Chelsea MA Local History Updates

WHATS NEW PAGE Heres whats new to the Chelsea Historical Society Website Click the link to go to that page







11/12/2007	Roster of the Chelsea Companies in the Civil War
11/10/2007	How Chelsea Streets were named.
11/09/2007	Civil War casuality list completed
10/22/2007	Chelsea Beach – later Revere Beach
10/18/2007	Notable Chelsea Educators – work in progress
10/01/2007	Selected Events Page – new article added – Tragedy on Second Street.
6/30/2007	Additional items added to Civilian Deaths from fire.
6/30/2007	Additional items added to Fire Timeline.
6/21/2007	Listing of Chelsea Family Names from the 1600’s, 1700’s and 1800’s
6/19/2007	Chelsea’s war Memorial Markers and Monuments
6/18/2007	Receivership and City Managers 1995 to present
6/17/2007	Helen Gilson – Civil War nurse
6/17/2007	Additional names added to Firefighters and Policemen killed in the line of duty
5/25/2007	Additions to the Chelsea Population page
5/25/2007	Listing of Civilian Deaths from fire.
5/24/2007	Firefighters and Policemen killed in the line of duty
5/23/2007	Statistics for the Chelsea Fire Department from 1866 to 1933
5/21/2007	Timeline of various fires in Chelsea
5/14/2007	The first graduating class of the Old Williams School – 1861
5/12/2007	Chelsea’s First Teachers, where they taught, 1709 – 1798
5/1/2007	Personnal account of the Carter Farm School
4/28/2007	Building of the Prattville School
4/26/2007	New section on Chelsea’s Forefathers added – ongoing research
4/15/2007	Comparative weather conditions for the 1908 and the 1973 fire
4/14/2007	President Taft’s visit to Chelsea

4/1/2007	Gulf Oil Farm fire added
3/9/2007	Bellingham Square and Broadway added
3/1/2007	Three newspaper accounts of the 1908 fire from the Boston American: 1, 2 ,3
1/14/2007	Timeline of alarms for the 1908 fire
1/13/2007	Additional damage statistics in 1908 – Losses and Streets Destroyed
1/12/2007	List of Cities and Towns that sent fire aparatus to aid in fighting the 1908 Fire
1/11/2007	List of Cities and Towns that sent fire aparatus to aid in fighting the 1973 Fire
1/11/2007	History of Chelsea’s Newspapers
1/8/2007	Chelsea’s Shipbuilding industry added
1/7/2007	Representatives to the General Court page added
1/6/2007	Town Selectmen 1739 -1800 After Chelsea separated from Boston
1/5/2007	Town Officials 1643 – 1738 when Chelsea was still part of Boston
12/16/2006	Governor Richard Bellingham page added
12/15/2006	Influenza epidemic of 1918 – 1919
12/15/2006	Additional information on those serving in WW2
12/12/2006	Chelsea Synagogues page updated with new information
11/17/2006	Chronological List of Chelsea’s Schools
11/6/2006	Chelsea Homes page added
10/28/2006	John J. “Sandy” Ferguson added to Chelsea’s Notable People
10/28/2006	Chelsea Mayors updated from first to last 1857 to 1991
10/15/2006	Mellen Chamberlain added to Chelsea’s Notable People
10/13/2006	New section: News Events in Chelsea’s Past – see main page for link
10/13/2006	First Baptist Church history added to Chelsea Places of Worship Section
10/9/2006	The History of the Old Clay Pit and Parkway Plaza
10/6/2006	Two additional people added to Chelsea’s Notable People section – see main page for link
10/4/2006	List of those killed and injured in the Chelsea Fire of 1908
10/4/2006	History of the Chelsea Police Department
10/1/2006	The Chelsea Police Scandal of 1916
9/26/2006	Additional people added to Chelsea’s Notable People section – see main page for link
9/25/2006	Additional information added to the Vietnam War – Killed in Action page
9/25/2006	Additional articles added to the 1908 Chelsea Fire – see main page for link
9/22/2006	Unusual Chelsea Weather Events Page updated through 1978
9/20/2006	Additional regiments added to the Civil War section
9/3/2006	Chelsea’s Decorated Veterans – Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross
9/1/2006	New updated information added to the World War 2 page
8/31/2006	Additional regiments added to the Civil War section
8/25/2006	Civil War page updated with new information
8/22/2006	The story of the ‘Fern Leaf Brick’
8/20/2006	Revolutionary War page updated
8/10/2006	911 page added
8/6/2006	WWII Killed in Action corrected from 110 to 143
8/4/2006	History of Prattville – New section
7/26/2006	Chelseas’ Contribution to the Various Wars updated
7/22/2006	The history of Indians of Winnisimmet (Chelsea)
7/14/2006	Genealogy section: Deaths now completed to 1808
7/14/2006	Chelsea Population page added
7/13/2006	Chelsea Fire Department updated with additional photos and complete history.
7/10/2006	New sections – Naval Hospital – Marine Hospital – Soldier’s Home added.
6/30/2006	New Genealogy section added – Note: This is an on-going research and is not yet completed
6/29/2006	New Map Page started – new maps will be added periodically
6/29/2006	Timeline of historical events in Chelsea added
6/29/2006	Pictures of the Chelsea Fire Department
6/28/2006	Addiional pictures and addresses added to the Chelsea Businesses of 1898
6/27/2006	Additional information on Chelsea’s Mayors uploaded
6/26/2006	Pictures of Chelsea Business establishment in 1898
6/25/2006	King Philip War Page added
6/25/2006	French and Indian War information added
6/24/2006	Unusual Chelsea Weather Events Page added