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FRANK H. GIESELMAN, born 01 Feb 1882 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY, and died perhaps in QUEENS, NEW YORK COUNTY, NY.

RichardWheeler599 — 6 Oct 2008 10:18:06 GMT

I am searching for the death date and burial information on FRANK H. GIESELMAN, born 01 Feb 1882 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY, and died some time before December 1974, perhaps in QUEENS, NEW YORK COUNTY, NY. He is my grand uncle and was a police office on the New York City police department. It appears he lived in Queens, NY. He married SARAH about 1915; not sure if it was in Syracuse or New York City. She was born 22 Feb 1895 in New York State, and died Aug 1974 in Huntington Station, Suffolk County, NY according to Social Security Death Index. It is possible Frank died there as well. Frank Gieselman descends from my great grandfather, John F. Gieselman, details below. I’m guessing he died after September 1952 when he appeared in his brother Edward’s obituary and before December 1974 at which time he DID NOT appear as a survivor in his sister’s obituary (Hattie Gieselman Forsythe).

If anyone has information to share on this matter, I would appreciate it. Thank you. Richard Wheeler

Descendants of John F. Gieselman, Syracuse, NY

GENERATION NO. 1

JOHN F. GIESELMAN (HENRY) was born May 1850 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY, and died 03 May 1925 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY. He married ELIZABETH "LIBBIE" GROUP 10 Sep 1874 in Syracuse, NY, daughter of ADAM GROUP and ROSINA WERNAILINGER. She was born 09 Dec 1851 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY, and died 12 Jun 1939 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY.

More about JOHN F. GIESELMAN:
Burial: 03 May 1925, Woodlawn Cemetery, 800 Grant Blvd., Syracuse, New York 13202, Telephone (315) 479-5826

Children of JOHN GIESELMAN and ELIZABETH GROUP are:
i. EDWARD W. GIESELMAN, SR., b. 23 Oct 1876, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY; d. 02 Sep 1952, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY.
ii. RICHARD J. GIESELMAN, b. 21 Sep 1878, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY; d. 04 Sep 1944, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY; m. CATHRIENE HAMILTON.
iii. JESSIE M. GIESELMAN, b. 28 Apr 1880, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY; d. 15 Aug 1917, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY.
iv. FRANK H. GIESELMAN, b. 01 Feb 1882, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY; d. 1970, Queens, New York County, NY.
v. HATTIE GIESELMAN, b. 27 May 1884, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY; d. 07 Dec 1974, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY; m. SHERMAN L. FORSYTHE, 17 Jun 1907, Syracuse, NY; b. 1885, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY; d. 27 Jun 1938, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY.
vi. ADA R. GIESELMAN, b. 09 Jul 1887, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY; d. 21 Oct 1949, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY.
vii. HOWARD G. GIESELMAN, b. 23 Jun 1890, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY; d. 30 Jul 1943, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY; m. DOROTHY KNAPP; b. 08 Jun 1898, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY.

GENERATION NO. 2

FRANK H. GIESELMAN (JOHN F., HENRY) was born 01 Feb 1882 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY, and died before December 1974 in Queens, New York County, NY. He married SARAH about 1915. She was born 22 Feb 1895 in New York, and died Aug 1974 in Huntington Station, Suffolk County, NY.

Children of FRANK GIESELMAN and SARAH are:
i. FRANK GIESELMAN Jr., b. 1916, New York State.
ii. EDITH GIESELMAN, b. 1918, New York State.
iii. RUTH R. GIESELMAN, b. 1923, New York State.
iv. IRENE GIESELMAN, b. 1925, New York State.

Mrs. Catharine Waggeman burial in Rose Hill Cemetery

tammyk18 — 6 Oct 2008 4:21:37 GMT

The Syracuse Standard, 31 Jul 1885, Pg. 4

Mrs. Catharine Waggeman, wife of Jacob Waggeman, died on Thursday night at No. 54 Park street at 65 years of age. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery to-morrow afternoon.

*date of death: 29 Jan 1885

Mittendorf burial in Rose Hill Cemetery

tammyk18 — 6 Oct 2008 5:18:40 GMT

The Syracuse Standard, 18 May 1885, Pg. 4

Lulu Mittendorf, aged seven years, was buried at Rose Hill yesterday afternoon from the home of her parents, corner of McBride and Laurel streets.

Kenyons on the 1820 Federal Census

Marilyn_Kenyon — 6 Oct 2008 4:45:40 GMT

On the 1820 Federal Census, there are four Kenyon head of households with males under the age of 10. I would appreciate any help in identifying any of these male children.

Abiel Kenyon of Camillus, Onondaga showed 2 males under 10;
Nathan L. Kenyon of Otisco showed 3 males under 10 years;
Robert K had 2 males under 10 years of age; and
Russell Kenyon had one male under ten;

If you can identify ANY of these male children, I would love to hear from you.

Marilyn Kenyon

Request death index lookup for Mary Mason

slehr121 — 6 Oct 2008 1:29:24 GMT

I am wondering if someone can possibly do a lookup of the NYS death index at the Onondaga County Public Library for me. I'm looking for the death date and certificate # of Mary (Woodard/Woodward) Mason who died between 1880 and 1890, probably in Chateaugay, Franklin, NY. Hopefully, the index is alphabetical so the lookup isn't too time consuming.

I would greatly appreciate any help with this. I am happy to do a lookup at the Salt Lake Family History Library in exchange.

Sincerely,

Shannon Lehr

Photo of May E. Wheadon

CaroleKiernan05 — 4 Oct 2008 8:52:07 GMT

Rescued at Sale...Will pass on photo of May E. Wheadon b. & d. Onojdaga NY photo at age 12. died aged 13 in 1887, for my cost & postage, must prove fanily connection.

1947, 1948, 1949 Syracuse City Directory lookup requset

JoMac53 — 2 Oct 2008 4:08:05 GMT

I need to see if my Dad was in the city directory in Syracuse in 1947, 1948 & 1949.

His name was James PERRY and James ROACH. It changed somewhere in that time frame and *when* is what I'm trying to discover.

Does anyone have access?

Thank you.
Joanne

Elliott & McKevitt in Baldwinsville 1853

Bob Elliott — 23 May 1999 12:00:00 GMT

I'm researching the antecedents and origins of my GGG grandparents
George W. Elliott (b3/8.1830) & Jane E. McKevitt (b 4/3/1833) who were
married on
7/4/1853 in Baldwinsville by Rev A.S. Wightman.

I have a photocopy of the wedding announcement in the 7/15/1853 issue of the Democrat Press that spells Jane's name as McKibbett.
We have no futher info as to whether these people were raised in
Baldwinsville, Onondaga Co.,
somewhere nearby or who their parents were.

How might I find out if they were listed as members of seperate families
in the
1850 census, as a couple in the 1860 census, or perhaps are listed in
marrige records.

Can anyone direct me to records available online?

Perhaps Rev. Wightman pastored a local church which might have kept
records?

The family supposedly moved to Ithaca in 10/1869 and LaPorte,
IN in 6/1872.

Smith's of Tully

Bob Harnden — 28 May 1999 12:00:00 GMT

Enos Smith married Lucina Chapin and their children were:
MC Smith, Enos JR.,Cynthia Smith Hurlbut, Calvin Smith who married Eunice Cobb, Lurilla Smith who married Osee Munson, and Julia Smith who married Nathan Elmer.
Trying to find information on Enos and his children. I have ful information on Cynthia Smith Hulrbut if interested.

Request Obit of Nellie Knight Raven DOD May 1968

Connie Kone — 27 Feb 2002 11:29:18 GMT

Anyone with information regarding Nellie Raven or her son, Ernest Savage or a member of their family, please contact me. I believe them to be family members I have never known.

Dottler, George

lorraine628 — 1 Oct 2008 1:05:59 GMT

THIS WOULD BE MY GR GR GRANDFATHER. BORN 1827. CAME FROM GERMANY AFTER HIS DAUGHTER, CAROLINE(MARRIED PETER BERGER).
GEORGE ARRIVED 1877. IN 1880 MARRIED A MAGDALENA YEHLE(SHE
ALSO WAS PREV. MARRIED). ACCORDING TO CENSUS REPORTS, SHE HAD 5 CHILD WHEN THEY MARRIED-1880. TOGETHER THEY HAD 2 ? MORE CHILDREN. IN 1920 CENSUS IT HAS MAGDALENA WITH SON JOHN
AND WIDOWED. SHE WAS 75. ANY INFO ON THE DOTTLERS ETC APPRECIATED. GEORGES DOD? 1ST WIFES NAME?. DAUGHTER CAROLINE BERGER DIED 1919 & BURRIED IN WOODLAWN. ANY INFO APPRECIATED

Oakwood Cemetery Burials (Syracuse, NY)

FoxxTrotter — 18 Sep 2008 9:44:08 GMT

I found something very interesting on FultonHistory.com. Some of you may have seen it already. There is a section on the site called "My Photo Albums" which has different folders with records of lots and interments along with registers for Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse as well as nearby Mount Adnah Cemetery in Fulton. A couple of other items are on there too. Anyways, the folders for the Mount Adnah Cemetery are separated by years. The folders for Oakwood Cemetery are separated by rolls. Unfortunately, you have to pick and choose files to possibly find who you're looking for. These files are copies from old records which I'm sure are still kept either at the cemetery or at the respective municipal building. It wouldn't hurt to gaze through the files (in PDF format). I haven't found a direct link to these from the main site, so here is the link below.

