The Story of Orson Bellamy of Saratoga, New York, and Some of his Descendants - Part 2

Generation 3: The Children of Edward Orson Bellamy and Henrietta H. Washburn, the Children of Arthur J. Bellamy and Mary Margaret Nooning, and the Children of John Stophilbeen and Lillian Bellamy.

See Part One for Generations 1 & 2.

One fun thing I learned during this segment — Earl Arthur Bellamy, the film director, was actually born Wachsmuth, and his obituaries have the details about his family totally wrong. He was the great-grandson of Orson Bellamy and Sarah M Fowler.

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Now for the story…

Third Generation

The Children of Edward Orson Bellamy and Henrietta H. Washburn

Earl Delbert Bellamy

While the 1892 New York census and his World War I and World War II draft records put Earl Delbert Bellamy’s birth at 1892, the New York State Birth Index and his obituary put his birth at 1891. He was not located in the 1910 U.S. census, but he was not listed as living with his parents. He would have been about nineteen years old and was probably working and living in another household. His brother Leon was sixteen and working as a farm laborer in the Van Keyning household.¹

Earl was working as a weaver in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York, when he met Minnie F. Young, a glove maker. They married on 1 March 1913 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York. About three years later, he was working as a coachman at the race track in Saratoga Springs. He and Minnie had two children. Eleanor was born on 25 December 1913 in Saratoga Springs, and Audrey Bellamy was born on 29 August 1916 in Saratoga Springs.²

In 1919, Earl and Minnie added Earl Louis to the family, and the following year, Earl was working as an oiler at the International Paper Company. By 1930, the family had moved and owned a home in Colonie, Albany, New York. Earl was self-employed, working as a carpenter building houses, and Minnie was working as a pocket cutter at the shirt factory.³

Perhaps the Depression destroyed Earl’s business, because in 1935, Earl, Minnie, and Earl L. were living in Wilton, Saratoga, New York, not far from the Bellamy family farm where Earl’s father lived. Earl was working as a bus driver, and Earl L. was working as a truck driver. Minnie must have had some money because she had bought the property in Colonie on 26 November 1928 and sold it on 9 April 1938. She also bought land in Wilton in 1930 and 1935.⁴

By 1950, Earl and his wife Minnie were living on Loudon Road in Wilton either with or next to Audrey and her family and Earl L. and his family. Minnie was working as a practical nurse at the hospital and worked forty-eight hours the week before the 1950 U.S. census was taken. Earl had worked fifteen hours driving a school bus. He drove a school bus until his death on 19 April 1957, probably in Emerson Corners, which was a hamlet in Wilton, Saratoga, New York.⁵

Leon D. Bellamy

The Bellamy family farm was probably either unable to support the family, or the boys wanted something more. When Leon was sixteen years old, he was living with Charles and Florence Van Keyning in Malta, working as a farm laborer. But he didn’t stay on that farm either. In 1915, he was living on Main Street in Corinth with his eighteen-year-old brother Orson, working as a machinist with the International Paper Company. Fourteen days after the New York census was taken, Leon married Louise E. Ide, a school teacher, in Corinth, Saratoga, New York.⁶

When Leon was registered for the World War I draft on 5 June 1917, he and Louise were already the parents of a son born on 3 February 1916, and he would have been in class two and exempt from the draft until class one (unmarried young men and men without dependents) was exhausted. He and Louise added two daughters to their family, and he served as a Trustee for the First Baptist church at Corinth. While serving, their pastor, Reverend Walter A. Miller, attended a dance at a private home with Miss Mina E. Clothier. This was a scandal, and the Trustees, including Leon, called for Rev. Miller’s resignation. The following day, Rev. Miller announced his engagement to Miss Clothier. While Rev. Miller subsequently announced his resignation, he changed his mind and requested that the matter be put to the congregation for a vote. The congregation voted unanimously to keep him.⁷

Rev. Miller was no longer at the First Baptist church in 1938, and Rev. Gordon I Nichols officiated at Leon’s funeral. Wednesday afternoon, 12 January 1938, Leon was working his shift as the night machinist at the International Paper Company “when a belt which provides power for operation of Machine 10 slipped from the pulley, bounded along the line shaft and hit [Leon and Fred King, the foreman of the machine crew and the core factory].” Leon was taken to the Corinth Hospital with a fractured skull and died in the early morning hours. While all the children were living at home, only Jane was underage, and she and her mother were awarded $12.36 per week (worth about $256.54 in 2022) plus $200 for funeral expenses.⁸

Sarah Melvina Bellamy

Her brothers had left home to work as soon as they could, and so did Sarah. At age nineteen, she was living at 52 Catherine Street in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York, working as a milliner. George Jesse Bentley was a delivery clerk who lived less than two miles away. Did they meet when he made a delivery? Or perhaps at church? The two young people married on 30 May 1914 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York, and lived with his parents. When Jesse’s father died a year after the wedding, his mother, Louella, moved to Stillwater, New York, and Jesse and Sarah probably lived with or near her as their second son, Wesley, was born there.⁹

Louella remarried on 3 November 1917 to William Brown and almost immediately moved to Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts. Jesse and Sarah had to find a place to live, and they rented a home in Saratoga Springs where their next two children were born. Jesse worked for the railroad as a car cleaner. In 1922, Jesse and Sarah moved to Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, and in 1924, they were living at 85 Merrimac Street across the street from Louella. Jesse and Sarah’s last child was born while they were living there, and they named him William Brown Bentley after Louella’s husband.¹⁰

