Question

Does anyone know of Henry Briggs, lived in Maine, look wildlife pictures?

Comments

Barbara,

My name is Cynthia Joslyn Bishop.  Henry used to visit my family with his dog Lady in Queensbury NY.  At the time he drove a VW bus.  He would occasionally lecture at our community church.  I was very young; but Henry made quite an impression on me!  Someplace I have a photo of him.  I enjoyed reading the referenced article.

Cindy

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Henry was a frequent visitor to my parents in Connecticut in the 50's. They shared an intense love of nature and I remember Henry showing his films in our house.

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Hello. My name is Yvette Gosselin Stewart.  My grandmother was Dorothy Briggs Gosselin.   Henry Brigg’s sister. We used to look forward to,”Uncle Henry”’s visits to Bangor.  Any info that you have to share with my family would be greatly appreciated.

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Hello Yve

My mother was Marguerite ( Briggs ) Garrison  , Henry's

sister.  I knew him well, he stayed here before he died.

Barbara (Garrison ) Fletcher

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My name is Bruce Kittredge. Henry used to visit my parents in Connecticut in the 1950's. I also remember him being at Bill Parson's dairy farm in Skowhegan. I'm not sure but I think he lived there for awhile. We canoed and fished on the river there.

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Henry Briggs was my uncle on my dads side...he would come and do slide shows of the Allagash when I was very young..now I collect vintage cameras and shoot with them

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Henry was my uncle too..step brother to my father Eugene Southard Marsh

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I wonder if he would be the same film maker who recorded the relationship between wolves and migrating caribou in Alaska and may have filmed the last pulpwood drive on west branch of the Pennobscot?

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Henry Wareham Briggs B-1907 D-1987 in Bangor lived in Newport, Maine which isn't far from somerset county

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Does anyone know if he specifically made the film about the relationship between wolves and migrating caribou? I'm just trying to verify if this is the same man I saw present at our school in the '60's

Answer 1

From Google search:

 

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19520823&id=e_VGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4fMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2089,4602835

Journal Magazine Section .Skowhegan Man One Of Leading Photographers of Nature Scene

Wildlife Photographer Tells Of Guatemalan Trip On Used School Bus .

news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19751028&id...

SKOWHEGAN - Henry Briggs, wildlife photographer, was guest 'speaker at the Somerset County Extension Associa tion annual meeting Satur day evening at ...

Naturalist To Narrate Film . - Google News

news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19610205&id...

Henry Briggs, celebrated American naturalist and wildlife photographer, will be present at . the Florida Gulf Coast Center, on February 7 when his International ...

Wildlife .Photographer To Address .Tone, Inn . - Google News

news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19751021&id...

SKOWHEGAN Henry Briggs, noted wildlife photographer, will be the featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Somerset County Extension Association Oct.

Answer 2

he was my uncle

Answer 3

Henry D Briggs

mentioned in the record of Henry D Briggs and Delia J Farnham

Name	Henry D Briggs
Event Type	Marriage
Event Date	28 Apr 1913
Event Place	Lynn, , Massachusetts, United States
Registration Place	Lynn, , Massachusetts
Gender	Male
Age	55
Marital Status	Widowed
Birth Date	1858
Birth Year (Estimated)	1858
Birthplace	Bath, , Maine
Father's Name	George E Briggs
Mother's Name	Sarah E Kimball
Spouse's Name	Delia J Farnham
Spouse's Gender	Female
Spouse's Age	53
Spouse's Marital Status	Widowed
Spouse's Birth Date	1860
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated)	1860
Spouse's Birthplace	, , Nova Scotia
Spouse's Father's Name	Cornwall Anderson
Spouse's Mother's Name	Matilda Sproule
Page	19
Number of Images	1

CITING THIS RECORD

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N46Z-TXK : accessed 30 April 2016), Henry D Briggs and Delia J Farnham, 28 Apr 1913; citing Lynn, , Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,409,945.

Answer 4

 

Henry W Briggs

United States Census, 1930

Name	Henry W Briggs
Event Type	Census
Event Date	1930
Event Place	Corinth, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Gender	Male
Age	23
Marital Status	Single
Race	White
Race (Original)	White
Relationship to Head of Household	Lodger
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)	Lodger
Birth Year (Estimated)	1907
Birthplace	Maine
Father's Birthplace	Maine
Mother's Birthplace	Maine
Sheet Letter	A
Sheet Number	3

HOUSEHOLD	ROLE	GENDER	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
Fred A Shaw	Head	M	75	Maine
Edith S Shaw	Wife	F	48	Maine
Henry W Briggs	Lodger	M	23	Maine

CITING THIS RECORD

"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMD7-RBG : accessed 1 May 2016), Henry W Briggs in entry for Fred A Shaw, 1930.

Comments

good find Frank, most likely the correct one and he'd be an old man in WII compared to all the boys who served.

Answer 5

Henry W. Briggs probably born in 1908-09 and graduated as president of his class of 1927 of East Corinth Academy, Corinth, Maine, was definitely a wildlife photographer.  He traveled all around Maine giving talks and show his photos.

Answer 6

Have created the profile for Henry Wareham Briggs 1906-1987, Briggs-7324. I also created his parents. Looked and saw no easy connection to the main tree.

Answer 7

Once the profile is made which I see someone did, I recommend studying this to see how to add sources.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Sourcing_Primer_-_Instructional