I am trying to research & document my family genealogy. My great grandparents lived in Presque Isle/ Houlton/Fort Kent area and are buried in the Fairmount Cemetery in Presque Isle. Their names were Frederick Forest Rice (1855-1932) and Margaret Elizabeth Jamieson Rice (1855-1938).

Frederick Forest Rice was the son of Leonard Rice (1829-1908). Leonard was living in Mapleton Plantation when he enlisted in the Civil War. Frederick Forest worked on the railroad and moved to Massachusetts to work on the railroad & later the electric streetcars there. Do you know if there are any early railroad records available anywhere? Or is there any other way you know of that I can research more about him?

Also I am trying to track down info on my great grandmother Margaret. It was always told (and accepted as fact) in my family that Margaret was a teacher and had taught at the first Normal School in Presque Isle, but I find that in 1903 when the school opened, they were living in Somerville MA. So I am curious if she taught somewhere in the area before moving to Massachusetts. I am writing to ask if you have any information about early schools and teachers in the area or any ideas on where I can look. Margaret and her family came from Canterbury, New Brunswick, Canada around 1862-65. Her parents were Hugh Jamieson and Julia Dickerson Jamieson.

Thank you,

Maryanne Rice McAden