1883 Mills or Rogers connections in Nashua, FL
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1883 Mills or Rogers connections in Nashua, FL
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Posted: 19 Aug 2009 5:31PM GMT |
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Surnames: Mills, Rogers
A Vermont newspaper that covers the Forestdale and Brandon area had an article 2 Nov 1883 that listed the following:
"William Mills and his daughter, Mrs. L.H. Rogers, and her three children, started on Monday for Nashua, Florida, where they tend to reside permanently."
This daughter, Sarah A. Mills, was married to Lewis/Louis Henry Rogers in 1876 in Brandon, VT, and they had 11 children between 1876 and 1896, all born in Brandon area. I have no knowledge of either of them ever residing in Florida.
The father, William H. Mills, was married to Lydia A. Hackett. Other than this article and the listing of them on Sarah's marriage record, I have no further information on them.
Does anyone have any knowledge as to why they might have chosen Nashua as a possibly place to relocate - such as relatives in the area? I'm wondering if Sarah might have had plans to separate from Lewis, then changed her mind, as there was no mention of her husband in this article, and they had another child born in Brandon in July, 1884, only 8 1/2 months later.
The only Nashua, Florida, that's listed on MapQuest appears in Putnam County.
"William Mills and his daughter, Mrs. L.H. Rogers, and her three children, started on Monday for Nashua, Florida, where they tend to reside permanently."
This daughter, Sarah A. Mills, was married to Lewis/Louis Henry Rogers in 1876 in Brandon, VT, and they had 11 children between 1876 and 1896, all born in Brandon area. I have no knowledge of either of them ever residing in Florida.
The father, William H. Mills, was married to Lydia A. Hackett. Other than this article and the listing of them on Sarah's marriage record, I have no further information on them.
Does anyone have any knowledge as to why they might have chosen Nashua as a possibly place to relocate - such as relatives in the area? I'm wondering if Sarah might have had plans to separate from Lewis, then changed her mind, as there was no mention of her husband in this article, and they had another child born in Brandon in July, 1884, only 8 1/2 months later.
The only Nashua, Florida, that's listed on MapQuest appears in Putnam County.