Person Sheet


Name Claribel M. LAY
Birth 1878
Death 1 Apr 1948
Spouses:
1 Reuben DUDLEY, G Grandfather
Birth 28 May 1871, 2039 Vine S. Bilston Stafford England
Birth Memo Vine Street is/was a small street off Church Street, in the middle of Bilston town. He was born at midnight
Death 7 May 1942, Camp Constantia, NY.
Father Thomas DUDLEY (1845-1931)
Mother Emily MARTIN (1844-1929)
Common Law 1895
Children: AltaMae Blanch (1895-)
2 Frank MELE
Birth 1880, Italy
Marriage 1900
Children: Frank William (1903-)
Notes for Claribel M. LAY
Syracuse Post Standard Friday 2APR1948 page: 22 col: 2

Mrs. Claribel Lay Mele, resident of Syracuse 69 years, died yesterday at her
home, 104 Wayland rd. She was a native of Cazenovia. Mrs. Mele was a member
of Trinity Episcopal church. Surviving are her husband, Frank Mele; a son,
F. William Mele of Laurelton, N.J.; a daughter, Mrs. Samuel Herrick; three
grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Miller & Waidele
funeral rooms byu the Rev. C.A. Rosekrans, with burial in Myrtle Hill
cemetery.
In 1948 at death, she lived at 104 Wayland Rd. She was a native of Cazenovia.
Member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Notes for Reuben (Spouse 1)
1900 Census was living with Father and Mother at 120 Briggs St. Working as Salesman for Bakery.
His new wife Minnie is not listed in the census and she is not listed with her parents (in census). Their first child was born in Dec 1900, so it is assumed that she lived in the Thomas Dudley Sr. household. It is noteworthy that the 1900 census shows Reuben as single.

1910 Census Series: T624
Roll: 1056
Part: 1
Page: 86B

1920 Census 160 Warden Ave. Rueben,Minnie,Earl,Willard,Charles,Hope Ester,Thomas, Donald, Kenneth

1930 Census 160 Warden Ave. District 20 enumeration district 34-20 sheet 14A (pg 27 in ancestry.com fiche.
Listed in house
Dudley, Reuben, tinsmith at tinshop
Minnie, F.
Charles, oiler at steam railway
Lawrence, Naomi, bookkeeper at garage
Dudley, Thomas H. , driver at dry goods
Donald L, laboror at garage
Kenneth E., Darningboy at optical
Lawrence, Kenneth, salesman at radio

Syracuse Post Standard Friday 8MAY1942

Reuben Dudley, of North Syracuse, a tinsmith and former resident of this city, died suddenly of a heart attack while visiting yesterday afternoon at the summer camp of his son, Jessie Dudley of Constantia. Born in England 70 years ago, he was employed a number of years by the Crouse-Hinds company, but for the past 10 years had operated his own business on the North side.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Born Dudley; four sons, Willard H., Edward, Jesse, and Donald Dudley; two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Lawrence and Mrs. Robert Icholtz; two brothers, George and William Dudley, and a grandchild. The body was removed to the rooms of A.C. Schumacher.

Syracuse Post Standard Saturday 9MAY1942

Last rites for Reuben Dudley of North Syracuse, former Syracusan, who died of a heart attack while visiting at Constantia Thursday afternoon, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Lawrence, 336 Medford rd., Lyncourt, by Rev. William L. Scheding of Mt. Tabor Evangelical Lutheran church. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery.

(birth record book entry #203-p. 41 Book #71 Occ. Metalsmith Had a family camp at Camp Constantia, NY. looked like his father.

Came to USA Aug 14, 1885
Last Modified 27 Jun 2004 Created 26 Nov 2004 by Michael Rupert

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