From the Archives of Anna - Post 1

Here is a list I encountered whilst confirming the locations of Anna Guy Selye's movement.  The list is from her collection of writings and consists of "Kin - also girlhood friends - & playmates & neighbors," as Anna describes the names.

Eugene Doncette
Edward      "       (later French Priest)
Augusta Middlebrook
Allie Wilson (Albert)
Elisabeth Wilson (Libbie)
Minnie Fraser - & John
John Carman (Preacher) older
Dr. & Mrs. Duncan Carman D.D.
Edward Carman Divinity Student much older than I 
Rosie Francis
Kate & Mary Noonan (older)
Mr. & Mrs. Fisher (Ponsant French)
Dr. & Mrs. John R. Barber Md.
Elisabeth & Susan (Su) Miller
John Carman
Aunt Adeline & Julia Hampton
Calvin Hampton - Uncle
Grandfather - Alexander T. Guy
born 1796 - ran away at 16 to join the Army 1812 - later "Indian War"

Searching for free through the 1875 New York State Census on FamilySearch.org, I was able to locate five individuals from the list residing in Rochester, Monroe, New York.  They include the following:

• Allie (Albert George) Wilson, age 7 (born 1868), whose father is a Real Estate Dealer;
• John and Mary Fraser, age 7 & 8 (born 1868 & 1869), whose father is a cabinet maker;
• Kate (Kity) and Mary Noonan, age 18 & 16 (born 1857 & 1859), work as Box Shop Hands.

The latter individuals are most interesting as Anna's notes have stated that as a child, Anna was sent to work in a milliner's shop winding spools of thread where some of the women took pity on her.  Perhaps Kate and Mary Noonan were two of these women.

Another interesting find was sorting out Calvin Hampton, Aunt Adeline and daughter Julia Hampton.  Prior to Anna's list, I had known of her Aunt Adeline but had thought that it might have been her sister Julie who married Calvin.  This new research has further confirmed that nearly all of Anna's paternal family members moved from the Livingston Co, New York area to the Hillsdale, Jonesville Co, Michigan area in the mid 1800s.

But it is just past midnight now and all the remaining finds will have to wait until the morning...

Confirmation of Anna Guy's Movements in the 1920s - 1930s

Sorry for the delay in this but have been busy with 4th cousin genealogy that seems to have solved a question I have held for a number of years and which I will get to in a subsequent posting on Osterndorff-Heddendorf connection.


Confirmed locations are dated in bold with my research of the location state in ( ).  This is assumes Anna Guy Selye wrote these locations in chronological order as she only wrote the location not the associated date.  ...Not sure what is up with the font

191?  Binghamton (New York)

191?  Belmont (Massachusetts)

1920  Lynnfield C. (Massachusetts)

1921  Touisett (Rhode Island)

1922  “Pack Sture” (possibly Park Circle, Florida, but that was 1930s so maybe not)

1923  “Ten Acre” farm

1924  Avon – Bank St. (possibly Connecticut for Avon; Bank St is NYC)

1925  Charleton St., NY

1926  Sauderstown T.I. (or L.I. but the only place that comes up is Rhode Island)

1927  Bank St. (New York City, New York)

1928  Quaker Neck (Maryland)

1929  Dallas, (Texas)

1930  Charleston, (possibly South Carolina)

1931  Bank (this is 61 Bank St, New York, NY)

1932  Norwood (Massachusetts)

1933  Bank – Boston (New York City, New York and Massachusetts)

1931/2  65^th (New York; usually 135 East 65th St.)

1933  Farm Montgomery

1934  79^th (New York; and 1937)

1935/6  Litchfield, (Conneticut)

1938  Manchester (Vermont)
2 – R. H.

Not listed are the following:
1914  210 East Ave, Rochester, NY (possibly 1913 or even 1915)
1933  Miami, Florida
08 Jan 1937  225 East 79th St, New York City, NY
16 Apr 1938  225 East 79th St, New York City, NY
1939  New York, NY
13 Feb 1940  Reid Hallow Colony, Brattleboro, VT (also noted as Halifax, VT in 1941)
10-14 July 1940  225 East 79th St, New York City, NY (also noted for Sept 1940)
14 Oct 1940  Reid Hallow, West Brattleboro, VT (also noted for Aug 1940)
06 Mar 1941  225 East 79th St, New York City, NY
18 Aug 1941  Reid Hallow, Brattleboro, VT (also noted for Jul 1941)
10 Jan 1942  Reisman Farm, West Brattleboro, VT
14 May 1942  Farmington, CT (c/o Mrs. F. T. Day)
13-14 July 1942  The Stratfield Hotel, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1946  Cross River, NY (Box 38)
1947 225East 79th St Apt 16D, New York City, NY (also noted for 1945)
1948  New York 21, NY

Take That Brick Wall!

Working from the back forward always has its benefits when the good stuff is at the end and it is even better when that good stuff resolves a few unanswered questions!

So I know I have not reached writing about Anna Guy Selye, aka "Mother-Mother", but this bit from her notes is just too good to not mention.  Quick backstory: after Anna received confirmation about the death of her wayward, fortune seeking husband, leaving her penniless, it has been rather difficult to track her in the historical records, making only two appearances after 1915.  One of those records was her 1931 divorce papers and the other was the 1940 US Federal Census (USFC).  She could not be located in the 1920 or 1930 USFC, despite checking all the known haunts for the family, though her married daughter was found.  It is understandable that perhaps Anna did not want to be found by the census or perhaps the family member who answered the door forgot to include her in the list of members.  Mayhaps she was traveling at the time.

This latter reason is quite probably given the recent information that has just surfaced.  Working backward through her notes, in what is quiet the undertaking to transcribe all of her papers, I came across a page in which she recounts that the past 18 years has seen the family residing in "twenty different places, not to mention boarding schools and camps."  Anna adds that, "It would seem strange to the children not to move, at least once a year...", where the children she is referring to are her four grandchildren by her only daughter Harriet Selye Campbell.  Sadly this page, like most of the pages, is not dated but given the contents of this particular writing, one can deduce that it is anywhere between the late 1920s to 1930s, as her grandson Billy is still playing with his toys, "this jangling of metal!"  ...Then again, it could have been written as late as the early 1940s based on some of the locations and the fact that boys & men of all ages still enjoy their "toys"!

So here is the list of locations - cities, towns and some house/farm names - Anna wrote (and that which I can make out) with my internet sleuthing to track down the states these locations might be.  Sadly she did not put any dates with these locations! But thankfully some of her letters and correspondence still survives so some of the locations can pinned down in time and I hope to be able to tell you in a subsequent post.

Binghamton (New York)

Belmont (Massachusetts)

Lynnfield C. (Massachusetts)

Touisett (Rhode Island)

“Pack Sture” (possibly Park Circle, Florida, but that was 1930s so maybe not)

“Ten Acre” farm

Avon – Bank St. (possibly Connecticut)

Charleton St. NY

Sauderstown T.I. (or L.I. but the only place that comes up is Rhode Island)

Bank St.

Quaker Neck, (either Virginia or North Carolina)

Dallas, (Texas)

Charleston, (possibly South Carolina)

Bank

Norwood (Massachusetts)

Bank – Boston (Massachusetts)

65^th (New York)

Farm Montgomery

79^th (New York)

Litchfield, (Conneticut)

Manchester (New Hampshire)
2 – R. H.

Still a lot more work to be done with the transcriptions but slow and steady wins the race!