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From: "David C. Richardson" <>
Subject: Re: [MAINE] Bounaborough (sp?, ME place name
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 19:54:18 -0400
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Bounaborough is obviously not a currently active place name in Maine. I
checked for Bouna* and found nothing and all borough/boro and found
those below. Nothing even close.

For more on any of these and any other city/town or county in Maine:
http://www.maine.gov/local/

Scarborough is a town in Cumberland County
Hancock CountyFrenchboro is a plantation in Hancock County
Gouldsboro is a town in Hancock County
Vassalboro is a town in Kennebec County
Nobleboro is a town in Lincoln County
Waldoboro is a town in Lincoln County
Islesboro is a Penobscot Bay island town in Waldo County
Vanceboro is a town in Washington County
Jonesboro is a town in Washington County
Waterboro is a town in York County




David C. Richardson wrote:
> just for yucks see:
> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~decann/genealogy/master/b97.htm
>
> smulvey wrote:
>
>> The LDS site www.familysearch.org
>> has a marriage record extracted from the locality as:
>> Alden Bradford married Peggy Stevenson 25 July 1795 at Wiscasset, Lincoln,
>> Maine.
>>
>> Hope this helps some,
>> Susan M.
>> *************************************************
>> "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it
>> dance."
>> -- George Bernard Shaw
>> Columbia County, NY Coordinator
>> http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David E. Cann" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 6:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MAINE] Bounaborough (sp?, ME place name
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Alden Bradford (3g-grandson of Gov. Wm. Bradford) & Margaret Stevenson,
>>> reportedly married on 25 July 1795 in Bounaborough, Maine if it is spelled
>>> correctly.
>>>
>>> This detail has frustrated me for some months now, and I'd be most
>>> grateful
>>> if you could shed any light on it.
>>>
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> (alternate)
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [mailto:] On
>>> Behalf Of LUCILLE CRESSEY
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 5:58 PM
>>> To:
>>> Subject: Re: [MAINE] Bounaborough (sp?, ME place name
>>>
>>> How about the people's names who got married/
>>>
>>> Roger----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David E. Cann" <>
>>> To: "Maine List Posting" <>
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 4:59 PM
>>> Subject: [MAINE] Bounaborough (sp?, ME place name
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> This is a "shot in the dark" at best, but I have one ancestor shown by my
>>>> source information as having been married in Bounaborough, Maine in 1795.
>>>> Only problem is, I can find no such place name anywhere. No county name,
>>>> nothing. Does this name sound familiar to anyone out there?
>>>>
>>>> I have managed to convince myself that it is simply spelled incorrectly
>>>> by
>>>> my source, but I have tried every imaginable spelling and/or search
>>>> engine
>>>>
>>>> I
>>>> can come up with, and have come up with absolutely nothing that will shed
>>>> any light on this mystery. Since Maine was part of Massachusetts then, I
>>>> even looked there as well, but nothing at all. My old stand-by Google
>>>> search has also not turned up one single hit using that spelling, so if
>>>> it
>>>> rings any bells with anyone out there I would be grateful if you would
>>>> let
>>>> me know.
>>>>
>>>> My thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>> (alternate)
>>>>
>>>>
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