Hi Ed, Thanks for the reply. We must be about the same age - I grew up during the War too. Born in '34. My grandfather was an engine designer and had developed a very unique engine for farm use. It ran on either kerosene or gasoline and could be ported to run in a one or five HP mode. I can just imagine the noise it made! He started Edwards Motor Co. in Springfield, OH, later moved to Sandusky and did sell a number of them. There are still some kicking around among the antique engine collectors. Glenn Curtiss was well known in Sandusky as well. He made that record breaking 130 mile flight from Euclid Beach, Ohio to Cedar Point and return in 1910. A little before our time, but famous none-the-less. Just Google his name for pictures and descriptions. Thanks for the memories. Hugh Uncasville, CT [Named for a famous Mohegan Indian Chief] On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:39 AM, <ejharrison@frontiernet.net> wrote: > Hugh, > > When I was growing up during WWII there were two major aircraft companies > in western NY: Curtiss-Wright and Bell Aircraft. Glenn Curtiss was an early > aviation pioneer and built airplanes in Buffalo in WWI. Curtiss-Wright Co. > was formed shortly before Glenn's death in 1930. My father worked there > during WWII. > > Larry Bell founded Bell Aircraft in Buffalo in 1935. His company became > Bell Aerosystems and eventually Bell Aerospace. After employing tens of > thousands during WWII, the number of employees gradually diminished after > the war, and the company may now be defunct. I worked there from 1958 to > 1973. > > You can read about Glenn and Larry on Wikipedia. > > Ed > Hadley, NY > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hugh Busey" <hbusey@gmail.com> > To: NYERIE@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:37:59 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [NYERIE] NYERIE: Lookup Request - A.Y. Edwards > > Dear Erie Co. Listers: > > There has long been a void in the life of my maternal grandfather's family > from about 1929 to 1939. He was a mechanical engineer who designed and > built small auxilliary engines for use on farms. The Great Depression > eliminated that market and he moved from Sandusky, Ohio. With the release > of > the latest indexing of the 1930 Census he is found in Buffalo working for > an > unknown aircraft company. > > Would some kind person be able to lookup an address(es) and perhaps an > employer in the City Directories of that period. Publisher information > would also be appreciated but not essential. > > His name was Albert Yorke Edwards, aka A.Y. Edwards; his wife was Ann Henry > Edwards and sister, Edna Constance Edwards, whom he supported. His two > children had grown and left the household by that time. > > Pity I didn't know this a month ago when I traveled through the Buffalo > area > on my way from Connecticut to Ohio. I could have stopped and done the > research myself. (g) I will immediately submit a 2nd unrelated request > following this one. > > Thank you in advance. > > Hugh W. Busey > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYERIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >