Dodd Family - Person Sheet
Dodd Family - Person Sheet
NameAnna Marie Wholahan 
Birth Date9 Mar 1890
Birth PlaceRochester, New York
Chr Date16 Mar 1890 Age: <1
Chr PlaceSaint Bridget's Church, Rochester, NY
MemoSponsors: Michael & Sarah Gooney
Note: in Margin of Record: Married to Mrs. E. Ball, 12 Sept. pres. by Rev. Wm. Gibson, St. Mary's Church, Rochester NY.?
Very difficult to read. This note must have been intended for another person.
Note: in Margin of Record: Married to Mrs. E. Ball, 12 Sept. pres. by Rev. Wm. Gibson, St. Mary's Church, Rochester NY.?
Very difficult to read. This note must have been intended for another person.
Death Date20 May 1967 Age: 77
Death PlaceRochester, New York
Burial Date23 May 1967
Burial PlaceHoly Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester NY,
MemoDouble 28, Tier17,Sec. South 20
OccupationHouse Wife & Mother to Many
EducationSaint Marys' School
ReligionRoman Catholic
FatherThomas Wholahan (1853-1905)
MotherMaria Hardiman (1856-1900)
Misc. Notes
Anna was born in Rochester N.Y. when her father moved to obtain work @ The Rochester Cotton Mills...and the family stayed here till the Mill closed in 1902, and then the family moved to Adams Massachusetts. The Wholahan family must have been very close to Michael & Sarah Gooney, ( Sarah was Tom's sister).
..................In 1905 Thomas Wholahan Died in Adams Mass...........................
In 1906 Anna came to live with her Aunt, her Fathers sister, Sarah.
Sarah provided a home for the Wholahans when their "Evil" Stepmother refused to give them a home in Adams Mass. after their Father Died in 1905. So Anna 15, Sadie 12 & Francis 11 came to live with Aunt Sarah on Galusha Street.
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The following information came from the Rochester Directory @ Main Library
in 1900 Anna lived @ 41 Yale Street
In 1908/09 ....... Anna Wholahan,Shoemaker , living @ 43 Galusha Street, age 18
In 1910/11....... Anna Wholahan,Shoemaker , living @ 43 Galusha Street
In 1912 ...............Anna Wholahan,Shoemaker , living @ 43 Galusha Street
In 1913 ...Sarah E. Gooney, widow of Michael , living @ 43 Galusha Street
In 1913/1919... Anna Wholahan,Shoemaker , living @ 43 Galusha Street
Anna Wholahan worked @ The Elam Shoe Manufacturing Company the same Plant Leo Dodd worked at till he went into Military Service in 1917
Anna & Leo were married in 1920.
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Aunt Sarah Gooney issued the announcement of Anna's marriage: which read as follows:
..........Mrs. Sarah Gooney announces the marriage of her niece Anna M. Wholahan to Leo J. Dodd.
On Tuesday, the seventeenth of Feburary nineteen hundred twenty @ St. Bridget's Church, Rochester N.Y.
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Marriage anouncement in Newspaper:
DODD-WHOLAHAN:
....The marriage of Miss Anna Wholahan of 43 Galusha Street to Leo J. Dodd of 740 Thurston Roadtook place on Tuesday morning @ 9:00 o'clock in St. Bridget's Church. Rev. Father Bresnihan officiated @ the ceremony, which was followed by a nuptial Mass.
The bride wore a traveling suit of navy blue and a corsage bouquet of bride roses and lillies of the valley. The bridesmaid, Miss Sadie Wholahan, sister of the bride wore a suit of navy blue and Ochelia roses. Augustine B. Dodd, brother of the groom, was best man.
After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's Aunt, Mrs Sarah Gooney, No. 43 Galusha Street. Previous to the wedding several events were given by friends and relitaves of the bride and groom.
Mr. and Mrs. Dodd are now on a western trip. After their return they will be at home at No. 43 Galusha Street
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The following information came from the 1910 U.S. Census @ Main Library
Anna Wholahan, White Female, 20 Years old , Not Married, Anna born in New York State, Father born in New York State, Mother born in Massachusetts, Occupation = Student, Lived with Gooney's @ 43 Galusha Street.
This Census taken April 15, 1910 just 5 weeks before her mother died. why were they all living here?
