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| 11545 | Dorothy Rush and Lynne Birlem in Front of the Charles Eaton Spurling Store |
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| 13332 | The Boiler, Great Cranberry Island |
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| The huge 11 ton boulder the local fishermen called “The Boiler” had been lodged in the mud just off Fish Point at the entrance to the Pool or harbor on Great Cranberry Island. The Pool, a good sheltered harbor for schooners, is shallow with a 2-foot draft at low tide, rising to an 8 to 10 foot draft when the tide is in. Vessels kept in the Pool were deep draft vessels and only came in and went out at high tide. There was an area called the "Deep Hole" in the Pool where six or more vessels could anchor. “The Boiler,” about 6 feet wide and 4 feet above the bottom, was not visible when the tide was in and, therefore, a hazard to navigation in the narrow channel. It was called "The Boiler" because the water "boiled" around it when the tide came and went. Samuel Newman Bulger (1835-1919) caught his boat on it one time. Enoch Boynton Stanley (1820-1903), “Uncle Jimmy’s” father, told Sam to turn his vessel around and it would come off the rock. The tide came in, the boat spun around and floated off the rock. Ralph Warren Stanley remembers his great uncle, Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957), William Doane “Uncle Jimmy” Stanley’s brother, telling him about the enormous effort it took to move “The Boiler.” “First the group of men went out on several low drain tides to dig around the rock to break the suction. When they finally got enough dug away, they put an iron eye bolt into the rock, put a big log across two dories and tied a line to the rock. When the tide came in it sank both dories. They worked for months on the project. Next time they tried to move ‘the boiler’ they used four dories and just barely floated the rock. The dories were down to the gunnels. With a line on the dories, eight or nine men stood on the shore where they wanted it and hauled it hand over hand about 80 yards toward them, but before the rock reached its destination, the eyebolt [which had been welted into the top of the rock] came out and the dories popped out of the water. They just left the rock there where it sank on the north side of the Stanley wharf (E.B. Stanley & Sons - the Stanley wharf - on the map - now gone). ‘The Boiler’ is still there. “William D. Stanley and others have at last accomplished their long cherished wish to remove the rock designated as “the Boiler” from the channel near the Fish Point. After much hard labor, they succeeded, by the help of 4 dories in raising, floating and dragging it across to the flats, owned by the late Capt. John Stanley, when it struck a rock and in hauling on it caused the welted iron bolts to pull out, and “the Boiler” was anchored somewhat sooner than had been bargained for, but as it is now safely landed it will probably be allowed to remain where it is. It is very doubtful if any further attempt will be made to change its position, and as it is estimated to weigh 11 tons, it will be the cause of much comment for years to come. Wm. D. Stanley is very elated the he with a few others, should have accomplished the feat of removing the rock, which during the last 140 years has been in the way, and a menace to all boats coming in and going out from all parts of the creek, and they are to be congratulated for having removed the dangerous obstruction.” The Bar Harbor Record, February 23, 1900 - Cranberry Island. | 
Description: The huge 11 ton boulder the local fishermen called “The Boiler” had been lodged in the mud just off Fish Point at the entrance to the Pool or harbor on Great Cranberry Island. The Pool, a good sheltered harbor for schooners, is shallow with a 2-foot draft at low tide, rising to an 8 to 10 foot draft when the tide is in. Vessels kept in the Pool were deep draft vessels and only came in and went out at high tide. There was an area called the "Deep Hole" in the Pool where six or more vessels could anchor. “The Boiler,” about 6 feet wide and 4 feet above the bottom, was not visible when the tide was in and, therefore, a hazard to navigation in the narrow channel. It was called "The Boiler" because the water "boiled" around it when the tide came and went. Samuel Newman Bulger (1835-1919) caught his boat on it one time. Enoch Boynton Stanley (1820-1903), “Uncle Jimmy’s” father, told Sam to turn his vessel around and it would come off the rock. The tide came in, the boat spun around and floated off the rock. Ralph Warren Stanley remembers his great uncle, Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957), William Doane “Uncle Jimmy” Stanley’s brother, telling him about the enormous effort it took to move “The Boiler.” “First the group of men went out on several low drain tides to dig around the rock to break the suction. When they finally got enough dug away, they put an iron eye bolt into the rock, put a big log across two dories and tied a line to the rock. When the tide came in it sank both dories. They worked for months on the project. Next time they tried to move ‘the boiler’ they used four dories and just barely floated the rock. The dories were down to the gunnels. With a line on the dories, eight or nine men stood on the shore where they wanted it and hauled it hand over hand about 80 yards toward them, but before the rock reached its destination, the eyebolt [which had been welted into the top of the rock] came out and the dories popped out of the water. They just left the rock there where it sank on the north side of the Stanley wharf (E.B. Stanley & Sons - the Stanley wharf - on the map - now gone). ‘The Boiler’ is still there. “William D. Stanley and others have at last accomplished their long cherished wish to remove the rock designated as “the Boiler” from the channel near the Fish Point. After much hard labor, they succeeded, by the help of 4 dories in