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3506Bee - Albert Wilson Bee II (1854-1924)
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Albert W. Bee was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer months at least as early as 1876. Albert Wilson Bee II was born in March 1854 to Albert Wilson I (1821-1863) and Sophronia Louisa Clapp Bee (1830-1925) in California.
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Albert W. Bee was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer months at least as early as 1876. Albert Wilson Bee II was born in March 1854 to Albert Wilson I (1821-1863) and Sophronia Louisa Clapp Bee (1830-1925) in California.
3507Bee - Albert Wilson Bee III (1882-1949)
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Albert Wilson Bee III was the son of Albert II, who kept stationery stores in Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor, where he had a summer home. The Bees were an enterprising family. Albert I was famous for his early pioneering in the Gold Fields of California, while his brother championed the rights of Chinese workers on the railroads there. Albert III became an engineer and helped to build the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair and to extend the tracks for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad.
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Albert Wilson Bee III was the son of Albert II, who kept stationery stores in Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor, where he had a summer home. The Bees were an enterprising family. Albert I was famous for his early pioneering in the Gold Fields of California, while his brother championed the rights of Chinese workers on the railroads there. Albert III became an engineer and helped to build the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair and to extend the tracks for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad. [show more]
3508Payson - Anna Holden (Payson) Bee (1854-1939 )
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Anna was born on September 22, 1854 to Thomas and Melinda Pike (Blake) Payson, in Dorchester, Massachusetts where Albert’s mother relatives lived. The Clapp family appear prominently in Dorchester history. Albert Wilson Bee II boarded with the Payson family at 216 Wheelock Court in Boston. On May 30, 1881 he married the Paysons’ daughter, Anna Holden Payson in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Anna was born on September 22, 1854 to Thomas and Melinda Pike (Blake) Payson, in Dorchester, Massachusetts where Albert’s mother relatives lived. The Clapp family appear prominently in Dorchester history. Albert Wilson Bee II boarded with the Payson family at 216 Wheelock Court in Boston. On May 30, 1881 he married the Paysons’ daughter, Anna Holden Payson in Boston, Massachusetts.
3509Bee - Charles Everett Bee (1884-1938)
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Charles Everett Bee was the son of Albert II, who kept stationery stores in Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor, where he had a summer home. The Bees were an enterprising family. Albert I was famous for his early pioneering in the Gold Fields of California, while his brother championed the rights of Chinese workers on the railroads there. Charles Everett Bee, like his brother, Albert III, became an engineer, taught science in Gresham, Oregon, and practiced engineering.
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Charles Everett Bee was the son of Albert II, who kept stationery stores in Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor, where he had a summer home. The Bees were an enterprising family. Albert I was famous for his early pioneering in the Gold Fields of California, while his brother championed the rights of Chinese workers on the railroads there. Charles Everett Bee, like his brother, Albert III, became an engineer, taught science in Gresham, Oregon, and practiced engineering. [show more]
3511Clapp - Sophronia Louisa (Clapp) Bee (1830-1925)
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Sophronia Louisa Clapp, only daughter of Jason (1773-1852) and Louisa M. (Hutchins) Clapp, was an interesting lady. She married the senior Albert W. Bee I, of New York State, who had an interest in some of the silver mines of Nevada. They lived most of their married life in California. He was connected with many of the public and private improvements in that part of the country, but was taken away in the prime of his life in 1863. His widow was afterwards employed in a responsible situation in the U.S. mint in San Francisco, and large amounts of the precious metals passed through her hands. She has journeyed several times to and from that State and has therefore had much experience as a traveler. She is now residing at the eastward.” – “The Clapp Memorial: Record of the Clapp Family in America” by Ebenezer Clapp, 1876, p. 257. Sophronia Louisa Clapp was born on August 7, 1830. She died on August 4, 1925 in San Francisco, California and is buried in Lone Mountain Cemetery in San Francisco.
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Sophronia Louisa Clapp, only daughter of Jason (1773-1852) and Louisa M. (Hutchins) Clapp, was an interesting lady. She married the senior Albert W. Bee I, of New York State, who had an interest in some of the silver mines of Nevada. They lived most of their married life in California. He was connected with many of the public and private improvements in that part of the country, but was taken away in the prime of his life in 1863. His widow was afterwards employed in a responsible situation in the U.S. mint in San Francisco, and large amounts of the precious metals passed through her hands. She has journeyed several times to and from that State and has therefore had much experience as a traveler. She is now residing at the eastward.” – “The Clapp Memorial: Record of the Clapp Family in America” by Ebenezer Clapp, 1876, p. 257. Sophronia Louisa Clapp was born on August 7, 1830. She died on August 4, 1925 in San Francisco, California and is buried in Lone Mountain Cemetery in San Francisco. [show more]
3512Clapp - Frederick Gardner Clapp (1879-1944)
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Frederick Gardner Clapp (1879-1944) was Albert Wilson Bee III’s fourth cousin once removed as they both descended from Lemuel Clapp (1735-1819). He was an internationally known geologist was born to Edward Blake and Mary Frances (Jones) Clapp on July 20, 1879, Boston, Massachusetts. Frederick received his degree from MIT in 1901, and worked for the United States Geological Survey. He married Helen Drew Ripley on December 28, 1908. He photographed the Southwest Harbor Water Company’s first pump and windmill on Freeman Ridge and, in 1909, wrote “Underground Waters of Southern Maine” during the time the Bee family summered in Southwest Harbor.
