Person:Cornelius Durgee (3)

Census 1920, Town of Richland, Oswego County, NY : Durgee, Cornelius W. - Head - " Cornelius W. - Son - Male - White - Age 8

Census 1930, Town of Richland, Oswego County, NY : Durgee, Cornelious W. - Head - " Cornelious W. - Son - Male - White - Age 18 - Single - Born New York - Laborer, Milk plant - Worker, employed - Not a veteran

1938 Farm Register, Oswego County, NY: (Rootsweb/~nyOswego/oswegocounty/1938farmdirectory) Durgee, Cornelius, Jr. / RD1 Pulaski / R[esidence] O[wned]

Oswego Country Rural Index 1938: Durgee, Cornelius Jr 2 S Pulaski 60Y

Census 1940, Syracuse-Watertown RD, Twn Richland, Oswego County, NY: Durgee, Cornelius Jr. - Head - Male - White - Age 28 - Married - Education, 3 yrs High school - Born New York - 1935 residence, Same place - At work, Tester, Dairy products - Worked 52 wks, Earned $1144 " Avis M. - Wife - Female - White - Age 27 - Education, 3 yrs High school - Born (& both parents) New York - Married at 18, Mother of 1 child - At work, 35 hrs/wk - Laundress, Hotel - Worked 36 wks, Earned $519 " John C. - Son - Male - White - Age 8 - Born New York - At school, grade 2

World War 2 Enlistment records: Durgee, Cornelious W. - Residence, Oswego County NY - Place of enlistment, Syracuse NY - Date of enlistment, 5 December 1942 - Grade, Private - Term of enlistment, Duration of war + 6 months - Source of army personnel, Civil life - Nativity, New York - Year of birth, 1912 - White, Citizen - Education, Grammar school - Marital status, Separated without dependents - Component of army, Selectees (Enlisted men)

Rome Daily Sentinel, 25 Feb 1943: IN ARKANSAS [photo] PVT. CORNELIUS W. DURGEE, brother of Mrs. John Busek, Route 5, and Mrs. Matie Miller... is stationed at CampChaffee Ark. Prior to his induction into the Army Dec. 12, 1942, he was an employee of Rome Strip Steel Company. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Durgee, Pulaski.

Rome Daily Sentinel, 15 Feb 1944: COMPLETES FURLOUGH SGT. CORNELIUS W. DURGEE, brother of Mrs. John Busek, R D. 5, and Mrs. Matie Miller, 119 Fort Stanwix Park South, has returned to Campbell, KY after spending a 10-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Durgee, Pulaski, and his sisters in Rome. Prior to his induction into the Army Dec. 12, 1942 he was an employee of Rome Strip Steel Company.

Pulaski Democrat, 2 Aug 1945: SGT. DURGEE WINS BRONZE STAR [photo] S/Sgt. Cornelius Durgee, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Durgee, has been awarded a Bronze star. S/Sgt. Durgee who took part in the Battle of the Bulge, is now stationed at Burgheaven, Germany, near the Austrian border. A member of Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army, he was given a furlough after V-E Day and went on a 700 mile airplane trip... sometime in Paris and the Riviera... S/Sgt. Durgee sent his sister, Mrs. Matie Miller... souvenirs from Germany, including a large German rifle, small German flag and a knife the SS guards used. Sgt. Durgee was employed by the Rome Strip Steel Co., Rome...

Syracuse Herald Journal, 18 Jan 1946: GOLDEN WEDDING DATE CELEBRATED Pulaski-- Mrs. and Mrs. Wesley Durgee of Syracuse Rd, Route 11 celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday. ... The couple have five children, ...Cornelius Durgee of Pulaski.

---News items 1930-1973 printed out in Pink Footlocker files--

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Utica Daily Press, [and Syracuse Herald-Journal] 27 June 1972: [pasted into The Durgee Family. Addenda [10]] CORNELIUS W. DURGEE Rome--Cornelius W. Durgee, 60, 1010 W. Thomas ST, died Monday in Rome Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in the Town of Ellisburg, NY, son of Wesley C. and Mirandia Baker Durgee. He attended Pulaski Schools. He married Avis Drake in 1930 in Pulaski. He had lived in Rome for the past six years and before that in Central Square. Mr. Durgee was a self-employed carpenter and formerly worked for Oppers Kitchens in Rome. He served with the Army in the European Theatre during World War II. He was a member of St. Paul's Church in Rome and the Henry P. Smith Post of the VFW in Rome. He leaves a son, John R. Durgee of Parish, two sisters Mrs. Sylvester (Dorothy) Kundell of Sandy Creek and Mrs. John (Eva) Busek of Rome, a brother Harry S. Durgee of Pierpont Manor, NY. The funeral will be... Thursday from the Martin J. Nunn Funeral Home and ... from St. Paul's Church. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Rome.

Watertown Daily Times, 27 June 1972: C.W. DURGEE DIES IN ROME Rome-- Conelius W. Durgee, 60, of 1010 W. Thomas St., a World War II veteran and native of the Town of Ellisburg, formerly of Pulaski, died Monday afternoon at Rome Hospital after a brief illness. The funeral will be Thursday ... at the Nunn Funeral Home and ... at St. Paul's Church. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. .. Surviving are a son, John R., Parish; two sisters, Mrs. Sylvester (Dorothy) Kundell, Sandy Creek and Mrs. John (Eva) Busek, Rome; a brother, Harry S., Pierrepont Manor; a granddaughter... Born Nov. 3, 1911, in the Town of Ellisburg, son of Wesley C. and Miranda Baker Durgee, he attended Pulaski schools and married Avis Drake June 10, 1930, at Pulaski. The marriage ended in divorce.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).
2. ↑ Turner, Marion Durgee. The Durgee Family. (Name: 1971-1983;)
   Syracuse Herald-Journal, 27 June 1972 ] The Durgee Family. Addenda [10]:.

   CORNELIUS W. DURGEE Cornelius W. Durgee, 60, 1010 W. Thomas ST, died Monday .. He was born in the Town of Ellisburg, NY, son of Wesley C. and Mirandia Baker Durgee.

3. ↑ (Obituary)
   Watertown Daily Times, 27 June 1972:.

   C.W. DURGEE DIES IN ROME Rome-- Conelius W. Durgee, 60, .. Born Nov. 3, 1911, in the Town of Ellisburg, son of Wesley C. and MIranda Baker Durgee

4. ↑ (Obituary)
   Syracuse Herald-Journal, 27 June 1972 ] The Durgee Family. Addenda [10]:.

   CORNELIUS W. DURGEE Cornelius W. Durgee, 60, 1010 W. Thomas ST, died Monday in Rome Hospital ...

5. ↑ (Obituary)
   Utica Daily Press, 27 June 1972:.

   CORNELIUS W. DURGEE Rome--Cornelius W. Durgee, 60, .. The funeral will be... Thursday from the Martin J. Nunn Funeral Home and ... from St. Paul's Church. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Rome.