Emma Stone | HistoryForge

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1940	Stone, Emma	Lodger	306 Forest Home Dr	67	White	New York	Widowed	Housekeeper

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Strong, Ortha	Head	Forest Home Dr	37	White	Oklahoma	Married	Mechanic
Strong, Charlotte	Wife	306 Forest Home Dr	38	White	Maryland	Married	Home Management Supervisor
Strong, Gertrude	Daughter	306 Forest Home Dr	9	White	New York	Single	None

Entries in 1941 Ithaca Alphabetical Directory

Stone Emma R wid Jay B hskpr Ortha L Strong r do
...
Strong Ortha L (Charlotte C) mech Carl's Garage h Forest Home dr RD2

Note: The indication that this Emma Stone was the widow of a Jay B. Stone distinguishes the Emma Stone who was housekeeping for Ortha and Charlotte Strong at the time of the 1940 census from two other Emma Stones in Tompkins HistoryForge.

Emma A. Rolfe Stone (1867-1956), wife of Frank A. Stone, https://tompkins.historyforge.net/people/206566
Emma Stone (1869-1898), https://tompkins.historyforge.net/people/233702

Ithaca Directory: Residential and business directories for Ithaca and surrounding areas, 1941. Alphabetic Directory. Available from Tompkins County Public Library [https://www.tcpl.org/node/5108]

1941

1914 American Agriculturist Directory

Stone, Jay B. (Emma) farmer O 56a rd1 Millport H36 B T.

Name of Individual or Firm: Jay B. Stone
Spouse/Family Relation: Emma, wife
# of Children Under 21: 0
Business or Occupation: Farmer
Chief Crop or Specialty:
Property: Owned 56 acres
Rural Delivery Route/Post Office: RD 1, Millport
1914 AA Road Designation: H36
Current Road Name: Probably Crans Rd, off Fitzpatrick Hill Rd. Judging by shape from 2026 road map and border between Schuyler and Chemung counties.
Telephone: Bell Telephone

Note: Millport is in Chemung County. This property is in Schuyler County, north of the village of Millport, close to the county border.

Transcription with comment of section for Schuyler County from 1914 American Agriculturalist Directory
"STONE, Jay B. (Emma) farmer O 56a rd1 Millport H36 B T.
[wife of Jay Stone was Emma Rockwell...]"

American Agriculturist Farm Directory of Yates, Schuyler, Tompkins and Seneca Counties New York, New York: Orange Judd Company, 1914. Digital version of farm directory from Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/yatesschuylertom00oran/page/4/mode/2up]
Transcription of section for Schuyler County from 1914 American Agriculturalist Directory. GenWeb Site of Schuyler County, New York. [https://schuyler.nygenweb.net/1914mon.htm]

1914

Obituary for Gertrude F. Bower
Elmira Star-Gazette, Oct 3 1953, P. 7, Col. 2.

"Mrs. Gertrude F. Bower, 91, of 148 W. Water St. Friday, Oct. 2, 1953. She was the widow of Frank L. Bower. Mrs. Bower was a member of the Lake St. Presbyterian Church and the Chemung County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution: Survived by two laughters[sic], Mrs. Harry Lovell and Mrs. George Uhl, both of Elmira; son, Edmund R. Bower of Kingston, N. Y.; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Bernice R. Underwood, Mrs. Minerva R. Nichols, both of Ithaca, Mrs. Emma Stone of Elmira, and Mrs. Ruby L. Steen of Texas; several nieces, nephews and cousins."

Note: This obituary indicates that three married women in Tompkins HistoryForge were sisters. Their common maiden name was Rockwell.

Obituary for Gertrude F. Bower. Elmira Star-Gazette, Oct 3 1953, P. 7, Col. 2. From Newspapers.com [https://www.newspapers.com/article/elmira-star-gazette-obituary-for-gertrud/201883121]

October 3, 1953