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The following information is from, 1920 US Census, Rochester NY, Ward #5, 43 Galusha Street:
..........................................taken on 3 to 5 day of January 1920
Sarah E. Gooney, age 62, born NY State, Father & Mother born in England, occupation; Housewife
Anna M. Wholahan, Niece, age 29, Father born in NY, Mother born Mass. occupation; ShoeMaker
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Obiturary: Democrat & Chronicle Newspaper:
DODD, ANNA, M......Anna M. Dodd of 1108 Turk Hill Road Fairport NY suddenly, May 20, 1967. She is survived by two daughters and one son, Mrs. Robert (Helen) Sullivan of Dundee NY, Mrs. William (Jean) Koval of Fairport NY and Leo of Webster NY, eighteen grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Friends are welcome to call at the Root & Keenan Funeral Home 41 S. Main Street, Fairport, Sunday evening 7-9 and Monday 2-4 and 7-9 pm. where services will be held Tuesday at 9:15 am and 10 o'clock from St. John's of Rochester Church, Pittsford-Palmyra Road. Internment, Holy Sepulchre.
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This is Mom's Famous & Delicious..........Chocolate Cookie Recipie:
CHOCOLATE COOKIES........Bake @ 350°
1 beaten egg,1 cup brown sugar, 2 squares chocolate melted, 1/2 cup shortening melted with chocolate, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 1/3 cups flower, or 2 cups of fine flower, 1/2 tsp. salt & soda, 1/2 cup nutmeats, 1/2 cup milk.
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..................In 1905 Thomas Wholahan Died in Adams Mass...........................
In 1906 Anna came to live with her Aunt, her Fathers sister, Sarah.
Sarah provided a home for the Wholahans when their "Evil" Stepmother refused to give them a home in Adams Mass. after their Father Died in 1905. So Anna 15, Sadie 12 & Francis 11 came to live with Aunt Sarah on Galusha Street.
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The following information came from the Rochester Directory @ Main Library
in 1900 Anna lived @ 41 Yale Street
In 1908/09 ....... Anna Wholahan,Shoemaker , living @ 43 Galusha Street, age 18
In 1910/11....... Anna Wholahan,Shoemaker , living @ 43 Galusha Street
In 1912 ...............Anna Wholahan,Shoemaker , living @ 43 Galusha Street
In 1913 ...Sarah E. Gooney, widow of Michael , living @ 43 Galusha Street
In 1913/1919... Anna Wholahan,Shoemaker , living @ 43 Galusha Street
Anna Wholahan worked @ The Elam Shoe Manufacturing Company the same Plant Leo Dodd worked at till he went into Military Service in 1917
Anna & Leo were married in 1920.
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Aunt Sarah Gooney issued the announcement of Anna's marriage: which read as follows:
..........Mrs. Sarah Gooney announces the marriage of her niece Anna M. Wholahan to Leo J. Dodd.
On Tuesday, the seventeenth of Feburary nineteen hundred twenty @ St. Bridget's Church, Rochester N.Y.
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Marriage anouncement in Newspaper:
DODD-WHOLAHAN:
....The marriage of Miss Anna Wholahan of 43 Galusha Street to Leo J. Dodd of 740 Thurston Roadtook place on Tuesday morning @ 9:00 o'clock in St. Bridget's Church. Rev. Father Bresnihan officiated @ the ceremony, which was followed by a nuptial Mass.
The bride wore a traveling suit of navy blue and a corsage bouquet of bride roses and lillies of the valley. The bridesmaid, Miss Sadie Wholahan, sister of the bride wore a suit of navy blue and Ochelia roses. Augustine B. Dodd, brother of the groom, was best man.
After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's Aunt, Mrs Sarah Gooney, No. 43 Galusha Street. Previous to the wedding several events were given by friends and relitaves of the bride and groom.
Mr. and Mrs. Dodd are now on a western trip. After their return they will be at home at No. 43 Galusha Street
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The following information came from the 1910 U.S. Census @ Main Library
Anna Wholahan, White Female, 20 Years old , Not Married, Anna born in New York State, Father born in New York State, Mother born in Massachusetts, Occupation = Student, Lived with Gooney's @ 43 Galusha Street.
