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Birth |
14 Jul 1904 |
297 Main St., Village of Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York |
Gender |
Female |
DEAT |
Died 4:37pm |
Died |
21 Apr 1988 |
Phelps Memorial Hospital, Tarrytown, Westchester Co., New York |
Buried |
13 May 1988 |
Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, Otsego Co., Ny |
Person ID |
I83630 |
Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish |
Last Modified |
19 May 2005 00:00:00 |
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Father |
William Gibson WRIGHT, b. 3 Jul 1880, East Meredith, Delaware Co., New York |
Mother |
Madaline May SOUTHWORTH, b. 22 Feb 1881, Milford, Otsego Co., New York |
Family ID |
F36411 |
Group Sheet |
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Family |
Stephen Gilbert SWEET, b. 16 Mar 1900, Floyd Township, Woodbury Co., Iowa |
Married |
18 Jun 1924 |
Village of Unadilla, Otsego Co., Ny |
Notes |
- Custom Field:<_FA#> Abt. 1935New York State
_MENDDivorce
Research and notes -Deborah Sweet:
From: NYS Dept of Health, Albany -
1) Affadavit for License to Marry, filed 7/30/1924, Otsego Co.
Clerk's Office, Registered #190
Rec'd by NYS Dept.of Statistics, 10/16/1924, #19186.
County of Otego, Town of Milford, Town Clerk E.B. Monroe
Stephen Gilbert Sweet; color: white; Residence: Portlandville,
Milford, NY; Age 24
Occupation: Clerk; Place of Birth: Iowa; Father: Stephen
K. Sweet, country of birth: England
Mother: Minnie Alt, countryof birth: USA; Number of
Marriage: 1st; Is applicant divorced: No
Helen Southworth Wright; color: white; Residence: Oneonta, RD 1,
Milford, NY; Age 19
Occupation: Housework; Place of Birth: Oneonta, NY;
Father: William G. Wright,country of
birth: USA; Mother: Madeline Southworth, country of birth:
USA;Number of Marriage: 1st; Is
applicant divorced: No
Future Address (after marriage): Street address:
Portlandville, Town: Milford, State: NY
2) NYS Deptof Health, Div. of Vital Statistics, Marriage License,
filed 7/30/1924, Otsego Co. Clerk's
Office, Registered #190
Rec'd by NYS Dept. of Statistics, ibid
Error: Place of Registry, State of New York (upper left corner)
- has town/county reversed - should
read: County of - Otsego, Town or City of - Milford
.... Stephen Gilbert Sweet of Milford in the county of Otsego...
and Helen Southworth Wright of Milford in the county of
Otsego...the seal of said Town or City at Portlandville, 13th June 1924,
E.B. Monroe, Portlandville, NY Town Clerk. [The body of the
document contains the same infor-
mation as given in #1 above, the Affadavit.]
3] Marriage Certificate - [filled out and filed by the Clergy or
Magistrate]
Recorded, July 31, 1924, Otsego Co. Clerk's Office, No. 5840
I, William E. Elwood, a Minister of the Gospel, residing at Main
St., in the village of Unadilla in the
county of Otsego....dohereby certify that I did on this 18 day
of June 1924 at Unadilla, in the county
of Otsego....solemnize the rites of matrimony between Stephen
GilbertSweet of Milford in the county of Otsego....and
Helen Southworth Wright of Milford....in the presence of Reka de Bloom
and
Harold Sweet as witness... [Harold was Stephen's brother. I do
not know who the Minister was, ie., what denomination (poss.
