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Year:
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1900
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Meanwhile:
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Resenting
the increased influence of Western culture and especially Christian
missionaries, a secret Chinese group called the "Boxers" began
attacking missionaries outside Peking. When
a force of 2100 European soldiers was sent to China to intervene, the Chinese
empress used troops to turn them back. As the killing escalated, a second
force of 18,000 European soldiers was sent, forcing the empress to flee, and
making China
pay heavy reparations and make commercial concessions.
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Year:
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1900 Dorchester Co.
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Thomas Higgins, James A. Higgins
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27 Jan 1900. Thomas Higgins died at home in Vienna on Tuesday of pneumonia aged 85
years. One son James A. Higgins.
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Source:
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Death Notice Abstracts from the Democrat & News, Cambridge, Maryland
1900-1908, Debra S. Moxey
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Clues/Cross
Reference:
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Funeral of Thomas Higgins, age 85, 23 Jan 1900, St. Paul's Parish, Vienna.
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Source:
"Democrat & News". - "Dorchester County
Genealogical Society", Vol. 8-1-7
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"Broken Hip Heals and Man, 94, Walks. Despite having
fallen from a stairway landing in his home and breaking his hip, being
confined for several weeks in his bed, James A. Higgins, 94, president of the
Vienna Branch of the County Trust Company and one of the Eastern Shore's
‘Grand Old Men’ has surprised his family and friends by being able to walk
again." .
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Source:
"Denton
Journal". 11 Feb 1939
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Year:
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1901
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Meanwhile:
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Theodore
Roosevelt becomes president upon the assassination of William
McKinley. He had been shot twice by Leon Czolgosz,
a self-proclaimed anarchist.
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Year:
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1902 Talbot Co.
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Robert Higgins
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27 May 1902. Robert T. Higgins to Thos. E. Harrington...
transfer of lot on Church St. (received as a lease to Robert Higgins in 1899
per Liber/Folio 131/125)... $270
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records 1902 Liber/Folio 137/211
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Year:
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1903
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Meanwhile:
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The
Wright Brothers succeed in the first flight in a heavier-than-air vehicle. In
the first flight, the plane flew for 12 seconds for 120 feet.
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Construction
is started on the Panama Canal.
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Year:
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1903 Talbot Co.
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Daniel Higgins
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Testified along with George Ferguson as to the residency and
character of William Bernhard, a native of Germany, in Bernhard’s
application for
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Source:
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Odds and Ends: Records of Talbot, Caroline, and Queen Anne's
Counties of Maryland,
Cynthia V. Schmidt
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Year:
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1903 Dorchester Co.
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Daniel Higgins
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Daniel Higgins (Age: 40; Race: Black; Marital Status: Single;
Residence: Crapo) married Hattie Travers , 26 Jan 1903 in Beach Ground
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Source:
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USGenweb
Archives Marriage Records 1866-1906 Dorchester County Maryland,
contributed by Barbara & Steve Woolston
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Year:
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1903 Talbot Co.
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Robert Higgins, Mattie E. Higgins
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23 Apr 1903. Robert T. and Mattie E. Higgins to James E.
Harrison... convey all property as payment for debts owed.
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Source:
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Talbot County Land
Records 1903 Liber/Folio 139/351
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Year:
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1903 Dorchester Co.
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James A. Higgins
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James A. Higgins is greatly improving his property now occupied
by Dr. Eliot and family by making the old part two-story and building a wing
across the southern end.
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Source:
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“Cambridge
Chronicle”, 5 May 1903
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Year:
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1904
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Meanwhile:
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The
Great Baltimore Fire destroys 150 acres of the city center on February 7.
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Year:
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1905 Dorchester Co.
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Don (?) Nelson Higgins
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Don (?) Nelson Higgins (Age: 22; Race: White; Marital Status:
Single; Residence: Vienna) married Frances
Webb , 21 Nov 1905 in Vienna
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Source:
|
USGenweb
Archives Marriage Records 1866-1906 Dorchester County Maryland,
contributed by Barbara & Steve Woolston
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Year:
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1905 Talbot Co.
