In a message dated 4/15/2007 6:56:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rvail1@cfl.rr.com writes: Seeing as NY has an age of emancipation at 21, he should have been listed with the family, unless he was sent off to school by that time. But was the emancipation age 21 back then? Judy ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

One thing to consider regarding the term "Croton". Not only do you have Croton-on-the-Hudson, but also you have Croton Falls, near North Salem. Having said that, the 1900 Census lists a Gannon family in North Salem, but he is not listed. Seeing as NY has an age of emancipation at 21, he should have been listed with the family, unless he was sent off to school by that time. Robert S. Vail Titusville, FL -----Original Message----- From: nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of tartaneh Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 6:05 PM To: nywestch@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] William A. Donnell from St. Joseph's Home Peekskill, NY. Received many suggestions on last notice. Looking for new ones. The home sent him at age 15 in 1895 to a Mr. Ward in Yorktown, Westchester, NY for 2 years. Then in 1897 he was sent to Mrs. Gannon in Croton, Westchester, NY. I have not been able to find either of this guardians listed anywhere. I don't know anything about the cities or the people any suggestion. He finally became a Hoisting Engineer and received a Certificate of Superior Craftsmanship from the the NY Building Congress for work on the Graybar Building dated May 20, 1927. Was this a normal way of thanking people during that time? Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Lamere" <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> To: <NYWESTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 4:32 PM Subject: [NYWESTCH] Yonkers vital records >I spoke with a knowledgeable person at the NYS Health Dept. today. > There will be about a ten day delay in my reporting further information > concerning the ordering of vital records certificates from Yonkers. As > soon as I learn anything, I'll let you know. > > Cliff > > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I forgot to type in the phone # 914-271-4574 -----Original Message----- From: nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Madelyn Klaffy Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 6:27 PM To: nywestch@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] William A. Donnell from St. Joseph's Home Peekskill, NY. You might want to contact below: Croton Historical Society 1 Van Wyck St. Croton on Hudson, N.Y. 10520 I seem to have two addresses. The other one is: Croton Historical Society Care of: Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive Croton on Hudson, N.Y. 10520 "Received many suggestions on last notice. Looking for new ones. The home sent him at age 15 in 1895 to a Mr. Ward in Yorktown, Westchester, NY for 2 years. Then in 1897 he was sent to Mrs. Gannon in Croton, Westchester, NY. I have not been able to find either of this guardians listed anywhere. I don't know anything about the cities or the people any suggestion. He finally became a Hoisting Engineer and received a Certificate of Superior Craftsmanship from the the NY Building Congress for work on the Graybar Building dated May 20, 1927. Was this a normal way of thanking people during that time?" Pat *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In a message dated 4/15/2007 6:06:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tartaneh@comcast.net writes: The home sent him at age 15 in 1895 to a Mr. Ward in Yorktown, Westchester, NY for 2 years. Then in 1897 he was sent to Mrs. Gannon in Croton, Westchester, NY. I have not been able to find either of this guardians listed anywhere. I don't know anything about the cities or the people any suggestion "Over against this institutional method of caring for destitute children, resulting in what is called the orphanage, but not necessarily opposed to it, are those methods which seek to put the child earlier under the influences of _family_ (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/cathen/05782a.htm) life. This is done by boarding-out and by placing-out. The former is a system in which the overseer of the _poor_ (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/cathen/12327a.htm) or similar officer confides the child to some _family_ (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/cathen/05782a.htm) , as a boarder, and pays regularly for its care up to the age of self-support." this is from: _http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11322b.htm_ (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11322b.htm) I am sure he was sent to these people as part of learning a trade or "hiring him out" since he was getting older. Judy Wolf ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

