| Preceded by |
Kingdom Farm 1935-1963 |
1963-2016 Watchtower Farms |
| Preceded by |
Watchtower Bible School of  Kingdom Farm 1943-1961 |
1961-1988 Brooklyn Bethel |
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Kingdom Farms, Lansing, New York One Place Study
This profile is part of the Kingdom Farm, Lansing, New York One Place Study.
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Name
Geography
Continent: North America
Country: United States
State/Province: New York
County: Tompkins
GPS Coordinates: 42.552244, -76.493556
Elevation: 289.0 m or 948.2 feet
Property
Gilead School
Cemetery
- Kingdom Farm Cemetery Bower Road (dirt road) off Route 34 Lansing, New York USA
History
Kingdom Farm was started in 1935 by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society and became the location of the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead in 1942 until 1960.[1][2]
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Population
| Year | Group | Population | Profile exists | Connected to tree | Status/Notes |
| 1940 | Volunteers | 19 | 19 | 5 | √ Robinson-27225 00:17, 4 July 2022 (UTC) |
| 1950 | Volunteers | 57 | 49 | 8 not added - still living? √ Robinson-27225 22:10, 21 June 2023 (UTC) | |
| Students | 120 | 25 | 31 not added - still living? √ Robinson-27225 15:04, 19 July 2023 (UTC) |
- Maude Porter still living? FamilySearch Person: GVM9-NQC spouse of Roland Hoemer Goslin (1925-2005)
Notables
- Nathan Homer Knorr (1905-1977) - third President of the President of Watchtower Tract & Bible Society and responsible for setting in motion the School of Gilead at this location.
Sources
- ↑ Heidt, William. "Kingdom farm and Gilead School" (DeWitt Historical Society of of Tompkins County, Ithaca, New York 1971) Tompkins County Library
- ↑ Ferm, Vergilius Ture Anselm. "Religion in the Twentieth Century" (Philosophical Library, New York 1948) Page 387 Internet Archive
- Crandall, Brian. "Lansing’s Kingdom Farm sells, averting development concerns" database (https://ithacavoice.com/ : accessed 10 Apr 2022) Ithaca Voice (Ithaca, New York) Friday, March 13, 2015
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ54-64N : 21 December 2019), John Bogard, Lansing Town, Tompkins, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 55-45, sheet 13B, line 72, family 265, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2793.
- "1950 United States Federal Census"
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Lansing, Tompkins, New York; Roll: 1766; Sheet Number: 19; Enumeration District: 55-54
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #280563017 (accessed 26 June 2022)
John Booth (47) lodger in household of John Booth (47) in Lansing, Tompkins, New York, USA. Born in New York.
