Westchester - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Valhalla St Mary's

lisaroman07 — 2013-05-22 03:57:35Z

@ Dianne660. My name is Lisa Roman. At st.marys I was Lisa Gonzalez ( maiden ). I was at st.Mary's back in the late 70's. I wish I could be more helpfully on what your looking for. I do know that it was a place for girls and the ppl that work there had no clue what the hell they were doing except for may be the maybe 2 ppl in the day shift and maybe 1@ night. It was up on a hill and at the bottom were the owners whom had a home there. the sweetest ppl But I don't think they had any idea how to run the place at all. It was 1 hour from the Bronx by car and one hour from Grand Central station to the the school. The counselor whom I adored was Toby Cohn. She was awesome . I only know how to get there . I know this maybe silly but I can't remember the address . This place didn't defend me when I was injured there by another student. So I ran away . Hope i was helpful..and good luck in your research .

Re: Obituary for Death in Greenburgh/Dobbs Ferry Tarrytown

bari_burke — 2013-05-21 05:54:54Z

In June 1897 his wife and a "Lizzie" Barry lived on Ashford Avenue, in the village of Ardsley, Town of Greenburch, NY.
That cemetery has fantastic records; I've reviewed them several times.

Re: Obituary for Death in Greenburgh/Dobbs Ferry Tarrytown

jamesphughes — 2013-05-21 02:26:50Z

Try fultonhistory.com. The Dobbs Ferry Register 0f 12/16/1898 says he lived on Ashford A and left a wife and 8 children.ve

Obituary for Death in Greenburgh/Dobbs Ferry Tarrytown

scorpio1163 — 2013-05-20 21:17:59Z

I am looking for an obituary for Edward Barry, who died in 1898 and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown. Not sure of his exact address when he died, but know it was in the Greenburgh, Dobbs Ferry or Tarrytown areas of Westchester County, NY. Can anyone tell me what newspapers might have carried a death notice or obit for him? His wife's name was Bridget. Thank you!

Re: Hanford Avery b 1827 poss Pound Ridge & sister Jane Ann b 1828

rcd617 — 2013-05-19 04:09:17Z

Hanford Avery seems to be my great great grandfather. I have just begun to search. Wish I could help. Thank you. Would appreciate any info.

Re: Murmann and Schroeffel Families

kglean33 — 2013-05-13 12:34:24Z

This is such a stab in the dark, but I am looking for any information on the Murmann family from Mt. Vernon, New York.

Re: Frederick P Close

margiesteve172 — 2013-05-13 11:01:49Z

Thank you for his place of death. I will add it to the data.

Re: Frederick P Close

GailMartin51 — 2013-05-13 03:02:23Z

He died in Bronxville, NY

Re: Christopher Family Yonkers,NY

pearlharbor777 — 2013-05-11 11:49:33Z

hmmm interesting. i am 71- dont
know or course how old your husband
is- but i went to kindergarten and
1st grade there. still have a grad-
uation picture of the class.we lived
on oliver ave .grandmother lived
on cedar st. her name was mary warho
ly ondek. does your husband remember
the bazaars. they were fun.
my mother lived on vineyard
ave also as a child.
joan pollock gass

Re: Christopher Family Yonkers,NY

ajuntas — 2013-05-11 01:57:38Z

My husband's, a Christopher, was Slovak the family attended Holy Trinity and my husband graduated elementary school from there as did his brother and sister. The family lived on Summit St and then Vineyard st. in Yonkers.

Re: Christopher Family Yonkers,NY

pearlharbor777 — 2013-05-11 00:11:57Z

there was a holy trinity church ther
also if u were slovak hungarian tha
ts where u went if u were polish u
went to st casmiers. my mother
livved on those same streets
joan

Re: Christopher Family Yonkers,NY

pearlharbor777 — 2013-05-11 00:10:41Z

there was a holy trinity church ther
also if u were slovak hungarian tha
ts where u went if u were polish u
went to st casmiers. my mother
livved on those same streets
joan

parents of Mary and Sarah Kendrick

richard_vanwagenen — 2013-05-10 00:43:49Z

am searching for the parents of Mary and Sarah Kendrick who were born in North Salem. Mary was born 1716 and Sarah was born 1718.

