Category: DNA-01: Subcategory: 1-3 Philip Babb
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Joseph Babb & the case of the Rented Carpet (1878)
The circumstances that lead Joseph Babb to rent carpet(s) is unclear. I’ve never heard of someone renting carpet, but the Bay State Carpet Company clearly had! In 1878 they had Joseph Babb sign a promissory note for the astounding sum of $3. In today’s money it amounts to about $90. It is easy to see…
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Joseph Edwin Babb – Civil War Pension Papers
This item came up on eBay about a year ago. I was too late to the game and don’t have the budget for this highly sought-after trove of documents from Joseph Edwin Babb. The seller lists him as Joseph Babbs, which is incorrect. Joseph is a descendant of Phillip Babb of the Isles of Shoals…
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Charles Leon Edgar Babb of Benson, MN
This vintage keyholder once belonging to Charles (1-3-1-1-2-1-7-2-5) is available for purchase on eBay and I wanted to pass the info along in case one of his descendants would like to recapture a little piece of his life. The case is inscribed with the name C E Babb and the town he lived in Benson.…
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A White-Walker
I couldn’t help but chuckle as I came across this picture tonight in my work to incorporate thousands of new images into the tree. This photo is of Rose Etta White-Walker. Game of Thrones fans will be well acquainted with this term. The rest of you won’t see the humor in this post. While I…
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Reconnecting Laurence Eugene Babb
Reconnecting Laurence Eugene Babb proved to be a challenge for one of our members who recently contacted me. They had searched in vain trying to locate him using info handed down from his wife Josephine, but the names she had given didn’t seem to match up to anyone. Laurence had vanished without a trace in…
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Grammie Carrie (McLoud) Babb (Circa 1880)
This photo only came with the description “Grammie Carrie Babb”. It was a little hard to track down. Fortunately the attached card (called a cabinet card) had the location of Lynn. I know that to be Lynn, Massachusetts, which is a well known location for a branch of the Babbs. I did a quick Bing Maps check…
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The Pedigree of Lydia Bragdon (Wife of Philip Babb (1-3))
One of the hopes I had with my researching the families of the spouses was that I would run across a large number of people from Devon in England. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. They seem to be from all over England but never from Devon. Such is the case with Lydia Bragdon who…