You might want to contact below: Croton Historical Society 1 Van Wyck St. Croton on Hudson, N.Y. 10520 I seem to have two addresses. The other one is: Croton Historical Society Care of: Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive Croton on Hudson, N.Y. 10520 "Received many suggestions on last notice. Looking for new ones. The home sent him at age 15 in 1895 to a Mr. Ward in Yorktown, Westchester, NY for 2 years. Then in 1897 he was sent to Mrs. Gannon in Croton, Westchester, NY. I have not been able to find either of this guardians listed anywhere. I don't know anything about the cities or the people any suggestion. He finally became a Hoisting Engineer and received a Certificate of Superior Craftsmanship from the the NY Building Congress for work on the Graybar Building dated May 20, 1927. Was this a normal way of thanking people during that time?" Pat

In a message dated 4/15/2007 6:06:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tartaneh@comcast.net writes: The home sent him at age 15 in 1895 to a Mr. Ward in Yorktown, Westchester, NY for 2 years. In 1900 the only Ward in Yorktown is a farmer, could be he went to work for him. There is a Gannon on Cortlandt (none in Croton) in 1900 who runs a boarding house, he may have worked for her too. Judy ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Received many suggestions on last notice. Looking for new ones. The home sent him at age 15 in 1895 to a Mr. Ward in Yorktown, Westchester, NY for 2 years. Then in 1897 he was sent to Mrs. Gannon in Croton, Westchester, NY. I have not been able to find either of this guardians listed anywhere. I don't know anything about the cities or the people any suggestion. He finally became a Hoisting Engineer and received a Certificate of Superior Craftsmanship from the the NY Building Congress for work on the Graybar Building dated May 20, 1927. Was this a normal way of thanking people during that time? Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Lamere" <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> To: <NYWESTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 4:32 PM Subject: [NYWESTCH] Yonkers vital records >I spoke with a knowledgeable person at the NYS Health Dept. today. > There will be about a ten day delay in my reporting further information > concerning the ordering of vital records certificates from Yonkers. As > soon as I learn anything, I'll let you know. > > Cliff > > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Kudos to Cliff! I'm sure his parents are smiling down at him! Jean ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

I too have become very involved in genealogy, and have honored my parents. My mother Marita Furman Mc Nutt wanted badly to be a member of DAR. It took considerable time and research to prove the connection to the Patriot Reuben Ross, because there are two of them and only one received a pension. So in 1995 mom received her DAR certificate. I have gone on to find 3 more patriots. And to add to their memory, my sister, friends and family were able to raise money for a well to be drilled on the site of the Saboba Medical Centre, in Saboba, Ghana, where dad built the first clinic, and mom did the very first 'nursing' by cleaning and bandaging ulcers. The mechanized well became operational Dec 2006. A bronze plaque had been mounted in their honor. This has caused me to try to further help the people of the area. There are plans to celebrate the 60th anniversary of this medical work next year. I do hope I get to go. My parents were simple imperfect people, who made a contribution It has been fun to honor them'

Bravo, Cliff. An excellent thing you've done. Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Lamere" <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> To: <NYWESTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:46 PM Subject: [NYWESTCH] A Memorial to my Parents A genealogist's perspective: I got interested in my family's genealogy about two or three years before my mother died in 1999. In 2000, I put my genealogy website online (Albany & Eastern New York Genealogy). Over time I learned how difficult it was to find even the slightest reference to some of the people who lived in the past. About 2004, I commissioned a Requiem for chorus and orchestra to be composed to honor my parents, but also to make sure that their names have a chance of being remembered in the future. "For Us the Living: Requiem in Memory of William and Ethel Lamere" was composed by Alfred V. Fedak and will be performed April 22, 2007 at 7 p.m. at the Union College Memorial Chapel in Schenectady, NY. There will be advertising and perhaps an article or review in some local newspapers. I requested that their names be part of the title so that, hopefully, a distant greatgrandchild of my parents will locate some of this information on the internet decades from now. I requested that the requiem be beautiful rather than modern. That will make it more likely that the composition may be performed in the future and that its name may appear on a CD or in a music publisher's catalog. I was told that what I have done is unusual because ordinary people don't have music composed for ordinary