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Note: Lydia died age 90 and was buried in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. Death Notice and Obituary: "Offhouse---Lydia Lane, at Poughkeepsie, New York, January 18, 1954. Services from 20 Smith Street, Wednesday, January 20 at 2 p.m. Friends may call at 20 Smith Street Tuesday evening. Interment Poughkeepsie Rural cemetery in charge of McCornac Funeral Service."---The Poughkeepsie New Yorker, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, issue Tuesday, 19 Jan 1954, p.16. "Mrs. John C. Offhouse, 90, who resided with her daughter, Mrs. Charles V. Buys, 2 Fox terrace, died yesterday in Vassar hospital. She had been ill for several years. The former Miss Lydia Lane, Mrs. Offhouse was born in West Woodstock, Jan. 29, 1863, the daughter of the late Alfred and Catherine Traver Lane. She came to this city from Clinton, N.J., to make her home, 60 years ago. Her husband died in June 1927. Mrs. Offhouse was a member of the Reformed church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Buys and Mrs. Charles D. Ostrander, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; grandsons, Douglas C. Buys, Beacon, and Donald C. Ostrander, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; a granddaughter, Mrs. Russell Blythe, Slingerlands, and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 20 Smith street at 2 o'clock, tomorrow. The Rev. Franklin J. Hinkamp, minister of the Reformed church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Poughkeepsie Rural cemetery, under the direction of the McCornac Funeral service. Friends may call at 20 Smith street, tonight."---The Poughkeepsie New Yorker, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, issue Tuesday, 19 Jan 1954, p.16. Directories: 1889-90 John C Offhouse, gardener, 62 Main St., Orange, Essex Co., NJ 1894-95 John Offhouse, gardener, 25 Holmes, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY 1895-97 John Offhouse, gardener, 73 South Ave, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY Census Records: 1900 John Offhause 37 gardener b.Apr1863 md.13yr b.NJ pts.b.Germany, Lydia 37 b.Jan1863 b.NY pts.b.NY 6Ch/4Liv, Charles G 11 b.Aug1888, Lila B 9 b.May1891 b.NJ, Douglas J 5 b.Feb1895 b.NY, Edith M 2 b.Jan1898 b.NJ, Flossie Sheau brdr b.NY (23 South Ave, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York) 1905 1910 John Offhouse 47 gardener/private md.23yr b.NY pts.b.Germany, Lydia 47 wf b.NY, Charles 21 son clerk/truck store b.NY, Lila 18 dau b.NJ, Douglas 15 son b.NY, Edith 12 dau b.NY (Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York) 1915 1920 John C Offhouse 56 gardener/private family b.NJ pts.b.Germany, Lydia A 56 wf b.NY pts.b.NY, Douglas 24 son unm toolmaker/factory (Livingston & Garfield Place, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York) 1925 John C Offhouse 61 hd gardener, Lydia A 61 wf; both b.UnitedStates (99 Livingston, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York) 1930 Lydia Offhouse 67 wid b.NY pts.b.NY; enum w/son-in-law Charles Buys (Lown Court, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York) 1940 Lydia Ofhouse 77 wid b.NewYork; enum w/son-in-law Charles Buys (18 Gray Street, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York)
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