Hi listers; According to the 1918 City directory David C. Dodge lived at 1000 Cumberland, it lists his occupation as a farmer. I hope this helps. Linda Lee Benish Researching Lee, Post, Horton, Purdy, Essig Vaeth -----Original Message----- From: Mary D. Taffet [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 11:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYOnonda] 1000 Cumberland Avenue Diane, I finally had a chance to go looking for this address today. It appears that there is no longer any house at 1000 Cumberland Avenue -- and there is also no visual evidence that a house was ever located there. At the spot where 1000 Cumberland should be found if it existed, there is a small park, about a block long on each side, called Sherman Park. I saw a house with an address of 1001 Cumberland Avenue, so I know that the even-numbered houses would have been located on the side of the street that is now Sherman Park. I don't know when Sherman Park was first created, but it's certainly been there as long as I've lived in this area (i.e. since 1986 at least). There is a town-sponsored football team called the "Sherman Park Bulldogs", but from what I can tell, they play somewhere else (near Thornden Park, which is close to the SU campus). So perhaps there are two parks called Sherman Park. The one that has replaced any house formerly located at 1000 Cumberland is the Sherman Park that is bordered by Cumberland, Westmoreland, Tecumseh, and Sherman Place. I'm guessing that an article about the creation of this Sherman Park might mention the homes that were torn down in order to create it, but I have yet to find such an article. -- Mary D. Taffet [email protected] wrote: > > Dear Listers: > > My mother, age 95, now living in California, remembers visiting her > great-grandfather Dodge -- the only grandparent she ever knew -- when > she was five or six years old. Mom especially remembers her Grandpa's > bushy black eyebrows; that memory was corroborated by a newspaper > article picture of him at 85 that I found last week at > newspaperarchive.com. > > My research shows that this man, David Curtis Dodge, resided at 1000 > Cumberland Avenue by 1905 until his death in 1920 at age 87-4-9. > > David Curtis Dodge descended from the English emigrant Richard Dodge, > Sr. and his wife Edith. "Curtis" Dodge, son of David S. and Sylda > (Colvin) (Howlett) Dodge was age 17 in the 1850 census; he was b. 7 > Nov 1832, according to his death certificate. It's so amazing to me > that I know someone who knew someone who was born 172 years ago! > > My mother is wondering if there is still a residence at 1000 > Cumberland Avenue in Syracuse, whether it is the same home where she > visited all those years ago and what the chain of ownership has been > since her grandfather died. > > Does anyone know of a way to find out online whether this address is > still a residence? I checked Yahoo and Mapquest, which shows the > address on a map. The reverse lookups with which I am familiar require > a telephone number. > > Thanks for any help you can give . . . > > Diane Wilson Flynn ______________________________