Beginning with their leaving Nashua, New Hampshire, and moving to Brooklyn, New York, in 1927, this book is about the children of Frederic Carroll Merrill (1884Ð1965) and Mary Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1886Ð1918): Dot, Lib, Gil, and Fred. The book is largely a collection of photographs which I have gathered from my cousins, presenting a collage of our parentsÕ lives in Brooklyn and a glimpse into the lives of their children and grandchildren. Hopefully, you will enjoy this photographic journey into the past.
Irish Like Me: Seasoned in New Hampshire, published in 2021, introduces Dot, Lib, Gil, and FredÕs grandparents and reveals their stories and those of close family members. Their grandparents were living in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, when Dot, Lib, Gil, and Fred were born. Their two grandmothers were Irish Catholic immigrants. One of their grandfathers was born in New Hampshire, the son of Irish Catholic immigrants. The other grandfather was born in Maine, and his roots extend to the first wave of European immigrants, primarily English Protestants, who arrived in New England during the 1600s.