Caution: the separate list of property owners is temporarily more up-to-date than the one included on this page.
TOWN OF BERNE, ALBANY COUNTY, NY
EXCEPT THE VILLAGE OF BERNE -
Map 1866 by Beers (part 1)
Scanned by Darin Flansburg 20 Mar 2001
LIST OF PROPERTY OWNERS
Compiled by Barbara Bolster-Barrett & Darin Flansburg
Darin Flansburg Barbara Bolster-Barrett
Webpage constructed by Cliff Lamere
Some History of the area
Source: Harold H. Miller,
quoting facts given in "Our Heritage" (a 1976 history of Berne)
West Berne was known as Mechanicsville about 1830-35 [because of the concentration of mechanics], and then as
Peoria. The latter name was given by Paul Settle, a miller who owned property in Peoria, Illinois.
When the
post office was established it was given the name of West Berne. The date is uncertain, but a census map of
1866 identifies the village as "West Berne, formerly Peoria." I'm not sure what map they are talking about
since as you know Beers 1866 map [on this webpage] says "Peoria, West Bern P. O."
Previous to 1800 the area around Berne was called Beaver Dam; actually it was more often called the Beaver
Dam. This was because of a large beaver dam on Fox Creek on the flats below Berne.
It is my understanding that when the Post Offices were established, the Federal Government called them
whatever they wished, sometimes regardless of what the locals called the villages.
They could do that! I suppose since there was no town governments in these two instances they could get away with it.
So in
essence, the locals called the villages one thing, but the name of the P.O. was what the government wanted
to call it. I'm not sure when the Post Offices were established.
As to Bern vs. Berne, I just found an 1801 map that says Berne and an 1804 map that says Bern.
In this case
I believe that at the time it was the personal preference of the mapmaker to spell it like Bern, Switzerland,
or the use the British spelling of Berne.
The map at the bottom of this page covers the eastern 90% of the Town of Berne. The Village
of Berne, although shown, is magnified on an inset that is not included herein. Above the map is an alphabetical list of c. 474 properties shown on the two maps which make
up the Town of Berne (except for the village). Remarks of Barbara Bolster-Barrett (BBB), Harold H. Miller (HHM) or Cliff Lamere (no
designation) are in square bracket [ ].
View MAP 2 of the western 10% of the Town of Berne (lacks list of names).
View only the List of Property Owners.
