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Within this publication, you can search approximately 20,000 approved pension applications of widows and other dependents of US Navy veterans who served between 1861 and 1910, originally filmed by NARA. Search for a name, ship, place, or keyword. Or, use the browse menus to locate a sailor by surname. Case files include where and when a man served, details of his service, his life before the war, and his family, including information about his widow, children, and sometimes his parents. Continue…
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Rose Ann Burland
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Rose Ann Calhoun
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death Apr. 20 1919
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Pensioner Hannah Maltby formerly Masten
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Hannah Maltby
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Masten
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was afflicted with scurvy and could not walk except with the aid of crutches
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Source Information
Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Widows' Certificates), 1861-1910. Original data from: The National Archives
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