Kathleen Myhre Hubbard
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Originally from Bemidji, Minnesota, worked as Director's Secretary at NW Technical College for 17 years; moved to Bangor, Maine in May 1985.
Hired at Amicus (a nonprofit agency inspiring adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities) in Bangor, Maine as the Amicus Executive Secretary effective March 17, 1986; retired on March 17, 2021, after 35 years.
My maternal grandmother, Edith Elnora (Smith) Hand, was born and raised in Garland, Maine, then moved to Minnesota with her parents and siblings, where the family eventually settled in the Bemidji, Minnesota area.
My maternal grandfather, James Cornelius Hand, was born in 1874 in Morristown, Minnesota. James Hand's ancestors left Kent County England in 1635, and arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts. Over the years, my direct line of ancestors settled on the East Coast beginning in East Hampton, NY, then Cape May, NJ, then moving westward to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and finally Morristown, Minnesota.
My Father's maternal and paternal ancestors came to America from Norway in the 1800s. My father's paternal ancestors arrived in Willmar, Minnesota, and his maternal ancestors arrived in Canby, Minnesota before my direct lines settled in Bemidji.
Most of my mother's and my father's more recent family reside or resided in Minnesota either in the Bemidji area or the twin cities area.
I am searching for, connecting, and updating my maternal and paternal direct line(s) back to:
1) David Hamilton was born between 1620-1630 near Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Andrew Hamilton. David joined his fellow Scotsmen in 1651 to stand up against the British for religious and political freedom, was captured, imprisoned, then shipped to America as an indentured servant. He arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1652. After completing his servitude, he acquired rights to a 20 acre parcel of land in Dover and married Annah Jaxson on July 14, 1662, in Biddeford. From there, my direct line is: Abel Hamilton (b. 1676); Benjamin Hamilton (1719-1795); Richard Hamilton (1761-1834); Ruth Hamilton Kelsey (1794-1825); Julia Kelsey Smith (1823-1899); Mary Jane (Smith) Smith (1845-1925); Edith Smith Hand (1876-1962); and my mother, Arvith Hand Myhre (1916-1949).
2) John Hand, Sr. (1609-1663) originally a landowner in Kent County England, arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1635 with his children after his wife died in England. He returned to England to settle some properties but was murdered on the trip back to America. John Hand, Jr. (1609-1663) at age 24 stayed in America, working for a company that purchased a tract of land in then Connecticut (now NY) and named the town, South Hampton. In 1644, he was part of a whaling squadron from South Hampton; in 1648, he was one of the first settlers in the southern sections of East Hampton where lived on Main Street until his death in 1663. My direct line from there is John's son, Shamgar Hand, I (1642-1728) of Massachusetts & Cape May, NJ; his son, Shamgar Hand, II (1671-1709) East Hampton & NJ; his son, Shamgar Hand, III (1700-1760) Cape May, NJ; his son, Shamgar Hand, IV (1730-1785) Cape May, NJ; his son, Cornelius Hand, Sr. (1781-1870) Cape May, NJ and Indiana; his son, Cornelius Hand, Jr. (1812-1875) Pennsylvania & Morristown, MN; his son, Isaac Hand (1841-1925) Indiana & Morristown, MN; his son, James Cornelius Hand (1874-1946) Bemidji; and his daughter, my mother, Arvith Hand Myhre (1916-1949) Bemidji.
3) The Chalchou/Kelso/Kelsey ancestors go back to the Kelsos of Kelsoland, Ayrshire, Scotland to 1120. William (Kelso) Kelsey (1690-1750) was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. He married Margaret Hay in 1715 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. They had eight children, most born in Northern Ireland, the remainder in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire. They both died in Nottingham, NH. Their son (my direct line) Robert William Kelso/Kelsea (1720-1780) was born in Northern Ireland. He married Mary Moore Kelsea in 1753 in Massachusetts Bay Colony, and settled in Nottingham, New Hampshire. Their fifth son, Moses Kelsea/Kelsey, Sr. (1758-1817) was born in Nottingham, NH; Moses Kelsey's son, John Kelsey, Sr. (1785-1867) was born in New Hampton, NH; John's daughter, Julia A. Kelsey Smith (1823-1899) was born in Knox, Maine; Julia's daughter, Mary Jane (Smith) Smith (1845-1925) was born in Charleston, Maine; Mary Jane's daughter, Edith Smith Hand (1876-1962) was born in Garland, Maine; and my mother, Arvith Hand Myhre (1916-1949) was born in Shotley Township, Minnesota.