PROPERTY SECTOR A.H. 436 A.H. 436 Adams, A West Bern Adriance, A. 440 Adriance, G. 417 Allen, J.M. 550 Allen, W. Midway between West Bern and Bern Alverson, L. 442 Alverson, P. 466 Angle, J. Berne Angle, J.H. Midway between West Bern and Bern Baker, H. 555 Baker, Mrs. 533 Baker, P. 533 Baldwin, J. 510 Ball, D. 539 Ball, D. Berne Ball, H. Berne Ball, P. 497 Ball, P. Berne Ball, R. 538 Baptist Church 401 Barber, J. 564 Barber, J. 565 Barker, H. 490 Barrett, F., Miss 381 Barrows, Mrs. 381 Bartman, H. 423 Bateholds, G. 554 Becker, M. 489 Becker, P. 467 Bell, H. 375 blank 373 blank 384 blank 397 blank 407 blank 426 blank 433 blank 452 blank 455 blank 474 blank 475 blank 491 blank 493 blank 496 blank 513 blank 516 blank 518 blank 556 blank 560 blank 578 blank 580 blank 600 blank 601 blank 616 Blink, J. West Bern Bogardus, A. 473 Bogardus, A.M. 537 Bogardus, E. 536 Bolster, F. 562 Boomhower, J. 499 Boughton, S. 469 Boynton, L. 506 Bradley, C.D. 523 Bradt, P.L. 534 Brate, L. 417 Brate, L. 441 Brock, W. 534 Brownell, H. 568 Brownell, J. 505 Brownell, W. 569 Brunk, H. 608 Canady, J. West Bern Cannady, J. West Bern Carl, H. 385 Carl, J. 387 Carl, Mrs. 385 Carl, W. 385 Cemetery [Berne and Beaverdam] Midway between West Bern and Bern Christ. Church [Christian] 442 Clow, P.H. West Bern Clyne, A. 444 Clyne, H. 396 Conger, D. 393 Conger, H. 394 Conger, H. 394 Conger, W. 393 Consoul, J. 591 Cook, T. 420 Cook. S. 380 Cooper, A. 425 Cornell, A.J. 398 Coss, J., shoe shop West Bern Cowan, S. 618 Crawford, W. 394 Crippin, E. 372 Crippin, O. 372 Crocker, M. 431 Crosby, J. 401 Cummings, J. 463 D. R. CH [Dutch Reformed Church] 607 Dalton, E. 374 Davis, B. Bern Davis,J. 434 Dearstine, H.L. 472 Decker, Mrs. 386 Deitz, A. 558 Deitz, C. 454 Deitz, E. 412 Deitz, I. 478 Deitz, J. 558 Deitz, J. 495 Deitz, P.L. 519 Delamatre, Dr. 517 Delamatre, J.L. 446 Delmatre, A. 514 Dempster, G.R. 536 Dennison, L. 465 Benedict, Z. West Bern Devoe,D. 590 Dumond, S. 376 Durphey, Mrs. 492 Dyer, D.S 545 Dyer, D.S. 565 Dyer, J. 546 Dyer,A & J 546 Engle, C. 581 Engle, Mrs. 581 Ensminger, C[hristian]. 443 F. & Sawmill 563 F.H. 460 F.M.S. West Bern Fairbank, Mrs. 582 Fancher, C. 471 Fancher, J.A. 494 Filkens, C. 435 Filkens, C. 457 Filkens, D. 457 Filkens, G. 435 Filkens, G. D. 504 Filkens, G. W. 391 Filkens, H. 414 Finch, R. 406 Finch, S. 405 Firman, J. 429 Flansburgh, D. 552 Flansburgh, G. 510 Flansburgh, J. 393 Flansburgh, J. 441 Flansburgh, J.T. 507 Flansburgh, S. 506 Flansburgh, W. 509 Flansburgh, W. 528 Flansburgh, W. & J.D. 528 Forker, J. 511 Fowler, J. 608 Friedendall, M. Bern G.I. Barber 456 Gallup, Mrs. West Bern Gallup, N. 526 Gallup, N. 526 Gallup, S. 599 Gardner, D.S. 462 Gardner, J.D. 485 Gardner, Mrs. 501 Garvey, J.T. 419 Gathen, M. 470 Gifford, J. 430 Gifford, J.A. 381 Gifford, W. 404 Gifford, W.B. 406 Grifford, H. 374 Grist Mill West Bern H. B. 609 Hall, E. 375 Haverly, Mrs. West Bern Hayes, R. 476 Heason, N. 396 Helligis, J. 573 Hemstead [no initial] 393 Hemstead, A. 413 Hemstead, J. 393 Hilton, H. Bern Hilton, J. 498 Hockstrosse, J. 581 Hotaling, N. 531 Houghtaling, J. 388 Houghtaling, P. 417 Howerly, J.D. [sic] West Bern Hungerford, A. 571 Hungerford, A. 462 Hungerford, Alex 570 Hungerford, F. 461 Hungerford, I. 530 Hurst, E. 549 J.P. 577 J.R. 527 J.R.W. 453 Jones, L. 605 Jones, M. 417 Joslin, J. 460 Joslin, J. 483 Joslin, J. 499 Kendall, J. 394 King, J. 581 King, P. 562 Kniskern, Wm. 574 Knowles, A. 374 L.B. 439 Lagrange, S. 606 Lamb, A.D. 393 Lapps, M. 395 Leggett, S. 428 Lintner, M. 467 Livingston, Mrs. 506 Lockwood, P. 480 Long, P. 569 Luckey, H. & L. 454 Luckey, J. 542 Lutheran Church Bern Lyon, S. 456 M.E. Church [Methodist Episcopal?] 