Hi Connie, The information that I have is from the source that you mentioned. "Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of Schenectady". I have gone through that book and entered all of the information on families that I am related to into my computer. I am looking for the parents of Minerva Blanchard. Richard

Richard - Minerva Blanchard OOPS> heres the addy http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/firstsettlers/t_vams.html

Richard , Heres some more On Minerva Blanchard. But I dont understand it. I hope you do ........Connie Included Page: Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of Schenectady: Tait to Van Amsterdam

Carrie. If you come across an Al or Alfred Jeffrey Please let me know . The Al Jeffery I seek was once married to my Aunt (maiden name Roscoe) I would like to add my Jefferys to my surnames later. Shes still living so I cant say her name on the list. Thanks,,,, Connie http://community.webtv.net/cryingkate1/WatsonRoscoeFamily

This list is great! Thanks to both of you for your enlightening remarks on the towns of NY State. My mother's great-grandaunt, Carrie A. (Dodge) Jeffery, lived and died in Saranac Lake. I realized that Saranac Lake was in two counties, but not that it was also in three towns. It must be a real challenge obtaining vital records for Saranac Lake. Diane Wilson Flynn In a message dated 4/28/2007 12:25:39 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, curtin@berk.com writes: Great description. Villages may cross county borders, but there only a handful. For example the Village of Saranac Lake lies in 3 towns Harrietstown, St Armand and North Elba) and 2 counties (Essex and Franklin) ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Welch To: nyononda@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [NYONONDA] Definition of town A small clarification of the use of village/hamlet in New York: ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi Connie, I have Minerva Blanchard in my file without the names of her parents. Her husband, Abram Truax, is my 4th cousin 7 times removed. I have the birthdates of all of their 11 children, none of the names of their spouses. I show that Abram died in Lenawee County, MI. I researched other families in that county when I lived in Toledo, OH. I now live in Traverse City, MI. You have included information that I do not have. Thank you. Richard

I think we saw it last year during the Town of Onondaga House Tour. It had been one of the previous Tours. Ask them where it is to be sure. http://www.townononhist.org/ ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Shawn Should have told you this and just thought of it. Go to this web URL http://www.onlib.org/website/LH/lh.htm On the Left you will see "Ask A Librarian" Contact them as they have the City and the County Directories and they will be able to look up that Address for you. Give them the name of your Ancestor that lived in the house and that should be enough. Good Luck Pat R

In a message dated 4/28/2007 5:24:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, shawncahill@sbcglobal.net writes: > Kelley Memorial Park Sure do. It was down by the Creek off Dorwin Ave on the way to Green Hills Farm Store. The kids played sports there. Were you connected to the Kelley Hardware Family?? Pat R