4) Richard Kimball was originally from Rattlesden, Suffolk County, England and sailed to Boston on the ship "Elizabeth" in 1634, settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1636. My direct line from Richard to present is: Benjamin Kimball, David Kimball, Sr., David Kimball, Jr., Asa Kimball, Reuben Kimball and wife Deborah Spring Kimball, settled in Belfast, Waldo County, Maine. Their daughter, Dorinda Ellen Kimball, met and married John P. Smith of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and together they settled in Garland, Maine. Their son, George Smith and his wife, Mary Jane (Smith) Smith lived in Garland, Maine, and in the early 1900s, left Maine and settled in Herman, Minnesota and eventually in Bemidji, Minnesota. Their daughter, Edith Elnora Smith Hand, is my grandmother. Two of George's sisters (Ellen Smith and Laura Jane Smith Waddington) eventually followed to Minnesota and settled in Minneapolis; brother (Josiah Smith) settled in Washington state; and another brother, John T. Smith, settled in Yarmouth, Maine.
5) Ole Hans Myhre (1818-1900) originally from Norway, settled in the Willmar area of Minnesota with his family, then later in life went on his own up to the Bemidji area to find a place to settle his family but died before he was settled to send for his family. His family remained in the Willmar area. Years later a daughter and a son of Ole's son, Hans Ole Myhre, settled in the Bemidji area (Christie Myhre Johnson and her brother, my grandfather, Leonard Rueben Myhre.)
6) Johan Ole Ness (1846-1927) and his wife, Johanna Oldsdatter Ness (1846-1888) immigrated from Norway and settled in Canby, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. When Johanna died in 1888, "Johan" became "John" and settled in the Bemidji, Minnesota area with his three children, Ole, Ellen, and Karen (Carrie) Ness Myhre (my grandmother). John then married his second wife, Ingeborg Ness. They had one son, Melvin Elroy Ness.
7) James Smith (1769-1840) of Scottish descent, born in Newtownards, County Down, Ulster Province, (Northern) Ireland, was a member of the Society of United Irish. The Society was Presbyterians Scots in Northern Ireland uniting with the country's Catholic majority; both were against the British Crown rack-rented tenantry and wanted a constitutional reform to secure representative government in Ireland. James was a Captain in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, was captured by the British, imprisoned, then released but banned from England, Scotland and Ireland. James immigrated with his wife, Elizabeth McBride Smith, to Nine Partners, Clinton, Dutchess County, New York, then settled in Ryegate, Vermont. In the mid-1840s, their son, Robert Bruce Smith (my direct line) and two other sons (William and David) settled in Charleston, Maine. Robert married Julia Augusta Kelsey of Knox, Waldo County, Maine and later of Corinth, Maine. The Robert Bruce Smith family eventually settled in Garland, where their daughter, Mary Jane Smith, met and married George Smith of Garland. In the early 1900s, George, Mary Jane and their five daughters (including my Grandmother, Edith Elnora Smith), left Maine and settled in Herman, Minnesota, and eventually, Bemidji, Minnesota.
8) Robert Smith (1622-1706) originally from England, settled briefly in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, then became one of the founding fathers of Exeter, New Hampshire, and finally settled in North Hampton, New Hampshire. In the early 1830s, my direct line, John P. Smith of Rockingham County, New Hampshire married Dorinda Ellen Kimball of Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, and settled in Garland, Maine. Their son George Smith and his wife, Mary Jane (Smith) Smith of Charleston and Garland, eventually left Maine and traveled to Herman, Minnesota, and later settled in Bemidji, Minnesota.
I am also searching, connecting, and updating Memorial Sites on the Find A Grave Website for my sister/cousin, Linda Deuser Kaluza, on her father's maternal and paternal sides of his family. Linda and I grew up together as sisters; her mother, Nova Hand Deuser and my mother, Arvith Marcia Myhre were sisters, so Linda and I share our maternal ancestors' lineage.
1) Alois Deuser (1839-1908) originally from Germany, then Mankato, Minnesota, then descendants settled in northern Minnesota, California, Michigan, Montana and Alaska.
