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Courtney Family

Page history last edited by Mary Ann Koferl 13 years, 1 month ago

 

The Courtney Family owned a house on 3rd Avenue next to the Post Office as seen in the above drawing. The Family was related to Joseph Colson pioneer of Modern Times and inventor of the poultry incubator invented in 1881. Joseph Colson was born in Ireland in 1846 and moved to the United States with his family. He had seven brothers and sisters. Joseph Colson married Fannie Thompson somewhere before 1870 according to the U.S. Census and lived in a house that Joseph built on Third Street and Second Avenue in Brentwood. There the Colson’s raised five children; May born in 1869, William born in 1870, Maude born in 1873, Edward born in 1875 and Lilian born in 1879.  The family members are buried in Bay Shore Cemetery.

 

 One of the eight children, a daughter , (Emma)  Maude married John J. Courtney who was born in 1868 in New York. They had two daughters, Emma and Fannie. Emma was born on June 12, 1902 and Fannie was born in 1900 . Emma Maude and John Courtney lived in Hempstead on Fulton Street in 1910. During this time John was employed in the hotel business.  Their daughter Emma married Harry Chew who was a Patent Attorney and owned his own business. They lived on 4th Street and 1st Avenue in Brentwood in the 1930’s. Harry Chew was born in New York in 1899.  Emma C. Chew died on April 13, 1988 on Long Island. Emma lived in Brentwood at the time of her death. According to the 1930 U.S. Census, Fannie the single daughter lived with her mother Emma on Second Street in Brentwood.  Please contact the Local History Department at 273-7883 ext 309. We are looking for any photographs of the family as well as more information.

 

-M. Koferl, Local History Room Newsletter, August 2009

 

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