HomeMy WebLinkAboutTown History Sue Thompson 2014 dec articleTown History – Sue Thompson, Enfield Town HistorianOur Afterschool Enfield History group has been busy learning history through games. One of the new board games I developed was the
Enfield Post Office game. The members travel through the Town of Enfield picking up letters from VanDorn, Applegate, West Enfield, Enfield Center, and Enfield Falls Post Offices. After
they pick up these letters they deliver them to the Ithaca Post office. The “What’s In the Letter” cards they pick are loaded with history of the Enfield Post Offices. In the new year
we will be working on different puppets to present Enfield History on stage.The Town of Enfield Marriage Records from 1882 – 1925 is a working transcription project. These records reside
in our Town Vault in a “huge” leather book. The records stop at 1925 and from there marriage records are recorded in other books which is sad, because there are so many blank pages
left in this wonderful old book. We have recently placed a copy of the books pages on our county web space so that our community can share in this wonderful history. You can find the
link on our Town website under “Resources”. Here are a few of the transcriptions (I accept all corrections as the handwriting is sometimes hard to read):Registered NumbersYearDate of
MarriageHusbandResidenceAgeOccupationHusbandBirthplaceFather's and Mother's Maiden NameNameBride 11882Jan 19thEugene B. AustinTrumansburg22FarmerLansingWilliam AustinAngeline FergusonIda
C. Dutton21882Feb 7thGeorge M. ElstonVanetten26FarmerElston--Elizabeth Taylor31882Feb 21stJohn HallckEnfield43FarmerNew York City___ HallckFannie Wildrick41882May 7thJohn A. PurdyEnfield26FarmerNewfieldJonathan
PurdyCatherine GreyMary C. Grey51883Feb 1stDavid H. FisherEnfield25FarmerEnfieldWilliam M. FisherCharlotte ___Ida Wortman61883July 3Jay Lynn DrummondEnfieldCrossed out71883Aug 2ndJames
RolisonMecklenburg56FarmerEnfieldJohn RolisonS. RoseCatherine81883Nov 11thFrank M. MillerUlysses28Music TeacherEnfield EdwardMillerElizabeth SmithLetta H. Brown91883Nov 25thFrank
A. VanMarterEnfield20FarmerEnfieldJoseph VanMarterBetsey HarveyElla Ackley101883Dec 26thCharles MillerEnfield28FarmerEnfieldWilliam MillerSarah LechtavataLizzie111884Feb 20thChat D.
FooteEnfield22FarmerTrumansburgGeorge N. FooteAnn Eliza.Ellick Lanning121884Feb 20thEdward HansonEnfield23FarmerEnfieldEbenzer HavensDorcas RapleeMinnie F. Lanning