LeRoy Godfrey Conklin

1903 - 1978  (74 years)

• Name	LeRoy Godfrey Conklin
  Birth	31 Jul 1903	Rockland County, New York   [1]
  Baptism	19 May 1906	Methodist Church, Sloatsburg, New York   [2]
  	Leroy Godfred Fredericks, mother Maude, born on 7/31/1903, by F.C. Harding
  Gender	Male
  Census	20 Apr 1910	Ramapo Township, Rockland County, New York   [3]
  	Conklin, Lewis, Head, male, white, age 23, first marriage, married 5 years. He and his parents were born in NY. Occup. is laborer, couldn't read or write, rents his home. Maud, wife, female, white, age 27, second marriage, married 5 years, mother of 3 children, all living. She and parents were born in NY. LeRoy, stepson, male, white, age 6. Maud, daughter, female, white, age 3. Celia, daughter, female, white, age 2.
  Census	2 Jan 1920	Ridge Road, Sloatsburg, Rockland County, New York   [4]
  	Conklin, Louis, head, rents, m,w, 33, married, everyone in household is able to read and write, he, his parents & everyone in household born in NY., laborer. Maude, wife, f, w, 34, father born in NJ, mother born in NY, laundress. All children attended school within the past year: Leroy, son, 16. Maude, dau, 13. Cecilia, dau, 11. Mildred, dau, 7. Dorothy, dau, 7.
  Census	15 Apr 1930	Main Street, Monsey, Rockland County, New York   [5]
  	Conklin, LeRoy G., head, rents $25//mo., age 27, married at 22, he and his parents born in NY, occup is clerk in stock brokerage industry. Conklin, Stella, wife, age 21, married at 17, born in NY, parents born in Hungary. no occup. Conklin, Le Roy W., son, age 3/12, born in NY, parents born in NY In same dwelling as Charles and Sophie Wagner, Stella's parents Wagner, Charles, head, owns his home, value is $7,000, age 47, married at 22, he and his parents were born in Hungary. Native language is German. Immigrated in 1907, naturalized. Occup. is tinsmith in buidling industry. Wagner, Sophie, wife, age 46, married at 21, she and parents born in Hungary, native language is Magyar, imm. 1907, na., no occup.
  Anecdote	Le Roy and Stella were married in Monsey, where they had their only child. Both father and son were known as "Roy". He managed a grocery store in Ramapo. When Roy was three (1933), they moved to 100 Delphi St., Brooklyn, NY. Le Roy was a clerk at Dates and Dyer. He logged the ticker tapes in "the cage", delivering certificates when stocks traded. When he lost his job on Wall Street around 1939/1940, he got a job at Avon and they moved to Suffern. Most of the people in town worked for Avon. He was known for his various "careers". He lent money, stocked at A&P and he was a beer salesman. He worked for Mr. Greenstein in Ramapo at Valley Distributers, where he organized a union, whereupon Mr. Greenstein fired them all. Then he went to work for Suffern National bank. He was in charge of all of their supplies and got his own office in New City. When he worked at Avon he brought orders to Rockefeller Plaza, the company headquarters, in his station wagon. He lost his job when soldiers returned from WWII. He and Stella retired to Florida
  Anecdote	Maude and Arther Fredricks may have married just to give their child a name, although the child, LeRoy, went by the surname of "Conklin" after the age of two. LeRoy did not know Arthur Fredericks and probably did not even know that Lewis Conklin was not his biological father. His name was commonly accepted as "LeRoy Godfrey Conklin". The Methodist Church records in Sloatsburg list his name as LeRoy Godfred Fredericks and on his s.s. application, he listed his name as LeRoy Godford Conklin. Note that LeRoy was six months old when Maud married Arthur Fredericks In 1906, LeRoy was baptized with the surname "Fredericks". I suspect that LeRoy himself did not know this. I don't know if there was a legal adoption, but LeRoy was definitely raised as the son of Lewis/Louis Conklin. Although, on the 1910 census, Lewis did indicate that LeRoy was his step-son
  Reference Number	27410
  Residence	1933	100 Delphi Street, Brooklyn, New York City, New York   [6]
  Death	24 Mar 1978	Airmont, Rockland County, New York   [1]
  Burial	Brick Church Cemetery, Spring Valley, New York   [8]
