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/5973 Message Board Post: ELMER GEORGE VANDUSEN Elmer George VanDUSEN, 64, died at his home in Hume village Sunday, November 1. Funeral services were held from his late home Wednesday at two o'clock, Rev. Gomer MILLS officiating and burial was made in the East Koy Cemetery under the auspices of Oriona Lodge, No. 229, F. and A. M. MR. VanDUSEN is survived by his wife, Mary, a son, George, and a grandson, Elmer, Jr., besides several nieces and cousins. Elmer VanDUSEN had resided in the village of Hume 36 years and was highway superintendent of his town for a number of years. The passing of Elmer recalls to all of us the sad experience which he went through and the fortitude he displayed in refusing to give up. About two years ago he suffered the loss of a limb and previous to this he had one amputated. However, he showed that if one will make an effort he cannot be held back, as he, with the aid of artificial limbs again took up his labors with a smile. Many thought he would be unable to get about but for the past two years, under serious handicap, he had driven his car and went along as though nothing had happened. Elmer truly exemplified to all of us a great spirit of courage and appreciation. [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/5972 Message Board Post: Rosa E. VanDresser 1939? Rosa E. VanDRESSER, resident of Hume for the past 53 years, passed away in that village on Friday, June 30th, about 6 p.m. after an illness of about three weeks. Mrs. VanDRESSER was born near Titusville, Pa. on April 5th, 1854. She was united in marriage in 1886 to Charles D. VanDRESSER who preceded her in death in March 1909. One daughter, Mrs. Charles BLISS, a grandson, Lyle A. BLISS, and a step-daughter, Mrs. C.H. WARD all of Fillmore survive to mourn her death. Funeral services were held at her late home at 2 p.m. Monday, July 3rd, the Rev. Harold WASS officiating with burial in the family plot in Pine Grove Cemetery. [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/5971 Message Board Post: WELD G. TRALL 1940 Weld G. TRALL, 86, for many years a resident of this town (Fillmore) was fatally injured by an automobile near his home on West Main Street about 9:30 Friday night. He died about two hours later in the Fillmore Hospital. The car, authorities said, was operated by Milford WILKLOW, of Hume. Mr. TRALL, a widower, had lived in this village for several years following his retirement from farming. His wife died several years ago. It is said he was on his way home from visiting a neighbor when the fatal accident occurred. His skull had been fractured. Mr. TRALL is survived by a brother Bert, who lives on a farm near this village. Funeral services were held in the Kopler Funeral Home on Tuesday and burial was made in Alger Cemetery. [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/5970 Message Board Post: Nelle A. Trall Mrs. Nelle A. TRALL, 78, wife of Weld G. Trall, of Fillmore, passed away Tuesday after a brief illness in the Genesee Country Hospital. Funeral services will be held from her home in this village Friday afternoon, Rev. Harold WASS officiating, with burial in the Pine Grove Cemetery. Besides her husband, Mrs. TRALL is survived by three brothers, Albert PURDY, of Huntington Park, Calif.; Frank PURDY, of Fillmore, Fred PURDY, of Cameron, W. Virginia, and a sister, Mrs. Jenie PITCHER of Swain. [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/5969 Message Board Post: John O. Torpey 1939 John O. TORPEY, 65, prominent retired Nunda business man, for many years proprietor of TORPEY's Men's Shop, trustee of Holy Angels Church, member of Hope Hose Co. No. 4, and former supervisor and trustee of Belfast, was found dead in bed at his home in Nunda Tuesday morning, Feb. 7, 1939. He was, for 27 years employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. and was with the J. W. STOCKWELL Co. , Fillmore, for five years before going to Nunda in September, 1919. Mr. TORPEY, who was born at Fillmore Sept. 11, 1873, was taken ill Sunday night, had felt somewhat better when he retired Monday, and was resting comfortably at 5:30 Tuesday morning when Mrs. TORPEY went in to see him, but when she went in shortly after 7 o'clock to speak to him she found him dead. John TORPEY attended the Fillmore school and Westbrook Commercial Academy in Olean and at the age of 18 went to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad, serving in the capacity of station agent and telegraph operator at Houghton, Rossburg, Belfast, Fillmore, Claremont, Pa., and other places along the Olean and Rochester branch of the railroad. He was station agent at Belfast for ten years, following which he left the employ of the company and moved to Fillmore, where he became associated with the J. W. Stockwell Company. On Feb. 4, 1904 Mr. Torpey married Pearl GILLETTE of Fillmore, who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth CLARK of Wellsville and Miss Helen TORPEY, a member of Dansville school faculty; also two sisters, Mrs. J. W. STOCKWELL of Fillmore, and Mrs. Clara T. CLAIR of Rexville; also one niece, Mrs. T. H. GREENFIELD of Hornell. The funeral will be at Holy Angels Church, Nunda, Friday, Feb. 10, at 9:30 a.m. Rev. W. E. HAYES, pastor of the church officiating and burial will be made in the Fillmore Cemetery. [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/5968 Message Board Post: Mrs. Emma Thomas 1936 Mrs. Emma THOMAS was born in the town of Holland, N.Y. January 5, 1868, a daughter of Norman W. and Almira WAGNER HOPPER. On May third, 1885, she was a united in marriage to Lewis F. THOMAS. To this union were born seven children. For many years Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS resided in Hume. Besides performing the multitude of tasks that naturally fall to the mother of a large family, Mrs. THOMAS gave a largely of her time in helping the families who needed her as a domestic nurse. 25 years ago our nearest hospitals were at Warsaw or Olean. Trained nurses were not easily procured. So far as the writer knows, Mrs. THOMAS always responded when asked for help. She was a friendly neighbor, an untiring worker, and a good wife and mother. During the past year she has been in poor health. Her strong body gradually wasted away until only a shadow of her former self remained. About five weeks ago she became seriously ill and passed away on Thursday, January 9 at her home in Centerville. She is survived by her husband; three sons: Ralph of Hume, Lawrence and Gordon Centerville; two daughters: Mrs. Helen MATHEWSON, Ridgeway, Pa., Mrs. Alyse EGGERT, Kenmore; a sister: Mrs. Joseph KUHN, Batavia, and a half sister, Mae HOPPER, Conneant, Ohio, a half brother, Forest HOPPER, Buffalo, and a step mother, Mrs. Eva HOPPER, Conneant, Ohio. Two other sons, Dee who died in France in 1918, and Ben, who died 1932 have preceded her in death. The funeral was conducted by Rev. F.H. WRIGHT, of Houghton. The large group of friends who gathered in the family home testified to the circle of acquaintances and friends in which the deceased moved. Death has claimed another from our midst. Loved by her children, husband and friends, tenderly cared for and respected, she has gone on into eternity. May God help us all to find comfort and help in Him. [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY]