Richard , I'm keeping my eye out. You've might of seen this But I'll send it in case. What I understand from it is that the Minerva Blanchard children are adopted by Truax. ? IF so what was her maiden name Or is that why you are asking? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~House of Truax Sect. 3-C d. Descendants (11) of T535/ Abraham Truax b.1794 d.1862 m.1817 and Minerva Blanchard b.1800 d.1862 T786/ Harriet Evelyn Truax b.1818 d.1868 m.1843=5= Alfred L. Millard b.1814 d.1900 T1054/ Melancthon Millard b.1844 m.1874=2= Frankie E. Miller T1055/ Addison Millard b.1852 T1056/ James L. Millard b.1854 T1057/ Robert Millard b.1856 T1058/ Minerva Louise Millard. b.1858 d.1867 T787/ Perry Blanchard Truax b.1820 d.1902 m.(1)1843=3= Jane Laura Graves b.1823 d.1877 T1059/ William Abraham Truax b.1854 (adopted-TTH) d.1856 T1060/ Anna Blanchard Truax b.1863 (adopted-TTH) m.1884=5= Robert Wilbur Steele T1061/ Edward (Edmund-TTH) Anson Truax b.1867 d.1874 T787/ Perry Blanchard Truax m.(2)1879= Sarah Jane Smith b.1846 T1062/ Perry Blanchard Truax b.1880 m.1892(1902-TTH)= Mayble (Mable-TTH) A. Purrett (b.1881-TTH) T1063/ Arthur Robert Truax b.1882 T1064/ Evelyn Isabel Truax b.1883 d.1884 T1065/ Ralph Secor Truax b.1887 T788/ Eliza Truax b.1822 d.1903 never married T789/ William Purkiss Truax b.1824 d.1837 T790/ Edmund Armstrong Truax b.1827 d.1884 m.1850=7= Lucretia Mason T1066/ Edmund Addison Truax b.1851 d.1851 T1067/ Alma Maria Truax b.1852 T1068/ Minnie Blanchard Truax b.1855 (see NY book-TTH) T1069/ Perry Herbert Truax b.1857 d.1858 T1070/ Henry Storrs Truax b.1859 d.1860 T1071/ William Sibley Truax b.1862 (unmarried-TTH) T1072/ Lucretia Mason Truax b.1867 d.1868 T791/ David Anson Truax b.1829 d.1901 m.(1)1855=4= Isabella Keller b.1836 d.1866 T1073/ David Anson Truax b.1855 d.1855 (same day) T1074/ Edward Willard Truax b.1857 d.1857 T1075/ Elizabeth Blanchard Truax b.1858 (d.aft.1940-TTH) m.1888= William Waywood (Haywood, divorced - TTH) T1076/ Perry Armstrong Truax b.1866 d.1866 T791/ David Anson Truax m.(2)1872=2= Emma T. Colwell b.1844 T1077/ Sarah Addie (Adeline?-ALT) Truax b.1873 (d.aft.1948-TTH) m.1897= Guy Bates Post (m.(2) Charles Albert-TTH) T1078/ Henry Anson Truax b.1877 T792/ Abraham Truax Jr. b.1831 d.1832 T793/ Sarah Ann Truax b.1833 m.1855= Mathias W. Day Jr. T794/ Minerva Martitia Truax b.1835 d.1836 T795/ Marshall Spring Bidwell Truax b.1837 d.1896 m.1865= Laura Blake T796/ Louise Minerva Truax b.1841 m.= H. E. Tobey (no children; adopted a daughter) http://ftp.apci.net/~truax/Sect3-C.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In response to : RAHayes@chartermi.net(Richard Hayes) Hello All, Do any of you who are working on the Blanchard family have the parents of Minirva Blanchard who was born in Schenectady about 24 Apr 1800 and died there on 17 May 1862. She married Abraham Truax on 3 Feb 1817 and had 11 children. Richard ------------------------------- http://community.webtv.net/cryingkate1/WatsonRoscoeFamily

