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  1. Charles Norman Bailey: Birth: 13 MAY 1929 in Albany, Albany, New York, United States. Death: 25 OCT 1994 in Ml Hospital, Ticonderoga, Essex, New York, United States

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1. Title:   Internet, Ances.com
Text:   Company record: female also found in 1920 and 1930 US Census New York
 Company record: birth: 6 May 1907; Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, United States
  also found in 1920 and 1930 US Census New York
 Company record: death: 29 March 2006; Street Road, Essex, New York, United States
  also found in 1920 and 1930 US Census New York
 Company record: birth-name: Helen Durand Brown
  also found in 1920 and 1930 US Census New York
2. Title:   Fred V Provoncha
Text:   Memory of Someone: Memory of a relative: death: 29 March 2006; Ticonderoga, Essex, New York, United States
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a. Note:   George/Young 2nd h. 24 Jul 1944 Grandmother
 Durand family bible sez she was born May 6th, 1907 in E'Town, NY.
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 Helen Durand (Brown) (Bailey) Young
 TICONDEROGA -- Helen Durand (Brown) (Bailey) Young died Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at Ticonderoga's Moses-Ludington Nursing Home, where she had lived since 1997.
 She was the youngest of the four children of Edith Mary Durand and George Levi Brown, born May 6, 1907, in the white house with cupola, "Fairview," on Route 9 just south of the village of Elizabethtown. Her father George was postmaster, editor of the Elizabethtown Post and author of the 1906 history book, "Pleasant Valley;" her mother Edith was a great-granddaughter of the 1794 pioneer settler of Elizabethtown, Joseph Francis Durand.
 Helen graduated from Elizabethtown High School in 1924, attended the nursing program of Bellevue Hospital in New York City and graduated from Albany Business College. While working for New York state in Albany, she met Claude Bailey of Ballston Spa. They were married in 1928. In 1941, Claude died and she sent her three children to live with relatives so that she could continue to work. Charles and Dorothy went to her sister in Ticonderoga and James went to Elizabethtown with his grandmother. In 1944, while working at the Watervliet Arsenal, she meet and married George Young of St. Regis Falls. They moved back to Elizabethtown where Helen had secretarial jobs at various businesses, including Stratopanel, John Deming Law Office and HP Johnson's Chevrolet. George died in 1971. Helen retired from work at Essex County Social Services Department.
 She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Elizabethtown and of the United Congregations Church into which it merged. She was active in church groups, in Adirondack Chapter Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary and the Champlain Chapter D.A.R. Helen was correspondent for Elizabethtown for local papers and was town historian for a few years.
 Her son Charles died in 1994. She was also predeceased by siblings Edith (Mrs. Claude) Saunders, Analita (Mrs. Frank) Stevens and Thomas Brown; by their spouses; by her son-in-law, Fred Provoncha; by two grandsons, Ricky Bailey and David Bailey; and by nephews Durand Stevens and Thomas Brown Jr.
 Helen is survived by daughter Dorothy B. Provoncha of Ticonderoga; son James Bailey and wife Anne of Plattsburgh; and daughter-in-law Shirley Bailey of Crown Point. Also by grandchildren Fred, Robert and John Provoncha, Julie Provoncha Halliday, Walter Bailey, Dawn Bailey Wranosky, Maureen Bailey Haran and their spouses; by 12 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren; by three generations of Stevens, Brown and Bailey nieces and nephews; and by numerous Durand cousins.
 Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, March 30, at W.M. Marvin's Sons, Elizabethtown. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 1, at United Church of Christ, with burial at a later date in Riverside Cemetery, Elizabethtown.
 Memorial donations may be made to United Church of Christ, Elizabethtown, or to the Essex County Historical Society, PO Box 829, Elizabethtown, NY 12932.
 1930 United States Federal Census about Helen Bailey
 Name: Helen Bailey ('http://c.mfcreative.com//pdf/trees/charts/1930.pdf')>
 Home in 1930: Albany, Albany, New York View Map
 Age: 22
 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1908
 Relation to Head of House: Wife
 Spouse's Name: Claude Bailey
 Race: White
 Occupation: Education: Military Service: Rent/home value: Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: View image
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 Household Members: Name Age
 Claude Bailey 34
 Helen Bailey 22
 Charles Bailey 11/12
 Floyd Seil 29


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