> Dear list members, > > Last night I read something on the PAWESTMO list that was really > exciting so I sent to message to all of the mailing lists I am on > before I went to the site. After going to the, now, BCIS site I am > forced to write this message. > > The address for the INS, now Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration > Services (BCIS), web site is http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/index.htm > > I went to the site after I had mailed my "discovery". There is a very > large *caveat. This site provides immigration information under the > Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA). Upon going to that part of the BCIS > site I printed out the 4 page application. Two of those pages were > instructions. At the top left of the first page of instructions it is > written: > > Are There Cases When You Do Not Use This Form? > > Do not use this form: > (1) To determine status of pending applications, write to the office > where the appellation was filed or call the nearest INS office; > (2) For Consular notification of visa petition approval, use Form I-824 > (Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition); > (3) For the return of original documents, use Form G-884 (Request for > Return of Original Documents); > *(4) For records of naturalization prior to September 27, 1906, write to > the clerk of the court where naturalization occurred; or > *(5) For information on INS arrivals prior to December 1982, Write to > the National Archives. > > You have to be in a very special category to be able to get > naturalization records from the INS! > > Dorothy J. Schendel wondrful@sbcglobal.net >

I thought this would be useful information to pass on Copied from another mailing list.  -------------- I got my copy of his naturalization from the INS. Visit their website to find the address of the appropriate office.  With the INS, you have to send your FOIA request to *your* nearest INS office, not the office nearest the incident. (I originally wrote to an office in PA, only to have them send it back and tell me to mail it to a local office.) When you write to the INS, be sure to give as much information as possible, but most importantly the time you believe him to have  receivedhis naturalization, and where he lived at the time. And be patient...since 9/11, the INS seems to be moving much more slowly on FOIA requests. I had originally written for my grandfather's papers in April 2001. In Oct 2001 I received "most" of the papers, but due to a clerical error (which they claim wasn't their fault) I received someone else's Declaration of Intention. I had to start all over again because my request was closed. So, in November 2001 (post 9/11, and during the anthrax mailings) I wrote again with even greater detail. On March 31, 2003--over a year later--I got my papers. This didn't cost me a thing, just time.

What's the URL for Alger Cemetery?

The update for the Allegany co. GenWeb page is up. New is the Sexton Records for the Alger cemetery in Hume, New York by Melissa Mills. Thank you! Karen Bush NYAllega-L karenbush@thedam.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eymer/Howell/McKim/Deagan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BUB.2ACI/326.572.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Rick - The Deagan and Eymer families connect with the marriage of my grandfather Deagan to Viola Eymer on 2 Sep in Belmont, Allegany Co., NY. Viola was dtr. of David A. Eymer and Jennie (Jane) Neil. David's father was Daniel(1817-1890), Daniel's father was David(1784-ca1862). If you do descend from William Davis and Fidelia Ann Howell it is interesting to note that David(1784) married a 2nd time after the death of his first wife, Naomi Oviatt. This 2nd wife, who outlived him, was named Alzina. All indications are that she was the widow Alzina Robertson Howell. This Alzina was the mother of Fidelia Ann making Fidelia the dtr - in - law and the stepdaughter of David. I try to keep my gedcom up to date with my research. You can tap into it at: http://www.my-ged.com/deagan/ Tom

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/487.155 Message Board Post: I guess we are working on the same line. Ensley SIMMONS was my great great great grandfather. I have a great deal of information on the SIMMONS and VARNER lines, too much to post here, in fact. I am also very willing to share info with you, or anyone else who may reciprocate. You can contact me personally at goldmoon66@yahoo.com please. Hope to hear from you soon.