Life wasn’t easy for Jesse and Sarah. Jesse worked various jobs and at one point worked for the Salvation Army selling the “War Cry” magazine, and their oldest child, George Richard, would go to Saint James Avenue “where the rich people lived,” and take orders for the pies Sarah would bake from the local fruit the children would pick. The family would get wooden crates from the factory where Louella’s husband worked, and they would chop them up to use in the wood-burning stove that they used to cook and heat the home. But Merrimac Avenue was a good place to live. Once, Sarah was ill, the snow was two to three feet deep, and the doctor could not get down their street. Jesse, William Brown, and the neighbors all went out and cleared the way for the doctor.¹¹

When Louella’s second husband passed away in 1928, Jessie and Sarah moved with their five children from 85 Merrimac Street into Louella’s 90 Merrimac Street home and stayed with her for about six years before moving into their own home.¹²

Sarah did not get to enjoy her new home for very long. She passed away on 17 December 1936 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. With her death, her husband and her two youngest and unmarried children once again moved in with his mother. Sarah had probably expected to get married, set up house, and raise her children near her family in New York. Instead, she spent most of her married life living with or near her mother-in-law and moving to Massachusetts. But perhaps that wasn’t a bad thing. When William Brown collapsed at work and was dying, Sarah’s brother-in-law Edward, who was six years older than Sarah’s oldest child, stayed with her children while she stayed with Louella and helped care for William. Maybe Sarah cared for Edward between 1915 and 1917 while the widowed Louella worked as a nurse. These two women may have been each other’s support as they raised their families and cared for their homes. Jesse and Sarah obviously admired Louella’s husband enough to name their last son after him.¹³

Orson Edward Bellamy

Orson E. and his brother Leon must have been close. First, they were living together in 1915, and then they married the Ide sisters. Leon married Louise Ide in 1915, and Orson married Edwina Ide on 7 November 1916, probably in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York. Like Leon, Orson E. worked at the International Paper Company. Also like Leon, he was married with a child when he registered for the World War I draft, was deferred, and was not called up for service.¹⁴

In 1920, Orson E. and his brother Earl were renting homes almost next to each other on Oak Street in Corinth, Saratoga, New York. But Orson E. didn’t stay with the paper company. Orson E.’s grandfather had done carpentry, his father had done carpentry, and Orson E. became a carpenter doing contract work. Unlike his brother Earl, Orson E.’s business must have been successful because, by 1930, Orson E. owned his home worth $6,500 at 212 Alexander Avenue in Scotia, Schenectady, New York. He worked as a contractor until he retired in 1971.¹⁵

Advertisement from the Schenectady and Sciotia (New York) Directory for the Year Beginning April, 1929 (Schenectady, New York: H.A. Manning Co., 1929), Vol. L, 819; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/1940789).

Orson E. and his wife, Edwina, were active in the Glenville Grange and members of the Center Glenville United Methodist Church. Orson passed away on 11 April 1979 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York.¹⁶

Julia M. Bellamy

It appears Julia did not leave home before her marriage. She married Harold Gallup when she was twenty years old on 2 April 1919 in Wilton, Saratoga, New York. Harold was a farmer, and they lived on Elizabeth Washburn’s farm. Elizabeth had been married to Julia’s uncle, Robert Washburn, who had died in 1917, and she probably needed the help.¹⁷

Left to Right: Ruth, Julia, and Sarah

Afterward, Harold and Julia bought a dairy farm in Northumberland, Saratoga, New York, on what became known as Thomas Road or RFD #1 Gansevoort (a hamlet of Northumberland) or “on road north to town line off Fortsville Road.” She raised her four children in this house, and she was still living there when she died on 23 November 1977 in the hospital at Glens Falls, Warren, New York.¹⁸

Ruth E. Bellamy

With her mother’s permission, Ruth married William Bootier on 27 June 1917 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, when she was sixteen years old. The marriage failed, and her parents raised her son, Edward.¹⁹

After her divorce, she was waiting tables in Saratoga Springs, then she moved to Troy, where she worked at Earl & Wilson as a stitcher. She married Arthur M. Sweeney on 16 October 1933 in Saratoga Springs. Arthur was a chef at Empire Lunch, and they lived at 84 State Street in Saratoga Springs. This continued until 1937, when Arthur left Empire Lunch and started driving a taxi. In 1939, Ruth and Arthur were separated. Ruth was living in Millett’s Hotel and operating Central Taxi; Arthur was living at 75 Washington Street. They never reconciled.²⁰

Arthur died in Ballston Spa in 1944. Two months after Arthur’s death, Ruth joined the Army and served until 3 June 1945. She was one of more than 150,000 women who served in non-combat positions, and she was stationed at Camp Roberts in California.²¹

Ruth married Albert J DelVecchio on 13 April 1947 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York. He was fifteen years her junior, but the marriage must have worked because they were still living together in 1960, and she was mentioned in Albert’s 1998 obituary. She died on 7 December 1986 in Saratoga Springs, and Edward, from her first marriage, was her only child.²²

The Children of Arthur J. Bellamy and Mary Margaret Nooning

Ralph Erskin Bellamy

Ralph Erskin Bellamy married Dora A. Knauer on 18 May 1919 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York. They lived with her parents in Brunswick, Rensselaer, New York, and Dora gave birth to their daughter Elizabeth Margaret on 22 December 1919. The old biddies counting on their fingers probably couldn’t wait to spread the gossip. Ralph was working as a turner at a collar shop to support his little family, and he didn’t stay with his in-laws for long. In 1923, he was living on Lewis Street, probably with his father, and working as a machinist. Finally, in 1925, Ralph was able to provide a home for his family in Troy at 248 Second Street. Ralph was now working in the radiator department of the Ford plant.²³

When Elizabeth was ten years old, her sister Ann Mary was born, and another child was born two years later. Two years after that, Ralph was separated from Dora; she was living in Troy, and he was living with his father in Schenectady. His father, Arthur, moved to Albany around 1940, and Ralph and his two younger children moved in with him. Ralph was working as a painter for the W.P.A. at the Watervliet Arsenal in Albany. Ralph died on 7 July 1943, probably in Albany, Albany, New York; Ann Mary appears to have returned to Troy and was living with her mother in 1948, and the youngest child was living with Arthur prior to marrying.²⁴

