List of Family Surnames

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Italicized names prefixed with a hyphen will indicate a reference to a related name where the document(s) can be found. 

The Potsdam Public Museum retains family files which include information DONATED to the museum by family members such as photographs, genealogy charts, books on family history, letters and diaries. Also in these files can be newspaper clippings from local and national newspapers. 

Last Updated: April 20, 2021 [ HJK ]
see also Index for further detail on Surnames

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Italicized names prefixed with a hyphen will include a reference to a related name where the document(s) can be found.  

A
    Adams
    Adest
    Aikens
    Akey
    - Aldrich(see: Goodale)
    Allen
    Allen, Henry S.
    Amelotte
    Ames
    Amos                                                                       
    Anderson, George “Ted” Edward                                   
    Anderson, Robert
    Arbour
    Armstrong, Donald
    Arquette
    - Arthur (see: Goodale)
    Arthur, Dorothy M.
    Austin
    Austin, Frank Lee, Jr.
   
B
    Bacheller
    Bacon
    Badger
    Badlam
    Bailey
    Baker
    Baldwin
    Ball
    Balukjian
    - Banks (see: Carpenter)
    Bannister
    Barnes
    Barnes, Clark 
    Barnett
    Barnhart
    Barnum
    Barrett
    Barrett, Napolean
    Bartlett
    Barton
    Batchelder
    Bates
    Batty
    Baum
    Baumgartner
    - Beacham (see: Goodale)
    Bearden
    Beebe, Ruth
    Beckley
    - Beecher (see: Goodale)
    Benham
    Benjamin
    Benson
    - Bercham (see: Goodale)
    Berry
    Besaw
    Bicknell
    - Bingham (see: Goodale, Myers)
    Bishop
    Bisnett
    Bix
    Blackburn
    Blackmon, Don + Eileen
    Blaisdell
    Blakeslee
    Blanchard
    Blodgett
    Blood
    Bluffham
    Bolles
    Bolton
    Bond(Bacon)
    Bonney
    Bouchey
    - Bowman (see: Boynton, Goodale)
    Bovay, Beauvais Bouce
    Boynton
    Bradish
    Bradley, Theadore
    Bradshaw
    - Brewster (see: Boynton)
    - Brier (see: Goodale)
    Brooks
    Brotherton
    Broughton
    - Brombach (see: Reynolds)
    Brown
    Brown, Sidney Pope
    Brownell
    - Bruce (see: Goodale)
    Brumelle
    Brush
    Bruso
    Bryant
    Buck
    Buckman
    Bulles
    Burbank
    Burke
    Burnap
    - Burnett (see: Burnap)
    Burns
    Burroughs
    Burt
    Burt, Maud Isabel Chittenden
    Burwell
    Butler
    Buttolph
    - Bynam (see: Sisson)
    Byrns
C
    - Cady (see: Meekham)
    Cahoon
    Caldwell
    Calkins
    Call
    Cambridge
    Campbell
    Cania
    Cardinal
    Carkner, Harold B.
    Carl
    Carney
    Carpenter
    Carroll
    Cary / Carey
    Casey
    Casler / Caslar
    Castle
    Castle(Brown)
    Cayey(Thresher)
    Chaffee
    Chalmers
    Chamberlain
    Champney
    Chandler
    Chapman 
    Chapman, Marguerite
    Charlebois
    Chase
    - Cheel (see: Snell)
    - Childs (see: Swan)
    Cheney
    Chittenden
    Chorba, Manhart Kromer
    - Christmas (see: Carpenter)
    - Christy (see: Brown)
    Church, Daniel W.
    Clapp
    Clark
    Clark, Daniel + Hannah
    Clarkson
    Clary
    Cleaveland
    Clements
    Cleveland
    Clinton
    Clohosey
    Clow
    Coakley/Coanley
    - Coates (see: Walling)
    Cobane
    Cole
    Cole/Irwin/McFadden
    Coleman
    Collins
    - Collins, Una Marie (see: Frank, Garnet and Leslie)
    - Colston (see: Kingsley)
    Colt
    Conklin
    Connor, Donald J. (taped interview)
    Conroy
    Cook
    Cooklin
    Coots
    Copeland
    Corbett
    Corbin
    Cornell
    Cotton
    Courier / Currier
    Cousins
    Cox
    - Crago (see: Goodale, Boynton)
    - Crampton (see: Brown)
    Crane
    Crane, Julia E.