This Census taken April 15, 1910 just 5 weeks before her mother died. why were they all living here?
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The following information is from, 1920 US Census, Rochester NY, Ward #5, 43 Galusha Street:
..........................................taken on 3 to 5 day of January 1920
Sarah E. Gooney, age 62, born NY State, Father & Mother born in England, occupation; Housewife
Anna M. Wholahan, Niece, age 29, Father born in NY, Mother born Mass. occupation; ShoeMaker
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Obiturary: Democrat & Chronicle Newspaper:
DODD, ANNA, M......Anna M. Dodd of 1108 Turk Hill Road Fairport NY suddenly, May 20, 1967. She is survived by two daughters and one son, Mrs. Robert (Helen) Sullivan of Dundee NY, Mrs. William (Jean) Koval of Fairport NY and Leo of Webster NY, eighteen grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Friends are welcome to call at the Root & Keenan Funeral Home 41 S. Main Street, Fairport, Sunday evening 7-9 and Monday 2-4 and 7-9 pm. where services will be held Tuesday at 9:15 am and 10 o'clock from St. John's of Rochester Church, Pittsford-Palmyra Road. Internment, Holy Sepulchre.
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This is Mom's Famous & Delicious..........Chocolate Cookie Recipie:
CHOCOLATE COOKIES........Bake @ 350°
1 beaten egg,1 cup brown sugar, 2 squares chocolate melted, 1/2 cup shortening melted with chocolate, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 1/3 cups flower, or 2 cups of fine flower, 1/2 tsp. salt & soda, 1/2 cup nutmeats, 1/2 cup milk.
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Spouses
Birth Date2 Feb 1887
Birth PlaceMarcellus, New York
Chr Date27 Feb 1887 Age: <1
Chr Place@ Home of Jane McCabe in Marcellus
MemoSponsor:Jane McCabe & Filex McCabe
Death Date6 Oct 1957 Age: 70
Death PlaceRochester, New York
Burial Date9 Oct 1957
Burial PlaceHoly Sepulchre,Grave#28, Tier#17, Sec. South #20
OccupationShoe Factory Foreman, Resturant Operator
EducationImmaculate Conception School
ReligionRoman Catholic
FlagsMilitary
FatherSimon S. Jr. Dodd (1839-1915)
MotherMary Ann McDonald (1851-1927)
Misc. Notes
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Baptism Sponsor = Felise McCabe
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Leo's............... SocialSecurity..........#084-28-2134
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The 1892 NYS Census Record, Rochester NY, Ward 14 @ 22 Weld Street @ Rochester Main Library
Simon was 53 years old, born in England, working as a BarKeeper, Mary, wife, 40, Gertie, 13, Leona 10, Paul 8, Leo 6 & Mary 4.
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The 1905 NYS Census Record, Rochester NY, Ward 11 @ 5 New York St:
Leo was 18 years old, working as a Shoe Cutter,
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The following information came from the Rochester Directory @ Main Library
YYEAR LEO....WORK LEO ADDRESS
1902 15 YRS. 227 Troup Street
1903 Shoemaker 4 Benson Park
1904 Shoemaker 4 Benson Park
1905 Shoe Cutter 5 New York Street
1906 Shoe Cutter 207 Bronson Avenue
1907 Shoe Cutter 207 Bronson Avenue
I909/10 Shoe Cutter @ 22 Mill Street...h @ 207 Bronson Avenue
I910/11 Shoe Cutter @ 22 Mill Street...h @ 207 Bronson Avenue
1912/13 Shoe Cutter @ 11 Furnace 99 Jefferson Avenue
1913 Shoe Cutter @ 11 Furnace 99 Jefferson Avenue
1914 Shoe Cutter @ 11 Furnace ...................Home @ 77 Cady Street
1915 Shoe Cutter@ 11 Furnace ...................Home @ 77 Cady Street
1916 Shoe Cutter @ 11 Furnace ..................Home @ 77 Cady Street
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The following information came from Rochester House Directory @ Main Library:
for people living @ 77 Cady Street, Ward 19, Rochester NY:
1915-1916 Dodd, Mary A. Mrs.
Dodd, Paul J......Bartender...boards
Dodd, Leo J.......Shoemaker.....boards
Dodd, Corrine E. Mrs.....boards
1917-1918 Dodd, Mary A. Mrs.
Dodd, Augustin B.........boards
Dodd, Leo J................boards
1919-1920 Vacant House........................
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World War I Service Book Record........Information @ Rochester Main Library
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Nov. 22 1917.....Entered the Service @ Rochester N.Y. @ Age 30
Nov. 22 1917..... Private Co. 18 153d Depot Brigade
Trained @ Fort Dix in Wrightstown, New Jersey
Dec. 1 1917 ..... Private Co. M 30 Infantry
Jan.....1918...Training @ Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C.
April 2 1918...........Sailed overseas to Liverpool England....then to France
July 9 1918 ............... Promoted Corporal
Oct. 14 1918....... Wounded in Action...Gased & Blinded
Nov. 10 1918 Corporal Co. K 141st. Infantry
Overseas........ April 2 1918 June 3, 1919
In Action..2nd Battle of the Marne, Le Charmel, Vesle River & St. Mihiel
June10, 1919 ........................... Discharged
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In the 1920 US Census Record, Rochester NY, Ward 19 @ 740 Thurston Road:
Leo was 32 years old,living in the home of his brother in law Edward Dakin, Leo's Occupation was: Superintendant in Shoe Factory,
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1919 U.S. Army living @ Aunt Gert's @740 Thurston Road
1920 Married living @ Aunt Gert's @740 Thurston Road
1921 Foreman @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory living @ Aunt Sarah’s 43 Galusha Street
1921.....Mom & Dad had an appartment on Electric Avenue
1922 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1923 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1924 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1925 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
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In the 1925 NYS Census Record, Rochester NY, Ward 19 @ 107 Burlington Ave Ward 19:
Leo J. Dodd, head, age 38, Superintendant in Shoe Factory, Anna M. Dodd, wife, 35, Helen A. Dodd, daughter not yet 1, & Mary Dodd, mother, 73 years old.
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1926 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1927 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1928 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1929 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1930 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1931 Foreman @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1932 ............ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory.. CLOSED 107 Burlington Ave.
1932 = Worst year for Employment in Depression Era.....Most Factories were shutting down.
1933 Bartender @ Lidercrantz Club 107 Burlington Ave.
1934 Bartender Prohibition "Speak-Easy" 107 Burlington Ave.
1935 Bartender @ Lidercrantz Club 107 Burlington Ave.
1936 Bartender @ Wee Blue Inn 107 Burlington Ave.
1937 Munich Resturant 564 Chili Avenue 107 Burlington Ave.
1938 Munich Resturant. with partner Louie Miller 107 Burlington Ave.
1939 Munich Resturant 107 Burlington Ave.
1940 Munich Resturant 107 Burlington Ave.
1941 Munich Resturant 107 Burlington Ave.
1942 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1943 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1944 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1945 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1946 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1947 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1948 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1949 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1950 Dodd Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1952 Dodd, Leo J. (Anna M.).......Resturant Prop....home @ 107 Burlington Avenue
Retired In 1953 @ Age 66
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Note:.................Dad worked for F. S. Elam till 1932
Fred Elam.....his father founded the Shoe Company, Fred was born in 1879
in 1907 he began manufacture of soft sole shoes, specializing in that till 1913. In 1916 F.S. Elam Co. was incorporated, in 1932 it was a victim to the depression.......... F.S. Elam Shoe Co @ 176 North Water Street 1920/21..?
F. S. Elam was known fo the manufacture of Childrens Shoes.
Where was this Factory Located ?........look @ City Map.......
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"The dark & troubled year of 1932 was the city's worst"
During the Depression Dad & Uncle Ed (Dakin) ......were in the business of painting and papering walls on the inside of homes, to earn money, for both were out of a job.
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"...in 1860 Shoe Manufacturing operated busy factories in the central district where they made ready use of water to operate newly installed sewing machines & cutting-dies......
.......in 1899 the city's 37 Clothing Factories & 64 Shoe Firms, supplied the largest number of jobs & produced the greatest value."
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Leo worked as a bartender in a "Speakeasie" called the Lidercrantz Club on West Main Street.....I remember riding up & down on the dumb waiter between floors at the Club .
