Van Warner, Claude wed to Mary Rose 1932

Van Warner, Claude wed to Mary Rose 1932

Mr. and Mrs. Adolph VanWarner gave a kitchen shower for Mr. and Mrs. Claude Van Warner at King's hall,  December 1^st. About 60 were present. The Hall was very prettily decorated for the occasion with pink and white. After playing games the newly weds were presented with many pretty and useful gifts including a wedding cake may by Mrs. John King. After refreshments were served the guests departed wishing Mr. and Mrs. VanWarner many years of happy married life. Mrs. VanWarner was Miss Mary Rose of Edmeston.

Vaughn, William J. Died 1931 Garrattsville Funeral

Vaughn, William J. Died 1931 Garrattsville Funeral

Funeral of W. J. Vaughn

Garratttsville, Nov. 26---Funeral services for William J. Vaughn were held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 from his late home at Garratttsville. Rev. R. C. Vermilya of the Morris Methodist Episcopal church and Rev. H. W. Thomas of the Cooperstown Methodist Episcopal church officiated and interment was in Fly Creek cemetery.

The bearers were Evan R. Thomas, John R. Murray, Irvin Lake, Fred Lake and there were floral tributes from the Methodist Episcopal church, the W. C. T. U. the Oneonta W. B. A., the Home Betterment club, Fly Creek Grange, organizations, besides many from relatives and friends.

Among the many who attended the service were Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Vaughn of Brooklyn, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Evan R. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stair of Glen Lyon, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. John R. Murray of Scranton, Pa.

Wales, Gertrude 1904-1932 Cooperstown Obituary

Wales, Gertrude 1904-1932 Cooperstown Obituary

Mrs. Gertrude McKay Wales

Dies in Cooperstown Hospital

Cooperstown, Aug. 17---Many friends were shocked and saddened when it became known about the village this morning that Mrs. Gertrude McKay Wales, wife of Harris Wales of Fly Creek, had died at 10:45 o'clock Sunday night in the Mary Imogene Bassett hospital, where she became a patient Sunday afternoon after a four days' illness with appendicitis. Peritonitis had developed, and the patient never rallied from the operation which was performed during Sunday evening.

Mrs. Wales was the daughter of Jacob K. McKay of Milford, and was born in St. Joseph, Mo., 28 years ago. She moved east with her parents, living at Milford, where her mother's death occurred a few years ago. Mrs. Wales by profession was a registered nurse, having received her training in the Mary Imogene Bassett hospital and at the time of her resignation about a year ago, she was acting supervisor of nurses in Bassett hospital.

Surviving are her father, above mentioned: her husband, Harris Wales, and an infant son, Warner McKay Wales, 10 months old, to all of whom the deepest sympathy of a large circle of friends will be extended in their deep sadness.

Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed.

Wheeler, Harry L.--1931--8 Year old Shot

Wheeler, Harry L.--1931--8 Year old Shot

Morris Lad Shot in Side While at Play

Harry L. Wheeler, 8 Years Old

Seriously Injured by rifle of Older Playmate

Harry L. Wheeler, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Wheeler of Morris, the former vice president of the Linn Trailer corporation at West End, was resting as comfortably as could be expected last evening at the Parshall hospital, although it is felt that his condition is still critical, as the result of being shot in the right side while at play Saturday in Morris. At the direction of District Attorney Donald H. Grant of this city, Sergeant John L. Cunningham of Troop C, state police, is making an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the happening.

Harry Wheeler was playing Saturday afternoon about Sprague's feed store in Morris with Richard Canfield, 16 years old, son of Mrs. Ara Sprague, whose husband conducts that business, who formerly lived in Oneonta. Canfield had been shooting birds attracted by the grain in the store, both inside the warehouse and outside, during the day with a .32 calibre rifle and about 1:40 o'clock Saturday afternoon the Wheeler lad was shot in the right side, details of the shooting still being in doubt.

Dr. F. L.Winsor who was attending another member of the Wheeler household, was at the house when word of the shooting was received, and after efforts to stop the flow of blood, he brought the lad in his car to the Parshall hospital. There Dr. Marshall Latcher, assisted Dr. Winsor in treating the lad and it was found that the bullet had struck the right side of the chest, had glanced from a rib and continued beneath the muscles in that part of the body around the lad's back, where it left the body again.

While the lad suffered from loss of blood and shock, the prompt attention which he received is strongly in his favor and unless complications develop, it is expected that he will recover.

First stories of the shooting varied considerably, but yesterday the Canfield boy said that the gun must have been discharged in some unexplained manner while in his hands or while resting near him.

It has not been considered advisable to question the Wheeler lad closely about the accident, but he related to his parents that Canfield pointed the gun in his direction.

Wilcox, Annette (Sloan) 1858-1932 Morris Obituary

Wilcox, Annette (Sloan) 1858-1932 Morris Obituary

Mrs. George R. Wilcox

Morris, Dec. 30---Mrs. George R. Wilcox died at about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her home on West Main street after an illness of but a few hours' duration. Mrs. Wilcox, although not in good health, had tenderly cared for her husband, George Wilcox, who has been an invalid for a long time, nearly helpless for over a year, and her passing seems doubly sad because of the frail companion whom she leaves behind.