2) Frank Prosser (1829-1886) originally from Austria (now known as Czech Republic), then Mankato, Minnesota, then descendants settled in northern Minnesota, California, Michigan, Montana and Alaska.
Hired at Amicus (a nonprofit agency inspiring adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities) in Bangor, Maine as the Amicus Executive Secretary effective March 17, 1986; retired on March 17, 2021, after 35 years.
My maternal grandmother, Edith Elnora (Smith) Hand, was born and raised in Garland, Maine, then moved to Minnesota with her parents and siblings, where the family eventually settled in the Bemidji, Minnesota area.
My maternal grandfather, James Cornelius Hand, was born in 1874 in Morristown, Minnesota. James Hand's ancestors left Kent County England in 1635, and arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts. Over the years, my direct line of ancestors settled on the East Coast beginning in East Hampton, NY, then Cape May, NJ, then moving westward to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and finally Morristown, Minnesota.
My Father's maternal and paternal ancestors came to America from Norway in the 1800s. My father's paternal ancestors arrived in Willmar, Minnesota, and his maternal ancestors arrived in Canby, Minnesota before my direct lines settled in Bemidji.
Most of my mother's and my father's more recent family reside or resided in Minnesota either in the Bemidji area or the twin cities area.
I am searching for, connecting, and updating my maternal and paternal direct line(s) back to:
1) David Hamilton was born between 1620-1630 near Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Andrew Hamilton. David joined his fellow Scotsmen in 1651 to stand up against the British for religious and political freedom, was captured, imprisoned, then shipped to America as an indentured servant. He arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1652. After completing his servitude, he acquired rights to a 20 acre parcel of land in Dover and married Annah Jaxson on July 14, 1662, in Biddeford. From there, my direct line is: Abel Hamilton (b. 1676); Benjamin Hamilton (1719-1795); Richard Hamilton (1761-1834); Ruth Hamilton Kelsey (1794-1825); Julia Kelsey Smith (1823-1899); Mary Jane (Smith) Smith (1845-1925); Edith Smith Hand (1876-1962); and my mother, Arvith Hand Myhre (1916-1949).
2) John Hand, Sr. (1609-1663) originally a landowner in Kent County England, arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1635 with his children after his wife died in England. He returned to England to settle some properties but was murdered on the trip back to America. John Hand, Jr. (1609-1663) at age 24 stayed in America, working for a company that purchased a tract of land in then Connecticut (now NY) and named the town, South Hampton. In 1644, he was part of a whaling squadron from South Hampton; in 1648, he was one of the first settlers in the southern sections of East Hampton where lived on Main Street until his death in 1663. My direct line from there is John's son, Shamgar Hand, I (1642-1728) of Massachusetts & Cape May, NJ; his son, Shamgar Hand, II (1671-1709) East Hampton & NJ; his son, Shamgar Hand, III (1700-1760) Cape May, NJ; his son, Shamgar Hand, IV (1730-1785) Cape May, NJ; his son, Cornelius Hand, Sr. (1781-1870) Cape May, NJ and Indiana; his son, Cornelius Hand, Jr. (1812-1875) Pennsylvania & Morristown, MN; his son, Isaac Hand (1841-1925) Indiana & Morristown, MN; his son, James Cornelius Hand (1874-1946) Bemidji; and his daughter, my mother, Arvith Hand Myhre (1916-1949) Bemidji.
3) The Chalchou/Kelso/Kelsey ancestors go back to the Kelsos of Kelsoland, Ayrshire, Scotland to 1120. William (Kelso) Kelsey (1690-1750) was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. He married Margaret Hay in 1715 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. They had eight children, most born in Northern Ireland, the remainder in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire. They both died in Nottingham, NH. Their son (my direct line) Robert William Kelso/Kelsea (1720-1780) was born in Northern Ireland. He married Mary Moore Kelsea in 1753 in Massachusetts Bay Colony, and settled in Nottingham, New Hampshire. Their fifth son, Moses Kelsea/Kelsey, Sr. (1758-1817) was born in Nottingham, NH; Moses Kelsey's son, John Kelsey, Sr. (1785-1867) was born in New Hampton, NH; John's daughter, Julia A. Kelsey Smith (1823-1899) was born in Knox, Maine; Julia's daughter, Mary Jane (Smith) Smith (1845-1925) was born in Charleston, Maine; Mary Jane's daughter, Edith Smith Hand (1876-1962) was born in Garland, Maine; and my mother, Arvith Hand Myhre (1916-1949) was born in Shotley Township, Minnesota.
