From: MJRice1230 at aol.com (MJRice1230 at aol.com) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 10:13:07 EST Subject: [lake-surname] Fwd: lake surname > I am searching for the parents/siblings of William E Lake stage driver born > 1826 NY. His first wife was Jeanette (maiden name unk) of Greene County NY. > They were residing in the home of Christina Van Veckten, Schoharie NY 1850. > Had daughter Anna born 1851. Unknown what happened to Jeannette & Anna. > William E Lake married second to Georgeanna Bates of Greene County NY 1865 at > St Cloud MN. They followed the stage company west. Two daughters Hattie > Florence & Mabel. He died as stage agent, in 1882 Dakota Territory. Any info > on parents or early years of William E Lake. From: MJRice1230 at aol.com (MJRice1230 at aol.com) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 20:29:55 EST Subject: [lake-surname] Obit & Info Marshall, These are not actual obits: William E. LAKE, agent of the Northwestern Stage Company at Sturgis died at that place yesterday. The cause of his death thought to be heart disease.-Black Hills Journal, 08 September 1882. (notation: William E Lake was born ca 1826 N Y) Georgeanna BATES, wife of William E. LAKE born Jan 12 1845, died Dec 2, 1881-Tombstone, Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Greene County New York State of Minnesota, County of Stearns, 16th October 1865, at St. Cloud I, Judge of Probate did join William E. LAKE of the county of Stearns and the State of Minnesota and Georgeanna BATES, of the county of Stearns, State of Minnesota in the presence of Chas D. Kerr, Annie Biggerstaff, witnesses. Signed L. A. Evans, Judge of Probate, Stearns County Minn. (marriage recorded Oct 17, 1865) From: Janey1230 at aol.com (Janey1230 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:49:21 EDT Subject: Lake surname query Would like to hear from anyone researching Lake surname in the Greene County New York area. My ancestor William E. Lake, stage driver, born ca 1826 New York. His first wife Jeannette (surname unk), res Schoharie, Schoharie Co. NY 1850; dau Anna b ca 1851; residing Cairo, Greene Co, NY 1855. No further record of Jeannette or Anna. Wm. E, followed stage lines west. In 1865 he married Georgianna Bates of Catskill, Greene Co. NY, daughters Hattie Florence & Mabel b St. Cloud, Stearns Co. Minn. 1870s, res Dakota Territory 1879; Wm. E. Lake, stage agent, died Sturgis, SD 1882. Searching for parents/siblings of Wm. E. Lake. From: Janey1230 at aol.com (Janey1230 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:22:00 EDT Subject: William E Lake Searching for parents/siblings of William E. Lake born NY ca 1826, stage driver. In 1850 age 24 Schoharie, Schoharie NY listed with wife Jeanette age 19 in the home of Christina Van Veckten age 67. 1855 Cairo, Greene Co. NY Jennet Lake 23 and daughter Anna age 4, both born Greene Co., residents four yrs. 1865 Augusta, Stearns Co., MN, W. E. Lake in the home of James B. Mills 1862-1870 Wm. E. Lake an employee of J. B. Mills Stage & Transportation Company (J. B. Mills papers, Minn. Historical Soc.) 1865 October 16, St. Cloud, Stearns Co. MN marriage of William E. Lake & Georgianna Bates of Catskill, Greene Co., NY. 1870 St. Cloud, Stearns Co. MN Lake, W E 45, wf Georgy 23, dau Hatty 3 . William E. Lake went on to Dakota Territory driving stage into the Black Hills Gold fields. William E. Lake, stage agent died at Sturgis, South Dakota September 1882 (Black Hills Journal). Would like any info on Lake families in the Greene, Schoharie and surrounding counties NY 1820s-1850. From: mlake at melake.erols.com (Marshall Lake) Date: Mar 2001 Subject: Lake/Van Vechten Does anyone know of a connection between Lake & VanVechten? 