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/326.572.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Tom: Thanks for the information. I believe I visited your web site a few years ago for similar information. You have an outstanding site, by the way, with a lot of useful information regarding many family names. I can't remember where the Deagans and Eymers crossed though. Floyd (born 1898 in Turner, Mich., died in 1971) was definitely my grandfather. My father, William Richard, is the middle of three children (Gale, Bev). Rick

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eymer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BUB.2ACI/326.572.1.2 Message Board Post: My records show the following: 1. Anthony Eymer (died1827) and Sarah (?) were parents of David Eymer(ca1785-ca 1862) 2. David Eymer mar. Naomi Oviatt (1785-1849). They had eleven children the youngest of whom was William Davis Eymer (1831-1903). 3. William Davis married Fidelia Ann Howell at Andover, NY in 1853 and they had 11 children. Their 7th child was William Alonzo Eymer (1868-1926). 4. William Alonzo Eymer married Lucinda McKim at maple Ridge, Aernac Co. Mich. on 2 Feb. 1891 (Aernac Co. marriages). They had three children that I know of: Gladys(1892), Hazel(1894) and Floyd(1898)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eymer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BUB.2ACI/326.572.1.1 Message Board Post: My records show the following: 1. Anthony Eymer (died1827) and Sarah (?) were parents of David Eymer(ca1785-ca 1862) 2. David Eymer mar. Naomi Oviatt (1785-1849). They had eleven children the youngest of whom was William Davis Eymer (1831-1903). 3. William Davis married Fidelia Ann Howell at Andover, NY in 1853 and they had 11 children. Their 7th child was William Alonzo Eymer (1868-1926). 4. William Alonzo Eymer married Lucinda McKim at maple Ridge, Aernac Co. Mich. on 2 Feb. 1891 (Aernac Co. marriages). They had three children that I know of: Gladys(1892), Hazel(1894) and Floyd(1898)

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/326.572.1 Message Board Post: Years ago I recall getting information from someone (on the maternal side) regarding this Eymer line, and Pietter being the father of David, the father of William Davis was on that list. I have some paperwork, though I'm not sure if its been verified. I also believe that William Davis is the father of William Eymer born May 21, 1872, and whom married Lucy McKim. If so, than William Davis is my great-great grandfather.

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/181.333 Message Board Post: Realize that it has been a long time since you posted your message. My great great grandfather was Jesse Cartwright, born circa 1809, in New York. He married Rachel Walker and had following children, Sybal A. married Horatio Campbell, Lydia married John Saggars, Rachael Rebecca married James B. Sparr and Silas married Katie ?. They were in Marshall County, Illinois by 1860. Have just started working on Cartwright line and my information is sketchy. I am descended through Sybil A. and Horatio Campbell.

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/5967 Message Board Post: Irving H. Taylor 1938 or 39 Irving H. TAYLOR, 61, respected citizen and business man of this community, died suddenly at his home in Fillmore last Thursday evening. His death was a distinct shock to everyone in this section as he had been a resident here with his family for twenty years, and his friends were legion. For several years he was employed by the W.E. ROBBINS hardware and later engaged in the plumbing and heating business on his own accord. He was known as an expert workman and this fact together with his genial disposition, made his services in demand throughout a wide area. Funeral services were held from his late home Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. Harold WASS of the Fillmore M.E. Church officiating. Interment was made in the family plot in Pine Grove Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Marion ALLEN of Penn Yan, a sister, brother and several cousins. Mr. TAYLOR was a long time member of the Fillmore IOOF lodge and members of the Order attended the services in a body. [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/5966 Message Board Post: James M. Talbott 1935 James M. TALBOTT, aged 80 years, died at his home on Fox Hill near Fillmore, Sunday Feb. 3. He is survived by his wife, one daughter Mrs. Grace FORBES, of Boston, Mass., three sons, Frank at home, Glenn of Fillmore, and Archie of Olean, and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the home Tuesday at two o'clock Rev. Harold WASS officiating with burial in the Pine Grove cemetery. [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/5965 Message Board Post: Dora Taber 1938 or 39 Mrs. Dora HAMMOND TABER, a life long resident of this section, passed away at her home near Fillmore Monday, Nov. 29 at the age of 92 years. She had been in declining health for several months. Her husband died several years ago. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Albert SMITH, with whom she resided, Mrs. TABER leaves two sons, Will and Shirley, both of Fillmore. Funeral services were held at her late home Thursday afternoon, at two o'clock, Rev. Harold WASS of the Fillmore M. E. Church officiating and burial was made in Pine Grove Cemetery. [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY]