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From: "Kathleen [ Kay] Parkman Lamb" <>
Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Re: A Hartland VT Mystery
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:08:57 -0400
References: <MB10kJXrRjbDt3HvoFO00000cb2@MB10.myfamilysouth.com>


In 1936 I used to ride my bike after school from Melrose to Winchester to
see my friends after we had moved. I came back home in Melrose just at
dark.
Before that in 1934 I did the same thing when we moved from Arlington to
Winchester. It was nothing for one my age which was 12 to 14 years old
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Subject: [MAESSEX] Re: A Hartland VT Mystery


> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
>
> Classification: Query
>
> Message Board URL:
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> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EB.2ACE/1856.1.1
>
> Message Board Post:
>
> Betty posted:I think it was 1916 when my grandparents "eloped" to White
> River Junction, VT. My grandfather was turning 18 that week, and my
> grandmother was 17. My grandfather was from Stoneham and my grandmother
> from Winchester. I'm curious how 2 teens got from Boston to White River
> Junction, VT, in 1916 !
>
> Answer They took the Boston and Maine Railroad from probably from
> Winchester. In 1910 there wer 6 trins each way between Boston and WRJ.
> Service in 1916 would have been about the same.
>
> P.S. There are many questions about my grandparents. Another is: How did a
> 15-year-old girl from Winchester meet a 16-year-old boy from Stoneham? Did
> "teens" get around to different towns on their own -- like they do now -
> almost 100 years later?
>
> Answer They could go from Winchester to Stoneham and visa versa on the
> trolley
>
> (Another question? Why did they fight so much - resulting in their
> much-needed Divorce in 1935?)
>
> As Dr Joy Brown would say they were too young and did not know each other
> long enough and well enough before they married.
>

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