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The following appeared in the Oct. 7, 1957, D& C Newspaper .....death notice:
Leo J. Dodd, 70, of 107 Burlington Ave. a World War I vetran and former Chili Avenue resturant operator, died of a stroke yesterday ( October 6 1957 ) in St. Mary's Hospital. Mr. Dodd, ill several years, was stricken at his home four days ago. He was a native of Marcellus, Onondaga County, and was brought here by his parents when a youngster. He attended Immaculate Conception School. Before entering the resturant business, Mr. Dodd worked as a cutter for various shoe manufacturing companies here and was superintendent of Elam Shoe Co. 20 years. Eighteen years ago he opened a resturant under his own name in Chili Ave. near Thurston Road. He sold the business in 1950 and retired. In the war Mr. Dodd served with the Army. He was a member of Crouch-Doud Post, Vetrans of Foreign Wars; The Men's Club of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, The Rochester Lodge of Elks and the Eleven O'Clock Club of the Elks.00
Mr. Dodd is survived by his wife, Anna; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Sullivan of Dundee and Mrs. William Koval of Rochester; a son, Leo J. Dodd also of Rochester, a brother, Agustine of Webster and 10 grandchildren.
Mass will be in Our Lady of Good Counsel with burial in Holy Sepulchre.
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DODD GRAVE SITE, DOUBLE GRAVE NO. 28, TIER NO. 17 SEC. SOUTH 20
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The distance as clocked in car from Mill Street @ High Falls or Browns Race to Immaculate Conception Church was 1.3 miles and the distance to the Dodd home @ 207 Bronson Ave was 0.8 miles from Immaculate Conception Church. Bronson Ave starts at the back of Immaculate Conception Church, going west. So Pop had to walk about 2 miles to go to work in 1907.
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Immaculate Conception Church was established in 1849
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When did Electricity come to most homes in Rochester New York
I called RGE they said .....Public Relatrions Dept.724-8883
724-8725........Energy Questions
The said: " most homes in Rochester had Electricity by 1920"
" It was 1879 that the first electric arc was demonstrated as a source of light at the Paris Exposition. Later that year, Thomas Edison developed a " hot-wire in a bottle" light. A year later the Rochester Electric & Light Company was formed. By 1883, Rochester had 52 electric street lights. Hoever, it would be quite a few years before electric lights reached most of the homes & farms."
Page 86, "Special Places...A History of Irondequoit & Allens Creek Valleys"
by William N. Hosley
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I checked the Rochester Telephone books which start @1930 @ Rochester Public Library:
I found Dodd, Leo J., residence; 107 Burlingtion Ave..........Telephone = GENESEE-4435
listed in 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 & 1934.
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I was talking to Helen about the Statue @ the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial with a man seated & listening to the radio, (Fireside Chat) & the way Dad used to sit in the dining room @ 107 Burlington Ave. in front of his radio, listening to the Red Wing Ball games as called by Gunner Wigg. Helen relates the story of how the radio battery acid leaked on the floor and burned a hole.
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Baptism Sponsor = Felise McCabe
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Leo's............... SocialSecurity..........#084-28-2134
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The 1892 NYS Census Record, Rochester NY, Ward 14 @ 22 Weld Street @ Rochester Main Library
Simon was 53 years old, born in England, working as a BarKeeper, Mary, wife, 40, Gertie, 13, Leona 10, Paul 8, Leo 6 & Mary 4.
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The 1905 NYS Census Record, Rochester NY, Ward 11 @ 5 New York St:
Leo was 18 years old, working as a Shoe Cutter,
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The following information came from the Rochester Directory @ Main Library
YYEAR LEO....WORK LEO ADDRESS
1902 15 YRS. 227 Troup Street
1903 Shoemaker 4 Benson Park
1904 Shoemaker 4 Benson Park
1905 Shoe Cutter 5 New York Street
1906 Shoe Cutter 207 Bronson Avenue
1907 Shoe Cutter 207 Bronson Avenue
I909/10 Shoe Cutter @ 22 Mill Street...h @ 207 Bronson Avenue
I910/11 Shoe Cutter @ 22 Mill Street...h @ 207 Bronson Avenue
1912/13 Shoe Cutter @ 11 Furnace 99 Jefferson Avenue
1913 Shoe Cutter @ 11 Furnace 99 Jefferson Avenue
1914 Shoe Cutter @ 11 Furnace ...................Home @ 77 Cady Street
1915 Shoe Cutter@ 11 Furnace ...................Home @ 77 Cady Street
1916 Shoe Cutter @ 11 Furnace ..................Home @ 77 Cady Street
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The following information came from Rochester House Directory @ Main Library:
for people living @ 77 Cady Street, Ward 19, Rochester NY:
1915-1916 Dodd, Mary A. Mrs.
Dodd, Paul J......Bartender...boards
Dodd, Leo J.......Shoemaker.....boards
Dodd, Corrine E. Mrs.....boards
1917-1918 Dodd, Mary A. Mrs.
Dodd, Augustin B.........boards
Dodd, Leo J................boards
1919-1920 Vacant House........................
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World War I Service Book Record........Information @ Rochester Main Library
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Nov. 22 1917.....Entered the Service @ Rochester N.Y. @ Age 30
Nov. 22 1917..... Private Co. 18 153d Depot Brigade
Trained @ Fort Dix in Wrightstown, New Jersey
Dec. 1 1917 ..... Private Co. M 30 Infantry
Jan.....1918...Training @ Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C.
April 2 1918...........Sailed overseas to Liverpool England....then to France
July 9 1918 ............... Promoted Corporal
Oct. 14 1918....... Wounded in Action...Gased & Blinded
Nov. 10 1918 Corporal Co. K 141st. Infantry
Overseas........ April 2 1918 June 3, 1919
In Action..2nd Battle of the Marne, Le Charmel, Vesle River & St. Mihiel
June10, 1919 ........................... Discharged
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In the 1920 US Census Record, Rochester NY, Ward 19 @ 740 Thurston Road:
Leo was 32 years old,living in the home of his brother in law Edward Dakin, Leo's Occupation was: Superintendant in Shoe Factory,
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1919 U.S. Army living @ Aunt Gert's @740 Thurston Road
1920 Married living @ Aunt Gert's @740 Thurston Road
1921 Foreman @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory living @ Aunt Sarah’s 43 Galusha Street
1921.....Mom & Dad had an appartment on Electric Avenue
1922 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1923 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1924 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1925 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
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In the 1925 NYS Census Record, Rochester NY, Ward 19 @ 107 Burlington Ave Ward 19:
Leo J. Dodd, head, age 38, Superintendant in Shoe Factory, Anna M. Dodd, wife, 35, Helen A. Dodd, daughter not yet 1, & Mary Dodd, mother, 73 years old.
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1926 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1927 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1928 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1929 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1930 Superintendant @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1931 Foreman @ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory 107 Burlington Ave.
1932 ............ F.S.Elam Shoe Factory.. CLOSED 107 Burlington Ave.
1932 = Worst year for Employment in Depression Era.....Most Factories were shutting down.
1933 Bartender @ Lidercrantz Club 107 Burlington Ave.
1934 Bartender Prohibition "Speak-Easy" 107 Burlington Ave.
1935 Bartender @ Lidercrantz Club 107 Burlington Ave.
1936 Bartender @ Wee Blue Inn 107 Burlington Ave.
1937 Munich Resturant 564 Chili Avenue 107 Burlington Ave.
1938 Munich Resturant. with partner Louie Miller 107 Burlington Ave.
1939 Munich Resturant 107 Burlington Ave.
1940 Munich Resturant 107 Burlington Ave.
1941 Munich Resturant 107 Burlington Ave.
1942 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1943 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1944 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1945 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1946 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1947 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1948 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1949 Dodd @ Miller Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1950 Dodd Resturant 107 Burlington Avenue
1952 Dodd, Leo J. (Anna M.).......Resturant Prop....home @ 107 Burlington Avenue
Retired In 1953 @ Age 66
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Note:.................Dad worked for F. S. Elam till 1932
Fred Elam.....his father founded the Shoe Company, Fred was born in 1879
in 1907 he began manufacture of soft sole shoes, specializing in that till 1913. In 1916 F.S. Elam Co. was incorporated, in 1932 it was a victim to the depression.......... F.S. Elam Shoe Co @ 176 North Water Street 1920/21..?
F. S. Elam was known fo the manufacture of Childrens Shoes.
Where was this Factory Located ?........look @ City Map.......
