Welcome to the Rich genealogy. Family units are arranged alphabetically by the first name of the father (or single-parent mother). Links are provided to enable you to move up and down each lineage. To follow a line back in time (ancestors), click on the underlined portion of "(son of ...)" or "(dau. of ...)" beneath the name of the person you want to trace back. To follow a line forward in time (descendants), click on the name of the person whose offspring you want to see. A plus sign (+) following a name means that that person had one or more children, but that family group has not been added to this web page. A link to documentation and notes, when available, is given below each family.
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The earliest Rich families to be reported in the census records for Mount Desert Island were those of John Rich and Jonathan Rich, both recorded in the 1790 census of Mount Desert, the only town on the island at that time.
Gilman N. Rich
(son of John R. Rich and Zena Hopkins)
b. 28 October 1850
m. (1) Ida M. Hamor
(dau. of Eben Hamor and Aphia L. Salisbury)
b. 8 April 1854 Maine
d. 21 September 1921
bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine
divorced before 1910 census
(2) 4 y. as of 1910 census
Edith A. Higgins
(dau. of William C. Higgins and Julia A. [...])
b. 12 October 1867 Maine
d. [...]
bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine
d. 2 February 1939
bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine
children by Ida M. Hamor:
Mabel Rich b. age 7 y. as of 1880 census Maine
Chester A. Rich b. age 1 y. as of 1880 census Maine
documentation and notes
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John R. Rich
(son of [...])
b. 16 February 1813 Maine
m. Zena Hopkins
b. 25 December 1816 Maine
d. 13 March 1897
bur. Leland Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine
d. 23 September 1893
bur. Leland Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine
children:
Amaretta Rich b. age 11 y. as of 1850 census Maine
George Rich b. age 9 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Samuel N. Rich b. 23 February 1844 Maine - m. Emma A. [...] - d. 1 December 1929 - bur. Leland Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine
Orient C. Rich b. 1 June 1846 Maine - m. 31 y. as of 1900 census Nettie [...] - d. 16 April 1924 - bur. Ledgelawn Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine
Osborn Perry Rich b. 1848 Maine - m. Emma Florence [...] - d. 1916 - bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine
Gilman N. Rich b. 28 October 1850 - m. (1) Ida M. Hamor, divorced; (2) Edith A. [...] - d. 2 February 1939 - bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine
Melissa F. Rich b. age 7 y. as of 1860 census Maine
John H. Rich b. age 4 y. as of 1860 census Maine
Ada Sarah Rich b. age 1 y. as of 1860 census Maine
Alice M. Rich b. age 9 y. as of 1870 census Maine
documentation and notes
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Orient C. Rich
(son of John R. Rich and Zena Hopkins)
b. 1 June 1846 Maine
m. 31 y. as of 1900 census
Nettie [...]
b. 17 April 1849
d. 21 September 1913
bur. Ledgelawn Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine
d. 16 April 1924
bur. Ledgelawn Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine
child:
Maude Rich b. [February?] 1874 Maine - m. 6 y. as of 1900 census Charles E. Lindall - d. 1943 - bur. Ledgelawn Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine
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