1 – A Yerks A Yerks > William Brook Yerks (Mary) > William Yerks (Catherine) Location: Rosedale Nursery, Saw Mill Road, Hawthorne, New York Most likely, the site of the farm house that Catherine See & William Yerks (my wife’s 6th great grandparents) and their ancestors lived in while tending the 300-acre family farm in Philipsburgh Manor (Hawthorne). Notes of […]
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The Saw Mill Parkway’s Path Over the Eastview Almshouse Cemetery
A 1940 map of the Eastview area overlaid on a 1925 map of the same area show exactly how the Saw Mill Parkway was paved over the Eastview Almshouse Cemetery. SAW MILL RIVER PARKWAY TRAFFIC ROLLS ON GRAVES OF PAUPER DEAD Only one headstone remains standing at County’s Old Burial Ground at East View, ploughed under for highway improvement. BY […]
The History of the Westchester County Almshouse in Eastview, New York
Before The Eastview Complex…. Typically, responsibility for the care of indigents, the insane, orphans, and abandoned children were held by the individual towns of Westchester County. But in the early 1800s, several towns recognized the need for something better and found that by sharing resources, they may be able to care for more people and offer better services. 1815 – […]
How Eastview, New York Looked in 1925
In this arial photograph you can clearly see where the old Westchester County Almshouse Complex stood. In the overlaid picture, the two foremost buildings can be seen in the red circle. You can also see the Almshouse cemetery on the other side the old Putnam (Ole Put) railroad tracks before is was buried beneath the Saw Mill River Parkway. The […]
1925 – 2022 Photo Comparison of Unionville (Hawthorne), New York
Many historic things happened in this area during the revolutionary war. It is hard to appreciate it with the land have undergone so may signifiant infrastructure changes. But this overlay of a 1922 digital map of the area, overlaid on top of a 1925 arial photo of the area will help you understand better how things were much earlier in […]
Mahopac Railroad Through Somers
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Yerks Farm Overlay in Hawthorne with Modern Map – 1925-2021
The black and white photo of the Yerks farm was taken in 1925 as part of an aerial photographing project. The modern map comes from a screenshot of Apple Maps. The Apple map was then manipulated to match up certain landmarks that have survived the 100 year difference. What a difference a hundred years make!
The Life of Jeremiah Hayes in a Timeline
05 SEP 1889 • Born in Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA 01 Jun 1900 • 10 years old living with parents John and Jane at 35 Front Street 7 May 1906 • Death of John J Hayes, Father of Jeremiah Hayes at the Paper Mill. His son Jeremiah was 16 just years old. 24 Jun 1918 • Marriage to Margaret Mary Sheehan in Manchester […]
A YERKS Family Bible Found!
More than a decade ago, I came across an archived newsletter in which a person named Cula Katzky indicated that she was in possession of a “Yerks” family bible with several dates in it. She was not a Yerks family member and was seeking to return it to someone in the family. The newsletter was titled “SOMEBODY’S LINKS NEWSLETTER: Genealogical […]
Jeremiah D Sheehan’s Service Record to his County
Jeremiah D Sheehan is an Irishman who likely enlisted in the War of the States in order to provide food and shelter for his family. Since he had already obtained Citizenship through Naturalization in 1859, he did not NEED to enlist in order to obtain Citizenship. Company C, 3rd Infantry Regiment On 25 July 1861, at the age of 38, […]