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"The dark & troubled year of 1932 was the city's worst"
During the Depression Dad & Uncle Ed (Dakin) ......were in the business of painting and papering walls on the inside of homes, to earn money, for both were out of a job.
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"...in 1860 Shoe Manufacturing operated busy factories in the central district where they made ready use of water to operate newly installed sewing machines & cutting-dies......
.......in 1899 the city's 37 Clothing Factories & 64 Shoe Firms, supplied the largest number of jobs & produced the greatest value."
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Leo worked as a bartender in a "Speakeasie" called the Lidercrantz Club on West Main Street.....I remember riding up & down on the dumb waiter between floors at the Club .
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The following appeared in the Oct. 7, 1957, D& C Newspaper .....death notice:
Leo J. Dodd, 70, of 107 Burlington Ave. a World War I vetran and former Chili Avenue resturant operator, died of a stroke yesterday ( October 6 1957 ) in St. Mary's Hospital. Mr. Dodd, ill several years, was stricken at his home four days ago. He was a native of Marcellus, Onondaga County, and was brought here by his parents when a youngster. He attended Immaculate Conception School. Before entering the resturant business, Mr. Dodd worked as a cutter for various shoe manufacturing companies here and was superintendent of Elam Shoe Co. 20 years. Eighteen years ago he opened a resturant under his own name in Chili Ave. near Thurston Road. He sold the business in 1950 and retired. In the war Mr. Dodd served with the Army. He was a member of Crouch-Doud Post, Vetrans of Foreign Wars; The Men's Club of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, The Rochester Lodge of Elks and the Eleven O'Clock Club of the Elks.00
Mr. Dodd is survived by his wife, Anna; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Sullivan of Dundee and Mrs. William Koval of Rochester; a son, Leo J. Dodd also of Rochester, a brother, Agustine of Webster and 10 grandchildren.
Mass will be in Our Lady of Good Counsel with burial in Holy Sepulchre.
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DODD GRAVE SITE, DOUBLE GRAVE NO. 28, TIER NO. 17 SEC. SOUTH 20
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The distance as clocked in car from Mill Street @ High Falls or Browns Race to Immaculate Conception Church was 1.3 miles and the distance to the Dodd home @ 207 Bronson Ave was 0.8 miles from Immaculate Conception Church. Bronson Ave starts at the back of Immaculate Conception Church, going west. So Pop had to walk about 2 miles to go to work in 1907.
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Immaculate Conception Church was established in 1849
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When did Electricity come to most homes in Rochester New York
I called RGE they said .....Public Relatrions Dept.724-8883
724-8725........Energy Questions
The said: " most homes in Rochester had Electricity by 1920"
" It was 1879 that the first electric arc was demonstrated as a source of light at the Paris Exposition. Later that year, Thomas Edison developed a " hot-wire in a bottle" light. A year later the Rochester Electric & Light Company was formed. By 1883, Rochester had 52 electric street lights. Hoever, it would be quite a few years before electric lights reached most of the homes & farms."
Page 86, "Special Places...A History of Irondequoit & Allens Creek Valleys"
by William N. Hosley
__________________________________________________________________
I checked the Rochester Telephone books which start @1930 @ Rochester Public Library:
I found Dodd, Leo J., residence; 107 Burlingtion Ave..........Telephone = GENESEE-4435
listed in 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 & 1934.
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I was talking to Helen about the Statue @ the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial with a man seated & listening to the radio, (Fireside Chat) & the way Dad used to sit in the dining room @ 107 Burlington Ave. in front of his radio, listening to the Red Wing Ball games as called by Gunner Wigg. Helen relates the story of how the radio battery acid leaked on the floor and burned a hole.
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Medical
Medical:
Dad died of a stroke,...but he suffered from Hypertension after contracting Prostate Cancer which caused Nazal Hemorrhaging, Operated on for Prostate Cancer, prostate removed but cancer had metastasized.
Dad died of a stroke,...but he suffered from Hypertension after contracting Prostate Cancer which caused Nazal Hemorrhaging, Operated on for Prostate Cancer, prostate removed but cancer had metastasized.
Marr Date17 Feb 1920
Marr PlaceSt. Bridget's Church, Rochester N.Y.