{"id":15747,"date":"2020-12-14T20:18:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T20:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/?p=15747"},"modified":"2020-12-14T20:18:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T20:18:58","slug":"looking-for-some-of-my-boston-ancestors-at-newspaper-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2020\/12\/14\/looking-for-some-of-my-boston-ancestors-at-newspaper-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Some of My Boston Ancestors at Newspaper.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently signed up for a free 7 day trial of Newspaper.com to see if I like it. I&#8217;ll try it out here. I have been interested in a good newspaper website. However, I watched a recent video on bringing famiiles forward that got me to try this trial.<\/p>\n<h3>Boston Ancestors<\/h3>\n<p>Some of my ancestors who lived in the Boston area were Frazer, Clarke and McMaster. I am a bit stuck on my Clarke ancestors. I have that an early Clarke, Celia married Charles McGarry and lived in Boston.<\/p>\n<h3>Clarke<\/h3>\n<p>Celia married Charles McGarry:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15748\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-1.png 499w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-1-300x103.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This appears to be his funeral record:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15749\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-2.png 521w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-2-300x257.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1520\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4.png 1520w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4-300x17.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4-1024x57.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4-768x42.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although this gives some interesting information, there appears to be no family information other than the fact that the McGarry family lot was in Dorchester.<\/p>\n<p>Here is another Newspaper entry I found through Ancestry which is affiliated with Newspaper.com:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15755\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-3.png 531w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-3-300x69.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is also from the Boston Globe but on January 20, 1894. I wasn&#8217;t able to find any newpaper entries for Celia. However, searching for a female with a married and maiden name is more difficult. I see that Celia aslo went by Cecilia or Sadie which makes searching difficult.<\/p>\n<h3>Margaret Clarke Frazer<\/h3>\n<p>I was able to find an entry for Margaret in the Boston Globe on Saturday, September 20, 1902, but only by spelling her married name the wrong way:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4-1.png 644w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-4-1-300x63.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was determined to find this entry as I knew that it existed &#8211; having found this entry before.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a map that I took from<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2018\/04\/05\/fun-with-photos-clarke-frazer-mcmaster-and-in-the-1890s\/\"> an earlier Blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2018-04-04-12_00_24-Map-of-Boston-1888-published-expressly-for-the-Boston-directory.-_-Library-of-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15757\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2018-04-04-12_00_24-Map-of-Boston-1888-published-expressly-for-the-Boston-directory.-_-Library-of-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2018-04-04-12_00_24-Map-of-Boston-1888-published-expressly-for-the-Boston-directory.-_-Library-of-.png 703w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2018-04-04-12_00_24-Map-of-Boston-1888-published-expressly-for-the-Boston-directory.-_-Library-of--300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lower circle was where my great-grandfather was a clerk around 1891 and 1892. This was at 1961 Washington Street. Note that Newcomb Street where Margaret&#8217;s funeral service was held, was very close to this circle.<\/p>\n<h3>Funeral Announcement for Catherine Clarke&#8217;s Husband William McMaster<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15758\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-5.png 526w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-5-300x70.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was from the Thursday May 4, 1899 edition of the Boston Globe. For some reason, I had not picked up that William was living at Northampton Street. Here is William&#8217;s death record:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15759\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1056\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-6.png 1056w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-6-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-6-1024x145.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-6-768x109.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15760\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1569\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-7.png 1569w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-7-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-7-1024x85.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-7-768x64.png 768w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-7-1536x128.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>William was a Chef working at &#8216;Quincy Houses&#8217;. In my Walking the Streets of Boston Blog I had William at Gainborough Street in 1893. He appeared to move in there when my great-grandfather (William&#8217;s nephew) moved out.<\/p>\n<p>William moved from Camden Street to Gainsborough Street to Northampton Street:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2018-04-04-12_37_32-Map-of-Boston-1888-published-expressly-for-the-Boston-directory.-_-Library-of-1-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15761\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2018-04-04-12_37_32-Map-of-Boston-1888-published-expressly-for-the-Boston-directory.-_-Library-of-1-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2018-04-04-12_37_32-Map-of-Boston-1888-published-expressly-for-the-Boston-directory.-_-Library-of-1-3.png 423w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2018-04-04-12_37_32-Map-of-Boston-1888-published-expressly-for-the-Boston-directory.-_-Library-of-1-3-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Northampton is one Street North of Camden which I have circled in blue above. So while I am not finding out a lot about the Clarke family, I am finding out where the William McMaster family lived (with his Clarke wife). Because Northeastern University is in this area now, the streets will look a bit different.<\/p>\n<p>This raises the question of what happened to this family after William McMaster died? Here is the 1900 Census:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"921\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-8.png 921w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-8-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-8-768x405.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The family moved to 103 Sterling Street. Sterling can be seen in an image I have already shown:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2018-04-04-12_37_32-Map-of-Boston-1888-published-expressly-for-the-Boston-directory.-_-Library-of-1-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15761\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2018-04-04-12_37_32-Map-of-Boston-1888-published-expressly-for-the-Boston-directory.-_-Library-of-1-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2018-04-04-12_37_32-Map-of-Boston-1888-published-expressly-for-the-Boston-directory.-_-Library-of-1-3.png 423w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2018-04-04-12_37_32-Map-of-Boston-1888-published-expressly-for-the-Boston-directory.-_-Library-of-1-3-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sterling is inside the yellowish circle above.<\/p>\n<h3>Celia Clarke and Edward McMaster<\/h3>\n<p>Here are Edward and Celia in 1920:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-18_55_27-Window.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15765\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-18_55_27-Window.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-18_55_27-Window.png 761w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-18_55_27-Window-300x86.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This extended McMaster family was living in Boston. At this time, Edward gave his birth as Scotland and Celia gave her birthplace as England. However, I believe that they both were from Ireland. They also go by McMasters with an &#8216;s&#8217; now. Here is some more information about Edward posted at Ancestry:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_01_49-Window.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15766\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_01_49-Window.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_01_49-Window.png 485w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_01_49-Window-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edward&#8217;s mother&#8217;s name is given as Mary Bolles. I am not finding much in newspaper.com on this family:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_34_11-Window.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15767\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_34_11-Window.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_34_11-Window.png 240w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_34_11-Window-143x300.png 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, I can start to fill in some details about the family. For example, Alice J McMasters married on April 25, 1906:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_58_35-Window.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_58_35-Window.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_58_35-Window.png 889w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_58_35-Window-300x24.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12-13-19_58_35-Window-768x62.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think that this Clarke was related to the other Clarkes.<\/p>\n<h2>Summary and Conclusions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Newspaper.com has a good selection of newspapers for my use &#8211; which for now has been a few papers in the Boston area<\/li>\n<li>Searching these papers is a bit difficult due to variations and mistakes in the spelling of names.<\/li>\n<li>There were also difficulties in searching for women. This is probably due to the fact that historically women were not mentioned as much in newspapers.<\/li>\n<li>So far, looking at newspapers.com has provided some interesting information and shown connections, but it has not broken through any of the older brick walls.<\/li>\n<li>The newspaper web site has just given a different angle to the research and goes well with other research I have done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently signed up for a free 7 day trial of Newspaper.com to see if I like it. I&#8217;ll try it out here. I have been interested in a good newspaper website. However, I watched a recent video on bringing famiiles forward that got me to try this trial. Boston Ancestors Some of my ancestors &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2020\/12\/14\/looking-for-some-of-my-boston-ancestors-at-newspaper-com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Looking for Some of My Boston Ancestors at Newspaper.com&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15747"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15769,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15747\/revisions\/15769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}