Hi, Here's this week's Remember When.... Trish Hackett Nicola Seattle, WA Reprinted with permission from the author of Remember When..., p. 7, Arcade Herald, April 17, 2003, copied by Trish Hackett Nicola (*See below for information on how to receive a copy of the original article or obituary.) 10 Years Ago - April 17, 1993 The Arcade Fire Department elected David MONTGOMERY chief and William LANDAHL captain of the rescue squad. Deaths: Donald LAWRENCE, 86, of Delevan; Harold MARVIN, 71, of Arcade; Ellen LAIDLAW WILLIAMS, 88, of Delevan; Alice LARSON GRAVES, 90, formerly of Arcade; Mabel FOSTER ANDERSON KNIGHT, 85, formerly of Arcade. 25 Years Ago - April 19, 1978 Arcade banker R. Carlos CARBALLADA was appointed to the state Board of Regents by Governor Hugh CAREY. CARBALLADA became the first local resident to serve on the state's educational policy-making board. Helen JONES of Delevan donated a parcel of land between her home and the elementary school for eventual use as a site for the Delevan-Yorkshire Public Library. Timothy CHASE of Machias, pastor of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church at Riceville, was ordained. Deaths: Elizabeth SEIDLER RUEHMANN, 61, of Delevan; Helen WALDRON of Machias; Dorothy HARTWELL, 74, of Delevan; Alton BAKEMAN, 78, of Elton. 35 Years Ago - April 18, 1968 Holland Supervisor Harry HERRMANN and the supervisors of Aurora and Wales met at the spot where the three towns join, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the creation of the towns in 1818. Elizabeth SMITH of Yorkshire was named elementary librarian at the Delevan-Machias school as of September. Elizabeth WILLIAMS TRACY of Arcade died at age 60. 50 Years Ago - April 16, 1953 The Arcade Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to the Public Service Commission to protest the Pennsylvania Railroad's proposal to discontinue two of its trains through this area. Lester BARBER sold his service station on Liberty Street in Arcade to the Kendall Refining Company, which leased it to Walter ZAWADA. Elected chief of local fire departments were Russell WOHLGEMUTH at Holland, Cleland RELYEA at Delevan, and Raymond MEYERS at Arcade. Deaths: Cora FETTERLEY SCOTT, 82; former area resident Lewis PEET, 57. *To receive a copy of the original article or obituary, send a written request listing the individual article and the exact date of the issue to Arcade Historical Society, P. O. 236, Arcade, NY 14009. Include a check or money order for $5 for each request.

I wonder if anyone else has had the frustration of hunting around the Internet for census transcriptions. (Free sites only - not the pay sites like ancestry.com where you can get the actual census images.) I hope this is helpful - as with most things on the Internet, it could all change tomorrow... The Mormons have the 1880 census online at www.familysearch.org , with a search facility. Very useful. The following falls under the online genealogy project called "USGenWeb". It is very confusing that two web sites call themselves "The USGenWeb Census Project".- especially when the USGenWeb main site says "there is at the present time no census project associated with The USGenWeb Project." 1. Our "County Site" - some census files on the "archive page" there. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin 2. USGenWeb Census Project (?) #1 at http://www.us-census.org (Only Wyoming Co. file there is for Sheldon in 1930) 3. USGenWeb Census Project (?) #2 at http://www.rootsweb.com/~census (No Wyoming Co. files presently) 4. USGenWeb Archives for NY (aka NYGenWeb?) http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ny/wyoming/wyoming.htm (No Wyoming Co. census files presently) (For some reason, all the files donated to #3 above also appear here. But the reverse is not true.) The above can of course be modified to look for files in other counties and other states. If there are other places to look, please post them to the list. Scott http://wc.rootsweb.com/~sbarvian p.s. If you're interested in donating census files or other records, you need to think about "where" to donate them. Will save that for another time.

****************** source: Progressive Batavian Newspaper Batavia, Genesee County, New York State July 6-1894 Mrs. H. Emma GEIGER and her two little daughters, Nellie and Mary, of Batavia, made a happy visit over Sunday last at her parents', Mr. and Mrs. E.F. CHAFFEE's.- 'Attica News.' "A party of eight Attica bicyclists," says the 'Attica News,' "accompanied by Mr. John RUSSELL, of Batavia, enjoyed a trip a-wheel to Silver Lake, going on Saturday and returning on Monday. They were treated to a very pleasant steamer ride on Sunday morning by Mr. THOMPSON, of the art school hotel on the west side."

I'm John D Turrel, Jr., 82-year-old native of Attica, NY now living in southern Illinois, married to the former Eloise Clor of Wethersfield Springs and now gathering material for an article on Redpath Chautauqua, generally and in Wyoming County in particular. The article is for HISTORICAL WYOMING. Be glad to hear from any on this list who may have knowledge, or who know where information is, on this subject. Archives at Iowa City show Arcade was on one of the Chautauqua circuits; I've ordered some photos from their files. Are their archives in Arcade that might have something? How do I go about checking on this? Thank you.

Hi, Here's this week's Remember When.... Trish Hackett Nicola Seattle, WA Reprinted with permission from the author of Remember When..., p. 7, Arcade Herald, April 10, 2003, copied by Trish Hackett Nicola (*See below for information on how to receive a copy of the original article or obituary.) 10 Years Ago - April 8, 1993 Deaths: Harvey MASON, 78, of Arcade; Winifred DAY PIXLEY, 75, of Arcade. 25 Years Ago - April 12, 1978 Fire destroyed a potato warehouse on Railroad Avenue in Bliss. The building had housed the Bliss Novelty Works earlier in the century. Seventy-four vessels competed in the annual Buffalo Creek Regatta between Strykersville and Wales Center. The Central Baptist Church had begun holding services in Delevan, with the Rev. H. Alan TAYLOR as pastor. Jay ADDISON was elected chief of the Arcade Fire Department. The department presented Emmett "Bud" KING with a plaque for his 50 years of active membership. Deaths: Robert MCGOWAN, 64, of Arcade; Edith WHEELER WILSON, 72, of Delevan; Andrew JEDRZEJEK, 84, of Arcade; Vincent BRUNNER of Java Center; Evelyn WINK, 82, of Arcade. 35 Years Ago - April 11, 1968 The Pant-East Infant Wear Company was sold to a group of four men, including Earl RULE of Arcade, who planned to continue to operate the mill in Arcade. The business was formerly owned by the late William and Louis MCNAIR. Ground was broken for a new 400-seat sanctuary for the Free Methodist church of Yorkshire. Many antiques were lost, when fire destroyed a garage in Machias, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jennings PRESCOTT. The American Legion post in Strykersville sponsored a new Boy Scout troop, with Dave MUSTY as scoutmaster. Delevan firemen elected Gordon MCELHENEY chief, John WOLF president, and Fred Wagner first aid captain. Elected president of local firemen's auxiliaries were Darlene BENSTEAD in Chaffee-Sardinia and Barbara LESTER in Arcade. Arcade firemen installed Cecil LESTER as chief and Douglas CRONK as first aid captain. Holland firemen elected Lyle THOMPSON president and Russell WOHLGEMUTH Sr. chief. Marlene BOEHMER of Machias was named Cattaraugus County Maple Queen. Sandusky native Clyde SMITH died at age 84. 50 Years Ago - April 9, 1953 Avery H. TERK of Arcade retired as superintendent of the Borden Company's Eastern Division, after a 42-year career with Borden's and its predecessor, the Merrell-Soule Company. He was succeeded by E. C. (Spud) HASKELL. A. J. O'DELL was re-elected president and Richard CARTWRIGHT was re-elected general manager of the Arcade & Attica Railroad. Deaths: Levi WING, 59, of Machias; Alfred HAMANN, 76, formerly of Delevan. *To receive a copy of the original article or obituary, send a written request listing the individual article and the exact date of the issue to Arcade Historical Society, P. O. 236, Arcade, NY 14009. Include a check or money order for $5 for each request.

