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Nellie Smith Fonda

Birth
New York, USA
Death
4 Apr 1890 (aged 35–36)
Le Roy, Genesee County, New York, USA
Burial
Le Roy, Genesee County, New York, USA Add to Map
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The Daily Times, Batavia, NY, Monday Evening, April 7, 1890.
LeRoy, April 7, The funeral of Mrs. Adam Fonda, who committed suicide on Friday while temporarily insane, takes place from the home of her father, Leonard Smith, 45 Gilbert Street, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The burial is to be in the Myrtle Street Cemetery.

Note: Another notice mentioned left a son 11 years old. I found the son in 1892 NY census living with Leonard Smith. Name, Lee Smith Fonda, born 1880. Also, 1880 census Mrs. Adam Fonda was Nellie. She committed suicide by hanging with a sheet.
The Daily Times, Batavia, NY, Monday Evening, April 7, 1890.
LeRoy, April 7, The funeral of Mrs. Adam Fonda, who committed suicide on Friday while temporarily insane, takes place from the home of her father, Leonard Smith, 45 Gilbert Street, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The burial is to be in the Myrtle Street Cemetery.

Note: Another notice mentioned left a son 11 years old. I found the son in 1892 NY census living with Leonard Smith. Name, Lee Smith Fonda, born 1880. Also, 1880 census Mrs. Adam Fonda was Nellie. She committed suicide by hanging with a sheet.


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  • Created by: Addie
  • Added: May 3, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109909878/nellie-fonda: accessed ), memorial page for Nellie Smith Fonda (1854–4 Apr 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 109909878, citing Myrtle Street Cemetery, Le Roy, Genesee County, New York, USA; Maintained by Addie (contributor 47097158).