Tangled Trees: March 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Monday, March 25, 2013

Isabelle Lefebvre,14yrs of Lowell, MA; Missing then Found

Lowell Sun, Thursday, June 26, 1919

Lowell Sun, Friday, June 27, 1919

I was not able to locate any follow-up articles that explained her disappearance or why she was in Cambridge with Ms. Hutchins whose connection with the family is not known.

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Wordless Wednesday: Orien Casteel of Illinois

Orien Casteel

1888-1959

(date of photo unknown)

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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Get your Green on!

Click Here for some fun Irish Songs.

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Friday, March 15, 2013

Friday Funny: Beware the Ides of March

(Western Daily Press - Friday 18 March 1927

- The British Newspaper Archive)

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Another Year Gone By

Today is the four-year anniversary of Tangled Trees.

I'd like to take this opportunity to say "Thank You" to the many readers I have picked up along the way.

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Thank You!

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Monday, March 11, 2013

Map of Lowell, Massachusetts c.1850

(click images to enlarge)

Source: CENTER FOR LOWELL HISTORY

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL LIBRARIES

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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Franco American Orphanage Communion & Confirmation Records

The University of Massachusetts of Lowell, Center for Lowell History in partnership with the Lowell National Historical Park and the Franco American School have made available the
Franco American Orphanage and School Records from 1908-1972.

In this database, I was able to find the Communion records for sisters, Irene & Isabel Lefebvre, born in Lowell, Massachusetts. Their mother, Philomene (Thibault) Lefebvre, died earlier and both girls were living in the Franco American Orphanage in Lowell at the time of the 1910 census.
Below is the orphanage record showing Irene's January 1st, 1911, Communion record where she is listed at the bottom of the page. The next image shows Isabel's First Communion record dated 25 Mar 1911.