Finding that my maternal grandfather once worked in Tupper Lake was quite a surprise a few years ago.
Images about Tupper Lake, New York, taken from the Internet
A planing mill, where boards from the sawmill are turned into finished lumber. Circa 1920. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
A group of workers pose outside a sawmill; the caption on the original reads: “The Big Mill.” Some of the people identified in the original photo: First Row: David Benjamin #5, Ben Churcho #11; Second Row: Mike Leonard #3, Ernie Martin #5; Top Row: Mr. Coolaw #3, William Staves #4. 1900. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson MemorialExterior of the Brooklyn Cooperage Mill, which made hardwood barrel staves. It was connected to the Cornell School of Forestry. The “Faust” reference in the caption is an area now incorporated into the village of Tupper Lake. Circa 1905-1915. Tupper Lake, NY.Two men (possibly owners of a mill or managers of the job) sitting on pulpwood logs in Rock Island Bay. The logs were destined for the Piercefield Paper Mill. Circa 1920s. On Big Tupper Lake, NY.Lumber yard outside of Tupper Lake. C: Stacks of lumber on either side of railroad tracks in a lumber yard on the Raquette Pond on Raquette River, near Tupper Lake. The pond is full of logs, and the sawmill is in the background on the left. Photo caption says: Raquette Pond, on Raquette River. Near the village of Tupper Lake, Franklin Co., N.Y. Circa 1890-1900. Tupper Lake, NY.Workers inside the sawmill at the Santa Clara Lumber Company, which operated from 1888-1927. Circa 1900. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.Three workers inside a Tupper Lake shingle mill operating shingle saws. One of the men pictured is John Oliver Dupont. The other two are unidentified. Circa 1905-1915. Tupper Lake, NY.
Little did I know I would one day reunite with his cousin Euclid Oscar Vezina (Vézina) and someone who would take care of Euclid Vezina’s headstone.
This finding led me to search for more of Vezinas’ headstones at the same cemetery.
Our Ancestors II 