Friday, 3 May 2024
William (Bill, Wild Bill) D. Titcomb of Marion, MA
William (Bill, Wild Bill) D. Titcomb of Marion, MA, passed away at the age of 83 on April 30, 2024. William was born in Keene, NH, graduated from Fairhaven High School in 1958, and graduated from the New Bedford Institute of Technology in 1962. William served in the United States Marine Corps as a 1st Lieutenant, was a Veteran of the Vietnam War, and a proud member of the VFW, Post 2425. After serving his country, he became known as Mr. Titcomb (Mr. T) and was an elementary school teacher for the Town of Wareham for 37 years. In addition, he coached several sports at the high school level for both the boys and girls teams. Mr. Titcomb was the first coach ever of the Wareham hockey team and the Wareham tennis team. He also coached girls basketball, and girls soccer. Bill was also a local cable television celebrity. His channel 8 television shows included: The Knowledge Bowl, Let’s Play Tennis, Let’s Play Golf, Wild Bill’s Woodworking, and Wild Bill’s Wildflower Painting. https://wareham.theweektoday.com/article/william-bill-wild-bill-d-titcomb-83/69376
Monday, 5 February 2024
Monday, 8 January 2024
Retired teapot maker Andy Titcomb
Anyone looking for a wedding photographer in Cornwall, I can highly recommend Thomas. https://thomasharephotography.com
Sunday, 26 November 2023
Carol Titcomb Obituary
Carol Titcomb's death on Thursday, November 23, 2023 was publicly announced by Boynton Memorial Chapel, Boynton Beach Florida.
Thursday, 12 October 2023
Donald W. Titcomb
https://memorialfuneralhome.com/obituary/660136/donald-w.-titcomb/
Donald W. Titcomb, 84, of Newport, Rhode Island, died on October 8, 2023. Born in Newport, RI on February 24, 1939, He was the son of Alexander and Esther (Carlisle) Titcomb. Donald graduated from Rogers High School and was a lifelong resident of "The Point". Shortly after graduation, he joined the US Army, where he completed Signal School in Georgia. After his honorable discharge, Donald returned home and began a rewarding career at the Eppley Laboratory. He worked as a lab technician for 58 years at Eppley, and made many great friends with his coworkers over the years.
Sunday, 3 September 2023
Woodie Titcomb
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/woodie-titcomb-obituary?id=53005786
New England banker Woodbury Cole Titcomb, known to all as "Woodie," died on August 23, 2023 at the age of one hundred years, from natural causes.
Tuesday, 6 June 2023
Carolyn S. Titcomb
Carolyn S. Titcomb (Mattapoisett, MA). The United States of America lost one of its oldest and most loved citizens this past Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at the age of 106 years, 46 days.
https://www.wanderer.com/obituaries/carolyn-s-titcomb/
Saturday, 29 April 2023
Head shot of Andy Titcomb film extra!
Photograph by the excellent Cornish wedding photographer
www.thomasharephotography.com
Tuesday, 4 April 2023
Dorothy Judkins Titcomb
https://dailybulldog.com/obituaries/notification-of-death-dorothy-judkins-titcomb/
Sunday, 15 January 2023
Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Friday, 19 June 2020
Obituary: Warren Titcomb
Warren Titcomb, 74, died on Saturday, June 13, 2020 after a long illness. Born in Portland, Maine, he was the son of Virginia and the late Warren Titcomb.
Link to obituary
Link to obituary
Saturday, 6 June 2020
Sunday, 16 September 2018
American artist William H. Titcomb
Listed on eBay, an original oil painting on canvas by American artist William H. Titcomb (1824-1888).
Jaya Keahonui Titcomb CAUGHT: Manhunt over, suspect arrested
CAUGHT: Manhunt over, suspect arrested for stealing police vehicle: A brazen car theft, leads to an injured officer and shots fired, and an extensive manhunt on the Windward side of O'ahu.
Friday, 10 August 2018
Friday, 14 October 2016
Mamie Titcomb 15 Years Taylor Preston Salem Mass 1878
Photo of a young girl with center-parted upswept hair, a white cap on top, wearing a patterned dress with white lace in front. On the back in green ink "Mamie Titcomb, 15 yrs. old".
Photographer information on the backstamp "Taylor & Preston, 188 Essex Street, Salem, Mass. (Massachusetts)".
