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MURPHY - NELLIS
Mary
Jean2 Murphy
was born in Galway, Ireland August 17, 1895.
Mary
died
1978 at 82 years of age. Her
body was
interred 1978 Canandaigua, New York, Calvary Cemetery.
She
married Francis
George Redfern
Canandaigua,
New York, June 29, 1916.[i]
[i].
Canandaigua City clerk office record number 220.
ONTARIO COUNTY JOURNAL
Friday June 30, 1916
MARRIED REDFERN - MURPHY
At
Canandaigua June 29, 1916, Francis George Redfern of Buffalo and Miss
Mary Jean Murphy of Canandaigua. Witnessed by Mary J. O'Brien and James
Redfern.
Francis was born in Cullion, Londonderry, Ireland October 25, 1886. Francis was the son of George Redfern and Anne Hamilton. Francis died April 23, 1945 Canandaigua, New York, at 58 years of age.[ii] [ii]. Canandaigua City clerk office record number 68 on Page 194. Ward 3, 226 Pleasant Street. Record states he was divorced from Mary Murphy whose age was 50 years. The name of the informant was Catherine Finagan, Stanley Road. The date of the burial was April 25, 1945. License number 4582.
Mary
Jean2 Murphy
was born in Galway, Ireland August 17, 1895.
Mary
died 1978
at 82 years of age. Her
body was
interred 1978 Canandaigua, New York, Calvary Cemetery.
She
married Francis
George Redfern
Canandaigua,
New York, June 29, 1916.[i]
[i].
Canandaigua City clerk office record number 220.
ONTARIO COUNTY JOURNAL Friday
June 30, 1916
MARRIED REDFERN -
MURPHY At Canandaigua
June 29, 1916, Francis George Redfern of Buffalo and Miss Mary Jean
Murphy of Canandaigua. Witnessed by Mary J. O'Brien and James Redfern.
Francis
was born in
Cullion, Londonderry, Ireland October 25, 1886.
Francis was the son of George Redfern
and Anne
Hamilton.
Francis
died April
23, 1945 Canandaigua, New York, at 58 years of age.[ii]
[ii].
Canandaigua City clerk office record number 68 on Page 194. Ward 3, 226 Pleasant
Street. Record states he was divorced from Mary Murphy whose age was 50
years.The name of the informant was Catherine Finagan, Stanley Road.The date of
the burial was April 25, 1945. License number 4582.
ONTARIO COUNTY TIMES JOURNAL Friday April 27, 1945
OBITUARY REDFERN
Funeral
services for Francis G. Redfern, 60,
who died suddenly, Monday evening, April 23, 1945, in the home of his sister, Mrs.
Daniel Driscoll, Pleasant Street, were held from St. Mary's Church,
Wednesday morning. Interment was made in Calvary Cemetery.
A
native of Ireland, Mr. Redfern had been a resident of Canandaigua many
years. He had been employed for
some years as a painter for the New York Central Railroad Company.
Survivors
are two daughters and a son, Mrs. Emmett Finagan, Jr., Stanley, RD,
Miss Margaret M. and George Redfern, this city, two sisters and two
brothers, Mrs. Driscoll, Mrs. Sarah Southworth, Rochester, Felix and
Charles Patrick Moran, Ireland, one grandson, James Redfern,
Cranesville, Penn., and several nephews and nieces.
At 30 years of age Francis
became the
father of Catherine Elizabeth Redfern
Rochester,
New York, January 28, 1917. At 31
years of age Francis
became the
father of George Francis Redfern
Canandaigua,
New York, May 06, 1918. He
petitioned the
court to become a citizen February 03, 1919.
At 38 years of age Francis
became the
father of Margaret M. Redfern
Canandaigua, New York, April 28, 1925.
ONTARIO COUNTY TIMES Wednesday April
29, 1925
BIRTHS REDFERN
At Memorial Hospital April 28, 1925, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Redfern of
Pleasant Street, a daughter.
She
married John
Frederick Southworth
in Erie,
Penn., April 29, 1947.
