- GFG - A / B
- 1920 census, Syracuse (Ward 11), Onondaga, NY, Calkins Calvan; ... Snell Eugene, boarder, ae 32, divorced, born in NY, parents born in NY, Repairer - automobiles.
- 1930 census, Worcester, Worcester, MA, (6 Woburn St) fam # 667 - Snell Eugene R, rents hi shome, ae 42, first married at age 18, born in NY, parents born in NY, Machinist - grind wheels; Martha F, wife, ae 41, first married at age 17, born inNY, parents born in NY; (1 boarder).
- 1940 census, Arlington, Middlesex, MA, (931 Massachusetts Ave) fam # 254 - Snell Rueben E, rents his home, ae 52, 8th grade, born in NY, Machinist - general; Martha F, wife, ae 51, 1 yr HS, born in NY; (2 lodgers); Cook Cora M, wife's aunt, ae 69, widow, 8th grade, born in MA.
- 1910 census, Minden, Montgomery, NY, (Reid Street) fam # 304 - Green George, ae 72, married 45 yr, born in England, parents born in England, Farmer, owns his home without a mortgage; Jennie, wife, ae 59, married 45 yr, 11 children, 9 living, born in NY, father born in US, mother born in RI; Snell Catherine, daughter, ae 22, married 4 yr, 1 child, 1 living, born in NY; Winifred, grandaughter, ae 3, born in NY, parents born in NY.
- 1920 census, Utica (Ward 11), Oneida, NY, fam # 422 - Hull Katherine, rents her home, ae 29, born in NY, parents born in England: William, husband, ae 41, born in Canada, parents born in NY, Cabinet Worker - Shop; Snell Winifred A, daughter, ae 12, born in NY, parents born in NY.
Marriage Notes for Reuben Eugene Snell and Katherine Virginia Green
- Divorce Announcement (Evening Recorder, Amsterdam, NY, Wednesday, May 29, 1912)
In a term of the supreme court held at Schenectady yesterday, Justice Whitmyer granted a final decree in court in the action of Kathryne G. Snell against her husband, Reuben E. Snell. Mrs. Snell is allowed to resume her maiden name and the custody of the child. Winifred A. Snell, is awarded to her mother. Counselor H. M. Eldredge represented the plaintiff.
- GFG - A / B
- She may have also married Edwin S. Wade.
Marriage Notes for Winifred Ashby Snell and Charles A Haggerty
- Wedding Announcement (The Berkshire County Eagle, Pittsfield, MA, Wednesday, August 26, 1936)
The marriage of Miss Winifred Ashby Hull, daughter of, Mrs. K. Virginia Hull of 153 Bartlett Aevnue to Charles A. Haggerty, son of Mrs. Arthur Cazeault and the late Judge Charles Haggerty of Webster, took place at, 10 this morning in the rectory of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Worcester. The Rev. Thomas F. Curran, formerly of Adams, performed the ceremony.
The bride, who is a descendant on the maternal side of the houses of Ashby and Garner in England, was attended by her mother. Paul E. Smith of Raleigh, N. C., a classmate of the bridegoom at Bowdoin Colleges was best man.
The wedding was followed by a breakfast at, the Tally Ho Inn at Shrewsbury. The bridal couple, who left on an unannounced wedding trip, will be at home in Worcester after Nov. 1.
Mrs. Haggerty is a graduate of Utica Academy at Utica, N. Y. where she was a member of Alpha Gamma sorority. Her husband, who graduated from Bowdoin, is a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. He is an inspecting and testing engineer employed by the United States government.
- GFG # B 905 / A
- Living at 10 Collingwood, Johnstown, Fulton Co, NY when he registerd for the WWI draft (Jun 5, 1917). Working as a machinist at Morse and Putman, Johnstown, NY.
- 1920 census, Johnstown (Ward 2) Fulton, NY (10 Collingwood) fam # 376 - Morrison Alvin G, ae 32, born in NY, parents born in NY, Manager - Garage; Anna D, wife, ae 31, born in NY, parents born in NY, Glove Maker - Home; Mary L, daughter, ae 7, born in NY; Margaret, daughter, ae 6; S Alvin, son, ae 1 6/12.
- 1930 census, Johnstown, Fulton, NY, (24 Parkwood) fam # 175 - Morrison, Alvin, owns his home with a value of $4000, owns a radio, ae 43, married ata ge 22, born in NY, parents born in NY, Shoe Store - Employee; Anna, wife, ae 42, married at age 21, born in NY, father born in Ia, mother born in NY, Clerk - Shoe Store; Mary Lucy, daughter, ae 17, born in NY, Clerk - Novelty Store; Marguerite, daughter, ae 16; Alvin Seymour, son, ae 11; Beverly, son, ae 5.
- 1940 census, Gloversville, Fulton, NY, (94 8th Ave) fam # 274 - Morrison Geo, rents his home, ae 51, 8th grade, born in NY, Mechanic - Garage; Anna, wife, ae 50, born in NY, Glove Maker - Factory; Semore, son, ae 21, born in NY, Glove Maker - Factory; Beverle, son, ae 15.- Obituary (The Leader - Herald, Gloversville - Johnstown, NY, Thursday, December 7, 1961)
G. Alvin Morrison, 73. of Ephratah, former Johnstown businessman, died at 3:45 this morning at Johnstown Hospital where he had been a pat.ent since Monday. He had been ill two years
He was born Oct. 3, 1888, in Wells, son of Stephen I. and Mary L. Satterlee Morrison He spent the spent part of his life in that area.
Mr. Morrison had been a resident of Johnstown 26 years and had resided in Ephratah three years. His last place of employment was the Empie nursery in Johnstown.
At one time he formed a partnership known as Morrison & Allfrey and engaged in the automobile business. Later he was employed by the Norman Hall Garage in Minerva as an auto mechanic. He also opperated a shoe store for five years in Gloversville.