    Crapser
    Crary
    Craven, Wesley Earl
    Crawford
    Creighton
    Crockett
    Crumb
    - Crump (see: LaDue)
    Cubley
    Cubley/Humphrey
    Culver
    Curtis
    Curtis, Milford M. "Red"
    Cutting
    Czerepak
D
    Dabrowski
    Daggett
    Daggett, Herbert
    Dahlstrom, Colleen
    Dains
    Dailey
    Daniels
    Darling
    Dart
    Dart, William Allen
    Davis
    Davison
    Dayton
    - Dean (see: Goodale)
    - Degre (see: World War I Box 1)
    Deitz
    DeLaFleur
    Delaire
    -Delance (see: Moore)
    Delisle
    Demo
   - Denham (see: Goodale)
    DeRosa
    Devitt
    Dewey
    - Dickenson (see: Goodale, Blood, Carpenter)
    Dimick
    Dingsoyr
    Divik
    Dixson
    Donnelly
    Donovan
    Douglass
    Dove
    Drake
    Duby
    Dufrain
    Dunn
    Dupre
    - Dustin (see: Goodale)
    Dygert
E
    Eastman
    Edgarton
    Elderkin
    Elliot
    Ellis
    Erwin
    - Evans (see: Buttolph)
    Everett
F
    - Fainser (see: Goodale)
    Farmer
    Fenner
    Ferry
    Fiesinger
    Fifield
    Finley
    Finnegan
    Finnemore
    Fiske
    Fletcher
    Flint
    Flint, Ernest A.
    Fokes/Folkes
    - Foose (see: Knowles)
    Forbush
    Foster
    Fox
    Frackenpohl
    Frank, Garnet and Leslie
    Frankel
    Franklin(Covey)
    Freeman
    French
    Fries
    Fuller
G
    - Gaevin (see: Goodale; Lindsey)
    Gaffney
    Gallagher
    - Gambel (see: Powers)
    Gardner
    Garfield
    Garner
    Garner, Laurenne
    Garner, Ruth
    - Gary (see: Goodale)
    - Gauthier (see: Bruso)
    - Gedman (see: Foster)
    Gerrish
    Gibbons
    Gibson      
    Gibson, Helen
    Gilbert
    Gillies
    Gilligan
    Gillmore
    Gilmore
    Ginn
    Giuliani, Frank
    Gleason
    Goodale
    Goodale, Grace
    Goodale, Tim, Jr.
    Goodenow
    Goodrich
    Goodspeed
    Gordanier
    Gordon
    Gore
    Goulding
    Grace
    Grandy
    Grant
    Grant Hugh A.
    Gratz
    Graves
    Green
    Greer, Katya Czerepak
    Grew
    Griffiths
    Guiney
    Guinup
    Gunning
    Gurley
    Gunsaulus
H
    Hadley
    Hadlock
    Haggard, Clare Patience
    Hale
    Haley, Ruth
    Hall
    Hall, Arnold G.
    Ham
    Hamilton
    Hammond
    Hammond, Jonathan
    Hanson
    Harder, Kelsie
    Harper
    Harris
    Harvey
    Hartman
    Hartman, Kyle
    Hartman, Fred
    Hartson
    Hasbrouck
    Haskell
    Hatch
    Hatheway
    Havington
    Hawley
    Hawthorne / Hathorne
    Hayes
    Hayes, Fred
    Hazelton
    Healy/Healey
    Heath
    Heaton
    Heazleton
    Henderson
    Herrington
    Hewitson(Lionel)
    Hickey
    Hickey, Joy
    Hilliard
    Hinman
    Hitchcock
    Hobart
    Hodge
    Hogan
    Holbrook
    Hollenbeck
    Hollister
    Holmes
    Holt
    Hopkins
    Hopkins, Konrad
    - Horthorn (see: Goodale) 
    Horwood
    Hosmer
    Hosmer, Helen
    Hough
    Howe
    Howie
    Howlett
    Hubbard
    Hubbell
    Hughes
    Hull
    Hunt
    Hurd
    Hurley
    Hyslop
I
    Ingram
    Irish
    Ives
J
    Jakovac
    James
    Jandreau
    Jeffers, Betty
    Jenner
    Jerome
    Jeser
    Jesmar
    Jesmer / Jessmur / Jesmar
    Jessmer (see: LaDue)
    Johndrow
    Johnson / Sheridan
    Jones
    Jordan
    Joseph
    Josselyn
K
    Kaplan
    Kellas, Eliza
    Kellogg
    Kellog, Frank
    Kelly
    Kendall
    Kennan
    Kerr
    Ketcham
    Kimball
    King
    King, Preston
    Kingsley
    Kingston
    Kirby, Reynold Marion
    Kirkey
    - Kizer (see: Buckman)
    Kleiser
    Knapp
    Knowles
    Krebs
L
    LaBean / LeBean / LeBeau
    LaBrake
    LaCriox
    LaDue
    LaDuke
    LaFave
    Lalonde
    Lamar
    Lamb  
    Lane
    Lanphere
    Lanphere, Charles
    Lantz
    LaPoint
    LaPointe
    LaRue
    LaShomb
    LeBeau / LeBean / LaBean
    Lee
    Leete
    Leete, Charles H. (Landmarks of Potsdam, Early History of Potsdam; Bridges of Potsdam)
    LeHand
    Lemon
    Lenney, Annie (Mrs. William H. Shannan)
    Lenney, Edward
    Lennox
    Leslie
    Leuthold
    Lewis 1 Potsdam school & tax lists 1833,38.62,66
    Lewis 2 Rental agreements, Indentures Loans, Deeds
    Lewis 3 Mortgages
    Lewis 4 Insurance Policies
    Lewis 5 Promisary Notes
    Lewis 6 Livery Business Accounts
    Lewis Folders 1 – 6 Business Records
    Lewis 7 Accounts with Business
    Lewis 8 Receipts, receipted bills
    Lewis 9 (see: Austin)
    Lewis 11 Genealogy
    Lewis, William J.
    Lillie
    Little
    Locke
    Lockwood (Diary)
    Loucks
    Loushin
    Lovass-Naggy
    Luken
    Lyman
M
    MacDonald
    MacEwen
    Madison
    Magnan
    Maine
    Manley
    Marsh
    Marshall
    Martin
    - Mason (see: Ingram)
    Mathews / Matthews
    Matthie
    Maxcy, John Wesley
    Maxfield
    Maxfield, Samuel
    May
    Mayhew
    Mayo
    McAdams
    McCollum
    McCormick
    - McCuen (see: Wheeler)
    McDonald
    McElheran
    McEwen / MacEwen
    McEwin/Giles
    McGarvey
    McGee
    McGillivray
    McGowan
    McIntyre
    McKinnnon
    McNall, Jessie
    McSweeney
    McVey, Rev. Charles H.
    - Meacham (see: Powers)
    Meekham
    - Mein (see: Potsdam Apres Ski Club Photo Album Collection)
    - Merrick (see: Snell)
    Merrill
    Merritt
    Merritt, Edwin A., Jr.
    Meyers
    Miles
    Miller
    Minotti
    Moffett
    - Monroe (see: LaDue)
    Moon
    Moore
    Morey
    Morgan
    Moulton
    Murphy
     Myers
N
    Natowitz
    Newell   
    Newton
    - Nicolette (see: Cambridge)
    Northrup
O
    - Oakes (see: Bond)
    O’Connor
    O'Conner, Irene
    Ogden
    - Olin (see: Goodale; Ormsby; Wright)
    Olmstead
    O'Riley
    - Ormiston (see: Boynton, Goodale)
    Ormsby
    O'Sullivan
    Ottilie
    O'Toole
P
    - Packham (see: Goodale)
    Paddock
    Page
    Page/Winters
    Paige, Harry W.