raising, floating and dragging it across to the flats, owned by the late Capt. John Stanley, when it struck a rock and in hauling on it caused the welted iron bolts to pull out, and “the Boiler” was anchored somewhat sooner than had been bargained for, but as it is now safely landed it will probably be allowed to remain where it is. It is very doubtful if any further attempt will be made to change its position, and as it is estimated to weigh 11 tons, it will be the cause of much comment for years to come. Wm. D. Stanley is very elated the he with a few others, should have accomplished the feat of removing the rock, which during the last 140 years has been in the way, and a menace to all boats coming in and going out from all parts of the creek, and they are to be congratulated for having removed the dangerous obstruction.” The Bar Harbor Record, February 23, 1900 - Cranberry Island. [show more] | ||||
| 3545 | Stanley - Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957) |
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| 13153 | Stanley - Mary Catherine (Stanley) Richardson (1847-1920) aka Carrie, aka Caz |
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| Mary Catherine was sometimes written Mary Caroline in histories, probably erroneously. | 
Description: Mary Catherine was sometimes written Mary Caroline in histories, probably erroneously. | ||||
| 13156 | Stanley - Enoch Boynton Stanley Sr. (1820-1903) |
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| Enoch Boynton Stanley (1820-1903) of Great Cranberry Island was the great grandson of Sans Stanley. | 
Description: Enoch Boynton Stanley (1820-1903) of Great Cranberry Island was the great grandson of Sans Stanley. | ||||
| 13340 | Stanley - Arno Preston Stanley (1865-1937) |
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| 15880 | Bracy - Wesley Peterson Bracy Sr. (1906-2000) |
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| 11938 | Proposal of Marriage from Arno Preston Stanley to Mabel Estelle Stanley, later Mrs. Arno Preston Stanley |
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| In 1894 Arno Preston Stanley (1865-1937) wrote a letter to his fourth cousin, Mabelle Estelle Stanley (1868-1955), daughter of Robert S. Stanley and Phoebe Jane (Gilley) Stanley, [both descended from Sans Stanley (1702-) and Mary (Charder) Stanley (1706-1748)] and asked for her hand in marriage: "Dear Mabel I love you with all my heart and I am willing to part with all on earth for your presents if you will join with me now at the present time but after you read this, and don’t see fit to join with me I will say no more about it and give up and die in despair I shall feel as if I have not a friend on earth if you say no if you choose others ways I hope you will be happy Through life and when I die I hope to meet with you in heaven if god is willing for me to please write on this peper and give me ether way you choose This is the way I feel I trust in god that we may be happy through life if you ascept please answer yes or no and give me this piece of peper back Yours Truly Arno. P. Stanley Live or die I shall think of you as a friend and one that love you well and you may think as you please" Mabelle added a penciled note, “Yes Dear,” in the space provided in his letter. They filed their intention to marry on October 25, 1894 and were married on November 3, 1894 at Cranberry Isles. Mabelle died on March 24, 1955, at the age of 86, at the Bay View Nursing Home in South Portland, Maine. She had saved the hopeful, loving letter Arno had written to her 61 years before. Her family buried her near Arno in the Stanley Cemetery No. 3 (Map 6 – Lot 1), Great Cranberry Island, Maine. Arno would have been living at his father, Enoch Boynton Stanley's house at Great Cranberry Island when he wrote the letter. Mabel's name was spelled Mabelle on her gravestone and curators use that spelling, but have left Arno's Mabel as it appears in his letter. Arno and Mabel's grandson, Ralph Warren Stanley, surmises that she was known as Mabel and that her relatives put on airs when they changed it to Mabelle on her gravestone. | 
Description: In 1894 Arno Preston Stanley (1865-1937) wrote a letter to his fourth cousin, Mabelle Estelle Stanley (1868-1955), daughter of Robert S. Stanley and Phoebe Jane (Gilley) Stanley, [both descended from Sans Stanley (1702-) and Mary (Charder) Stanley (1706-1748)] and asked for her hand in marriage: "Dear Mabel I love you with all my heart and I am willing to part with all on earth for your presents if you will join with me now at the present time but after you read this, and don’t see fit to join with me I will say no more about it and give up and die in despair I shall feel as if I have not a friend on earth if you say no if you choose others ways I hope you will be happy Through life and when I die I hope to meet with you in heaven if god is willing for me to please write on this peper and give me ether way you choose This is the way I feel I trust in god that we may be happy through life if you ascept please answer yes or no and give me this piece of peper back Yours Truly Arno. P. Stanley Live or die I shall think of you as a friend and one that love you well and you may think as you please" Mabelle added a penciled note, “Yes Dear,” in the space provided in his letter. They filed their intention to marry on October 25, 1894 and were married on November 3, 1894 at Cranberry Isles. Mabelle died on March 24, 1955, at the age of 86, at the Bay View Nursing Home in South Portland, Maine. She had saved the hopeful, loving letter Arno had written to her 61 years before. Her family buried her near Arno in the Stanley Cemetery No. 3 (Map 6 – Lot 1), Great Cranberry Island, Maine. Arno would have been living at his father, Enoch Boynton Stanley's house at Great Cranberry Island when he wrote the letter. Mabel's name was spelled Mabelle on her gravestone and curators use that spelling, but have left Arno's Mabel as it appears in his letter. Arno and Mabel's grandson, Ralph Warren Stanley, surmises that she was known as Mabel and that her relatives put on airs when they changed it to Mabelle on her gravestone. [show more] | |||