Mr. Morrison was at one time caretaker of the Chatamec Fishing Club at North Creek. He was a member of the Johnsburg Grange, the Pomona Grange, the Minerva Fish and Game Club, the Minerva volunteer fire department, the Weavertown Odd Fellows, and the Johnstown Reformed Church.
On Sept. 27, 1911, he married married Anna D. Snell in Ephratah. They observed their 50th wedding anniversary in September.
Survivors, besides his wife, are two daughters, Mrs. Roosevelt Smith of Ephratah and Mrs. Marguerite Brown of Beverton, Ore.; two sons, Alvin Seymour Morrison of Hadley and Beverly Morrison of Minerva; 14 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Marriage Notes for Anna Duesler Snell and George Alvin Morrison
- Newspaper Article (Amsterdam Evening Recorder, NY, no date, 1911)
EPHRATAH - Invitations have been issued for the marriage of Miss Anna D. Snell and G. Alvin Morrison to take place September 27, at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. And Mrs. Seymour Snell.- Wedding Announcement (Amsterdam Evening Recorder, NY, no date, 1911)
Canajoharie, Sept. 29. — A very pretty wedding took place Wednesday noon at the home of Supervisor and Mrs. Seymour A. Snell, of Ephratah. when their daughter. Miss Anna D., and Alvin Morrison of Johnstown. were united in marriage by the Rev. Edwin J. Meeker, pastor of the Reformed church of Sprakers. Miss Anna Saltsman of Ephratah was the bride's attendant, and Harry Lighthall of Johnstown acted as best man. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison left during the afternoon for New York city and vicinity and upon their return will take up their residence at Ephratah for the present.- 50th Anniversary (The Leader-Herald, Gloversville - Johnstown, NY, Wednesday, September 27, 1961)
Mr and Mrs. Alvin Morrison, who officially observed their 50th wedding anniversary today, were tendered a surprise party at their camp at Galway Lake on Sunday.
Over 100 guests attended from Minerva, North Creek, Ballston Spa. Johnstown. Gloversville, Galway, Fonda, Ephratah, Selkirk and Stephentown.
Mrs. Morrison, the former Anna Snell, was born in Ephratah. Morrison was born in Gilmantown. He was employed as an auto mechanic in Johnstown for several years, and was a chauffeur for the late Robert Hillock, who owned one of the first automobiles in this area.
Mrs. Morrison was a glovemaker. For 20 years they were employed as caretakers at Chatiemac Lake. Thev have been retired for the past three years. In winter they reside with their daughter, Mrs. Roosevelt Smith of Ephratah.
They spend their summer months at their camp in Galway. The Morrisons have three other children, Mrs. Marguerite Brown of Portland, Ore., Mrs. [sic] Beverly Morrison of Minerva and Alvin Morrison of Athol. They have 14 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
The couple received many gifts, a purse of money and floral bouquets. Mr. and Mrs. Tremaine Abel, Johnstown, friends of the couple, attending the party, were celebrating their 43rd anniversary the same day.
- GFG # B 1263 / A
- 1940 census, Johnstown, Fulton, NY, (103 Glebe Street) fam # 216 - Brown Floyd, ae 28, 4 yr HS, born in NY, Salesman - Oil Burners; Margaret, wife, ae 26, 4 yr HS, born in NY, Forelady - Knitting MIll.
Marriage Notes for Marguerite Morrison and Floyd Richard Brown
- Wedding Announcement (The Morning Herald, Gloversville and Johnstown, NY, Monday, July 3, 1933)
The wedding of Miss Marguerite Morrison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Alvln Morrison of 24 Parkwood avenue, to Floyd K. Brown, son of Mrs. Charles F. Van Nostrand of 305 North Perry street, was solemnized at 3 Saturday afternoon at the parsonage of the Reformed church.
Rev. Edward L. Swartout, Jr., pastor, performed the nuptial ceremony. Attending the young couple were Miss Edna Bourne, who acted as bridesmaid, and Charles Van Nostrand Jr., half-brother, who was the best man.
The bride was gowned in a blue and white crepe ensemble, with accessories to match and carried an arm bouquet of white roses. Miss Bourne wore blue silk, with white hat and slippers, and carried a bouquet of sweet peas.
The bride presented the bridesmaid with a mesh bag, and the bridegroom's gift to his attendant was a leather billfold.
After the nuptial ceremony the young couple left on a wedding trip to New York and the New England states. Upon their return they will reside in a newly furnished apartment at 305 North Perry street.
Mrs. Brown is a graduate of Johnstown High school, class of 1932, and is at present employed in the insurance and real estate office of Arnold J. Feldman. She is popular among the younger folks of the city.
Mr. Brown was graduated from Johnstown High school with the class of 1929. He is associated with his step-father, Charles F. Van Nostrand in a plumbing business located at 306 North Perry street.
- GFG # B 906 / A
- Obituary (Courier-Standard-Enterprise, Fort Plain, NY, Octobert 14, 1987)
Lena Wood, 86, formerly of Route 10, Ephratah, died Saturday, Oct. 10, at Wells House in Johnstown, where she had been a patient for three years.
Mrs. Woods was bom April 16, 1901, the daughter of Seymour and Mary Saltsman Snell. She lived in Ephratah most of her life.
She was employed as a glove worker by the Alexette Glove Co., Gloversville, and worked on her family’s farm for many yean.
Mrs. Wood was a member of the Ephratah Reformed Church and a member of the Kings Daughters of the church.
She married Harold K. Wood on June 24, 1917. He died Nov. 15, 1973.
A son, Owen H. Wood, died in 1982.
Survivors include two daughten, Jane Kested, Fonda and Gail Cope, Johnstown; two sons, Kenneth Wood of Caroga Lake and Ronald “Pete” Wood of Ocala, Fla.; 17 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday at the A.G. Cole Funeral Home, Johnstown. Burial was in Ephratah Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Wells House.
- 1920 census, Ephratah, Fulton, NY, fam # 110 - Wood Harold K, rents his home, ae 23, born in NY, parnets born in NY, Laborer -working out; Lena M, wife, ae 18, born in NY, father born in IA, mother born in NY, Glove Maker - at home.