    Palmer
    Papaw
    Parish
    Parisian
    Parker
    Parkhurst
    Parmelee
    Parmeter
    Partridge
    Partridge (Letter to Charles)
    Partridge/Redway
    Paton
    Patterson
    Pattison
    Pearl
    - Pease (see: Brown)
    Penrose
    Peoples
    Peppers
    Perkins
    Perrin
    Perrin, Thomas W.
    Perry
    Pert
    - Peters (see: Bailey)
    - Peterson (see: Snell)
    - Petrie (see: Goodale)
    Pettibone
    Pharoah
    - Phelix (see: LaDue)
    Phillips
    Phillips, Garrett
    Pierce
    Pike
    Pinney
    Place
    Plimpton
    Plumb
    Powers
    Powers/Larkin/Welch(or Welsh)
    Powell
    Premo
    Premo, Clarence
    Prescott
    - Pretat (see: Reynolds; Sisson)
    - Price (see: Carpenter; Goodale)
    Priest
    Prosper
    Provost
    Putnam
Q
    Quenell
R
    Rabideau
    Ramsdell
    - Randall (see: Boynton)
    Randi
    Ransom
    Rathbun
    Raymond, Benjamin
    Raymond, Benjamin Wright
    Raymond, Sewall
    Raymond, William (School papers, reminiscing)
    Raymond Family Folder 1 Account Books (see: Knowles)
    Raymond Family Folder 2 Genealogy, correspondence, advertising, photos, G. B.
    Raymond Family Papers #2A, Boston Produce Market Report 1872-3, Etta
    - Reagan (see: Bond)
    Redington
    - Reed (see: Goodale; Sawyer)
    - Rees (see: Ormsby; Sisson)
    Regan
    Regan, Dr. Leo Patrick
    Reid
    Remington, Frederic
    Reynolds
    Reynolds, Dr.
    Ricalton, James
    Rich
    Richards
    Richards, Linda (America's 1st Professional Nurse)
    Richards, Martha
    Riggs
    Risdon
    Ritzer
    Robar
    Robinson
    Rockwell, Norman
    Roda, Frank Conrad
    Rogers
    Rollin(s)
    Romey
    Roosevelt, Teddy
    Rosenthal   
    Ross
    Rosse, Rosanne (photos)
    Rotonde
    Routh, Dorothy
    - Roy (see: Goodale; Parish)
    - Rundgand (see: Sisson)
    Rusaw
    Russell
    Rutherford
S
    Sackett
    Salls
    Safford
    Sanford
    Sanford, Blanche
    Sanford
    - Santaway (see: Wright)
    Sarnoff
    Sawyer
    Sayles
    Scheyer
    Sc(h)ofield (see: Stone, Peter Michael)
    Schofield, George
    Schorge
    Schuck
    Schuler
    - Schyler (see: Goodale)
    Scialabba
    Scott
    Sebring (Book: Isaac Sebring)
    Sennett
    Senter
    Sergi
    Seymour
    Shanafelt
    Shatraw
    Shattuck
    Shattuck/Premo
    Shaw
    Shaw, George
    Shaw, Robert (Dart, VT Land Deed; Dart Letters 1804; John Deere – Thompson estate)
    Shea (see also; Wright; Goodale)
    Sheehan
    Sheldon, Eudora Marie
    Shelly
    Shep(h)ard
    Sherburne
    - Sheridan (see Johnson)
    Shields
    Shiner, T. C.
