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Ida Marie Saxonia Fahrenwald was born at sea on her parent's immigration from Germany.  Her middle name, Saxonia, is after the ship she was born on.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 28, 2024 14:00

Family Recollection

Ida M Sniper

The 1950 census was the first modern census to enumerate students at their college or university residences rather than their parents homes. The enumerator entered sheets 35A-53A as "Baker Dormitories." This designation appears to refer to the com...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 24, 2025 19:09

The 1949/50 Cornell University Student Directory is available to check the residences of students listed in Baker Dormitories on the 1950 census.

Baker Dormitories West Ave Ithaca

Birth of Margaret Elaine Stevenson The Ithaca Journal, Jan 29 1940, P. 4, under Births "A daughter, Margaret Elaine, was born Sunday at Memorial Hospital to the Rev. William Stevenson and Mrs. Stevenson of Forest Home."

Submitted by Caroline Arms on June 01, 2026 00:31

• Birth of Margaret Elaine Stevenson. The Ithaca Journal, Jan 29 1940, P. 4, under Births. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-b...

Elaine Stevenson

John S. Crozier, grocer and provisions, Cayuga, near Owego [State].

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 28, 2024 13:02

Boyd's Directory of Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca and Owego, 1864 Andrew Boyd, Binghamton, NY

101 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 1 W State St Ithaca

Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Westervelt on July 1 1929 The Ithaca Journal, Jul 8 1929, P. 11, Col. 5. under Slaterville Springs "A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Westervelt at the Ithaca Memorial Hospital July 1. Mrs. Westerve...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on July 08, 2026 14:05

• Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Westervelt on July 1 1929. The Ithaca Journal, Jul 8 1929, P. 11, Col. 5. From Newspapers.com [https://www.n...

June Westervelt

“The County Board of Supervisors held a special meeting Saturday and completed all business relative to the purchase of the site at the Inlet, where, in the future, county jail prisoners will be employed at breaking stone. The county will not gain...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 07, 2025 01:02

“Work for County Prisoners: Supervisors Complete Arrangements for Purchase of Stone Yard,” Ithaca Daily Journal, April 27, 1903, 6, https://www.nys...

County Stone Yard W State St Ithaca

Bus Terminal Lunch

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 30, 2025 17:23

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1929 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

114 E Green St Ithaca

The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station will close down and be consolidated with the Lackawanna Railroad station near the Inlet.

Submitted by Sarah Fiorello on January 24, 2025 00:52

"Everything set for railroad consolidation," Ithaca Journal; July 31, 1918

701 W Seneca St Ithaca 710 W State St Ithaca

“Homer Genung is the new doctor who has recently located at Freeville, and has already commenced to try his skill in alleviating the ills that flesh is heir to.”

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 02, 2025 22:08

“Personal Mention, Dryden Herald, May 28, 1884, 1

Dr Homer Albert Genung

Jarvis, Young & Co., carriage makers, Seneca cor. Brindley. (Joseph A. Jarvis, George E. Young & Edgar Spaulding)

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 25, 2025 17:26

Lant’s Directory of Ithaca and Owego, 1867-68 H. G. Smith & Co., Lancaster, PA

Old 195 W Seneca St Ithaca

George E Young
Edgar L Spaulding
Joseph A Jarvis

"Permission was given to Ben Light to erect a dwelling at 535 Linn St. closer to the street line than normally permitted in an A-residence district but he was restricted to 8 feet. Mrs. Neva K. Williams [Watros] who proposes to do the same thing a...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 21, 2025 21:24

The Cyclery, N Hanford, propr., bicycles and supplies, 5 Clinton Block, N Cayuga St Fowler Bicycle Agency, N Hanford, agt 5 Clinton Block  Union Bicycle Agency, N Hanford, agt 5 Clinton Block

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 13, 2025 18:26

George Bishop, Laborer, 66 Brindley St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 05, 2025 19:31

Ithaca General and Business Directory, 1878 Norton & Conklin, Publishers, Ithaca, NY

66 Brindley St Ithaca

George W Bishop

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible;  Additional Sections: Section 1, back (S), 2 stories, wood frame, iron clad rear wall (S), non-combustible roof, access to Main Structure of #107 E State St on 1st floor;  Porc...

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 04, 2025 20:35

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910

109 E State St Ithaca (as of 1910)

Adrianna Hillery and William Shaw were listed as the parents of Leonie Shaw.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 16, 2026 17:45

Leonie Shaw's marriage records, New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936, Ancestry.

Addie Shaw

Vacant in 1919  Chacona Candy Co., "The Sugar Bowl" in 1921

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 04, 2025 20:24

Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1919-20 Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY Ithaca Directory 1921 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

104 E State St Ithaca (as of 1919)

NYSE&G Corp, Offices

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 30, 2025 16:09

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1940 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

108 E Green St Ithaca (as of 1939)

"Burns Road was originally Bush Road, but it was renamed for Mr. Thomas “Tommy” Burns who emigrated from England to Canada and then Caroline in the late 1800s. His son, “Tom” Burns, married Gladys Crispell, and was well known in the area for his f...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 02, 2025 20:08

Barbara Kone, "Town of Caroline," in Carol Kammen, ed. Place Names of Tompkins County, Ithaca, NY: Office of the Tompkins County Historian, 2004. 19.

177 Burns Rd Caroline

News snippet, in a list of snippets Ithaca Daily Journal, 6 September 1911, p3, col 2 (near bottom)     "- Fred C. Fowler has sold his house and lot on North Aurora street, and will build a bungalow on his lot in Forest Home. He has rented rooms t...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on April 05, 2026 20:59

• Ithaca Daily Journal, 6 September 1911, p3, col 2 (near bottom) [https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj19110906-01.1.3]

117 McIntyre Pl Ithaca

(No number) Thurston Ave Balch Halls for Women

Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 04, 2025 17:00

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1930 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

600 Thurston Ave Ithaca