- 1930 census, Ephratah, Fulton, NY, fam # 182 - Wood Harold K, rents his home, ae 33, married at age 21, born in NY, parents born in NY, Farmer-General Farm; Lena , Wife, ae 28, married at age 16, born in NY, parents born in NY; Kenneth J, son, ae 9, born in NY; June, daughter, ae 3 4/12; Melvin Billington, Servant, ae 59, born in NY, parents born in NY, Laborer - Farm.
- 1940 census, Ephratah, Fulton, NY, fam # 105 - Wood Harold K, owns his home with a value of $800, ae 42, 7th grade, born in NY, Farmer; Lena M, wife, ae 38, 8th grade, born in NY; Kenneth J, son, ae 19, 3rd grade, born inNY; June, daughter, ae 13, 7th grade; Owen H, son, ae 9, 4th grade; Roland C, son, ae 8, 3rd grade; Gayle, daughter, ae 6; Ostrum Edward, lodger, ae 52, 5th grade, born in NY, Farmer.
1950 census, Eohratah, Fulton, NY, fam # 63 - Wood Harold K, ae 53, born in NY, Dairy Farmer; Lena M, wife, ae 48, born in NY; June, daughter, ae 23, divorced, born in NY, Cashier - Grand Union food store; Owen H, son, ae 19, Truck Driver - Town of Ephratah; Roland C, son, ae 18; Gail, daughter, ae 15; Sarah H, mother, ae 77, widow, born in NY; Lonergan Bonnie J, granddaughter, ae 5, born in NY; Donna L, Granddaughter, ae 3.- Obituary (Amsterdam Recorder, Friday, November 16, 1973)
JOHNSTOWN - Harold K. Wood. 77. of St. Johnsville RD 1 died yesterday in Little Falls Hospital, where he had been a patient for two days. He had been in failing health for several years.
An Ephratah native, he and his father operated a meat market there from 1917 to 1922, when Mr. Wood went into dairying and raising horses. He sold the dairy in 1960, but continued the horse business. He attended Ephratah Reformed Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lena Snell Wood; two daughters. Mrs. June Kested of Fonda RD and Mrs. Gail Cope of E. Springfield; three sons, Kenneth J. Wood of Johnstown, Owen H. Wood of Northville, and Roland Wood of Ballston Spa; 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Cole Funeral Home. Johnstown, with lay minister James Baker officiating. Burial will be in Ephratah Cemetery. Calling hours will be today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Marriage Notes for Lena Mae Snell and Harold Keith Wood
- Wedding Announcement (The Morning Herald, Johnstown, NY, Tuesday, June 26, 1917)
Miss Lena May Snell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Snell, and Harold Keith Wood, both of Ephratah, were united in marriage, Sunday afternoon, at the home of the bride's sister. Mrs. Alvln Morrison, in Collingwood avenue. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Royal A. Stanton of Ephratah.
- GFG # B 1266 / A
- Newspaer Article (The Leader-Herald, Gloversville - Johnstown, NY, Wednesday, May 29, 1968)
A Man Remembers
His day will be filled with memories this Memorial Day and perhaps you shut-in folks might like to share his thoughts. He is Kenneth J. Wood of Ephratah. Kenneth is a native of that community, he is active in political work and in the Masonic Lodge. Currently he serves as high priest of Hiram Union Chapter F. and A. M. and also is active in other Masonic orders. Kenneth, who is not married, is a retired tree surgeon. From 1941 to 1946 he served as a surgical technician with the Army in this country and received his honorable discharge in January 1946. In 1942 he was injured in the Mohabi Desert in California while in the line of duty. He was compelled to undergo surgery in an army hospital in El Paso, Texas where he was confined as a patient for about six months. Because of this, he was not permitted to serve overseas but was placed on limited service. Later, he was sent to Colorado to serve as a corpsman with the 314th Medical Training Battalion. From there, he went to the Surgical Technical School in the Springfield, Mo. General Hospital. After he was graduated, he was placed in charge of the surgical section of the Italian Prisoner of War Hospital in Scotts Bluff, Neb. Later, the army returned him to a hospital in Camp Carson, Colorado Springs, where he worked in surgery and remained there until his discharge.
Trouble dogged Kenneth after his return to civilian life. In 1953 he fell while working from a 20-foot truck mounted ladder and presently is disabled. He had broken his back in that fall and smashed some of the discs in his back. He was taken to a hospital and was compelled to undergo surgery. It was necessary for Kenneth to remain in a special bed for more than six months and mornings he has no feelings whatsoever in his legs. Because of this severe injury, he was compelled to retire from his work as a tree surgeon. He often suffers considerable pain in his back and is unable to do any heavy work or lifting. He assists his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold K. Wood, with light chores on their 300-acre dairy farm. Kenneth, however, maintains a cheerful and philosophical attitude despite his problems and he always tries to "look on the bright side of life." He has many hobbies which include photography. He was graduated from the Germaine School of Photography in New York City and had planned to specialize in horse photography, but his injuries curtailed that plan. His other hobbies include stamp collecting and the collection of pipes. He presently has about several hundred stamps and about half a hundred pipes. They include a Turkish water pipe and a French reading pipe. And tomorrow, Memorial Day, there will be a time of retrospection for Kenneth. There will be memories of those army days and Kenneth, as always, will say a silent prayer for the buddies who just didnt make it home.
- GFG # B 1267 / A
- GFG - B 907 /A
- 1910 census, Amsterdam (Ward 5), Montgomery, NY, (103 Florida Avenue) fam # 133 - Brown Henry S, ae 31, married 9 yr, born in Canada, parents born in NY, Tailor - Own Shop; Annie L, wife, ae 30, married 9 yr, no children, born in Canada, parents born in NY; Carntite James, boarder, ae 17, born in NY, parents born in NY. [living with his brother-in-law]
- June 5, 1917 - resided at: 8 Washington Street, Fort Plain, Minden, Montgomery, NY, employed as a Veternary Surgeon (Draft Registration Card)
- 1920 census, Minden, Montgomery, NY, (7 Washington St) fam # 112 - Carnrite James S, ae 27, born in NY, father born in NY, mother born in Canada, Veterinary - own barn; Edna, wife, ae 24, born in NY, parents born in NY; Marion S, daughter, ae 11/12, born in NY.