4) Richard Kimball was originally from Rattlesden, Suffolk County, England and sailed to Boston on the ship "Elizabeth" in 1634, settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1636. My direct line from Richard to present is: Benjamin Kimball, David Kimball, Sr., David Kimball, Jr., Asa Kimball, Reuben Kimball and wife Deborah Spring Kimball, settled in Belfast, Waldo County, Maine. Their daughter, Dorinda Ellen Kimball, met and married John P. Smith of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and together they settled in Garland, Maine. Their son, George Smith and his wife, Mary Jane (Smith) Smith lived in Garland, Maine, and in the early 1900s, left Maine and settled in Herman, Minnesota and eventually in Bemidji, Minnesota. Their daughter, Edith Elnora Smith Hand, is my grandmother. Two of George's sisters (Ellen Smith and Laura Jane Smith Waddington) eventually followed to Minnesota and settled in Minneapolis; brother (Josiah Smith) settled in Washington state; and another brother, John T. Smith, settled in Yarmouth, Maine.
5) Ole Hans Myhre (1818-1900) originally from Norway, settled in the Willmar area of Minnesota with his family, then later in life went on his own up to the Bemidji area to find a place to settle his family but died before he was settled to send for his family. His family remained in the Willmar area. Years later a daughter and a son of Ole's son, Hans Ole Myhre, settled in the Bemidji area (Christie Myhre Johnson and her brother, my grandfather, Leonard Rueben Myhre.)
6) Johan Ole Ness (1846-1927) and his wife, Johanna Oldsdatter Ness (1846-1888) immigrated from Norway and settled in Canby, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. When Johanna died in 1888, "Johan" became "John" and settled in the Bemidji, Minnesota area with his three children, Ole, Ellen, and Karen (Carrie) Ness Myhre (my grandmother). John then married his second wife, Ingeborg Ness. They had one son, Melvin Elroy Ness.
7) James Smith (1769-1840) of Scottish descent, born in Newtownards, County Down, Ulster Province, (Northern) Ireland, was a member of the Society of United Irish. The Society was Presbyterians Scots in Northern Ireland uniting with the country's Catholic majority; both were against the British Crown rack-rented tenantry and wanted a constitutional reform to secure representative government in Ireland. James was a Captain in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, was captured by the British, imprisoned, then released but banned from England, Scotland and Ireland. James immigrated with his wife, Elizabeth McBride Smith, to Nine Partners, Clinton, Dutchess County, New York, then settled in Ryegate, Vermont. In the mid-1840s, their son, Robert Bruce Smith (my direct line) and two other sons (William and David) settled in Charleston, Maine. Robert married Julia Augusta Kelsey of Knox, Waldo County, Maine and later of Corinth, Maine. The Robert Bruce Smith family eventually settled in Garland, where their daughter, Mary Jane Smith, met and married George Smith of Garland. In the early 1900s, George, Mary Jane and their five daughters (including my Grandmother, Edith Elnora Smith), left Maine and settled in Herman, Minnesota, and eventually, Bemidji, Minnesota.
8) Robert Smith (1622-1706) originally from England, settled briefly in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, then became one of the founding fathers of Exeter, New Hampshire, and finally settled in North Hampton, New Hampshire. In the early 1830s, my direct line, John P. Smith of Rockingham County, New Hampshire married Dorinda Ellen Kimball of Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, and settled in Garland, Maine. Their son George Smith and his wife, Mary Jane (Smith) Smith of Charleston and Garland, eventually left Maine and traveled to Herman, Minnesota, and later settled in Bemidji, Minnesota.
I am also searching, connecting, and updating Memorial Sites on the Find A Grave Website for my sister/cousin, Linda Deuser Kaluza, on her father's maternal and paternal sides of his family. Linda and I grew up together as sisters; her mother, Nova Hand Deuser and my mother, Arvith Marcia Myhre were sisters, so Linda and I share our maternal ancestors' lineage.
1) Alois Deuser (1839-1908) originally from Germany, then Mankato, Minnesota, then descendants settled in northern Minnesota, California, Michigan, Montana and Alaska.
2) Frank Prosser (1829-1886) originally from Austria (now known as Czech Republic), then Mankato, Minnesota, then descendants settled in northern Minnesota, California, Michigan, Montana and Alaska.
Originally from Bemidji, Minnesota, worked as Director's Secretary at NW Technical College for 17 years; moved to Bangor, Maine in May 1985.
Hired at Amicus (a nonprofit agency inspiring adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities) in Bangor, Maine as the Amicus Executive Secretary effective March 17, 1986; retired on March 17, 2021, after 35 years.
My maternal grandmother, Edith Elnora (Smith) Hand, was born and raised in Garland, Maine, then moved to Minnesota with her parents and siblings, where the family eventually settled in the Bemidji, Minnesota area.
My maternal grandfather, James Cornelius Hand, was born in 1874 in Morristown, Minnesota. James Hand's ancestors left Kent County England in 1635, and arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts. Over the years, my direct line of ancestors settled on the East Coast beginning in East Hampton, NY, then Cape May, NJ, then moving westward to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and finally Morristown, Minnesota.
My Father's maternal and paternal ancestors came to America from Norway in the 1800s. My father's paternal ancestors arrived in Willmar, Minnesota, and his maternal ancestors arrived in Canby, Minnesota before my direct lines settled in Bemidji.
Most of my mother's and my father's more recent family reside or resided in Minnesota either in the Bemidji area or the twin cities area.
I am searching for, connecting, and updating my maternal and paternal direct line(s) back to:
1) David Hamilton was born between 1620-1630 near Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Andrew Hamilton. David joined his fellow Scotsmen in 1651 to stand up against the British for religious and political freedom, was captured, imprisoned, then shipped to America as an indentured servant. He arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1652. After completing his servitude, he acquired rights to a 20 acre parcel of land in Dover and married Annah Jaxson on July 14, 1662, in Biddeford. From there, my direct line is: Abel Hamilton (b. 1676); Benjamin Hamilton (1719-1795); Richard Hamilton (1761-1834); Ruth Hamilton Kelsey (1794-1825); Julia Kelsey Smith (1823-1899); Mary Jane (Smith) Smith (1845-1925); Edith Smith Hand (1876-1962); and my mother, Arvith Hand Myhre (1916-1949).
2) John Hand, Sr. (1609-1663) originally a landowner in Kent County England, arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1635 with his children after his wife died in England. He returned to England to settle some properties but was murdered on the trip back to America. John Hand, Jr. (1609-1663) at age 24 stayed in America, working for a company that purchased a tract of land in then Connecticut (now NY) and named the town, South Hampton. In 1644, he was part of a whaling squadron from South Hampton; in 1648, he was one of the first settlers in the southern sections of East Hampton where lived on Main Street until his death in 1663. My direct line from there is John's son, Shamgar Hand, I (1642-1728) of Massachusetts & Cape May, NJ; his son, Shamgar Hand, II (1671-1709) East Hampton & NJ; his son, Shamgar Hand, III (1700-1760) Cape May, NJ; his son, Shamgar Hand, IV (1730-1785) Cape May, NJ; his son, Cornelius Hand, Sr. (1781-1870) Cape May, NJ and Indiana; his son, Cornelius Hand, Jr. (1812-1875) Pennsylvania & Morristown, MN; his son, Isaac Hand (1841-1925) Indiana & Morristown, MN; his son, James Cornelius Hand (1874-1946) Bemidji; and his daughter, my mother, Arvith Hand Myhre (1916-1949) Bemidji.
3) The Chalchou/Kelso/Kelsey ancestors go back to the Kelsos of Kelsoland, Ayrshire, Scotland to 1120. William (Kelso) Kelsey (1690-1750) was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. He married Margaret Hay in 1715 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. They had eight children, most born in Northern Ireland, the remainder in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire. They both died in Nottingham, NH. Their son (my direct line) Robert William Kelso/Kelsea (1720-1780) was born in Northern Ireland. He married Mary Moore Kelsea in 1753 in Massachusetts Bay Colony, and settled in Nottingham, New Hampshire. Their fifth son, Moses Kelsea/Kelsey, Sr. (1758-1817) was born in Nottingham, NH; Moses Kelsey's son, John Kelsey, Sr. (1785-1867) was born in New Hampton, NH; John's daughter, Julia A. Kelsey Smith (1823-1899) was born in Knox, Maine; Julia's daughter, Mary Jane (Smith) Smith (1845-1925) was born in Charleston, Maine; Mary Jane's daughter, Edith Smith Hand (1876-1962) was born in Garland, Maine; and my mother, Arvith Hand Myhre (1916-1949) was born in Shotley Township, Minnesota.
4) Richard Kimball was originally from Rattlesden, Suffolk County, England and sailed to Boston on the ship "Elizabeth" in 1634, settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1636. My direct line from Richard to present is: Benjamin Kimball, David Kimball, Sr., David Kimball, Jr., Asa Kimball, Reuben Kimball and wife Deborah Spring Kimball, settled in Belfast, Waldo County, Maine. Their daughter, Dorinda Ellen Kimball, met and married John P. Smith of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and together they settled in Garland, Maine. Their son, George Smith and his wife, Mary Jane (Smith) Smith lived in Garland, Maine, and in the early 1900s, left Maine and settled in Herman, Minnesota and eventually in Bemidji, Minnesota. Their daughter, Edith Elnora Smith Hand, is my grandmother. Two of George's sisters (Ellen Smith and Laura Jane Smith Waddington) eventually followed to Minnesota and settled in Minneapolis; brother (Josiah Smith) settled in Washington state; and another brother, John T. Smith, settled in Yarmouth, Maine.
5) Ole Hans Myhre (1818-1900) originally from Norway, settled in the Willmar area of Minnesota with his family, then later in life went on his own up to the Bemidji area to find a place to settle his family but died before he was settled to send for his family. His family remained in the Willmar area. Years later a daughter and a son of Ole's son, Hans Ole Myhre, settled in the Bemidji area (Christie Myhre Johnson and her brother, my grandfather, Leonard Rueben Myhre.)
6) Johan Ole Ness (1846-1927) and his wife, Johanna Oldsdatter Ness (1846-1888) immigrated from Norway and settled in Canby, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. When Johanna died in 1888, "Johan" became "John" and settled in the Bemidji, Minnesota area with his three children, Ole, Ellen, and Karen (Carrie) Ness Myhre (my grandmother). John then married his second wife, Ingeborg Ness. They had one son, Melvin Elroy Ness.
7) James Smith (1769-1840) of Scottish descent, born in Newtownards, County Down, Ulster Province, (Northern) Ireland, was a member of the Society of United Irish. The Society was Presbyterians Scots in Northern Ireland uniting with the country's Catholic majority; both were against the British Crown rack-rented tenantry and wanted a constitutional reform to secure representative government in Ireland. James was a Captain in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, was captured by the British, imprisoned, then released but banned from England, Scotland and Ireland. James immigrated with his wife, Elizabeth McBride Smith, to Nine Partners, Clinton, Dutchess County, New York, then settled in Ryegate, Vermont. In the mid-1840s, their son, Robert Bruce Smith (my direct line) and two other sons (William and David) settled in Charleston, Maine. Robert married Julia Augusta Kelsey of Knox, Waldo County, Maine and later of Corinth, Maine. The Robert Bruce Smith family eventually settled in Garland, where their daughter, Mary Jane Smith, met and married George Smith of Garland. In the early 1900s, George, Mary Jane and their five daughters (including my Grandmother, Edith Elnora Smith), left Maine and settled in Herman, Minnesota, and eventually, Bemidji, Minnesota.
8) Robert Smith (1622-1706) originally from England, settled briefly in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, then became one of the founding fathers of Exeter, New Hampshire, and finally settled in North Hampton, New Hampshire. In the early 1830s, my direct line, John P. Smith of Rockingham County, New Hampshire married Dorinda Ellen Kimball of Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, and settled in Garland, Maine. Their son George Smith and his wife, Mary Jane (Smith) Smith of Charleston and Garland, eventually left Maine and traveled to Herman, Minnesota, and later settled in Bemidji, Minnesota.
I am also searching, connecting, and updating Memorial Sites on the Find A Grave Website for my sister/cousin, Linda Deuser Kaluza, on her father's maternal and paternal sides of his family. Linda and I grew up together as sisters; her mother, Nova Hand Deuser and my mother, Arvith Marcia Myhre were sisters, so Linda and I share our maternal ancestors' lineage.
1) Alois Deuser (1839-1908) originally from Germany, then Mankato, Minnesota, then descendants settled in northern Minnesota, California, Michigan, Montana and Alaska.
2) Frank Prosser (1829-1886) originally from Austria (now known as Czech Republic), then Mankato, Minnesota, then descendants settled in northern Minnesota, California, Michigan, Montana and Alaska.
Hired at Amicus (a nonprofit agency inspiring adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities) in Bangor, Maine as the Amicus Executive Secretary effective March 17, 1986; retired on March 17, 2021, after 35 years.
My maternal grandmother, Edith Elnora (Smith) Hand, was born and raised in Garland, Maine, then moved to Minnesota with her parents and siblings, where the family eventually settled in the Bemidji, Minnesota area.
My maternal grandfather, James Cornelius Hand, was born in 1874 in Morristown, Minnesota. James Hand's ancestors left Kent County England in 1635, and arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts. Over the years, my direct line of ancestors settled on the East Coast beginning in East Hampton, NY, then Cape May, NJ, then moving westward to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and finally Morristown, Minnesota.
My Father's maternal and paternal ancestors came to America from Norway in the 1800s. My father's paternal ancestors arrived in Willmar, Minnesota, and his maternal ancestors arrived in Canby, Minnesota before my direct lines settled in Bemidji.
Most of my mother's and my father's more recent family reside or resided in Minnesota either in the Bemidji area or the twin cities area.
I am searching for, connecting, and updating my maternal and paternal direct line(s) back to:
1) David Hamilton was born between 1620-1630 near Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Andrew Hamilton. David joined his fellow Scotsmen in 1651 to stand up against the British for religious and political freedom, was captured, imprisoned, then shipped to America as an indentured servant. He arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1652. After completing his servitude, he acquired rights to a 20 acre parcel of land in Dover and married Annah Jaxson on July 14, 1662, in Biddeford. From there, my direct line is: Abel Hamilton (b. 1676); Benjamin Hamilton (1719-1795); Richard Hamilton (1761-1834); Ruth Hamilton Kelsey (1794-1825); Julia Kelsey Smith (1823-1899); Mary Jane (Smith) Smith (1845-1925); Edith Smith Hand (1876-1962); and my mother, Arvith Hand Myhre (1916-1949).
2) John Hand, Sr. (1609-1663) originally a landowner in Kent County England, arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1635 with his children after his wife died in England. He returned to England to settle some properties but was murdered on the trip back to America. John Hand, Jr. (1609-1663) at age 24 stayed in America, working for a company that purchased a tract of land in then Connecticut (now NY) and named the town, South Hampton. In 1644, he was part of a whaling squadron from South Hampton; in 1648, he was one of the first settlers in the southern sections of East Hampton where lived on Main Street until his death in 1663. My direct line from there is John's son, Shamgar Hand, I (1642-1728) of Massachusetts & Cape May, NJ; his son, Shamgar Hand, II (1671-1709) East Hampton & NJ; his son, Shamgar Hand, III (1700-1760) Cape May, NJ; his son, Shamgar Hand, IV (1730-1785) Cape May, NJ; his son, Cornelius Hand, Sr. (1781-1870) Cape May, NJ and Indiana; his son, Cornelius Hand, Jr. (1812-1875) Pennsylvania & Morristown, MN; his son, Isaac Hand (1841-1925) Indiana & Morristown, MN; his son, James Cornelius Hand (1874-1946) Bemidji; and his daughter, my mother, Arvith Hand Myhre (1916-1949) Bemidji.
3) The Chalchou/Kelso/Kelsey ancestors go back to the Kelsos of Kelsoland, Ayrshire, Scotland to 1120. William (Kelso) Kelsey (1690-1750) was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. He married Margaret Hay in 1715 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. They had eight children, most born in Northern Ireland, the remainder in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire. They both died in Nottingham, NH. Their son (my direct line) Robert William Kelso/Kelsea (1720-1780) was born in Northern Ireland. He married Mary Moore Kelsea in 1753 in Massachusetts Bay Colony, and settled in Nottingham, New Hampshire. Their fifth son, Moses Kelsea/Kelsey, Sr. (1758-1817) was born in Nottingham, NH; Moses Kelsey's son, John Kelsey, Sr. (1785-1867) was born in New Hampton, NH; John's daughter, Julia A. Kelsey Smith (1823-1899) was born in Knox, Maine; Julia's daughter, Mary Jane (Smith) Smith (1845-1925) was born in Charleston, Maine; Mary Jane's daughter, Edith Smith Hand (1876-1962) was born in Garland, Maine; and my mother, Arvith Hand Myhre (1916-1949) was born in Shotley Township, Minnesota.
4) Richard Kimball was originally from Rattlesden, Suffolk County, England and sailed to Boston on the ship "Elizabeth" in 1634, settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1636. My direct line from Richard to present is: Benjamin Kimball, David Kimball, Sr., David Kimball, Jr., Asa Kimball, Reuben Kimball and wife Deborah Spring Kimball, settled in Belfast, Waldo County, Maine. Their daughter, Dorinda Ellen Kimball, met and married John P. Smith of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and together they settled in Garland, Maine. Their son, George Smith and his wife, Mary Jane (Smith) Smith lived in Garland, Maine, and in the early 1900s, left Maine and settled in Herman, Minnesota and eventually in Bemidji, Minnesota. Their daughter, Edith Elnora Smith Hand, is my grandmother. Two of George's sisters (Ellen Smith and Laura Jane Smith Waddington) eventually followed to Minnesota and settled in Minneapolis; brother (Josiah Smith) settled in Washington state; and another brother, John T. Smith, settled in Yarmouth, Maine.
5) Ole Hans Myhre (1818-1900) originally from Norway, settled in the Willmar area of Minnesota with his family, then later in life went on his own up to the Bemidji area to find a place to settle his family but died before he was settled to send for his family. His family remained in the Willmar area. Years later a daughter and a son of Ole's son, Hans Ole Myhre, settled in the Bemidji area (Christie Myhre Johnson and her brother, my grandfather, Leonard Rueben Myhre.)
6) Johan Ole Ness (1846-1927) and his wife, Johanna Oldsdatter Ness (1846-1888) immigrated from Norway and settled in Canby, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. When Johanna died in 1888, "Johan" became "John" and settled in the Bemidji, Minnesota area with his three children, Ole, Ellen, and Karen (Carrie) Ness Myhre (my grandmother). John then married his second wife, Ingeborg Ness. They had one son, Melvin Elroy Ness.
7) James Smith (1769-1840) of Scottish descent, born in Newtownards, County Down, Ulster Province, (Northern) Ireland, was a member of the Society of United Irish. The Society was Presbyterians Scots in Northern Ireland uniting with the country's Catholic majority; both were against the British Crown rack-rented tenantry and wanted a constitutional reform to secure representative government in Ireland. James was a Captain in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, was captured by the British, imprisoned, then released but banned from England, Scotland and Ireland. James immigrated with his wife, Elizabeth McBride Smith, to Nine Partners, Clinton, Dutchess County, New York, then settled in Ryegate, Vermont. In the mid-1840s, their son, Robert Bruce Smith (my direct line) and two other sons (William and David) settled in Charleston, Maine. Robert married Julia Augusta Kelsey of Knox, Waldo County, Maine and later of Corinth, Maine. The Robert Bruce Smith family eventually settled in Garland, where their daughter, Mary Jane Smith, met and married George Smith of Garland. In the early 1900s, George, Mary Jane and their five daughters (including my Grandmother, Edith Elnora Smith), left Maine and settled in Herman, Minnesota, and eventually, Bemidji, Minnesota.
8) Robert Smith (1622-1706) originally from England, settled briefly in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, then became one of the founding fathers of Exeter, New Hampshire, and finally settled in North Hampton, New Hampshire. In the early 1830s, my direct line, John P. Smith of Rockingham County, New Hampshire married Dorinda Ellen Kimball of Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, and settled in Garland, Maine. Their son George Smith and his wife, Mary Jane (Smith) Smith of Charleston and Garland, eventually left Maine and traveled to Herman, Minnesota, and later settled in Bemidji, Minnesota.
I am also searching, connecting, and updating Memorial Sites on the Find A Grave Website for my sister/cousin, Linda Deuser Kaluza, on her father's maternal and paternal sides of his family. Linda and I grew up together as sisters; her mother, Nova Hand Deuser and my mother, Arvith Marcia Myhre were sisters, so Linda and I share our maternal ancestors' lineage.
1) Alois Deuser (1839-1908) originally from Germany, then Mankato, Minnesota, then descendants settled in northern Minnesota, California, Michigan, Montana and Alaska.
2) Frank Prosser (1829-1886) originally from Austria (now known as Czech Republic), then Mankato, Minnesota, then descendants settled in northern Minnesota, California, Michigan, Montana and Alaska.
