The Story of Orson Bellamy of Saratoga, New York, and Some of his Descendants

Part One - Generations 1 & 2 The family of Orson Bellamy, the son of Sabrina, and his wife Sarah Fowler.

I thought all the research on the Bellamy family had been done, so instead of writing a kinship report, I decided to write a small family history. As I was writing, I discovered the research was not as complete as I thought. Readers, please feel free to send me stories, photos, or certificates you’d like to share with the world, and I’ll add them to the project. Meanwhile, it is going to take more than one month to finish the project. Here is Part 1.

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Now for the story:

Orson Bellamy was born in Connecticut about August 1845. It is possible he was the son of Orson Bellamy, who died on 13 October 1844 in Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut, and was buried in the village of Terryville, Litchfield, Connecticut, which is part of the town of Plymouth. If this were true, Orson would have been conceived just before his father died. The town gossips were probably whispering behind their hands as Sabrina worked to support herself while waiting for the birth of her child.¹

Being a single mother in 1845 would have been very difficult. Women’s employment opportunities were mostly limited to domestic service, laundry, and sewing. Sabrina moved her little family to Malta, Saratoga, New York, around 1850, and was living with Andrew and Catherine Face. None of the women in the census are listed with a profession, so the Faces could have been family, but family or not, Sabrina was most likely helping with the housework, laundry, sewing, and other domestic tasks on the farm. New York had a long history of public schooling, but up until 1867, parents were required to pay some fees. Sabrina managed to pay the fees, and Orson, age six, was attending school.²

Around 1854, Sabrina did what most women in her situation did: she found a widower who needed a mother for his children and married him. Orson Bellamy, age eleven, was listed as the stepson of Josiah Baker, husband of one year to Sabrina Baker. Perhaps Orson didn’t feel welcome in his stepfather’s home, or perhaps for economic reasons, he left the family home around age sixteen and was in Saratoga Springs making nuts and bolts, probably at the old scythe-works on Cady’s Hill. In 1865, he was back in Malta, living as a farm laborer with the Ramsdale family. Orson Bellamy married Sarah Fowler around 1869. He continued to work as a farm laborer, and they set up their home in Saratoga Springs.³

By 1878, the nuts and bolts factory building was used to bottle Geyser Spring water. “Geyser Spring and Park, Saratoga, N.Y.,” New York Saratoga Springs, [Between 1860 and 1930], Photograph, Library of Congress.

Orson was farming in Wilton, Saratoga, New York, in 1875 with his wife and three small children: Edward Orson, born about 1870; Arthur J., born about 1871; and Lillian, born 18 September 1872. In 1880, Orson reportedly owned a farm worth about $1,000, with forty-five acres being cultivated, one permanent pasture or orchard, two acres of woodlands, and two acres of unimproved land. He also had $140 worth of livestock (not including his two horses) and $40 worth of farming implements and machinery. He estimated he produced $100 worth of farm goods in 1789. Orson wasn’t doing too well. His neighbor, with only six tilled acres with no other land and $35 worth of livestock, managed to make $50. Another neighbor with about twice the tilled land and livestock as Orson and three acres of woodland made five times as much as Orson – $535.⁴

But did Orson own the land? No record was found that showed Orson had bought property in Saratoga County before 1898. New York allowed women to own property and to conduct business as early as 1848, and Sarah was recorded as living in Malta in 1883 when she paid $950 for fifty acres of land in Wilton. Orson had been working a farm in Wilton with fifty acres in 1880. Did the census taker make a mistake, and Orson did not own the land, and that farm was the same property Sarah bought? This is very possible as the seller, Benjamin Norton, was living in Cooperstown in Otsego County, about eighty-five miles from the property in Wilton, and everyone in Wilton may have assumed Orson owned the land. Also, was Sarah sick in January 1895 when she conveyed the property to her first-born son, Edward Orson, for $500 plus the outstanding $300 mortgage? She had left Orson and was living in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, by 1893, and shortly thereafter, her son Arthur J. moved in with her. Was she setting her affairs in order to make sure her assets went to her children and not to her husband? Sarah died four months after transferring the property to her son, and no will was found filed in Rensselaer County, where she died.⁵

Sarah died on 30 April 1895 and was buried in the South Wilton Methodist-Episcopal Church Cemetery next to her son Walter, who had been born around 24 November 1878 and had died on 6 March 1882 in Wilton, Saratoga, New York. Sarah had lived to see her daughter Lillian marry John Stophilbeen on 25 August 1892 in Gansevoort, Saratoga, New York. Edward Orson had married Henrietta Washburn on 12 September 1888 in South Glens Falls, Saratoga, New York. But Arthur had not yet married, and he moved from the home he shared with his mother at 151 Congress Street, Troy, to boarding at 109 Seventh Street, Troy, after Sarah’s death.⁶

