“[John H.] ‘Ginger’ Allen, as he is more familiarly known, came to Ithaca with his father in the fall of 1866, and worked on the first building started for Cornell University….He was born in Seneca Falls on December 3, 1841… ‘Ginger’ Allen is reca...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 22, 2024 17:17
"'Ginger' Allen, Oldest Colored Citizen Here, Was Noted as a Boxer" Ithaca Journal, April 7, 1924, 7.
Ithaca General and Business Directory, 1880 Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY
"Mrs. Neva K. William Watros, 66 of 117 W York St, died Thursday, Aug. 1, 1957, in Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Daisy Simons of Fairfax, Va., a brother, Harold Sisson of Ithaca and several nieces and ne...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 21, 2025 21:30
Death announcement for Mrs. Neva K. Williams Watros, Ithaca Journal August 2, 1957, 3.
Ithaca General and Business Directory, 1880 Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY
This building was the second building on Highland Park Ln to appear with a house number in the Ithaca City Directory. The address 4 Highland Park Ln appeared in the 1951 Ithaca City Directory. The 1949 directory indicated that there was a house u...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on October 29, 2025 01:24
• Deeds and maps referred to are available from the online database service of the Tompkins County Clerk by logging in as guest, and searching by I...
Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1909 Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY
"Airport transfer is completed at Cornell this morning. County Treasurer Donald Stobbs presents Cornell a check for $324,387, and John E. Burton, Cornell vice present-business, presents a deed for the Cornell University Airport to Harvey Stevenson...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 11, 2024 18:32
"Airport Transfer [photo caption]," Ithaca Journal, July 31, 1956, 1.
Norton & Hanford’s Ithaca City Directory for 1899 Ithaca, NY
First National Bank Bldg, Ralph W Mungle Manager-200-202 E State St First National Bank-101-105 N Tioga St 200 E State St United Cigar Stores Co, Alfred C Robinson Manager First National Bank 202 E State St Chandler's Jewelry, John C Chan...
Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 13, 2025 19:44
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1940 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
Obituary: "Mrs. Gyda Rumsey Johnson, 67, a lifelong resident of Newfield, died at 4 a.m. today, June 3, 1943, in a nursing home in Newfield. The widow of Fred Johnson, she was a member of the Baptist Church ... She is survived by a brother, Cortez...
Submitted by Sarah Ross on June 15, 2025 12:53
Ithaca Journal, June 3, 1943, page 3.
Baltimore Student (Elizabeth Born) to Publish Newspaper The Baltimore Sun, May 10 1932, P. 3, Col. 6, with photo "Miss Born, associate editor of the newspaper of Syracuse University, where she is in her junior year, is one of a group of students...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on July 11, 2026 01:15
• Baltimore Student (Elizabeth Born) to Publish Newspaper. The Baltimore Sun, May 10 1932, P. 3, Col. 7. From Newspapers.com [https://www.newspaper...
Marriage of Mary Gene Savage to Rowland Allen Wells on July 18 1941 in Raymond, Maine. The Ithaca Journal, Sep 15 1941, P. 4 "Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Seth Savage announce the marriage of their daughter, Mary Gene, to Rowland Allen Wells, grandson of ...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on February 10, 2026 14:04
• Marriage of Mary Gene Savage to Rowland Allen Wells on July 18 1941 in Raymond, Maine. The Ithaca Journal, Sep 15 1941, P. 4. From Newspapers.com...
1937 Compass System Rural Index Name: Thomas Mark Manley Compass System Address: 2E Ithaca 14P Current Road Name: Mitchell St (formerly Mitchell St Extension and before that, Ellis Hollow Rd) Farm Type/Residence: Residence Owned or Rented: Owned
Submitted by Caroline Arms on March 22, 2026 02:18
Tompkins County, N.Y. Rural Index & "Compass System" Map, Ithaca, N.Y.: Rural Directories, Inc., 1937. Digitized version available on NYHeritage.