I figured out Scott's question on St. Cecilia's Church which I will send over tomorrow. If you are interested in the deeds, where on maps originally and such. Yes? No? Not sure how big the list is on the history stuff. But since I was in Genesee looking up the incorporation, here are the dates for the very early churches in Sheldon, be they there any more or not. In case some of you locals are members of the churches that are still there, they can go get a copy of their incorporation papers. Nice huh? By certain laws enacted from 1784, 1801, amended 1813 etc.(depending on the religion) you needed a certain number of males over the age of 21 before you could incorporate, and a certain # of trustees. So religious congregations were already established before they officially incorporated, usually meeting in schools. Seems from things I've read you had to be a group at least 2 weeks before you could hold the meeting to vote on incorporating. So here are the Sheldon Churches. They are by date, name, then the Liber and Page of the Miscellaneous Records Volumes where they can be found in the Genesee County Clerks Office: 8/26/1811 -Sheldon Protestant Episcopal Church - L1 P99 (I understand from the history books this one burned down correct?) 11/17/1811 - Lommis Settlement Baptist Society - L1 P119 1/17/1812 - First Baptist Church of Sheldon - L1 P109 Trustees, The Harmony Society 4/17/1821 - First Congregational Church of Sheldon - L1 P419 formed by the Trustees of the Union Society (held at the school by Elizer Websters) 11/25/1822 - Associated Baptist Society of Sheldon - L2 P20 2/1/1836 - First Freewill Baptist Society of Sheldon - L3 P160 11/3/1839 - The First Roman Catholic Church of Sheldon (NKA St. Cecilia's) - L4 P171 Trustees nominated by: Joseph Stone & Henry Redding Trustees: Peter George, Conrad Hyman, Hubbard George, and Jacob Balkey. More on St. Cecilia's tomorrow if your interested. They buy their first little parcel of land 2 weeks later. Seems to be just a tad different then the history books say. But thank goodness people wrote their histories down, they are the best clues to finding the original documents! Being an Abstractor as well as a historian, I find the beginnings of churches, cemeteries, and schools the most interesting, and challenging to research. (Done all mine in Alabama already. ;-) Since I live in Wyoming County now, of course I'm interested. -- Cindy Amrhein Historian/Abstractor "House Detective" Town of Alabama Historian Genesee Co., NY ********************** Historian's Page - Alabama, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycalaba/ APHNYS (The Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/~aphnys/

Hi, Here's this week's Remember When.... Trish Hackett Nicola Seattle, WA Reprinted with permission from the author of Remember When..., p. 7, Arcade Herald, April 3, 2003, copied by Trish Hackett Nicola (*See below for information on how to receive a copy of the original article or obituary.) 10 Years Ago - April 1, 1993 A Charter Day celebration was held to kick off the 175th anniversary (triquasqui-centenial) of the towns of Holland, Wales and Aurora. Wyoming County was nearing final approval of a public bus system for county residents. Deaths: Alice WILLIAMS HURLBURT, 88, of Freedom; Salvatore NICASTRO, 76, of Arcade; Lillian KERWIN, 81, of North Java; Lorraine SWIERCZYNSKA ANACONE, 64, of East Arcade. More deaths: Georgia SHANNON, 87, of Machias; Phyllis BEARDSLEE CUDWORTH, 72, formerly of Arcade; Esther MOWRY REED, 75, formerly of Sandusky; Dacia "Daisy" REMINGTON WULFF, 81, formerly of Arcade. 25 Years Ago - April 5, 1978 Two armed robbers entered the Strykersville office of the Wyoming County Bank, forced the staff and customers into the vault, and stole over $10,000. It was the second time the bank had been robbed in less than two years. The Pioneer school board and the Pionier Faculty Association were ordered to share payment to a coach because the two parties had signed a contract with unequal pay for the coaches of boys' and girls' sports. 35 Years Ago - April 4, 1968 State Supreme Court Justice Gilbert KING denied a petition by a citizens' committee objecting to the Pioneer school board's decision to use electric heat in the proposed junior-senior high school. Paul and Bonnie ROGERS of Delevan opened a delicatessen in the former bank building in downtown Delevan. Deaths: Emma "Lola" HOWARD DAWLEY, 93, of Arcade; Devillo HALL, 76, formerly of Delevan. 50 Years Ago - April 2, 1953 Emogene ELLIS was elected president of the Chaffee-Sardinia Fire company Auxiliary. Marion CUNNIFFE was elected president of the Arcade VFW Auxiliary. Deaths: Celia MCGUNN EDDY, 85, of Bliss; Guy YOUNG, 77; Dora GARDNER IKELER of Smith Corners. *To receive a copy of the original article or obituary, send a written request listing the individual article and the exact date of the issue to Arcade Historical Society, P. O. 236, Arcade, NY 14009. Include a check or money order for $5 for each request.

