Looking for information on the townsend's in the Syracuse/ Manlius. Svlverter C born abt 1905 (find, search)

[Traveling Marine]

Hi there, I am having so much trouble finding info on Sylvester C. Townsend born abt 1905. the rest of his family is buried in the Fayetteville Cemetery and Oakwood in Chittenango. He was my grandfather but my dad was not allowed any contact with as grandma Irene booted out after several affairs and they devoriced. he was a street car operator in the 30's but I've only seem to up with old articles in the Syracuse Newspapers one was a picture of him and his crew and the other was being arrested in a taxi cab theft over the price wars being capped at 25 cents by the yellow taxi cab company. would love to find his acuate birth and death info. thanks in advance for any help.

[suzy_q2010]

In 1940 he is in the Syracuse census as a boarder at 477 James ST.


Name: Sylverter Townsend
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1906
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Married (but the original has a line through the "M" and a ?)
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Home in 1940: Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
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Street: James Street
House Number: 477
Inferred Residence in 1935: Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 61B
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Anna Conte 28
Sylverter Townsend 34

There are several family trees that include him at Ancestry.com. None give his dates, but a few give his death location as Onondaga County.

Your best bet might be to see if Onondaga County has a death certificate:

Onondaga County Clerk

[daliowa]

Here he is in the 1930 census with wife, Irene.

Name:Sylvester Townsend
Event:Census Event
Date:1930 Event
Place:Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
Gender:Male
Age:25
Marital Status:Married
Race:White
Birthplace:New York
Estimated Birth Year:1905
Relationship to Head of Household:Head
Father's Birthplace:New York
Mother's Birthplace:New York
Enumeration District Number:0115 Family Number:6 Sheet Number and Letter:21A Line Number:18 NARA Publication:T626, roll 1630 Film Number:2341364 Digital Folder Number:4639200 Image Number:00569
HouseholdGenderAgeBirthplace
Head Sylvester Townsend M25New York
Wife Irene TownsendF24New York
Son Norman TownsendM4New York
Son Norman TownsendM1New York

[daliowa]

This probably him on the 1910 census. You can see the actual census pages by visiting a public library that offers Ancestry.com on their computers. Lots more info on the census pages, this is just the index data.

Name:Sylvester Townsend
Birthplace:New York
Relationship to Head of Household:Son
Residence:Manlius, Onondaga, New York
Marital Status:Single
Race :White
Gender:Male
Father's Birthplace:New York
Mother's Birthplace:New York
Family Number:40 Page Number:4 HouseholdGenderAgeBirthplace
SELF David TownsendM31yNew York
WIFE Lillian B TownsendF25yNew York
SON Sylvester Townsend M5yNew York
DAU Marjorie TownsendF3yNew York
SON Edgar TownsendM1yNew York
Samuel JensenM19yDenmark

[Traveling Marine]

I have been on Ancestry for close to a year now and about all I can come up with is the 2 news articles and the 3 census's as well. I believe the county clerk is proably my next step.Maybe he left the area after the 40's as it looks like he did not have much of a connection with his own family in the Chittenango area. they lived on Townsend road there. Thanks again. Ed Townsend

[daliowa]

I think I found a death notice for Sylvester Townsend. Found at www.fultonhistory.com

July 8, 1965
Eagle Bulletin, Dewitt News Times

Sylvester Townsend, 60, Shady Lane Trailer Park, a New York Central railroad conductor for 25 years, died at his home July 1.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ann Townsend; a sister Mrs. Howard Hopkins of East Syrarcuse; two brothers, Carlton of Phoenix, Ariz., and Gerald Townsend of Kirkville.

Here's Carlton & Gerald on the 1930 census.
1930 census, Manlius, Onondaga, New York
head David TownsendM51New York wife Blanche TownsendF45New York son Edgar TownsendM21New York son Carlton Townsend M19New York son Gerald TownsendM11New York daughter Earla TownsendF4New York

[daliowa]

If you search Blanche Townsend at www.fultonhistory.com you will find many articles, including one that mentions her and her son Sylvester.

It's a free site that has old digitized NY newspapers.

Also search Lillian B. Townsend. I guess she preferred using her middle name.

[Vary]

Originally Posted by daliowa

If you search Blanche Townsend at www.fultonhistory.com you will find many articles, including one that mentions her and her son Sylvester.

It's a free site that has old digitized NY newspapers.

Also search Lillian B. Townsend. I guess she preferred using her middle name.

I second this. I've found several mentions of family members in the papers of the fultonhistory.com collection.

[Traveling Marine]

I want to thank you all for the help, the tips and the fulton site was awesome, thanks again. Ed