- 1930 census, Fort Plain (Minden), Montgomery, NY, dw 478 fam 504, ED 39, p 17A/234. James S Carnrite, Head, M W 37 M 24, Doctor-Veterinarian; Edna, Wife, F W 34 M 21; Marion, Daughter, F W 11 S; Harriet, Daughter, F W 7 S; James, Son, M W 4 S.
- 1940 census, Fort Plain, Montgomery, NY, (7-9 W Washington) fam # 77 - Carnrite James S, ae 47, 3 yr college, born in NY, Veterinarian - at home; Edna, wife, ae 44, 4 yr HS, born in NY; Marian, daughter, ae 21, 3 yr college, born in NY; Harriett, daughter, ae 17, 3 yr HS; James, son, ae 14, 8th grade.
- 1950 census, Fort Plain, Montgomery, NY, fam # 376 - Carnrite James S, ae 57, born in NY, Veterinarian - medicine; Edna S, wife, ae 54, born in NY; Saltaman, Ida, mother-in-law, ae 82, widoe, born in NY.- Obituary (Emening Recorder, Amsterdam, NY, Saturday, April 14, 1962)
FORT PLAIN - Dr. James S. Carnrite, 69, board chairman of the Fort Plain branch of the State Bank of Albany and retired veterinarian, died yesterday morning at hs home, 19 West st., following a long illness.
Dr. Carnrite served as president of the Fort Plain National Bank for 10 years and became board chairman when they merged with the State Bank of Albany.
He operated a veterinary hospital in Fort Plain from 1914 to 1946. Dr. Carnrite was born in Amsterdam on Sept 3, 1892 and attended Wilbur Lynch high school. He graduated from Cornell University's Veterinary Collere in 1914 and was a member of the Fort Plain Reformed Church.
Dr. Carnrite was also a member of the Fort Plain Masons lodge, Community Club, New York State Veterinary Society and the Hudson Valley Veterinary Society.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edna Saltsman Carnrite; two daughters, Mrs. Raymond Schultz, Fort Plain and Mrs. Harriet Bressond, Bethlehem, Pa.; one son, Dr. James Carnrite Jr., Dobbs Ferry; two sisters, Mrs. H. S. Brown, Amsterdam, and Mrs. Homer Borst, Schenectady, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the Gray funeral home, with the Rev.
Gordon Alexander, officiating. Interment will be in the Fort Plain cemetery.- Obituary (Daily Press, Utica, NY, Saturday, April 14, 1962)
Fort Plain —Dr. James S. Carnrite, II, 69, of 19 West St., a retired veterinarian, died yesterday in his home. He was born in Amsterdam, son of Dr. James and Anna
Brown Carnrite. He was president of the Fort Plain branch of the State Bank of Albany, formerly the Fort Plain National Bank. He retired from veterinary practice in 1946.
Dr. Carnrite graduated from Amsterdam High School and later from Cornell University Veterinary College. He came to this village in 1914 and purchased the practice of Dr. Gordon Darby. He married Edna Saltsman, in 1916, in Fort Plain. He was a member of the Masons, The Community Club and the State and Hudson Valley Veterinary Medical Societies.
Besides his wife, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Raymond Shults, Fort Plain and Mrs. Harriet Bressond, Bethlehem. Pa.; a son, Dr. James Carnrite III. Dobbs Ferry; two sisters, Mrs. H. S. Brown, Amsterdam, and Mrs. Homer Borst, Schenectady.
The funeral will be at 2 Monday from the Gray Funeral Home, with the Rev. Frederick Alexander, pastor of the Reformed Church, officiating. Burial will be in Fort Plain Cemetery.
Marriage Notes for Edna May Saltsman and James Schuyler Carnrite Jr
- Wedding Announcement (Amsterdam Evening Recorder, Saturday, January 6, 1917)
Year in Review - August 16 - Married: Dr. James S. Carnrlte and Miss Edna Mae Saltsman at Fort Plain.
10528. Margaret Murray Lighthall
- GFG # B 909 / A
- Obituary (The Brattlebore Reformer, Brattleboro, VT, Friday, June 10, 1994)
Margaret L. Halladay, 74, of Elm Street, died Thursday at Springfield Hospital.
She was born Sept. 7, 1919, in Ephratah, N.Y., the daughter of Harry and Anna (Saltsman) Lighthall. She attended schools in Johnstown, N.Y., and was a graduate of the Johnstown High School and Albany Business College. She had worked for the Sterling Winthrop Drug Company in Rensselaer, N.Y. She later worked as the bookkeeper for Halladay the Florist in Bellows Falls until her retirement in 1984.
She was a member of the United Church, the Womens Fellowship of the United Church, the Bellows Falls Bowling League, and the Womens Club, all of Bellows Falls.
In 1947 in Johnstown, N.Y., she was married to Nelson Halladay who survives. She is also survived by a son, Bruce Halladay of Colchester; a daughter, Susan Low of Concord, N.H.; and two grandchildren.
The funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the United Church on School Street. The Rev. David Gould will officiate. Calling hours will be Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fenton & Hennessey Funeral Home in Bellows Falls.
Marriage Notes for Margaret Murray Lighthall and Nelson Raymond Halladay
- Wedding Announcement (The Morning Herald, Gloversville and JOhnstown, NY, Monday, February 10, 1947)
Miss. Margaret M. Lighthall, daughter of Mrs. Harry Lighthall, 115 Prlndle avenue, was united in marriage to Nelson R Halladay, Bellows Falls, Vermont, Saturday afternoon at 2 in the Methodist church.
