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- [S2351] paintedhills.org Potter County, Roulette-, Roulette- photos around the turn of the century, 1900.
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Photos of Billy Pfeiffer
Roulette, Potter County
Submitted by: Barb Hyde
Photos courtesy of the Potter County Historical Society
On January 31, 1894 in Olean, William Pfeiffer, better known as Billy, married Nellie Boyington Walley of Roulette and moved to Roulette to be the first superintendent of the Roulette Telephone Company. This enterprising couple was interested in everything and they became two of the most enthusiastic boosters of Roulette.
Billy must have had a passion for new technology. Over a hundred years ago, he helped bring the telephone to Roulette, was an assistant engineer for the infant North Penn Gas Company, and was an expert electrician. He was also a photographer when that field was new. He had a studio in his home where he photographed most of Roulette's citizens at one time or another. Billy also took his equipment on the road. For over 40 years, at a time when a camera and all of its baggage could weight 30 pounds, he roamed all over the Roulette area taking pictures of buildings, demolitions, panoramas, and anything else that interested him or that a client requested.
His photography equipment was glass plate. As you can see from the pictures on this page, it produced remarkably high-quality prints. Over 100 years later, the prints are clear and true. (I wonder if anything we have today will last as well.) Equally interesting is that his photography style was what was in demand at the time and not out on the fringes of the field. Because of that, Billy's photographs provide a clear look at Roulette and its people as the century changed.
Click on any picture to open a larger picture in its own window. When the large picture is open, you can right click and save it to your computer. You can also view the picture enlarged by clicking on the square button that displays in the lower right corner of the picture.
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photos:
Roulette before 1904
Note Pomeroy Bridge in the foreground.
New school and Methodist Church in left distance.
The large building in the center background is the Roulette Opera House.
Also, notice how bare today's heavily wooded hills are.
. . . and about four years later
A metal bridge has replaced the wooden bridge of the earlier view.
The second building has been added to the school and there are telephone poles on main street and on Fishing Creek Road.
The Roulette Creamery
(Southwest corner of Rte 6 and Fishing Creek Rd.)
At the turn of the century, creameries provided the best market for their milk.
The resulting butter and cheese was shipped to the city markets. The Old Tannery
Many towns in Potter County boasted a tannery. The county's deep woods were
lumbered for their bark which was used to tan the hundreds of thousands of
raw hides from the western slaughterhouses into leather for Eastern markets.
Tanneries were a magnet that attracted as immigrants many of Potter County's familiar family names.
Roulette High School class of 1912
Back Row: Emma Ziska, Selma Carlson, Gladys Yentzer, Iva Fischer
Front Row: Robert Lyman, Agnes Webb, Milo Hallock
Roulette High School, 1906
If you can identify any of these students, please send an email to the
address at the bottom of this page.
Otis T. Lyman Family
George H. and Gladys Yentzer
Milo T. Lyman Family 9-17-1907
Milo and Kittie (Thompson)
Laura, Robert, Florence
Nick Ziska family 6-4-1907
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- [S1208] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1845-1963, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Pfeiffer Boyington Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1852-1973; County: Potter; Year Range: 1893 - 1896; Roll Number: 549839.
William Sherman Pfeifer (14) facts
Record for Nellie Boyington (14) facts .............. (22)
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William Sherman Pfeifer in the Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, 1845-1963
Name: William Sherman Pfeifer
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 29
Birth: abt 1865
his occ: laborer
license: 29 Jan 1894
Coudersport
clerk: Sanford H. Lewis
Marriage: 31 Jan 1894
Roulette, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: John Pfeifer
Mother: Hannah Pfeifer
Spouse: Nellie Boyington
by: Joseph Dennis, Minister of the Gospel
Certificate Number: 639
Name: Nellie Boyington
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 30
Birth: abt 1864
her occ: Millsuer?
divorce: 1888 or 1889
Marriage: 31 Jan 1894
Roulette, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: William Boyington
Mother: Pruda Boyington
Spouse: William Sherman Pfeifer
Certificate Number: 639
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1852-1973; County: Potter; Year Range: 1893 - 1896; Roll Number: 549839
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, 1845-1963 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1845-1963. Various Counties (155 Rolls). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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William Sherman Pfeifer in the Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, 1845-1963
Name: William Sherman Pfeifer
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 29
Birth: abt 1865
his occ: laborer
license: 29 Jan 1894
Coudersport
clerk: Sanford H. Lewis
Marriage: 31 Jan 1894
Roulette, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: John Pfeifer
Mother: Hannah Pfeifer
Spouse: Nellie Boyington
by: Joseph Dennis, Minister of the Gospel
Certificate Number: 639
Name: Nellie Boyington
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 30
Birth: abt 1864
her occ: Millsuer?