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Matilda Higgins, Danile E. Higgins,
Owen W. Higgins, William E. Higgins, Sarah HIGGINS Tyler
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"Died - Mrs. Matilda Higgins at residence of her son in Neavitt on Friday...her brother, E.H. Furness...leaving
children: Danile E., Owen W., William E., and Mrs.
Sarah Kate Tyler and eighteen grandchildren."
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Source:
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"Easton
Gazette", 3 Jun 1905 (Irma Harper)
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Year:
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1905 Dorchester Co.
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Nellie Larrimore Higgins
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Married Edward Flemin Webb, 26 April
1905 in Vienna
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Source:
|
US
GenWeb Marriage Records 1866-1906 Dorchester County Maryland, contributed
by Barbara & Steve Woolston
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Year:
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1906
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|
Meanwhile:
|
Earthquake
and fire destroy most of San
Francisco, California.
Earth waves up to three feet high from the tremor, measuring 8.3 on the
Richter scale, toppled trees and buildings.
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Year:
|
1906 Talbot Co.
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Martin M. Higgins
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Served as Mayor of Easton from 1906 - 1908, and again from
1910 - 1914
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Source:
|
Maryland
State Archives
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Year:
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1908
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|
Meanwhile:
|
The
Ford Motor Company began producing the Model T automobile. Production would
continue until 1927.
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Year:
|
1908 Talbot Co.
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Margaret A. Higgins, William E. Higgins
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23 Nov 1907/3 Jan 1908. Margaret A. McQuay, Catherine D.
McQuay, Patrick H. McQuay and Emma R. McQuay his wife, William E. McQuay and
Lillian M. McQuay his wife, Robert J. McQuay and Laura H. McQuay his wife,
Mary H. McQuay, Margaret A. Higgins and William E. Higgins her husband of
Talbot County... in consideration of the sum of $400... convey
unto Theodore Steilke... all that lot or parcel of
ground situate lying and being in Broad creek Neck... [beginning] at a stone
planted on the line of Margaret A. McQuay on the Public road known as Bush
Neck road and running with the said road in a southerly direction ...
[bordering] the land of Austin Bridges [and] with john K. Caulk’s
land... being a part of the tract of land that was conveyed to the
Grantors by the will of Patrick McQuay
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Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1908 Liber/Folio 150/471
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Year:
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1909
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|
Meanwhile:
|
William H. Taft
becomes president.
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Year:
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1910 Dorchester Co.
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|
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Herman Higgins
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15 Mar 1910. Herman Higgins, age 29, white, single, m. Maud
Augusta Hill
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Source:
|
Record of Marriages
Dorchester County, Maryland
1906-1922, B. Jean Woolston
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Year:
|
1911 Talbot Co.
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Mrs. James Higgins
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10 Feb 1911. "Ellen Goldsborough Richards, widow of
Joseph D. Richards, died at her home at Hotel Dixon last Saturday night of
apoplexy. Survived by one daughter, Mrs. James Higgins of Govenstown
near Baltimore and three sisters, Mrs. Mary L. Hooper, Mrs. Van R. Dickinson
and Mrs. Sallie Buck all of Cambridge."
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Source:
|
Death Notice Abstracts from the Democrat & News, Cambridge, Maryland
1909-1914, Debra S. Moxey
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Year:
|
1911 Dorchester Co.
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Nora Higgins
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12 May 1911. Nora Wright Higgins, 21 white, single m. Margaret
Cyne? Mck__?
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Source:
|
Record of Marriages
Dorchester County, Maryland
1906-1922, B. Jean Woolston
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Year:
|
1912
|
|
Meanwhile:
|
Woodrow Wilson
becomes president.
|
|
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Year:
|
1912 Dorchester Co.
|
|
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Samuel Higgins
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|
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19 Apr 1912. Obit for Frank A. LeCompte. Had been a business
partner of the late Samuel Higgins.
