The Fonda Blog — ongoing articles, discoveries, and family-history notes.
The Fonda Blog

Articles, discoveries & family-history notes

Ongoing research, discoveries, and stories from the Fonda family history.

Anneke Jans

Some interesting information on our Anneke Jans connection... (connection verified through references in "Dear Cousin"; A Charted Genealogy of the Descendants of Anneke Jans Bogardus (1605-1663) to the 5th Generation") This is an e-mail I recently…

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Fonda Solo Paper

Housing out as use for old Fonda site St Albans Messenger - April 30, 2009 City eyes incubator space development St. Albans City, VT – The vacant Fonda/Solo paper products plant on Lower Newton Street is…

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Wemple Gift

Fonda couple leaves strong legacy Gazette Reporter, April 27, 2008 Wemples set up scholarships Fonda, NY - This year’s high school graduation at the Fonda-Fultonville school district will mark the start of a unique legacy left…

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Dance Troupe

Dance troupe proud of national honor The St. Augustine Record, by Kati Bexley, Saturday, March 21, 2009 For Cori Ottenstein, 17, being part of Bartram Trail High School's dance team on March 8, the day the…

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Mississippi Man

AC Fonda - Charleston Stop Anthony Cornelius Fonda (1818-1893) was the 6th of 10 children born to Cornelius Isaac and Alida VanVranken Fonda of Albany, New York. He was baptized at the Boght Becker Reformed Dutch…

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