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Nov 08
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The gravestone of E. Raymond Fonda, who gave his life in battle during the Civil War, is in urgent need of repair. I am asking for donations to restore the headstone, which has fallen over. I have an estimate from the Albany Rural Cemetery for $300 to replace the foundation and reset the stone. I [...]
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Oct 08
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I was back east last month and I took three days to go cemetery hopping (during the day, of course) in Upstate New York, taking as many photos of Fonda gravestones as I could. I hit 11 cemeteries in 5 counties and shot about 150 gravestones of Fonda’s, most of which have not been taken [...]
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Sep 05
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Photos from the Caughnawaga Cemetery in Fonda, New York recently taken by Adrienne Buckland Knight:
Tags: Cemeteries, Fonda Family, History, Landmarks, Montgomery Co.
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Sep 04
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I received these photos from Becky Kaufman of Seattle who is tracing her lineage from Michigan back to the Knickerbocker family of Rensselaer, New York.
Rebeckah Fonda is buried in Schagticoke, Rensselear, New York in the Knickerbocker Family Cemetery. She was born 14 Apr 1718 in Albany, New York and died 8 Jan 1800 in Schaghticoke, [...]
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Aug 08
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Another set of photos… from the Fultonville NY Village Historian… a vault with the name Fonda on the door in the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Canajoharie, NY (about 10 miles southwest of Fonda, south of the Mohawk River). The interior photo is from the outside, looking through an opening above the door. I would expect [...]
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Aug 05
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New sign to be installed in the spring:
Update after restoration completed:
Franklin, Kevin wrote: (Oct 25, 2009)
Latham Scout Troop 279 has finished (with exception of seeding) the restoration of the Fonda-Lansing Cemetery on Rt. 9 in Colonie. This was an extensive project taking up every weekend with the exception of one beginning in the last [...]
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Jan 01
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Landmarks with the Fonda Name
Towns, Roads, Water, Buildings, Schools & Parks
also see Fonda Name Origins
Towns
Fonda, New York, USA – East central N.Y., on Mohawk River, and the Barge Canal, and 10 mi/16 km W of Amsterdam; Formerly a freight transfer point on the N.Y. Central RR. Mfg. of aluminum prods., apparel, and textiles. Inc. 1850. [...]