After the children were grown and Sarah had died, Orson gave up farming and took up carpentry. He moved to Saratoga Springs in 1900, opened a shop at 70 Putnam Street, and boarded around the corner at 69 Caroline Street. Later, he moved to 133 Washington Street, and while he still worked as a carpenter, he no longer operated a shop. He married Lottie Agnese (née King) Mould on 10 March 1904 in Green Island, Albany, New York. Then, in 1929, Orson was living in the Almshouse in Schenectady. Why wasn’t he with family members who could support and care for him in his old age?⁷

“Schenectady County Almshouse: Front View, Administration, Men,” about 1900, photo; Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, Social Museum Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

First, the Depression had hit. In 1930, Edward was running a dairy farm in Wilton. His wife had passed away on 15 April 1926 in Wilton, Saratoga, New York, so Edward would have had to care for his father, run the farm, and at the same time worry about having cash to pay the bills. With Orson in the County Almshouse, that would have been one less mouth to feed, and he’d be cared for. Arthur had married in 1898, but by 1930, he and his wife were separated, and he was taking in boarders while working as a butcher, so again, there was no one to take care of Orson. Lillian was living and working in California, so she also would not have been able to take care of him even if the 83-year-old Orson could have made the trip. The 1930 census reported Orson was married, but that was probably an error, as Lottie had died on 21 August 1920 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York. Orson and Lottie did not have any children together. Orson died on 16 February 1931 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, after being ill for several months.⁸

Second Generation

Edward Orson Bellamy

Edward O. Bellamy was born about 1870 in Saratoga County, New York. He lived in Wilton his entire life, “until he moved to Schenectady seven years ago,” but that was not entirely true. When he was three months old, the family was living in Saratoga Springs. Sometime before the 1875 New York census was taken, the family had moved to Wilton. After Edward’s marriage to Henrietta Washburn, Edward moved to Argyle, Washington, New York, where he worked as a miller, and where their first known child, Earl D., was born on 4 September 1892. Their second child, Leon D. Bellamy, was born on 19 May 1893 in Wilton, probably on the family farm Edward’s mother sold him in 1895, and which Edward had operated until moving in with his grandson, Edward (née Bootier) Bellamy, around 1947.⁹

Edward and Etta went on to have four more children in Wilton – Satie born 13 January 1895, Orson E. born 5 October 1896, Julia born 7 February 1899, and Ruth born 5 January 1901. Ruth married William Bootier on 27 June 1917 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, but the marriage did not last. In 1920, Edward and Etta were caring for their grandson Edward W. Bootier on the family farm while Ruth was lodging with the Hazard family in Saratoga Springs, working as a waitress. Edward Bootier’s grandmother passed away when he was six years old, but he continued to live with and was raised by his grandfather. This was the same grandson who changed his surname to Bellamy and cared for his widowed grandfather for seven years.¹⁰

Edward O. Bellamy had probably learned farming and carpentry from his father, and he supplemented his farm income by building homes in Saratoga Springs. While living with his grandson, he continued to use his carpentry skills to build children’s furniture and rose arbors. He died on 17 June 1954 in Niskayuna, Schenectady, New York.¹¹

Arthur J. Bellamy

Arthur J. Bellamy married Myrtle May Nooning on 6 January 1898 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, and they had one child, Ralph Erskin Bellamy, who was born on 1 October 1900 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Arthur was working as a laundryman in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, in 1900, and that became his career. Troy was producing the majority of the country’s collars and cuffs for shirts, and Arthur worked as an ironer at one of the thirty-one shirt factories in town.¹²

Folding and ironing linen collars, Troy, New York, photo (Meadville, Pennsylvania: Keystone View Co., about 1916); Library of Congress.

On 23 April 1930, Arthur, with Elmer T. Vaughan and William Spitze, were the principal shareholders in the newly incorporated company, Very Best Laundry, Inc., a business engaging “in cleaning and renovating clothing of all kinds by water, steam, dyeing, etc. and the operation of a general laundry.” But Arthur’s venture into the laundry business did not last long. He was working as a painter and filed for bankruptcy on 28 January 1931.¹³

Very Best Laundry advertisement, Schenectady Gazette (Schenectady, New York), Monday, 20 October 1930, p. 20, cols. 6 & 7; image, Google News.

