I grew up in Duxbury MA & made many trips to New Bedford in the 1940s-1950s to visit grandparents & other relatives. Enthusiastic history student, former volunteer museum curator and archivist at Assn. for Gravestones Studies. Always interested in learning. Family members are primarily educators. I enjoy family genealogy and research for local Historical Society. Interested in New Bedford history as family (Hawes) was in the whaling business since 1830s. Now live in seacoast NH but visit New Bedford and its cemeteries when possible. I appreciate the contributions that so many others have made to findagrave.

I grew up in Duxbury MA & made many trips to New Bedford in the 1940s-1950s to visit grandparents & other relatives. Enthusiastic history student, former volunteer museum curator and archivist at Assn. for Gravestones Studies. Always interested in learning. Family members are primarily educators. I enjoy family genealogy and research for local Historical Society. Interested in New Bedford history as family (Hawes) was in the whaling business since 1830s. Now live in seacoast NH but visit New Bedford and its cemeteries when possible. I appreciate the contributions that so many others have made to findagrave.