http://fultonhistory.com/my%20photo%20albums/Mt.%20Adnah/

Happy trails! :0)

ROATE

delpowell — 30 Sep 2008 4:27:06 GMT

Seeking complete death date info on David William ROATE b. 20 Jan 1873 New York. Died 1945 Jordan, Onondaga, New York. Buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Jordan, Onondaga, New York.
Trying to apply for his death Certificate to find his parents. Any info on David William Roate would be appreciated.

look ups

maryzad44 — 24 Apr 2006 2:32:00 GMT

I am researching my fathers side of family. Is there anything about the Devoy family? Dennis was my great great grandfather; his wife was Mary or Marie McEvoy. Would appreciate any info. Thank you. Mary Z

ROATE

delpowell — 30 Sep 2008 4:28:45 GMT

Minnie Devall & Kathernine Meyer (Skaneateles, NY)

FoxxTrotter — 25 Sep 2008 5:39:47 GMT

I'm trying to find out the maiden name for two sisters, Minnie Devall (1860-1936) and Katherine Meyer (1872-1936). Both were born in Colberg, Germany and died in the area around Skaneateles. They had at least two other sisters who remained in Germany. Katherine was married to Joseph Valentine Meyer (1865-1942) of the Alsace-Lorraine region of France. The American Legion Post #317 in Skaneateles Falls is named after her son, Valentine Meyer who died during World War I. Minnie was married twice, with her second husband being George Washington Devall (1869-1946) of Wayne County, New York. I have a copy of the death record for George, and it states Minnie's last name as "Miller." I'm not sure though if that is her maiden name or her previous maiden name. A listing through Ancestry OneTree showed a possible last name in parenthesis for Katherine Meyer being "Münich," although I have no certainty on that either.

The old newspaper articles aren't too helpful in reference the death notices for both sisters. It did show a middle initial of "M" for Katherine, which is more likely for the maiden name than her actual middle name.

Right now, I'm trying to obtain the death record for Minnie Devall from Onondaga County. As to how much it will remedy this query, I have no idea due to her being born outside the United States.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. :0)

North H.S. in Syr.? Old Veterans Park? The James Apartments?

FMosconi — 26 Sep 2008 1:55:03 GMT

I've seen postcards on this site of "North HS" or "North-Side HS". Is this now Grant Middle School, or where was North HS?

As for postcard of "Veterans Park" at night, early 20th C. -- where is/was that located?

And if anyone can help me find out any history of The James Apartments building from its early years (? built ca 1924 at james and McBride, still there), I'd love to hear it.

Thanks,
Fran

Westgate family in Liverpool

Jeanette_Denson — 11 Jun 2002 8:39:09 GMT

Looking for information on Joseph B. and Lucy Stoddard Westgate who resided in Liverpool, Onondaga County, in the mid 1800s. Also would like information on his son, Joseph B. and Rebecca Fairbanks Westgate Jr and other members of the family.

Onondaga County Orphanage Asylum

sharonolsen2847 — 19 Sep 2008 3:31:24 GMT

Does anyone know where I might find lists of orphans in this Asylum between the years of 1850 - 1880?

I am searching for my g-grandmother Elizabeth Wogan and any family that she may have had. I have her parents in the 1850 census with no children (Eliza and Michael Wogan). I have her baptism from Tree Talks as being May 13, 1860 at the Church of the Assumption, Syracuse. NY. and a birth date of March 4, 1856 in Syracuse.

Oral history - she was raised as an orphan

Census History as Elizabeth (Lizzie) Martin she is as any orphan unsure of her parentage.

Onondaga Poor House - I find a Michael Wogan (father's name) in and out for intemperance.

Any help/direction most welcome!

Sharon - Western Canada

Obituary Lookup for Rosemary Peterson

Dpware1 — 25 Aug 2008 1:10:04 GMT

I was wondering if someone could do an obituary lookup for Rosemary Peterson? She died 01 Mar 2000, her last address was Jamesville, Onondaga, NY.

Please send to Dave Ware at
Dpware@tampabay.rr.com

Thank you

Obit from 1908- Gieselman

rita_broeker — 5 Jul 2005 11:35:23 GMT

I need the obituary from the SYRACUE HEARLD newspaper for . Henry Gieselman 9-11-1908.

I don't think he is a relative ,but the obit would give psrents and siblings names: right.
Thank you.

Rita Broeker
Missouri

Bob Reynolds, Navy Officer WWII, Advanced Fuze and Explosive Ordnance School, Class 104, 7 August 1943 in Edgewood Arsenal

biliff2004 — 21 Sep 2008 3:29:17 GMT

I have a graduation picture of the Advanced Fuze and Explosive Ordnance School, Class 104, 7 August 1943 in Edgewood Arsenal, MD, with names and home towns noted on the back by my father who attended the school. Bob Reynolds of Syracuse attended the course. Anyone interested in the picture, please reply here and I will post a scan of the picture and the back.

Raymond Murton Elliott and Kathryn, his wife

PatandSueJones — 2 Sep 2008 8:05:31 GMT

Raymond was born in Cherry Ridge, Pa. and moved to Syracuse in 1943. I saw part of an obituary for him (wasn't going to subscribe to the site to see the rest) dated 15 Mar 2002 from the Post Standard. Does anyone have access to the newspaper article/obituary and willing to share it with me?
My grandmother's mother was Lottie (Charlotte) Elliott; my grandmother was Grace Metzgar. I'm trying to put together that branch - my grandmother was disowned (her parents died and she was raised by an aunt and her family - she became "with child" and at 17 married Joseph J Donnelly from "the wrong side of the tracks") so there isn't much family history for me to go on! If you know anything about the Elliotts I would appreciate any information.

Eugene E. Rose & Frances Van Horn Smith (Syracuse, NY)

FoxxTrotter — 20 Aug 2008 5:55:49 GMT

I'm trying to find out any information on Eugene E. Rose and Frances Van Horn Smith during their time living in Syracuse, New York. They moved to Geneva, Illinois in the 1870s, but returned to New York State around the turn of the century. Eugene was born near Clyde, New York in 1847. Frances was born in 1856 in New York. As far as I know, they had three children...Frederick John Rose (1873-1932), Giles Herbert Rose (1876-1939) and Charles Rose (born 1880). Giles and Charles were born in Illinois, but both of them moved back to New York. I believe Frances died in Syracuse in late 1904, as a newspaper article mentioned her being seriously ill with pneumonia. She was not on the 1910 U.S. Census. Eugene later moved in with his son Frederick, who was also living in Syracuse. That is on the census. I'm still trying to find out when he died, but it's most likely sometime between 1910 and 1920. What I'm trying to find out is where they are buried at. I'm fairly sure they are buried somewhere in either Onondaga, Cayuga or Wayne counties. I haven't been able to find much information in the old local newspapers for the Finger Lakes area of New York. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'll keep looking through the newspaper articles as well. Thanks. :0)

Genealogy of Green Family

Nancy Fiets — 14 Nov 1998 12:00:00 GMT

Manley Green married Temperance Morse July 3, 1855
Manley Green born Jan 20, 1834 Onondaga Co. Otisco, NY
Temperance Morse Green born Feb. 13, 1840 died May 9, 1911
Emma Cynthia Green daughter born Aug. 30, 1883 died Jan 18, 1936

PICKETT

BGKOPP — 25 Aug 2001 2:58:01 GMT

My Pickett information begins in 1809 with the birth of Hiram Pickett in
Spafford.
The 1830 census reveals Hiram with wife (Harriett Pulsipher) and son. Also in
Spafford was a Phillip and Peter Pickett. In the surrounding hamlets are again
many Picketts. I am trying to locate the names of Hiram's parents/siblings.
Hiram and family moved to Ohio for a few years and then finally settled in
Wisconsin.

Would like to make contact with any Pickett researchers.

PICKETT of Spafford

BGKOPP — 25 Aug 2001 2:58:01 GMT

I am hoping to connect with other researchers of the Picketts of Onondaga Co.
Census indexes reveal many Picketts in the neighboring towns of Spafford.
My earliest is Hiram Pickett. Hiram married Harriet Pulsipher in Spafford in
the 1840s. They eventually moved to Ohio, Ill and finally settled in
Wisconsin.
I have checked for a probate for Hiram, no joy there. Are church records
available for Spafford? I really am stuck on finding Hiram's family. Census
records indicate Hiram's parents were born in NY.

Best Wishes,
Gail

Newspaper Archives Lookups

tammyk18 — 19 Sep 2008 6:28:19 GMT

I have access to the newspaper archives (world-wide) and I am willing to do look ups for people. Please contact me at tammyk18@yahoo.com

Tammy Kocienski
Town of Geddes and Village of Solvay Historian

Searching for Nina Purington Newhart, born about 1818, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH (or) Harold G. Newhart (or) their children

RichardWheeler599 — 16 Sep 2008 4:12:36 GMT

I am searching for my 1st cousin, 1x removed. Her maiden name was Nina Purington, born about 1818, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH. Her parents were Everett E. Purington, born 1885, assumed to be in Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY, died 27 Nov 1969, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY and Fern Estelle Wheeler, born Aug 1885 in South Otselic, Chenango County, NY, died 19 Feb 1971, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY. The parents (Everett & Fern) lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH during his working days in a steel mill. After retirement, they moved back to Syracuse, NY where both died and are buried in Morningside/Oakwood Cemetery (same), Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY. The address while living in Cleveland was 1885 Windermere Street, Cleveland, OH 44112. Nina shows up in both the 1920 and 1930 Federal Census. It is assumed she married Harold G. Newhart (from obituary - Everett E. Purington, 1969). The obituary does not list a city for the daughter, Nina Newhart, or the two grandchildren.

It is my assumption that Nina is now deceased and I would actually be trying to contact or locate the two grandchildren who would be my 2nd cousins. Our great grandmother, Minnie Warner Wheeler Reed actually lived with the Purington family (her daughter, Fern Estelle Wheeler Purington) in Cleveland until her death in 1955. Minnie is also buried in Morningside/Oakwood Cemetery (same), Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY along side her first husband, DeVer Carter Wheeler, who died at an early age in 1903. Minnie’s second husband was Iram C. Reed of Syracuse who died in 1925.

I descend from Minnie’s son, Hiram DeForest Wheeler and was raised in the Syracuse New York area. If you know of either Nina Purington Newhart, or her children, I would appreciate it if you would contact me. Thank you, Richard Wheeler

Stone/Wilson

DBsquirl — 17 Sep 2008 11:12:53 GMT

I am searching for information an Thomas Stone & Barbara Ann Wilson b abt 1811 d 1883 b Kirkville, NY. Children: Helen, Thomas Porter & Mary. I am trying to find their parents.

VOGEL

Sharon Ellico — 12 Jul 1998 12:00:00 GMT

Seeking any info about the family of Jacob and Katherine Vogel living in Syracuse approximately 1850-1890. Sons were Nicholas, Matthew(moved to MI), Jacob, John. Daughters were Barbara who married a Cronk and lived in Oswego, Katherine who married a Faller, Mrs. Joseph Hecker. Faller and Hecker lived in Syracuse as did the other sons besides Matthew. Family was Catholic. Any info or leads appreciated.

Howlett, Slade, Blodgett

JohnLaird91 — 6 Sep 2008 11:41:35 GMT

Christiana Howlett, a daughter of Parley Howlett Sr., married James Slade - probably in Onondaga County, before 1804. Diane Flinn listed them as married and also had a list of their children in a 1997 post to the Rootsweb Onondaga mailing list. I am trying to find her or a Howlett researcher who could indicate how this family listing was obtained and if there are any records that go with it somewhere (marriage, probate, etc.). James' likely sister, Phoebe Slade, married Jacob Blodgett here in Onondaga, and they were in the same area. A third possible sibling, Russell Slade, was also here and in an Onondaga War of 1812 company of Capt. Mead. I am interested in the Howlett connection. Feel free to e-mail me directly at JohnLaird9@aol.com

John Laird

Asahel Chappell Family

Shannon Korn — 26 Jul 2000 12:00:00 GMT

Hi! I am looking for the family of Asahel(Asel) Chappell. He died July 1829 in Marcellus. I belive he was married more than once, one of his wives was Sabrina(Sabra) Trouille. Their children were Franklin, Norman, Hiram, and Martin. There were other children of theirs but I dont know their names, possibably Zipporah and John. He also had other children, Daniel P, Nathan, David(wife Charlotte), Job, Valentine, Uri, Elizabeth, Lonna, Matilda, and Grace all with the last name of WILLIAMS. I have no idea how they cannot have his last name, but in his Will thats how he addresses them. He also has a nephew Nathan Williams.

Thanks,
Shannon

John TUBBERT b 1799 in Ireland - Celebrated his 100th birthday in 1899

rewrite — 27 Aug 2006 4:39:47 GMT

Seeking info / obit on John TUBBERT b. 1799 in Ireland & celebrated his 100th birthday in 1899. Believe he died a year or two after above said birthday

Had son James F TUBBERT who was a policeman in Syracuse.

Lived in the Wolf - Turtle St area of Syracuse

Tia
D.J.

Wilkins McIntyre Families

MKomora — 14 Sep 2008 9:00:44 GMT

I am researching Charity McIntyre born about 1848 in NY and her Husband Charles Wilkins born about 1830 in NY.
Below is data that I believe pertains to them. I have not proven who theri parents are or any siblings.

1830 Census Onandaga county Clay twp lists a Nicholas Mcintyre

1840 United States Federal Census
about Nicholas McIntyre Name: Nicholas McIntyre Township: Clay County: Onondaga State: New York One male under 5 one male 40 - 50 2 females 5-10, one female 10-15, one male 30-40, and one 70-80,

1850 Census
Nathan ? or ? Nicholas Mc Intyre 50, Margaret (20?), John 14, Charity 1, all born NY Father was a laborer Charity must have lost her mother in the last year.

Name: Charity Mcintire Age: 1 Estimated birth year: abt 1849 Birth Place: New York Gender: Female Home in 1850(City,County,State): Clay, Onondaga, New York

1865 Census Onandaga NY state
Last Name McIntyre First Name John Visitation Number 359 Ward-District Number Geddes Record Number 4,354

1870 Census
Name: Chas S Wilkins Estimated birth year: abt 1832 Age in 1870: 38 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Hannibal, Oswego, New York Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Hannibal Charity Wilkins wife Estimated birth year: abt 1848 Age in 1870: 22 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Hannibal, Oswego, New York Harmon Wilkins Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Age in 1870: 2/12 Birthplace: New York Name: John J Wilkins Estimated birth year: abt 1868 Age in 1870: 2, Birthplace: New York Name: Wm W Wilkins Estimated birth year: abt 1866 Age in 1870: 4 Birthplace: New York

1880 Census
Name: Charley Wilkins Home in 1880: Fruitport, Muskegon, Michigan Age: 50 Estimated birth year: abt 1830 Birthplace: Michigan Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head) Father's birthplace: MI Mother's birthplace: Scotland Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Day Laborer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male He was listed as being married but his wife is not in the household with him and the boys. Charley Wilkins 50 born in Mich., Willie Wilkins 14 born NY, John Wilkins 11born NY, Herman Wilkins 9 born NY. There is a mistake about who was born where with father and mothers births Charles is listed as his father Holl. and then it is crossed out and Mich. is written in, then Charleys mother is listed as being born in Scotland and this is continued down for all 3 boys. NOTE Lon Moulton is living next door (Charles and Charity were witnesses for a Moulton Female marriage in Kent county.

Francoeur/Derosier

rlc1947 — 18 Jul 2008 2:50:46 GMT

I am looking for family info on Appoline Thibault Francoeur and her daughter Delia, who married Majorique Derosier.

marriage in Skanateles Davis/Shepherd, 1848

jsoscia3 — 11 Sep 2008 7:46:14 GMT

I am from RI. Looking for an ancestor's marriage record so I can get the parents' names. I looked through the Skaneateles historical society website, found the newspaper record from the Columbian, but it just lists the bride and groom. How do I get the rest of the info that is on the original record, or a copy of the original record?

The marriage in Skaneateles on 13 Feb 1848 was between: Addison H. Davis and Phebe Ann Shepherd. The newspaper record from the Columbian is dated 17 Feb 1848, but I need the actual marrige record or a copy of it. Thanks in advance for any help,

Sincerely,

Jason
jsoscia3@yahoo.com

Whiting Sweeting

lblayer@bigyellow.com — 1 Oct 1998 12:00:00 GMT

I am looking for information about Whiting Sweeting who was convicted of
murder in August of 1791 in Albany. Whiting was from Stephentown. Any
information about his wife and children or of this case would be helpful.
Thanks.

Obituary, Henry Gieselman - Syracuse Herald, September 11, 1906

RichardWheeler599 — 5 Sep 2008 8:59:00 GMT

Obituary, Henry Gieselman - Syracuse Herald, September 11, 1906,
(Transcribed word for word)

Henry Gieselman Dead

He was 85 Years Old and Had Lived Here for Sixty-four Years

Henry Gieselman, one of the oldest and best known German residents of the North Side, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred P. Hastings of No. 931 Highland Street last night, age 85 years. He was a miller by trade and was born in Westphalen, Prussia. He came to this city in 1842 and has made his home here since. In 1843 he was married to Catherine Bussey and for the next eighteen years he was head miller for James Haskins and the following twelve for J. W. Barker. For thirty years or more he conducted a grocery store on North Salina Street and for the last eight years he has made his home with his daughter.

Mr. Gieselman was the oldest member of St. Peters German Lutheran Church, a charter member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 180, I.O.O.F., and a member of the Volunteer Fireman’s association. He is survived by four sons, Jacob and William Gieselman of Chicago, and John and Henry Gieselman of this city; also two daughters, Mrs. Fred P. Hastings and Mrs. Charles Palmer, both of this city. Sixteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive him. The arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed.

End

Henry Gieselman and his wife, Catherine Bussey Gieselman (she died 21 Jan 1891), are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY.

Question – If anyone has information on Catherine Bussey (may be spelled Busse), or her parents, I would appreciate being contacted. Richard Wheeler

Article - ROAD’S PATH A GRAVE MATTER, by Bob Peel (Daniel Wheeler, born 1771)

RichardWheeler599 — 6 Sep 2008 4:02:23 GMT

ROAD’S PATH A GRAVE MATTER, by Bob Peel (Daniel Wheeler, born 1771)

From - Sunday Syracuse Herald American Newspaper, center section (Empire Magazine), May 11, 1980, page 17.

