August 2023 BioBuilders - All Things Massachusetts

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This month’s Bio Builders Challenge theme is All Things Massachusetts, anyone who was born, married, or died in Massachusetts. I stumbled onto something the other day. August 17 is National Massachusetts Day. Seemed like a good idea for this month’s theme. Have fun.

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Here's our checklist:

Data Section:

• birth date/place
• names of parents
• marriage date/place and spouse name
• names of children, if any
• death date/place

Biography Section:

• Written (full) sentences stating the facts above, adding inline sources to each fact.
• Is the profile '''Genealogically Defined?'''
• As a general rule biographies should be in your own words. Paraphrase and rewrite, don't copy/paste.
• Baptism, burial, military, and other life events with inline sources.
• Something to "humanize" the person, such as career or avocation with sources.
• List of children with at least one pertinent fact.
• Some list siblings. (I think this takes up real estate.)
• Explanatory remarks, if needed (e.g. disputed persons information, Research Notes, whatever needs extra explaining).
• Photos or pictures, background. Not a must, but nice (you need to own the copyright unless they are in the public domain).
• Categories.
• Connection to the Global Tree.
• All duplicates merged or initiated.
• Links to persons and events, perhaps from Wikipedia.
• Historical context as related to the person's life.
• Sources, Sources, Sources.

You can see some ideas on where to find some of this information on the Biography Builders space page.

Use "comments" below to ask questions.

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Answer 1

This sounds like an interesting challenge. Is there an easy way to find profiles from Massachusetts?

Comments

I am starting by using Control F (to find) on my own watchlist 

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Probably here would be a good place to start Alicia, if you don't have any on your own Watchlist:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Massachusetts

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And here are some in the Needs Biography category

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Massachusetts%2C_Needs_Biography

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Alicia,

Try https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:DBE_Errors_By_USA_Div_1

This page will show errors for Massachusetts, and other states. 

Bob 

Answer 2

OK - Massachusetts it is. Will do a few

1. Experience (Bascom) Hosmer
2. Eldad Hosmer
3. Darsie Campbell Bard
4. Rowena (Hosmer) Wood

Answer 3

As 95% of my work is on Irish profiles, this one is going to be more tricky for me. But I do have a few who emigrated to MA and married and died there, so I will see what I can do.

Here's my list:

1. Catherine (Rothwell) Hand (1887-1968) - m & d in MA
2. James Hand (1890-1918) - m & d in MA
3. Edward Thomas Hand (1918-1972) - b & d in MA
4. James Francis Hand 1916-1993 - b & d in MA 
5. Raymond F Burgess (1921-1921) - b & d in MA
6. Pauline Jane (Burgess) Hand (1922-2016) - b & d in MA
7. Mary Rena Burgess (1927-1927) - b & d in MA
8. Agnella Agatha Rhomberg (1898-1899) - b & d in MA
9. Selma Richardine (Rhomberg) King (1890-1952) - b & d in MA
10. Paulina (Wolfgang) Rhomberg (1861-1921) - m & d in MA
11. Reinold Rhomberg (1862-1943) - m & d in MA
12. Reinoldy Pauline (Rhomberg) Burgess (1893-1999) - m & d in MA
13. Pauline Burgess (1896-1897) - b & d in MA
14. Michael King (1873- 1874) - b & d in MA
15. William Henry King (1890-1948) - b & d in MA
16. Charles Francis Burgess (1895-1972) - b & d in MA

Comments

Next month’s theme is going to be people born in, drum roll please, Ireland.

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I will be spoilt for choice next month then!!
I will have to save my energy for it!! 

Thanks Bob! 

Answer 4

I'm in. I didn't do well last time. Perhaps this time will be better.

Lucy Goodnow Beard

Answer 5

I should be able to find a few.

1.Joseph Mercier
2.Mary Mercier
3.Therese Mercier
4.Achille Mercier
5 Alice Grindler

Answer 6

I'll try to do some...

1. Daniel Callahan https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Callahan-594 (fess up... I couldn't find his date or place of death...  looked familysearch, American Ancestors, so maybe he should be counted?)
2. Hannah Wheeler https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wheeler-1183
3. Abel Chapin https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-2098
4. Electa (Chapin) Abbe https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-2099
5. John Swetland Abbehttps://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Abbe-433
6. Jemima Chapin https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-2713
7. Hadassah Chapin https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-756
8. Ashbel Chapin Jr.https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-3066
9. Ashbel Chapin https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-755
10. Phineas Chapin https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-748
11. Bethiah Chapin https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-749
12. Bethiah "Bertha" Chapinhttps://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-505 
13. Sabrina (Wright) Chapinhttps://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wright-13811
14. Phineas Chapin https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-747
15. John Chapin https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-736
16. Walter Eaton https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Eaton-11317&errcode=saved
17. Susan Eaton https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Eaton-11031
18. Justus Eaton https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Eaton-4331
19. Sarah Eaton https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Eaton-11031
20. Eleazer Chapin,https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-2586 Jr. 
21. Eleazer Chapin https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chapin-2586

Answer 7

I just saw this post. I am cleaning up, creating, revising and sourcing a number of Massachusetts profiles. I completed five today. They are primarily Richardsons. I am a Ezekiel Richardson of Woburn descendant.

(This is in between major clean up on the Baldwin aisle in Buckinghamshire)!

Answer 8

Cleaning up some profiles from Massachusetts:

1. Mary (Pratt) Skinner
2. William Bragdon

Answer 9

1. Alta June (Reiter) White
2. Ethel M. (McDonald) Reiter
3. Ernest John Alner
4. Alfred Gray Hoyt Sr.
5. Lou Irene (Putnam) White
6. Malcolm Henry White
7. Jeanette Elizabeth (White) Hamlin
8. Carl Burton Hamlin
9. George Anson Herendeen
10. Ann Sarah (Tileston) Graves
11. Grace Elizabeth (Hollingsworth) Galbraith
12. Mary (Moran) Jones
13. Emma May (Parker) Scott
14. Sophia Amelia (Peabody) Hawthorne
15. Clarence Cameron White

Answer 10

I'm in for Massachusetts.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Davis-9171
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Baker-6857
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Adams-66711
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harrington-10980

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hoyt-88

Answer 11

Removed answer as I see I have already answered.