Person:Alice Gay (4)

Watchers
m. Abt 1874
  1. Audra Gay1875 - 1925
  2. Walter GayAbt 1877 - 1943
  3. Ellen Rose Gay1878 - 1963
  4. Alice Norah Gay1882 - 1960
  5. Frank Gilbert Gay1885 - 1914
  6. Bessie Mae Gay1886 - 1976
  7. Leata Theresa Gay1888 - 1946
  8. Jessie Gay1890 - 1918
  9. Wylie Sydney Gay1890 - 1968
m. 9 Feb 1906
  1. Donald H. McChesney1908 - 1995
  2. Leonard McChesney1916 - 1993
Facts and Events
Name Alice Norah Gay
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3] 23 Feb 1882 Pine Meadows, Town of Orwell, Oswego County, NY
Census? 1892 Orwell, Oswego County, NYAge 10
Marriage 9 Feb 1906 Orwell, Oswego County, NYto Alva C. McChesney
Census? 1915 Pulaski, Town of Richland, Oswego County, NYAge 32
Other? Bet 1914 and 1961 News; See Notes
Census? 1920
Census? 1930
Census? 1940
Death[4][5][6] 7 Jul 1960 Williamstown, Oswego County, NY
Burial[7][8] 10 Jul 1960 Evergreen Cemetery, Orwell, Oswego County, NY
Other? 14 Jul 1960 Obituary; See Notes

NY State Census 1892, Orwell, Oswego County, NY: Gay, William - " Allie - Female - Age 10 - Born U.S.

Pulaski Democrat, 4 Feb 1914: KILLED BY FALLING BEAM Rochester, Feb. 2-- Frank G. Gay, a carpenter, was fatally hurt ... Gay is survived by... sisters, .. Mrs. Alva McChesney of Pulaski.


NY State Census 1915, Pulaski, Oswego County, NY: McChesney, Allie C. - Head - " Alice M. - Wife - White - Female - Age 32 - Born U.S. - Housework

Census 1920, Pulaski, Twn Richland, Oswego County, NY: McChesney, Alva C. - Head - " Alice N. - Wife - Female - White - Age 36 - Born (& both parents) New York

Census 1930, Orwell, Oswego County, NY: McChesney, Alva - Head - " Alice - Wife - Female - White - Age 48 - Married at 25 - Born (& both parents) New York


Pulaski Democrat, 21 May 1930: PINE MEADOW WOMAN PASSES Mrs. Chloe Kinney Gay, Mrs. Gay is survived by ...sons and ... daughters: ... Mrs. A.C. McChesney of Ricard;


Census 1940, Orwell, Oswego County, NY: McChesney, Alva - Head - " Alice - Wife - Female - White - Age 56 - Education, 8 yrs school - Born New York


Syracuse Herald-Journal, 3 Feb 1946: MRS. LETA T. SNOW Mrs. Leta T. Snow, 56, died Saturday ...She is survived by ... sisters, Mrs. Alice McChesney of Altmar;

Oswego Palladium-Times, 22 Sep 1952: RICARD Mr. and Mrs. A.C. McChesney and son Leonard and William Ehresman of this place... spent Sunday at their cottage near Henderson Harbor.

Oswego Palladium-Times, 11 Dec 1952: RICARD-- Mrs. Alva McChesney returned to her home Saturday after spending two weeks in Glendale CA visiting relatives. She made the trip to and from California by plane... She transferred to a plane in Chicago that carries 100 passengers. On her trip west she was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Bessie March...

Pulaski Democrat, 11 Nov 1954: A.C. McCHESNEY DIES IN RICARD Services for Alva C. McChesney, 76, Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Alice Gay McChesney;

Oswego Palladium-Times, 31 Dec 1954: RICARD-- Mrs. Alva McChesney suffered a relapse of pneumonia. Late reports are that she is improved.

Oswego Palladium-Times, 23 Apr 1959: RICARD-- Mrs. Alice McChesney was taken very ill Friday night and rushed to the Good Samaritan Hospital in Watertown, where her condition is not too good. She is suffering from a blood clot in the thigh.

Oswego Palladium-Times, 28 Mar 1960: MISSIONARY TO SPEAK APRIL 3 AT 2 SERVICES Ricard-- ...Wylie Gay was a Sunday guest of his sister, Mrs. Alice McChesney ... a shut-in who is confined to her bed most of the time.

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Sandy Creek News, 14 July 1960: MRS. McCHESNEY DIES JULY 7TH Mrs, Alice Gay McChesney, 78, widow of Alva C. McChesney, died Thursday, July 7, 1960 at the Evergreen Nursing Home in Williamstown. Her funeral was held Sunday... at her home in Pine Meadows. Rev. J. Martin Week, pastor of Altmar Methodist Church, officiated. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Orwell. Mrs. McChesney was born February 23, 1882 in the town of Orwell, daughter of William and Cholie Kinney Gay. She was married to Alva C. McChesney in 1904. In that year Mr. McChesney had organized the Salmon River Table Company, which he later sold but continued to work for the company as a cabinet maker. In 1927 the couple moved to Ricard and Mrs. McChesney worked at the Lattimer Chair Factory in Orwell. He died November 5, 1954. Mrs. McChesney is survived by two sons, Donald McChesney of Orwell and Leonard McChesney of Pine Meadows; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie March and Mrs. Harry (Ellen) Hines, both of California; a brother, Wylie Gay of Pine Meadows; and two grandchildren...

Pulaski Democrat, 2 Feb 1961: VITAL STATISTICS FOR WILLIAMSTOWN [1960] ... Deaths July, Alice McChesney

Oswego Palladium-Times, 7 Feb. 1961: ...Alice N. McChesney, late of Orwell, left an estate with a gross value of $24,433.89... The estate is shared by Donald H. and George L. McChesney.

References
  1. (Marriage license / certificate).

    Bride: Alice Norah Gay ... Age 23 ... Birthplace, Pine Meadows

  2. Half-Shire Historical Society records.
  3. (Obituary)
    Sandy Creek News, 14 July 1960:.

    MRS. McCHESNEY DIES JULY 7TH Mrs, Alice Gay McChesney, 78,.. Mrs. McChesney was born February 23, 1882 in the town of Orwell, daughter of William and Cholie Kinney Gay.

  4. Northern New York Historical Newspapers
    Pulaski Democrat, 2 Feb 1961:.

    VITAL STATISTICS FOR WILLIAMSTOWN [1960] ... Deaths July, Alice McChesney

  5. Northern New York Historical Newspapers
    Pulaski Democrat, 14 July 1960:.

    ORWELL-- ... Mrs. Alice McChesney passed away last week Thursday.

  6. (Obituary)
    Sandy Creek News, 14 July 1960:.

    MRS. McCHESNEY DIES JULY 7TH Mrs, Alice Gay McChesney, 78,.., died Thursday, July 7, 1960 at the Evergreen Nursing Home in Williamstown.

  7. Northern New York Historical Newspapers
    Pulaski Democrat, 14 July 1960:.

    ORWELL-- ... Mrs. Alice McChesney .... Funeral services were held Sunday at her home and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery.

  8. (Obituary)
    Sandy Creek News, 14 July 1960:.

    MRS. McCHESNEY DIES JULY 7TH Mrs, Alice Gay McChesney, 78, ... Her funeral was held Sunday... at her home in Pine Meadows.... Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Orwell.