Re: Lockwood, Sally C

JuanitaFields44 — 2013-05-08 16:39:42Z

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Re: Lockwood, Sally C

JuanitaFields44 — 2013-05-08 16:28:29Z

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Re: G. P. Trask_1908 Death notice plus...

bhbrat2 — 2013-05-08 15:52:09Z

Thank you very much, this is exactly what I was looking for.

Re: G. P. Trask_1908 Death notice plus...

vansicklen1 — 2013-05-08 14:35:23Z

Hello.
See the attached, they were found at this site: http://www.fultonhistory.com/fulton.html

Stephen Blaha, Albina Turko Blaha

kovacova_veronika — 2013-05-08 10:53:02Z

Hello, I am looking for relatives Stephen Blaha and Albina (Lena)Blaha, born Turko. Lived in Tarrytown (about in 1980). They had daughter Catherine and son Stephen.
Thank you.

Marriage of Sarah Jane McDonald to Reilley, 1882-1900

peggyc2sky — 2013-05-06 19:31:07Z

When Sarah Jane married Lorin B. Lewis on Feb 15, 1900 she was a widow with a previous marriage to Reilley. Sarah was age 34 so born abt 1866, in Morristown. Looking for marriage between 1882 and 1900 between Sarah Jane McDonald and Reilley, possibly Morristown or Irvington-on-Hudson, but at any rate in New York state.
Thanks for any help
Peggy

Re: Death of Sarah Jane Lewis, between 1907-1910

peggyc2sky — 2013-05-06 19:28:02Z

This morning, I learned that when Sarah and Lorin married in 1900, they had both been married previously. Sarah was a widow and her prev. husband was a Reilley. That doesn't help with her death, but does help with her timeline. Marriage in 1900 says Sarah was 34 so born abt 1866.
Peggy

Trask

bhbrat2 — 2013-05-06 17:10:38Z

Sorry if you are confused, but I haven't received the info I am looking for, so I thought I'd ask again.

Re: G. P. Trask

BobNY — 2013-05-06 16:52:53Z

I am confused. You asked this question last year and was told that George & family are in Yonkers in 1905 census.
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.new...

G. P. Trask

bhbrat2 — 2013-05-06 16:41:37Z

Looking for any info on George Percival Trask, born 1863 in Ny. Married a Louise Kohlaesch,had several children. 1905
New York census shows him to be an inmate. Would like to know why he is in prison. Also his obit and or death date.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Re: Wurzweiler, Mayer in Mt. Vernon

Loreen_Wells — 2013-05-05 22:17:07Z

That era a word ending in two Fs is often a word ending in two Ss. They look like Fs but that's an eccentricity from that era. Also from German. If it's German name as that one seems, those are most certainly the double S.

Re: Death of Sarah Jane Lewis, between 1907-1910

peggyc2sky — 2013-05-05 13:55:12Z

I did have the wedding notice. Thank you for sending. And thanks for the notice with Sarah's name on it. So we know she was alive as of March 1911. Narrowing it down.

Re: Death of Sarah Jane Lewis, between 1907-1910

vansicklen1 — 2013-05-05 09:25:17Z

It's not much but she was at least alive as of March 1911, she and her husband took out a building loan (see the attached).

Also, have you seen her 1900 wedding notice? If you haven't it is attached.

Found at: http://www.fultonhistory.com/fulton.html

Re: Death of Sarah Jane Lewis, between 1907-1910

peggyc2sky — 2013-05-05 01:30:16Z

Sorry, the last census that I found Lorin B. Lewis on was 1930. thinking he died between 1930 and 1940.

Re: Death of Sarah Jane Lewis, between 1907-1910

peggyc2sky — 2013-05-05 01:25:44Z

I have learned that Sarah Jane Lewis was married to Lorin B. Lewis, not Alonzo, unless he used Alonzo in family circles.
Also, that Sarah Jane was still alive in 1910 in Yonkers. Then in 1913, Lorin went to jail (Sing Sing) for rape. I don't know what became of Sarah Jane. Was she deceased in 1913, did she remarry while Lorin was in jail???
I have found Lorin in Sing Sing in 1915, and then in 1920,widowed, 1930, and 1940. Still wondering what became of Sarah Jane. Can anyone find her death after 1910?
Thanks for any help
Peggy

Re: Wurzweiler, Mayer in Mt. Vernon

ruza831 — 2013-05-04 20:42:29Z

I have just come across an old Elmer Gantry book (copyright 1927), Fiffi Wurzweiler signed a copy to someone. I can't make out the name. Does this mean anything to you? Is it the same person? She spelled her name Fiffi, with two F's.