The Rev. Frank J. Held, pastor of the church, performed the ceremony. Mrs. Foster Heaxt, organist, rendered the traditional wedding music during the ceremony. Miss Nancy Ann Lighthall, cousin of the bride, sang "O Promise Me" and "Love's Old Sweet Song."
The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Harry Lighthall. Jr.
Mrs. Donald Sample of Cooperstown, a close friend of the bride, was the matron of honor and Dana Halladay, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man. The ushers were Donald Sample of Cooperatown and Harold Wyckoff of Albany.
The bride was attractively attired in a satin bodice with tulle skirt, a tulle fingertip veil and carried a bouquet of a white orchid, white roses and sweet peas.
The matron of honor was gowned in blue satin with sweetheart neckline and carried a bouquet of yellow roses. The bride's mother wore a navy blue dress and a corsage of pink roses, while the mother of the bridegroom was dressed in a black suit with a corsage of roses.
The church was pleaisingly decorated with palms, white gladiolas and white carnations.
An informal reception, attended by the bridal party and immediate families of the couple, was held at the home of the bride's mother after the ceremony.
Later in the day the newlyweds left for a wedding trip to an undisclose destination. The bride chose a navy suit with blue accessories as a travelling outfit.
Mra. Halladay has been the gueat recently at a number of pre-nuptial showers. She is a graduate of Johnstown High school and Albany Business College and for the past four and one-half years has been employed in the patent department of Sterling-Wlnthrop Research Institute in Rensselaer.
Mr. Halladay la a graduate of Bellows Falls High school and was in the Air Transport Command of the U. S. Army during the war. He was in service four years, 14 months of which were spent in the European Theatre, and is now employed in Bellows Falls as a florist.
- GFG # B / A
- Obituary (The Burlington Free Press, Burlington, VT, Monday, January 13, 1975)
Dr. Harry Lighthall Jr., 51, of Hill Point Road. Charlotte, professor of mathematics at the University of Vermont, died of lung cancer early Saturday morning at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont.
He joined the university faculty in 1955 and was promoted to full professor in 1971. He had also served the university as assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, as chairman of the premedical advisory committee and as chairman of the equal opportunities committee.
In 1960, Dr. and Mrs. Lighthall went to Rangoon, Burma, where he served a nine-month Fulbright lectureship at the University of Rangoon. He was named a consultant by the National Science Foundation in 1967 and assisted in the offering of a mathematics institute at the University of Nagpur in India. In 1969-70, he was an exchange professor to Huston-Tillotson College, Austin, Tex., and, in 1972-73, was a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley.
Dr. Lighthall was born Jan. 7, 1924, in Johnstown, N.Y., the son of the late Harry and Anna S. Lighthall. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before World War II, then joined the U.S. Army Infantry, serving in Europe, where he was wounded and lost his left arm.
Returning to MIT at the end of the war, he received the B.S. degree in chemical engineering in 1947, the M.S. degree in chemistry in 1948 and the M.S. degee in mathematics in 1950, all from MIT.
He was a teaching assistant at Brown University from 1951 to 1955, and received his Ph.D. degree in mathematics there in 1959. He was a member of Sigma Xi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Tau Beta Pi, the American Association of University Professors and the Mathematical Association of America, and served on the board of the Champlain Valley Union High School.
In 1959 he married Miss Mary Greene, a University of Vermont graduate who was a research associate in the department of botany. They have two children, Anna Louise and Harry Morris Lighthall.
In addition to his wife and children, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Nelson Halladay of Bellows Falls; a nephew, Bruce Halladay of Burlington, and a niece, Susan Halladay, a University of Vermont student.
Funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the donor's favorite charity.
Marriage Notes for Harry Lighthall Jr and Mary Thorne Greene
- Wedding Announcement (The Leader - Herald, Gloversville - Johnstown, NY, Thursday, August 10, 1959)
Miss Mary Thorne Greene, daughter of Mrs. Morris Channing Greene of Morrisville, Vt, and the late Mr. Greene, became the bride of Harry Lighthall Jr., son of Mrs. Harry Lighthall Sr., 115 Prindle Avenue and the late Mr. Lighthall at 2 Saturday afternoon at the home of the bride's mother in Morrisville.
The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev. Frank A Stockwell.
The bride, given in marriage by her brother, Frederic M. Greene of Morrisville, wore a street length dress with portrait neckline and three quarter sleeves, fashioned with an Empire bodice and full skirt She wore an orchid.
Miss Georgina F. Greene of Cleveland, sister of the bride, maid of honor, was attired in a street length gown of pale tlue. She wore a pink corsage.
William Powers of Shelburn was the best man.
A reception was held following the ceremony Some 25 guests also celebrated the birthday of Mrs. Lighthall Sr., with a birthday cake.
The bride, a graduate of Peoples Academy in Morrisville, received her bachelor and master's degrees at the University of Vermont, where she is now research assiciate in the Botany Department.
Lighthall is a graduate of Johnstown High School. He received his bachelors and master's degrees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Last June he was awarded his Ph. D in mathematics from Brown University in Providence R. I. He is assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Vermont.
The couple will return to South Burlington. Sept, 22 after a trip to California.
The bridal party was entertained at a dinner at Edson Hill Manor in Stowe, Vt. Friday night by the bride's mother. Both were given pre-nuplial parties at Morrisville and Burlington.
- GFG # B 910 / A
- Alt DOB 13 Jun 1907
- 1940 census, Milford, Otsego, NY, fam # 5 - Duesler Clark K, rents his home, ae 32, 2 yr HS, born in NY, family relocated from Oneonta, Mill Hane - Elmore Retail Feed Store; Elizabeth E, wife, ae 31, 1 yr HS, born in Canada; Madelein (sic) M, daughter, ae 6, born in NY.
