Anthony B Allaire (1828 - 1915)

Born 29 Oct 1828 in Tarrytown, New Scotland, Albany, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Clarke (Jarvis) Allaire — married Sep 1856 in New York, United States

Died 27 Aug 1915 at age 86 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Anthony Allaire is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

Anthony was born in 1828. He was the son of John Allaire and Julia Van Tassel. He married Sarah Clark Jarvis in 1858. Anthony was a merchant in the millinery trade, a real estate investor, and during the late 1870s and early 1880s, superintendent of the workhouse on Blackwell's Island. ^[1] He passed away in 1915.

Research

Blackwell's Island was made (in)famous by Nellie Bly and her account of abuses and mistreatment of inmates in "Ten Days in the Madhouse." There were two people, cousins, named Anthony Allaire in New York City at his time. First cousin (1x removed), Anthony Johnson Allaire, was a captain in the police department. This Anthony's middle name is yet unknown but the initial "B" appears in several records.

Sources

1. ↑ "The City Workhouse." New York Daily Herald - 19 May 1878 - Page 15. Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/136654378/superintendent-of-blackwells-island/?xid=637

• Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com, Green-wood. Booklyn.
• New Jersey, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1739-1991 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Recorded Wills, 1844-1894; Author: New Jersey. Surrogate's Court (Monmouth County); Probate Place: Monmouth, New Jersey.
• Porter, Edwin S., Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Panorama of Blackwell's Island, N.Y. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694366/.
• 1870 United States Federal Census. New York Ward 15 District 10 (2nd Enum), New York, New York; Roll: M593_1033; Page: 260A; Image: 523; Family History Library Film: 552532
• 1880 United States Federal Census. New York City, New York, New York; Roll: 893; Family History Film: 1254893; Page: 327A; Enumeration District: 556; Image: 0656
• 1900 United States Federal Census. Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: 1113; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0724; FHL microfilm: 1241113. (Living in same household has his son, Joseph B Allaire)
• New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948. Indices prepared by the Italian Genealogical Group and the German Genealogy Group, and used with permission of the New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives. Cert. 25347
• Brooklyn, New York, U.S., Green-Wood Cemetery Burial Index. The Green-Wood Historic Fund. http://www.green-wood.com/burial_search. Burial 30 Aug 1915