Two centuries ago down in Smith’s Valley on the banks of the Chenango River (Lebanon, Madison County, NY) they started a do-it-yourself cemetery to save a milling community. It worked perfectly and today local residents are doing their best to make certain this particular piece of their history never again slides back into weed-choked obscurity.

Smith’s Valley is more than halfway down the Chenango from Eaton to Randalleville. The cemetery sits safely off the east bank of the river; it was one of the first areas to turn green this spring as the Valley woke up from winter. Several hundred tombstones are lined up under the spruce and cedar trees. They mark the final resting places on this earth for families tracing their way back to the pioneers. Their names make a Who’s Who for Smiths Valley. But it may be the most important one of all simply has no name. He may have been a pauper, criminal or simply an unknown person. Here is how it happened.

When the first families moved in from Vermont and New York’s lower Hudson Valley, roads were little more than paths and they stayed that way. In 1797, the state Legislature authorized a lottery to raise $45,000 for rural road improvement. Smith’s Valley needed help badly. The center of activities was a pair of mills. Dan Wheeler ran the gristmill on the west bank while his brother, Elisha, had a sawmill across from him and slightly down stream. All the neighbors needed the Wheeler brothers and they respected their honesty and skill. But, when news that a new road was authorized, it appeared the mills might he isolated or even lost completely.

Back on the hills west of the two mills, the growing village of Lebanon had some citizens with a little extra clout. They began to pull a few political strings to get that road money to pay for a route cut directly east from Lebanon to Fayne’s Settlement, now better known as Hamilton. And that would have left the two Wheeler mills high, dry and probably eventually out of work. Something had to be done. The valley people felt they had reason on their side but it evidently didn’t help. More drastic action was needed.

David Shapley Jr., one of the early settlers, and Dan Wheeler, the gristmill owner, took action. Very quietly, probably well after dark, they went up toward Eaton and exhumed a cadaver from the potter’s field there. The site was close to the present location of the Gerritt Smith Infirmary. Then, still in the darkness, they reburied the unknown in a field smack dab in the middle of the new road route favored by the hill people from Lebanon. More burials soon followed and an official cemetery association was formed. Stone slabs marked the graves.

The mid-night shovel work succeeded. The hill people abandoned their proposal to run the new road straight down the hill. The alternative was accepted and the route circled around the valley to take in both of the Wheeler mills before it continued eastward.

Today the road to Hamilton follows essentially the same direction. You come down School House Hill., cross the River Road and go along Armstrong Road until you turn northeast for Hamilton. It is the long way around.

That cemetery proved to be no dig-by-night venture. Both the Shapleys and the Wheelers made certain its existence was justified. Eight (8) Wheeler and ten (10) Shapley graves were dug there before 1850. One of the earliest is that of Dan Wheeler, one of the co-conspirators. He died on Christmas Day, 1806, when an accident took his life in his own mill at the age of only 35 years. The miller still was very well regarded by his family and friends. The faded and weatherworn stone reads: “He lived a good moral life and left some evidence at his death of a glorious resurrection.” If you are in the area before the grass grows too high you will easily see the outlines or foundations of the two Wheeler mills. Take Armstrong Road across the Chenango River. The little cemetery stands out like a jewel after you pass the remnants of the two mills. About three years ago (that would have been 1977) a restoration and maintenance committee was formed to rescue it from oblivion. The stones had fallen and many were broken. Myrtle, ever present in country burial grounds, covered most of the markers. Weeds of every description stood between the stones and what was left of a fence was in worse shape than the tombstones. Some of the graves and most of the walkways had sunken below ground level; they collected rain water in the summer.

(The actually article go on, but I have end my word-for-word transcription at this point).

The restoration and maintenance project was very successful and today, in the year 2007, Smith’s Valley Cemetery is in excellent condition.

This information is excerpts from the original article written by Bob Peel. It was published in the Sunday Syracuse Herald American Newspaper, center section (Empire Magazine), May 11, 1980, page 17.

Origin of Randalleville Cemetery, now Smith’s Valley Cemetery, on Armstrong Road approximately ½ mile east of the Chenango River.

Daniel Wheeler, born 1771, Canaan, Columbia County, NY; died December 25, 1806 (Christmas Day) Lebanon, Madison County, NY. Daniel Wheeler is the 4th great grandfather of Karen Wheeler Sherbeck, Richard, Donald & Douglas Wheeler, all natives Syracuse, NY - community of Eastwood (Richard is now retired and living in Florida and Donald died on 06 Jul 2004).

Obituary - Adam Group, 26 May 1893

RichardWheeler599 — 5 Sep 2008 8:40:17 GMT

Obituary - Adam Group, 26 May 1893

The Evening Herald, Syracuse, NY, Friday, May 26, 1893, Page 4

Obituary – Death of Adam Group

Career of the Veteran Police Officer and Court Interpreter

At 7:20 A. M. today Police Court Interpreter and Doorman Adam Group died at his home, No. 123 Townsend Alley. Up to late yesterday afternoon it was not thought that his illness was of a serious nature. Tuesday morning he ate his usually hearty breakfast and went to the Central Police station to report for duty. A little before 8 o’clock he was seized with severe pains in the stomach and Dr. D. M. Totman was called. As he had been subject to cramps of the stomach it was thought to be a return of the old malady and the Doctor prescribed for him, and in an hour or so he was relieved considerably, and Supervisor of the Sixteenth ward, Adam Klink, a son-in-law, removed him in a carriage to his home, Doctor Totman accompanying him. On Wednesday he was attended by Doctor Kemter and Alfred Mercer, who prescribed the usual remedies. Yesterday it was found that the trouble did not yield, and it became apparent that a severe illness was developing, so late yesterday afternoon a council of physicians, composed of Doctors Kemter, Saxer, Mercer, Totman, Welch and Oberlander, was called. They pronounced his illness inflammation of the bowels and that the prospects of his recovery were very slight. From that time on he grew gradually weaker until he died. When the results of the council was made known Mrs. Rosina Group , who, with her three daughters, were in Chicago visiting two married daughters and a son who live there and incidentally seeing the World’s Fair, was telegraphed to, but she did not reach the city until this afternoon.

Sketch of his Life - Adam Group was born in Rhine-by-Ulmet, Germany, May 7th, 1823. Forty-five years ago next fall he left his native land for America, coming direct to Syracuse. He learned the trade of a tanner, but as this did not agree with his health he abandoned it for the business of salt boiler. On October 9th, 1861, the first year of the war of the rebellion, he enlisted at Auburn with the Seventh-fifth regiment and became a member of the regimental band. By order of the Secretary of War, the band was mustered out of service in New Orleans September 8th, 1862. Mr. Group returned to this city and resumed his work of salt boiling, and in November, 1869, soon after the reorganization of the forces into what is known as the metropolitan system, he became a patrolman. This position was faithfully filled by him until May 1st, 1885, when he became doorman and court interpreter at the Police headquarters. This promotion was given him because he spoke German and French and had a smattering of Spanish, Italian and other languages and dialects which made him a very useful man about headquarters. In these respects there is not a man on the police force that can take his place. His knowledge of the different tongues was acquired while traveling in Europe with a band of musicians. About five or six years were spent by him in this sort of travel, and in that time he had visited all the great cities of Europe. He was a good observer and never tired of telling stories of his travels. He was a fine musician, his instruments being clarinet and trombone. Before going on the police force Mr. Group lived for two years in Edgerton, Ohio. With this exception, his home has been in Syracuse since he came to America.

Father of Fifteen Children - He had been married forty-four years and had been the father of fifteen children. Ten are living, seven daughters and three sons. With the exception of two daughters and one son who live in Chicago, the family, including the widow, live in this city. He came of a long-lived race, and few people who saw him about his daily employment can realize that he was seventy years old. A sister, who was with him when he died, is seventy-eight years old. A brother, who lives in Ohio, is eighty-nine years old, and the deceased was planning to take his furlough the 15th of next month and pay him a visit.

Officer Group was member of Central City Lodge, Order of Harugari, and a member of Lilly post.

The deceased was a member of the Policemen’s Mutual Benefit society and his family will, therefore, receive a death benefit of three dollars from each member of the society.

The dead officer was a general favorite about Headquarters. His sunny temperament and witty replies are remembered by his associates. He was a kind father and was intensely devoted to his family, and his home life was one of affection and beauty. He had lived for about a quarter of a century in the house where he died. End

Both are buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY.

Adam Group is my 2nd great grandfather; his daughter, Elizabeth "Libbie" Group married John F. Gieselman, my great mother and grandfather.

Question – If any one knows Adam Group wife’s maiden name (Rosina Group, but listed as Lucinda on earlier Federal Census information) or the name of her parents, I would appreciate being contacted. Richard Wheeler

Death - Dever C. Wheeler meets death from Electrical Shock, March 24, 1903

RichardWheeler599 — 5 Sep 2008 11:43:06 GMT

Death - Dever C. Wheeler meets death from Electrical Shock, March 24, 1903

The Article is from “The Evening Herald”, Syracuse NY, March 24, 1903 (Transcribed below)

Light Wire Killed Him

DeVer C. Wheeler meets death from Electrical Shock.

Took hold of wire in cellar of Dungey Store and was Killed Instantly!

Trouble on an electrical light circuit in the Sixteenth Ward early last evening caused the electrocution of DeVer Carter Wheeler, a clerk in the grocery store of Dungey & Company, and the injury of several others in the same ward, including several Alderman, Frank H. Crouse, T. W. Little, Frank Storm, a meat cutter, and Miss Fannie Stephens, another clerk in the Dungey store.