- 1950 census, Oneonta, Otsego, NY, (4 -ose Ave) fam # 114 (not in sequence), Duesler C Kenneth, ae 41, born in NY, Desk clerk - taxi; Betty, wife, ae 40, born in Canada, Clerk - bakery; Madeline, daughter, ae 16, born in NY.- Newspaper Article (The Leader-Herald, Gloversville - Johnstown, NY, Saturday, September 19, 1959)
Members of the local veterans organizations officiated at the burial Thursday, in St. Johnsville cemetery of L. [sic]Kenneth Duesler, Oneonta son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Winfleld Duesler, former residents. Firing squad members
were Silar Potter, Robert Crouse and Charles Boslet. Color guard, Edward Matus. William Leonard, Joseph Perry and Harwood Van Gorder. Flag folders, John Francisco, Joseph Palombi. and Amy Castrucci.
- GFG # B 1275 / A
AKA: Marilyn (GFG)
10533. Natalie Antoinette Saltsman
- GFG # A / B
- Natalie Antoinette (Saltsman) Wheatstone, born 23 Jan 1922 in Waterbury, CT. Natalie married William Wheatstone on 18 June 1953 in England--he was from England and trying to compromise between living in the US or the UK they settled on Canada. She was a French teacher in Toronto and he was the head of the Toronto Apple Growers Association. They are retired and live in Collingwood, Ontario. (Charles M Saltsman III)- Notes (Find A Grave)
Natalie Wheatstone held a B.A. from Bryn Mawr; M.A. from Columbia; Diplomas in French Literature & Phonetics from la Sorbonne, Paris; and a Diploma in Theology from Trinity College, Toronto.
She had happy and rewarding French teaching career of 25 years, 14 of them at Martingrove C.I. in Etobicoke. She was an Associate of the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine, a member of All Saints’ Anglican Church, Collingwood Chancel Guild & ACW, the Women’s Probus Club of Pretty River, Georgian Triangle Life Long Learning Institute (founding member), the Nature League of Collingwood; a supporter of the World Wildlife Federation, the Canadian Federation for Sexual Health, Canadians for Choice; a former member of the Toronto & Weston Women’s University Clubs, the Etobicoke Volunteer Centre and the Board of the Etobicoke Mental Health Centre.
Natalie loved her church, her students, beautiful places like Lake Superior, New Zealand and the Connecticut hills, books, Brahms, baseball, fashion, fine (Highland) Scotch and owls.
“Je pense, donc je suis!” (Descartes)
- Notes (Find A Grave)
Son of Cecil Wheatstone and Edna May Thomas. Predeceased by his wife Natalie whom he met on a beach while vacationing in the south of France. A year after marrying in England they arrived in Canada in 1954.
Bill worked in the Toronto office of the J Walter Thompson advertising agency until 1976 when he became the first manager of the Apple Marketing Commission of Ontario, a job he loved until retiring to Collingwood in 1992. Enjoying fly fishing there, he and Natalie were active members of the community joining Probus and all Saints Anglican church.
After Natalie's passing in 2015, suffering declining health he moved to Sunrise of Richmond Hill.
Wherever he went he was remembered for his sense of humour and his smile.
Survived by two sons and one daughter and their spouses and six grandchildren.
- GFG # A / B
10534. Charles Marsdon Saltsman Jr
- GFG # A / B
- Charles Marsdon Saltsman, Junior, born 5 June 1929 in Waterbury, CT and died 11 Dec 2005 in Old Lyme, CT. Charlie was married to Hannah Smedley (Hillen) Saltsman, known to all as "Hanako", who was born 6 Jun 1932 in Tokyo, Japan and died 3 June 1986 in Middletown, CT. They were married in the Syracuse University Chapel on 23 July 1955. Charlie worked for most of his career at Raymond Engineering, rising to VP of Ordnance (they made timers and fuses for artillery shells and missiles). Hanako eventually got her Masters in Education and became a Special Education teacher. Some time after Hanako died, Charlie married Patricia Ayers (Chase) Myers (born 29 Nov 1937) on 23 Oct 1999 in Old Lyme, CT.
(Charles M Saltsman III)- Obituary (Find A Grave)
Charlie was born to Charles Marsdon SALTSMAN (b. 2/24/1890 in Johnstown, NY) and Antoinette Whittier Webber SALTSMAN (b. 10/20/1892) in Searsport, ME) and had one older sister, Natalie Antoinette Saltsman WHEATSTONE (b. 1/23/1922 in Waterbury, CT).
When Charlie was 4 years old, his family moved to Syracuse, NY and later to Skaneateles, NY, where he grew up, attended school, developed many hobbies and learned to sail with his first boat, a Canadian International 14.
Leaving High School at the end of his sophomore year, Charlie attended, and graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, MA in 1948. He graduated four years later – in 1952 – from MIT with a BS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. His senior thesis, “The Application of Fiberglass Laminates to Ship Structures” was one of the first articles to propose use of this now almost universal material for boat construction. While at MIT Charlie was also a member of the student government, president of his fraternity, editor of the college technical magazine, and managed to make Dean’s list.
Following graduation were five years working with Bethlehem Steel Company, then the world’s largest shipbuilder, in Quincy, MA. During this time, he worked on the last U.S. built passenger liners, the world’s largest oil tankers, and the first nuclear powered vessels. And, in 1955, he married Hannah Smedley Hillen SALTSMAN in Syracuse, NY.
In 1956 Charlie and Hannah (Hanako) moved to Middletown CT with a new position as an engineer in a small technical innovation company – Raymond Engineering. For the following thirty-five years Charlie worked on state-of-the-art design and manufacture of precision electro-mechanical products for industry, space and the defense industries, and retired as Vice President in 1992. Charlie and Hanako raised three sons – Charles III (Chip, b. 1958), Peter (b. 1960) and Tom (b. 1962). In 1986, Hanako died of breast cancer at the age of 54, greatly mourned by her 4 “boys.”
Charlie retired from Raymond Engineering in 1992 and moved to Old Lyme, CT to concentrate on boating, woodworking, sculpture, and painting (among a number of other hobbies and avocations). In 1999, he married Patricia Ayers Chase SALTSMAN, a longtime family friend.