ONTARIO COUNTY TIMES JOURNAL Friday May 2, 1947 PAGE
4
MARRIAGE RECORD Southworth- Redfern
At Erie, PA, April 29, 1947, John Southworth and Mrs. Mary Redfern,
both of Canandaigua.
ONTARIO COUNTY JOURNAL June
7, 1912
MARRIED
SOUTHWORTH REDFERN
- At Canandaigua June 5,
1912, John Southworth and Miss Sarah Redfern, both of Canandaigua.
John
died
April 22, 1960 Canandaigua, New York, at 72 years of age.
CANANDAIGUA
DAILY MESSENGER April 25,
1960
John F. Southworth, 73, a retired employee of the Rochester Gas and
Electric company, died of a heart attack Sunday at his home, 235 Center Street.
He was born in Manchester, December 8, 1887, the son of the late Charles
and Emma Cross Southworth.
He
had been a Canandaigua resident for many years.
He was a member of the Methodist Church, the Canandaigua Moose Lodge, and
a 38 year member of the Rochester Gas and Electric Pioneer Club.
He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Redfern Southworth, three sons, Major
Charles G. Southworth, retired, of Long Branch, NJ., Francis W.
Southworth, Hempstead, LI., and Frederick J. Southworth, Rochester,
two step daughters, Mrs. Emmett Finegan, Canandaigua Road, and Mrs.
William Rayburn, Coatesville, Penn., a step son, George F. Redfern,
Costa Mesa, Calif., 12 grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Mary L. French,
Canandaigua. Friends may call at
the family home until noon Wednesday. Interment
will be made in Calvary Cemetery.
ONTARIO
COUNTY TIMES Wednesday April 29,
1925
BIRTHS
- REDFERN
At Memorial Hospital April 28, 1925, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Redfern
of Pleasant Street, a daughter. She came to the USA in 1912.
CANANDAIGUA DAILY
MESSENGER January 25, 1957
A
picture and story about Mary appeared in this newspaper.
Mrs. John F. Southworth Royal Neighbor Oracle Mrs. John
Southworth Came Here From Ireland in 1912
Canandaigua
has definitely changed since I first arrived here from Ireland. Mrs. John F.
Southworth, 235 Center Street in an interview earlier in the week, told us
she came to Canandaigua August 17, 1912 from Galway, Ireland. She was just 21
years old.
Born
in Ireland, Miss Mary Murphy had relatives in this country including a
sister.
Sister Mary Eunice, in Blessed Sacrament in Rochester.
When I came here Mrs. Southworth continued, there were
approximately 20 other Irish girls all working in Canandaigua. We had loads of
fun, working for but a few dollars a week, I really believe we had more to do
and more fun than the girls have now.
On
our days off we would take a boat ride up the lake. Vacations? Dr. John
Jewett had a cottage which he loaned us and James Potter of West
Gibson Street, transported us in his horse and buggy. When we had free time of
an evening, a big treat was to walk downtown for a dish of ice cream. For ultra
excitement we took a trolley ride to Rochester!
But,
Mrs. Southworth continued, we seemed to have more genuine fun than the
young folks do today. We had dances in the large barns out in the country with
wonderful sleigh rides during the winter months. Even the weather seemed
different. In those days winter was winter and there was no mistaking it and
summer, well, summer was what you expect summer to be. Nowadays we get a
combination of all seasons rolled into each season.
Mary Murphy became the bride of Francis Redfern in 1915 in
a ceremony performed in St. Mary's Church by the Rev. James T. Dougherty. Mr.
Redfern died in 1945.
The
former Miss Murphy married again in 1947 when she became Mrs. John F.
Southworth. Her husband is retired but extremely active.
During the cold weather he often helps Mrs. Southworth with her
housework, for they have a rather large place. The work gets done so much easier
and more quickly when both of us do it, my house is clean and I have time for
the many community activities taking place in Canandaigua. In the warmer weather
Mr. Southworth gets out and helps others with their gardens, lawns and
trimming hedges.
