Family Historian shoes are being worn today by...............

Cousin Kenny!

The above picture was taken yesterday, June 28, 2014, at Greenfield Cemetery #2, Greenfield, ME, where Kenny's grandparents, Kenneth and Esther White are buried. To the right of Kenny is my mother, June and my grandmother, Millie, is sitting in her walker. Kenneth was Millie's older brother. We were happy to see that someone had left a hanging geranium by the stone and Kenny's wife, Diane, and I quickly picked off all of the spent blooms and dead leaves!

There is also a small stone in the plot with only the word 'White' upon it. Kenny said that his grandfather told him that Franklin [Kenneth's brother] and a stillborn baby were both buried there. Franklin also died very young. I knew this, but I hadn't been able to find out where he was buried. Grammie [Martha White] doesn't mention the stillbirth in her autobiography, but I knew of it from my genealogical research. I also hadn't been able to find out if the child had been buried. So TWO family mysteries solved thanks to Kenny!

Next stop was Number One Cemetery. Kenny said that he was there often as a child and they would picnic at the cemetery. We are related to just about everyone buried in this cemetery.

My nephew, Joshua, hanging out with relatives!

Kenny was also able to take us to the house where he says his grandfather told him my grandmother, Millie, was born. My grandmother doesn't remember the house as she was 3 when they moved away, but Kenny said he remembered it was the house by the well that is out front. We turned off of Greenfield Road and went about 5.5 miles and the house was on the left.

I thought I had gotten some better pictures of my grandmother by the house, but apparently not. The present owner has done quite a bit of work to it, but says the original stone foundation is intact. He said that his father bought the property in 1968 from the Hall family.  I have a map of Greenfield in 1860, but it is at home in Minnesota. Now that I have physically been to this house, it will be interesting to take that map and try to figure out who lived where.


Needed a water break and in between the cemetery and my grandmother's birthplace, on Crocker Turn Rd. Kenny remembered that there was a camp with a water pump. He said that he and his grandfather would stop here often. The kids had a great time and 3 yr old Joshua even took a turn.

It was a beautiful, sunny day and after a small adventure on a typical Maine backwoods dirt road, we found our way to the building that was the local schoolhouse. We all wondered how in the world they got to this building about 100 years ago, since it was a good 6 mile drive from my grandmother's birthplace and figured they must have walked, but they way I walk I'd get there just in time to turn around and walk back home!

Good times were had by all. I hope we have many more............