The Children of John Stophilbeen and Lillian Bellamy

Roy J. Stophilbeen

The Stophilbeen family left Canada and moved to Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, around 1909, and the following year, Roy, at age seventeen, was apprenticed to a “milk shop.” While Minnesota had a large milk industry, and Hennepin had several dairy farms, the transcription of the 1910 U.S. census is probably incorrect and probably should be “mechanic” shop, as Roy became an auto mechanic and never changed professions. Roy married Vera Wilson on 18 November 1914 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.²⁵

Roy moved his family to the suburbs of Minneapolis. They were living in Rockford, Wright, Minnesota, sharing their home with Vera’s sister Edith and with Vera’s sister Gertrude and her family. Roy was the only one working, so he would have been supporting the entire household. Roy moved around Minnesota, first to Rockford, Wright, Minnesota, to Walnut Grove, Redwood, Minnesota, to Truman, Martin, Minnesota, to Westford, Martin, Minnesota, to Wilmar, Kandike, Minnesota, to Wadena, Wadena, Minnesota, to Moorhead, Clay, Minnesota, and a few more towns in between before going to Coulee City, Grant, Washington. He again moved every couple of years until he passed away on 25 October 1965 in Colefax, Whitman, Washington.²⁶

Lillie M Stophilbeen

Lillie was twenty years old when she married George Wachsmith on 17 June 1914 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. As with many of her Bellamy relatives, her first marriage failed, but her mother may have been a large contributing factor. George applied for a restraining order against his mother-in-law because “Mrs. Wachsmuth’s mother has been visiting the home and taking her daughter to other places and urging her to leave her husband.” This had been going on for their entire marriage. In 1920, Lillie was divorced and living with her parents as Lillie Stophilbeen, working as a cashier at the New England Furniture & Carpet Company. She appears to have moved with her parents to Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. In 1921, an announcement appeared in the Hollywood Citizen that “Mrs. Lillian Bellamy, a widely known soprano, who has recently come from Minneapolis, will give several solos, and her sister, Miss Myrtle Bellamy, will give a group of readings.”²⁷

Lillie had one child with George, who was known as Earl Arthur Bellamy and was raised by her parents. Perhaps this is why the family changed the surname to Bellamy when they moved to Los Angeles. Lillie was living with her parents in 1920, but her son, who would have been three, was not listed with them. Nor was the boy listed as living with his father. The Stophilbeens may have taken the child and were making it hard for George Wachsmuth to find them. Or perhaps they changed the name in order to fit in better with their California neighbors.²⁸

In California, Lillie was a Hollywood hostess and a musical performer. “She is a dramatic soprano of considerable reputation having appeared at the Bowl in ‘Aida’ and before clubs and other organizations.” She met and married William Andrew Black on 17 December 1927, with whom she had one son. William worked as a property man, probably at First National Studios, to support his family. Lillie passed away on 23 April 1994 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.²⁹

Myrtle Stophilbeen

Myrtle also went with her parents to Los Angeles and changed her name to Bellamy. And she was involved with her sister in entertaining and performing, but she was working as a nurse when her mother threw an engagement party for her and Philip Harlow on 9 April 1925. The party was worthy of four paragraphs in the Hollywood Daily Citizen. Philip was working as a bookkeeper and living in Oakridge, Lane, Oregon. Myrtle, accompanied by her soon-to-be mother-in-law, joined him there, where they married on 16 June 1925.³⁰

The couple returned to California, where their only child was born, and eventually, made their way back to Los Angeles. At age 96, Myrtle moved to Escondido, San Diego, California, probably to be closer to her child. Myrtle passed away on 31 July 1993 in San Diego County, California.³¹

See Part Three for Generation 4.

1. 1892 New York census, Washington County, population schedule, Town of Argyle, 8, col. 1, entries for Edward, Etta, and Earl Bellamy; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D15S-63N). Also, Saratoga County, New York, World War I Draft Cards, Local Board 1, A–S, alphabetical order, Earl D. Bellamy, no. 55; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81NZ-9HN2). And, New York, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Belgano, Francesco-Bellows, Frank, alphabetical order, card for Earl Delbert Bellamy, serial number U207; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSS1-G3YT-Q). And, New York State Birth Index 1891, 48, Earl Bellamy, certificate 35344, 4 September 1891; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61667/images/48877_556456-00048). And, “Vicinity Obituaries,” Glens Falls Times (Glens Falls, NY) Monday, 22 April 1957, p. 18, col. 2, Earl D. Bellamy; NYS Historic Newspapers (https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031319/1957-04-22/ed-1/seq-18/). And, 1910 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Wilton, ED 148, sheet 2B, dwelling 39, family 46, Edward O. Bellamy household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJP-C73). And, 1910 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Malta, ED 112, sheet 2B, dwelling 39, family 39, Charles Van Keyning household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJP-DSX).

2. Saratoga County, New York, Marriage Record, 1908–1915, Vol. 1, records 1–3000, numerical, 422, record 2115, Earl Bellamy and Minnie F. Young, 1 March 1913; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS8S-JJ8). Also, Saratoga County, New York, World War I Draft Cards, Local Board 1, A–S, alphabetical order, Earl D. Bellamy, no. 55; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81NZ-9HN2). And, “Eleanor Schwank Obituary,” originally published in the Post-Star (Glens Falls, New York), Sunday, 28 May 2006; Legacy.com (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/poststar/name/eleanor-schwank-obituary?id=8342645), no path from the homepage. And, “Obituaries, Dec. 1, 2003,” Audrey M. VanVranken, originally published in The Saratogian (Saratoga, New York), Monday, 1 December 2003; The Saratogian (https://www.saratogian.com/2003/12/01/obituaries-dec-1-2003/), no path from homepage.

