2009-10 On-going Projects
Life, Legends & Lore - Village Voices:
The Society’s oral history
project began in 2006 to record the remembrances and
recollections of those who lived in the villages of Bartlett. Through
the end of 2008 our members have recorded 29 individuals who
grew up in Bartlett. This is an on-going project which
will continue until we have
exhausted the supply of
individuals willing to participate.
CEMETERY RESEARCH,
CEMETERYS IN BARTLETT
Saint Josephs)
Intervale Dinsmore)
Dundee, (partly in Jackson)
Glen (only
town-owned
cemetery)
Bartlett
Village (Garland
Ridge, Rogers)
Hill (West
Side Road)
Cobb - Crawford
Notch Rd
Bits and Pieces
Marion J. Morton
Mother of area man
Marion J. Morton, 69, of Whitman Wood, North Conway died
Friday July 4, 2003 at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester.
Born July 12, 1933 in Bartlett she was the daughter of the late
Archibald and Dorothy (Stocker) Ainsworth. Marion was a life
long resident of the Bartlett, North Conway area. She was last
employed at the Memorial Hospital in North Conway. She was a
member of the Bartlett Congregational Church, and was the
regional president of the VFW Auxiliary of Bartlett and long
time member. Survivors include two sons, Russell Morton of
Barrington and Aaron Morton of Alton; two brothers, Archie and
Willard Ainsworth of Bartlett; one sister, Mrs. Robert Agnus
Judge of Pittsburg; six grandchildren; several nieces and
nephews. A memorial service was held July 18, 2003 at the
Bartlett Congregational Church, Bartlett. Arrangements were
under the direction of Purdy Memorial Chapel.
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Cemetery Mapping and Indexing:
Another BHS on-going project where members are mapping the
cemeteries and recording the stones therein. This project is very
time consuming, but its importance to the history of Bartlett
cannot be over-stated. Bartlett Families and their history and genealogy: The goal of
this project is to celebrate our families. We are accomplishing this
goal by using the families in the
1900 census and researching forward and backward from that point to record family genealogical
information. We are curr
From the UNH Magazine Publication, Obituary: Earle Chandler
Earle Chandler '35 of Wilmot, N.H., died on March 12, 2005.
At UNH, Chandler was captain of the ski team and earned a
B.S. degree in business. After graduation, he worked for the
U.S. Forest Service, later returning to run the family
farm in Bartlett, N.H., and to work in the forestry
and lumber business on his own. He continued his
recreational pursuits as a volunteer ski coach at Laconia
High School, served as a selectman and was elected to the
first of four House terms in 1955. Chandler moved to Wilmot
in the early '60s when he was hired to design and oversee
the construction of the Ragged Mountain Ski Area. He
remained active as a selectman there for 27 years and
continued to combine his interests in skiing, farming and
politics. He is survived by his wife, Alice; sons Earle Jr.,
Charles '68 and Gene Chandler; daughters Dorothy Prats and
Mikell Perry '72;
10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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Continuing with the
theme of the year “Images from the
Villages,“ the society will once again be selling the Historic Bartlett
Schoolhouses Afghan.
Six of the schoolhouse images on this
afghan no longer exist, two still exist but as other than schools,
and
the center medallion represents the current school.
An image of the afghan and an
order form
can be found on the
website by clicking on the links just above. Please support the
society with the purchase of one or more of these historic afghans.