While the laundry business failed, Arthur’s painting business kept him busy. Between 1935 and 1940, Arthur moved to Albany, Albany, New York, and in the 1940 census, Arthur reportedly worked 52 weeks, and while he earned no money from the business, he claimed to have other sources of income. He must have been doing well because he owned the home on Avon Court worth $5,000 and had a housekeeper who was an “unpaid family worker.” His son, Ralph, was also a painter and was working on a WPA Project, and had worked all 52 weeks and earned $1,760. Ralph and two of his daughters were living with Arthur, but Ralph’s wife was not with them.¹⁴

Arthur and his wife separated before 1916, and Myrtle May continued to live at the home at 13 Munroe Court, which they had owned and shared in 1910. May was living in the house as late as 1940 and reported no income on that year’s census; however, she was renting part of her home to the Carey family. It appears Arthur remarried around 1951 a Gene E., who was not listed with Arthur in the 1951 directory but was listed in the 1952 directory as his widow. Arthur was still working as a painter before his death on 3 April 1951 in Albany, Albany, New York. Arthur was buried with his son, Ralph, who died on 7 July 1943, in Graceland Cemetery, Albany, Albany, New York.¹⁵

Lillian Bellamy

Lillian Bellamy probably caused a bit of an uproar in the family. James P. Littemore lived in East Galway, Saratoga, New York, and Lillian lived sixteen miles away in Wilton, Saratoga, New York. Williamstown was fifty-nine miles away, but it was the nearest town in Massachusetts, and Lillian and James were married there on 17 September 1887, most likely without parental consent. L. Marshall, the minister who performed the marriage, probably recognized the English common law age of consent, twelve for females, and the courts tended to uphold the legality of common law marriage. However, the marriage did not last, which was not surprising as the groom was twenty-nine years old and the bride was fourteen.¹⁶

Lillian resumed her maiden name and was living with her parents by 1892. That same year, she married John Stophilbeen on 25 August in Gansevoort, Saratoga, New York. They settled in Green Island, Albany, New York, outside of Troy, where their first two children were born–Roy J. on 22 April 1893 and Lily M. on 26 March 1894. Their last known child, Myrtle, was born on 4 July 1897 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York.¹⁷

John was a stationery engineer, someone who was “in charge of operation, maintenance, and repair of all mechanical systems in a building…” His work took the family to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from 1902 to about 1909, when they moved to Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. There, John worked as an engineer in various buildings such as the Palace Building and later as the head engineer for the Hotel Radisson. But his career path was not smooth. In 1913, he took a job at the Citizens Bank Building in Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, and returned the following year to Minneapolis to work for L S Donaldson Co., but then in 1915, he was working as a travel agent. Did he make the job change because he was tired of engineering or because he had trouble finding a new position? In 1916, he was back to engineering.¹⁸

Lillie might have gone back to work after the children were old enough not to need her at home, or perhaps because of the shortage of workers caused by the men being sent overseas to serve in World War I. Traditionally, Lillie would have been a homemaker, but in the 1920 Minneapolis City Directory, women were appearing with their employment information, and Lillie was a cashier at the New England Furniture & Carpet Co.¹⁹

Around 1921, John and Lillie moved to Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. John E Stopilbeen, an engineer, residing at 1215 Orange Grove, appeared in the 1923 Los Angeles City Directory, and Lillie M Bellamy and John Bellamy were also listed as living at the same address. The Stopilbeen name disappeared from the City Directory in 1924, and John Bellamy, an engineer, was living at 1215 Orange Grove Avenue with Lillie M Bellamy, a nurse, and Sarah Bellamy. John and Lillian appear to have decided to use the Bellamy surname, and John Bellamy’s death record supports that conclusion. It states John was born on 17 July 1867 (John had reported to the American Consulate that he was born 17 July 1866) in New York, his father’s surname was Bellamy (which was probably recorded on the death record because he was using the Bellamy surname) and his mother’s maiden name was Palmer (which matches the 1880 U.S. census where Amanda Stophelbeam and her husband P.P. Stophilbeam were living with her father, John Palmer, and they had a son John Stophilbeam who was born in 1866).²⁰

John Bellamy died on 20 February 1943 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Lillian Bellamy died on 23 December 1971 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Even though she had left New York long ago, she must have kept in touch with the family there, as she was mentioned in both her brothers’ obituaries as Lillian Bellamy, living in California.²¹

See Part Two for Generation 3.

1. 1900 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Saratoga Springs Township, ED 127, Sheet 11B, dwelling 234, family 249, Mor E. Thresher household; FamilySearch. Also, Find A Grave, database with images, memorial 41742950, Orson Bellamy (1808–1841) [1841 is a transcription error, it should be 1844], created by Linda Mac, gravestone photograph by smcniven; Old Cemetery, Terryville, Litchfield, Connecticut. And, Town of Plymouth, Connecticut, About Our Town > Mail-A-Map of Plymouth, Plymouth.

2. Meryl Baer, “Jobs for Women in the 1840s,” updated 26 September 2017, The Classroom, no path from the homepage. Also, 1850 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Malta Township, handwritten 20 top center, dwelling 139, family 155, Andrew Face household, entries for Sabrina and Orson Billing [sic]; FamilySearch. And, Paul Joseph Scudiere, “New York,” last updated 9 November 2022, Britannica, Geography & Travel > States & Other Subdivisions > New York > Government and Society, Education of New York.

3. 1855 New York census, Saratoga County, population schedule, Town of Malta, unpaginated, dwelling 224, family 241, Josiah Baker household; FamilySearch. Also, 1860 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Saratoga Springs, 168 –169, dwelling 1243, family 1367, Asa Kellogg household, entry for Orrisine Bellmie [sic]; FamilySearch. And, Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, History of Saratoga County, New York with Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Philadelphia: Everts & Ensign, 1878), 219; GoogleBooks. And, 1865 New York census, Saratoga County, population schedule, Town of Malta, 7, dwelling 58, family 60, William Ramsdale household; FamilySearch. And, 1870 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Saratoga Springs, 8, dwelling 60, family 62, Orson Bellamy household; FamilySearch.

4. 1875 New York census, Saratoga County, population schedule, Town of Wilton, 17, dwelling 168, family 167, Orson Bellamy household; FamilySearch. Also, 1880 U.S. census, Saratoga County, agricultural schedule, Town of Wilton, 17, Orson Bellemy [sic]; Ancestry.

5. “United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975,” database with images, FamilySearch, Saratoga > Grantee index 1791-1924 vol 1-3, A-B, search for Orson returned eleven Orsons, but not an Orson Bellamy who bought land in Saratoga County before 1898. Also, “United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975,” database with images, FamilySearch, Saratoga > Grantor index 1791-1924 vol 1-3, A-B, search for Orson returned eleven Orsons, but not an Orson Bellamy who bought land in Saratoga County before 1898. And, Jone Johnson Lewis, “A Short History of Women’s Property Rights in the United States,” Thought Co., Humanities > History and Culture > Women’s History > Laws & Women's Rights, A Short History of Women’s Property Rights in the United States. And, Saratoga County, New York, Deed Record, Vol. 162, 14, Benjamin Norton of Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, transfers to Sarah M. Bellamy of Malta, Saratoga County, New York, property in Wilton, Saratoga County, New York, recorded 26 March 1883; FamilySearch. And, 1880 U.S. census, Saratoga County, agricultural schedule, Town of Wilton, 17, Orson Bellemy [sic]; Ancestry. And, Saratoga County, New York, Deed Record, Vol. 205, 484, Sarah M. Bellamy of Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, transferred to Edward O. Bellamy of Wilton, Saratoga County, New York, property in Wilton, Saratoga County, New York, recorded 4 February 1895; FamilySearch. And, The Directory of Troy and Lansingburgh, West Troy and Green Island, Cohoes and Waterford, N.Y. for the year commencing June 15, 1893 (Albany, New York: Ampson, Murdock & Col. 1893), Vol. LXV, 63, Mrs. S. M. Bellamy; Ancestry. And, The Directory of Troy and Lansingburgh, West Troy and Green Island, Cohoes and Waterford, N.Y. for the year commencing June 1894 (Albany, New York: Ampson, Murdock & Col. 1894), Vol. LXVI, 75, entries for Arthur Bellamy and Mrs. S. M. Bellamy; Ancestry. And, The Directory of Troy and Lansingburgh, West Troy and Green Island, Cohoes and Waterford, N.Y. for the year commencing July 1, 1895 (Albany, New York: Ampson, Murdock & Col. 1895), Vol. LXVII, 75, Mrs. S. M. Bellamy, who died 30 April 1895; Ancestry. And, "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," FamilySearch, Rensselaer > Index 1881-1916 A-K > image 53 of 528, a search of the index for a Sarah Bellamy, including all surnames starting with Bel, or a Sarah Fowler, including all surnames starting with Fo, produced no matches.

