FORMER RESIDENTS OF DEWITT, NY----CIRCA 1940-1960
This page contains partial information about the early residents of DeWitt, NY--a suburb of Syracuse. It is a supplement to a much more detailed registry of those who lived in DeWitt during the post-War period, or roughly from 1940 to 1960. The reader looking for information about residents of this era is encouraged to begin research at the main DeWitt Registry site. It contains an alphabetical listing and updated details on more than four thousand people.
As more information is developed about those listed below, their entries will be transferred to the main Registry site. Any help you can provide in supplying this data will be greatly appreciated. To send email simply click here, or, you can sign the Guestbook found at the main DeWitt Registry site.
The Lyndon Registry--a similar directory featuring updated information about several thousand residents of the nearby Lyndon area is now available online.
Click here to view vintage photographs of DeWitt from the collection of Willard Bruns Williams. You can also see more recent photos of the DeWitt area by clicking here.
Edward HutchisonCharlotte B. Alesen lived at 211 Haddonfield Dr. in 1955. She was born about 1910.
Ben M. Alvord lived at 104 Dunlap Rd., having purchased the home from the builder, Vito Fiscoe, in 1956. Mr. Alvord worked for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.
Walter Baker lived at 102 Wellington Rd. in 1940.
Ella Barber lived at 201 Wellington Rd. in 1930.
William T. Bell and his wife lived at 112 York Rd. by 1950.
Dr. David Binkley and his wife lived on Pebble Hill Rd. before moving in November, 1949 to Elmhurst, IL, where Dr. Binkley was a professor at the University of Illinois medical school.
J. H. Brown lived at 41 Wexford Rd.--having purchased the home in 1955. Mr. Brown managed the J.C. Penney store in Shoppingtown, DeWitt.
Anna L. Bunce lived at 108 York Rd. by 1942.
E. L. Byrne and his wife lived at 205 Wellington Rd. in 1934.
Robert Byrne and Elizabeth Byrne lived at 305 Butternut Dr. in 1956. Mr. Byrne was born in 1927.
LeRoy B. Chubb and Hazel Chubb lived at 102 Addison Dr. by 1955. Mr. Chubb was a salesman for The O. K. Tool Co.
Charles F. Clark lived at 209 Butternut Dr. by 1956.
Mrs. Elizabeth Clark lived at 109 Warwick Rd. by 1942.
Harold H. Clark lived at 207 Warwick Rd. until 1941.
Donn R. Court and his wife lived at 202 Cornwall Dr. in 1935. They had a son: Ralph Court.
Robert C. Cowan lived at 229 Wellington Rd. before moving to Piercefield, NY in 1952.
John Cullen lived on Genesee St. by 1943. Mr. Cullen was an instructor at the Pebble Hill school.
Douglas Cummings was living at 10 Pickwick Rd. by 1959.
Charles W. Davidson and his wife lived at 121 Dewittshire Rd. before moving to Miami Shores, FL, in 1952. He was a manager for the Metropolitan Insurance Co.
Walter Davies lived at 304 Cornwall Dr. by 1955.
Ernest K. Dimock lived at 226 Wellington Rd. in 1935.
Mrs. Jessie E. Donahue lived at 302 Dewittshire Rd., South, by 1942.
Elizabeth S. Driscoll lived at 203 Ambergate Rd. in 1932.
Mrs. Lewis Fox lived at 201 Wellington Rd. in 1935.
Floyd Gates lived on Genesee St. by 1942. Mr. Gates was a retired farmer.
William H. Grant of 207 Ambergate Rd. died in April, 1933.
Harvey C. Griffith, Jr., and wife lived at 131 Downing Rd., having moved from Scotia, NY, after purchasing the home new in 1955 from Fiore Brothers builders.
Thomas Gunn and Agnes Gunn lived on DeWitt Court by 1942. Mr. Gunn was a salesman for Little, Brown, and Co.--a publishing firm.
Edward R. Herrick and Clara Herrick lived on Genesee St. by 1943. Lt. Herrick was an officer in the US Army.
Mrs. Fred Hersey (Clara C. Hersey) lived at 213 Ambergate Rd. by 1942.
June Hoerle purchased the home at 110 Pelham Rd. in July, 1940.
Mrs. Ernest Hurst lived at 111 Charing Rd. by 1942.
Arthur E. Jacob lived at 20 Wexford Rd. by 1959.
Gary Monroe James lived at 208 Sherwood Dr. until 1-1-1951, when he moved to Burlingame, CA.
Lillian Kammerling lived on York Rd. by 1942.
Carl R. Kessler and Edna K. Kessler lived at 106 Pelham Rd. by 1942.
Kenneth Lannin was living at 21 Wexford Rd. by 1959. He was an executive with the Western Electric Corp.
Jennie Lauterbach lived at 302 Corwall Dr. by 1942.
John P. Livingston and his wife lived at 211 Wellington Rd. In 1952 they moved to Kingston, PA.
Lena Luxen lived at 201 Haddonfield Dr. by 1942. Mrs. Luxen moved to MD by 1954.
Mrs. E. H. Mackey lived at 211 Wellington Rd. by 1942.
Robert Magargee and Beverly Magargee lived on Wexford Rd. in the late 1950's. He worked for the J. C. Penney Co. It is believed that they live now in PA.
Charles Marrian lived at 127 Dewittshire Rd. in 1934.
George F. Martin lived at 200 Wellington Rd. in 1933. He was a collector of Indian relics.
Raymond L. McDonald lived at 7 Morton Rd. by 1943. Mr. McDonald was in the insurance business.
