Re: Alan Ives, wife Helen Forth, son Jerry in Upstate New York.
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Alan Ives, wife Helen Forth, son Jerry in Upstate New York.
Rich Camp 9/01/13
Not sure exactly what information you're looking for but perhaps some of this will help.
Ethlyn Helen (Forth) Ives seems to have generally gone by her middle name for much of her life.Helen and her husband, Allan John Ives are buried together in Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, NY). Findagrave.com has a picture of their gravestone which confirms spelling of Allan's first name.
I believe Helen was born 09 Jul 1912 in Albany, NY and died 20 Aug 1972 in Nedrow, NY.
Her family was beset by tragedy in December of 1922 and into February 1923 with the death of 4 family members- her father and a brother to pneumonia (complications of the flu) and her mother and baby sister to complications of childbirth.Helen was just 9 years old when these tragedies struck. As you've noted, this caused her to be place in a masonic home in Utica, NY.
Ethlyn's father-in-law was Albert John Ives who was b. about 1879 in England (d. 1957 and also buried in Oakwood cemetery) and her mother-in-law was Edith Ann Francis who was b. about 1879 in England (d. 1958). I'm uncertain where Edith is buried.Findagrave.com says Oakwood cemetery but her obituary says Morningside cemetery.Sometimes cemeteries are known by multiple names so perhaps that explains the contradiction but I haven't investigated that any further.