6. Find A Grave, database with images, memorial 49434193, Sarah M. Bellamy (1849-1895), created by Alice, gravestone photograph by Alice; South Wilton Methodist-Episcopal Church Cemetery, Wilton, Saratoga, New York. Also, Find A Grave, database with images, memorial 49434233, Walter Bellamy (1876-1882), created by Alice, gravestone photograph by Lesley Gunnells-Ramos; South Wilton Methodist-Episcopal Church Cemetery, Wilton, Saratoga, New York. And, New York State Marriage Index 1892, 52, Lillie M. Bellamy, certificate 14613, 25 August 1892; Ancestry. And, New York State Marriage Index 1892, 769, John Stephilleen [sic], certificate 14613, 25 August 1892; Ancestry. And, New York State Marriage Index 1888, 47, Edward O. Bellamy, certificate 14087, 12 September 1888; Ancestry. And, New York State Marriage Index 1888, 745, Etta Washburn, certificate 14087, 12 September 1888; Ancestry. And, The Directory of Troy and Lansingburgh, West Troy and Green Island, Cohoes and Waterford, N.Y. for the year commencing July 1, 1896 (Albany, New York: Ampson, Murdock & Col. 1896), Vol. LXVIII, 75, Arthur Bellamy; Ancestry.

7. 1900 U.S. census, New York, Saratoga County, population schedule, Town of Saratoga Springs, ED 127, sheet 11B, dwelling 234, family 249, Mor E. Thresher household; FamilySearch. Also, Directory of Saratoga Springs, Village and Town, Including the Geysers and Saratoga Lake, 1901 (Saratoga Springs, New York: The Saratogian, 1901), Vol. 8, 105, Orson Bellamy; Ancestry. And, Directory of Saratoga Springs, Village and Town, Including the Geysers and Saratoga Lake, 1901 (Saratoga Springs, New York: The Saratogian, 1901), Vol. 8, 74, no residential listing for 70 Putnam Street, but 75-79 was near the intersection with Caroline Street; Ancestry. And, Directory of Saratoga Springs, Village and Town, Including the Geysers and Saratoga Lake, 1905 (Saratoga Springs, New York: The Saratogian, 1901), Vol. 12, 79, O B Bellamy; Ancestry. And, New York State Marriage Index 1904, 59, Orson Bellamy, certificate 4064, 10 March 1904; Ancestry. And, New York State Marriage Index 1904, 499, Lottie A. King, certificate 4064, 10 March 1904; Ancestry. And, Find A Grave, database with images, memorial 167438293, Lottie Agnes King Bellamy (1867-1920), created by Chiofalo/Chiofolo descendants, gravestone photograph by PAE; Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, Schenectady, New York. The entry contains a copy of the obituary for Lottie Agnese Bellamy, source unknown, uploaded by Chiofalo/Chiofolo descendants on 26 July 2026. And, Schenectady and Sciotia (New York) Directory for the Year beginning April, 1929 (Schenectady, New York: H. A. Manning Co., 1929), Vol. L, 65, Orson Bellamy; Ancestry.

8. 1930 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Wilton, ED 54, sheet 7A, dwelling 157, family 166, Edward Bellamy household; FamilySearch. Also, New York State Death Index 1926, unpaginated, Henrietta Bellamy, certificate 29571, 15 April 1926; Ancestry. See also, “The Great Depression Hits Farms and Cities in the 1930s,” Iowa PBS, no path from the homepage. And, “The Schenectady County Almshouse and Almshouse Records in the Library,” published 23 August 2011, Schenectady County Historical Society, Library & Research > Library Blog > 2011 > August, The Schenectady County Almshouse and Almshouse Records in the Library. And, New York State Marriage Index 1898, 52, Arthur J. Bellmay [sic], certificate 0396, 6 January 1898; Ancestry. And, New York State Marriage Index 1898, 573, Myrtie M. Nooning, certificate 0396, 6 January 1898; Ancestry. And, 1930 U.S. census, Schenectady County, New York, population schedule, Town of Schenectady, ED 33, sheet 7A, dwelling 140, family 125A, Arthur Bellamy household; FamilySearch. And, 1930 U.S. census, Rensselaer County, New York, population schedule, Town of Troy, ED 69, sheet 2A, dwelling 30, family 40, May M. Bellamy household; FamilySearch. And, Los Angeles City Directory Including San Pedro, Wilmington, Sawtelle, Palms, Westgate and the San Fernando Valley [1923] (Los Angeles, California: The Los Angeles Directory Company, 1923), 554, entries for Lillie M Bellamy and John Bellamy living at 1215 Orange Grove Ave.; Ancestry. And, Los Angeles City Directory Including San Pedro, Wilmington, Sawtelle, Palms, Westgate and the San Fernando Valley [1923], 2938, John E Stophilbeen living at 1215 Orange Grove; Ancestry. And, 1930 U.S. census, Schenectady County, New York, population schedule, Town of Schenectady, ED 46, sheet 1A, dwelling 1, family 23, Schenectady County Almshouse, line 24, Orson Bellamy; FamilySearch. And, Find A Grave, database with images, memorial 167438293, Lottie Agnes King Bellamy (1867-1920), Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, Schenectady, New York. And, “Obituary,” Schenectady Gazette (Schenectady, New York), Thursday, 19 February 1931, p. 19, cols. 6 & 7, Orson Bellamy; Google News.

9. 1875 New York census, Saratoga County, population schedule, Town of Wilton, 17, dwelling 168, family 167, Orson Bellamy household; FamilySearch. Also, “Funeral Services Held for Edward O. Bellamy,” Schenectady Gazette (Schenectady, NY) Monday, 21 June 1954, p. 7, col. 2; copy provided on 19 March 2025 by Chelsea DeCicco, Librarian, Schenectady County Public Library, in possession of the author. And, 1870 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Saratoga Springs, 8, dwelling 60, family 62, Orson Bellamy household; FamilySearch. And, New York State Marriage Index 1888, 47, Edward O. Bellamy, certificate 14087, 12 September 1888; Ancestry. And, New York State Marriage Index 1888, 745, Etta Washburn, certificate 14087, 12 September 1888; Ancestry. See 1892 New York census, Washington County, population schedule, Town of Argyle, ED 1, 8, col. 1, entries for Edward, Etta, and Earl Bellamy; FamilySearch. And, Saratoga County, New York, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, Local Board No. 2, A-Q, alphabetical order, card no. 21 for Leon D. Bellamy; FamilySearch.

10. New York State Birth Index, 1895, 52, Sarah M. Bellamy, certificate 1821, 13 January 1895; Ancestry. Also, New York State Birth Index 1896, 53, Orson Bellamy, certificate 43964, 5 October 1896; Ancestry. And, New York State Birth Index 1899, 49, Julia M. Bellamy, certificate 4913, 7 February 1899; Ancestry. And, New York State Birth Index 1901, 46, Ruth Bellamy, certificate 614, 5 January 1901; Ancestry. And, Saratoga County, New York, Marriage Record, 1915-1921, Vol. 2, 3001-6000, 213, no. 4061, William Bootier and Ruth Bellamy, 27 June 1917; FamilySearch. And, 1920 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Wilton, ED 157, sheet 1B, dwelling 24, family 24, Edward O Belmany [sic] household; FamilySearch. And, 1920 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Saratoga Springs, ED 142, sheet 3B, dwelling 44, family 103, Nicholas J Hazard household; FamilySearch. And, New York State Death Index 1926, unpaginated, Henrietta Bellamy, certificate 29571, 15 April 1926; Ancestry. And, 1930 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Wilton, ED 54, sheet 7A, dwelling 157, family 166, Edward Bellamy household; FamilySearch. And, 1940 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Wilton, ED 46-71, sheet 13A, household 202, Edward Bellamy household; FamilySearch. And, “Funeral Services Held for Edward O. Bellamy,” Schenectady Gazette (Schenectady, NY) Monday, 21 June 1954, p. 7, col. 2; copy provided on 19 March 2025 by Chelsea DeCicco, Librarian, Schenectady County Public Library, in possession of the author.

11. “Funeral Services Held for Edward O. Bellamy,” Schenectady Gazette (Schenectady, NY) Monday, 21 June 1954, p. 7, col. 2; copy provided on 19 March 2025 by Chelsea DeCicco, Librarian, Schenectady County Public Library, in possession of the author. Also, New York State Death Index 1954, 109, soundex 450, Edward O Bellamy, certificate 38709, 17 June 1954; FamilySearch.

