Gertrude B. Eyeington

Gertrude B. Eyeington

• Father: John Eyeington b. 10 May 1847, d. 1916
• Mother: Isabella Adams b. 27 September 1853, d. 4 July 1933

• Gertrude B. Eyeington was born on 24 August 1880 in New York.
• John Eyeington and Isabella Adams appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Evans, Erie County, New York, enumerated next to the household of Milon and Ida Bundy.. Other members of the household included Gertrude B. Eyeington, Bessie M. Eyeington and Oliver Clark Eyeington.
• She married Richard Henry Stokes.
• Richard Henry Stokes and Gertrude B. Eyeington appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, at 616-1/2 Second Street NW. Other members of the household included Olive Belle Stokes.
• Richard Henry Stokes and Gertrude B. Eyeington appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, at 157 Faucet Court. Other members of the household included Olive Belle Stokes.
• She was employed as a practical nurse working from home, according to the 1930 census.
• She officially witnessed the death of Isabella Adams on 4 July 1933 at Mercy Hospital in Canton, Stark County, Ohio.
• Richard Henry Stokes and Gertrude B. Eyeington appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, at 2820 Thirteenth Street. Other members of the household included Olive Belle Stokes.
• Gertrude B. Eyeington died on 10 August 1946 at age 65 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, at 758 Delverne Avenue SW at her residence.
• Richard Henry Stokes became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio.
• The following appeared on 11 August 1946 in The Canton Reposibory: Mrs. Gertrude Eyeington Stokes, 59, of 758 Delverne ave SW, died Saturday afternoon at the residence following a lingering illness.
       She was a resident of Canton 31 years and was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church. Surviving are her husband, Richard H., and a daughter, Olive, second grade instructor at Belden school; a brother, Oliver Eyeington of Buffalo, N. Y., and two sisters, Mrs. A. J. Bundy of Cortland, N. Y., and Mrs. Isabelle Schwert of Angola, N. Y.
       Services will be held Tuesday at 1 p. m. in the Schlrack & Williams parlors with Rev. L. C. Fritschel officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn cemetery. Friends may call at the parlors today and Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m.
• The following appeared on 25 June 1970 in the Evans Journal: Mrs. Isabel E. Schwert (nee Eyeington) of 73 Mill St., Angola, died suddenly in Lake Shore Inter-Community Hospital on Friday, June 19, 1970. She was 76. Widow of the late J. Cleveland Schwert, she was the mother of the late Dean E. Schwert and sister of the late Mrs. Bessie E. Bundy, Mrs. Gertrude Stokes and Oliver Eyeington. The Rev. Raymond L. Morris Jr. officiated at funeral services Monday morning at Froehley's Funeral Home. Burial was in Forest Avenue Cemetery, Angola. Mrs. Schwert was a member of the Stitcheri Society of the First Congregational United Church of Christ.

• Last Edited: 10 Jan 2014