Found on eBay
Saturday, 24 September 2016
Mary Velora Titcomb
A tintype of Mary Velora Titcomb. On ebay now. She was born in New York in 1851 and was a daughter of Dexter and Ellen Titcomb. The family settled in Fall River, Columbia County, Wisconsin and Velora grew up there. She married Alvin Andrews (1848-1929) on Christmas Day of 1871. Early census records indicate they did not have children but on the 1910 there is a Eugene Andrews listed in the household with them who is enumerated as their son--so I'm not sure. Velora died in Fall River in 1933 and is buried in the Fountain Prairie Cemetery in Englewood, Wisconsin. The photo dates to about the time of her marriage and the image is very clear.
Friday, 4 September 2015
Laforest Titcomb
Mill Operator Laforest Titcomb was born in Exeter, Maine, USA.
LaForest's parents were Nathan and Clarissa D. Claverly Titcomb.
A Daughter of Laforest and Rose is: Myrtie (Mertie) May Titcomb. Rose and Laforest married when he was 26 and she 17 on Sept 21, 1879.
http://catorfamily.com/genealogy/titcombdearbornbennett.html
LaForest's parents were Nathan and Clarissa D. Claverly Titcomb.
A Daughter of Laforest and Rose is: Myrtie (Mertie) May Titcomb. Rose and Laforest married when he was 26 and she 17 on Sept 21, 1879.
http://catorfamily.com/genealogy/titcombdearbornbennett.html
Ernest Escortell Titcomb
1890s autograph album of Ernest Escortell Titcomb of Exeter, Maine.
Ernest Escortell Titcomb was born 20 August 1885 at Corinna, Maine, son of Frank L. and Carrie Bell (Young) Titcomb. Ernest's mother, Carrie Bell (Young) Titcomb signed a page at Exeter, Maine, on January 16, 1897.
Ernest Escortell Titcomb was born 20 August 1885 at Corinna, Maine, son of Frank L. and Carrie Bell (Young) Titcomb. Ernest's mother, Carrie Bell (Young) Titcomb signed a page at Exeter, Maine, on January 16, 1897.
Monday, 8 June 2015
Friday, 24 April 2015
Captain Benjamin Titcomb
Spotted on eBay
Original letter dated 1793, Point Petre where Captain Benjamin Titcomb has written to Moses Brown of Newburyport, regarding his arriving at port, selling most of the goods he had and bargaining for molasses...signed Benjamin Titcomb. Letter is 8x13, folds, in overall excellent condition.
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Lauren Titcomb
After an idea raised by Lauren Titcomb, eight students are helping to buy fresh food from their canteen for charity Churches Homeless Emergency Support Scheme and have spent £400 so far.
http://www.maldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk/news/north_essex_news/11762437.Students_help_feed_the_homeless_with_their_left_over_food_cards/
http://www.maldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk/news/north_essex_news/11762437.Students_help_feed_the_homeless_with_their_left_over_food_cards/
Monday, 17 November 2014
Sunday, 16 November 2014
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Brigadier Abbie C. Titcomb
Brig Abbie C Titcomb was travelling near the coast of Nova Scotia in 1869 when they "endeavoured to smash fast to an iceberg, but failed..." later, while drift, was further damaged by a large iceberg. Eventually they were able to break free of the ice and made it to land where the United States consulate was able to make this report.
