Knowing a very detailed book existed for the Moulton side of my family (see photos), I didn’t put much thought into the other branches of my family… I would hope eventually… this exercise will motivate me to start looking into my paternal grandfathers’ family as not a lot is known to me other than Kashmer is not our real name. The name was shortened roughly around 1900 because people couldn’t pronounce or spell it [Kazmierchak]. At least, that is what when I was growing up, everyone told me.- Rebecca Kashmer Davis ( Eliot, Maine)
Here is the original book, Moulton Annals by Henry W. Moulton, which I have in my possession. It is invaluable to researching family history.
What was even more exciting was to find a deed on the inside cover dated back to 1733! After talking for a second time in length to my dad this past weekend, I also found out his great aunt (my great-grandmother’s sister) was an avid family historian. In 1980, she wrote a 102-page ‘book’ filling in more blanks about the family, including family folklore that was not part of the original book. It included trivia-type items such as the white rose bush that I have always known in the front yard of our driveway is a descendant of the original rose bush planted back in the 1840s that originated from Nova Scotia! I also learned random stuff like my great mother’s father and his father were short in stature with dark black hair and blue eyes! Isn’t it amazing how the black hair got ‘bred’ out of us???!!!
Becca