3. “U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947,” database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44028_07_00006-01445), New York (State) > Behan-Bubniak > Bell, Henry-Bellerrose, Bernard, alphabetical order, card for Earl Louis Bellamy, serial number 205. Also, 1920 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Corinth, ED 105, sheet 17A, dwelling 351, family 424, Earl Bellamy household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6R-NHS). And, 1930 U.S. census, Albany County, New York, population schedule, Town of Colonie, ED 128, sheet 4A, dwelling 98, family 98, Earl Bellamy household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RCW-8QT).

4. 1940 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Wilton, ED 46-71, sheet 12B, household 252, Earl Bellamy household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MB-SQ2W). Also, Albany County, New York, Index of Grantees, 1922–1928, A–B, 153, Minnie F. Bellamy is granted land from Edward Dott and wife, 26 November 1927; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89W7-ZHT1). And, Albany County, New York, Index of Grantors, 1929–1939, A–B, 152, Minnie F. Bellamy grants land to Flossie Spier, 9 April 1938; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WQ-RHYK). And, Saratoga County, New York, Index of Grantees, 1925–1938, Vol. 4, A–B, 151, Minnie F. Bellamy is granted land from Anna Myers, 1930; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WC-V7TQ). And, Saratoga County, New York, Index of Grantees, 1925–1938, Vol. 4, A–B, 152, Minnie F. Bellamy is granted land from Emma Meeker, 1935; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WC-VW5S).

5. 1950 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Wilton, ED 46-98, sheet 33, dwelling 275, Earl L. Bellamy household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHN-LQHW-9SMB-N). Note: FamilySearch has a search engine for the 1950 census, but Earl L Bellamy’s household is not found. A search for his daughter, Audrey Vanvraker [sic], who was living next door in dwelling 274, will return a link to the image. Earl D. Bellamy and his family are on the same page in dwelling 276. Also, “Vicinity Obituaries,” Glens Falls Times (Glens Falls, NY) Monday, 22 April 1957, p. 18, col. 2, Earl D. Bellamy; NYS Historic Newspapers (https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031319/1957-04-22/ed-1/seq-18/). And, “Historic Overview,” Town of Wilton New York (https://townofwilton.com/departments/town-historian/historic-overview/), Departments > Town Historian > Historic Overview.

6. 1910 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Malta, ED 112, sheet 2B, dwelling 39, family 39, Charles Van Keyning household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJP-DSX). Also, 1915 New York census, Saratoga County, population schedule, Town of Corinth, ED 1, 7, Leon Bellamy household; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2703/images/32848_B094121-00078). And, 1920 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Corinth, ED 105, sheets 13A&B, dwelling 275, family 328, Elmer Ide household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6R-J7G). Leon is listed as Bell, but the children on the next page are listed as Bellamy. And, Saratoga County, New York, Marriage Record, 1915–1921, Vol. 2, records 3001–6000, 28, numerical order, no. 3137, Leone D. Bellamy and Louise E. Ide, 15 June 1915; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS8S-JK8).

7. Saratoga County, New York, World War I Draft Cards, Local Board 2, A–Q, alphabetical order, Leon D. Bellamy, no. 21; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81NR-938D). Also, “U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947,” database with images, Ancestry, New York (State) > Behan-Bubniak > Bell, Henry-Bellerrose, Bernard, alphabetical order, Leon Daniel Bellamy, serial number 930; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44028_07_00006-01437). And, “Military Classifications for Draftees,” compiled by Anne Yoder, Archivist, Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore College (https://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/conscientiousobjection/MilitaryClassifications.htm), Academics > Libraries > Special Collections > Peace Collection > Scpc Resources & Guides > SCPC Resources on Conscientious Objection/Objectors > Military Classifications for Draftees. And, New York State Birth Index, 1918, 104, Charlene J Bellamy, certificate 72389, 28 August 1918; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61667/images/48877_556558-00105). And, New York State Birth Index, 1925, unpaginated, alphabetical order, Jane L. Bellamy, certificate 15005, 28 February 1925; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61667/images/48877_556566-00099). And, “Corinth Baptist Clergyman Asked to Resign Because he Attended a Private Dance,” The Post-Star (Glens Falls, NY), Monday, 23 September 1929, p. 2, cols. 1 & 2, NYS Historic Newspapers (https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031447/1929-09-23/ed-1/seq-2). And, “Future of Rev. Walter Miller As Corinth Baptist Pastor in Hands of Church Tonight,” The Post-Star (Glens Falls, NY), Tuesday, 24 September 1929, p. 5, column 2, NYS Historic Newspapers (https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031447/1929-09-24/ed-1/seq-5). And, “Baptist Pastor at Corinth is Requested to Continue at Church Meeting Last Night,” The Post-Star (Glens Falls, NY), Wednesday, 25 September 1929, p. 2, cols. 1 & 2, NYS Historic Newspapers (https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031447/1929-09-25/ed-1/seq-2).

8. “Vicinity Obituaries,” Glens Falls Times (Glens Falls, New York), Saturday, 15 January 1938, p. 12, col. 7, funeral announcement for Leon D. Bellamy Sr.; NYS Historic Newspapers (https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031319/1938-01-15/ed-1/seq-12). Also, “Accident at Corinth Mill Proves Fatal,” Glens Falls Times (Glens Falls, New York), Thursday, 13 January 1938, p. 16, col. 5, NYS Historic Newspapers (https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031319/1938-01-13/ed-1/seq-16). And, “Compensation Awards Granted to Corinth, Ballston Spa Women,” Glens Falls Times (Glens Falls, New York), Thursday, 31 March 1938, p. 6, col. 6, NYS Historic Newspapers (https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031319/1938-03-31/ed-1/seq-6). And, Inflation Calculator, CPI Inflation Calculator (https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1938?amount=1).