Methodist or Presbyterian) or if they married in a church or in the
Minister's 'parlor'(likely), as the certificate is not that
specific. I do not know who Reka de Bloomwas, but she must
have been one of Grandma's friends whom she brought asher
witness/bridesmaid. I wonder if she could be in any of those
photos from Grandma's girlhood, or if it would be possible to
track the de Bloom family down to see if they have any photos to
compare.I also wonder if Grandma's parents approved of her
marriage. - d. sweet]
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Children |
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Family ID |
F36410 |
Group Sheet |
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Notes |
- Cause of Death: Intracerbral Hemmorhage due to Hypertension
_DEG: 16 Aug1947BS., Ed. from Boston University
Research and source notes: Deborah Sweet-
1) NYS Dept. of Health Cert. of Birth - Reg.#3146 County of Otsego,
Village of Oneonta [number stamped at top of form - 27355 this is the
doc.# used bythe State] - Helen Southworth Wright, b. July 14, 1904, at
297 Main St., County of Otsego, Village of Oneonta, Julian D. Smith,
attended the birth; father, William G. Wright, Age 24, Laborer,
b.Meredith, NY; mother Madaline Mae (Southworth) Wright, Age 22,
b.Milford, NY, both living at 297 Main St.; #of prev.children-0,
#living-1; Given name added from Supplemental Report filed[? hard to read
copy] Mar.7, 1905 CL w/ ER
[the latter is probably the initialsof the clerks who added the
information]
The place where she was born is right in town, opposite the Presbyterian
Church. If it was at one time a privatehome, it is no more. Now it is a
typical downtown building made of brick, newer than 1904, with stores on
street level and apartments above.
2)NYS Dept.of Health Cert. of Death - State file #0000034703
Recorded district #5932 Register #132
Helen S. Sweet, female, dod: 4/21/1988, 5:27 p.m. at Phelps Memorial
Hospital Center, Village of North Tarrytown, Westchester Co., NY,
admitted on 4/20/1988, Medical Record #000353459
dob: 7/14/1904 in NY, Age 83, white,Served in Armed Forces? NO, Hispanic
origin? NO, Education - 17+ years, Soc.Sec.#109-36-5271, Marital Status:
Widowed is checked [this must be wrong. Asfar as I know, she and Grandpa
Sweet were divorced. I must try to get the divorce records]. Usual occup:
Housewife [this is not REALLY true as she was div., and hadn't owned a
home in over 50 yrs.], Name & locality of Company/Firm:Own Home [this is
not really true either - she lived in hotels for the past50 years],
Residence: NY, Westchester, Village of Tarrytown (within village limits),
455 So. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY, 10591 [this is the address of the Hilton
Inn, where she lived], Father: William Wright, Mother: Madeline [sic,
Madaline] Mae [sic, May] Southworth. Informant: William Sweet [son] 34
Van Houten Fields, West Nyack, NY 10994.
Burial, etc.: Cremation, 4/26/1988, Cedar Lawn Crematory, Paterson, NJ
Funeral Home: Higgins Funeral Service, Inc. 321 S.Main St., New City, NY
10956, Registration #01143
Director: Joseph P. Damond, Registration #09039
Cause of death: Intracerebral Hemmorhage due to Hypertension
[note: there was a wake at Higgins and then after cremation there was a
one day wake in Oneonta preceding burial]
3) Oneonta Plains Cem. visit 5/5/2001 - photos taken of grave. Grandma is
buried in the WRIGHT family plot, NOTthe Sweet family plot.
Also visited the home she had built at 428 Main St. Itis still there,
2001, owned by George Monser, who tells me that he had purchased it from
the estate of Dr. Leroy House in 1968. Dr. House bought the house from
Judge Grant, who had bought it from Grandma and Grandpa. Dad had stopped
up several years ago and visited, at which time Mr. Monser gave him the
photo of the house taken in the 50's(?)/ He stated that the oak tree Dad
hadplanted by the garage as a child is now huge. I took new photos.
Deborah Sweet info:
Helen is buried in the WRIGHT family plot, in the same grave as her
beloved grandparents, Sophia Gibson and William Wright. Her parents
Madaline Southworth and William Gibson Wright, and her brother W. Clyde
Wright andhis wife Mildred E. Williams are on the other side of the
stone. It is easilylocated, as it is in the second 'section', right on
the main cem. road, on the right, after the entrance. There are two large
shrubs on either side. I was personally there when she was buried. As a
side note, for anyone who knew Helen, she was cremated, per her own
request. She had wanted Dad (William Gilbert Sweet, her son), Uncle Clyde
Wright (her br
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