Almira Marilla Ferrin

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One of Oldest Residents of County Passes Away
Mrs. Almira F. Crooker, 91 years old, died at her home on the Canandaigua-Centerfield Road, Saturday, May 1st, after a several weeks' illness of pneumonia followed by apoplexy. Mrs. Crooker was a life-long resident of this county, having been born at Allen's Hill, December 18, 1834, the daughter of Shubael and Marilla Jones Ferrin. Active until the last few months of her life, Mrs. Crooker often recalled incidents of her early life. She remembered the Indians, selling beaded moccasins and baskets, and often spoke of her school days, when she attended school taught by Mary J. Haws, who later became the famous novelist, Mary Jane Holmes, after her marriage to Daniel Holmes. She recalled the old stagecoaches used for travel and that her father, who was a blacksmith, always had to have shoes ready for the four horses used to draw the coaches, in case of need. Mrs. Crooker always was keenly interested in affairs of the day. She leaves two daughters, Miss Jennie Crooker, residing with her; Mrs Allison T. Bennett of Victor; a half-sister, Mrs. Allen A. Jones of Saranac Lake; three grandchildren, LeRoy, Carl and Miss Jane Bennett, and two great-grandchildren, Carl and Louis Bennett, all of Victor. Funeral services were held at her late home, Tuesday afternoon, Rev. George E. Finlay of the Canandaigua Baptist church officiating. Burial was made in the East Bloomfield cemetery.
(The Victor Herald, Victor, NY, Friday, May 7, 1926)

Almira married Martin James Crooker on 30 Nov 1859. Martin was born on 21 Jun 1837 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 26 Mar 1890 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Allison T. Bennett. Allison was born in May 1869; died on 9 Jan 1956; was buried in Boughton Hill Cemetery, Victor, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna E. Detine. Anna was born in 1898; died on 9 Mar 1960 in Victor, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Doris French Simonds. Doris was born on 20 Sep 1900; died on 9 Mar 1985; was buried in Boughton Hill Cemetery, Victor, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eleanor Harloff. Eleanor was born on 1 Dec 1920 in Victor, Ontario County, New York; died on 2 Mar 2011 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Husband of Esther Marguerite Farrell, daughter of Joseph & Grace M. (Cuykendall) Farrell.

Carl A. Bennett, 55, of 48 East Parkway died Sunday, November 2. He was a native of Victor and attended Victor Central School, graduating in 1938. He served in the United States Navy and had been an employee of Eastman Kodak for many years.
He is survived by his wife; Esther Farrell Bennett; two daughters; Mrs. Paul (Diane) Peek, Phelps; Mrs. Lawrence (Karen) Levin, Rochester; five grandchildren; one brother, Louis, of Canandaigua.
(Victor Herald, Nov. 6, 1975, page 7)

Family/Spouse: Esther Marguerie Farrell. Esther was born in 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James Patrick Nolan. James was born on 21 Jul 1924 in Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York; died on 16 Aug 2004 in Ontario County, New York; was buried in Boughton Hill Cemetery, Victor, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]