Ethel's Mamma - Annie Connor Hill - gave her daughter an autograph book on her seventh birthday, 14 September 1886. The book, signed by Ethel's mother, was also signed by her father, William McPherson Hill, and her sister (my great grandmother), Mabel Georgiana Manderson Hill - age four at the time. I treasure my great grandparents' thoughtful autographs. What about the sixty other signatures?
Who autographed Ethel's book?
The friends and classmates who autographed Ethel's book were in Revere and Somerville, Massachusetts. Did your relative or ancestor sign? Let me know in the comments. I will send a high-resolution image of their autograph.
Mamma - Annie Connor Hill, Somerville, MA – 14 Sept 1886
"Ethel F.W. Hill
With Mamma's love on her 7th birth-day."
Mr. M. Connor, Boston, MA – 6 Apr 1891
Mamma - Annie Connor Hill – 8 Feb 1891
"Sow an act and you reap a habit,
Sow a habit and you reap a character,
Sow a character and you reap a destiny."
Papa - William McPherson Hill – 14 Sept. 1886
“I live for those that love me,
For those that know me true,
For the heaven that smiles above me,
And waits my coming too.
For the cause that needs assistance,
For the wrongs that need resistance,
For the future in the distance,
For the good that I can do.”
Edna Van Vorst, Revere, MA – 15 Jan. 1891
“Your true friend”
Mamie Weaver – 1 Jan 1889
“Roses red, violets blue,
Sugar sweet, and so are you.”
Marion Kimball, Revere, MA – 14 Nov 1889
“Your friend, for-get-me-not [corners]”
Herbert M. Hale, Somerville, MA – 8 Oct 1887
May 30 [bottom right corner]
Notes: Herbert Miller Hale was born 3 May 1882 at Boston to Ezra Hale and Margaret.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/9604866:2495
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| Herbert Miller Hale, birth, 3 May 1882, image of registration. |
Alice I. Connell, Revere, MA – 15 Nov 1889
“Your Friend,”
Grace E. Whitaker, Northboro, MA – 19 Jul 1887
(Mar 13th)[lower left corner]
Notes: Grace Elsie Whitaker of Northboro was born 13 March 1879 at Northborough to Nat Whitaker and Elsie H. Hawes. Her birth record: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/287676:5062
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| Grace Elsie Whitaker, birth, 13 March 1879, image of registration. |
Florence L. Eaton, Winthrop Ave., Revere, MA – 15 Jan 1891
“Your true friend, for-get-me-not [four corners]
Arthur L. Hale, Somerville, MA – 8 Oct 1887
Jan 13 [lower right corner]
Notes: Arthur Laroy Hale was born 13 January 1874 at Amesbury, MA, to Ezra Hale and Margaret Miller. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7403751:5062
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| Arthur Laroy Hale, birth, 13 January 1874, image of registration. |
Alice G. Dixon, Revere, MA – 19 Nov 1889
“Some write for love,
Some write for fain [sic],
But I write simply
To sign my name.
Your Friend.”
Alice G. Hale, Somerville, MA – 8 Oct 1887
June 13 [lower right corner]
Notes: Alice Gertrude Hale was born 13 June 1885 to Ezra Hale and Martha. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1175844:5062
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| Alice Hale, birth, 13 June 1885, image of registration. |
Lillian Haskell, Revere, MA – 14 Jan 1890
“To Ethel, Trust many, love few,
And always paddle your own canoe.”
Lillie Dow, Revere, MA – 10 Dec 1888
“Live truly, and thy life shall be
A great and noble creed.
Your friend”
Michael Burke, Crescent Beach – 14 Jan 1891
“Your friend.”
Nattie B. Wisdom, Somerville, MA – 27 May 1887
“Your loving friend.”
Marion Eaton, Revere, MA – 14 Nov 1889
“Your friend.”
Clara Amazeen, Revere, MA – 14 Nov 1889
“Your loving friend. For-get-me-not [4 corners]”
M.E. Ronan, Revere, MA – 28 May 1890
“Your friend and schoolmate. For-get-me-not.”
Notes: This may be the autograph of Margaret E. Ronan, born 12 Mar 1876 at Roxbury to Jeremiah F. Ronan and Margaret E. Doherty, who died of tuberculosis on 12 Nov 1895 at Revere.
Index for birth/baptismal record: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61585/records/131300284
Revere death record on Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4352206:2101
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| Margaret E. Ronan, death, 12 November 1895, image of registration. |
Bessie L. Wisdom, Somerville, MA – [undated]
“Your loving friend.”
Minnie Patch, Revere, MA – 15 Nov 1889
“Your friend.”
