Henry Franklin Fay (1857 - 1919)

Born 17 Aug 1857 in Great Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

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Died 1919 at about age 61 in Great Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

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Biography

Henry F. Fay was born in August 1857 in Great Valley, Cattaraugus, New York to Alcander Fay and Electa Clement. In 1860-65, he lived with his parents and six elder siblings in Great Valley. ^{[1] [2]}

Henry lived with his parents; siblings, Asa and Fanny; nephew, Willis Wilder, son of his deceased sister, Mary; and grandmother, Achsah Stratton, in Great Valley in 1870. ^[3]

In 1880, Henry, age 22, lived with his parents in Hinsdale, Cattaraugus, New York. The household also included his nephew, Willis Wilder.^[4]

Henry married Mary Church in 1884. In 1900, they lived in Great Valley with their daughter, Zelpha. Kittie Kemp and Martha Weaver were also members of the household. ^{[5] [6]}

Henry died in 1919 and was buried in Willoughby Cemetery, Great Valley, Cattaraugus, New York. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWC-J8M : 13 December 2017), Henry F Fay in entry for Alexander Fay, 1860.
2. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-CJ9H : accessed 8 December 2018), Henry Fay in household of Schuyler Hewett, , Great Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing source p. 7, line 35, household ID 53, county clerk, board of supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 584,486.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M86R-LZ4 : 12 April 2016), Henry Fay in household of Alexander Fay, New York, United States; citing p. 39, family 209, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,407.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZZ3-D98 : 8 September 2017), Henry Fay in household of Aleander Fay, Great Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 13, sheet 226C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0812; FHL microfilm 1,254,812.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS6Z-4XK : accessed 8 December 2018), Henry F Fay, Great Valley Township (excl. Allegany Indian Reservation), Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 7A, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,010.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5CZ-DF2 : accessed 8 December 2018), Henry Fay, Great Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 62, sheet 6A, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 926; FHL microfilm 1,374,939.
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38045061 : accessed 07 December 2018), memorial page for Henry F. Fay (1857–1919), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38045061, citing Willoughby Cemetery, Great Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .

• "New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ92-H86 : 11 March 2018), Henry Fay, 1892; citing Great Valley, E.D. 02, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 584,495.
• "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVBR-G15 : 19 July 2018), Henry A Fay, Great Valley, A.D. 02, E.D. 02, Cattaraugus, New York; citing p. 5, line 1, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 584,496.
• "New York State Census, 1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9F2-J3T : 8 November 2014), Henry Fay, Great Valley, A.D. 01, E.D. 02, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 11, line 35, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.