ID: ind00327
Name: Albert Dow FONDA
Given Name: Albert Dow
Surname: Fonda
Sex: M
Birth: 08 MAR 1893 1
Baptism: 2
Death: 19 JAN 1962
Age: 68y 10m 11d 3
Event:
Funeral 4
Burial: 5
Note: b. Fonda Farm, Mohawk, Montgomery Co., NY; 1900, 1910, 1920 & 1930 US Federal Census, Mohawk, Montgomery Co., NY; 1940 US Federal Census, Mohawk, Montgomery Co., NY (Albert D Fonda, b. 1894, NY, Head, Helen C); 1905 New York State Census, Mohawk, Montgomery Co., NY; 1917 Glen, NY Directory (Albert & Marvin S Fonda, r, Fonda 10-F5); Cornell University Agriculture College B.S. 1917; bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Fonda, NY; enlisted in US Marines right after college graduation, assigned to Key West flight training school, WWI ended prior to completion; worked in Plainfield NJ Creamery until logging accident partially disabled his father, thereupon returned home to help on the farm; continued with successful farming career, taking after his father who had farm machinery dealership and owned one of the first steam tractors in the area; believed strongly in education, sending his children to (better) neighboring Johnstown schools and supporting them all in college educations; later helped foster the Fonda-Fultonville Centralized School, crusading against local rivalries; o. Farmer; WWI US Marines Pilot; [R028a] The Dockstader Family; [R041] Fonda Family History; [R036a] Century Farms, 1847-1947; [R048] A Historical Sketch of the Village of Fonda, NY; [R063] Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs; [Post-Standard, Syracuse, N. Y, Wednesday, September 30, 1953 - Poultry Council Elects Hawley - Warren W. Hawley, 3d, of Batavia was elected president of the New York State Poultry Council at a meeting yesterday afternoon during the 16th annual exposition of the Northeastern Poultry Producers Council at the War Memorial. Hawley succeeds M. C. Babcock of Ithaca, widely-known poultry producer. Hawley is the son of Warren W. Hawley, Jr., of Batavia, who is president of the New York State Farm Bureau Federation. Other NYSPC officers elected were: Russell Ryor of Calcium, vice-president; Dr. John Huttar of Ithaca, secretary-treasurer; Andrew Danish of Troy, NEPPCO director; Robert Marshall of Ithaca, representative to the New York State Conference Board of Farm Organizations; Albert Fonda of Fonda, delegate to the Council on Rural Education.]; [World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - Albert Dow Fonda; White; b. 8 Mar 1893; New York; Registration Place: Montgomery Co., NY] >> www.fonda.org <<
Father: Albert FONDA b: 02 OCT 1844
Mother: Elizabeth Jane DOCKSTADER b: 08 JAN 1852
Marriage 1
Helen Scureman CLARK b: 01 JUN 1894
- Married:
14 SEP 1920
Religious Marriage
- Note: m. Kingston, Luzerne Co., PA
Children
Harriet Elizabeth FONDA b: 26 JAN 1922 Sybil Clark FONDA b: 17 JUN 1923 Cornelia Marie FONDA b: 08 FEB 1926 Albert Granville FONDA b: 06 NOV 1928 Sources:
- Title: Fonda Family History
Fonda Family Publication: Fonda, NY Publisher: Montgomery County Dept. of History & Archives Publication Date: 1940 Issue: F9 Edition: 27 pgs. Author: Fonda, Cornelia Dockstader Note: FondaHistory
- Title: Century Farms, 1847-1947
The Fonda Farm, Montgomery County Fonda Family Publication: Ballston Spa, NY Publisher: New York State Agricultural Society Publication Date: 1947 Issue: F4 Note: FondaCenturyFarms
- Title: A Historical Sketch of the Village of Fonda, NY
Centennial Souvenir, 1850-1950 Geographic Publication: Fonda, NY Publisher: Mohawk Valley Democrat Publication Date: 1950 Issue: G15 Author: Crane, MillardE. Note: GeoNYTownFonda
- Title: Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs
Compendium Publication: New York, NY Publisher: Lewis Historical Pub. Co Publication Date: 1911 Issue: C13 Author: Reynolds, Cuyler Note: CompMohawkHudson
- Title: The Dockstader Family
Descendants of Georg Dachstatter, Palatine Emigrant of 1709 who settled in the Mohawk Valley of New York Allied Families Publication: Dodge City, KS Publisher: High Plains Publishers, Inc. Publication Date: 1994 Issue: A27 Edition: 4 volumes Author: Rooney, Doris Dockstader Note: AlliedDockstader1
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