Wendell S. Colcord, Revere, MA – 14 Sep 1889
Harry Powers – 15 Jan 1890
“Your Friend.”
Wm Calvert, Boston, MA – 23 Sep 1888
“May your lot in life be tranquil
May you never have a foe
Ne’er may grief your bosom rankle
May you never sorrow know.
Yours sincerely.”
Mattie A. Dixon – 19 Nov 1889
“To Daisy,
May your pleasure ever spread
Like butter on hot ginger bread.
Your Friend.”
Grace Doworth [sp?], Revere, MA – 9 Oct 1887
“Your friend.”
Fannie A. Baker, Revere, MA – 30 Jan 1890
Georgie N. Fuller, Revere, MA – 11 Dec 1888
Sarah E. Woodbury, Revere, MA – 15 Nov 1889
“Life is a short day, but
It is a working day.
Your friend.”
Lucy A. Hall, Cambridgeport [neighborhood in Cambridge]; Revere, MA – 24 Sep 1888
Edith Milliken, Revere, MA
“Let not our friendship be like the rose, to sever
But like the ever-green, may it last forever.”
Ethel Patch, Revere, MA – 14 Nov 1889
“Your loving friend.”
Florence Richards, Revere, MA
“Do to others as you would.
That they should do to you.
Your Friend.”
Lillian M. Sancrie, Crescent Beach, Revere, MA – 10 Feb 1889
“When you are old and cannot see,
Put on your specs and think of me.
Your playmate.”
Grace F. Willard, Revere, MA – 20 Jan 1890
“Your loving friend. For-get-me-not.”
Carrie B. Morse, Charlestown, MA – Revere, 15 Aug 1889
Florence E. Haskell, Revere, MA – 14 Jan 1891
Sadie Perry – 15 Nov 1888
“A good name is better
than great riches.
Your friend.”
Mabel Hill, age 4 years, Revere, MA
“Your Sister.”
Mabel Conquest, Revere, MA – 24 Jul 1889
Maud Melanson, Revere, MA – 6 Nov 1890
“Your Friend.”
Ida L. Venables – 14 Nov 1889
“Around me shall hover
in sadness or glee
Till life’s dream is over
Sweet memories of thee.
Your Friend.”
Grace A. Marble, Revere, MA – 30 Jan 1890
“What is in a name?
Your friend.”
Guy H. Gibbs, Boston, MA – 22 Sep 1888
Mary L. Holland, Revere, MA – 6 Feb 1890
“Very truly your friend.”
F.M. Roberts, Crescent Beach [Revere], MA – 3 Mar 1893
“Ever be happy
And mind your Grandpapy.”
Pauline Fontain – 6 Nov 1890
“Remember the Miss.
That scribbled this.
Your true friend.”
Wm Hepburn – 16th Jul 1889
“Whilst voices found around thee blend
And wishes thee joys that know no end
An earnest greeting, I would send
And breathe a loving prayer
Oh, thornless may life’s roses be
And bright thy patch of Summer Sea,
May every hope most dear to thee
Be granted to thy share.
Howard Smith – 14 Jan 1891
“If you wish to laugh,
Glance at my autograph.”
Frank McDonald, Revere, MA
“Some like one, and some like two,
I like one, and that is you.”
Albert P. Gillies, Revere, MA – 14 Jun 1890
Winifred Tutein, Revere, MA – 26 May 1890
“Your friend. For-get-me-not.”
Ethel Gordon, Revere, MA – 26 May 1890
“Your friend.”
Maggie Rhodes, Revere, MA – 26 May 1890
“Your friend.”
Molly Segee [sp?], Revere, MA
Helen Shay, Crescent Beach, Revere, MA – 29 Jan 1890
“May all your path be strewn with roses
And none of your children have pug noses.
Your schoolmate.”
C.S. Wing (De Voe), Revere, MA
“When you get married and drinking tea
Think of that saying remember me.”
Theresa Myer
“When you are married, and your baby is cross
Come over to my my house and I will give you some apple sauce.
Your Friend.”
Lillian E. Wright, Revere, MA – 5 Nov 1890
“May friendship and truth,
Be with you in youth,
And catnip and sage
Cheer up your old age.
Your schoolmate.”
Aidna W. Gay, Revere, MA – 30 Jan 1890
“May your voyage through life
Be as happy and free
As the sparkling waves
Of the dark blue sea.
Your friend.”
Daisy Munro, Revere, MA – 28 May 1890
“Your Friend. For-get-me-not.”
Andrew Josselyn, Revere, MA
Jennifer Shoer aka Scrappy Gen
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