Kelley Coal Company was started by my mother's great uncles and now I believe it is a now Kelley Hardware store now. My Grandfather was known as Bernard John but he went by BJ or Doc So yes I am related to this family I have been in contacted with some of my mother's cousins. PNUTREG@cs.com wrote: In a message dated 4/28/2007 5:24:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, shawncahill@sbcglobal.net writes: > Kelley Memorial Park Sure do. It was down by the Creek off Dorwin Ave on the way to Green Hills Farm Store. The kids played sports there. Were you connected to the Kelley Hardware Family?? Pat R ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYONONDA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Great description. Villages may cross county borders, but there only a handful. For example the Village of Saranac Lake lies in 3 towns Harrietstown, St Armand and North Elba) and 2 counties (Essex and Franklin) ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Welch To: nyononda@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [NYONONDA] Definition of town A small clarification of the use of village/hamlet in New York: A village is a political subdivision with defined boundaries and local government. A hamlet has no defined borders or local government. Most villages are completely within one town but some include parts of more than one town. The Village of Brockport, Monroe Co., where I'm from, is mostly in the Town of Sweden but a small part of it is in the Town of Clarkson. That can cause some confusion. I was born in the Village of Brockport, Town of Sweden and my birth was registered in Brockport. After I was born they built a new hospital just over the town line and my sister's birth was registered in Clarkson. Brockport subsequently annexed the new hospital (although it's still in the Town of Clarkson) and later births there were registered in Brockport. (To confuse things even more, Monroe Co. is one of several in NY that have since taken over registration of births and deaths but not marriages.) I don't know of any villages in more than one county. There are also a few places in New York (e.g. East Rochester) that are legally both a village and a town with the same boundaries and governing board. -----Original Message----- From: DIFlynn@aol.com [mailto:DIFlynn@aol.com] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 5:32 PM To: nyononda@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYONONDA] Onondaga town,definition of town and email subject lines A reminder for those of us who live outside of NY state: The word "town" refers to a civil subdivision of a county -- a basic unit of local government in the states of New England and in the mid-Atlantic state of New York. Towns have a town clerk, a town hall, a town supervisor, etc. A small populated place within a town is a village. A really small populated place is a hamlet. The word "town" is NOT synonymous with or interchangeable with "city," "village" or "hamlet." Examples: Syracuse is a CITY in the COUNTY of Onondaga. Howlett Hill is a HAMLET in the TOWN of Onondaga, COUNTY of Onondaga. The VILLAGE of Camillus is in the TOWN of Camillus, COUNTY of Onondaga. Hope this helps. Diane Wilson Flynn ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYONONDA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A small clarification of the use of village/hamlet in New York: A village is a political subdivision with defined boundaries and local government. A hamlet has no defined borders or local government. Most villages are completely within one town but some include parts of more than one town. The Village of Brockport, Monroe Co., where I'm from, is mostly in the Town of Sweden but a small part of it is in the Town of Clarkson. That can cause some confusion. I was born in the Village of Brockport, Town of Sweden and my birth was registered in Brockport. After I was born they built a new hospital just over the town line and my sister's birth was registered in Clarkson. Brockport subsequently annexed the new hospital (although it's still in the Town of Clarkson) and later births there were registered in Brockport. (To confuse things even more, Monroe Co. is one of several in NY that have since taken over registration of births and deaths but not marriages.) I don't know of any villages in more than one county. There are also a few places in New York (e.g. East Rochester) that are legally both a village and a town with the same boundaries and governing board. -----Original Message----- From: DIFlynn@aol.com [mailto:DIFlynn@aol.com] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 5:32 PM To: nyononda@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYONONDA] Onondaga town,definition of town and email subject lines A reminder for those of us who live outside of NY state: The word "town" refers to a civil subdivision of a county -- a basic unit of local government in the states of New England and in the mid-Atlantic state of New York. Towns have a town clerk, a town hall, a town supervisor, etc. A small populated place within a town is a village. A really small populated place is a hamlet. The word "town" is NOT synonymous with or interchangeable with "city," "village" or "hamlet." Examples: Syracuse is a CITY in the COUNTY of Onondaga. Howlett Hill is a HAMLET in the TOWN of Onondaga, COUNTY of Onondaga. The VILLAGE of Camillus is in the TOWN of Camillus, COUNTY of Onondaga. Hope this helps. Diane Wilson Flynn ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hello I'm looking for the Kelley House which was home to the kelley family in the 1855 thur to 1880 , and does anyone know about the Kelley Memorial Park?? This is my mom side she also has kelley on the Cotters side too don't know much about this side. My mother name was Nancy Elizabeth Kelley she married my dad in 1946 and then it was Cahill until her death in 1995 I'm coming for a visit in June, i want to have all this map out so I know where to go Thank you Shawn Cahill

Hi You might want to take a look at this Site for both Blanchard and Russell Families. http://www.townononhist.org/ Go to Records and put the Surname in the Search. Good Luck Pat R

Hello All, Do any of you who are working on the Blanchard family have the parents of Minirva Blanchard who was born in Schenectady about 24 Apr 1800 and died there on 17 May 1862. She married Abraham Truax on 3 Feb 1817 and had 11 children. Richard