Re: Obituary/Death Notice Lookup - Victoria Burroughs (White Plains, 1953)

bari_burke — 2013-04-25 00:15:28Z

Have you contacted the White Plains, NY Public Library directly at http://whiteplainslibrary.org/?

Obituary/Death Notice Lookup - Victoria Burroughs (White Plains, 1953)

sjohnson801 — 2013-04-22 16:44:47Z

Hello. I am based in the UK and am completing research for a thesis. An individual named Victoria Brailsford Gibbes BURROUGHS (maiden surname Hill) died in White Plains on the 3rd August 1953, aged approximately 89 years. I am very keen to locate a published obituary or death notice for Victoria Burroughs, and wondered if anybody might be able to assist.

Many thanks.

Simon

Re: Abendroth Brothers / Stove and Boiler Co. Port Chester, N.Y.

jakeshuman2 — 2013-04-21 16:44:50Z

Here is a picture of an Abendroth Alice 19

Re: Death Certificate help please

Atreegrowsinbrooklyn — 2013-04-13 05:58:58Z

Thank you for your update. I didn't have much luck with trying to get this through a researcher so I ended up just sending my request directly to the State of New York in Albany via their genealogy request form.

I don't expect, based on what I've read, to hear from them for a while BUT if they don't come up with something then I'll try this link.

Re: Amos, b. 1768, and Zilpha (HOYT) CLARK, b. Westchester, NY, d. Westminister, Canada

Chuck_Rodekohr — 2013-04-13 00:22:42Z

I sent you a private message.

Re: Amos, b. 1768, and Zilpha (HOYT) CLARK, b. Westchester, NY, d. Westminister, Canada

tosegen — 2013-04-12 21:31:10Z

I believe I am descended from Amos and Zipha Clark through their daughter Martha who married Caleb Burdick and was mother of Ira Burdick, my great-grandfather. Amos and Zipla also had a son Ira Clark who is buried beside them in the cemetery in London Ontario. I also belive there was another sister. Eliza. I have found some indications that Martha is also buried there, though she has no headstone. I have photographs of the headstones for Amos, Zilpha and Ira Clark.

In the 1851 Census return for Westminster Township, Middlesex County in Ontario Ira Clark, age 51, is the head of household with his mother Zilpha (76), Martha Burdock [sic](48), Eliza Clark (38) and Ira Burdock [sic] (11).

I would be interested in any information you have about the Clarks. I am willing to share photos and info I have.

Re: Death Certificate help please

PattiC68 — 2013-04-12 13:15:30Z

Please try the email listed at this site:

http://www.nyscensushunt.com

Hope this is a better contact!

Do I call the reference librarian?

lorrainejhawkins — 2013-04-10 03:37:56Z

Thanks for the information.

Re: Quakers - Purchase vs Chappaqua ??

BobNY — 2013-04-10 03:27:59Z

http://www.nyym.org/amawalk/history.html

http://www.nyym.org/amawalk/

Re: Quakers - Purchase vs Chappaqua ??

silverfox3280 — 2013-04-09 23:41:38Z

Thanks for your complete and detailed answer.

I see Chappaqua is 18 miles north of Purchase (Google maps).

Now a follow-up. What about the Amawalk meeting and address?

Re: Quakers - Purchase vs Chappaqua ??

winspeare — 2013-04-09 22:28:38Z

I wonder how common this was, the former owners of freed slaves then providing land for Quaker meeting houses? Daniel Knowlton, whose father was born in Bedford, Westchester Co., and was himself born ca. 1750 either there or in Marlborough, Ulster Co., NY, sold land in the latter place(with his wife Jemima Raynor)to the Quakers in 1789 [Quaker History, Marlboro, NY]. At the time Daniel was still a slave owner as he manumitted James York in 1794.

Re: Civil War Veterans Buried at St. Paul's Church, Mount Vernon (Eastchester, NY)

mcginnisc27 — 2013-04-09 22:03:55Z

Hello,

Thank you for your response to the forum. Could you please send me a private message in regards to William Mercer and his pistol and sword. St. Paul's Church would like to contact you in regards to these artifacts.

