https://vimeo.com/745450134?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Iris (Kamaros) Staub was born on March 27, 1937, in Enfield, Connecticut. She had two years of college at Westbrook College in Portland, Maine, followed by 12 months of a program at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Handover, NH.She and her husband, Dr. Richard Staub, met...
https://vimeo.com/680661196?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Margaret (Fitzpatrick) Connolly was born in Boston in 1927 and raised in Pepperell. Margaret moved to Groton after marrying James Connolly. The Connollys lived and raised their four children in West Groton, where they enjoyed the tight-knit community.At the time, the neighborhood had many amenities,...
https://vimeo.com/678198920?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Earl Carter is widely recognized in Groton as one of a handful of experts on the town’s history. During his many decades living in the community, he has amassed the most extensive collection of Groton historical artifacts which are stored and displayed in a barn...
https://vimeo.com/675463503?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Doug Brown was the archivist and woodworking shop teacher at Groton School for 50 years, 1970-2020. Doug was born in 1939 in Fitchburg and then moved to Shirley when he was 10. After attending Groton School from 1957 to 1961, Doug completed his bachelor's studies...
https://vimeo.com/674620255?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Bud Robertson was born in Groton (Lowell Hospital) and has lived in town most of his life. He grew up in West Groton and remained in town even as he built a successful career in finance at various well-known enterprises outside Groton.Bud's civic involvement has...
https://vimeo.com/673779437?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Alice came to Groton from Fitchburg as a 17-year-old high school graduate in 1943 for a job as a telephone operator at Ayer during World War II. Living at the Groton Inn with other single women, her work helped the war effort.Later, after marriage and...
https://vimeo.com/673390949?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Marion Stoddart was born to Atlee and Ruth Jackson on May 26, 1928, in Reno, Nevada. She is an activist and community leader best known for her work in cleaning and restoring the Nashua River in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Since she and her husband...
https://vimeo.com/670250708?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Camilla has lived in Groton for over sixty years, raising four children here with her husband, Arthur.She was head teacher at the former Groton kindergarten, now the Community School, before teaching kindergarten in the Pepperell Public School system.She has volunteered with the Groton Music Association,...
https://vimeo.com/666542497?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Margaret (Peggy) Johnson McWade was born in Poughkeepsie, New York and lived in Waltham before coming to Groton with her husband Gordon (Tiny) and their two children.Peg trained as a fine arts painter before earning Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and taught in universities and public...
https://vimeo.com/643636924?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Meredith was born in western Massachusetts in 1932 and came to Groton at age 5 with his large family. They lived on Kemp Street quite fittingly because they were related to the Kemps and another Groton family, the Boutelles.His family owned the general store in...