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Jonas Gilbert Coon

Jonas Gilbert Coon

Male 1887 - 1963  (75 years)

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  • Name Jonas Gilbert Coon  [1] 
    Born 23 Jul 1887  Clermont, Columbia County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 312 
    Residence 1900  Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1920  Clermont, Columbia County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 24 Mar 1963  St. Francis Hospital, Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Buried Lutheran Church Cemetery, Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • A drivers' license shows birth year as 1889, but the 1900 census and all other records show his birth year as 1887.
      :Jacob W. Coon and family, including Jonas, b. July 1887, age 12, birthplace New York.
      Photo 1: Jonas c. 1907
      Photo 2: Jonas with Ward, Betty, Isabel in Hyde Park c. 1945?
      Exhibit 3: Family Bible page
      Jonas used the names COON and COONS interchangeably although almost all official papers show COON. His tombstone shows COONS.
      Jonas and son Worden are living with Jonas' parents
    Person ID I312  new
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2009 

    Father Jacob William Coon,   b. 28 May 1845, Clermont, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1923, Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Mary Catherine Shirts,   b. 06 Nov 1850, Germantown, Columbia County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1923, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 22 Nov 1870  Methodist Church, Elizaville, Dutchess County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • both of Clermont. The source noted is an unpublished list of records from subject church, cited in a letter from Kinship (Arthur M. Kelly) to Doris Wheeler, 9 Aug 1997. This record further shows Jacob to be a farmer.
    Family ID F109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anna Edna Tipple,   b. 21 Feb 1889, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Nov 1918, Madalin (Tivoli), Dutchess County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Married 16 Feb 1908  [6, 7, 8] 
    • St. James Episcopal, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York
    Children 
    +1. Worden Van Renselaer Coon
    +2. Isabel Amanda Coon
     3. Elizabeth Marian Coon
    Family ID F245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alice Haines,   b. Abt 1887 
    Married Aft 1920 
    Family ID F246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Ward, Betty, Isabel, Jonas    		Ward, Betty, Isabel, Jonas
    Acquired from Doris Wheeler Feb 2007; Jonas is father of ward and isabel and betty is daughter of elizabeth jonas' other child
    Jonas with his Grand children    		Jonas with his Grand children
    Jonas Gilbert c. 1906    		Jonas Gilbert c. 1906
    ; Acquired from Doris Wheeler Feb 2007

  • Sources 
    1. [S190] One World Tree (sm), Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.

    2. [S69] Cemetery Marker-, Lutheran Church Cemetery, Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York.

    3. [S20] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.T623, 1854 rolls. Dutchess, New York, ED 36, roll T623 1023, page 10A.

    4. [S180] Obituary, Poughkeepsie Journal, 27 March 1963.

    5. [S144] Kinship publications, (Kinship, Rhinebeck, New York), Elizaville Methodist Church, # 30.

    6. [S78] Church records, Letter from St. James Episcopal Ch., Hyde Park, New York to Doris Wheeler,dated 23 May 1996. Ref. #179.

    7. [S110] Family bible.

    8. [S153] Marriage record.