Allen Douglas Ladd (1906 - 1972)

Born 5 May 1906 in Cicero, Onondaga County, New York, USA

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Died 25 Jun 1972 at age 66 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Allan Douglas Ladd was born 5 May 1906 in Cicero, Onondaga Co, NY and died 25 June 1972 in Mountain View, Howell Co, MO. He is buried at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery, Pomona, Howell Co, MO.

He was the son of Irving Lemuel Ladd (1882-1958) and Gracelend M. (Grace) Crowell (1886-1960).

He married Edith Emma Eby on 19 December 1925 in Cicero, Onondaga Co, NY. She was born 26 February 1906 in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa Co, MI. She died on 19 Feb 2001 in Ozark, Christian Co, MO.

They had five children:

In 1910, Allan's father and mother moved from Cicero, NY to Bay Mills, Chippewa Co, MI to join several of his uncles in a commercial fishing venture. Bay Mills was a ghost town after a fire in the Hall & Munson Sash Door Company mill which caused the residents to leave in 1904. A rail trestle for the Duluth, South Shore, & Atlantic Railroad ran across Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior connecting Bay Mills and Brimley. Ties and rails were laid and a 12-inch plank in the center was worn concave by the countless tread of caulked boots served as a walkway.

The family later moved to Brimley.

In 1915, the family moved from Brimley to Emerson, Chippewa Co, MI to fish Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.

His father moved the family from MI to Pascagoula, Jackson Co, MS, ~1916-1919, influenced by a cousin, George Pomeroy and his sons, Ernest and Arthur, to make an effort at pecan orchards. The Pomeroy's turn to fishing the Pascagoula River after the pecan venture fails. Irving Ladd also returns to fishing and working at the Dierks-Blodgett Shipyards in Pascagoula during the remainder of WWI. Irving Ladd and family deliver a boat from Pascagoula, MS to New Jersey by way of south Florida and the inland waterway.

In 1920, Irving Ladd is a tugboat captain in New York Harbor for approximately one year. Allan stays in Clay, Onondaga Co, NY, with Freeman Samuel and Genetta Crowell, his Grandparents, during this time.

Irving Ladd along with his family return to MI and began fishing for a short period. He joins the Michigan State Conservation Department and moves to Brimley and then to Trout Lake, Chippewa Co, MI.

Allan worked at the Northwestern Leather Tannery in Sault Ste Marie, MI in the early part of 1925. He met Edith Emma Eby at the tannery and they returned to NY where they were married in Cicero on Dec 19, 1925.

In 1926, Allan and Edith both worked at the Mench Candle Factory in Liverpool, NY for several months. Edith became pregnant and they left this job.

In 1926 Allan worked for the Rochester Vulcanite Co. laying paving stones on Lyle Avenue in Rochester, there he stayed with his Uncle Grant and Aunt Madelyn Crowell in Honeoye Falls during the week. He returned to Syracuse on weekends to be with his family, traveling the nearly 100 miles on mostly dirt roads in an automobile that barely held together.

In 1929 the family rented the ‘Woodrick” house for $20 per month located on Main St, No Syracuse Village, Clay Township, NY.

During the Great Depression of the early 1930's, Allen worked at numerous jobs to support his family.

Prior to WWII, Allan was employed by L C Smith Typewriter Co where he was later foreman of the type alignment department. During WWII, L C Smith switched production from typewriters to the manufacture of rifles. At this time he was foreman of the section that produced rifle bolts. He left L C Smith in 1945 because of a new union which required that he be replaced as foreman with someone of a lesser job but with more seniority with the company. Since the demand was high for new homes after WWII, he began to build houses.

He built a small house and the family moved to 106 Parkway Drive North Syracuse.

In 1942 the family moved to 55 South Bay Rd, Pitcher Hill, North Syracuse, to a home he built that the family referred to as the "big house". Here he built several houses for himself and other family members. He was active in building houses, he owned and operated a small sporting goods and tackle store, he also did contract carpentry and masonry work. He built a race track in Brewerton, Oswego Co, NY.

Allan and Edith visited FL on vacation in early 1946. Later that year, they purchased a small house trailer and a 1947 Hudson and left for Bay Pines, Pinellas Co, FL on Dec 28 1946. They spent the winter months in St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co, FL the next two years and moved permanently to St Petersburg, FL in 1948. Upon going to St Petersburg, he immediately went to work as a carpenter. He worked as Construction Manager for the Stephen Austin Construction Co. Later he went into partnership with another individual producing pre-cast concrete products. This lasted a few years until he obtained his own building contractor's license; he then went into the construction business for himself.

Allan and Edith moved to rural Willow Springs, MO in 1965 where he retired on a farm to raise cattle with his daughter Shirley's family. Illness and cancer soon took over his later years until he passed away in 1972.

His hobbies were fishing and rock collecting. He had a fondness for traveling around the United States. He enjoyed his many trips to the western states to collect rocks.

Occupations: L C Smith & Corona Typewriters Inc., Carpenter, Home Builder, Concrete Products Manufacturing, Building Contractor.

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• 1910-1940 Census

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