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Frederick Gardner Clapp (1879-1944) was Albert Wilson Bee III’s fourth cousin once removed as they both descended from Lemuel Clapp (1735-1819). He was an internationally known geologist was born to Edward Blake and Mary Frances (Jones) Clapp on July 20, 1879, Boston, Massachusetts. Frederick received his degree from MIT in 1901, and worked for the United States Geological Survey. He married Helen Drew Ripley on December 28, 1908. He photographed the Southwest Harbor Water Company’s first pump and windmill on Freeman Ridge and, in 1909, wrote “Underground Waters of Southern Maine” during the time the Bee family summered in Southwest Harbor. [show more]
3515Spurling - Steven Stanley Spurling (1921-)
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Father: Spurling - Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) Mother: Stanley - Esther Mabelle (Stanley) Spurling (1895-1984) Birth Date – March 11, 1921 Born at – Cranberry Isles, Maine Occupation – Boat Carpenter – Sea Captain
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Father: Spurling - Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) Mother: Stanley - Esther Mabelle (Stanley) Spurling (1895-1984) Birth Date – March 11, 1921 Born at – Cranberry Isles, Maine Occupation – Boat Carpenter – Sea Captain
3516Newman - Laurence Saunders Newman (1905-2002)
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Born December 30, 1905 Bar Harbor, Maine Father - Lyle Dennis Newman (1876-1974) Mother - Ethel Myrtle King (1884-1971)
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Born December 30, 1905 Bar Harbor, Maine Father - Lyle Dennis Newman (1876-1974) Mother - Ethel Myrtle King (1884-1971)
3517Jarvis - Eleanor (Jarvis) Newman (1909-2006)
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Eleanor Jarvis (1909-2006) was born on July 29, 1909 to Henry Whiting Jarvis and Della Mabel (Webb) Jarvis in Needham, Massachusetts. Eleanor married Laurence Saunders Newman (1905-2002), son of Lyle Dennis Newman and Ethel Myrtle (King) Newman of Southwest Harbor on June 1, 1931 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Laurence and Eleanor were the parents of Southwest Harbor boat builder Jarvis W. Newman (1935-).
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Eleanor Jarvis (1909-2006) was born on July 29, 1909 to Henry Whiting Jarvis and Della Mabel (Webb) Jarvis in Needham, Massachusetts. Eleanor married Laurence Saunders Newman (1905-2002), son of Lyle Dennis Newman and Ethel Myrtle (King) Newman of Southwest Harbor on June 1, 1931 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Laurence and Eleanor were the parents of Southwest Harbor boat builder Jarvis W. Newman (1935-).
3519Nutting - Otto Clyde Nutting (1875-1972)
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Otto Clyde Nutting (1875-1972) was born on August 17, 1875 to George William Nutting, a sawmill tender, and Rosa S. Nutting or Susan Allen Nutting in Concord, New Hampshire. Otto first married Mildred Ann (Richardson) Worth. After Otto’s divorce from Mildred he married Thalia Rebecca Bailey (1893-1978), a stenographer, born on January 16, 1893 to Lincoln Bailey and Julia J. (Soule) Bailey, on September 8, 1915 in Woolwich. Otto was 40 and Thalia was 22. By about 1930 Otto was listing himself as O.C. Nutting, a lumber manufacturer in Somesville, selling "boards and dimension lumber" and "long and short lumber suitable for building purposes." This was apparently when the Nuttings began to rent the beautiful house on the millpond in Somesville. The Nuttings summered in Somesville, leading a very social life there, entertaining and involving themselves in many civic causes.
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Otto Clyde Nutting (1875-1972) was born on August 17, 1875 to George William Nutting, a sawmill tender, and Rosa S. Nutting or Susan Allen Nutting in Concord, New Hampshire. Otto first married Mildred Ann (Richardson) Worth. After Otto’s divorce from Mildred he married Thalia Rebecca Bailey (1893-1978), a stenographer, born on January 16, 1893 to Lincoln Bailey and Julia J. (Soule) Bailey, on September 8, 1915 in Woolwich. Otto was 40 and Thalia was 22. By about 1930 Otto was listing himself as O.C. Nutting, a lumber manufacturer in Somesville, selling "boards and dimension lumber" and "long and short lumber suitable for building purposes." This was apparently when the Nuttings began to rent the beautiful house on the millpond in Somesville. The Nuttings summered in Somesville, leading a very social life there, entertaining and involving themselves in many civic causes. [show more]
3520Bailey - Thalia Rebecca Bailey Nutting (1893-1978)
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Thalia Rebecca Bailey (1893-1978) was born on January 16, 1893 to Lincoln Bailey and Julia J. (Soule) Bailey, on September 8, 1915 in Woolwich.
