Dorothy Brewer Erikson

Dorothy “Dottie” Erikson, genealogist and daughter of Maine, died on May 10, 2015. Dottie graduated from Bar Harbor High School and, in 1942, from the University of Maine, where she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority. She was also active in the American Association of University Women and served as president. Dottie was involved in several genealogical societies, including as a board member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and a member of the Colonial Dames of America and the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. One of her proudest accomplishments was the publication, while in her seventies, of a widely respected genealogy of the Brewer Family, Descendants of Thomas Brewer: Connecticut to Maine, 1682-1996, with Allied Families (1996). Dottie was an active supporter of AAS, having served on the AAS investment committee in the 1990s. A book fund she established supports the acquisition of databases and books about genealogy.