The accident happened about 5 o’clock last night in the basement of the Dungey store just as Wheeler went down to fill an order. At the foot of the stairs was an incandescent light strung on a long cord so that the light could be carried to different places in the cellar. Wheeler as he went down took hold of this cord just back of the lamp, intending to carry it back across the cellar.

The wire was heavily charged, and as Wheeler took hold of it he received the entire charge into his body, burning and charring the hand which was fastened to the death-dealing wire. The shock threw him backwards, but he did not let go of the wire, with the result that his weight, thrown on the wire, broke it. Wheeler’s head fell on a small grocery box, breaking the box, although it did not injure Mr. Wheeler’s skull.

A SECOND SHOCK - One of the clerks in the store, Miss Fannie Stephens, was near the cellar entrance and saw a flash upstairs, and at the same time the whole cellar lighted. She called to Wheeler, and received no answer, went down stairs to investigate. Finding Wheeler’s body on the cellar floor, she took hold of the body and at the same time, in an attempt to pull the wire from his hand, grasped it. Thus Miss Stephens received a severe shock, throwing her backwards and badly burning her hand.

Immediately after the accident Dr. C. Floyd Burrows was called, and he was followed to the scene of the accident by Dr. F. E. Easton and Dr. J. Herbert Irish. They could not revive the man. It was the opinion of Coroner Matthews that Wheeler instantly.

Wheeler was born March 20th, 1860, at Otselic, Chenango County. In 1889 he moved to Syracuse and began work in Papworth’s Grocery. About three months ago he began work in the store of Dungey & Company, where he was killed. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Flora Wheeler, a widow, Mrs. Minnie “Warner” Wheeler, one son Hiram Deforest, and a daughter, Fern Estelle. Mr. Wheeler was member of the Royal A_____ (word unreadable but start with A?), the Republican Escort club, and was formerly a member of the Sons of Veterans.

End

Dever C. Wheeler was preceded in death by his father, Captain Hiram S Wheeler of South Otselic, Chenango County, NY. He died on 02 Jun 1886 and was a Civil War Veteran, having served with New York’s 114th Regiment.

Daughter, Fern Estelle Wheeler married Everett E. Purington, about 1906, Syracuse.

BENNETT

CLARISSA — 3 Jul 2001 1:57:56 GMT

Gabriel BENNETT and wife Deborah are buried in the Elbridge Cemetery, Onondaga County, NY. Gabriel died 7 May 1825, Deborah 28 June 1821. Would like any information about these two.

Article from Newspaper - Nathaniel & Valentina Meager’s Golden Wedding Anniversary, October 7, 1896

RichardWheeler599 — 5 Sep 2008 8:17:05 GMT

Nathaniel & Valentina Meager’s Golden Wedding Anniversary

From Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, October 7, 1896, (also appeared in the Cortland Semi-Weekly Edition, Friday, October 9, 1896), transcription of article from newspaper.

Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Meager of Cortland

Celebrated at Their Home on Woodruff Street Tuesday Night, Married October 6, 1846, in Plymouth Church, England – Sketch of Their Lives

Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Meager of 16 Woodruff Street bear the distinction of having passed the fifty-year mark in wedded life, a privilege which statistics say comes to but one couple in about eleven thousand. Last evening the occasion was celebrated at their pleasant home by the gathering of all their children who live in this country, and a few relatives and friends. Only one of their children was absent, the one living in England.

The following are those who attended: Mr. & Mrs. John E. Meager & children of Syracuse, Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel P. Meager, Mr. & Mrs. James Meager, Mr. & Mrs. George Dickinson of Courtland, Mrs. Emma Kentfield and Miss Valentina H. Meager of Cortland, Mr. Alfred W. Meager of Syracuse, Mr.& Mrs. Fred Seeber, Mr. & Mrs. W. Lincoln Seeber, Mr. & Mrs. Oscar P. Miner, Mr. & Mrs. H. C. Harrington and Mrs. M. Dickinson of Cortland, Miss Taddie Dickinson of Syracuse, Mrs. Martin and Miss Annie Martin of Homer.

The rooms were very prettily decorated with autumn leaves and cut flowers. Very nice refreshments were served between 8 and 9 o’clock from small tables distributed about the rooms. Previous to the serving of the refreshments, remarks appropriate to the occasion were made by Mr. Oscar P. Miner, and afterwards Mrs. James Meager recited beautifully “The Golden Wedding”. A large cake brought form Syracuse by their son Mr. Alfred W. Meager had a cover of gold with the inscription in white, “Fifty Years”. The evening was passed socially, a feature being music, both vocal and instrumental, by several of the guests. Mr. & Mrs. Meager were the recipients of many presents, among them being $50. in gold, corresponding in number to their fifty years of wedded life. Hearty congratulations were offered when the guests departed, all wishing Mr. & Mrs. Meager many more years of wedded life, quite as happy as have been the past fifty years.

Nathaniel Meager was born is Buraton, Parish of St. Stephens, Saltash County, Cornwall, England April 14, 1822. His parents were James Meager and Catharine Stroude Meager. Valentina Heathman, daughter of John and Mary Heathman, was born April 4, 1828 in the Parish of Surton, County of Devon, England. They were united in marriage at Plymouth Church, England, October 6, 1846. They resided in England until 1872 when they came to America, and settled in Cortland, where they have since lived.

Mr. Meager’s father was a mason and builder, and the latter trade was learned by Nathaniel when young, and he has always made that his business. He was at one time for over two years in the service of Her Majesty, as ship joiner in Devenport dockyard near Plymouth. To Mr. & Mrs. Meager, eight children have all been born, all of whom are living. They are Mrs. Mary Stroude Meager Vosper of Saltash, England, Nathaniel P, Meager, Miss Valentina H. Meager of Cortland, John E. Meager of Syracuse, Mrs. Florence Ann Dickinson and Mrs. Emma Kenfield of Cortland, Alfred W. Meager of Syracuse and James Meager of Cortland.

Desiring to remove to America, Mr. Meager left England in the spring of 1872 and landed at the port of New York, March 16, 1872. From there he came to Binghamton and learning there that a great building boom was in progress at Cortland, he came here where he readily found employment at his trade. He liked the place so well that he decided to locate here permanently and accordingly Mrs. Meager, with six of the children, came to America September 22 of the same year, having been preceded in June by their oldest son, Nathaniel P. Meager, now one of Cortland’s most prominent contractors and builders. They have lived in Cortland ever since, having lived at their present residence, 16 Woodruff Street during the past 10 years.

Mr. Meager has lost few of English manners and customs by his life in the midst of America customs and institutions. Both he and Mrs. Meager enjoy the best of health and bid fair to live many more years in addition to their fifty years of wedded life. In common with the English people they are both very affable and jolly and are highly respected by all who know them. Mr. Meager points with a great deal of pride to the fact that for thirty-eight years before coming to this country he was a bell ringer in twenty-seven different churches in England. He was once called upon to ring 5,040 changes, the most that can be rang on six bells, in St. Stephens’ church, Plymouth, where he was the treble man.

A characteristic of both branches of the family is their uniform good health and long lives, the parents of both Mr. & Mrs. Meager living to be near ninety years of age.

SIZELAND, Charles W.

LCrow10101 — 25 Mar 2002 10:13:40 GMT

Charles W. Sizeland, "Baldwinsville, was born in Philadelphia Feb. 3, 1860. His father, Abraham, was a native of England, who came to the United States in 1836, settling in Philadelphia, where he engaged in the manufacture of carriages. He married Anna, daughter of Charles Brown, of Oxbow, Jefferson Co., and they had four children. Mr. Sizeland enlisted June 23, 1862, in Co. C, 10th N.Y. Heavy Artillery. He was an artificer and held that office until the close of the war, receiving his discharge in June, 1865. He came to Baldwinsville in 1886, where he remained until his death in 1892. Charles W. Sizeland married Mary, daughter of Dwight Davis, one of the first settlers in the town of Lysander. They have three daughters: Fannie, Blanche, and Christine. July 21, 1879, Mr. Sizeland established a carriage manufactory in Plainville and in 1888 he added the general mercantile business, carrying one of the finest stock in Central New York. In 1888 he was appointed postmaster. He is one of the leading business men of the town." Source: Bruce, Dwight H. (Ed.), Onondaga's Centennial. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. II, pp. 491-492.

Baker family photo albums

lucia — 16 Jul 2004 9:05:55 GMT

I have photo albums of pictures of relatives of Arthur and Jennie Temple Baker. They lived between approximately 1880 and 1960. Most are not labeled however some have been tentatively identified as follows: Mattie Stewart, Albertus Fuller, Ernest Fuller, Louisa Temple Snook, Elizabeth Godfrey Temple, George Clarence Temple, Nora Temple Williams, Elizabeth King Bausinger, Lenora Temple Williams, John Williams, Clara Novilla Temple Fuller, and Charles Fuller, Many more are not identified and many are old tintypes. Please contact me if yu are researching the families of any of these people.

Not so ancient Ancestor - in Syracuse area?

akerezy — 30 Aug 2008 6:46:03 GMT

Hi,
An ancestor of mine Charles D Murphy (known as 'Bob') moved to Syracuse in the 1920's from Southwest PA.

He had three children
Edmund Murphy b. 1922
David Murphy b. 1926
Robert Murphy b. 1927

would anybody have any information about these other than the U.S. Census..I have that already

Thanks
Alex

Snook Family of Six Reunited After Separation of 48 Years (1926)

RichardWheeler599 — 3 Sep 2008 7:47:37 GMT

Snook Article, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, Sunday, January 31, 1926 (re-typed below, as originally written)

Snook Family of Six Reunited After Separation of 48 Years

Three Sons and Three Daughters of Snook Couple Meet in Syracuse, were all born in Oswego County and reunite in Syracuse

Brother Bill comes from Far West (Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado), One Sister from New England

Forty-eight years ago there lived in the rustic hamlet of Stewart’s Corner, Oswego County, the six strong sons and daughters of Freeman Snook and Lydia (Soule), his wife.
Time swept the happy family far apart. Mother and father died. Young Bill went west – into the great unknown of the west, and no letters came. John and Milo went to Syracuse where new industries were rising to call young men from the farm. Alice married and moved to Syracuse. Christina and Lottie married and moved away. Time droned away the years. And yesterday, three gray old ladies and three gray old men, they met again. They met in the home of Milo, the eldest, who is 79 and lives at 701 Willis Avenue, but for the brothers and sisters the dwelling was the farmhouse where they lived together in the far-way buttercup-bloom of their youth. They sat and looked at each other, remembering. After a long time speech came. They talked and clung to each other. Bill was back from the west, Bill who had gone away so long ago. Bill, who all had feared, was scalped these many years.

Wrote Seven Years Ago - At last seven years ago a questioning letter from the west had reached his brother’s house in Syracuse. Joyous to have found each other the trio wrote a renewal of their childhood vows of brotherhood.
Then came a day, less that a month ago, when Brother John wrote Brother Bill that Brother Milo “is in a bad way”. Brother Bill answered: “I’m coming east,” and came.
And here he found the other five with Milo, who was nearly well again from joy.

The six with ages and addresses are:
Milo J. Snook, 79, of 701 Willis Avenue, Syracuse.
Mrs. Christina Carter, 77, of Amesbury, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Alice Fargo, 75 of 515 Cannon Street, Syracuse.
William Snook, 73, of De Beque, Colorado.
John Snook, 71 of 189 Mayar Street, Syracuse.
Mrs. Lottie Peacock, 69, of Pennellville, Oswego County, NY

All but one has passed the 70+ mark, but they were young with a flush as of youth again at the reunion. Christina has come from her home in Massachusetts and coming to Syracuse has meant a journey for sister Lottie too, but brother Bill, the Young Lochinvar come out of the west, has traveled farthest for the twilight tryst.

Knows West of Years Ago - Bill talks quietly, telling of Indians and animals and bronco-busting and the punching of cows on the plains when men were rawhide. His sister and brothers listen thinking, “What a fine strong young-looking man Bill is – and how much he has seen.” “Why these young cow-punchers of the west these days,” says Bill in laughing scorn, “They stop at the big hotels now and wear white shirts. When we punched cows on the old prairies we didn’t have any shirts.” His sister shivered when Brother Bill showed a bullet wound in his left wrist and remarked laconically, “Redskin – Ambush,” then pointed a leathery finger at the side of his neck and explained, “Mormon.”
“Ye see,” he added, “the Mormons didn’t like us felleers around very much in those days and one day near Salt Lake City one of ‘em hit me in the neck with a little .22. I felt somethin’ kinda burn back there and pulled it out. “Huh, says I, “what’s the use of shootin’ a man with that thing!”

Meets His First Indian - There were memories of Indians skirmishes and rifle-battles with skulking horse-thieves, back in those 1880’s, but the one Brother Bill told best was the tale of the first Indian he ever saw. “I was sittin” one day,’ he said with his eyes on the far-off past and a blue little twinkle in them, “just sitten” eatin my lunch. I’d been cutting poles all morning and I had a big load of “em on my wagon a little ways away with my ax a-leaning up against it. “I was thinking of Indians. The night before they’d killed a man and a woman and three kids a little ways down the crick. The Utes was on the war-path.
“I was thinking those things when I feel something light-like on my shoulder and turning quick I see a big tall Indian, all painted up, just standing there with a kind of red skin grin on his face. “I was scared white, and if I’d had my ax there I’d “a” cut him in two if I could. But my ax was a hundred foot away and he was just looking at me.
White Boy Heap Scairt. “After a while he says, “Woof, white boy heap scairt, heh? And he wasn’t lyin’ none either.” Brother Bill concluded abruptly with a smile that meant no bloodshed. Bill is reticent as the old west but his brothers and sisters soon learned the story of those 48 years; How Bill had gone to Canada from the farm and then started for Colorado with a shipment of horses; how he trapped and hunted in the mountains around Denver where the Ute and the Crow, the silver-tip grizzly and the mountain desperado made life but a dangerous gamble; how he roamed to Utah in the heyday of the Mormons; returned to run a store at Grand Junction, Colorado, a frontier town on the new railroad, and how he finally settled down on the 160-acre farm in De Beque where he lives now with his family and his beloved horses.

Daughter Champion Cow-Girl - His daughter, Miss Idella Snook, was the champion cow-girl of the state one year, Brother Bill’s brothers and sisters learned, and she and his two sons have had numerous offers to enter the movies to make films of the wild west. But the father knew and loved the real wild west and they refused to take part in an imitation. William Snook had been married before he went west, and has several children in Syracuse and vicinity who had been lost to him all their lives. It was after their mother’s death that their father went west.
“Coming back to Syracuse is like a dream,” exclaimed Brother Bill, shaking his head as Rip Van Winkle may have shaken his. “I wouldn’t recognize a thing. All the old town is gone. All this is new.” “Are you going to stay here?” he was asked. Emphatically he made reply, “I wouldn’t stay here if you gave me the city. I’m going back west again.”

Others Have Things To Tell - Brother bill’s was the most picturesque career, but all the old people had many things to tell. Milo is a factory foreman and John a shipper. Both have lived in Syracuse most of their adult lives. Their sisters too had much to tell, the facts of six lives which time has so strangely thrust apart to reunite in the twilight of their ages. Around the six-were gathered at the little reunion their children and grandchildren, for many of their offspring and descendants live in Syracuse or near.

It was the fist time the six had met in 48 years – yes, and the last in life, they knew, for Bill goes west again and they are old.

Obituary and Story - Mary Jane Young Snook, 09 Dec 1901

RichardWheeler599 — 3 Sep 2008 12:49:11 GMT

Obituary and Story - Mary Jane Young Snook, 09 Dec 1901
Newspaper – Oswego Daily Palladium, Thursday Evening, 26 December 1901

The brief obituary states “Mary Jane Snooks died on Thursday morning, December 9th, age fifty-one years. Funeral was held on Saturday last at the M. E. church; burial at Hillside cemetery.”

Mary Jane Young Snook is my great grandmother. She was born 1851 in Hastings, Oswego County, NY and married Judge Snook, son of Freeman and Lydia “Soule” Snook, approximately 1874. They had four children over the next five years. Then, abruptly it appears; Judge Snook left the area and removed to Colorado in 1879 or 1880. Once in Colorado, Judge Snook changed his name to William T. Snook, married a second time (Clara Zillah Park) and had several more children. They lived in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado.

Mary Jane Snook must have been a special lady having lived the trials and tribulations of life she faced with robust courage, maturity and lots of hard work, no doubt. She managed to raise four children, all of which matured to adulthood, married and had families of their own. They were Georgia Snook VanAuken, Josephine Snook Pickard, Freeman M. Snook and Mary "Mamie" VanAuken. I descend from Freeman M. Snook.

Mary Jane Young Snook appears to be the youngest of five children born to Godfrey and Mary Ann “Yorton” Young. They were all born in Hastings, Oswego County, NY according to the federal census of 1850 and 1860. It is an interesting fact that Mary Jane lost her father at a young age, as well. According to an article that appeared in the Oswego Times & Journal on Wednesday, 26 May 1856, her father Godfrey Young, a cooper by trade, was engaged in a swamp in Central Square getting out hoop timber. The article states he felled a black ash tree which resulted in a fatal accident, crushing Mr. Young. He lived only a few hours after the untimely accident. Unfortunately, this left Mary Jane’s mother (Mary Ann Yorton Young) with a large family of children to raise.

Mary Jane Snook is buried in Hillside cemetery, Central Square, Hastings, NY along side her mother and father.

It is not clear what motivated Judge Snook to leave his young wife and children so abruptly and remove to Colorado; however whatever it was must have been a serious matter. My Aunt, Arlene Louise Snook Morrison, told my mother and me that Judge Snook had “gotten another woman pregnant”. My grandmother (wife of Freeman M Snook, son of Mary Jane) had told Aunt Arlene this. We have heard other stories as well - which pertain to horse thieving, possibly shooting and killing someone. It could well be a combination of all three. What makes the latter difficult for me to accept is the lack of any newspaper article on such an incident, or at least I have been unable to find any.

God bless Mary Jane Young Snook!

This Snook family resided in both Oswego and Onondaga Counties. The Freeman Snook that was Mary Jane Snook’s father-in-law was born 1818 and spent most of his life in Clay, Onondaga County, NY. He died in 1884 and is buried (with wife, Lydia) in Pine Plains (Euclid) Cemetery, Town of Clay, NY. His father is buried there as well, John Snook, 1790 – 1869. It is a mystery where John Snook came from and if this Snook family is somehow related to the Snook(s) of Manlius. If any one has knowledge of this, please contact me. Thank you, Richard Wheeler

GUNN family in Onondaga early 1800s

jdgunn5942 — 22 Sep 2001 3:40:19 GMT

I am looking for any information on the Gunn family, several of whom lived in the Onondaga area in the early 1800s before going on to Ohio, Michigan and elsewhere.