9. Saratoga County, New York, Marriage Record, 1908–1915, Vol. 1, records 1–3000, numerical, 529, record 2645, George Jesse Bentley and Satie [Sarah] Melvina Bellamy, 30 May 1914; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS8S-JNT). Also, 1915 New York census, Saratoga County, Town of Saratoga, ED 11, 16, Isaac Bently [sic] household; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2703/images/32848_B094121-00765). And, Find A Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100342104/isaac-bentley), memorial 100342104, Isaac Bentley (1854-1915), created by Butterfly~Kisses, gravestone photograph by Julie Johnson Dowd and added by Deborah Carl; Hutchings Cemetery, Greenfield, Saratoga, New York. And, Barnstable–Essex Counties, Marriages, 1917, Vol. 643, 101, William T. Brown and Ella M. (Corp) Bentley, 3 November 1917; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81BF-4NS). And, New York State Birth Index 1917, 108, Leslie [sic] E. Bentley, certificate 61954, 1 July 1917; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61667/images/48877_556557-00108).

10. Barnstable–Essex Counties, Marriages, 1917, Vol. 643, 101, William T. Brown and Ella M. (Corp) Bentley, 3 November 1917; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81BF-4NS). Also, 1920 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Saratoga Springs, ED 145, sheet 1B, dwelling 21, family 23, Jessie Bentley household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6R-6HF). And, New York State Birth Index 1919, unpaginated, alphabetical order, Charles H. Bentley, certificate [illegible, possibly 54034], 13 July 1919; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61667/images/48877_556559-00099). And, New York State Birth Index 1921, unpaginated, alphabetical order, Luella [transcribed as Emelia] M. Bentley, certificate [illegible, possibly 7010], 16 January 1921; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61667/images/48877_556561-00112). And, “George Bentley Sr. Reminiscing Part 1,” interview conducted by Barbara Dunwoody, 28 August 1992; a copy of the video is in possession of Deborah A. Carl. George remembered living in a very large house on Saint James Avenue with his grandmother, Louella, and her second husband, William Brown, before William Brown bought two lots on Merrimac Street and built the house at 90 Merrimac and used the second lot for his garden. George’s father, Jesse, bought a lot across the street at 85 Merrimac and built a house. And, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Births, 1924, Vol. 126, July 24–Sept. 16, folio 402, William Brown Bentley, whose parents lived at 85 Merrimack [sic] Ave., 31 August 1924; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3V7-Z9CG). And see Springfield, West Springfield, Longmeadow, and Chicopee Directory 1915 (Springfield, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Co. 1925), 292, William T Brown living at 90 Merrimack [sic] Avenue; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10753661).

11. “George Bentley Sr. Reminiscing Part 1,” interview conducted by Barbara Dunwoody, 28 August 1992; a copy of the video is in possession of Deborah A. Carl.

12. Springfield, West Springfield, Longmeadow, and Chicopee Directory 1929 (Springfield, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Co. 1929), 255, George J (Sarah M) Bentley; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collection/2469/images/10474947). Also, Springfield, West Springfield, Longmeadow, and Chicopee Directory 1930 (Springfield, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Co. 1930), 253, George J (Sarah M) Bentley; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/11382255). And, Springfield, West Springfield, Longmeadow, and Chicopee Directory 1932 (Springfield, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Co. 1932), 223, George J (Sarah M) Bentley; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/11380529). And, Springfield, West Springfield, Longmeadow, and Chicopee Directory 1933 (Springfield, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Co. 1933), 176, George J (Sarah M) Bentley; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10479222). And, Springfield, West Springfield, Longmeadow, and Chicopee Directory 1934 (Springfield, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Co. 1934), 156, George J (Sarah M) Bentley; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10582395). And, Springfield, West Springfield, Longmeadow, and Chicopee Directory 1936 (Springfield, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Co. 1936), 162, George J (Sarah M) Bentley now listed as living at 99 Central; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10099737).

13. [Title page is missing. If it is the same as the previous editions, the page would read as follows: Springfield, West Springfield, Longmeadow, and Chicopee Directory 1937 (Springfield, Massachusetts: The Price & Lee Co. 1937)], 263, entries for George J h 99 Central and George J Mrs (Sarah M) Bentley, died 17 Dec 1936, age 41; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/10477217). Also, 1940 U.S. census, Hampden County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Town of Springfield, Ward 2, ED 22-28, sheet 1A, household 4, Ella Brown household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-8NDQ). And, “George Bentley Sr. Reminiscing Part 1,” interview conducted by Barbara Dunwoody, 28 August 1992; a copy of the video is in possession of Deborah A. Carl. And, Barnstable–Essex Counties, Marriages, 1917, Vol. 643, 101, William T. Brown and Ella M. (Corp) Bentley, 3 November 1917; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81BF-4NS).

14. Saratoga County, New York, Marriage Record, 1915–1921, Vol. 2, records 3001–6000, 158, numerical order, no. 3786, Orson Bellamy and Edwina Ide, 7 November 1916; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS8S-JP9). And, Saratoga County, New York, World War I Draft Cards, Local Board 2, A–Q, alphabetical order, Leon D. Bellamy, no. 21; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81NR-938D). And, New York State Birth Index 1918, 104, Charlene J Bellamy, certificate 72389, 28 August 1918; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61667/images/48877_556558-00105).

15. 1920 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Corinth, ED 105, sheet 17A, dwelling 349, family 422, Orson Bellamy household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6R-NHS). Also, Schenectady and Sciotia (New York) Directory for the Year Beginning April, 1929 (Schenectady, New York: H.A. Manning Co., 1929), 65, Orson E. Bellamy; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/1940445). And, 1930 U.S. census, Schenectady County, New York, population schedule, Town of Scotia, ED 6, sheets 23B & 24A, dwelling 566, family 617, Orson Belland [sic] household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RZ1-4PS). And, “O.E. Bellamy, Builder, Dies; Rite Tomorrow,” Schenectady Gazette (Schenectady, New York), Thursday, 12 April 1979, p. 31, col. 1; MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10605-792866/schenectady-gazette).

16. “O.E. Bellamy, Builder, Dies; Rite Tomorrow,” Schenectady Gazette (Schenectady, New York), Thursday, 12 April 1979, p. 31, col. 1; MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10605-792866/schenectady-gazette). Also, “Edwina Ide Ballamy, 101, great-great-grandmother of 6,” Schenectady Gazette (Schenectady, New York), Monday, 14 September 1998, p. B7, cols. 1 & 2, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10605-1135080/the-daily-gazette).

17. Saratoga County, New York, Marriage Record, 1915–1921, Vol. 2, records 3001–6000, 352, numerical order, no. 4759, Harold Gallup and Julia Bellamy, 2 April 1919; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS8S-JYG). Also, County of Saratago, New York, Deed Book 203, 147, Daniel Washburn grants land to Robert Washburn, and Linnie Washburn (his wife), Julia D. Goodell, Etta Bellamy, Ada G. Pitts, Sarah F. Parmenter, Maria E. Baker, and Linnie Dimmick, heirs of Cyrus Washburn (deceased), 7 February 1894; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WC-G8Z7). And, 1870 U.S. Census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Wilton, 17, dwelling 164, family 175, Cyrus Washburn household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6S7W-HSP). On Robert Washburn’s daughter’s marriage license, his wife’s full name was listed as Melinda Elizabeth Schemerhom. See Saratoga County, New York, Marriage Papers, 1910–1911, no. 1011–1277, numerical order by license number, license 1175, Charles Hurd and Dora Washburn, 11 January 1911; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS8C-DKC). Elizabeth Washburn was living with her youngest son and her mother, Amanda Schermerhond, on the same property as Harold J Gallop. See 1920 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Wilton, ED 157, sheet 4B, dwelling 89, family 90, Harold J Gallup household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6R-85B). Linnie Washburn’s husband had died in 1917. See New York State Death Index 1917, 1266 [very faded, names are in alphabetical order], Robert Washburn, certificate 60255, 18 September 1917; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSG8-BQ3X-1).

18. 1930 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Northumberland, ED 33, sheet 3B, dwelling 78, family 84, Harold J Gallup household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RZD-GSB). Also, 1940 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Northumberland, ED 46-42, sheet 8A, household 160, Harold Gallup household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MB-SQLR). And, 1950 U.S. census, Saratoga County, New York, population schedule, Town of Northumberland, ED 46-54, sheet 2, dwelling 11, Harold J. Gallup household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHN-GQHW-99BQ-C). And, “Glens Falls Area Obituaries,” The Post-Star (Glens Falls, New York), Friday, 25 November 1977, p. 24, col. 3, Mrs. Julia Gallup; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/347152441).

19. Saratoga County, New York, Marriage Record, 1915–1921, Vol. 2, records 3001–6000, 213, numerical order, no. 4061, William Bootier and Ruth Bellamy, 27 June 1917; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YS8S-J57). Also, Deborah Carl, “The Story of Orson Bellamy of Saratoga, New York, and Some of his Descendants Part One,” Your Family Quest (https://yourfamilyquest.substack.com/p/the-story-of-orson-bellamy-of-saratoga).

20. 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 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6R-69L). Also, The Troy Directory Also Choes and Waterford and Watervliet and Green Island, N.Y. 1923 (Troy, New York: Sampson & Murdock Company, Inc., 1923), Vol. XCIV, 84, Ruth Bootier; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/2251249). And, New York State Marriage Index 1933, 140, Ruth E. Bootier, certificate 41319, 16 October 1933; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61632/images/48723_556216-00142 ). And, New York State Marriage Index 1933, 1488, Arthur M. Sweeney, certificate 41319, 16 October 1933; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61632/images/48723_556216-01512). And, Saratoga Springs and Balston Spa (New York) Directory for Year Beginning July, 1934 (Schenectady, New York: H.A. Manning Company, 1934), Vol. XLI, 190, Arthur M Sweeney (M Ruth); Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/1939676). And, Saratoga Springs and Schuylerville (New York) Directory for Year Beginning July, 1937 (Schenectady, New York: H.A. Manning Company, 1937), Vol. XLIV, 156, Arthur M Sweeney (M Ruth); Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/1541098). And, Saratoga Springs and Corinth (New York) Directory for Year Beginning July, 1939 (Schenectady, New York: H.A. Manning Company, 1939), Vol. XLVI, 155, entries for Arthur M Sweeney and Ruth Sweeney; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/1541617.

21. “Vicinity Obituaries,” The Post-Star (Glens Falls, New York), Saturday, 19 February 1944, p. 12, col. 2, Arthur M. Sweeney; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117660454/arthur-m-sweeneys-obituary/). Also, “U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5047902:2441), entry for Ruth E Delvecchio, SSN: 083123154. And, Judith A. Bellafaire, The Women’s Army Corps: A Commemoration of World War II Service (Washington, DC: U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1993), 3; GoogleBooks (https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Women_s_Army_Corps/O-lrBbov-ogC). And, “Obituaries,” Schenectady Gazette (Schenectady, New York), Tuesday, 9 December 1986, p. 25, col. 2, Mrs. DelVecchio, Seamstress, 85; MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10605-901331/schenectady-gazette).