Perhaps not related in anyway, but would you have connections with the following (Sorry, I have very little info) Florence ELDREDGE m BLANCHARD (Assumed Syracuse, NY) Florence b 1892 Parents - Watson J ELDREDGE and Florence M Jackson Cheers Penny -----Original Message----- From: nyononda-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyononda-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MuskratBay@aol.com Sent: 28 April 2007 01:39 To: nyononda@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYONONDA] BLANCHARDS/ CAHILL/ Tapley/ Cramer moreinfromation... (muskrat) Thanks Connie, but at the moment, it doesn't appear that the families are connected. They may eventually be... by going back far enough, so I will never say no. Here's a bit more information on this Blanchard Family. George Blanchard married Mary Cramer sometime prior to their son John Blanchard's birth about December 1883. Mary was born about December 1862. I have no information on George... yet. But he appears to be dead by 1900. John appears to be an only child In 1900 Census, Mary & John live at 765 Bleeker St, Utica Wd 8. They live with Michael Tapley (Oct. 1872), Teresa (Apr 1873), Harold (Nov 1877)and James Cramer (Aug 1864). Seems like Mary, Teresa and James are siblings. 1910, they moved to 4 Waite Ave in Watertown, 5th Wd. the Tapley's added Rosemary in 1901 & Charles P in 1906. James Cramer did not appear to live with them at this point. 1920, John P. Blanchard moved to 27 Hawley St in Oswego, 5th Wd, with his Mother Mary, and is now married to Agnes Cahill (born Feb 1896), Herbert (age 9), who is listed as a son, but I was told he was actually just a boy he had live with him, and son Charles J who was 8/12 yrs. old. In 1930, John P Blanchard lived in Syracuse, 4th Wd, 224 N Midler Ave. At this point John, Agnes, Charles, Rosemary & Winifred are listed. Herbert is not there and Mary isn't either. Not sure what happened to them. When Mary died about 1939, she was buried in Watertown. John died May 20, 1950 and is buried in St, Mary's Cemetery in Minoa with his wife Agnes. Hope that helps some & any information on missing people like George Blanchard, Herbert ??, The Tapley's, James Cramer and Mary's parents, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Anne Also, John's Marriage Certificate stated that this was his second marriage (August 15, 1918) and that his former wife was dead. I'm curious as to who the first wife was and where they were married. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYONONDA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.1/777 - Release Date: 26/04/2007 15:23 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.1/777 - Release Date: 26/04/2007 15:23

>From gazetteers there is High Bridge listed as a locality, not a hamlet or village. it states; High Bridge - l. [locality] ca 4 mi. west of Manlius village where bridge crosses over Limestone Ck., t. of manlius, Onondaga co., NY. No listing for the other locality. It was common to refer to a place of birth by a nearby landmark or road, creek, etc. These were not villages. You can also check with U.S. geographical locater which also has historical places with everything from arroyo's to towns to rivers. I do not have the URL so you will need to google it. Sharon

Thanks Connie, but at the moment, it doesn't appear that the families are connected. They may eventually be... by going back far enough, so I will never say no. Here's a bit more information on this Blanchard Family. George Blanchard married Mary Cramer sometime prior to their son John Blanchard's birth about December 1883. Mary was born about December 1862. I have no information on George... yet. But he appears to be dead by 1900. John appears to be an only child In 1900 Census, Mary & John live at 765 Bleeker St, Utica Wd 8. They live with Michael Tapley (Oct. 1872), Teresa (Apr 1873), Harold (Nov 1877)and James Cramer (Aug 1864). Seems like Mary, Teresa and James are siblings. 1910, they moved to 4 Waite Ave in Watertown, 5th Wd. the Tapley's added Rosemary in 1901 & Charles P in 1906. James Cramer did not appear to live with them at this point. 1920, John P. Blanchard moved to 27 Hawley St in Oswego, 5th Wd, with his Mother Mary, and is now married to Agnes Cahill (born Feb 1896), Herbert (age 9), who is listed as a son, but I was told he was actually just a boy he had live with him, and son Charles J who was 8/12 yrs. old. In 1930, John P Blanchard lived in Syracuse, 4th Wd, 224 N Midler Ave. At this point John, Agnes, Charles, Rosemary & Winifred are listed. Herbert is not there and Mary isn't either. Not sure what happened to them. When Mary died about 1939, she was buried in Watertown. John died May 20, 1950 and is buried in St, Mary's Cemetery in Minoa with his wife Agnes. Hope that helps some & any information on missing people like George Blanchard, Herbert ??, The Tapley's, James Cramer and Mary's parents, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Anne Also, John's Marriage Certificate stated that this was his second marriage (August 15, 1918) and that his former wife was dead. I'm curious as to who the first wife was and where they were married. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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