Manuscript on eBay
Friday, 7 November 2014
SAMUEL TITCOMB
[Engraving on eBay]
SAMUEL TITCOMB, of Augusta, Maine. Born July 19, 1820, at Belgrade, Maine. His father, Samuel Titcomb, was born at Kennebunk in 1756, was a surveyor by profession, removed to Hallowell in 1783, was appointed surveyor to the American Joint Commissioner charged with the duty of defining the boundary-line between the State of Maine and the British Provinces in 1784. In this work he was engaged, together with John Harris, the surveyor appointed by the British Government, for about three years. After that he settled in Augusta, of which he was the second postmaster. In 1815 he removed to Belgrade, represented that town in the General Court of Massachusetts in 1819, and died September 18, 1849, at the advanced age of ninety-three. The common ancestor of this branch of the Titcomb family was William Titcomb, who emigrated from England and settled at Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1635. By his first wife, Joanna Bartlett, and his second wife, Eliza Stevens, he became the father of a family of fifteen children, composed of nine girls and six boys. Judge Titcomb is of the fifth generation in line of descent from him. Addicted to agriculture, and—in the learned professions—to the law and to the Christian ministry, the Titcombs are also remarkable for their longevity, many of them having reached the tenth decade of human life. The mother of Judge Samuel Titcomb bore the maiden name of Chloe Cummings, and was the daughter of Samuel Cummings of Dedham, Massachusetts. The early education of young Titcomb was begun in the common-schools, continued at the Belgrade Academy, and completed at the Liberal Institute in Waterville, now the seat of Colby University. Selecting the profession of law, he entered upon the studies appropriate to it in the office of the Hon. Richard H. Vose of Augusta, was admitted to the bar in 1842, and at once commenced professional practice in Augusta, and was subsequently admitted to practice in the District and Circuit Courts of the United States. From the date of his admission to the bar until the association of his son Lendall Titcomb with himself in business relations, Judge Titcomb practiced alone. Lendall Titcomb graduated at Harvard College in 1871, then studied in the Harvard Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1872, and subsequently formed a copartnership with his father. Judge Titcomb has served as a member of the Common Council of Augusta, in the years 1851, '52, '53, '55, and '57; as a member of the Board of Aldermen in 1854; as City Solicitor for several years; and as Mayor in 1869 and 1870. In 1858 he was appointed Municipal Judge of Augusta by Joseph H. Williams, elected to the same office in 1859, and continued to hold that office by virtue of successive re-elections until 1866. In 1867 and 1868 he represented the city of Augusta in the State Legislature, He was one of the trustees of the Augusta Savings Bank for more than twenty years. He has also acted as director of the Freeman's National Bank of Augusta, since its reorganization under the system of National banking. Prior to that event he held the same relation under the old State system. With military matters he is conversant; having held the office for one term of Division Advocate of the Second Division, with the rank of Major. To this he was appointed by Governor Hubbard. Judge Titcomb was married on the 20th of February, 1845, to Miss Julia A., daughter of Artemus Kimball of Augusta. Two sons were the issue of their union. Of these, Everett was born March 28, 1846, and died May 9, 1856. Lendall, his present law-partner, was born March 14, 1848.
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Albert Oliver Titcomb
Albert Oliver Titcomb, born July 27, 1846 in Hudson, Hillsborough County, NH, the son of Simeon C. Titcomb and Sally H. Webster. This photo was among a collection of similar photos belonging to the Phelps and French families of Northfield, New Hampshire. Albert married Ella Sampson/Simpson and they had at least 3 sons. Albert was a carpenter and the family lived on Linden Street in Nashua, NH where they moved in 1888. He died of pneumonia on November 22, 1905. The photo dates to the 1860's and the image is very clear.
It is for sale on eBay
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Warren C. Titcomb
Warren C. Titcomb, died on June 6, 2014 in Spring Hill, Florida, where he resided with his wife of 70 years, Virginia C. Titcomb. He was born November 14, 1920 to William S. and Stella Bell Titcomb in Riverton, Maine, and grew up there with his parents and six brothers and sisters. Obituary
DORCAS BROWN TITCOMB
DORCAS BROWN TITCOMB, age 76, died on August 29,2014 in Kissimmee, Florida. Dorcas was living in Kissimmee, Florida, near her daughter Eloisa Titcomb. Her beloved husband, Keith Titcomb, of 47 years, died in 2009. She is also predeceased by her parents, and four of her siblings. She is survived by her children, Joan Titcomb Bowyer and her husband Bill Bowyer, Mark Titcomb and his wife Tiffany Backstrom, and Eloisa Titcomb and her husband Mark Mekkes. - See more
John Preston Titcomb
John Preston Titcomb, passed away on July 31, 2014. John was born on January 15, 1931.
John is survived by his wife, Shirley Paxman Titcomb; children: John Lee (Pat), Ronald (Susan), Brent (Julie), and Terry (Dan) Rider; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He is forever loved and will be deeply missed. - See more
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Titcomb brothers marry Ryde sisters
A volunteer transcriber for the Families in British India Society http://www.fibis.org/ came across this entry for 1879 of Allen's Indian Mail ( a journal published weekly),
Two brothers marrying two sisters!
Ryde-Titcomb—Ryde-Titcomb, Sept. 16, at Woking, Surrey, Edward Harrow Ryde, to Frances Sarah; also at the same time and place, Arthur Leyon Ryde, to Florence Eleanor, daughters of the Right Rev. Jonathan Holt Titcomb, D.D., Bishop of Rangoon.
Their father, Jonathan Holt Titcomb, was the first Bishop of Rangoon from 1878 to 1881, when he was forced to leave Burma, following an accident in which he fell down a cliff.
Thanks to Eva
Thursday, 5 September 2013
CAMILLA L. TITCOMB
Camilla L. TITCOMB, 82, of Belmont, MA, USA died August 31st, 2013 at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA. Daughter of the late Samuel and Lura (Smith) Titcomb of Augusta, ME and sister of the late Caldwell Titcomb of Auburndale, MA. - See more
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Arthur Brooks Titcomb Jr
Arthur Brooks Titcomb Jr. obituary.
Son of the late Arthur B. and Oresta A. (Towne) Titcomb. He attended Amesbury High School. Arthur was a licensed electrician, having worked for E.G.G. Electronics in Salem, Mass. USA, until his retirement.
Son of the late Arthur B. and Oresta A. (Towne) Titcomb. He attended Amesbury High School. Arthur was a licensed electrician, having worked for E.G.G. Electronics in Salem, Mass. USA, until his retirement.
Saturday, 1 June 2013
William Paul Titcomb (1935 - 2013)
William Paul Titcomb born in Portland on December 7, 1935 the son of William Lamont and Eleanor Dahms Titcomb.
Obituary
Obituary
Sunday, 9 September 2012
John B. Titcomb obituary
John B. Titcomb, age 71, of St. George, UT, formerly of Minneapolis, passed away September 1, 2012, due to complications from surgery.
Obituary
Monday, 30 July 2012
Edward Stone Titcomb
Edward Stone Titcomb was a lawyer. He was born 21 Jan 1890 at Kennebunk, ME and died at Sanford, ME on 23 Apr 1964.
He was married at Alfred, ME on 30 Sep 1916.
His father was William Titcomb, a Railroad Conductor, b 1863 in Me and d 1889.
His mother was Marion Stone, b 1862 in ME.
He had 2 siblings: William S & Agnes E, b 1896 & 1902, respectively, both in ME.
His wife was Margaret Nel Hervey, b 1892 in ME.
They had 2 children: James H & Mary, b 1918 & 1921, both in ME.
Photograph on ebay
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Major General William H Titcomb
I have been asked if anyone has any images of Major General
William H Titcomb of the 2nd Division of the Maine Militia, who lived
in Rockland, Maine? And can anyone suggest how William
Titcomb Cobb, former Governor of Maine, got his middle name, it
appears his family lived in William H Titcomb's house (but I can't
quite find a link there).
William H Titcomb of the 2nd Division of the Maine Militia, who lived
in Rockland, Maine? And can anyone suggest how William
Titcomb Cobb, former Governor of Maine, got his middle name, it
appears his family lived in William H Titcomb's house (but I can't
quite find a link there).
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Raymond E. "Ray" Titcomb
KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA -- Farmington native, Raymond E. "Ray" Titcomb, 83, of Chesterville, ME and Kissimmee, Fla., died of natural causes on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, with family at his side.
Full obituary
Full obituary
Monday, 9 January 2012
Freddie Titcombe
Freddie Titcombe is one of the UK’s top junior golfers and considered by many experts and professionals to be a prodigious future golf talent. See more about him at Freddie TT.com
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Monday, 31 October 2011
reflected wave
A photograph taken by Andy Titcomb won first prize in the Olympus Europe's photo competition "Puddle Reflections"
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Mr and Mrs Hunt Titcombe
c1905: Back of the old Crown Inn, Blunsdon (Postcard)
Mr and Mrs Hunt Titcombe senior, Jesse Ball (seated), Mr William Hunt Titcombe, David Vincent (standing) and two boys.
Source: Scan of an original postcard.
Image: RSR175.
Date: c1905.
Mr and Mrs Hunt Titcombe senior, Jesse Ball (seated), Mr William Hunt Titcombe, David Vincent (standing) and two boys.
Source: Scan of an original postcard.
Image: RSR175.
Date: c1905.
Olive Titcomb Pote
This small circa 1850 portrait of Olive Titcomb Pote has retained its charm despite the underlying wood panel wearing through. She was born into one and married into another sea-going family from Falmouth, Maine that were shuffled by the hand of Death for three generations.
Her father died of yellow fever in Havana in 1854, while master of a brig, the Montrose. In the same year a younger brother shipped for Le Havre, but vessel and crew were never heard from again. Olive died in childbirth in 1862, age 36. Her widower, Capt. Samuel, re-married the widow of her lost younger brother.
See Notes From the Orlop for more details
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Titcomb Field - Malabang, Mindinao - Elevation 27 Feet
Titcomb Airfield sign, 1945 Titcomb Field - Malabang, Mindinao
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Florence Titcomb Eaton
EAST SANDWICH — Florence (Titcomb) Eaton, 96, of East Sandwich, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Florence Titcomb Eaton, 96 | CapeCodOnline.com
Florence Titcomb Eaton, 96 | CapeCodOnline.com
Saturday, 23 July 2011
Titcomb sites in Maine
Great website here
Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley
By Cindy Stevens, avid historian, member of Farmington Historical Society, second grade teacher at Mallett School
With images from Farmington Historical Society
Rev. Benjamin Titcomb
Maine's First Printer: Rev. Benjamin Titcomb
Benjamin Titcomb was born on July 26, 1761 in Portland (which was then Falmouth), Maine. Relatively little is known about his youth. He was the fourth son of Deacon Benjamin and Ann Titcomb and studied at Dummer Academy in Massachusetts.
More details of Benjamin Titcomb
The monument of Rev. Benjamin Titcomb in Pine Grove Cemetery, which calls him "The first Printer in Maine."
Benjamin Titcomb was born on July 26, 1761 in Portland (which was then Falmouth), Maine. Relatively little is known about his youth. He was the fourth son of Deacon Benjamin and Ann Titcomb and studied at Dummer Academy in Massachusetts.
More details of Benjamin Titcomb
The monument of Rev. Benjamin Titcomb in Pine Grove Cemetery, which calls him "The first Printer in Maine."
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Congratulations Mr and Mrs Jon Titcombe
Andrew & Diane Titcombe in Wigton Cumbria celebrated (joyfully) their eldest son JONATHAN ERIC's wedding to Bonnie Hostler from Cambridge The new Mr and Mrs Jon Titcombe will be living in Coalville Leicestershire when they return from a honeymoon in the USA (including 3 days in Las Vegas) The marriage service was at St John the Evangelist Church London Road Carlisle http://www.stjohnscarlisle.plus.com/ on June 25th 2011. After the service guests made their way to Keswick to the Lodore Falls Hotel for the reception. This was followed by a cruise on Derwentwater and an evening disco back in the hotel.
Bonnie is a florist in East Leake so the flowers in the church and at the wedding breakfast were beautiful. She and Jon planned the wedding so thoughtfully that every little detail was amazing down to the ducks on the place setting. All the guests were impressed and are still talking about the event
Official photos are still awaited but family photos can be seen here including a video of the first dance to a Michael Buble song !
We are sorry we couldn't invite every Titcombe or even Titcomb but, as proud parents, we invite you to look at our / their special day and share our joy
On an interesting Titcombe family note when my wife and I researched family history in Reading some years ago we noted that often the TITCOMBE name was often spelled without an E and also that many Titcombs were, in fact, OSTLERS by trade so it is fitting that Jonathan has married a girl with a family name of HOSTLER
Bonnie is a florist in East Leake so the flowers in the church and at the wedding breakfast were beautiful. She and Jon planned the wedding so thoughtfully that every little detail was amazing down to the ducks on the place setting. All the guests were impressed and are still talking about the event
Official photos are still awaited but family photos can be seen here including a video of the first dance to a Michael Buble song !
We are sorry we couldn't invite every Titcombe or even Titcomb but, as proud parents, we invite you to look at our / their special day and share our joy
On an interesting Titcombe family note when my wife and I researched family history in Reading some years ago we noted that often the TITCOMBE name was often spelled without an E and also that many Titcombs were, in fact, OSTLERS by trade so it is fitting that Jonathan has married a girl with a family name of HOSTLER
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
William Arthur Titcomb
William Arthur Titcomb was born in London, in 1921 died 29th July 1942. It is not known when he joined the Royal Air Force.
He became an air gunner, and met up with the people with who he would make up a crew with at 11 Operational Training Unit (O.T.U.) at Bassingbourn in Cambridgeshire. These were pilot Sgt. John Gilbertson, wireless operator Sgt. Ron Callaghan and gunners Sgt. Alan Rutherford and Sgt. William Titcomb. Except for Titcomb all were New Zealanders.
further details
Monday, 13 June 2011
Caldwell Titcomb
Caldwell Titcomb, the president of the Boston Theater Critics Association and founder of the Elliot Norton Awards, died last night of leukemia at age 84.
Full article by Don Aucoin
Full article by Don Aucoin
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Charles Titcomb (1805-1883)
Charles Titcomb (1805-1883), a former yankee watchmaker settled on Kaua‘i after his whaler was shipwrecked in Hawaiian waters, he started a cattle ranch in 1863 on the Kilauea Sugar Plantation he purchased the Kilauea land grant that year from Kamehameha IV.
Titcomb, who married Kanikele Kamalenui, had financed his purchase of the land grant from the sale of his 750-acre Hanalei sugar plantation to Robert C. Wyllie earlier in 1863, the lands of which Titcomb had first acquired by lease from Kamehameha III.
More details about Charles.
Margaret Titcomb (1891—1982)
Margaret Titcomb, Librarian Emeritus of Bernice P. Bishop Museum and head librarian from 1931 to 1969, died in Honolulu on August 28, 1982, at the age of 91. Miss Titcomb was born in 1891 in Denver, Colorado. She was reared by adoptive parents in Brooklyn, New York, where she graduated from Packer Collegiate Institute. She joined the American Museum of Natural History as assistant librarian in 1924, and in 1931 accepted appointment as librarian of Bishop Museum.
During her years at Bishop Museum, Margaret Titcomb brought the Museum library to a position of eminence. Working with limited resources, she used exchanges of Museum publications and an ever-increasing bibliographic knowledge gained through extensive travel plus a wide circle of colleagues in natural history, anthropology and history, to build a library of distinction in the Pacific field. Under her hand, the Museum library catalogue became a model of analytic bibliography. It was published by G. K. Hall in 1964-1969 in nine volumes and two supplements.
Margaret Titcomb was also a scholar. Her monograph, in collaboration with Mary Kawena Pukui, on the Native Uses of Fish in Hawaii was published in 1952 as Memoir No. 29 of The Polynesian Society, and was reprinted by the University of Hawaii Press in 1972. In 1969, Bishop Museum Press published her Dog and Man in the Ancient Pacific, and in 1978 Native Use of Marine Invertebrates in Old Hawaii (with Fellows, Pukui, and Devaney) appeared as a special monograph issue of Pacific Science. She earlier published a children's book on Polynesian migration, The Voyage of the Flying Bird, in 1963, which won the Dodd, Mead Librarian and Teacher Prize and was reprinted in 1970. Her translation with Harold St. John of the observations of the French botanist Gaudichard-Beaupré of the vegetation of Hawaii in 1819, is about to be published by Bishop Museum Press.
The Bishop Museum Library, over which Margaret Titcomb presided, was a port of call for virtually all Pacific historians and anthropologists of her time. With many she maintained a voluminous correspondence, and extended generous hospitality during their visits to Honolulu. J. C. Beaglehole, Phyllis Mander-Jones, Harry and Honor Maude, Père Patrick O'Reilly, Bengt Danielsson, Douglas Oliver, and E. S. C. Handy are among the many scholars she counted as both professional colleagues and friends.
Alexander Spoehr
Margaret was a direct descendant of Charles Titcomb of Thetford, VT.
During her years at Bishop Museum, Margaret Titcomb brought the Museum library to a position of eminence. Working with limited resources, she used exchanges of Museum publications and an ever-increasing bibliographic knowledge gained through extensive travel plus a wide circle of colleagues in natural history, anthropology and history, to build a library of distinction in the Pacific field. Under her hand, the Museum library catalogue became a model of analytic bibliography. It was published by G. K. Hall in 1964-1969 in nine volumes and two supplements.
Margaret Titcomb was also a scholar. Her monograph, in collaboration with Mary Kawena Pukui, on the Native Uses of Fish in Hawaii was published in 1952 as Memoir No. 29 of The Polynesian Society, and was reprinted by the University of Hawaii Press in 1972. In 1969, Bishop Museum Press published her Dog and Man in the Ancient Pacific, and in 1978 Native Use of Marine Invertebrates in Old Hawaii (with Fellows, Pukui, and Devaney) appeared as a special monograph issue of Pacific Science. She earlier published a children's book on Polynesian migration, The Voyage of the Flying Bird, in 1963, which won the Dodd, Mead Librarian and Teacher Prize and was reprinted in 1970. Her translation with Harold St. John of the observations of the French botanist Gaudichard-Beaupré of the vegetation of Hawaii in 1819, is about to be published by Bishop Museum Press.
The Bishop Museum Library, over which Margaret Titcomb presided, was a port of call for virtually all Pacific historians and anthropologists of her time. With many she maintained a voluminous correspondence, and extended generous hospitality during their visits to Honolulu. J. C. Beaglehole, Phyllis Mander-Jones, Harry and Honor Maude, Père Patrick O'Reilly, Bengt Danielsson, Douglas Oliver, and E. S. C. Handy are among the many scholars she counted as both professional colleagues and friends.
Alexander Spoehr
Margaret was a direct descendant of Charles Titcomb of Thetford, VT.
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Edward Rodman Titcomb
Titcomb, Edward Rodman Age 92, died peacefully May 14, 2011 at home surrounded by friends and family. He attended Yale University and the University of Washington, and then went on to serve in the Army Air Corps, in England during World War II. After returning, he married Julie Crommelin on September 11, 1946. Ed devoted many years in support of numerous educational and social service organizations. His first loves were the Science Museum of Minnesota where he served as a Board member and President, and Hamline University where he served as a Trustee. Ed also served for many years as a Director of Northwest Paper Company, Boise Cascade Corporation, and Rock Island Company. He was President of Rodman Industries from 1972 to 1983. Ed was an avid sportsman and hobbyist. He enjoyed golf with his children and grandchildren, skiing the mountains of Colorado, and challenging his friends to sets of tennis. He and Julie frequently escaped to their cabin on Madeline Island to sail on Lake Superior. His lasting legacy will be the fine wood furniture he crafted for others over the last 50 years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Julie, of 64 years. He is survived by four sons: Rod (Cecie), Rick (Suzy), Dan (Judy) and Bruce (Katy), 13 grandchildren, and 8 great grandchildren.
Full obituary here
Full obituary here
Cass Titcombe
Former Canteen executive chef Cass Titcombe is to open a neighbourhood bistro and wine bar in West London next spring, BigHospitality reveals.
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Mark Titcombe
A South Marston villager, immortalised in A Wiltshire Village.
Considered a strange character by villagers, and feared by children and even some adults.
Ranikhet was partly built using stone from Titcombe's (then disused) cottage.
Info from www.alfredwilliams.org.uk
John Titcomb
John Titcomb was born about 1830 in the small hamlet of Westcott at the foot of the Downs in northwest Berkshire. Little is known of his early life, but it is likely that he came from a family of shepherds. Indeed, at the age of 26 when he married, he was employed as a shepherd. It was on 11th August 1856 that John married Hannah Reade, a young woman from the village of Watchfield. Throughout their married life, they lived in a small cottage outside Watchfield, just above West Mill. John worked as a shepherd and agricultural labourer, while it seems that Hannah spent most of her life giving birth and bringing up children. The couple had seventeen children over a period of 25 years - Charles, Elizabeth Anne, John, Joseph, James, Martha Jane, Martha Rebecca, Mary Jane, Thomas, Amy, David, Albert, Walter, George and Edwin.
More details of John Titcomb's family.
Lieutenant Francis Titcomb
Detail from the pencil sketch "The Battle of Shiloh at Pittsburg Landing, TN, 4/6-7/1862" by Lieutenant Francis Titcomb, Alabama Artillery (from The Smithsonian Institution's American History Museum, photo by CNO).
More details of The Battle of Shiloh (or Pittsburg Landing)
Monday, 25 April 2011
Saturday, 9 April 2011
LOG BOOK of SHIP,"James Titcomb",1858-61
Log book of Ship, James Titcomb. Capt. John Dean. Log of years, 1858-1861. Travels from U.S.East Coast and New Orleans to Europe, Cork, etc., and to Italy.
View it here on eBay
Thursday, 7 April 2011
Robert Titcomb arrested
Robert Titcomb was arrested on Monday for allegedly soliciting an undercover police officer for sex
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Louisa Titcomb, of Stroudwater
Louisa Titcomb, of Stroudwater, Maine, was only one of at least 14 women from Maine who volunteered to work as a nurse at the Naval School Hospital in Annapolis. She worked there from August 1863 until May 1865, The hospital, appeared on stationary she sent Rebecca Usher in April of 1864. While at the Naval School Hospital, she became editor of the hospital's newspaper, "The Crutch," which was created to keep hospitalized soldiers informed of events.
Taken from "Uncounted Forces: Maine Women in the Civil War" blog.
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