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Source:
|
Death Notice Abstracts from the Democrat & News,
Cambridge, Maryland, 1909-1914, Debra A. Moxey
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|
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Year:
|
1913
|
|
Meanwhile:
|
The
Titanic sinks after striking a
40'-50' iceberg off Newfoundland.
|
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Year:
|
1913 Queen Anne's Co.
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|
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Harry A. Higgins, William Higgins, Louisa Higgins, Alice Higgins,
Louise Higgins, Charles L. Higgins
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|
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"Harry A. Higgins, aged 40, died at Morristown, NJ
Sunday following a long illness of Bright's
Disease. Internment at Spring
Hill Cemetery.
He was formerly a resident of this county and was a son of the late William
and Louisa Higgins. Survived by sister Alice Higgins of Richmond,
VA, sister Louise Higgins of Henderson, DE, brother
Charles L. Higgins of Morristown,
NJ."
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Source:
|
"Centreville Record". Obits and Marriages in Maryland Newspapers
Queen Anne's County 1876-1942, Trish Surles
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Year:
|
1913 Dorchester Co.
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|
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Olin R. Higgins
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|
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29 Mar 1913. Olin R. Higgins, 23, white, single m. Kate Woolen
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|
Source:
|
Record of Marriages
Dorchester County, Maryland
1906-1922, B. Jean Woolston
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|
Clues/Cross
Reference:
|
"...Mrs. Olin Higgins, of Vienna,
daughter of Judge and Mrs. William J. Wollen, of
Hurlock, and sister of Grace Woolen (who married J. Ormond Neal, of Wilmington)"
|
|
Source:
"Denton
Journal". 10 Mar 1917
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|
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|
|
Year:
|
1914
|
|
Meanwhile:
|
World
War I begins. On June 28, Francis Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and the heir
to the Austrian throne, and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia
by a pro-Serbian nationalist. Following the assassination, Austria issues an ultimatum to Serbia that it be annexed to Austria.
(Austria had already annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1908, provoking a Serbian
response and came close to starting a war). Serbia's
refusal provokes a declaration of war by Austria. Russia, a Serbian ally, declares war against Austria. Germany joins Austria
as an ally, although its real target since 1870 has been France. When Germany invades Belgium
on route to France, both France and England
(who were guarantors of Belgium
neutrality after 1870) declare war on Germany. Turkey, which had no real stake in the
conflict, agrees to support Germany
and guard Austria's
southern border and the Black Sea.
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Year:
|
1914 Dorchester Co.
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|
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Alice Higgins
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9 Jul 1914. Elwood S. Bell m. Alice M. Higgins, 24, white,
single
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|
Source:
|
Record of Marriages
Dorchester County, Maryland
1906-1922, B. Jean Woolston
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|
Clues/Cross
Reference:
|
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Higgins have issued invitations to the
marriage of their daughter Marguerite, to Mr. Elwood Sheridan Bell, on
Thursday morning, July 9, at ten o'clock, at St. Paul's
P.E.Church, Vienna.
|
|
Source:
"Denton
Journal". 4 Jul 1914
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1916
|
|
Meanwhile:
|
Over
7,000 people die and 27,000 cases reported of polio (infantile paralysis) in
the U.S.
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1916 Dorchester Co.
|
|
|
Louise Adeline Higgins
|
|
|
20 Dec 1916. Clarence Ziegler Keller m. Louise Adeline
Higgins, 17, white, single
|
|
Source:
|
Record of Marriages
Dorchester County, Maryland
1906-1922, B. Jean Woolston
|
|
|
|
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Year:
|
1916 Talbot Co.
|
|
|
Margaret A. MCQUAY Higgins, William E. Higgins
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|
|
Patrick H. McQuay and Emma R. his wife, William E. McQuay and
Lillian M. his wife, Robert J. McQuay and Laura H. his wife, Margaret A.
Higgins and William E. Higgins her husband, Mary H. McQuay and Catherine D.
McQuay sold to William J. Faulkner, four acres on Bush Neck Rd; the residue
of a tract devised by Patrick McQuay to Margaret Ann McQuay, now dec’d, for
her life residence, with the remainder to the above named children of William
N. McQuay. The exception to the sale is a woodlot conveyed in 1908 to
Theodore Stielke (Liber/Folio 150/171).
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|
Source:
|
Talbot County Land
Records 1916 Liber/Folio 172/451
|
|
|
|
|
Year:
|
1917
|