Hebrew Home, Hebrew Ladies Moshav ZeKeinim Association No. 14680 Jewish Home for the Aged, Oct. 18, 1927 The Hebrew Home was located at 21 Queen Street, Dorchester. The site has been redeveloped and is home to the Neighborhood House Charter School. The Hebrew Home...
Joseph Carew, sculptor No.22358 Joseph Carew advertisement, Boston Daily Evening Transcript, October 15, 1869. Source: Wikipedia Joseph Carew (c1820-1870) was a sculptor in Boston, Massachusetts, active from 1840 to 1870, who collaborated with Thomas A. Carew...
Samuel Capen An Early Brickmaker’s Daybook of 195h Century Dorchester, MA—An Interesting Story It Held! Samuel Capen, a working-class brickmaker and native of eighteenth-century Dorchester, Massachusetts – manufactured bricks by the thousands for use in a number...
Edward Nahum Capen, 1838-1915 No. 14945 Edward Nahum Capen from Massachusetts Genealogy Trails (genealogytrails.com) Edward Nahum Capen was born in Boston, June 24, 1838, and died in Dorchester, February 6, 1915. His earliest ancestor coming to America was Bernard...
General Aaron Capen, 1796-1866 Aaron Capen was the great-great-grandson of Samuel Capen, the brother of Reverend Joseph Capen. He became a major general in the Massachusetts Militia at age 32, the youngest to attain that rank. Later in life, Aaron Capen was in...