12. New York State Marriage Index 1898, 52, Arthur J. Bellmay [sic], certificate 0396, 6 January 1898; Ancestry. Also, New York State Marriage Index 1898, 573, Myrtie M. Nooning, certificate 0396, 6 January 1898; Ancestry. And, New York World War II Draft Cards Young Men, alphabetical, card for Ralph Erskin Bellamy, serial number T1996; Ancestry. And, 1900 U.S. census, Rensselaer County, New York, population schedule, Town of Troy, ED 83, sheet 12B, dwelling 160, family 289, Arthur Bellamy household; FamilySearch. And, “Four Textile Factories in Troy, N.Y.,” Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway. And, The Directory of Troy, Watervliet and Green Island, Cohoes and Waterford, N.Y., for the Year Commencing July 1, 1901 (Albany, New York: Sampson, Murdock & Co., 1901), Vol. LXXIII, 587-588, Collar and Cuff Manufacturers; Ancestry. And, 1920 U.S. census, Rensselaer County, New York, population schedule, Town of Troy, ED 56, sheet 17A, dwelling 165, family 248, Arthur Bellemy [sic] household; FamilySearch.

13. “New Laundry Firm is Given State Charter,” Schenectady Gazette (Schenectady, New York), Wednesday, 23 April 1930, p. 2, col. 2; copy provided on 19 March 2025 by Chelsea DeCicco, Librarian, Schenectady County Public Library, in possession of the author. Also, “Two Residents File Bankruptcy Petitions,” Schenectady Gazette (Schenectady, New York), Thursday, 29 January 1931, p. 10, col. 5; copy provided on 19 March 2025 by Chelsea DeCicco, Librarian, Schenectady County Public Library, in possession of the author.

14. 1940 U.S. census, Albany County, New York, population schedule, Town of Albany, ED 63-84, sheet 2A, household 38, Arthur Bellamy household; FamilySearch.

15. The Troy Directory also Watervliet and Green Island, Cohoes and Waterford, N.Y., 1916 (Troy, New York: Sampson & Murdock Company, 1916), Vol. LXXXVIII, 89, Mrs. May Bellamy, 13 Munro Ct.; Ancestry. Also, 1910 U.S. census, Rensselaer County, New York, population schedule, Town of Troy, ED 50, sheet 8B, dwelling 149, family 201, Arthur J. Bellamy household; FamilySearch. And, 1940 U.S. census, Rensselaer County, New York, population schedule, Town of Troy, ED 42-80, sheet 10A, household 237, Mary Bellamy household; FamilySearch. And, 1940 U.S. census, Rensselaer County, New York, population schedule, Town of Troy, ED 42-80, sheet 9B, household 236, Joseph Carey household; FamilySearch. And, Albany (Albany County, N.Y.) City Directory Including Rensselaer and Menands, 1951 (Boston, Massachusetts: R.L. Polk & Company, Inc., 1951), Vol. CXXXVII, 72, Arth J Bellamy; Ancestry. And, Albany (Albany County, N.Y.) City Directory Including Rensselaer and Menands, 1952 (Boston, Massachusetts: R.L. Polk & Company, Inc., 1952), Vol. CXXXVIII, 74, entries for Arth J Bellamy (Gene E) died 3 April 1951 and Gene E Bellamy wid Arth J h 1 Avon Ct.; Ancestry. And, Find A Grave, database with images, memorial 172114925, Arthur J Bellamy (1871-1951), created by B Rozpad, gravestone photograph by Andrew Jackson; Graceland Cemetery, Albany, Albany, New York. And, Find A Grave, database with images, memorial 172114932, Ralph Erskin Bellamy (1900-1943), created by B Rozpad, gravestone photograph by Susan Schuster; Graceland Cemetery, Albany, Albany, New York.

16. Williams Town, Berkshire, Massachusetts, Record of Marriages 1860–1893, folio 284, James P. Littemore and Lillie M Bellemy, 17 September 1887; FamilySearch. Also, Vivian E. Hamilton, “The Age of Marital Capacity: Reconsidering Civil Recognition of Adolescent Marriage,” Boston University Law Review, Vol. 92, No. 6, December 2012, 1829; Boston University School of Law.

17. 1892 New York census, Saratoga County, population schedule, Town of Wilton, ED 1, 4, col. 1 & 2, entries for Orson, Sarah, Arthur, and Libbie Bellamy; FamilySearch. Also, New York State Marriage Index 1892, 52, Lillie M. Bellamy, certificate 14613, 25 August 1892; Ancestry. And, New York State Marriage Index 1892, 769, John Stephilleen [sic], certificate 14613, 25 August 1892; Ancestry. And, United States Department of State, Bureau of Citizenship, Consular Registration Certificates, 1907-1918, Applications 7001 to 7500, Vol. 15, 14 August 1907–27 June 1908, number 7081, Certificate of Registration of American Citizen for John Stophilbeen [which mentions his wife and the names, birthdates, and birth places for his children]; Ancestry.