Sabrina Gunn, Sabrina Sweeting, Sabrina Carpenter, b 1803

RichardWheeler599 — 1 Sep 2008 11:43:41 GMT

Sabrina Gunn is my 3rd great grandmother-in-law. Sabrina Gunn, b 08 Aug 1803, Bennington, Bennington County, VT removed with her family to Onondaga County, NY in the early 1800’s. According to her obituary, she 1st married Pratt Sweeting in 1823, Onondaga County, NY. Pratt was b 08 Jan 1798, Marcellus, Onondaga County, NY and died at the early age of 49 on 24 Jun 1847. Sabrina married 2nd Philo M. Carpenter on 08 May 1854, probably Mexico, Oswego County, NY. Sabrina Gunn Sweeting Carpenter died on 08 Dec 1890, Mexico, Oswego County, NY. I’m searching for information on her parents and/or siblings in the Onondaga County, NY area. I would appreciate any assistance. Thank you. Richard Wheeler

Goolman, Fred R. b 1870 Iowa > NY

scotishmariner — 13 Mar 2005 4:35:43 GMT

Looking for descendants of Fred R. Goolman whose father was born in Indiana. Fred R. m Eva Brown (Braun) in NY. They lived in the Syracuse area. Eva's father George W. Braun (Brown) emmigrated from Germany in 1854.

Fred & Eva had two sons, Fred B. & George. In 1930, they are all still living in Syracuse, NY.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Cindy

Whiting Sweeting was hanged for the murder of Darius Quimby

RichardWheeler599 — 1 Sep 2008 11:24:42 GMT

Whiting Sweeting is my wife’s 4th Great Grand Uncle and the subject of enormous interest and controversy. Whiting Sweeting was born 05 Aug 1764, Norton, Bristol County, MA and the son of Lewis & Abiah “Cobb” Sweeting.

On Aug. 26, 1791, Whiting Sweeting of Stephentown, Rensselaer County, N.Y., was hanged for the murder of Albany County Constable Darius Quimby who was killed Jan. 3, 1791, while attempting to make an arrest on a warrant for theft. Sweeting was tried and convicted in the New York State Supreme Court of Judicature during the July 1791 term. He was executed the following month.

The mystery to me is why most accounts of this event specify that Whiting Sweeting was wanted on a Warrant for TRESPASSING and why it is said that Darius Quimby was SHOT.

My review of the Book, “the narrative of Whiting Sweeting”, did reveal in court testimony a warrant for Sweeting’s arrest, but it was for the THEFT of an iron kettle, not trespassing, as indicated most everywhere he is referenced on the internet. Further, the book revealed that Sweeting was involved in an altercation with Darius Quimby (and others in the posse) while trying to escape their capture. The court records denote that when Sweeting jumped off a rock, while trying to escape, he fell down with one of his pursuers (Darius Quimby). It seems he accidently stabbed him with the knife he had been wielding is his defense (while again, the internet sites states he shot Darius Quimby).

It is a mystery to me why these anomalies are stated when a quick review of the facts is available.

There is another Book - Pillars of Salt, Monuments of Grace, by Daniel A. Cohen; section on Whiting Sweeting, an Evangelical Insurgent (which is more readily available in libraries and book stores). This book reveals a possible miscarriage of justice surrounding this entire case and is also an interesting read.

What seems to make this such a legendary event is the fact that Constable Quimby's name is the earliest dated entry on the NYS Police Officers Memorial in Albany. Constable Quimby is the first known law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in the United States of America, as depicted on his “The Officer Down Memorial Page” at: “http://www.odmp.org/officer/16907-constable-darius-quimby”. Furthermore, for the reasons pointed out in the Book - Pillars of Salt, Monuments of Grace, it seems this litigation is a frequently studied case in the law schools in America as an example of the early American Justice.

My research indicates he had a wife, Sarah Kilbourne and one daughter, Abiah Sweeting. She married Jessie Worden, b 14 Oct 1781, Petersburgh, Rensselaer County, NY in 1808, Manlius, Onondaga County, NY.

If anyone knows of other children, I would appreciate being informed. Thank you. Richard Wheeler

Francis or Frank Felix Agnew born 17 July 1883

georgeagnew13 — 31 Aug 2008 4:58:10 GMT

The Francis or Frank Felix Agnew was the oldest Child of John E Agnew & Nellie Ellen (Helen) Costello Agnew of 15 Orange St, Waterbury, CT. Francis or Frank was baptized on 2 Aug 1883 @ Immaculate Conception Church by Father P H Finnegan. Sponsors were Arthur Agnew, (John's younger brother) and and Ann Agnew (John's & Arthur's mother).
Frank Felix may have been named after his grandfather Felix who died a POW in 1865 In a Confederate Prison in either VA, SC, or GA. Frank had a sister Laura who was born in 1885 and died the same year. Next was his brother Arthur Matthew who was born on 27 Dec 1886 and died 19 Sep 1960 in VA Hospital in Tennessee. Next was his brother George born in May 8 1892 Followed by a sister Edith Mariam born 13 13 Sept 1892 (Question - this date as you see George was born on May 8 1892). Edith was baptized 22 Sept 1892 by Father P J Kennedy, sponsors were Peter F Scudden & Elizabeth Scully. John Agnew died at home 15 Orange St. Waterbury, CT on 25 Oct 1892. John's mother an was found 4 june 1880 US Census living @ 490 E Main St, Waterbury, CT until her death on 10 Sept 1899. Nellie Ellen Agnew lived at 15 Orange St Waterbury, CT from 1892 until 1902 when she moved to 492 E Main St. where she lived out the remainder of her life. Ellen Agnew passed away on 10 Dec 1923 in St. Mary's Hospital of pneumonia according to State of CT Certificate of Death. Info was provided by Frank Agnew. The Waterbury republican ran her obit on page 3 of the 10 DEc. 1923 issue. Survivors listed was a daughter Edith, & 3 Sons:
Frank, Arthur & George all of New York City. Edith worked at Long Island Press from 1929 to 1965 With Ann Patricia O'Shea and lived at 191-11 Woodhull Ave Hollis, Jamaica Queens NY.until Ann O'shea died on 4 Mar 1969. Edith was in Pelham Parkway Nursing Home, 2401 Laconia Ave. Bronx, NY when she died 9 Dec 1980. Edith is buried in Rosehill Cemetery, 335 E Linden Avel, Linden, NJ in plot 72NT-8-32/5. The Social security Death Index list a Frank Agnew born 27 July 1883, with a last residence of Syracuse, Onondaga, NY who died on Sept 1970 and may have worked for the railroad.

Would appreciate hearing from Anyone who may have info related to the aforementioned as I just found out who my grandfather-grandmother were and who my aunt & uncles were. May God Bless!

Whiting Sweeting was hanged for the murder of Darius Quimby

RichardWheeler599 — 1 Sep 2008 11:23:47 GMT

Jackson M. WORDEN

lblayer — 24 Jan 1999 12:00:00 GMT

I am looking for information on Jackson M. WORDEN. He was born in Onondaga
on Dec. 26, 1833. He was the son of Sweeting Whiting WORDEN. I'm not sure
who his mother is, Sweeting was supposedly married to two women, Charlotte
(BREED?) and Sally (?). Jackson married Sarah Hine of Milford, CT in 1851
and died as a soldier in the Civil War in Oct 1862. Any information about
his siblings, parents or children would be greatly appreciated.

Willeys In Nedrow, NY Perla,Claude and Dorothy

cjtay51 — 4 Jan 2007 3:29:28 GMT

Can anyone tell me anything about the history of the Willey family in Nedrow, NY? Perla Willey, his son,Claude,and his daughter,Dorothy, moved there in 1930 after his wife,Ella,died in 1929. They moved from Syracuse. I believe that there is strong indian heritage here and Perla was a member of the Onondaga Nation United Methodist Church of Nedrow. Any history behind this particular Willey would be greatly appreciated.

Death Date/Burial place of William & Susan Belding of DeWitt, Onondaga

DMWKing — 30 Aug 2008 5:00:42 GMT

William Belding born abt 1823 in Wormegay, Norfolk, England
immigrated about 1852
with wife Susan Latham born 1823 in Hilgay, Norfolk. England
and several children.

William & Susan are listed in the 1860 & 1870 Dewitt census records.
Susan apparently died after the 1870 census and William remarried a woman named Mary by the 1880 census.

I am interested in locating William & Susan death date and/or their burial place.
Any help would be appreciated.
Diana

Sarah Ann Gouldsmith

linaik — 24 Aug 2008 7:43:54 GMT

Looking for information on my grandmother, Sarah Ann Gouldsmith, supposedly born in Syracuse (Onondaga) New York about 1905 or 1910. Her father was Irvon and her mother was Cora (unknown maiden name).

I've found the family in the The 1900 Census in Lancaster Twsp, Erie County, NY and 1910 Census in Ellery Township, Chatauqua Twsp, NY. By the 1920 Census, some of the children (including Sarah) are in Pennsylvania.

Any information about Sarah, her parents, and her siblings will be greatly appreciated.