You could also reach out to:

Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site
C/O David Osborn
897 South Columbus Avenue
Mount Vernon, NY 10550
914-667-4116

Thank you!

Re: James Lawrence/Laurance

chascornell — 2013-04-09 01:49:01Z

Families of the Colonial Town of Phillipsburg by Grenville
MacKenzie has a chapter on the Lawrence family. There is a
copy at the Westchester Co Archives.

Re: need lookup for info from death record in Yonkers

chascornell — 2013-04-09 01:43:01Z

Yonkers library has newspaper obits, and has done lookups in the past.

Re: Quakers - Purchase vs Chappaqua ??

BobNY — 2013-04-08 15:05:28Z

The proper term for a Friends' place of worship is "meeting house."

In 1695, John Harrison purchased a tract of land from Native Americans and large numbers of Friends came to settle in what they called "Harrison's Purchase," or simply "The Purchase" (now Purchase, NY).

Around 1720, Abel Weeks, a third-generation American Friend from Long Island, came with his family to North Castle and built a house at a bend of a road between Shapiqua and New Castle Corners (now Mt. Kisco). The first meetings of Shapiqua Friends were held there, reportedly in a log lean-to. Membership outgrew the house and in 1753 construction began on the first house of worship to be built in (what is now) Chappaqua. The meetinghouse is the oldest documented building in New Castle.

In 8th month 1745 a request for approval to establish a Meeting at Chappaqua was minuted at the Purchase Monthly Meeting. Three acres of land on Quaker Road were given by John Reynolds for a meetinghouse and cemetery. At the time, a black couple, Reynold's freed slaves lived in a cabin on the property and their deaths in 1745 marked the first burials in the newly deeded cemetery.

http://www.nyym.org/purchasequarter/pqhistory.html

Both are still in existence,

420 Quaker Road
Chappaqua, NY 10514
Phone: 914-238-3170

4455 Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10570
Phone: 914-946-0206

Quakers - Purchase vs Chappaqua ??

silverfox3280 — 2013-04-08 13:57:02Z

I am finding quite a few of family members in Quaker records in Westchester - in both Purchase & Chappaqua.

Were the churches at these locations two different types of Quakers? Or simple different locations of the same church?

And why is that I seem to be finding quite a few of this family from Ulster County in these Westchester Co records?

Thanks

Re: Descendents of Leslie Sutherland

ajuntas — 2013-04-03 01:28:03Z

My Grandfather was a friend of Mr. Sutherland. The family had a home on Ravine Ave. in Yonkers. His other Grandson Robert ("Sudsy") was my friend. Robert was the best man at our wedding. Robert moved from Yonkers to Brewster NY.
Leslie was the Mayor of Yonkers and he appointed my Grandfather to his position as Inspector for the "Yonkers RR Co." (trolley cars)
I am not related to the Sutherlands but know the family well.
Judy Christopher

Re: Descendents of Leslie Sutherland

paulmer3 — 2013-04-02 10:33:38Z

I know a little about him! He was my Grandfather, and my Mother Beverly was his youngest child. I never met him, but my sister Betsy remembers him well. Leslie, Amelia and Mathilda are all buried in the Methodist Cemetary in Manteo, North Carolina.
I visited the Park in Yonkers many years ago, with my cousin Ronnie, who was the son of my Aunt Gladys, daughter of Leslie. What a mess! I hope it is in better shape now.
I can tell you lots more if you want.
Regards, Elmer

Obit needed for Charles R. Baker 6-15-1996 Croton Falls

3423200 — 2013-04-01 22:30:22Z

I believe he may be my long lost brother separated since 1944 when our mother Rose died in Brooklyn, NY.
Researchers please help, maybe I can meet a member of his immediate family.

Liz

need lookup for info from death record in Yonkers

lorrainejhawkins — 2013-03-31 02:45:29Z

I'm looking for look up for the death record information, especially the death date, for Charles A. Pierce or Peirce in Yonkers who probably died between 1888 and 1900, and probably between 1888-1892.

Lorraine Hawkins

Re: Certified Copies

Loreen_Wells — 2013-03-25 16:28:59Z

The certificate I got with the informant redacted came from the NY state arch8vesl