Always
active in the affairs of Canandaigua, Mrs. Southworth has been a Red
Cross worker, helped with the Community Chest and catered many times for large
public functions. She is oracle of the Royal Neighbors of America, junior regent
of the Women of the Moose, junior vice president of the Women's Relief Corps,
GAR, and an active member of the WRC, sewing unit which works for the Friendly
Red Door of the American Cancer Society. She is press correspondent of the Royal
Neighbors and also of the WRC. She is a member of St. Mary's Church.
In
1955, Mrs. Southworth returned to her native country for the first time
in 43 years when she visited her twin brother in Limerick City, Ireland.
While abroad she attended the wedding of her niece at High Gate Church in
London, and visited all the principal parts of the big city.
For the average tourist, Ireland seems as modern and busy as America. But
Mrs. Southworth feels that to get the true feeling of the country one
should visit the small towns and visit with the Irish country people.
She feels there isn't any place like the United States for a man or a
woman to get ahead.
Shortly
after her return to her home here, she sponsored her nephew and his family to
make their home in the states. Now she expects that his sister will arrive here
in March when she too will decide to live in this area permanently. Of course, Mrs.
Southworth's greatest hope is that her twin brother, a retired railroad man,
will make a visit here, staying for several months.
Mrs. Southworth has three children, Mrs. Emmett Finagan Jr., of Lafayette Highway, Mrs. William B. Rayburn, Grandview Park, and George Redfern, South Main Street. She also is the proud grandmother of seven grandchildren.
Byron
Nathan Sr.5 Nellis was born in Saint Johnsville,
Montgomery Co., New York January 13, 1867.
Byron
died October 20, 1939 Lyons, New
York, at 72 years of age.
ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT and
CHRONICLE October 22, 1939
BYRON NELLIS
Lyons
- Byron Nellis, 72, for 47 years an engineer with the New
York Central Railroad until his retirement four years ago, died in Lyons
Hospital Friday night after a brief illness.
Born in St. Johnsville, Mr. Nellis also worked for the railroad in
Geneva and DeWitt.
He
leaves his widow, Louise Nellis, three daughters, Mrs. Bernard
Gendreau, Rochester, Mrs. Richard Kleinhenz, Canandaigua, and Mrs.
Robert Rockwell, Winter Haven, Fla., four sons, Byron, Raymond, and Deo
Nellis, Lyons, and Harold Nellis, Newark, three brothers, Bruce,
St. Johnsville, Charles, Little Falls, and Ernest Nellis,
Philadelphia, and three sisters, Mrs. William Montgomery, Orville, Mrs.
Daniel Ruller, Buffalo, and Mrs. Elmer Walwrath, Syracuse. The Rev.
Norman W. Ross, First Lutheran
Church will conduct services in 19 Jackson St, with burial here. His
body was interred 1939 Lyons, New York,
Lyons Rural Cemetery.
He
married Louise
M. Baker. Louise
was born New York City, New York July
12, 1872. Louise was
the daughter of Jacob Baker.
Louise
died May 27, 1942 Lyons, New York, at
69 years of age.
ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT and
CHRONICLE May 29, 1942
PAGE 14
MRS. BYRON
NELLIS
Lyons - Mrs. Louise Nellis, 69, widow of Byron Nellis,
died Wednesday night, May 27, 1942, after a long illness. She was born in New
York City, the daughter of Jacob Baker, July 12, 1872, and came to Lyons to live
when a girl.
Surviving
are three daughters, Mrs. Augusta Rockwell of Indiana, Mrs. Richard
Kleinhenz of Lyons, and Mrs. B. Grendeau of Rochester, four sons,
Byron, a patient in a veterans hospital, Raymond and Deo Nellis
of Lyons, and Harold Nellis of Newark, two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Baker
of Lyons, and Mrs. Katherine Brock of Newark, also 14 grandchildren.
The funeral will be held today in the home of the daughter, Mrs. Kleinhenz, 50 Montezuma Street, with the Rev. Norman W. Ross of the Broad St. Lutheran Church officiating.
Byron
Nathan Jr.6 Nellis
was born Geneva, New York January 17, 1894.
Byron
died January 31, 1951 Buffalo, New
York, at 57 years of age.
ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT
and CHRONICLE February 2, 1951 PAGE 26
BYRON NELLIS
Lyons -
Byron Nellis, 57, long a resident of Lyons prior to 12 years ago
when he went to Buffalo, died in the Veteran's Hospital in that city Wednesday,
January 31, 1951. He had been in failing health for some time. The funeral and burial will be in Buffalo today.
Mr.
Nellis was born in Geneva, January 17, 1894, a son of Byron and Louise
Baker Nellis. The father, a New
York Central Railroad engineer, brought the family to Lyons shortly afterward.
Returning from Europe after World War I, where he served with the 311th
Infantry, Co. G., Nellis was employed here as a mechanic until he took a
Buffalo job in 1938.
Surviving are his wife, Lillian Greenagle Nellis, of Lyons, one son, Byron Nellis Jr., of Lyons, three sisters, Mrs. Marie Kleinhentz, of Lyons, Mrs. Augusta Rockwell, living in the West, and Mrs. Mildred Grendeau of Rochester, three brothers, Raymond, Deo, of Lyons, and James Nellis of Newark, also nieces and nephews.
His
body was interred
February 06, 1951 Bath, New York, Bath National Cemetery.
Section J, Row 39, Grave 22,
Mech 311 I. Nellis, Byron N,
b. 01/17/1894, d. 01/31/1951, Reconstruction Aide, MECH 311 INF 78 DIV, Plot: J
39 22, bur. 02/06/1951
Raymond
Milton6 Nellis was
born Geneva, New York August 22, 1896. Raymond
died June 30, 1966 Lyons, New York, at
69 years of age.
ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT
and CHRONICLE July 2, 1966
DEATHS REPORTED RAYMOND M. NELLIS
Lyons - Raymond
M. Nellis of 52, Shuler St., Lyons, died Thursday June 30, 1966, in Barber
Hospital, Lyons. He was 69.
He was born Aug. 20, 1896, in Geneva, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Byron
Nellis, but had lived in Lyons 53 years.
Mr. Nellis retired in 1961 as a clerk on the New York Central
Railroad. He was a member of St.
John's Lutheran Church, the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks, and an honorary
member of the VFW of Lyons.
Surviving
are three sons, Robert of Palmyra, William of Brandon, Fla., Charles
of Lyons, one daughter, Mrs. Robert Marr of Lyons, nine
grandchildren, two brothers, Deo Nellis of Lyons, Harold Nellis of
Phelps, three sisters, Mrs. Richard Kleinhenz of Lyons, Mrs. Augusta
Rockwell of Indiana, and Mrs. Bernard Gendreau of Rochester.
A service will be held in the Boeheim Funeral Home, Lyons, today, where
friends may call. Rev. Robert T. Kroth, pastor of St. John's Lutheran
Church will officiate.
Burial
will be in the Lyons Rural Cemetery. His
body was interred 1966 Lyons, New York,
Lyons Rural Cemetery.
He
married Emma
Marie Schutt
1916. Emma
was born Alloway, New York October 26,
1898. Emma was the
daughter of Louis Schutt
and Mary Holtz. Emma
died September 30, 1962 Lyons,
New York, at 63 years of age.
ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT
and CHRONICLE October 1, 1962
MRS. RAYMOND
NELLIS
Lyons - Mrs. Emma M. Nellis, 63, of 47
Geneva St., Lyons, died yesterday, Sept. 30, 1962, in the Edward J. Barber
Hospital here after a brief illness. Born
in Alloway October 26, 1898, daughter of Louis and Mary Holtz Schutt, she
always lived here.
Mrs. Nellis
was a member of St. John's Lutheran
Church and the Auxiliary of Lyons Memorial Post Veterans of Foreign Wars.
She was a Gold Star Mother. Surviving
are her husband, Raymond M. Nellis, one daughter, Mrs. Robert Marr
of Lyons, three sons, Robert H. of Palmyra, William R. of
Spencerport, and Charles R. Nellis of Lyons, nine grandchildren.
The service will
be held Wednesday with Rev. Edgar Trexler Jr. of St. John's Lutheran
Church officiating. Burial will be
in Lyons Rural Cemetery.
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