LaMontagne Obit look up Please

bobarrivedusa — 19 Aug 2008 4:49:23 GMT

I am looking for the Obit of Margaret Christian Lamontagne who died June 7, 1916 and also of her son Gerald whom died a few years later.
If possible the obits of Thaddius Kelly who died Aprill 22 1900 and his wife Mary Christian Kelly whom died April 1 1919 and her sister mabel bella christian whom died August 16 1899 in St. Vincent Asylum.

I appreciate any help Possible

BOND

Robert T. Bond — 6 Jun 1998 12:00:00 GMT

Looking for descendants of George Hopkins Bond, b. 10 Aug 1873, Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY. His father was William Henry Bond b. 1843, Beckwith, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada and was married 30 Oct 1872 to Ida C. Hopkins in Syracuse by the Rev. A. F. Beard (probably Episcopal because the Bond's from Lanark County, Ontario were members of the Church of England - Anglican Church today). George married Florence Cherry Woodford on 19 Jan 1901 in Syracuse. George was one of the original founders of the law firm Bond, Schoejeck & King which is still in existence today at 1 Lincoln Center. Would also like to know when George died and where he is buried.

SWIM

Argo Sams — 30 Jan 2001 12:00:00 GMT

Anyone have any information on the SWIM/SWIMM families. They lived over in the Jordan/Elbridge area. Information says a Jerome SWIM was a member of Jordan Fire Department.
Have several names and dates from Census records. Any and all information would be appreciated.
Argo

Re: Jesse Munger-Surrogate County Order

dj3aj2cj1 — 17 Aug 2008 10:31:53 GMT

NOTICE is hereby given to all persons interested
in the estate of Jesse Munger
late of the town of Camillus, in the county of
Onondaga, deceased, that they appear before
George Hill, Surrogate of said county, at his
office in the town of Onondaga, in the county
aforesaid, on the 17th day of January next, at
one o'clock in the afternoon of that day, to
show cause if any they have, why so much of
real estate, whereof the said Jesse died -
seized, should not be sold as will be sufficient
to pay his debts. Dated Nov. 23, 1808.
GEORGE HALL, Surrogate

1828 birth lookup of David Wood

wardrop173 — 17 Aug 2008 4:00:57 GMT

Birth lookup of David Wood, born 1828 in Syracuse, New York. His parents were from Canada.

Thanks,

JIm

Siler Brothers Bakery Syracuse, NY?

smahannah — 15 Aug 2008 3:15:25 GMT

I am looking for information and/or photos on the Siler Brother's Shop (I believe it to have been a bakery). It was run in Syracuse during the late 1800's. Owned & operated by the sons of Anthony S(e)iler & Elizabeth Harris.
Please contact me at:
htatro@cawi.org
Thanks!

FOUT, John F.

LCrow10101 — 25 Mar 2002 10:13:40 GMT

John F. Fout, "Manlius, was born at Manlius Station, April 25, 1852. Charles Fout, his father, was a native of Germany, who came to this country in the early '40's. He was a shoe and basket maker by trade, but when he came to this country he entered the employ of the Syracuse & Utica R. R., now the N.Y.C., where he remained the balance of his life. The last twenty years of his life was spent in the freight house at Manlius Station. He died July 28, 1871, aged 59 years. His wife, Angeline Hardendorf, died Oct. 21, 1893. They had six children: Charles, a shoemaker of Syracuse, died Jan. 1, 1889; Mary, wife of John Gayring of Manlius died Nov. 8, 1879; Amelia, wife of Peter Mittendorf, a cabinet maker, died April 1, 1870; Louise, wife of Conrad J. Fisher of Manlius Station; Hanrel H., in the insurance business in New York, and John F. John F. was educated in the common schools. He first worked on a farm, where he remained two years, then worked for a year on the work train of the N.Y.C.R.R He the engaged with C. J. Fisher, in the shipping of country produce; after this he went on to the railroad again, but for the last 15 years he has been in the produce business again. In 1894 he bought a farm of over fifty acres, on lot 44, town of Manlius, which he has greatly improved. May 5, 1875, he married Jennie S., daughter of John T. Plank, who died Jan. 19, 1892. She left one child, Elmo Le Grande Fout, a student in the East Syracuse Academy. He is now 18 years old." Source: Bruce, Dwight H. (Ed.), Onondaga's Centennial. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. II, p. 301.

GAYRING FAMILY OF MINOA, NY

searchingancestry123 — 15 Aug 2008 1:45:05 GMT

Looking for information on:
*Wallace Chistian Gayring*
b. September 15, 1870
d. Died October 14, 1950.
Lived and died in Minoa, NY.
Wife's name Elizabeth. Do not know her surname.
Father of Wallace (Bus) and Hubert
Brother of Willis Gayring
Mother's name: Mary ??
Father: ?? Gayring

Obituary lookup for Tressie Haley

billie_eacret — 12 Aug 2008 5:08:13 GMT

looking for obituary for tressie haley who died May 11, 1999 in syracuse new york, onodaga county...thank you

Floyd Nathan Foster

kiamoo2 — 10 Aug 2008 9:46:17 GMT

I am trying to locate a Floyd Nathan FOSTER. I am trying to assist my mother in law in locating his grave. She grew up in a sad environment and was raised by a sibling and she would like to pay respects to him. She had a stroke so her memory of things is boggled. I may have located his SSDI as death was in Syracuse, NY and the SSDI lists a Floyd FOSTER who died in Nov 1967. I tried to view on ancestry.com but cannot locate the image of obit. Any help is greatly appreciated and if someone could do a obit lookup it would be beyond appreciated. Thank you

Heirs by Law/Need Help/KEELER

sggerman — 2 Aug 2001 4:08:46 GMT

I need help with finding the parents of the following people listed as
heirs in a
1932 will, probated in Syracuse of Mary KEELER GRAY CHRISTIAN:
(she had no children)

need two generations back:
BAKER, Abbie, Syracuse NY
DAVIS, Ralph, Syracuse NY
need parents of:
HAIR, Mary Jane, Syracuse NY
these are brothers, need parents of:
KEELER, Elmer, Syracuse NY
KEELER, Ernest, Detroit MI
need parents of:
KEELER, Frank, Beacon NY
these are brothers and sisters, need parents:
NELSON, Effie, San Francisco CA
SHERWOOD, Laura, Syracuse NY
SIGLER, Hazel, Syracuse NY
WEAVER, Lillian, Syracuse NY
YATES, Marjorie, RD East Syracuse, NY

Any leads would be very appreciated!!
Thank you,
Sheila (a KEELER descendant)
Also searching:
GEORGE/GIGON/AINSWORTH/CARPENTIER/BOVEE/BORDENET/PEPION/RADLEY/WHEELER/

KEELER/WHEELER/RADLEY/FRY

sggerman — 2 Aug 2001 4:08:46 GMT

Looking for any one related to the surname KEELER!

Orville KEELER, m. Marie/Maria/Mary FRY (no info, poss from Herkimer area)
children:
Orville, Jr, no information
Mary, b. 1859, m1st Frank GRAY, m2nd Peter CHRISTIAN (both civil war vets)

d. 1932 Syracuse, no children
Ira, b. 29 sept 1835, d. 5 Dec 1927 Town Cicero, buried Collamer Cem
m1871 Mary WHEELER, b. 27 Sept 1855, d. 14 Jan 1925

dau of Samuel WHEELER & Jane RADLEY b.Cicero
known children:
Nellie, b 1874
Junetta
Orville
Homer, b. 1877
************
Looking for the following names
from 1932 will, probated in Syracuse of Mary KEELER GRAY CHRISTIAN:

BAKER, Abbie, Syracuse NY
DAVIS, Ralph, Syracuse NY
HAIR, Mary Jane, Syracuse NY
KEELER, Elmer, Syracuse NY
KEELER, Ernest, Detroit MI
KEELER, Frank, Beacon NY
NELSON, Effie, San Francisco CA
SHERWOOD, Laura, Syracuse NY
SIGLER, Hazel, Syracuse NY
WEAVER, Lillian, Syracuse NY
YATES, Marjorie, RD East Syracuse, NY

Any leads would be very appreciated!!
Thank you,
Sheila (a KEELER descendant)

EXCELLs in Onondaga, Madison & Chenango Counties NY

Steve_Excell — 8 Aug 2008 4:28:40 GMT

The EXCELLs in Onondaga, Madison & Chenango Counties, NY, originated in Kent, England. If you are related, I would like to compare research notes. Contact Steve Excell, email steve_excell@comast.net

Small and Fullerton lvg in DeWitt and Syracuse

AJVogelpohl — 17 Sep 2006 10:20:40 GMT

Edward Small is said to have been born in New Hampshire in 24 May 1801. His daughters, were both born in New York State .. Frances A. in Feb 1836 and Sarah R. in 1838.

By 1850 census family (including wife, Jane) was living in DeWitt; 1860 map indicates he was residing in Lot 50 of DeWitt; 1870 census indicates his post office was Clay in DeWitt; lived on same Lot 50 on 1874 Sweet Map; and in 1884 he wrote to a nephew that he was renting out his house in DeWitt and living in Syracuse at 176 E. Washington St.

Daughter Frances mrd John P. Fullerton and in 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses was living in DeWitt. In 1900 census she (widowed in 1869) was living at 313 Lexinton Ave, Syracuse.

Her sister Sarah was also to have been living in Syracuse, but I do not know her married name.

I have no idea when they died. Is there a county wide list of burials? of marriages?