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Thalia Rebecca Bailey (1893-1978) was born on January 16, 1893 to Lincoln Bailey and Julia J. (Soule) Bailey, on September 8, 1915 in Woolwich.
3522Price - Benjamin Detwiler Price (1845-1922)
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3524Gilley - Irene R. (Gilley) Dunbar (1911-1940)
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Irene R. Gilley (1911-1940) was a great-great-great-granddaughter of William Gilley (1746-1839).According to historian Ralph Warren Stanley, Irene’s funeral at the Methodist Church on Wesley Avenue in Southwest Harbor was well attended. The church, built in 1888, apparently needed repair. The floor dropped 6” during service. That day may have been the last day the church was used. – 05/28/2014
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Irene R. Gilley (1911-1940) was a great-great-great-granddaughter of William Gilley (1746-1839).According to historian Ralph Warren Stanley, Irene’s funeral at the Methodist Church on Wesley Avenue in Southwest Harbor was well attended. The church, built in 1888, apparently needed repair. The floor dropped 6” during service. That day may have been the last day the church was used. – 05/28/2014
3525Dunbar - Linwood N. Dunbar (1904-1942)
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3530Gould - Anne Brimley Gould (1928-)
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3534Dupee - Isaac H. Dupee (1826-1875)
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Isaac H. Dupee (1826-1875), was a daguerreotypist and daguerreian supplier active in the towns of Augusta, Bath, Bangor, and Portland, Maine from 1855 to at least 1870.
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Isaac H. Dupee (1826-1875), was a daguerreotypist and daguerreian supplier active in the towns of Augusta, Bath, Bangor, and Portland, Maine from 1855 to at least 1870.
3535Champlain - Samuel de Champlain (1574-1635)
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3536Haskins - Sturgis Robin Haskins (1940-2012)
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3537Jones - Roxanne (Jones) Homer (1932-2011) aka Rocky
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3538Homer - Eleazer Bartlett Homer (1864-1929)
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Eleazer Bartlett Homer designed the Southwest Harbor Public Library in 1896. He married Elizabeth Frances Hough.
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Eleazer Bartlett Homer designed the Southwest Harbor Public Library in 1896. He married Elizabeth Frances Hough.
3539Homer - Arthur Bartlett Homer (1896-1972)
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Arthur Bartlett Homer (1896-1972) was born on April 14, 1896 to Eleazer Bartlett Homer (1864-1929), the architect of the Southwest Harbor Public Library, and Elizabeth Frances (Hough) Homer (1860-1921) in Belmont, Massachusetts. Arthur married Sara Jeanette Yocum (1899-1981), daughter or Lyman Yocum and Jennie E. (Mauger) Yocum on September 14, 1922. Arthur Bartlett Homer died on June 18, 1972 in Hartford, Connecticut. Arthur Homer was the president of Bethlehem Steel from 1957-1968. Arthur’s father built his summer cottage in Southwest Harbor in 1899 and thereby established the Homer family summer estate, comprised in 2012 of three properties: The Martha Brown Fincke House at 42 Fernald Point Road, Map 11 – Lot 001-1, MHPC #405-0012 The Arthur Osborne Willauer Cottage, “The Birches” at 42 Fernald Point Road, Map 11 – Lot 001-1, MHPC #405-0900 The Eleazer Bartlett Homer Cottage, “The Bungalow” and “The Old House” at 44 Fernald Point Road, Map 11 – Lot 001, MHPC #405-0011.
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Arthur Bartlett Homer (1896-1972) was born on April 14, 1896 to Eleazer Bartlett Homer (1864-1929), the architect of the Southwest Harbor Public Library, and Elizabeth Frances (Hough) Homer (1860-1921) in Belmont, Massachusetts. Arthur married Sara Jeanette Yocum (1899-1981), daughter or Lyman Yocum and Jennie E. (Mauger) Yocum on September 14, 1922. Arthur Bartlett Homer died on June 18, 1972 in Hartford, Connecticut. Arthur Homer was the president of Bethlehem Steel from 1957-1968. Arthur’s father built his summer cottage in Southwest Harbor in 1899 and thereby established the Homer family summer estate, comprised in 2012 of three properties: The Martha Brown Fincke House at 42 Fernald Point Road, Map 11 – Lot 001-1, MHPC #405-0012 The Arthur Osborne Willauer Cottage, “The Birches” at 42 Fernald Point Road, Map 11 – Lot 001-1, MHPC #405-0900 The Eleazer Bartlett Homer Cottage, “The Bungalow” and “The Old House” at 44 Fernald Point Road, Map 11 – Lot 001, MHPC #405-0011. [show more]
3540Homer - Richard Wellington Homer (1927-2013)
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3543Yocum - Sara Jeanette (Yocum) Homer (1899-1981)
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3544Lamb - Aimée Lamb (1893-1989)
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3545Stanley - Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957)
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