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Floyd W. Russell

Floyd W. Russell

Male 1893 - 1943  (~ 49 years)

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  • Name Floyd W. Russell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Born May 1893  Hopkinton, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Mar 1943  Ilion, Herkimer, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age ~ 49 years 
    Person ID I15109  Tree2020
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2020 

    Father Ancestors John Henry Russell Married: 2x2x ,   b. Mar 1861, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1950, Ilion, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ancestors Ella Wheeler,   b. Jun 1864, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1923, Ilion, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 9 Nov 1881  Manchester, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7] 
    Family ID F2814  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ancestors Anna Thilo,   b. 1893,   d. 11 Jan 1964  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 27 Jun 1915  Ilion, Herkimer, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    Married: 1x1. Jane Russell,   b. Abt 1918,   d. Scotia, Schenectady, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F7230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - Monday, March 22, 1943 Utica Observer Dispatch - Ilion Man Shoots Self - Ilion - Floyd W. Russell, 49, Ilion restaurant proprietor, was found dead shortly before noon Sunday in his Ilion Gorge home. He had been in ill health for several(unreadable). Dr. James W. Graves, coroner, said that death was due to shock caused by a self inflicted bullet wound. He investigated with Sergt. Joseph Devins and Troopers Lew Johnson, Robert McMahon and John Miller of the State Police. Mr. Russell had operated a restaurant in Ilion Gorge for the past 12 years. Late this winter he had opened a new restaurant at 12 Union St. and had operated it for a little over a month. He was born in Hopkinton, the son of John and Ella Wheeler Russell. He married Anna Thilo on June 27, 1925 in Ilion. He had lived in this village nearly all of his life. He was employed in the Remington Arms Company as a polisher during the last war and started a taxi business here in 1919. He opened his restaurant in Ilion Gorge about 12 years ago. Mr. Russell was a charter member of the Ilion Elks Lodge and was a communicant of the Church of the Annunciation. Surviving are his wife and father, one daughter, Mrs. Jane Hitchcock, Scotia; and two brothers, Chester, Ilion, and Vernon, Syracuse. The funeral will be from the home of Chester Russell, 24 Spruce St. at 9 a.m. Wednesday and at 9:30 from the Church of the Annunciation. The body will be placed in the vault of St. Agnes Cemetery until spring.

      Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, March 25, 1943 Ilion Sentinel - Obituaries - Floyd W. Russell Rites Held Wednesday - Funeral rites for the late Floyd W. Russell were conducted Wednesday morning at 9 at the home of his brother Chester Russell, 24 Spruce St. and at 9:30 in the church of the annunciation. Mr. Russell was born in Hopkinton, the son of John and Ella Wheeler Russell. He married Anna Thillo on June 27, 1925, in Ilion. Most of his life was spent in this village. He was employed in the Remington Arms Co. as a polisher during the last war, and started a taxi business here in 1919. For the past 12 years he had operated a restaurant in the Ilion Gorge, and about a month ago he had opened a new restaurant at 12 Union St. He was a charter member of the Ilion Lodge of Elks and a communicant of the Church of the Annunciation. Mr. Russell's voluntary death on Sunday at his home in the Ilion Gorge is attributed to the failing health which had beset him during the past few years. Surviving are his wife and father; one daughter, Mrs. Jane Hitchcock, Scotia; and two brothers, Chester, Ilion and Vernon, Syracuse. The body has been placed in the vault of St. Agnes cemetery until spring.

  • Sources 
    1. [S846] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Fulton Ward 2, Oswego, New York; Roll: T624_1062; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0110; FHL microfilm: 1375075.
    2. [S1994] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Ilion, Herkimer, New York; Roll: T625_1115; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 306.
    3. [S840] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 1157; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0097; FHL microfilm: 1241157.
    4. [S843] New York, State Census, 1905, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1905; Election District: A.D. 02 E.D. 01; City: Hopkinton; County: St Lawrence.
    5. [S859] New York, State Census, 1915, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 04; Assembly District: 01; City: German Flatts; County: Herkimer; Page: 23.
    6. [S1124] New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
    7. [S1123] New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947, Ancestry,com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).