Ruth Thomas Mann shared her family history in Tompkins County in an interview with the Chemung County Historical Society. Audio is available on NY Heritage and YouTube.
Submitted by Siera Beal on March 15, 2026 19:27
Oral History Interview, August 2, 1989: NY Heritage: https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16694coll129/id/359/rec/2 YouTube: h...
"Nathias [Mathias] DeMond came to this town from New Jersey, in 1803." He was the father of Deacon Edward DeMond" Mathias DeMond was the father of Quam DeMond.
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 25, 2026 19:56
The History of Trumansburg (1890), p124 Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259184987/matthias-demund
Married June 23, 1920 in Ithaca, NY Groom’s Name: Lester Fred Reed Color: Colored Residence: Ithaca, NY Age: 38 Occupation: Machinist and Steam Fitter No. of Marriage: 2d Birthplace: Trumansburg, NY Widower: Yes Father: Charles Reed Birthplace: US...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 13, 2026 18:40
Almira Pickett in New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936, Ancestry.com
"COLLECTION DESCRIPTION The twentieth century history of the Brill family of Slaterville Srings and their Root and Brampton connections is seen here through various documents but especially through the extensive correspondence of G. Meredith Brill...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 10, 2026 19:14
Guide to the Brill/Root/Brampton Family Collection, The History Center in Tompkins County
Andrews Confectionery Collection This collection contains materials donated by Olympia Andrews McFall concerning the Andrews Confectionery of Ithaca. This sweet shop, at 308 East State St., was a popular destination for Ithacans for almost 60 year...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 02, 2026 17:56
Andrews Confectionery Collection V-64-3-9, The History Center in Tompkins County
"Titus Brum (1800-1881) and Eunice Brum (1803-1895) were early residents of Ithaca. Born in Genoa in 1803, Eunice moved to Ithaca in the 1810s, when she was 10 or twelve years old. Titus Brum, who was born in Greene County in about 1800, purchased...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 20, 2024 01:16
"The Brum Family" https://www.fingerlakesfilmtrail.org/ithaca-city-cemetery
“Rev. Zechariah Tyler was born about 1820 in the State of Maryland, and became one of the best-known residents of Ithaca. He served for twenty years in slavery, but escaped about 1840 or 1841, leaving his master’s plantation in Maryland. His maste...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 01, 2026 01:30
Sydney H. Gallwey Early Slaves and Freemen of Tompkins County, presented January 30, 1962 before Ithaca Council for Equality at St. John’s Church, ...
Andrews Confectionery Collection This collection contains materials donated by Olympia Andrews McFall concerning the Andrews Confectionery of Ithaca. This sweet shop, at 308 East State St., was a popular destination for Ithacans for almost 60 yea...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 02, 2026 18:07
Andrews Confectionery Collection V-64-3-9, The History Center in Tompkins County
“Bert Washington, 63, known to county workers for many years as the genial janitor of the Court House, died unexpectedly at his home, 416 N Albany St., shortly before 9 a.m. today, May 24, 1944. He had been the Court House janitor ever since the p...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 03, 2025 13:49
“Bert Washington Dies at 62,” Ithaca Journal, May 24, 1944, 3.
Permit granted for the demolition of 502 N Aurora St.
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 25, 2025 02:30
"Building Permits," Ithaca Journal, March 9, 1966, 24.
502 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899) 46 Farm St Ithaca (as of 1878) 18 Farm St Ithaca
"Mrs. Clara B. Brown, 69, died at 2:25 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, 1939, at her home, 506 N. Meadow St. Widow of John Brown, Mrs. Brown is survived by four sons, John and William Brown of Ithaca, Chester and Louis Brown of Boston; one daughter, Mrs. Ell...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 05, 2025 18:28
"Deaths, Funerals: Mrs. Clara B. Brown," Ithaca Journal, October 16, 1939, 3.
“When Brad Edmondson looks out his window high above State Street, just west of The Commons, he doesn’t just see people scurrying around. He sees single-parent householders. He sees people of Hispanic origin. He sees people who spend more than 25...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 21, 2025 14:03
Kathy Hovis, “Magazine makes sense of the numbers,” Ithaca Journal, July 31, 1991, 7.
"The three banks along this block of Tioga Street create a small-scale financial district. The current Citizens Savings Bank (1924, Gibb and Waltz) is the third on the site. The offices of the Ithaca Savings Bank, founded in 1868, were located her...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 29, 2024 00:54
Historic Ithaca, DeWitt Park Historic District and Downtown Ithaca: An Architectural Walking Tour, 28. http://www.historicithaca.org/
118 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
18 N Tioga St Ithaca
116 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
16 N Tioga St Ithaca
114 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
14 N Tioga St Ithaca
114-118 N Tioga St Ithaca
"To the Editor of the Journal--...If the factories would pay a living wage to the women workers--believe me there would be no scarcity of help, as there are many women wanting work, but starting in at $6 a week,--and many women and girls having to...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 26, 2024 18:08
"Letters from The People," Ithaca Journal, June 7, 1919 5.
"Arthur Wellington Davis, 80, 413 N. Cayuga St., a pioneer in the automobile business in Ithaca, died early today, Aug. 1, 1958, at his home after a long illness. Associated with McClune's Garage in 1900 in [sic] 1901 he built a garage in Cortland...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 09, 2025 20:04
"Auto Pioneer Does at 80," Ithaca Journal, August 1, 1958, 3.