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From: MARY BOYD <>
Subject: [MEPENOBS] thankyou, , , , , ,Re: Joseph & Almira Carr Family 1806 - 1848, Bangor Maine
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:29:01 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <091820060031.12267.450DE8D800029EB200002FEB2207021553039C979B020103@comcast.net>

Hi Monty,
Thank you for the help!

Mary B.

wrote:
Mary, there are many Carrs in the Mt Hope Cemetery of Bangor. You could maybe start from there if you have not already. They have records on their website. Try this address: http://www.mthopebgr.com/. Then go to the Bangor Historical Library and they often have some ideas or resources. Good luck

-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Mary Boyd"

> I'm researching the Joseph & Almira Carr family. Any information on the
> family will be helpful:
>
>
>
> Father: Joseph Carr (b. 1775 Essex County, MA; m. ~1802 to Almira; d. ~1849
> in NY, NY; probate Nov 1849 in Bangor, ME)
>
> Mother: Almira (b.?, d. after 1850 census probably in NY, NY)
>
> Children:
>
> 1. Charlotte Car (b. 1804 Bangor, ME; d. before 1848)
> 2. Anne Francis Carr (b. ~1803; m. Thornton McGaw 1826 in Bangor, ME;
> d. ~1847 in Bangor, ME).
> 3. Joseph Carr Jr. (b. 1807; m. 1833 Esther Hammatt in Bangor, ME; d.
> 1889 in Bangor; buried Mt. Hope Cemetery).
> 4. Sarah Foster Carr (b. 1819; m. 1836 Francis H. Upton in Bangor, ME;
> d. after 1880 census in New Jersery)
> 5. William B. Carr (b. unknown, m. unknown, d. unknown) referred to as
> my "unfortunate son" in Joseph Carr's 1848 will.
>
>
>
> Joseph Carr ran a mercantile store in Bangor/Veazie from ~1806 to ~1846.
>
> Joseph Carr Jr. was a lawyer in Bangor.
>
> Sarah (Carr) Upton moved to New York and then to New Jersey with her
> husband, Francis Upton.
>
> Anne Francis lived in Bangor until she died.
>
>
>
> I'm interested in finding out when Almira and Joseph were married, and
> Almira's last name.
>
>
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