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Census Records

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1870	Belknap, Horace			50	White	New York		Cooper
1880	Belknap, Horace	Head	66 S Cayuga St	60	White	New York	Widowed	Cooper
1900	Belknap, Horace D	Head	416 N Cayuga St	80	White	New York	Widowed	Cooper
1910	Belknap, Horace D	Father	416 N Cayuga St	90	White	New York	Widowed	None

Name	Age	Race	POB	Occupation
Belknap, Amelia	25	White	New York	None
Belknap, Lovilla	21	White	New York	None
Belknap, Gertrude	15	White	New York	None
Belknap, Charles	13	White	New York	None

Relatives in 1880 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Belknap, Almira E	Daughter	66 S Cayuga St	34	White	New York	Single	Millinery Dress Mkr
Belknap, Lovilla	Daughter	66 S Cayuga St	30	White	New York	Single	Shirt Maker
Belknap, Emma G	Daughter	66 S Cayuga St	25	White	New York	Single	Keeping House
Belknap, Charles M	Son	66 S Cayuga St	23	White	New York	Single	Shirt Cutter

Relatives in 1900 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Belknap, Almira	Daughter	416 N Cayuga St	56	White	New York	Single	Dressmaker
Belknap, Mary L	Daughter	416 N Cayuga St	49	White	New York	Single	Seamstress
Belknap, Gertrude	Daughter	416 N Cayuga St	45	White	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1910 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Belknap, Lovilla M	Head	416 N Cayuga St	61	White	New York	Single	Shirtmaker
Belknap, Elmira A	Sister	416 N Cayuga St	66	White	New York	Single	Dressmaker
Belknap, Gertrude E	Sister	416 N Cayuga St	54	White	New York	Single	Dressmaker

"Horace Belknap, Miss Belknap’s father, came to Ithaca in the spring of 1866 from Syracuse and secured employment with Wilmot & Bostwick, who had a barrel factory where the H. J. Bool Furniture Company is now located at 117 E. Clinton. The next year he brought his family here and they located on South Cayuga Street…. "

Interview with Gertrude E. Belknap, 416 N Cayuga St, Ithaca, NY, April 1935, WPA Oral History Biographies, V16-1-7, courtesy The History Center in Tompkins County, Ithaca, NY.

"Horace Dewey Belknap, aged 90 years, died Saturday night at 8:30 o'clock at the family residence at 416 North Cayuga street.... Mr. Belknap was born in Oswego county on April 6, 1820. He received his early schooling in that vicinity and moved to Ithaca in 1866. He followed the occupation of barrel maker at the factory of the late Herman V. Bostwick for a period of 35 years.
He was a widower and was known as a home man, being very devoted to his children. He is survived by three daughters, Almira, Lovilla and Gertrude..."

Obituary of "Horace Dewey Belknap," Ithaca Daily Journal, September 19, 1910, 3

Horace D. Belknap, 1820-1910

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