Pane-Joyce Genealogy
John S. Phelps (65518) & Esther A. Green
67960. Rosa A. Phelps. Born in 1859 in Potter, Yates County, New York. Rosa A. died in 1948. Buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Penn Yan.
Rosa A. married George F. Goodsell. Born in 1857. George F. died in 1930. Buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Penn Yan.


Lakeview Cemetery, Penn Yan, Yates County, New York
    Geroge F. Goodsell, 1857–1930
    Roas A. Phelps his wife, 1859–1948
67961. William J. Phelps. Born in Feb 1864 in Potter, Yates County, New York. William J. died on 14 Feb 1931. Buried in Rushville Village Cemetery. Occupation: Farmer.

1892 New York Census. Benton, Yates County
    William J. Phelps, 28, laborer
    Alice Phelps, 24
    Ester L. Phelps, 3
    Leon Phelps, 2

1900 Federal Census. Gorham, Ontario County, New York
Roll 1139, page 2B
    William J. Phelps, head, b. Feb 1864, 36, m. 12 years, farmer
    Alice A. Phelps, wife, b. Jul 1869, 30, m. 12 years, 4 children, all living
    Esther L. Phelps, daughter, b. Feb 1889, 11, at school
    Leon A. Phelps, son, b. Jan 1891, 9
    Sylvia R. Phelps, daughter, b. Jan 1893, 7
    Arden L. Phelps, son, b. Sep 1895, 4
    Claud Rolf, servant, b. Apr 1883, 17
All were born in New York as were their parents.

1910 Federal Census. Italy, Yates County, New York
Roll 1075, page 8B
    William Phelps, head, 46, m1. 22 years, farmer, gen. farm
    Alice Phelps, wife, 41, m1. 22 years, 5 children, all living
    Sylvia Phelps, daughter, 17
    Arden Phelps, son, 14
    Anna Phelps, daughter, 2
All were born in New York as were their parents.

1915 New York Census. Gorham, Ontario County
    William J. Phelps, 51, head, farmer
    Alice A. Phelps, 46, wife, housework
    Leon A. Phelps, 24, son, farm laborer
    Arden L. Phelps, 19, son, farm laborer
    Anna L. Phelps, 6, daughter
All were born in the United States.

1920 Federal Census. Gorham, Ontario County, New York
Roll 1251, page 9A
Rushville Road
    William Phelps, head, 55, farmer, home farm
    Alice H. Phelps, wife, 60
    Leon Phelps, son 29, laborer, home farm
    Anna Phelps, [daughter], 11
All were born in New York as were their parents.

1925 New York Census. Gorham, Ontario County
Swamp Road
    Wm. J. Phelps, head, 41, farmer
    Alice M. Phelps, wife, 56, housework
    Anna Phelps, daughter, 17, school
    Arden Phelps, head, 30, farmer
    Leah Phelps, wife, 30, housework
    Esther Phelps, daughter, 7
    Donald Phelps, son, 3
The two families are listed consecutively. All were born in the United States.

1930 Federal Census. Gorham, Ontario County, New York
Roll 1631, page 5B
Swamp Road
    J. William Phelps, head, 66, m. age 24, farmer, farm
    Alice Phelps, wife, 60, m. age 18
    Anna Phelps, daughter, 22, single
All were born in New York as were their parents.

Rushville Village Cemetery, Gorham, Ontario County, New York
    William Phelps, b. 1865, d. 14 Feb 1931
    Alice A. Phelps, b. 1869, d. 1 Dec 1960
On 8 Apr 1888 William J. married Alice A. Criss, daughter of Andrew Jackson Criss (ca 1831-14 Nov 1917) & Sylvia A. Stearns (Dec 1847-21 Jul 1929), in Italy, Yates County, New York. Born in Jul 1869 in Jerusalem, Yates County, New York. Alice A. died on 1 Dec 1960. Buried in Rushville Village Cemetery.

1870 Federal Census. Jerusalem, Yates County, New York
Roll 1120, page 454B
Post Office Italy Hill
    Jackson Criss, 39, blacksmith, $300 personal estate, b. NY
    Sylvia A. Criss, 23, keeping house, b. NY
    Estella D. Criss, 3, b. NY
    Alice A. Criss, 1, b. NY
    Silas Y. Criss, 47, miller, b. NJ

Besides the daughter with whom she resided she leaves other daughter Miss Anna Phelps of Hopewell; two sons, Leon of Gorham and Arden Phelps of the Town of Gorham; four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Hamlin of Penn Yan, Mrs. William Lee of Rushville, Mrs. Loren Bender of Canandaiga and Mrs. Hattie Clark of Gorham; eight grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.
Their children include:
69286i.
Esther Leora Phelps (Feb 1889-23 Oct 1956)
69287ii.
Leon Andrew Phelps (20 Jan 1891-16 Mar 1976)
69288iii.
Sylvia R. Phelps (Jan 1893-Jan 1974)
69289iv.
Arden Leroy Phelps (25 Sep 1895-10 May 1976)
69290v.
Ann Phelps (ca 1908-)
69291vi.
Rodney Phelps (Died soon) (ca 1911-)
67962. Esther Phelps. Born on 25 Jan 1871 in Potter, Yates County, New York. Esther died in Potter, Yates County, New York, on 16 Feb 1871. Buried in Nettle Valley Cemetery, Potter.661

Esther died age 22 days.
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