are brother and sister
Donald married Linda
Stella married Walter

Source reference H10015 :

Individuals : Joseph Edeward MCVEIGH
Notes for Joseph Edward McVeigh:
Joseph was buried on January 2, 1936 in Meetinghouse Hill Cemetary.

Source reference H10016 :

Individuals : Pascal Lewis SWEENER
Notes for *Pascal Sweener:
Pascal died of "senile gangrene - right foot, and legs part affected." From death entry in Stephentown records.
The informant of his death was George Sweener, presumably his son, George W. Sweener.
Pascal was 91 yrs. 4 mos. 18 days old when he died and was a widower. Sarah had died three years earlier. His was listed as a farmer.
Uncle Pete says that Pascal ( or Pasqual as he called him) owned a saw mill on Black River Road. The sawmill could cut one log an hour.
From Stephentown New York Heritage Center Living Gravestones collection:
d. 26 May 1914, according to Horace Bateman's record book
1878 owned F89
1899 owned F84
Writer doesn't know where last two entries are, though they obviously refer to tracts of land.
Notes from Anne Marie Sweener's files:
French translation of Sweener is Chouinard.
"Pascal came from Canada and settled in Hancock, Mass. He was a charcoal burner. Moved to Stephentown, N.Y. and settled on Black River Road until his death. Pascal owned an up and down waterpowered saw mill. It sawed one log an hour."
Uncle Pete took Clint and Tina to the approximate site of the old saw mill on Black River Road in July 1997. It looks very peaceful there now, with no indication that such a place had ever existed. Up and down the road you can still see several stone walls. Uncle Pete told us they were left from when they had surrounded the properties of the families who had lived there many years ago. He said that every time you see one of those stone fences, you know that a family had lived behind those stones. A couple of the families he talked about as having lived on Black River Road besides the Sweeners were the Carrs and the Silvernails. The Carrs were probably the family of Sarah Parthenia, who married Pascal.
On Pascal's death certificate, Paschal Chouinard is listed as father. No mother is listed. Pascal's birthplace is listed as Montreal, Canada.

Source reference H10017 :

Individuals : Sarah Parthenia CARR
Notes for *Sarah Parthenia Carr:
Joined Stephentown Center Baptist Church Aug. 25, 1866. Died Jan. 1911 (re: church records).
Her death certificate reads:
She was 84 yrs. 11 months old at her death
She died of apoplexy (cerebral)
She died Jan. 10, 1911 at 5 p.m.
She was married at the time of her death.
She's buried in Garfield Cemetary, Garfield New York
(Upon visiting the cemetary, no grave for Sarah is marked as such.)

Source reference H10018 :

Individuals : John Henry MOON
Notes for *John Henry Moon:
Very little is known of John H. Moon. He appears on census reports from 1860 to 1880, mostly in New York, but the 1870 census shows him and his family to be in Bennington, Vermont. We know that he died before 1891, because when his wife Almira died, Stephentown, N.Y. town records show that she was a widow. It is obvious that he was a farmer, as were his sons. There are no records of John H. in Petersburgh, Grafton, or Stephentown, though it appears from records of his son Charles that the family spent a great deal of time living in Stephentown. (There are no records to speak of in Petersburgh or Grafton for anyone. There was a fire some years ago in Petersburgh, which destroyed all birth, death and marriage records. There were a few cemetary records but that was all.(per Town Clerk, 1997).
Grafton's record keeping left much to be desired in the time period that we were dealing with. There were scattered records, but none that pertained to our ancestors.)
When Almira died (January 14, 1891), her youngest child that we know about, Edwin, was 11 or 12 years old. This means that in all likelihood, John Henry Moon died in 1889 and is buried in the Pittstown Corner Baptist Disciple Cemetary.Stone says Assigned VT. Regiment, Volunteer.
A note found in the Stephentown Heritage Center file on the Moon family (there seems to have been two Moon families, since we have no clear connection between the two):
Birth date was calculated by census reports. His age is very consistant on all of the census reports, and looking at the "age at last birthday" columns on all of the census reports, this Month and days window was developed.
A child by the name of Alex appears on a census report with John Moon and Almira, but he never appears again with the family.

Source reference H10019 :

Individuals : Almira SEELEY
Notes for *Almira Seeley:
From Stephentown, N.Y. town hall records:
Almira Moon died on Jan. 14, 1891 in Stephentown at the age of 53 years. She was a housekeeper (presumably of her own home), she was widowed, and died of consumption.

Source reference H10020 :

Individuals : John MOON
Notes for John Moon:
He lived in St. Johnsbury, Vermont and ran a butcher shop there. Uncle Russell Moon said that John used to peddle throughout the countryside, selling his wares.
It is known, that after the death of Charles Moon, John's brother, in 1928, Charles' daughter Viola went to live with John Moon in Vermont. She lived there until her son, Francis was three years old. They left when Viola married Harry Russell.
On a marriage record, for his first marriage to Hannah King,sent to me by Doris Moon in RHODE ISLAND, it lists John's middle initial as W.Doris and I both feel that this is an error, and that this man was probably John Henry Moon, Jr., named for his father. According to his death record, his name was John Henry Moon, with the birth date listed above.The various census records we have saysthat he was born about 1869.His death record shows he was son of Henry Moon and Almira Seeley.
Death:
John Henry Moon, Resident of North Bennington, Vermont
White
Married
Wife: Cynthia Hall
Born February 4, 1869 age 64 10 days (this calculates to 1864)
Meat dealerLast worked Oct. 193225 years at the occupation
Born in Petersburgh, NY
FatherHenry Moonb. Raymertown, NY
MotherAlmira Seeley b. Petersburgh, NY
InformantMrs. John H. Moon
No. BenningtonDeath Feb. 14, 1933
Myocardial Deg.Prostatic Hypertrophy
Shaftsbury Town Clerk

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