| 11168 | Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957) |
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| 7291 | E. Augustus and Emma Elvira (Hamor) Birlem with their grandson, Charles Wallace Birlem |
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| 12399 | Certificate of Marriage for Arno Preston Stanley and Mabel Estelle Stanley |
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| 11053 | Lewis Gilley Stanley at the Door of His Boathouse on Cranberry Island |
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| 5160 | William Lawrence Underwood, Marion Quincy Winslow and Friends Picnic at Great Cranberry Island |
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| SWHPL 5160, 5270, 9043 and 9044 are all photographs taken on the same picnic. | 
Description: SWHPL 5160, 5270, 9043 and 9044 are all photographs taken on the same picnic. | ||
| 5270 | William Lawrence Underwood - Picnic on Great Cranberry Island |
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| SWHPL 5160, 5270, 9043 and 9044 are all photographs taken on the same picnic. | 
Description: SWHPL 5160, 5270, 9043 and 9044 are all photographs taken on the same picnic. | ||
| 9045 | Spurling Children at a Picnic on the shore at Great Cranberry Island |
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| Left to right: Edwin Marion Spurling (1896-1977) Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) - brother to Hervey Merton Spurling (1899-1971) Francis and Hervey were third cousins once removed from Edwin. There is a sidewheel steamer, possibly the "Mount Desert" in the background. | 
Description: Left to right: Edwin Marion Spurling (1896-1977) Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) - brother to Hervey Merton Spurling (1899-1971) Francis and Hervey were third cousins once removed from Edwin. There is a sidewheel steamer, possibly the "Mount Desert" in the background. | ||
| 11123 | Charles Eaton Spurling |
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| 11864 | The Seth Hamilton Rice House and The Fred Alberton Birlem Houses, Cranberry Road, Great Cranberry Island |
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| 11865 | Hilda A. (Bulger) Spurling, Mrs. Elmer Adelbert Spurling and Ethel B. On Great Cranberry Island |
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| 11866 | Ella Frances Fanny (Spurling) Fernald and Her Nieces, Nettie Florence Beal and Vera Ardella Beal at Great Cranberry Island |
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| 11874 | Emma Meme Elvira (Hamor) Birlem, Mrs. E. Augustus Birlem |
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| 9370 | Stanley - Esther Mabelle (Stanley) Spurling (1895-1984) |
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| This photograph was probably taken before her marriage to Francis Spurling, Spurling - Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) | 
Description: This photograph was probably taken before her marriage to Francis Spurling, Spurling - Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) | |||
| 11515 | Raymond Adelbert Bunker, Philmore M. Peterson and Charles Stephen Junior Hulbert on the Pool, Great Cranberry |
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| 10983 | Cora Abby (Robinson / Richardson) Rosebrook, Mrs. Gilbert H. Rosebrook and Mabel Estelle Stanley |
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| Left to Right: Cora A. Richardson, Mrs. Gilbert H. Rosebrook (1867-1954) Mabel Estelle Stanley Cora and Mabel would have been third cousins if Cora had been born to her adopted father as she and Mabel would both have escended from John (1741-1811) and Emma Cross Rich (1740-1803). Island relationships being what they were, the two women were distantly related by marriage to each other anyway. | 
Description: Left to Right: Cora A. Richardson, Mrs. Gilbert H. Rosebrook (1867-1954) Mabel Estelle Stanley Cora and Mabel would have been third cousins if Cora had been born to her adopted father as she and Mabel would both have escended from John (1741-1811) and Emma Cross Rich (1740-1803). Island relationships being what they were, the two women were distantly related by marriage to each other anyway. | |||
| 10993 | Stanley - Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley (1868-1955) and Members of her Family |
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| Left to Right: Stanley - Esther Maybelle (Stanley) Spurling (1895-1984) - Mrs. Francis Marion Spurling - daughter of Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley Stanley - Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley (1868-1955) - Mrs. Arno Preston Stanley Stanley - Albert Ernest Stanley (1871-1949) - brother of Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley The woman at the far right of the photograph may have been Edna (Lewis) Coulter (1907-) - Mrs. Winfred Everson Coulter. Her husband, Winfred, was a first cousin once removed to Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley, according to Ralph Warren Stanley. | 
Description: Left to Right: Stanley - Esther Maybelle (Stanley) Spurling (1895-1984) - Mrs. Francis Marion Spurling - daughter of Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley Stanley - Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley (1868-1955) - Mrs. Arno Preston Stanley Stanley - Albert Ernest Stanley (1871-1949) - brother of Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley The woman at the far right of the photograph may have been Edna (Lewis) Coulter (1907-) - Mrs. Winfred Everson Coulter. Her husband, Winfred, was a first cousin once removed to Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley, according to Ralph Warren Stanley. [show more] | |||
| 11840 | Charles Wallace Birlem |
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