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Giles Garret Fonda

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Giles Garret Fonda

Birth
Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA
Death
22 Sep 1895 (aged 56–57)
South Sodus, Wayne County, New York, USA
Burial
Sodus, Wayne County, New York, USA Add to Map
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New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956
Name Giles Fonda
Death Date 22 Sep 1895
Event Place South Sodus, Sodus, Wayne, New York, United States
Entry Number 3052
(This date of death is assumed correct although the newspaper article below may conflict)

According to the book The History of Wayne County, New York, 1789-1877, Giles Fonda was the first merchant west of Schenectady, with trade-posts in Oswego, Niagara, and others.

Giles had a second marriage to Alice V. Burns on Nov. 18, 1891 at South Sodus as per the New York State Marriage Index.

South Sodus, March 22 - Fears are entertained that Giles Fonda will not recover from the injuries received a short time ago when a mill stone exploded in his grist mill, a piece weighing thirty pounds striking him in the right leg. Mr. Fonda is nearly sixty-five years old and the wound does not heal. It is feared that blood poisoning may set in, in which event death will occur in a short time. Newspaper Oswego Daily Times, March 23, 1894.
New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956
Name Giles Fonda
Death Date 22 Sep 1895
Event Place South Sodus, Sodus, Wayne, New York, United States
Entry Number 3052
(This date of death is assumed correct although the newspaper article below may conflict)

According to the book The History of Wayne County, New York, 1789-1877, Giles Fonda was the first merchant west of Schenectady, with trade-posts in Oswego, Niagara, and others.

Giles had a second marriage to Alice V. Burns on Nov. 18, 1891 at South Sodus as per the New York State Marriage Index.

South Sodus, March 22 - Fears are entertained that Giles Fonda will not recover from the injuries received a short time ago when a mill stone exploded in his grist mill, a piece weighing thirty pounds striking him in the right leg. Mr. Fonda is nearly sixty-five years old and the wound does not heal. It is feared that blood poisoning may set in, in which event death will occur in a short time. Newspaper Oswego Daily Times, March 23, 1894.


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