Narratives

Year built ca. 1864

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 16, 2025 21:24

East Hill Historic District, National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form, 1986, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322491

608 E Seneca St Ithaca (as of 1899) 126 E Seneca St Ithaca

W. Henry Guinn,, janitor, 84 W Clinton St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 08, 2025 01:57

Ithaca General and Business Directory, 1880 Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

Henry Guinn

Blanche F. Hines, cook, age 21, born in Florence, South Carolina to Flander Hines and Maria Gray, married Arthur A Thompson, age 26, born in Stuart's Draft, Virginia, to George Thompson and Nancy J. Adams, in Ithaca on November 7, 1921. 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 05, 2025 19:40

Blanche F Hines in the New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936, Ancestry.com

Blanche Thompson

Year built ca. 1895

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 16, 2025 20:13

East Hill Historic District, National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form, 1986, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322491

502 E Seneca St Ithaca (as of 1899)

Esther Catherine Elmendorf Coghlan Titus, 1856-1930 First husband John F. Coghlan Second husband Charles Augustus Titus

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 31, 2025 00:10

Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42408040/esther_catherine-titus

Esther C Coghlan

Elizabeth Hoose, widow Henry, boards 30 Utica St.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 05, 2025 20:13

Ithaca Directory and Tompkins County Business Directory, 1872 Ithaca Democrat Steam Print, Ithaca, NY

Elizabeth Hoose

Henry O. Hoose, 1843-1925

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 05, 2025 20:14

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Henry O Hoose

Cornelius J McAuliffe, proprietor McAuliffe's Hotel and Restaurant, 635 W State St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 28, 2025 23:07

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1949 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

635 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 169 W State St Ithaca

Lucy J. Yengo Pollio, 1914-1973

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 29, 2025 00:53

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Lucy Pollio

Ossian C. Howard, 1832-1873

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 19, 2025 00:17

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Ossian G Howard

Blanche Washington, unknown-1959 wife of Bert Washington, mother of Joseph Washington

Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 28, 2025 23:51

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Blanche Washington

Benjamin Pew, 1792-1891

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 22, 2025 02:35

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Benjamin Pew

"Miss Jean McConnell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. McConnell of 107 Hanshaw Rd., became the bride of Francis E. Carroll, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis G. Carroll of Danvers, Mass., at 3 p.m. Tuesday."

Submitted by Sarah Ross on November 22, 2025 13:14

Ithaca Journal, Mar. 8, 1944, 4.

Jean McConnell

Single roof.  1 story wrap around porch with shingle roof.  1 story back addition with shingle roof.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 16, 2025 20:14

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

502 E Seneca St Ithaca (as of 1899)

Henry Butler, proprietor Centennial Hotel, 635 W State St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 28, 2025 22:51

Norton & Hanford’s Ithaca City Directory for 1899 Ithaca, NY

635 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 169 W State St Ithaca

"This early residence (building records indicate 1828, but the cornerstone shows 1825) is another variant of the Federal style. Note the delicate detailing in the fanlight over the door. The two-story portico with Ionic columns, however, reflects ...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 17, 2025 15:08

Historic Ithaca, DeWitt Park Historic District and Downtown Ithaca: An Architectural Walking Tour, 8. 

102 E Court St Ithaca (as of 1924) 102 E Mill St Ithaca (as of 1899) 2 E Mill St Ithaca

"Miss Virginia Mae Hovey and Myron Irving Sherman, both of Newfield were married by the Rev. Orlo D. Stewart at the Methodist parsonage in Newfield Saturday evening, Nov. 14."

Submitted by Sarah Ross on October 01, 2025 14:28

Ithaca Journal, Nov. 17, 1936, 4.

Myron I Sherman
Virginia M Sherman

Name: Louis A. Augustine Rank: Private Birth Date: August 2, 1888 Service Branch: US Army Unit: Quartermaster Corps Enlistment Date: May 25, 1918 Discharge Date: April 4, 1919 Death Date: June 16, 1974 Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery Cemetery Location:...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 14, 2025 18:11

Louis A. Augustine in the U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, Ancestry.com

Louis Augustine

Henry Butler, proprietor Centennial Hotel, 635 W State St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 28, 2025 22:55

Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1909 Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

635 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 169 W State St Ithaca

Mone Frank, mason, 73 N Albany

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 02, 2024 20:14

Ithaca Directory 1876, 88.

423 N Albany St Ithaca (as of 1899) 75 N Albany St Ithaca (as of 1878) 73 N Albany St Ithaca

Frank Mone