Fred K. McKenzie lived at 305 Butternut Dr. by 1958.
Elizabeth A. McNeil was living at 305 Butternut Dr. by 1955.
Nathaniel Meager lived at 129 Dewittshire Rd. by 1942. He was a salesman for the Netherland Dairy.
William O. Meyer lived at 110 Dewittshire Rd. in 1931.
Edward L. Miller lived at 10 Pickwick Rd. by 1951.
Kathleen B. Moore lived at 4709 Genesee St. by 1955. Mrs. Moore was a registered nurse. She had: Karen Moore.
Frances Mosier lived at 100 Landsdowne Rd. by 1942. Miss Mosier was a live in maid for the John Ware family.
Clarence E. Nichols and his wife (nee McLaury), lived at 7 Pebble Hill Rd., South, by 1950.
Ruth A. Palmer lived at 2 Rowley Rd. by 1943, and later lived on Jamesville Rd. Miss Palmer was a buyer for Dey Brothers & Co.
Mrs. Henry Parry (nee Hutchcraft) lived at 125 Ambergate Rd. in 1933.
Mrs. Flora Pierce lived at 107 Pelham Rd. by 1942.
Clarence A. Rasmussen and Mary F. Rasmussen lived at 229 Ambergate Rd. by 1942. Mr. Rasmussen was an engineer for the Brown-Lipe-Chapin Corp. They had a son, Robert Rasmussen.
Mrs. Etta Rassner (Rossner) lived on Genesee St. by 1942.
Frederick Redding purchased a newly built home at 201 Ambergate Rd. in 1932.
George Reed and Teresa Reed lived at 201 Landsdowne Rd. by 1942. Mr. Reed was a manufacturer's agent.
David Whitcomb Riley, his wife and son, George Riley, lived on Ambergate Rd. in 1935.
Alden G. Robinson and Roselyn Robinson lived at 4615 Genesee St. by 1953. Mr. Robinson was an accountant.
Russell E. Rolfe and his wife lived at 300 Dewittshire Rd., South, by 1946.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Russell, the widow of Alexander Russell, lived at 205 Butternut Dr. by 1954.
Donald L. Savage lived at 104 Wellington Rd. in 1935.
Milton L. Seckel and Erma Seckel lived at 210 Haddonfield Dr. by 1943. Mr. Seckel was a metallurgical engineer for the Wheelock Lovejoy Co.
Duane F. Semon and his wife lived at 103 Butternut Dr. by 1956. He was an executive with the General Electric Co.
Mrs. Frank Sherman lived at 301 Cornwall Dr. by 1943.
Bruce Smith lived at 401 Landsdowne Rd. by 1942. Mr. Smith was the janitor at the Moses DeWitt school.
Howard K. Smith lived at 300 Dewittshire Rd., South, having purchased the home in 1958.
Mrs. Nellie C. Smith lived at 106 Dunham Rd. by 1942.
Peter F. Smith and his wife lived at 4 Morton Rd. by 1958. They had: Linda Smith, and George Smith.
Robert Smith and Dorothy Barhyte Smith lived at 207 Ambergate Rd. by 1957.
Lucy Stewart lived at 4250 Genesee St. by 1942. Ms. Stewart was a live-in cook for the Byrne family.
Ruth Stoddard lived at 101 Cornwall Dr. by 1942. Mrs. Stoddard was a hairdresser. She had a son and a daughter.
Francis G. Sweeney moved to 218 Jamesville Rd. in 1955.
Warojana Tantraporn and his wife lived at 111 Butternut Dr., having purchased the home in October, 1959. They moved to DeWitt Acres from Oswego St. in Liverpool.
James D. Taylor and his wife lived at 221 Ambergate Rd. in 1938.
Thomas E. Turner lived at 104 Downing Rd. by 1953, and moved to 510 Bradford Parkway in Syracuse by 1954. Dr. Turner was a physician, specializing in oncology.
John E. Van Vranken lived in Dewittshire in 1932.
Barney Volenski and Ada Volenski lived on Genesee St. by 1942. He was a barber at Rothschild's barber shop in Syracuse.
Charles R. Walker and Helen Walker lived at 412 Brampton Dr. by 1955. He was a supt. for GE.
C. I. Waterman lived at 321 Landsdowne Rd. by 1943.
David E. Waters lived at 101 Wellington Rd. in 1933.
Charles R. Watson and Mabel A. Watson were living at 41 Wexford Rd. by 1958.
William Welch lived at 4250 Genesee St. by 1942. Mr. Welch was a live-in worker for the family of R. L. Byrne.
Mrs. Anna Westcott lived at 301 Haddonfield Dr. by 1943.
George J. White and Doris M. Cornaire White lived at 1 Wexford Rd. He worked as a salesman. They had a son born in January, 1954.
Edna V. Wilkinson lived at 113 Cornwall Dr. by 1942.
Ken Williams lived on Butternut Dr. by 1942.
Lloyd T. Williams lived at 108 Ambergate Rd. in 1932.
Robert L. Williams and Jean Williams lived on Genesee St. by 1953. He was a driver for the Coleman Brothers Co. They had: Robert Williams, and Linda Williams.
George Wincoop (Wyncoop) lived near Andrews Rd. by about 1945.
Margaret Winder lived at 215 Wellington Rd. by 1943.
Theo F. Wolfe lived at 4 Drovers Lane by 1956. Ms. Wolfe is believed to have been an x-ray technician at Syracuse Memorial Hospital.
Jacob Yaegle and his wife lived at 110 Dewittshire Rd. by 1940.