22. New York State Marriage Index 1947, Bride, 572, Ruth E Sweeney, certificate 14622, 13 April 1947; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61632/images/48576_556120-01295). Also, New York State Marriage Index 1947, Groom, 12330, Albert Delvecchio, certificate 14622, 13 April 1947; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61632/images/48576_556121-00326). And, “Obituaries,” The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, New York), Thursday, 10 September 1998, p. B11, col. 5, Albert DelVecchio; MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10605-1134829/the-daily-gazette). And, “Obituaries,” Schenectady Gazette (Schenectady, New York), Tuesday, 9 December 1986, p. 25, col. 2, Mrs. DelVecchio, Seamstress, 85; MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10605-901331/schenectady-gazette).

23. New York State Marriage Index 1919, 91 [faded, alphabetical order], Ralph E. Bellamy, certificate 7924, 18 May 1919; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61632/images/48576_556171-00092). Also, New York State Marriage Index 1919, [faded and illegible, alphabetical order], Dora A. Knauer, certificate 7924, 18 May 1919; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61632/images/48576_556171-00803). 1920 U.S. census, Rensselaer County, New York, population schedule, Town of Brunswick, ED 2, sheet 8A, dwelling 169, family 182, Frank Knauer household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRXW-352 ). And, New York State Birth Index 1919, 91, Elizabeth M Bellamy, certificate [illegible], 22 December 1919; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61667/images/48877_556559-00092). The Troy Directory Also Choes and Waterford and Watervliet and Green Island, N.Y. 1923 (Troy, New York: Sampson & Murdock Company, Inc., 1923), Vol. XCIV, 78, entries for Arthur J Bellamy and Ralph E Bellamy; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/2251246). 1925 New York census, Rensselaer County, population schedule, Town of Troy, ED 1, Ward 11, 8, lines 31–33, Ralph Bellamy household; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2704/images/32849_b094402-00298).

24. 1930 U.S. census, Rensselaer County, New York, population schedule, Town of Troy, ED 87, sheet 3B, dwelling 43, family 74, Ralph Bellamy household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RZX-CDC). Because the youngest child is still living, no identifying information will be published due to privacy concerns. Also, The Troy Directory, Also Cohoes and Waterford, Watervliet and Green Island, N.Y. for the Year Commencing September 1, 1934 (Boston, Massachusetts: Sampson & Murdock Company, Inc. 1934), Vol. CV, 154, Mrs Dora A Bellamy; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/2483404). And, Schenectady and Sciotia (New York) Directory for Year Beginning March, 1935 (Schenectady, New York: H. A. Manning Company, 1935), Vol. LIV, 141, entries for Arthur J Bellamy and Ralph Bellamy; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/1942625). And, 1940 U.S. census, Albany County, New York, population schedule, Town of Albany, ED 63-84, Ward 13, sheet 2A, household 38, Arthur Bellamy household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MB-38Q). And, Albany (Albany County, N. Y.) City Directory 1944 Including Rensselar and Menands (Boston, Massachusetts: R. L. Polk & Company, Inc., 1944), Vol. CXXXI, 49, Ralph E Bellamy died 7 July 1943; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/1570196). And, Albany (Albany County, N. Y.) City Directory 1948–49 Including Rensselar and Menands (Boston, Massachusetts: R. L. Polk & Company, Inc., 1944), Vol. CXXXV, 52, Ann M Ballamy [sic]; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/1572410). And, Troy City Directory 1947 ([publication place not listed, probably Livonia, Michigan]: R. L. Polk & Co., Inc., 1947), 49, Dora Bellamy wid Ralph; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/1713878).

25. Minneapolis City Directory 1909 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Directory Company, 1909), Vol. XXXVII, 1530, John Stophilbeen; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/13217170). Also, 1910 U.S. census, Hennepin County, Minnesota, population schedule, Town of Minneapolis, ED 81, sheet 19B, [dwelling and family left blank], John Stophilbur [sic] household [the family starts on line 88, but the head of the family is listed on line 92]; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVK-943R). And, “Minnesota, U.S., Marriages Index, 1849-1950,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/455634:2561), entry for Roy J Stophilbeen.

26. 1920 U.S. census, Wright County, Minnesota, population schedule, Town of Rockford, ED 98, sheet 1B, dwelling 22, family 25, Roy J. Stophilbeen household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RX8-3SD). Also, the birth of a child in Walnut Grove who is still living, so no details will be provided. And, Whitman County, Washington, 1955, Marriage Applications 2720–2820, application 2776, Harvey Eugene Schneidmiller and Dona Ruth Stophilbeen, 3 June 1955; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TT-67B1-V). And, 1930 U.S. census, Martin County, Minnesota, population schedule, Town of Westford, ED 29, sheet 1B, dwelling 13, family 17, Roy J. Stophilbeen household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RHZ-881). And, 1940 U.S. census, Wadena County, Minnesota, population schedule, Town of Wadena, ED 80-19B, Ward 1, sheet 61A, household 69, Roy J. Stophilbeen household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MT-8WY). And, Moorhead (Clay County, Minn.) and Fargo (Cass County, N.D.) City Directory 1942 (St. Paul, Minnesota: R. L. Polk & Co., 1942), 139, Roy J Stophilbeen; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/13061053). And, 1950 U.S. census, Grant County, Washington, population schedule, City of Coulee, ED 13-10, sheet 13, dwelling 125, Roy Stophelblen [sic] household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-SQHW-FSFM-W). And, “Roy J. Stophilbeen,” Spokane Daily Chronicle (Spokane, Washington), Tuesday, 26 October 1965, p. A3, col. 5; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/564576141).

