1904 - 1988

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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
  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
  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]
  Children	> 1. William Gilbert SWEET, b. 8 Apr 1925, Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York
  Family ID	F36410	Group Sheet

• 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