This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6078 Message Board Post: CECILE BIDWELL No date Funeral services will by conducted at the Caneadea Methodist Church for Mrs. Cecile BIDWELL, 48, one of that community's most outstanding women, having been affiliated with activities of wide scope. Mrs. BIDWELL, who had been in failing health for several weeks was not considered in a critical condition until Sunday when her condition suddenly became worse. She was removed to the Fillmore Hospital late Monday afternoon for blood transfusions, but passed away Tuesday morning. Mrs. BIDWELL was a prominent member of the Methodist Church and Sunday School, Red Cross, member of the Board of Education of the Belfast Central School and was recently elected to the office of county vice president of the Home Bureau. She had been an active member of the Caneadea Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star and served as Matron for several terms. She was active in numerous local endeavors and her passing leaves a distinct void in these circles. Surviving are her husband Claude E. BIDWELL, three grandchildren, Mrs. Robert TEMPLETON of Hackensack, N.J., Keith BURR of Marcellus and Lynn BURR of San Antonio, Texas; her mother Mrs. Rose HAMPTON of Friendship, a brother Weir KELLOGG of East Orange, N.J., and two sisters, Mrs. Henry CLARK of Caneadea and Mrs. Chris SMITH of Fillmore also several nieces and nephews. [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crandall, Green, Coon Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6077 Message Board Post: >From the "History of Dane County, Wisconsin-1880" E.M. CRANDALL, farmer, and manufacturer of sorghum molasses; P.O. Utica; he was born in Madison Co, NY, in 1823; his parents, Joseph S. Crandall and Olive Coon, were also natives of Madison, and in 1830, with their family, removed to the town of Genesee, Allegany Co, NY, where they settled on a farm, and where E.M. lived until 1851; he then emigrated to Wisconsin and located in the town of Pleasant Springs, Dane Co, WI. He married in Allegany Co, NY, in 1846, to Miss Frances G. Green. More info available upon request.

i would be eternally grateful if anyone on this list who has a copy of History of Allegany County, New York, 1806-1879 would do a lookup for me. I am interested in whatever mention is made of Albon A. LEWIS on page 81. Thanx! Al Lewis Long Beach CA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6076 Message Board Post: MINA L. BENTLEY Mrs. Mina L. BENTLEY, aged 70, passed away very suddenly December 11, 1950. Funeral services were held at the Kopler Funeral Home, Fillmore, with the Rev. Edmund ROWE officiating. Burial was made in Pine Grove Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Clyde GUILFORD and Mrs. Russell CRONK, both of Buffalo; two sons, Royden, of Buffalo and Merlin of Belmont; six grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Loomis ELDRIDGE of Fillmore. [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6075 Message Board Post: HERBERT BENNETT 1950-1951? Herbert BENNETT, 82, died last week at Woodstock, Illinois. He was born in Short Tract, New York, February 19, 1869, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse BENNETT. His wife preceded him in death. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. George HANLEY of Elgin. Interment was made in a vault at Oakland Cemetery, Illinois, and burial will be made later in New York. [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6074 Message Board Post: ETHEL D. BENNETT Miss Ethel D. BENNETT of 23 Sherman Street, Belfast, died at Kings Manor Nursing Home, at Warsaw, August 28, 1966, after a long illness. She was born in Caneadea August 13, 1882, a daughter of Kirke and Florence DUDLEY BENNETT. She was a retired assistant superintendent of Potsdam Normal School. She was a member of the Hawthorne Club and the Belfast Methodist Church. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Funeral and committal services will be held at the Wolcott Funeral Home, Belfast, on August 31, 1966, with the Rev. Oren SHAFFNER, pastor of the Belfast Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Belfast. [Transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from obituary collection of Lenora Mills, Wiscoy, NY]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6073 Message Board Post: MARGARET REESE BENJAMIN Mrs. Margaret L. BENJAMIN, of Rushford, died June 8, 1967, in St. Francis Hospital, Olean, after a long illness. She was born December 31, 1877, in the Town of Centerville, a daughter of Matthew and Millicent REESE. Her husband, John A. BENJAMIN, died in 1940. She had taught school in Fairview, New York, before her marriage. She and her husband made their home in Rushford and conducted a furniture store and undertaking business. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Oliver (Catherine) WILLIAMS of Rushford. Funeral services will be held at the Cline Funeral Chapel in Rushford on June 11, 1967. The Rev. Richard BROWN, assisted by the Rev. A.J. TAYLOR, will officiate. Burial will be in Rushford Cemetery. [Transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from obituary collection of Lenora Mills, Wiscoy, NY]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6072 Message Board Post: JOHN A. BENJAMIN No date The death of John A. BENJAMIN, 62, Rushford mortician, occurred suddenly when he was stricken with a heart attack while officiating at burial rites at the Alger Cemetery. It removes one of northern Allegany County's most prominent citizens. Mr. BENJAMIN collapsed as he was assisting in unloading the casket and was taken to the Fillmore Hospital in his funeral car, and was pronounced dead upon his arrival. Funeral services will be held at his home, the Masonic Lodge of which he was a member, performing the final rites. Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Catherine, of Rushford. Mr. BENJAMIN, member of a family settling in Rushford in 1815, was born there July 4, 1877, son of James G. and Imogene KINGSBURY BENJAMIN. He was educated in Rushford schools and entered the office of the Rushford Spectator, the local weekly newspaper, where he remained for 14 years. Thirty-eight years ago he became associated with a brother, William F. BENJAMIN, in the undertaking and furniture business in Rushford and has conducted the business himself since 1922. Mr. BENJAMIN was prominent in the Masonic Order, holding membership in Joseph Enos Lodge of which he was a Past Master; Olean Lodge of Perfection, Olean; Buffalo Consistory, and Past District Deputy of the Allegany Masonic District, past president of the Past Master's Association of the Allegany Masonic District. He was past president of the Allegany County Funeral Director's Association, also holding membership in the state and national organizations. He was once president of the Allegany County YMCA, now defunct. In 1937 he was secretary-treasurer of the Genesee Country Association and at the time of his death he was a member of the Allegany County Park Commission. [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6053.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Penny, Well I hope the names work out for you. Maybe down the line you find we cousins in some way. That would be nice to have more family. If I can help in any way please email. If you give me your email address we can keep in touch better. Kay Poggenburg