Charlie died of a fast-growing lung cancer at home on December 11, 2005. Nearly 600 people filled the Old Lyme Congregational Church to standing-room only during his memorial service.
- Obituary (Find A Grave)
Hanako was the eldest of two daughters born to William George HILLEN (b. 1901, Louisville, KY) and Elizabeth Boyer Powers HILLEN (b. 1908, Ardmore, PA). Her sister was Elizabeth Mercer Hillen HUNT, born 1936 in Tokyo). She was known as Hanako, which means “little flower” in Japanese.
Hanako’s father was the far Eastern representative of Carrier Corporation Air Conditioning; at the outbreak of the Second World War, in 1940, when Hanako was eight years old, her family was forced to return to the U.S., settling in Syracuse, NY, the location of Carrier headquarters. Growing up in Syracuse, Hanako remembered feeling herself something of an outsider due to the strong anti-everything-Japanese feeling of the times.
Hanako graduated from the George School in 1950, and from Syracuse University in 1954. Her lengthy degree was “Bachelor of Science, School of Education specializing in Family Living and Child Development.” Immensely popular, her list of college and sorority (Alpha Phi) activities was equally lengthy.
Following graduation, Hanako began her teaching career in a Tenafly, NJ kindergarten. She later taught in Brookline, MA, and in the Connecticut towns of Glastonbury, Middletown, and Durham. She received her M.S. in Education from Central Connecticut State College in 1975, finally retiring as a Special Education teacher.
In 1955, she married Charles Marsdon SALTSMAN, Jr., in Syracuse, NY. They lived in Quincy, MA for a year before settling in Middletown, CT. Here they raised three children, all boys: Charles Marsdon SALTSMAN, III (b. 1958), Peter Webber SALTSMAN (b. 1960), and Thomas Gable SALTSMAN (b. 1962).
Hanako was ever cheerfully busy, homemaking—which she considered her primary role, child rearing, teaching and community involvement. She was a member of the Middletown Board of Health, numerous school associations, and choral groups. She was interested in almost everything, and kept countless lists of everyone’s activities. And she collected shells, bells, rocks, leaves, flowers and every scrap of her children’s school papers.
Hanako was deeply and ecumenically religious. Born an Episcopalian, and schooled in a Friends non-denominational environment, she felt most at home as a Unitarian, with a profound belief in the goodness of all, and in the beauty of nature.
Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1980, Hanako underwent a series of major surgeries and treatments for and extended time without ever losing her cheerful outlook and enthusiasm. She died in 1986, two days before her 54th birthday and a week after her last cruise on the family sailboat.
- GFG - B 913
- Obituary (Evening Recorder, Masterdam, NY, Saturday, Feburary 23, 1963)
Mamie Putman, 80, widow of Daniel Strait, 15 Prospect St., Fort Johnson, died unexpectedly Friday at 8:45 p.m. at her home.
Mrs. Strait was born at Tribes Hill, May 28, 1882, a daughter of Alvin and Margaret Zeily Putman. She was married in 1898 and her husband died in October, 1948.
Mrs. Strait was a member of the Grace Methodist Church of Fort Johnson, a charter member of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of that church and a member of the Rebekah bodge of the IOOF.
Survivors include one stepdaughter, Mrs. Leland A.Goodman, Amsterdam; one sister, Mrs. Percy Miller, Tribes Hill and several cousins.
- 1900 census, Amsterdam, Montgomery, NY, fam # 134 - Strait Daniel, b. Mar 1873, ae 27, married 1 yr, born in NY, parents born in NY, Cutter - kinitting mill, rents his home; Mamie, wife, b. May 1881, ae 19, married 1 yr, 1 chhild, 1 living, (sic), born in NY, parents born in NY; Lucy, daughter, b. May 1895, ae 5, born in NY, parents born in NY; Elvin, brother, b. Mar 1879, ae 21, born in NY.
- 1910 census, Amsterdam, Montgomery, NY, fam # 80 - Strait Danile, ae 37, married 2 time, married 10 yr, born in NY, parents born in NY, Cutter - knitting mill; Mamie, wife, ae 28, married 1 time, married 10 yr, no children, born in NY, parents born in NY, Looper - knitting Mill; Lucy, daughter, ae 14, born in NY, parents born in NY.
- 1920 census, Fort Johnson, Montgomery, NY, (Turnpike Street) fam # 32 - Strait Daniel, owns his home without a mortgage, ae 46, born in NY, parents born in US, Millwright - knitting mill; Mary E (sic), wife, ae 38, born in NY, parents born in NY; Miller Percy, brother-in-law, ae 37, born in NY, parents born in NY, Salesman - traveling; Ethel, sister-in-law, ae 36, born in NY, parents born in NY.
- 1930 census, Fort Johnson, Montgomery, NY, (44 East Main Street) fam # 20 - Strait Daniel, owns his home with a value of $6000, ae 58, first married at age 28 (sic), born in NY, parents born in NY, Milwright - rug mill; Mamie E, wife, ae 48, first married at age 18, born in NY, parents born in NY.
- 1940 census, Amsterdam, Montgomery, NY, (44 E Main St) fam # 21 - Strait Daniel, owns his home with a value of $3000, ae 66, 6th grade, born in NY, Millwright - carpet and rug manufacturer; Mamie E, wife, ae 56, 7th grade, born in NY.- Obituary (Evening Recorder, Amsterdam, NY, Monday, October 18, 1948)
Daniel Strait, 76, well-known resident of Fort Johnson, died at his home, 44 East Main Street, at 10 P. M. Sunday, following an illness that began last March.
He was a native of the Town of Perth where he was born March 8, 1972. He moved to Fort Johnson while a young man and had resided there since.
A carpenter by trade, he worked in that capacity for A. V. Morris & Sons for a time and for the past 25 years had been employed in the McCleary Division of Mohawk Carpet Mills, Inc.
Mr. Strait was a member of Grace Methodist Church of Fort Johnson and of Veddersburgh Lodge, 812, I. O. O. F., of which he was identified with degree team activities for many years.