1850 Federal Census listing: Town of Schoharie, County of Schoharie, State of New York 1850 1792-1793 Christina VAN VECHTEN female age 67 500 b NY William E. LAKE male age 24 Stage Driver b NY Jeanette LAKE female age 19 b NY 1855 NY State Census listing: Greene County, Catskill NY 1855 109 Jennet LAKE 23 f b Greene Co. married res 4 yrs Anna LAKE f age 4 daughter b Greene Co. res 4 yrs. Greene County, Cairo NY 1855 191 199 Charles LAKE 55 b Greene Co, NY res 55 yrs carpenter Elisabeth LAKE 47 wife b Greene Co, NY res 47 yrs 200 James LAKE 27 b Greene Co, NY res 27 yrs carpenter Minerva LAKE 24 wf b Greene Co, NY res 24 yrs George LAKE 5 b Greene Co. Charles? LAKE 7/12 male b Greene Co. NY From: Janey1230 at aol.com (Janey1230 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 14:24:09 EST Subject: [lake-surname] LAKE Family - Albany Cty, 1865 Hi Kathy, Please tell me more about your Rueben Lake. Is Rueben Lake & wife Caroline Morse buried Yagerville, Ulster Co, NY the same Rueben Lake age 40 residing at Greenville, Greene Co, NY in 1840 census? Did he have a son William E. Lake born ca 1826 NY? The above Rueben had a son about that age listed on the 1840 census. I am searching for my William E. Lake parents/siblings. Thank you, Mary Jane Rice From: Janey1230 at aol.com (Janey1230 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:02:54 EST Subject: No subject William E Lake b NY 1826, died Sturgis, South Dakota no documentation but yr. and place consistent all census years 1850 thru 1880 Christina Van Veckten 67 NY William E. Lake 24 NY stage driver Jeanette Lake 19 NY Schoharie Schoharie Co. NY 1850 federal census Jennet Lake 23 born Greene Co, NY (lived in Co 4 yrs). Anna Lake 4 dau b Greene Co NY NY State census Cairo Greene Co NY 1855 172 176 Anson Lake 23 NY Harry Lake 19 NY Charles Lake 19 Ohio 173 177 Wm Lake 31 NY Dwiett Ric---? 40 NY County of Lake, Territory of Minnesota Oct 1857 J B Mills Company ledger page 212 - William E Lake $2.00 source-J B Mills papers spanning 1862-1870 Minnesota Historical Society St. Augusta TWP Stearns Co. Minnesota 27 May 1865 James B Mills Martha Mills Joseph Rilland W E Lake J W Whipple Anton Rilland Jas B Mills jun Samuel Boylan John Johnson source-Minnesota State census Marriage Certificate State of Minnesota Stearns County 16th October 1865 William E Lake and Georgeanna Bates both of Stearns County at St. Cloud, County of Stearns Minnesota 1870 federal census Co of Stearns, St. Cloud 6 June 1870 Lake W E 45 Express Agent NY Georgy 23 Keep house NY Hatty 3 Minn (female) 1879 City of Bismarck, Dakota Lake, W E ranchman stage company source- City Register 1880 County of Morton, Dakota, 5 June 1880 William E Lake 55 Station Keeper source federal census Listing of a large camp of men with stage company 1880 County of Greene, Catskill NY federal census Lake Georgianna 36 NY Florence 13 dau Minn Mabel 7 dau Minn Will of Georgianna Lake Dec 7th 1881 Surviving are William E Lake residing at East Pierre Dakota Mabel Lake of Coxsackie Greene Co NY, H Florence Lake of Catskill Greene Co NY 8th September 1882 Black Hills Journal W. E. Lake, agent of the Northwestern Stage and Transportation Company at Sturgis, died at that place yesterday. The cause of his death thought to have been heart disease. (Notation: After their mother died of Tuberculosis the girls went by steamer around the Great Lakes to join their father. The eldest at fourteen worked as governess to the Townsend family to pay for their passage. After their father's untimely death they went to Bismarck to live with their mother's sister and husband Mary & Henry Gager. The eldest daughter married the week of her sixteenth birthday and took her little sister to live with her).-MJR Continue to search for parents/siblings of William E. Lake. Mary Jane