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BUB.2ACI/1693.1697.1699.1705.1710 Message Board Post: I am trying to find any info on Gene Bump. Last known address was Cuba, NY. She is the daughter of the late George Gleason and Pearl Gayford. She is my great grandmother's sister. Would love to make contact with her or any of her family. Thanks Gen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Whitney, Carman, Underhill Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6071 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information of Reuben in the town of Frindship and Ruth maybe his wife, she shows up after his death ? I am much interested in where they may have come from( state or their parents names. Any information is not too small. Does anyone have the address of the court house for Allegany County Courthouse ? Thank You. Gerald E. Whitney

Our next meeting will be held on Sunday, June 8, 2003 at 1:00 PM at Romanello's Roseland. This month our guest speaker will be Kristy Jackson from Creative Memories. Kristy will be talking to us about the care and handling of our treasured old photographs and the basics of scrap booking. There will be a $12.00 charge which includes lunch, beverage, tax & gratuity. Please RSVP to Debbie Delgato by May 24, 2003 if you plan to attend.  You can reach her at 688-0159 or DVD96@aol.com. Shirley Fischer President, PIP Chapter 5, WNY (Note:  Romanello's is located at 490 Rhode Island, Buffalo NY 1 block West of Richmond Ave.)

Greetings Listers: I hail from Wisconsi nand have returned almost yearly during the summer ot do research and a cpl of years ago ran into a problem. I tirend to find my great grandfather CARL LIONEL MERITT and wife SARAH ELIZABETH HOWARD MERITT as well as CARL's sister MYRTLE MERITT FRENCH and her husband BEALS ENSIGN LITCHFIELD FRENCH. It is beleived all 4 may be buried in the INDEPENDECE CEMETERY in Independence. Unfort. whiel there we were onyl able to find a stone on Carl's grave due to his military service. Does anyone know of records for that cemetery??? I tried stopping at neighboring farms and someone horse started chewing on my aunts minivan and so we moved on .. :) Any help would be very much appreciated, Yvonne Ramsell Simonson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6053.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi thanks for that info. I have no idea yet if we have any relatives in common. I'm not that far with my line. I do appreciate your names you've given me though. I will keep it and put it with my genealogy stuff incase I find any we might have in common. Thanks again.. Penny