I am trying to find out what I can about my great great great grandmother Bridget Fox. Her maiden name was Murphy. She lived with her son James Fox in Arcade New York in Wyoming county, between 1840's - 1870's. She died in the 1870's. She was born in Ireland in the 1780's/90's. She may be buried in St Mary's Catholic cemetery in Arcade. One more family member is Edmund Fox. He was a brother to my great grandfather. He was born in the 1870's to James and MaryAnn (rowan) Fox. He died around 1905. The story goes that he had an accident as a boy that left him crippled or retarded. Is there any information about him? Chris Fox

Loved this conversation even if it was off the subject. I wish more people could read this as too many people address people by their first name when a Mrs. or Mr. would show respect. Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. Woodrow Wilson ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 3:02 AM Subject: NYWYOMIN-D Digest V03 #54

Just to through my 2 cents in, when I was in school, my very proper Preparation for Life teacher told us that Mrs. meant "the wife of.." so you should always use the husband's name with Mrs. and never the wife's first name. Lisa

Thank you Sue My grandmother at her passing at 86 yrs. in 1995 used this an taught me it was the correct way of addressing a married woman whose husband had passed to his better reward. He legal signature after her husbands death, was Her first name, Her maiden name and His surname, she told me that this was the proper way a widowed lady was addressed in legal matters. Lorraine Llewellyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Mearns" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 8:19 AM Subject: Re: [NYWYOMIN] Fwd: 1968 Article > I found an Emily Post site that quotes the 1922 conventions on this very important matter: > > http://www.bartleby.com/95/10.html > > CORRECT NAMES AND TITLES 11 > And a widow no less than a married woman should always continue to use her husband's Christian name, or his name and another initial, engraved on her cards. She is Mrs. John Hunter Titherington Smith, or, to compromise, Mrs. J. H. Titherington Smith, but she is never Mrs. Sarah Smith; at least not anywhere in good society. In business and in legal matters a woman is necessarily addressed by her own Christian name, because she uses it in her signature. But no one should ever address an envelope, except from a bank or a lawyer's office, "Mrs. Sarah Smith." When a widow's son, who has the name of his father, marries, the widow has Sr. added to her own name, or if she is the "head" of the family, she very often omits all Christian names, and has her card engraved "Mrs. Smith," and the son's wife calls herself Mrs. John Hunter Smith. > > > > ==== NYWYOMIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Wyoming Co. GenWEb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin

I found an Emily Post site that quotes the 1922 conventions on this very important matter: http://www.bartleby.com/95/10.html CORRECT NAMES AND TITLES 11 And a widow no less than a married woman should always continue to use her husband's Christian name, or his name and another initial, engraved on her cards. She is Mrs. John Hunter Titherington Smith, or, to compromise, Mrs. J. H. Titherington Smith, but she is never Mrs. Sarah Smith; at least not anywhere in good society. In business and in legal matters a woman is necessarily addressed by her own Christian name, because she uses it in her signature. But no one should ever address an envelope, except from a bank or a lawyer's office, "Mrs. Sarah Smith." When a widow's son, who has the name of his father, marries, the widow has Sr. added to her own name, or if she is the "head" of the family, she very often omits all Christian names, and has her card engraved "Mrs. Smith," and the son's wife calls herself Mrs. John Hunter Smith.

Hi Sue and all, Hmmmm, maybe it depended on the era, or perhaps the area where the newspaper was printed, but the norm that I am familiar with, is that once a woman was widowed, she was then reported as Mrs. JANE Smith instead of Mrs. JOHN Smith (sorry, I had to get off the Simpson reference here, lest we "hex" poor Marg & Homer!!!). I've used this reference LOADS of times to get a time frame of when to look for the husband's obit, and have yet to disappointed!!! If I find Mrs. JOHN Smith listed as a survivor in an obit from 1920, and then Mrs. JANE Smith listed in another obit from 1925, I start hunting that five year span for the obit of JOHN!! My family tree is loaded with references such as, "probably died between 1920-1925", as a result of such obit listings. Since divorce was not something that happened too often "back then", it was almost a guarantee that the difference lied in the death of the husband, but divorced women were also usually listed as Mrs. JANE Smith. If memory serves, this was one of the reasons the term "MS" was created....to distinguish between a divorced woman and a widowed woman!!! According to my 4th grade daughter, she was recently taught that MS signifies a divorced woman, although I guess an awful lot of people never got that memo!!!! I think ALL of this has gone by the wayside now though, and pretty much ANYTHING goes!!! Happy Hunting! Joan In a message dated 4/16/2003 11:24:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > The way I remember it is that even a widowed woman's social name remained > her husband's (Mrs. Homer Simpson, in this case) even tho Homer himself may > have passed on. > It was only if she divorced and kept her married surname that she became > Mrs. Marge Simpson. > These things were much more complicated back then, but the social > conventions were a good way to satisfy our ever-present pre-occupations > about what our neighbors are up to! > Sue Mearns >

