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Lewis J. Dodge[1]

Male 1827 - 1915  (88 years)


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  • Name Lewis J. Dodge  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Birth 9 Feb 1827  Westbury, Nassau, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  Hempstead, Queens, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Catching Fish at Rockaway 19 Jun 1865  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1870  Hempstead, Queens, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Residence Post Office: Hempstead
    Residence 1880  Queens, Queens, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self
    Residence 1892  Hempstead, Queens, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Captain Dodge Sued for $20k 26 Oct 1898  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence 1900  Queens, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Land sale - George A Dodge to LJD 22 Jan 1900  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Hotel arrival 27 Apr 1902  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Residence Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1910  Hempstead, Nassau, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Residence 1 June 1915  Hempstead, Nassau, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Death 16 Jul 1915  Rockville Centre, Nassau, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 6] 
    Burial Lawrence, Nassau County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I302  Parlett-Stancliff | Stancliff
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

    Father Thomas Dodge,   b. 1805, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1887, Hempstead, Nassau, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Charlotte Jackson,   b. Abt 1809, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Oct 1887 (Age > 78 years) 
    Family ID F456  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rhoda A. Wood,   b. 1825, New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1897, Nassau County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Children 
     1. William E Dodge,   b. Abt 1849, New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1850, New York (Manhattan), New York City - Greater, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     2. Mary E Dodge,   b. 1852, New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1939, Nassau County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     3. George A. Dodge,   b. 8 September 1854, New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 January 1903, Nassau County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    +4. Fannie Adle Dodge,   b. Jun 1859, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1912, Baldwin, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    +5. Ida Dodge,   b. Oct 1866, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1953, Hempstead, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

  • Notes 
    • [[Category: Lawrence Cemetery, Lawrence, New York]]
      == Biography ==

      '''Died'''
      Cause: at home of his daughter, Mrs Ella Sherwood.
      Proof: proven.
      16 JUL 1915.
      Rockville Centre, Nassau, New York, United States.

      Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 16 Jul 1915, p6: Lewis J Dodge, who was the pioneer of the Rockaways and built one of the first houses in Rockaway Beach, died at the home of his dtr, Mrs Ella Sherwood, of Rockville Centre today, in the 88th year of his age.Born Westbury, Long Island. Sixty years ago, seeing the possibilities of the Rockaways, settled there, built house Rockaway Beach, at Dodge Avenue, named for him, and the Boulevard, which is still standing, a landmark of the place.For a time, he ran a sailboat ferry twice a day between Canarsie and Rockaway. He did not have any money when he went to Rockaway but he built houses and purchased property. Owned considerable real estate there at the time of his death.Retired 12 years ago, went to live with daughter in Rockville Centre. Leaves another daughtertr, Mrs Louis Kreuscher, wife of Capt Kreuscher of the Clermont Avenue Station.

      Marriage:Long Island Farmer newspaper, no date, no page number. Other articles mention dates of February 1847. Marriage announcement above Dodge is in Flushing, Queens NY."On the 4th inst, by the Rev Wm A Curtis, Mr Lewis J Dodge to Miss Rhoda A Wood, both of South Oyster Bay."

      '''Census:'''
      Proof: proven.
      29 JUL 1850.
      Hempstead, Queens, New York, United States.
      Note: Lewis R is 23yo. Bayman.
      Rhoda A is 25yo.
      Wm E is 1yo.
      Proof: proven.

      29 JUL 1870.
      Hempstead, Queens, New York, United States.
      Note: head Lewis J is 45yo, born NY. Boatman.
      wife Rhoda A is 45yo, born NY.
      dtr Mary E is 18yo, born NY.
      son George is 15yo, born NY. At school.
      dtr Fanny is 11yo, born NY. At school.
      dtr Ida is 4yo, born NY.
      Proof: proven.

      14 JUN 1880.
      Hempstead, Queens, New York, United States ed 0273.
      Note: head Lewis J is 52yo. Boatman.
      wife Rhoda is 55yo.
      dtr Mary E is 28yo.
      dtr Fanny is 20yo.
      dtr Ida is 13yo.
      next door is George Dodge, 26yo. Laborer.
      wife Mary is 19yo.
      Proof: proven.

      16 FEB 1892.
      Hempstead, Queens, New York, United States ed 0021.
      Note: head Lewis is 60yo. Boatman.
      wife Rhoda is 60yo [sic].
      dtr Mary E is 30yo.
      son George is 28yo. Carpenter.
      son in law Louis Kreuscher is 26yo. Merchant.
      dtr Ida Kreuscher is 25yo.
      grandson John Kreuscher is 6yo, born US.
      granddtr Gertrude Kreuscher is 4yo, born US.
      granddtr Flossie Kreuscher is 2yo, born US.

      9 JUN 1900.
      Queens, New York, United States ward 05/ed 0688.
      Note: head Lewis J is 73yo, born Jan 1827 NY, parents NY. Widowed.
      son George is 45yo, born Sep 1854 NY. Carpenter.
      dtr Mary E Sherwood is 47yo, born Jan 1853 NY. Married 1 year.son in law Charles Sherwood is 36yo, born Dec 1863 NY, parents NY. Oil merchant.Rockaway Boulevard between Pleasant (now Beach 80 Street) and Division Avenues (Division called new name also).
      Proof: proven.

      20 MAY 1910.
      Rockville Centre, Nassau, New York, United States ed 1112. Note: head Charles Sherwood is 47yo, in first marriage 12 years. Born NY, parents NY. Own income.
      wife Mary E is 55yo, in first marriage 12 years. Born NY, parents NY.
      father in law Lewis J is 83yo, widowed. Born NY, parents NY.mother Eliz A Sherwood is 78yo, widowed. Born NY, parents NY. Has borne 6 children, 4 living.

      '''Buried'''
      Proof: proven.
      JUL 1915.
      Lawrence, Nassau, New York, United States.
      Lawrence Cemetery, 150 Rockaway Turnpike, 11559


      == Sources ==
      * ''Find A Grave Memorial # 157462075.''

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864996232] Ancestry.com, New York, New York, U.S., Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948, New York City Department of Records & Information Services; New York City, New York; New York City Death Certificates.

    2. [S1859806613] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    3. [S1848511597] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    4. [S1859806647] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    5. [S1848511635] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

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    7. [S1859806759] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), New York, Queens County, Wills; Author: New York. Surrogate's Court (Queens County).

    8. [S1848511558] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1850; Census Place: Hempstead, Queens, New York; Roll: 583; Page: 157a.

    9. [S1864997552] Newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 19 Jun 1865 - Page 2, (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle), 19 Jun 1865.

    10. [S1880476800] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., State Census, 1892, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    11. [S1864997505] Newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 26 Oct 1898 - Page 5, (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle), Captain Dodge Sued for $20k 26 Oct 1898.

    12. [S1848511119] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1900; Census Place: Queens Ward 5, Queens, New York; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0688; FHL microfilm: 1241150.

    13. [S1864997689] Newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 22 Jan 1900 - Page 11, (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle), Land sale - George A Dodge to LJD 22 Jan 1900.

    14. [S1864997616] Newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 27 Apr 1902 - Page 26, (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle), Hotel arrival 27 Apr 1902.

    15. [S1848508763] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Hempstead District 10, Nassau, New York; Roll: T624_994; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 1112; FHL microfilm: 1375007.

    16. [S1864996239] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., State Census, 1915, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 24; Assembly District: 01; City: Hempstead; County: Nassau; Page: 21.


 

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