parents. It is true that my parents made no important contributions to society, but they struggled to raise a family during the Great Depression and World War II. They provided for me, and they taught me lasting values. I love and miss them, and I want them to be remembered. Somehow my interest in genealogy, my interest in helping people (my website) and my interest in music all led to this single act. Before commissioning the Requiem, I tried to get the Saint-Saëns Requiem, my favorite choral work, performed in their honor. However, the orchestra for that piece was too large. Rand Reeves, conductor of the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society, and Alfred Fedak, composer of the memorial to my parents, were able to reduce the the number of instruments in the orchestra, making it possible for that requiem to also be performed at the concert. It is not my intention to advertise the concert here, but I thought that this genealogical act might be of interest to some members of the mailing list. Cliff Lamere *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have it somewhere but it won't hurt to send it again.LOL. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Forshay" <billforshay@yahoo.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] [LEFAUCHEUR] Researching Jean Le Faucheur (FOSHAY) from France > Maureen: > > Do you have my snail mail address? > > Bill > > quillpen1 <quillpen1@optonline.net> wrote: I'll send them email as soon as > I type them out. My scanner is not working > so I can't scan in the page. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Forshay" > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:58 PM > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] [LEFAUCHEUR] Researching Jean Le Faucheur (FOSHAY) > from France > > >> Maureen: >> >> No, I don't have the McKenzie papers. All I have on Caleb is his B >> & >> D dates. The same with Elizabeth. Are you going to send them email or >> snail mail? >> >> Bill >> quillpen1 wrote: Hi Bill, >> >> Didn't I send you the McKenzie pp for the Smiths once upon a time?? >> >> If you don't have them let me know and I'll send you the info on Caleb >> and >> Elizabeth's children after I hear from you. >> >> Maureen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bill Forshay" >> To: >> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 3:25 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] [LEFAUCHEUR] Researching Jean Le Faucheur >> (FOSHAY) >> from France >> >> >>> Maureen: >>> >>> I have the info down to Caleb Smith and his wife. How many >>> children >>> did they have and their birth & death dates? >>> >>> Bill Forshay - San Antonioo, TX >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> quillpen1 wrote: Jean could you please send that >>> paper to me too?? >>> >>> The Forshays (Foseurs) of Westchester are my family too. >>> >>> My 6th great grandparents are Peter Foseur (Pierre Foshay) and Elizabeth >>> Post. Theie daughter Elizabeth Foseur married Solomon Sherwood (5th >>> g-grandparents) , and daugher Elizabeth Sherwood of 5th greats married >>> Caleb >>> Smith (4th greats). That's where the line daughtered out in my Foseur >>> line. >>> >>> Thanks, Maureen >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: >>> To: >>> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 8:05 AM >>> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] [LEFAUCHEUR] Researching Jean Le Faucheur >>> (FOSHAY) >>> from France >>> >>> >>>> Hi, Bill, >>>> >>>> I thought the name Foshay was familiar! I have an ancestor Jane >>>> Barnes >>>> who >>>> married a Foshay in Westchester County, NY where several branches of >>>> my >>>> folks >>>> came from. I have a paper entitled "The Foshay Family of Philipse >>>> Manor", >>>> which you may like. I must leave here in a few minutes but when I >>>> come >>>> home >>>> later today I'll scan it and send it to you. >>>> >>>> Jean >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ************************************** See what's free at >>>> http://www.aol.com. >>>> *************************************** >>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>>> *************************************** >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> *************************************** >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>> *************************************** >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------- >>> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? >>> Check outnew cars at Yahoo! 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Cliff, once in awhile you find parents who turned out a really exceptional child. Your parents did. I wish I had known them. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Lamere" <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> To: <NYWESTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:46 AM Subject: [NYWESTCH] A Memorial to my Parents A genealogist's perspective: I got interested in my family's genealogy about two or three years before my mother died in 1999. In 2000, I put my genealogy website online (Albany & Eastern New York Genealogy). Over time I learned how difficult it was to find even the slightest reference to some of the people who lived in the past. About 2004, I commissioned a Requiem for chorus and orchestra to be composed to honor my parents, but also to make sure that their names have a chance of being remembered in the future. "For Us the Living: Requiem in Memory of William and Ethel Lamere" was composed by Alfred V. Fedak and will be performed April 22, 2007 at 7 p.m. at the Union College Memorial Chapel in Schenectady, NY. There will be advertising and perhaps an article or review in some local newspapers. I requested that their names be part of the title so that, hopefully, a distant greatgrandchild of my parents will locate some of this information on the internet decades from now. I requested that the requiem be beautiful rather than modern. That will make it more likely that the composition may be performed in the future and that its name may appear on a CD or in a music publisher's catalog. I was told that what I have done is unusual because ordinary people don't have music composed for ordinary parents. It is true that my parents made no important contributions to society, but they struggled to raise a family during the Great Depression and World War II. They provided for me, and they taught me lasting values. I love and miss them, and I want them to be remembered. Somehow my interest in genealogy, my interest in helping people (my website) and my interest in music all led to this single act. Before commissioning the Requiem, I tried to get the Saint-Saëns Requiem, my favorite choral work, performed in their honor. However, the orchestra for that piece was too large. Rand Reeves, conductor of the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society, and Alfred Fedak, composer of the memorial to my parents, were able to reduce the the number of instruments in the orchestra, making it possible for that requiem to also be performed at the concert. It is not my intention to advertise the concert here, but I thought that this genealogical act might be of interest to some members of the mailing list. Cliff Lamere *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oh, Cliff, that is such a lovely gesture!! I wish I lived nearer so I could attend the Memorial. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Lamere" <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> To: <NYWESTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:46 PM Subject: [NYWESTCH] A Memorial to my Parents A genealogist's perspective: I got interested in my family's genealogy about two or three years before my mother died in 1999. In 2000, I put my genealogy website online (Albany & Eastern New York Genealogy). Over time I learned how difficult it was to find even the slightest reference to some of the people who lived in the past. About 2004, I commissioned a Requiem for chorus and orchestra to be composed to honor my parents, but also to make sure that their names have a chance of being remembered in the future. "For Us the Living: Requiem in Memory of William and Ethel Lamere" was composed by Alfred V. Fedak and will be performed April 22, 2007 at 7 p.m. at the Union College Memorial Chapel in Schenectady, NY. There will be advertising and perhaps an article or review in some local newspapers. I requested that their names be part of the title so that, hopefully, a distant greatgrandchild of my parents will locate some of this information on the internet decades from now. I requested that the requiem be beautiful rather than modern. That will make it more likely that the composition may be performed in the future and that its name may appear on a CD or in a music publisher's catalog. I was told that what I have done is unusual because ordinary people don't have music composed for ordinary parents. It is true that my parents made no important contributions to society, but they struggled to raise a family during the Great Depression and World War II. They provided for me, and they taught me lasting values. I love and miss them, and I want them to be remembered. Somehow my interest in genealogy, my interest in helping people (my website) and my interest in music all led to this single act. Before commissioning the Requiem, I tried to get the Saint-Saëns Requiem, my favorite choral work, performed in their honor. However, the orchestra for that piece was too large. Rand Reeves, conductor of the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society, and Alfred Fedak, composer of the memorial to my parents, were able to reduce the the number of instruments in the orchestra, making it possible for that requiem to also be performed at the concert. It is not my intention to advertise the concert here, but I thought that this genealogical act might be of interest to some members of the mailing list. Cliff Lamere *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'll send them email as soon as I type them out. My scanner is not working so I can't scan in the page. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Forshay" <billforshay@yahoo.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] [LEFAUCHEUR] Researching Jean Le Faucheur (FOSHAY) from France > Maureen: > > No, I don't have the McKenzie papers. All I have on Caleb is his B & > D dates. The same with Elizabeth. Are you going to send them email or > snail mail? > > Bill > quillpen1 <quillpen1@optonline.net> wrote: Hi Bill, > > Didn't I send you the McKenzie pp for the Smiths once upon a time?? > > If you don't have them let me know and I'll send you the info on Caleb and > Elizabeth's children after I hear from you. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Forshay" > To: > Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 3:25 PM > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] [LEFAUCHEUR] Researching Jean Le Faucheur (FOSHAY) > from France > > >> Maureen: >> >> I have the info down to Caleb Smith and his wife. How many children >> did they have and their birth & death dates? >> >> Bill Forshay - San Antonioo, TX >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> quillpen1 wrote: Jean could you please send that >> paper to me too?? >> >> The Forshays (Foseurs) of Westchester are my family too. >> >> My 6th great grandparents are Peter Foseur (Pierre Foshay) and Elizabeth >> Post. Theie daughter Elizabeth Foseur married Solomon Sherwood (5th >> g-grandparents) , and daugher Elizabeth Sherwood of 5th greats married >> Caleb >> Smith (4th greats). That's where the line daughtered out in my Foseur >> line. >> >> Thanks, Maureen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: >> To: >> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 8:05 AM >> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] [LEFAUCHEUR] Researching Jean Le Faucheur >> (FOSHAY) >> from France >> >> >>> Hi, Bill, >>> >>> I thought the name Foshay was familiar! I have an ancestor Jane Barnes >>> who >>> married a Foshay in Westchester County, NY where several branches of my >>> folks >>> came from. I have a paper entitled "The Foshay Family of Philipse >>> Manor", >>> which you may like. I must leave here in a few minutes but when I come >>> home >>> later today I'll scan it and send it to you. >>> >>> Jean >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************** See what's free at >>> http://www.aol.com. >>> *************************************** >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >>> *************************************** >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? >> Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ >> *************************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To Cliff-- This is a most beautiful way to remember one's parents. I think you are a wonderful person and a great son to do this. When you meet your parents again someday, you will realize how much it means to them. God Bless. George Hoyt ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Cliff--- Lovely, beautiful , wonderful. Congratulations on this achievement. And..no one's parents are "ordinary"...and especially not to the children who loved them and miss them. Kelly Gray Gray-Griffin-Devlin All NY State _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/

Yes, Bill, I have Underhill Barnes, born 1694, died 1712. His lineage can be traced back to Edward Barnes, b.1580, d. 1657. Jane's mother was Miriam Baxter, born 1696. I have no death date for her. Her lineage can be traced back to George Baxter, b. 1600. The Baxter name struck a bell in my head! Did a little searching and found some interesting info on a Thomas Baxter who was married to Rebecca Adams. Thomas had a fascinating career -- he was contracted by the Dutch to build a alasade for the defense of New Amsterdam in 1653 -- he turned pirate and landed in a dungeon in Ft. Amsterdam. He later escaped. I have part of Rebecca (Adams) Baxter's will, which was witnessed by Nathaniel UNDERHILL and William FORSTER. I don't know if this Thomas Baxter was the ancestor of Jane Barne's mother, but he could be! Jean ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

A genealogist's perspective: I got interested in my family's genealogy about two or three years before my mother died in 1999. In 2000, I put my genealogy website online (Albany & Eastern New York Genealogy). Over time I learned how difficult it was to find even the slightest reference to some of the people who lived in the past. About 2004, I commissioned a Requiem for chorus and orchestra to be composed to honor my parents, but also to make sure that their names have a chance of being remembered in the future. "For Us the Living: Requiem in Memory of William and Ethel Lamere" was composed by Alfred V. Fedak and will be performed April 22, 2007 at 7 p.m. at the Union College Memorial Chapel in Schenectady, NY. There will be advertising and perhaps an article or review in some local newspapers. I requested that their names be part of the title so that, hopefully, a