divorce: 1888 or 1889
Marriage: 31 Jan 1894
Roulette, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: William Boyington
Mother: Pruda Boyington
Spouse: William Sherman Pfeifer
Certificate Number: 639
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1852-1973; County: Potter; Year Range: 1893 - 1896; Roll Number: 549839
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, 1845-1963 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1845-1963. Various Counties (155 Rolls). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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William Sherman Pfeifer in the Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, 1845-1963
Name: William Sherman Pfeifer
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 29
Birth: abt 1865
his occ: laborer
license: 29 Jan 1894
Coudersport
clerk: Sanford H. Lewis
Marriage: 31 Jan 1894
Roulette, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: John Pfeifer
Mother: Hannah… |
- [S1205] Ancestry.com, DAR North America Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: The Boynton Family A Genealogy of the Descendants of Boynton, William Jackson.
Record for William Jackson Boynton (30) facts
Record for Nellie P Boynton (11) facts ................. (37)
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William Jackson Boynton in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Name: William Jackson Boynton
Gender: Male
Birth: 1 May 1826
First Marriage: 13 Mar 1851
Father: Erastus Boynton
Mother: Betsey
Spouse: Prudence Lyman
Child: Mary A Boynton
Dora E Boynton
Nettie Boynton
Nellie P Boynton
Gertrude G Boynton
Source Citation
Book Title: The Boynton Family A Genealogy of the Descendants of William
Source Information
Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
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William Jackson Boynton in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Name: William Jackson Boynton
Gender: Male
Birth: 1 May 1826
First Marriage: 13 Mar 1851
Father: Erastus Boynton
Mother: Betsey
Spouse: Prudence Lyman
Child: Mary A Boynton
Dora E Boynton
Nettie Boynton
Nellie P Boynton
Gertrude G Boynton
20200131HAv-
Nellie P Boynton in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Name: Nellie P Boynton
Gender: Female
Birth: 1858
Father: William Jackson Boynton
Mother: Prudence Lyman
Spouse: William S Pfelffer
Source Citation
Book Title: The Boynton Family A Genealogy of the Descendants of William
Source Information
Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
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NAm Family Histories - Boynton, Nellie P.jpg 20200131HAv-
Nellie P Boynton in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
p.298
Name: Nellie P Boynton
Gender: Female
Birth: 1858
Father: William Jackson Boynton
Mother: Prudence Lyman
Spouse: William S Pfelffer
Source Citation
Book Title: The Boynton Family A Genealogy of the Descendants of William
Source Information
Ancestry.com. North… |
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DAR NAm Family Histories - Wm Jackson Boynton.jpg 20200131HAv-
William Jackson Boynton in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Name: William Jackson Boynton
Gender: Male
Birth: 1 May 1826
First Marriage: 13 Mar 1851
Father: Erastus Boynton
Mother: Betsey
Spouse: Prudence Lyman
Child: Mary A Boynton
Dora E Boynton
Nettie Boynton
Nellie P Boynton
Gertrude G Boynton
Source Citation
Book… |
- [S1252] National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Nellie Boyington Pfeiffer, Mrs.
Record for Mrs. Nellie Boyington Pfeiffer (9) facts
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Mrs. Nellie Boyington Pfeiffer in the Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.) No Image
Text-only collection
Name: Mrs. Nellie Boyington Pfeiffer
[Mrs. Nellie Boyington Boyington]
Gender: Female
Birth: Roulette, Pennsylvania.
Relative: Ensign Isaac Lyman.
Father: William Boyington
Mother: Prudence Lyman
Spouse: William S. Pfeiffer
Comments:
Mrs. Nellie Boyington Pfeiffer.
DAR ID Number: 31095;
Born in Roulette, Pennsylvania. ;
Wife of William S. Pfeiffer. ;
Descendant of Ensign Isaac Lyman. ;
Daughter of William Boyington and Prudence Lyman, his wife. ;
Granddaughter of Barrel Lyman (b. 1792) and Dorcas Irons, his wife. ;
Gr.-granddaughter of Isaac Lyman and Laura Pierce, his second wife. ;
Isaac Lyman, (1759-1827), was in the battle of Bennington and other engagements in the Revolution.
He was born in Lebanon, Conn.; died in Lymansville, Pa. ;
DAR ID. Number: 31095
Source Information
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.
Original data: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage Books of the Charter Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Vol. I-CLII (152). Note on Publishing: Since this database represents a compilation of 151 volumes, the years and locations of copyright information varies, according to each volume, i.e. Volume 8 was published in 1899 in Washington, D.C., volume 63 was published in 1923, also in Washington, D.C., and volume 152 was published in 1938, also in Washington, D.C.
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Mrs. Nellie Boyington Pfeiffer in the Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.) No Image
Text-only collection
Name: Mrs. Nellie Boyington Pfeiffer
[Mrs. Nellie Boyington Boyington]
Gender: Female
Birth: Roulette, Pennsylvania.
Relative: Ensign Isaac Lyman.
Father: William Boyington
Mother: Prudence Lyman
Spouse: William S. Pfeiffer
Comments:
Mrs. Nellie Boyington Pfeiffer.
DAR ID Number: 31095;
Born in Roulette, Pennsylvania. ;
Wife of William S. Pfeiffer. ;
Descendant of Ensign Isaac Lyman. ;
Daughter of William Boyington and Prudence Lyman, his wife. ;
Granddaughter of Barrel Lyman (b. 1792) and Dorcas Irons, his wife. ;
Gr.-granddaughter of Isaac Lyman and Laura Pierce, his second wife. ;
Isaac Lyman, (1759-1827), was in the battle of Bennington and other engagements in the Revolution.
He was born in Lebanon, Conn.; died in Lymansville, Pa. ;
DAR ID. Number: 31095
Source Information
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.
Original data: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage Books of the Charter Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Vol. I-CLII (152). Note on Publishing: Since this database represents a compilation of 151 volumes, the years and locations of copyright information varies, according to each volume, i.e. Volume 8 was published in 1899 in Washington, D.C., volume 63 was published in 1923, also in Washington, D.C., and volume 152 was published in 1938, also in Washington, D.C.
- [S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Boyington Pfeiffer.
Record for Nella Walley Pfeiffer (16) facts
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Nella “Nellie” Boyington Walley Pfeiffer
Photo added by Brenda Kenealy Williams
Nella “Nellie” Boyington Walley Pfeiffer
BIRTH 13 May 1859
DEATH 30 Nov 1927 (aged 68)
BURIAL John Lyman Cemetery
Roulette, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
PLOT R16L01
MEMORIAL ID 123032811 ·
PHOTOS 4
FLOWERS 0
Daughter of William Boyington and Prudence Lyman...
Married (1) W. A. Walley 1880 in Olean ...
Married William Pfeiffer in 1894 ...
Family Members
Parents William Jackson Boyington 1826-1912
Prudence Lyman Boyington 1830-1909
Spouse William Sherman Pfeiffer 1866-1956 (m. 1894)
Siblings Mary Alice Boyington Corthell 1852-1911
Nettie Boyington
1857-1859
Willie Boyington1871-1871
Flowers
Added by: Brenda Kenealy Williams on 4 May 2019
Monument to Nellie Boyington Pfeiffer
Added by: Chris Hobson on 28 Jun 2014
Pfeiffer family monument
Added by: Chris Hobson on 28 Jun 2014
Billy and Nellie Pfeiffer, 1920 mit Wagen
Added by: Brenda Kenealy Williams on 25 Nov 2018
- [S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pfeifer, Wm Sherman- Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 018151-020850.
Record for William Shermon Pfieffer (11) facts
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William Shermon Pfieffer in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Name: William Shermon Pfeiffer
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 89
widowed
res: Main ST, Roulette
occ: Electrician & photographer
ssn: none
Birth: 30 Apr 1866
Marietta, Ohio
Death: 29 Feb 1956 15:15h
Potter County Home
Coudenport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
cause: Terminal bronchopneumonia -1 wk
due to: Generalized arteriosclerosis- syphilitic & arteriosclerotic heart disease with chronic decompensation of right & left ventricles -years
4200
signed: George C. Mosch MD
Coudersport
Father: John Pfieffer
Mother: Hanna ... unknown Pfieffer
Spouse: Nellie Boyington Walley
inform: Mrs. Irving Stillwell
Roulette
burial: 3-3-56
Lyman Cem
Roulette
Certificate Number: 18398
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1967; Certificate Number Range: 018151-020850
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
20200131HAv-
William Shermon Pfieffer in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Name: William Shermon Pfeiffer
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 89
widowed
res: Main ST, Roulette
occ: Electrician & photographer
ssn: none
Birth: 30 Apr 1866
Marietta, Ohio
Death: 29 Feb 1956 15:15h
Potter County Home
Coudenport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
cause: Terminal bronchopneumonia -1 wk
due to: Generalized arteriosclerosis- syphilitic & arteriosclerotic heart disease with chronic decompensation of right & left ventricles -years
4200
signed: George C. Mosch MD
Coudersport
Father: John Pfieffer
Mother: Hanna ... unknown Pfieffer
Spouse: Nellie Boyington Walley
inform: Mrs. Irving Stillwell
Roulette
burial: 3-3-56
Lyman Cem
Roulette
Certificate Number: 18398
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1967; Certificate Number Range: 018151-020850
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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William Shermon Pfieffer in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Name: William Shermon Pfeiffer
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 89
widowed
res: Main ST, Roulette
occ: Electrician & photographer
ssn: none
Birth: 30 Apr 1866
Marietta, Ohio
Death: 29 Feb 1956 15:15h
Potter County Home
Coudenport, Potter, Pennsylvania,… |
- [S1310] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Boyington, Wm "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 June 2017, 16:18), entry for William Boyington(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:24MR-GLK); contributed by various users. PersonID 24MR-GLK.
William Boyington
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William Boyington 24MR-GLK
death: 4 June 1912, Roulette, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States
burial: 1912, Roulette, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States of America
birth: 1826, Broome, New York, United States
father: Erastus Boyington K8HP-GVB
mother: Betsy Jackson M324-T33
spouse: Prudence Lyman LHQP-DGJ
William Boyington 1826-1912 • 24MR-GLK ?
Prudence Lyman 1830-1909 • LHQP-DGJ ?
Marriage: 13 Mar 1851 Potter, Pennsylvania
Children (7)
Mary Alice Boyington 1852-1911 • K814-539 ?
Dora Edith Boyington 1855-1917 • KC6R-494 ?
Lura Nettie Boyington 1857-1859 • MMG6-782 ?
Nellie P. Boyington 1859-1927 • K881-78G ?
Gertrude G. Boyington 1863-1893 • MMG6-76Y ?
Boyington 1863-Deceased • MMG6-7X2 ?
Boyington 1865-Deceased • MMG6-7FQ ?
Parents and Siblings
Erastus Boyington 1804-1888 • K8HP-GVB ?
Betsy Jackson 1805-Deceased • M324-T33 ?
Marriage: 1825 of Olean, N.Y.
Children (1)
William Boyington 1826-1912 • 24MR-GLK
- [S2366] FaceBook- Roulette, Remember When, First store in Roulette Oct. 28, 1859 Laroy Lyman & Wm. Boyington - Lanny Nunn, Moderator · January 28 · 2019 20190215HAv- 20190429HAv- 20201216HAv- ?Roulette Remember when....
Wm Boyington (1) fact
20201216HAv- 3 different posts.
Also, FB20160129 Jon Huff.jpg
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Lanny Nunn?Roulette Remember when....
Moderator · January 28 · 2019
First store in Roulette
Oct. 28, 1859
Laroy Lyman & Wm. Boyington
25You and 24 others
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Lydia Boots Haskins
Smith house-still standing but in need of a burial !
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Lydia Boots Haskins
Kate & Coyle Smith &family lived there a long time.
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Marcie Gutgsell
Where is this house?
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Kevin Doud
Marcie Gutgsell roulette. ????????????????
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Lydia Boots Haskins
across from post office
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Lanny Nunn?Roulette Remember when....
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John Christy Wetzel
I wonder if this was Laroy's first house. Michael Weiderich (my 1st cousin 5x) was killed when a beam fell on him while raising the original Laroy Lyman home. He's buried in the Hill Cemetery, Roulette Lot S2E-L02S.
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1st store in Roulette
Oct. 28, 1859
Laroy Lyman & Wm. Boyington
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Lisa Keck
Judi Tucker
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Jen Tucker
Gram Kate's house ????
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Judi Tucker
Yep it is
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Karen Dubots
Jonathan Huff
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Jami Lynn Smith
Is this on main street next to the old billys lot
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Nellie Card Stritzinger
Anyone remember my Mother Edith Carol Boyer when she lived with first husband, Sid Boyer? Second husband was my father Louie Card!
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Nellie Card Stritzinger
PS Thank You for all these Wonderful Memories of Years gone by....
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Lydia Boots Haskins
then she married the man that owned the Pizza place in Emporium, which still is operating .your dad was killed in WW2.
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added from another tree for Wm Boyington.
and re-named from:
Roulette House, Main St_1859_ run by Wm Boyington, burned Jan30 1915 _Bill Grandins store there now FB20160129 Jon Huff.jpg
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