Herbert married MOORE, Catherine Joyce on 28 Mar 1956 in Auburn, Cayuga County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Auburn NY Citizen Advertiser - 7/21/1955

Mr. aad Mrs. Rodney Moore of
45 Lewis St. have announced the
engagement of their daughter.
Mlaa Catherine Joyce Moore, to
Herbert Belknap, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dorsell Belknap, 499 Glenview
Pkwy., Syracuse.
Miss Moore Is a graduate of
Auburn Bast High School aad
Central City Business Institute.
Syracuse. She is a secretary at
Delavans Inc., Syracuse.
Mr. Belknap, a graduate of
Skanantalas High School, served
with the armed force In Korea,
and is attending the College of
Forestry at Syracuse University.
An early spring wedding is
planned.

ALSO

Auburn NY Citizen Advertiser - 3/31/1956

Miss Catherine J. Moore, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney
Moore, of 45 Lewis St., waa married
at 2:30 p. m. today to Herbert
D. Belknap, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Doraell Belknap, of S. Burwick
Ave., Syracuse. The ceremony
was performed in Calvary
Presbyterian Church, by the Rev.
Ernest Riemer.
The bride was given In marriage
by her father. She wore a
gown of French rose point lace
over slipper satln which featured
a full aklrt ending in a chapel
length train. Her llluaion fingertip
veil was attached to a crown
of seed pearls and she carried a
bouquet of cala lilies.
The maid of honor was Miss
Betty Jean Moore, sister of the
bride, and the bridesmaids were
the Misses Margaret Rea of Syracuse,
and Norma Coggen. a cousin
of the bridegroom, of Skaneateles.
George Potter of Syracuse was
the beat man, and the ushers were
Jere Smlngler, Thomas Santel,
Judson Allen, and Mario Capella,
all of Syracuse.
The bride and bridegroom left
for a wedding trip to Washington,
D. C, and Virginia after a
reception at the Club Dickman.
They will make their norm at 400
Glenview Pkwy., Syracuse.
The bride ia a graduate of East
High School and the Central City
Businesa Institute of Syracuae.
She ia secretary to the president
of Delavans Inc., Syracuse. The
bridegroom was graduated from
Skaneateles High School and is
attending the state College of Forestry
at Syracuse.
Showers were given the bride
by Miss Norma Coggen or Skaneateles,
Mrs. Thomas Delaney of
Auburn. Mrs. Jay Sawyer of Syracuse
and Miss Betty Jean Moore.
Guests attended the wedding
from .Massachusetts. Rochester.
Syracuse. Cortland. Aurora, Skaneateles,
Seneca Falls Red Creek,
Marcellua and Union Springs.

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Marcellus NY Weekly Observer - 8/22/1990

Services for Dorsell Belknap,
83, of Denton Md. formerly of
the Auburn-Skaneateles area,
who died Saturday, August 18
in Denton, were Wednesday
morning, August 22 at the
Robert D. Gray Funeral Home,
Skaneateles, the Rev. Martha
Fisher officiating. Burial was
in Soule Cemetery, Sennett.
Born in Montezuma, Mr.
Belknap had lived in the
Auburn-Skaneateles area until
moving to Maryland three years
ago. He was a retired truck
driver for the Mead Container
Co. in Syracuse.
His wife, Gertrude, died in
1966:
Surviving are a son, Herbert
D. Belknap of Denton; two sisters,
Madelaine O'Brien and
Addie Coggen, both of Skaneateles;
three grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
Contributions may be made
to SAVES.

Dorsell + SPURR, Gertrude I. Gertrude was born on 8 Jun 1910 in New York; died on 30 Jun 1986 in Canastota, Madison County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marcellus NY Weekly Observer

Gertrude Spurr Belknap, 76,
of 223 J. Whitman Rd., Canas-
tota, died June 30. She was a
former Auburn resident.
Services were July 3 at Robert
D. Gray Funeral Home,
Skaneateles. Burial was in
Soule Cemetery, Sennett.
Mrs. Belknap was born in Aubum
and lived there most of her
life before moving to Canastota
four years ago.
She was a retired employee of
General Electric in Syracuse.
Mrs. Belknap is survived by
her husband, Dorsell Belknap; a
son, Herbert D. Belknap of Denton,
Md.; and three grandchildren,
Mark and Eric of Denton
and Kim of Evondale, Pa.

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Auburn NY Citizen Advertiser - 5/24/1934

Melvin P. Belknap. 69. a well
known resident of Montezuma,
died Wednesday morning at the
home of his daughter, Mrs Morris
Burgduff, in Savannah.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eva
Cartner Belkap; seven sons, Emmett,
Clarence, Roland, Keith.
Dorsell, Roscoe and Paul, all of
Auburn; four daughters, Mrs.
Morris Burghduff of Savannah;
Mrs. Louis Dreythaler of Fort
Plain, Mrs. John O'Brien of Owasco
and Mrs. Herbert Coogans of
Skaneateles Falls.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon
at the home of the daughter,
Mrs. Burghduff, in Savannah. Interment
will be in Spring Lake
Cemetery.

Melvin + CARTNER, Eva A. Eva was born in Mar 1870 in Conquest, Cayuga County, NY; died on 16 Dec 1951 in Skaneateles, Onondaga County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Auburn NY Citizen Advertiser - 12/17/1951

Mrs. Eva Belknap, widow of
Melvin Belknap, died Sunday
morning at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. John O'Brien, RD, Skaneateles,
where she had made her
home for several years.
Born in the town of Conquest,
she had lived in this section nearly
30 years. In 1921 she moved here
, from Savannah.
She is survived by four daughters,
Mrs. Morris Burghduff of
Savannah, Mrs. Mylisa Dreythaler
of Auburn, Mrs. Herbert Coggen
of RD, Skaneateles. and Mrs.
O'Brien; six sons, Emmett Belknap,
Syracuse. Roland Belknap,
Cayuga, Keith Belknap. RD, Skaneateles,
Dorsell Belknap, Auburn,
Roscoe Belknap, RD, Skaneateles,
and Paul Belknap. RD, Skaneateles;
eight grandsons, 13 granddaughters,
11 great-grandchildren,
an one brother, Clarence Cartner
of Savannah.
Services will be held at 1 p. m.
Tuesday at the residence of her
daughter. Mrs. John O'Brien. The
Rev. Stanley P. Jones, pastor of
Owasco Reformed Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Spring
Lake Cemetery, Conquest.
Friends may call at the home of
Mrs. John O'Brien Monday afternoon
and evening at their convenience.