27. Hennepin County, Minnesota, Marriage Licenses, Book 174, 210, George Wachamuth and Lillie M. Stophilbeen, married 17 June 1914; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-R2V2-B). Also, “Injunction is Asked to Restrain Mother-in-Law,” The Minneapolis Morning Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Sunday, 12 September 1914, p. 13, col. 2; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119361116/george-wachsmith-seeks-injunction-again/). And, 1920 U.S. census, Hennepin County, Minnesota, population schedule, Town of Minneapolis, ED 163, sheet 3A, dwelling 46, family 57, John Stofelbend [sic] household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R65-F2P). And, Minneapolis City Directory 1920 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis Directory Company, 1920), Vol. XLVIII, 1914, Lillie Stophilbeen; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/13705771). And, "Gardner Meeting to be Friday Night, June 3," Hollywood Citizen (Hollywood, California), Friday, May 27, 1921, p. 6, sec. II, col. 3; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/682575448). And, Deborah Carl, “The Story of Orson Bellamy of Saratoga, New York, and Some of his Descendants Part One,” Your Family Quest (https://yourfamilyquest.substack.com/p/the-story-of-orson-bellamy-of-saratoga). John Stophilbeen and Lillian Bellamy were both using the Bellamy surname, as were their daughters Lillie and Myrtle. They lived at 1215 Orange Grove Avenue in Los Angeles.

28. Minnesota People Records Search, database, Minnesota Historical Society (https://www.mnhs.org/search/people), Search parameters - Birth Records - Last Name Wachsmuth - Related Name starts with Stoph, returns birth certificate 1917-41682, birth 11 March 1917, Hennepin County, Minnesota, mother’s maiden name Stophilbern [sic]. Also, 1930 U.S. census, Los Angeles County, California, population schedule, Beverly Hills Township, ED 19-834, sheet 3A, dwelling 36, family 61, John P. Bellamy household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR4J-9R1). And, Deborah Carl, “The Story of Orson Bellamy of Saratoga, New York, and Some of his Descendants Part One,” Your Family Quest (https://yourfamilyquest.substack.com/p/the-story-of-orson-bellamy-of-saratoga). And, 1920 U.S. census, Hennepin County, Minnesota, population schedule, Town of Minneapolis, ED 163, sheet 3A, dwelling 46, family 57, John Stofelbend [sic] household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R65-F2P). And, 1920 U.S. census, Hennepin County, Minnesota, population schedule, Town of Minneapolis, ED 42, sheet 1B, dwelling 19, family 21, J. E. Wachsmuth household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6P-94F). George Wachsmuth was the nephew of J. E. Wachsmuth (not his son as listed in the census record) and the former husband of Lillie Stophilbeen/Bellamy.

29. "Gardner Meeting to be Friday Night, June 3," Hollywood Citizen (Hollywood, California), Friday, May 27, 1921, p. 6, sec. II, col. 3; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/682575448). Also, “Misses Bellamy are A.L. Club Hostesses,” Hollywood Daily Citizen (Hollywood, California), Wednesday, 19 November 1924, p. 7, col. 5; Newspapers.com, (https://www.newspapers.com/image/682895623/). And, “Amateur Acts Will Surprise, Boosters Say,” Valley Citizen-News (Los Angeles, California), Tuesday, 26 November 1935, p. 1, col. 1; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119369226/lillian-june-bellamy-tap-dancer/). And, “Crowds Attending Rehearsals for ‘A Night in Dreamland,’ ” Hollywood Daily Citizen (Hollywood, California), Tuesday, 1 May 1923, p. 1, col. 3; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119361505/myrtle-and-lillie-bellamy-perform/ ). And, Edna L. Shaw, “Society and Clubs,” Hollywood Daily Citizen (Hollywood, California), Monday, 19 December 1927, p. 9, col. 1, story about the wedding of Lillie May Bellamy and William Black; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119361818/lillie-bellamy-wedding/). And, 1940 U.S. census, Los Angeles County, California, population schedule, City of Los Angeles, ED 60-1306, sheet 1A, household 3, William A Black household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MT-67D2). And, "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPF3-RY2), entry for Lillie May Black, 23 Apr 1994.

30. "Gardner Meeting to be Friday Night, June 3," Hollywood Citizen (Hollywood, California), Friday, May 27, 1921, p. 6, sec. II, col. 3; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/682575448). Also, “Misses Bellamy are A.L. Club Hostesses,” Hollywood Daily Citizen (Hollywood, California), Wednesday, 19 November 1924, p. 7, col. 5; Newspapers.com, (https://www.newspapers.com/image/682895623/). And, “Crowds Attending Rehearsals for ‘A Night in Dreamland,’ ” Hollywood Daily Citizen (Hollywood, California), Tuesday, 1 May 1923, p. 1, col. 3; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119361505/myrtle-and-lillie-bellamy-perform/ ). And, Elena Binckley, “News of Engagement Revealed at Smart Tea On Monday,” Hollywood Daily Citizen (Hollywood, California), Thursday, 9 April 1925, p. 3, col. 2; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/682859816). And, Oregon, Marriages, 1925, Har–Haz, alphabetical by last name of the husband or the wife [there are some page numbers but pages are skipped while the numbering isn’t], 2555, Philip S. Harlow and Myrtle Bellamy, 16 June 1925; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61677/images/61677_302022005610_0108-00037). And, Elena Binckley, “Miss Bellamy Hostess at Trousseau Tea,” Hollywood Daily Citizen (Hollywood, California), Monday, 15 June 1925, p. 3, col. 3; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119363478/myrtle-bellamy-to-marry-in-oregon/).

31. Because the child is still living, no identifying information will be published due to privacy concerns. 1940 U. S. census, Los Angeles County, California, population schedule, City of Los Angeles, ED 60-1129, Assembly District 54, sheet 1B, household 33, Phillip [sic], Harlow household; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MT-FSK7). Also, “Obituaries,” Times Advocate (Escondido, California), Friday, 6 August 1993, p. B6, col.1, Myrtle Harlow; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119367213/myrtle-stophilbeen-harlow-obituary/).