Annette (Sloan) Wilcox, daughter of the late Joshua and Sarah Mosher Sloan, was born in Burlington May 4, 1858, where she spent her entire girlhood. On November 21, 1882, she was united in marriage to George B. Wilcox and for a number of years they resided in South Hartwick. To them were born three children, Mrs. Earl Southern of Oneonta, Mrs. Louis Card of Morris, and George Wilcox, Jr. who died in 1913 at the age of 24.

About 40 years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox came to Morris to live and Mr. Wilcox began his long and faithful service of 36 years as mail carrier between Morris and Oneonta, retiring only when poor health compelled him to cease actual work.

The deceased was a member of Zion Episcopal church for many years, a past matron of Jewell chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and as long as her health permitted, she was active in the work of both societies. However, her chief interest was in the home, where as a devoted wife and a kind and indulgent mother, her memory will be cherished.

The immediate surviving relatives are the husband and two daughters previously mentioned, also six grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces, to all of whom the sincere sympathy of the community is extended.

Private funeral services, conducted by Rev. E. E. Hutchinson, rector of Zion Episcopal church, will be held from the family home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Hillington cemetery.

Attend Funeral

The following out of town relatives attended the funeral of Mrs. George Wilcox Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Southern, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Southern, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Southern, The Misses Erma and Alice Southern and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Gorton of Oneonta; Mr. and Mrs. John Hoke and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoke of Mohawk; Mrs. Mary Naylor, Herbert Naylor and Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Hoose of Mt. Vision; and Mrs. Merton Beckley and Miss M. Beckley of Hartwick.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF JOINING ANCESTRY.COM?

Have you thought about joining Ancestry.com? If genealogy is your hobby, or if you
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paternal Aunt's life-long hobby as well as more information from my Grandma Susie
on my mother's side, I was set to add to the family tree BIG TIME! And since I never
 seem to do anything half measure, I started adding name, dates, etc. which added up
 to thousands.

My motive was to get all that information online for others to have and not just let it be hidden away in file cabinet and boxes.  My Aunt wasn't ready to try a computer yet when she died, but she had a treasure of information collected from years of telephone calls, snail mail, networking, newspapers, visiting family near and far, and just plain detective work of researching in numerous places, and even states. 

I discovered I could extend those family member's information from other family trees on Ancestry.com. Hints via those iconic green leaves popped up and I could go for

generations finding those elusive ancestors. I was hooked on genealogy in no time. Hundreds of hours later, there were lots of branches on our family tree. And now that the 1940 census is available, I'm off and searching again on lots of those people. Can you tell I'm passionate about this hobby?

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Children appear twice in line ups, and spouses that can't possibly be spouses appear. That is just for starters. Check and double check.

With naming children the same name, generation after generation, not to mention siblings using those names as well, you sometimes end up with a giant puzzle. You HAVE TO go by the dates of birth and death if you are fortunate enough to have one or both. Then there was the practice of naming a later child the same name of a child that had previously died. That proved the case with my own Grandma Susie.

I thought I had my Brooks line all set only to recently discover when sending that to a new found cousin in Kansas that I had my 3 times great grandfather mistakenly entered. I had listed a brother Benjamin instead of the father Benjamin in the line of descent.

So, it pays to check and recheck your information. In the process, I discovered my 2x great grandfather had married his first cousin!  Surprise!

Another cousin who found me via Ancestry.com, and was excited to discover we lived 10 miles apart, pointed out that I had my 2x great grandmother Elizabeth Walling's birth date wrong. I sure did. In the process of getting together with cousin Sally, she was in possession of a family treasure, a hand written 100 plus page notebook done by my beloved Grandma Susie. I had no prior knowledge of that notebook's existence.  It was mainly on our Walling line, but also contained several connecting lines as well as info copied from family bibles.  Do you see why I referred to it as a 'family treasure'?  So, here again is another reason I really enjoy Ancestry.com.  I doubt I would ever have known about that book otherwise.

And by the way, other cousins have also found me via information they found on my Ancestry.com tree and all are interesting stories.  It is always fun finding more relatives with a common ancestry and developing a friendship with them. You immediately have a common base for a friendship. As well as being related, they generally share the same hobby of genealogy which makes it even more fun.

Another way I use my Ancestry.com information is for an online reference book. While doing Find A Grave Memorials and other projects, I have the Ancestry window open on any relatives I have worked up and switch back and forth for stats on that person. Perhaps you are more organized than I am about being able to put your finger on the exact person or line, but in the huge collection I own, well let's just say FORGET THAT ONE! I find it eventually. With all my information entered on Ancestry.com, I just open up the tree I want and there it is. That saves a lot of frustration and it should always be safe online in case of unforeseen disasters or a computer crash. You haven't lost your treasured family history.

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BABCOCK-CRUTTENDEN 60TH ANNUAL REUNION 1960

Babcock-Cruttenden Annual Reunion 1960

60^th Family Reunion Held

COOPERSTOWN---The 60^th Annual Babcock – Cruttenden –Renwick Reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mumford, Oneonta, RD., with 56 members and friends from all over the state attending.

New officers elected for the ensuing year include Olen Houck, Oneonta, President; Mrs. Ned Van Buren, Howes Cave, vice president; Mrs. Reginald Higgins, Toddsville, secretary , and Mrs. Douglas Wasburn, Mount Vision, treasurer.