His first wife was Clara E. Miller whom he married in 1894. She died in 1897. A daughter, Mrs, Leland Goodman, Amsterdam, was born of this marriage. In 1899, he married Mamie E. Putman of Fort Johnson who survives, also several nephews and cousins.
10538. Frederick Van Heusen Skinner
- GFG - B 912
- GFG - B
- GFG - B
10539. Franklin Josephus Bowman
- GFG - B 916 / A / B / B
- Assisted with the compilation of the original Getman Genealogy Book.
- He seved as an early Historian of the Getman Family and published the Getman News.
- When he died his material was given to Union College.
- Getman Family Association: Historian 1959 - resided in Scarsdale- 1920 census, Yonkers (Ward 9) Westchester, NY, (33 Leonard Place) fam # 61 - Bowman Franklin, rents his home, ae 30, born in NY, parents born in NY, Dealer - Automobile; Paula, wife, ae 23, born in NY, parents born in NY; Charlotte, daughter, ae 3, born in NJ; Franklin J, son, ae 3/12, born in NY; Van Norden Laura J, mother-in-law, ae 72, born in NY, parents born in NY; Mahina (?) ae 81, boarder, born in NY; Almira, boarder, ae 80, born in NY.
- 1930 census, Scarsdale (Dist 402) Westchester, NY, fam # 161 - Bowman Franklin J, owns his home with a value of $20,000, owns a radio, ae 41, married at age 24, born in NY, parents born in NY, Salesman - Oil Burners; Paula F, wife, ae 44, married at age 26, born in NY, parents born in NY, Teacher - Music; Paul F, son, ae 15, born in NY; Charlotte, daughter, ae 13, born in NY; Franklin J Jr, son, ae 10, born in NY; Elizabeth, daughter, ae 7; Van Orden Laura, mother-in-law, ae 83, widow, born in NY, father born in Ct, mother born in NJ; Clark Almira, aunt, ae 90, born in NY, father born in CT, mother born in NJ.
- 1940 census,Scarsdale, Westchester, NY, (266 Madison Rd) fam # 89, Bowman Franklin, ae 51, 4 yr college, born in NY, Deputy Sheriff - Westchester County; Paula, wife, ae 54, 3 yr college, born in NY; Charlotte, daughter, ae 23, 4 yr college, born in NJ, Teacher - school; Elizabeth, daughter, ae 17, 2 yr HS, born in NY; Paul, son, ae 35, 1 yr college, born in NY, Customer Service - lighting company; Edith, daughter-in-law, ae 19, 4 yr HS, born in MA.- Obituary (Herald Statesman, Yonkers, NY, Wednesday, March 20, 1968)
Franklin J. Bowman, 79, undersheriff of Westchester from 1952 to 1960 and a member of the sheriff's office since 1930, died yesterday at White Plains Hospital.
A resident of Scarsdale since 1920, Mr. Bowman lived at 266 Madison Road. He was Scarsdale Republican Town Committee chairman in the 1940s.
He was a founding member of the Westchester chapter of the Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and served as its president in 1961-62 and in 1964-66. He also helped draft the Letter of Welcome which the Westchester SAR sends to naturalized citizens moving into the county. He was a member also of the White Plains Old Guard, the Scarsdale Neighbors, and the Scarsdale Congregational Church.- Obituary (Enterprise and News, Press and Republican, St Johnsville, NY, March 20, 1968)
Franklin Bowman, 78, of 266 Madison Road, Scarsdlae died Monday night, March 18 after a long illness in a Scarsfale Hospital.
He was born on February 14, 1889 at Fort Hunter, a son of Charles and Elizabeth Getman Bowman. He was a resident of St, Johnsville in his younger years and spent the later years in Scarsdale where he had been a deputy sheriff in Westchester County for 30 years until his retirement in 1910.
Survivors include his wife, Paula; two daughters, Charlotte and Betty; one son, Paul and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held last Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Searsdale Congregational Church. Interment was made in Scarsdale.
- Based on the Getman Genealogy pub. 1975 she seems to have been the daughter of Archibald Stark who was adopted by -- Van Orden. [WG]
Marriage Notes for Franklin Josephus Bowman and Paula Van Orden
- 50th Anniversary (Herals Statesman, Yonkers, NY, Thursday, July 18, 1963)
The 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Bowman was celebrated the other day at their home, 266 Madison Road, Scarsdale. Mrs. Bowman is the former Miss
Paula Van Orden.
Helping to celebrate were the couple's three children, Miss Elizabeth Bowman of Scarsdale, Paul F. Bowman and his wife, of Ridgewood N.J. and Mrs. Robert Peake, the former Miss Charlotte Bowman, and her husband, of Jefferson, N.Y.
The Bowmans, who have lived at the above address since 1920, can recall the early village of Scarsdale when there was no mail delivery, waste collection or gas.
Mr. Bowman, who retired as undersheriff of Westchester in 1960 is an American history buff whose ancestry in this country predates the Revolution. He claims a total of 15,000 relatives with whom he corresponds by mimeographing his letters. He also sends out copies of the "Getmart News" a periodical with information on the family history—a topic on which he is now engaged in writing a book.
Mr. Bowman is a descendant of the Palatines, residents of the hine Valley who were driven from their homes by King Louis XIV of France because they had given shelter to the Huguenots. They fled to England, and then to America in 1710, and 3,000 of them, the largest immigrating group before the Revolution, arrived in this country in 10 boats. Among them was Peter Zenger.
Mrs: Bowman's family dates back to the early Dutch occupation when her ancestor Claes Van Naarden owned a home and conducted business in New York City.
Her father fought in the Civil War and was captured and sent to the notorious Andersonville Prison. Of the more than 30 men in his detachment who suffered the same fate, only three returned alive, he being one of them.
Mr. Bowman had been associated with the sheriff's office since 1935 and was chairman of the Town Republican Committee in Scarsdale for 10 years.
- GFG - B 1278 / A / B / B
18835. Elizabeth Van Orden Bowman
- GFG - B 1279 / A / B / B