At 02:56 PM 2/2/2011, Bob Stewart wrote: >Published in the Poughkeepsie Journal on February 2, 2011 >Janet Arkins Lovelace > >POUGHKEEPSIE - Janet Arkins Lovelace, 89, a lifelong resident of >Poughkeepsie passed away peacefully at home with her daughter and >family at the bedside. <<snip>> >Mom spent most of her life working in the Florist business with her >family and her husband Gleason F. Lovelace whom she married on June >14, 1941 in Poughkeepsie. <<snip>> A search on Ancestry.com for Gleason Lovelace returns a 1930 census record from Poughkeepsie, a listing in the Social Security Death Index, (SSDI) an enlistment record for WWII, an entry in the US Public Records Index, and one family tree which includes him. The SSDI shows Gleason F. Lovelace, b. 9 Feb 1920, d. Apr 1988, last residence in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY. The WWII enlistment record shows Gleason F. Lovelace b. 1920 in NY. Enlisted 8 Jan 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank, NY, residence in Dutchess Co., NY. He had 2 yrs of college and was single with no dependents, 70" tall, 201 lbs. Enlisted as a private. The US Public Records Index gives his birthdate as 9 Feb 1920 and his address as 89 N. Clinton St., Poughkeepsie, NY. These are clearly the same person. The 1930 census lists Gleason as a son in the household of Edgar J. and Edith O. Lovelace, District 54, 89 N. Clinton St., Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY. Edgar was age 36, Edith was 34. Edgar first married at 23, Edith at 21 (married c1917). Gleason is age 10 (b. c1920), and he has a younger sister Vivian E., age 5 (b. c1925). Also included in the household is Katie E. Fowler (Indexed as Forster), age 69, listed as mother-in-law. Listed as a separate family but in the same dwelling, are Frank B. and Minnie Lovelace. Frank is 64 and his wife is 63; They were first married when he was 23 and she was 22 (c1889). Frank and Minnie do not have occupations listed. Gleason is listed as a florist. The family tree for Gleason is owned by jjldee64, no contact information available. It lists Gleason as Gleason Francis Lovelace, b. 9 Feb 1920 in Poughkeepsie, NY, son of Edgar J. Lovelace and Edith Fowler, married to a living Arkins with one living child. This is definitley our guy... The family tree further shows Edgar J. Lovelace (1893-1967) as the son of Frank Lovelace and Minnie Reylea. It further shows Frank as the son of Rubson Lovelace (b. 1827) and Clamissa (b. 1833). The 1920 census of Poughkeepsie shows Edgar and Edith living with Frank and Minnie in the house at 89 N. Clinton St. Edith's mother is living with them at this time. The 1910 census shows the family in #83 North Clinton St., Poughkeepsie. Edgar is 16 and single. With them is Minnie's sister Angie Vincent. Frank's occupation is listed as "retired" at age 44. Living on the same dwelling was the family of John Gemmel, a first generation German-American b. NY. Probably boarders? In 1900, Edgar is with Frank and wife Mary, who have been married 11 years. Mary must be Minnie. B. Jun 1866, Edgar is 6, b. July 1893. They are in the house at 83 N. Clinton St., with the family of Andrew Wynkoop. Frank is listed as a grocer. I had a problem trying to find this Rubson Lovelace listed in the family tree as the father of Frank. I looked at the 1870 census listing, and the handwriting of the census taker (or copier) is atrocious. So I did some checking, and I found an 1860 census listing for a Nelson Lovlace which lists two children in common with the listing that was interpreted in 1870 as "Rubson", plus it has the wife listes as Clarissa, which fits. Nelson is listed in Pleasant Valley PO, Washington, Dutchess Co., NY. I think this is the next link in the chain. Only time for one more quick search... A search for Nelson returns a family tree which shows him as the son of Peleg and Phoebe Lipps. Can anybody confirm/refute this? I have a doc's appt, and need to run. I'll check in later or tomorrow... Peace, Part of the Tree, Greg