{"id":51995,"date":"2019-08-08T09:05:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T13:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=51995"},"modified":"2023-08-04T12:50:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:50:55","slug":"wait-she-was-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wait-she-was-famous.html","title":{"rendered":"Wait, She Was Famous?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I knew that \u201cMartha G.<\/a>\u201d on my family tree had married Millard Fillmore Avery (1845-1930)<\/a>, but I didn\u2019t know her maiden name. Searching in GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>, I quickly found their wedding announcement in the Portland Daily Press<\/em>. Now I know that her maiden name was Moore.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Source: GenealogyBank, Portland Daily Press (Portland, Maine), 31 March 1880, page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Looking further in the old newspapers, I found her obituary<\/p>\n

Wait \u2013 she was famous?<\/p>\n

I assumed that this couple, like almost all of my early New England relatives, lived quiet, industrious lives out of the limelight.<\/p>\n

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Source: GenealogyBank, Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 9 August 1929, page 8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, it was quite a surprise to find out more of her life story. Her obituary describes her early years as a Socialist activist, her conversion to Catholicism, and her work as a lecturer on both of these subjects.<\/p>\n

Some genealogical information in the article includes:<\/p>\n