18. “Stationary Engineer,” International Union of Operation Engineers, Jobs > Stationary Engineer. Also, United States Department of State, Bureau of Citizenship, Consular Registration Certificates, 1907-1918, Applications 7001 to 7500, Vol. 15, 14 August 1907–27 June 1908, number 7081, Certificate of Registration of American Citizen for John Stophilbeen [which mentions his wife and the names, birthdates, and birth places for his children]; Ancestry. And, Minneapolis City Directory, 1909 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Directory Company, 1909), Vol. XXXVII, 1513, John Stophilbeen; Ancestry. And, Minneapolis City Directory, 1912 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Directory Company, 1912), Vol. XL, 1807, John Stophilbeen; Ancestry. And, Aberdeen City and Brown County Directory, 1913 (Aberdeen, South Dakota: Polk’s Aberdeen Co., 1913), Vol. VIII, 188, John Stophilbeen; Ancestry. And, Minneapolis City Directory, 1914 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Directory Company, 1914), Vol. XLII, 1945, John Stophilbeen; Ancestry. And, Minneapolis City Directory, 1915 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Directory Company, 1915), Vol. XLIII, 1918, John P Stophilbeen; Ancestry. And, Minneapolis City Directory, 1916 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Directory Company, 1916), Vol. XLIV, 2039, John P Stophilbeen; Ancestry.

19. Tae H. Kim, “Where Women Worked During World War I,” Seattle General Strike Project: University of Washington, Research Articles > Where Women Worked During World War I. Also, Minneapolis City Directory, 1920 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Directory Company, 1920), Vol. XLVIII, 1914, entries for John Stophilbeen and Lillie Stophilbeen; Ancestry.

20. John and Lillian did not appear in the Minneapolis directory in 1921 or 1922, and show up in the Los Angeles directory in 1923 (digital images for 1921 and 1922 are incomplete for the Los Angeles directories at Ancestry). See Minneapolis City Directory, 1921 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Directory Company, 1921), Vol. XLIX, 2016, no John or Lillian Stophilbeen are listed; Ancestry. Also, Minneapolis City Directory, 1921 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Directory Company, 1921), Vol. XLIX, 270, no John or Lillian Bellamy are listed; Ancestry. And, Minneapolis City Directory, 1922 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Directory Company, 1922), Vol. L, 644, no Stophilbeen is listed; Ancestry. And, Minneapolis City Directory, 1922 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Directory Company, 1922), Vol. L, 265, no John or Lillian Bellamy are listed; Ancestry. And, Los Angeles City Directory Including San Pedro, Wilmington, Sawtelle, Palms, Westgate and the San Fernando Valley [1923], 2938, John E Stophilbeen living at 1215 Orange Grove; Ancestry. And, Los Angeles City Directory Including San Pedro, Wilmington, Sawtelle, Palms, Westgate and the San Fernando Valley [1923], 554, entries for Lillie M Bellamy and John Bellamy living at 1215 Orange Grove Ave; Ancestry. And, Los Angeles City Directory 1924 (Los Angeles, California: The Los Angeles Directory Company 1924), 2140, there is no entry for John E Stophilbeen; Ancestry. And, Los Angeles City Directory 1924 (Los Angeles, California: The Los Angeles Directory Company 1924), 490, entries for John Bellamy and Lillie M Bellamy both living at 1215 Orange Grove Ave.; Ancestry. And, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, death certificates, 1943, no. 840–3160, certificate 3051, John Bellamy, 20 February 1943; FamilySearch. And, 1880 U.S. census, Rensselaer County, New York, population schedule, Town of East Greenbush, ED 167, Albany, ED 63-84, 7, dwelling 67 [it is in the wrong column], family 70, John Palmer; FamilySearch.

21. Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, death certificates, 1943, no. 840–3160, certificate 3051, John Bellamy, 20 February 1943; FamilySearch. Also, “California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997,” database, Ancestry, entry for Lillie M Bellamy, who died 23 December 1971 in Los Angeles. And, “Died,” The Times Record, (Troy, New York), Wednesday, 4 April 1951, p. 15, col. 1, Arthur J. Bellamy; Newspapers.com. And, “Vicinity Obituaries,” Glen Falls Times (Glen Falls, NY) Saturday, 19 June 1954, p. 5, col. 3, Edward O. Bellamy; NYS Historic Newspapers.