distant greatgrandchild of my parents will locate some of this information on the internet decades from now. I requested that the requiem be beautiful rather than modern. That will make it more likely that the composition may be performed in the future and that its name may appear on a CD or in a music publisher's catalog. I was told that what I have done is unusual because ordinary people don't have music composed for ordinary parents. It is true that my parents made no important contributions to society, but they struggled to raise a family during the Great Depression and World War II. They provided for me, and they taught me lasting values. I love and miss them, and I want them to be remembered. Somehow my interest in genealogy, my interest in helping people (my website) and my interest in music all led to this single act. Before commissioning the Requiem, I tried to get the Saint-Saëns Requiem, my favorite choral work, performed in their honor. However, the orchestra for that piece was too large. Rand Reeves, conductor of the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society, and Alfred Fedak, composer of the memorial to my parents, were able to reduce the the number of instruments in the orchestra, making it possible for that requiem to also be performed at the concert. It is not my intention to advertise the concert here, but I thought that this genealogical act might be of interest to some members of the mailing list. Cliff Lamere

Bill -- I don't have a date for the marriage of William Peter Foshay and Jane Barnes, however we do know that the only child born to Jane Barnes and William Forster was a son Marmaduke, born 1735. Apparently Jane then divorced William Forster and married William Foshay and their first child Rebecca, was born 1742, so Jane and William Foshay must have been married sometime between the birth of these two children. You are right! There should be more to the pages I sent you, but that's all I have. I'm a descendant of William Forster, so I guess I wasn't interested in following through with the Foshay family. Wish now that I had! Jean Jean ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Cliff, What a wonder ful thing you hasve done! Your parents must have been very proud to have a son like you. Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Historian, genealogist and attorney 155 Polifly Road Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ ----- Original Message ---- From: Cliff Lamere <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> To: NYWESTCH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:46:27 PM Subject: [NYWESTCH] A Memorial to my Parents A genealogist's perspective: I got interested in my family's genealogy about two or three years before my mother died in 1999. In 2000, I put my genealogy website online (Albany & Eastern New York Genealogy). Over time I learned how difficult it was to find even the slightest reference to some of the people who lived in the past. About 2004, I commissioned a Requiem for chorus and orchestra to be composed to honor my parents, but also to make sure that their names have a chance of being remembered in the future. "For Us the Living: Requiem in Memory of William and Ethel Lamere" was composed by Alfred V. Fedak and will be performed April 22, 2007 at 7 p.m. at the Union College Memorial Chapel in Schenectady, NY. There will be advertising and perhaps an article or review in some local newspapers. I requested that their names be part of the title so that, hopefully, a distant greatgrandchild of my parents will locate some of this information on the internet decades from now. I requested that the requiem be beautiful rather than modern. That will make it more likely that the composition may be performed in the future and that its name may appear on a CD or in a music publisher's catalog. I was told that what I have done is unusual because ordinary people don't have music composed for ordinary parents. It is true that my parents made no important contributions to society, but they struggled to raise a family during the Great Depression and World War II. They provided for me, and they taught me lasting values. I love and miss them, and I want them to be remembered. Somehow my interest in genealogy, my interest in helping people (my website) and my interest in music all led to this single act. Before commissioning the Requiem, I tried to get the Saint-Saëns Requiem, my favorite choral work, performed in their honor. However, the orchestra for that piece was too large. Rand Reeves, conductor of the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society, and Alfred Fedak, composer of the memorial to my parents, were able to reduce the the number of instruments in the orchestra, making it possible for that requiem to also be performed at the concert. It is not my intention to advertise the concert here, but I thought that this genealogical act might be of interest to some members of the mailing list. Cliff Lamere *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message