  Person ID	I27211	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Louis Conklin,   b. 4 May 1886, Sloatsburg, Rockland County, New York d. 6 Dec 1928, Sloatsburg, Rockland County, New York (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Maude Mabee,   b. 14 Oct 1884, West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey d. 1969, Suffern, Rockland County, New York (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	3 Oct 1905	Hillburn, Rockland County, New York   [9]
  Family ID	F8364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stella Wagner,   b. 3 Jul 1908, 508 E. 70 Street, New York City, New York d. 16 Dec 1981 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	4 Apr 1926	Monsey, Rockland County, New York   [10]
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F8368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S328] Nancy Conklin, Family of Maude Cooper Mabee Brush; Compile Date: 26 Aug 2005; Compiler Address: Nconks@aol.com, SS index and family records. [S328] Nancy Conklin, Family of Maude Cooper Mabee Brush; Compile Date: 26 Aug 2005; Compiler Address: Nconks@aol.com, from Sloatsburg Hist. Society, from the Sloatsburg Methodist Church. [S328] Nancy Conklin, Family of Maude Cooper Mabee Brush; Compile Date: 26 Aug 2005; Compiler Address: Nconks@aol.com, Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York. Enum. Dis. #119. Super. Dist. #4. Sheet #6B. Ancestry page #221B. [S328] Nancy Conklin, Family of Maude Cooper Mabee Brush; Compile Date: 26 Aug 2005; Compiler Address: Nconks@aol.com, Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York. Enum. Jan 2nd. Super. dist. #7. Enum. Dist. 230. Sheet No. 7A. Lines 27-33. [S328] Nancy Conklin, Family of Maude Cooper Mabee Brush; Compile Date: 26 Aug 2005; Compiler Address: Nconks@aol.com, 1930 census, Ramapo township, Rockland County, NY. Enum. on April 15th. Super. dist. 44-41. Enumb. dist. 20. Sheet number 15A. Lines 24-31. [S328] Nancy Conklin, Family of Maude Cooper Mabee Brush; Compile Date: 26 Aug 2005; Compiler Address: Nconks@aol.com, from son, Le Roy Wagner Conklin. [S328] Nancy Conklin, Family of Maude Cooper Mabee Brush; Compile Date: 26 Aug 2005; Compiler Address: Nconks@aol.com. [S328] Nancy Conklin, Family of Maude Cooper Mabee Brush; Compile Date: 26 Aug 2005; Compiler Address: Nconks@aol.com, Sec I/Div 14/lot 15/Gr 3. [S328] Nancy Conklin, Family of Maude Cooper Mabee Brush; Compile Date: 26 Aug 2005; Compiler Address: Nconks@aol.com, County of Rockland, Town of Ramapo, Village of Hillburn. Certificate of Marriage for Lewis Conklin and Maud Mabie, who were joined in marriage in Hillburn, NY on October 3, 1905 by Rufus B. Marks, Pastor of the Pamapo Pres. Church. It was witnessed by Myra M. Marks & Louisa Marks. Groom's info.: Lewis Conklin, residing in Sloatsburg, 23 yrs. old, laborer, single, born in Sloatsburg, N.Y., first marriage, parents names are Myers A. Conklin and Sarah Babcock. Bride's information: Maud Mabie. Residence is Sloatsburg, N.Y., age 22 years, single, born in West Milford, N.J. to Daniel Mabie and Anne White. It is her first marriage. [S328] Nancy Conklin, Family of Maude Cooper Mabee Brush; Compile Date: 26 Aug 2005; Compiler Address: Nconks@aol.com, Marriage record from the village of Sloatsburg:, Le Roy G. Conklin of Sloatsburg, NY, in the county of Rockland and state of New York, and Stella C. Wagner of Monsey, NY, in the county of Rockland and state of New York at Suffern N.Y. this 20th day of March, nineteen hundred and twenty six. Grace A. Ronk, town clerk. Le Roy G. Conklin, white, residence Sloatsburg, NY, age 22 years, occup is mgr. of store, first marriage, birthplace is Sloatsburg, NY. Father is Louis Conklin, mother is Maude Mabie. Parents born in U.S.A. Bride is Stella C. Wagner, white, residence Monsey, NY, 17 years, occup is laboratory work. Birthplace is New York City. Parents are Charles Wagner and Sophia Zakoveyevits, both born in Hungary. Her first marriage. Future address is Monsey, NY. Married by John Beebe, clergyman of Monsey, on April 4th, 1926 in Monsey. Witnesses being Charles Wagner of Monsey and Louis Conklin of Sloatsburg. Certificate of Consent was signed by the bride's mother, Mrs. Sophie Wagner, as Stell.