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6070 Message Board Post: I am looking for the parents of Frances Vosburg Emery. They could be Simon and Eliza but I am not sure. Simon may have had a boat on the Genesee Canal, but it may be just speculation. Frances married David Emery and lived in Oramel, NY and died about 1930. Not sure of the exact year. Thank you for any information you can add in my genealogy quest.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6069 Message Board Post: GEORGE M. BEARDSLEY George M. BEARDSLEY, of the Dugway Road, Fillmore, died November 18, 1972, in the Wyoming County Community Hospital, Warsaw, after a brief illness. Born in the Town of Hume, May 16, 1911, he was a son of John and Maude SUMERISKI BEARDSLEY. He married the former Florence VanSICKLE, who survives. Mr. BEARDSLEY was a farmer. Surviving, in addition to his widow are four sons, William BEARDSLEY, Timothy BEARDSLEY, Darwin BEARDSLEY and Clair BEARDSLEY all of Fillmore; four daughters, Mrs. Russell (Glenda) SIRAGUSE of Mount Morris, Mrs. Nicholas (Vivien) FILI of Rock Glen, Mrs. Gary (Carolyn) RICKETTS and Miss Joanne BEARDLSEY, both of Fillmore; 24 grandchildren; four brothers, Walter BEARDSLEY, Bryon (Byron) BEARDSLEY, John BEARDSLEY and Gerald BEARDSLEY, all of Fillmore; three sisters, Mrs. Arthur (Florence) SCHULTZ of Spencerport, Mrs. Nathan (Jean) VOLK of Fillmore and Mrs. Merle (Wilma) Shattuck of Pike; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral and committal services will be held at the Kopler Funeral Home, Fillmore, on November 21, 1972, with the Rev. Burdette C. FULLER, pastor of the Fillmore United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Alger Cemetery, Town of Hume. [Transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from obituary collection of Lenora Mills, Wiscoy, NY]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6068 Message Board Post: ETHEL REMINGTON BEARDSLEY No date Mrs. Ethel Agnes BEARDSLEY, 55, died May 13, in an accident on the Pike-East Koy Road. She had been employed by the Perry Knitting Mill for 22 years. She had lived most of her life in Pike; was a member of the Pike Baptist Church and the Hunt-Stout American Legion Auxiliary. She was born October 3, 1906, in Quaker Bridge, the daughter of William Fay and Bertha REMINGTON. Her husband, Willis, died in 1961. Survivors are two sons; Clifford H. BEARDSLEY, of Wiscoy, Harold W. BEARDSLEY of Castile, two daughters, Mrs. Bonalyn PALKOWSKI of Marilla, and Mrs. Monica MILLS of Wiscoy; sisters, Mrs. Harlan BEARDSLEY, Sr. of Pike, Mrs. Olive WAITE of Kennedy, Mrs. Cleo HALE of California, Mrs. Edna STALFOR of Silver Springs, and a brother, Ernest RAFFERTY of Pike; 12 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 16, at the Pike Baptist Church at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Louis CARUANA officiating. Burial will be in Alger Cemetery, Hume. [Transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from obituary collection of Lenora Mills, Wiscoy, NY]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6067 Message Board Post: OLIVE SOWERSBY BAKER Mrs. Donald BAKER died at her home on the Rushford Road, RD 1, Sunday afternoon, August 8, 1965, after a long illness. She was born May 22, 1911, in the Town of New Hudson, New York, a daughter of Mrs. Ola SOWERSBY and the late George SOWERSBY. She had lived in Rushford the past 29 years. Besides her husband, Donald BAKER, and her mother, Mrs. SOWERSBY of Batavia, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. James (Donnalee) STEKL; two sons, Brian BAKER of Cuba and Tom BAKER, at home; three brothers, Lansing SOWERSBY of Batavia, Alton SOWERSBY of Corning, New York and Otto SOWERSBY of Hornby, New York. She was preceded in death by a son Larry BAKER. Friends may call this evening and Tuesday afternoon and evening at the Cline Funeral Chapel in Rushford where funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 11, 1965, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Harold COLLER of the Rushford Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in White Cemetery in Rushford. [Transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from obituary collection of Lenora Mills, Wiscoy, NY]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6066 Message Board Post: BERNICE McNAMARA BAKER Mrs. Bernice A. BAKER of Merton Ave., Belfast, died March 8, 1973, at Cuba Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for the past two months. Born May 11, 1896, in the Town of Caneadea, she was a daughter of Daniel and Kathryn MOUNTAIN McNAMARA. She was the widow of Clyde BAKER, who died March 18, 1963 and had been a resident of the Belfast area all of her life. Mrs. BAKER was a graduate of the Belfast Training Class of 1917. For 30 years she was a teacher and taught most of the time in the Fillmore Central School District, retiring in 1957. She was a member of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Belfast and its Altar and Rosary Societies. She was also a member of the New York State Teachers Association; the National Education Association and the Allegany Teachers Association. Surviving are a son, John BAKER of Kansas City, Mo.; a daughter, Mrs. William (Joan) PARNELL of Webster; 12 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. A prayer service and recitation of the Rosary will be held at the Wolcott Funeral Home, Belfast, on March 12, 1973, followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Patrick's Church, with the Rev. Francis J. JANN, as celebrant. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Belfast. Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice. [Transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from obituary collection of Lenora Mills, Wiscoy, NY]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6065 Message Board Post: LEIGH J. BAILEY, SR. HUME, N.Y..... Leigh J. BAILEY, Sr. died on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1964, at Hamlin, N.Y. He was born April 17, 1905 at York, N.Y. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Fern FERRIS BAILEY and three sons, Leigh BAILEY, Jr., Robert BAILEY and Carl BAILEY, all of Hume; seven daughters, Mrs. Vincent SNOVER of Spencerport, Mrs. John YANDA, of Wellsville, Mrs. John MARCONE of Penn Yan, N.Y., Mrs. Samuel COLOMBO of Fillmore, Miss Carolyn BAILEY of Olean, Mrs. Robert HARRINGTON of Belfast and Miss Constance BAILEY of Syracuse; a brother, Ernest BAILEY of Castile, N.Y.; four sisters, Mrs. Phoebe Ferris of Portageville, Mrs. Marguerite CUMMINGS of Portageville, Mrs. Andra TYLER of Whitney Point, N.Y. and Mrs. Beatrice WHITLEY of Arizona. Funeral services will be held at the Kopler Funeral Home on Saturday, Nov. 28, 1964, at 2 p.m. The Rev. David SHANNON, pastor of the Fillmore Wesleyan Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Portageville Cemetery. [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY]