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Nothing, however, became of the proposed Goodwin Park Extension. Nor, until 1938, did the town begin to acquire, mostly by foreclosure, the land in that area – including 30.2 acres from Charles Woodward. The land purchases continued up to 1964, one year after it officially received its current name. The …
By Tom Gworek My grandmother was in tears. Her pregnant daughter and husband along with their two year old son were moving from Hartford to the country. Grandma, who had fled the isolation and poverty of the farms of eastern Europe for a better life in America, could not understand …
By Tom Gworek My grandmother was in tears. Her pregnant daughter and husband along with their two year old son were moving from Hartford to the country. Grandma, who had fled the isolation and poverty of the farms of eastern Europe for a better life in America, could not understand …
A Sanborn Fire Insurance rate Map prepared in 1930 and an aerial photograph of the Brimfield Gardens area taken in 1934 both show fourteen houses on what was then called Brimfield Road — the twelve that were built in the 1920’s: 237 and 256 in 1920; 245 in 1924; 242 …
Continue reading “Chapter VIII – The Ark and the Gingko Tree”
Fortunately for me the Wethersfield Town Clerk’s Office is staffed by a group of women who have pretty much heard all the possible off-the-wall questions from the most neophyte researchers. And are able to answer these queries with patience and direct us to the appropriate resources, while at the same …
Continue reading “Chapter III – Substantially Correct Information”
Fortunately for me the Wethersfield Town Clerk’s Office is staffed by a group of women who have pretty much heard all the possible off-the-wall questions from the most neophyte researchers. And are able to answer these queries with patience and direct us to the appropriate resources, while at the same …
Continue reading “Chapter III – Substantially Correct Information”
According to our mortgage dated April 13, 1977 we had acquired: “A certain piece or parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in said Town of Wethersfield, known as 284 Brimfield Road and as portions of Lots 50, 51 and 52 shown on a certain map entitled ‘Brimfield Gardens …
by Wes Christensen This is a narrative of Wethersfield’s participation in the great Civil War. [Approximately 200] Wethersfield men served in the war. At that time the population was 2,700 so more than 1/3 of the town’s able-bodied young men were in the war. Nine were African-Americans who were part …
John Morris John Morris was Chaplain of the 22nd Connecticut Volunteer Regiment from May 1, 1862 until September of 1863. He was at the battle of Antietam and when the Regiment was in danger of being overwhelmed, he picked up a rifle and ammunition to protect himself. Morris …
Wesley R. Christensen was a son of Michigan. He knew that John Adams and victories in the War of 1812 secured the territory for our young nation. The landmark Northwest Ordinance of 1787 guaranteed freedom of religion, trial by jury, public education and banishment of slavery as asserted rights of …