The way I remember it is that even a widowed woman's social name remained her husband's (Mrs. Homer Simpson, in this case) even tho Homer himself may have passed on. It was only if she divorced and kept her married surname that she became Mrs. Marge Simpson. These things were much more complicated back then, but the social conventions were a good way to satisfy our ever-present pre-occupations about what our neighbors are up to! Sue Mearns

Hello Everyone, And let me thank those who have helped me in the past. I need to know the address of the Free Will Baptist Church in Eagle Wyoming. Alivn Clark married Louisa Rugg there and attended the First Baptist church in Dale until they came to LeRoy, where they united with the First Baptist Church. If anyone has addresses for any of these churches it would be a great help.They were married Dec. 20, 1838. I am hoping to see if they churches have more family info. My Clark line has been in Hume, Warsaw, Atticaand LeRoy. Lyman Clark 50 acres of land to Daniel Clark from LeRoy. Lyman Clark purchased 100 acres from Reuben Clark and his wife Catherine Mariah. Reuben was from CT. I am thinking they really didn't move much, but that the county line and township lines did. Thanks so much for your time and help. Cathy Obeshaw

Seems my message did not go through yesterday. Here is the link for the of Buffalo Dioceses Website. They list their churches in Western NY., plus some history and other info. http://www.buffalodiocese.org/ -- Cindy Amrhein Historian/Abstractor "House Detective" Town of Alabama Historian Genesee Co., NY ********************** Historian's Page - Alabama, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycalaba/ APHNYS (The Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/~aphnys/

Thanks Trish for doing a Super Job, and Thanks Scott for supporting Trish. And Thanks to all of you that volunteer there free time to support and help all of us in our research. Bruce

Thanks for your support everyone. Scott you explained it very well. Thank you. My remark was not a political statement and it never entered my mind that it would be taken that way. Many people have had problems researching women when their maiden name isn't given. It become almost impossible if their first name isn't given either. Trish Hackett Nicola -------Original Message------- From: Scott Barvian <[email protected]> Sent: 04/15/03 01:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYWYOMIN] Fwd: 1968 Article > > Trish was commenting on the fact that even as recently as the late 1960's, newspapers tended to refer to married women (if their husband was alive) as "Mrs. Homer Simpson" for example. Anyone who tries to use such old information in their research knows how frustrating it can be not to find the wife's first name, or even both names as is usually done today (e.g. "Mrs. Marge (Homer) Simpson"). That's all. (I think.) Scott in Phoenix p.s. Continued thanks to Trish for posting the "Remember When" articles. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Stedman Willett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [NYWYOMIN] Fwd: 1968 Article > Did I miss something? > ==== NYWYOMIN Mailing List ==== Visit the Wyoming Co. GenWEb <a target=_blank href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin">http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin</a> >

Trish was commenting on the fact that even as recently as the late 1960's, newspapers tended to refer to married women (if their husband was alive) as "Mrs. Homer Simpson" for example. Anyone who tries to use such old information in their research knows how frustrating it can be not to find the wife's first name, or even both names as is usually done today (e.g. "Mrs. Marge (Homer) Simpson"). That's all. (I think.) Scott in Phoenix p.s. Continued thanks to Trish for posting the "Remember When" articles. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Stedman Willett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [NYWYOMIN] Fwd: 1968 Article > Did I miss something? >

Need name and add of Catholic church serving this area in this era. Thanks, Hal McCawley Researching Frank William COAKLEY b 1887 MA