    Shinnick
    Shipman
    - Shoen (see: Russell)
    Short
    Sievers
    Sipher
    Sisson
    - Skinner (see: Sisson)
    Slater
    Slayton
    Sloan
    Small
    Smith (Genealogy, War Dept. correspondence, family record)
    Smith
    Smith, Hattie M. (Transcription “Useful hands”)
    Smith, Joseph B. (Mormon connection)
    Snell
    Snell (See also: Snell Papers, SUNY Potsdam Archives; family writings; business receipts; Kildare Club)
    Snell Collection Booklet
    Snell, Bertrand (1985-50.23 Scrapbook, 80th birthday, 9 Dec 1950)
    Snell Journal (85-50.13o Records)
    Snell Record Book (85-50.13b)
    Snell Guest Book (85-50.21)
    Snell, Bertrand H. (Book; Barone Republican House Minority Leader)
    Snell, Sara & Bert (June 3, 1903-1953 Album; Sara & Bert Snell 1903-1953 Scrapbook; 85-50.22 folder)
    Snell, Bert & Sara (Newspaper clippings album)
    Snell (Essays “St. Lawrence County Native Leads New Deal Opposition”)
    Snell (Sara L. Merrick’s High School Diploma 75-89.6.231)
    Snell (Snell Finding Aid - 2009 A.B.)
    Soong Mei-ling
    Sprague
    Squire
    - Stafford (see: Sisson)
    Stanton
    Steele
    Stephens
    Stevenson
    Stickles
    Stickney
    Stoddard
    Stone
    Stone, Peter Michael
    Stone, Silas
    Storey / Morgan
    Stowell
    Straub
    Straub (Ice storm-Jan 1998 memories)
    Straub, Louise (Scrapbook: Color photos & well wishes, 2008.13.16)
    - Striebert (see: Dayton)
    Strong
    Subramanian
    Sullivan
    Sumner
    Sverdlow
    Swan
    Swan, Frederick T.
    Swanson
    Sweet
    Swift
T
    Tabor
    Taft
    Talcott
    Tambling
    Tanner
    Tappan
    Taylor
    Thacher
    Thaler
    Thatcher, Dr. Hervey Dexter (see Biography; Milk Bottle)
    - Tebo (see: Bond)
    Theobold
    Thomas (see: Parish)
    Thompson 
    Thompson (William G. Thompson papers [boxed])
    Thurston (see: Boynton)
    - Tillinghast (see: Walling; Brown)
    Tischler
    - Tomalty (see: 1980 Olympics Memorabilia 2021.016)
    - Towne (see: Chittenden)
    - Townsend (see: Walling)
    Train
    Trapnell
    Travis
    Triviliano
    Trombley
    Tucker
    Tupper
    Tyler
U
    Uffer, Eleanor
    Unsworth
    Usher (includes scrapbook)
V   
    Vance
    Van Deusen
    Van Housen
    Van Ness
    Van Ostrand
    Viao/Viau
    Vinicor
   
W
    - Wade (see: Brown; Parker)
    Waite (see: Bix)
    Wake
    - Walden (see: Sisson)
    - Walker (see: Goodale; Brown; Bicknell) 
    Wallace
    Walling
    Walling, Col. William H.
    Walsh
    - Wanne (see: Sisson) 
    - Ward (see: Goodale)
    Warner
    Washburn
    Watkins
    Watson
    Weed
    Weegar, Edward
    Weeks (see: Goodale)
    Wellings
    Whalen
    Wheeler
    Wheeler/Jackson
    - Whipple (see: Brown)
    - Whitcomb (see: Goodale)
    White
    White, Robert E.
    Whitman
    Whitman, William Wallace
    Whitney
    Wilcox
    Willes/Willis
    Williams
    Willick
    Wilson
    Wilson/Vroman/Gage
    - Wingate (see: Goodale)
    - Winn (see: Goodale)
    - Winter(s) (see: Page)
    - Witt (see: Goodale)
    - Wittmore (see: Parish)
    Wojcik
    Wolfe, Aldolphus
    Woodruff
    Woods
    - Woolsey (see: Parish) 
    Wright
    Wright, David J.
Y
    Yale
    Yette
    Yianoukos
    - Youker (see: Casler) 
    Young
    - York (see: Carpenter, Goodale)
    Yurgartis
Z
    - Zapp (see: Sisson) 
    - Zuerche (see: Goodale)
    Zuman
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