1884 Samuel Hainsey Trap Door INcident
Altoona Times, Altoona, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1884. [1] [2]
On Sunday morning last Mr. J. H. Stanley and Mr. Samuel Hainsey, who boards with the former gentleman's parents, were engaged in a conversation in the garden attached to the house.
Now, of course, there would be nothing unusual in this if that was all, but it wasn't by a "darned" sight. There is a well in the garden about thirty feet deep, with fifteen feet of water in it, and owing to the drainage from the paper mill the water became impregnated with it, and not being fit for either drinking or culinary purposes the stock was taken out and a trap door put in its place. It was on this trap door that Mr. Hainsey was standing when engaged in the animated conversation but all at once Mr. Hainsey disappeared into the well the door having given away.
As he struck the water he managed to grab onto a stone that projected a little further out than the rest, and held on until Mr. Stanley got a long pole to him with which he assisted him to the top and succeeded in rescuing him from his perlious situation. Mr. Hainsey was not hurt much, one of his legs being slightly bruised, but he did get a complete ducking, but still was very thankful that he got off so fortunately. There are a great many trap doors to be crossed in the course of one's life and Mr.
Hainsey can put this one down in his life's history as a fixed, unbiased fact.
1891 S B Hainsey and Lena Smith were married on February 5 in Elk County, Pennsylvania. S B Hainsey was born about 1866. (FHL film 001288525). [3]
1891 Florence Hainsey Mortensen was born on August 28, 1891 in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, daughter of Samuel B Hainsey and Lena F Smith. [4]
1900 [Samuel Hainsey] (born in Pennsylvania in Mar 1864, married for 10 years) lived in South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, in a household with Lena F Hainsey (25), Florence R Hainsey (8), and Jennie E Hainsey (7). [Samuel Hainsey]'s parents were both born in Pennsylvania. [Samuel Hainsey] was a machine tender pa. [5]
1906 Lena F Hainsey died on January 21, at age 32 in Holyoke County, Massachusetts. She was born in Lockhaven, Pennsylvania, daughter of Harrey H Smith and Sybel Burry. [6]
1910 Samuel B Hainsey (age 44, born in Pennsylvania, married for 2 years) lived in Lockport Ward 6, Niagara County, New York, in a household with Katherine F Hainsey (30), Florence R Hainsey (18), Jennie E Hainsey (17), George S Hainsey (2), and Norman J Hainsey (0). Samuel B Hainsey's father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother was born in Ireland. Samuel B Hainsey could read and write. Samuel B Hainsey was a superintendent. [7]
1939 John Norman Hainsey and Dorothy Virginia Fackler were married on April 29 in Richmond County, Virginia. John Norman Hainsey, child of Samuel Butler Hainsey and Katherine McDermott, was born about 1911. [8]
1941 Samuel B Hinsey, spouse of Catherine Dermolt Hinsey, died on September 25. He was born in Pennsylvania. He had lived at Lockport. [9]
1941 Samuel Hainsey died on September 26 and was buried at Saint Patricks Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York. [10] [11]
Ex-Paper Mill Executive Dies After Long Illness
LOCKPORT, Sept. 26.-Samuel B. Hinsey, 76, superintendent of the former Niagara Paper Mill for 22 years and an expert in the dyeing and color-blending of paper, died Thursday afternoon in Lockport City Hospital after an illness of several months. He was born in Pennsylvania and came to Lockport from Holyoke, Mass., 35 years ago, and retired in 1935. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Catherine Dermott Hinsey; a son, J. Norman Hinsey, both of Lockport, and two daughters, Mrs. Edward Dodge, of Barker, and Mrs. John Hardy of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 Monday in his home, 186 Ontario st., and at 9 o'clock in St. Patrick's Church. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery.
[1] Altoona Times, Altoona, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1884, page 4, [NewspapersClip].
[2] Pennsylvania, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current, [AncestryRecord].
[3] Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, [AncestryRecord].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] United States Federal Census, 1910, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[8] Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, [AncestryRecord].
[10] Find A Grave Memorial 216393516, [FindAGrave].
[11] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[12] The Buffalo News, Buffalo, New York, September 26, 1941, page 15, [NewspapersClip].