494 Maher, J. J. 437 Maher, M. 506 Mallory, H. 486 Martin, J. 623 Mattice, M. West Bern McIntosh, A. 405 McIntosh, Mrs. 481 Merryhue, D. West Bern Messer, A. 421 Miller, A. 408 Miller, A., Mrs. 523 Miller, D.P. 416 Miller, M. 380 Miller, S. 479 Miller, W. 463 Milner, J. 422 Moak, H. 498 N. Mill 442 Nelson, C. 522 Nelson, J. 520 Nelson, M. 521 Northrup, A. 502 Norton, J. 489 O'Brian, M. 504 O'Brian, M. 546 Onderdonk, A 432 Onderdonk, A. 432 Osterhout, J. 606 Osterhout, N. 587 Owens, J. & S. 445 P.B. 395 Palmer, D. 565 Palmer, S. 459 Parsonage Bern Patrick, B.K. 618 Patten, J. 558 Peasly, A. 376 Peasly, E. & O. 399 Pier, W. 590 Pitcher, W. 604 Pitcher, W. 622 Post, J. West Bern Post, J. West Bern Prate, W. 393 Quay, L. 568 R. D. Church [Reformed Dutch] West Bern Reamer, J. A. 591 Reamer, R. 572 Reinharts Hotel West Bern Reynolds, C. 410 Rheinhart, A. 577 Rheinhart, C. 581 Ryan, Mrs. 377 S, Mrs. 415 S. M. Midway between West Bern and Bern Samuel, H. 564 Saulsbury, W. West Bern Saw Mill 442 Saw Mill 442 Saw Mill 469 Saw Mill 538 Saw Mill 555 Saw Mill 484 Saw Mill [Steam] 576 Schaak, N. 586 Schermehorn, E. 551 School house # 2 582 School house # 9 393 School house # 13 450 School house # 14 538 School house # 15 453 School house # 16 515 School house # 17 555 School house # 20 422 School house # 25 501 School house # 21, Baptist Church 401 School house # 28 West Bern School house # 29 396 Schoonmaker, DeWitt West Bern Secor, C. 607 Secor, D. 607 Secor, H. 481 Secoy, J. 408 Secor, Mrs. 607 Shaver, A. & J. Midway between West Bern and Bern Shaver, J.J. 451 Shaver, J.N. 557 Sheldon, J. 517 Sherman, A. 400 Sherman, J.B. 379 Sherman, W. 424 Sherman, W. 424 Shewfelt, J. [sic] 453 shoe shop 558 Shop, B.S. West Bern Shop, B.S. West Bern Shufeldt, J. 430 Shultes, J. 577 Shultes, P. 538 Shultes, P. 575 Shultes, P.H. 574 Shultes, W. 450 Shultis, J.P. 559 Shultz, A. 553 Shultz, J. 575 Shultz, J. 576 Sickles, J. 537 Sigsby, A. 626 Simmons, A. 544 Simmons, P. 602 Sisson, R.E. 465 Sisson, R.P. 466 Sisson, S.C. 420 Slade, T. 587 Slalker, J. 499 Smith, D. 425 Smith, F., Mrs. 599 Smith, H. 427 Smith, J. 484 Smith, R. 425 Sneider, M. 558 Snyder, A. 444 Spawn, W. 448 St. John, D. 424 St. John, D. 425 St. John, E. 535 St. John, Mrs. 554 St. John, O. 390 Stalker, H. 482 Stalker, J.R. 591 Starkweather, J. 575 Stevens, J. 602 Stewart, R. 383 Store West Bern Store & P.O. [Post Office] West Bern Strevell, E. & H. 504 Strevell, L. 565 Strevell, R. 504 Swartz, C. 450 Swartz, L. 447 Sweet, S. 442 Sweet, W. 442 Tallman, A. 419 Tallman, J. 398 Tannery West Bern Ter Bush, J. 403 Thompkins, F.L. 583 Thompkins, N. 408 Thorn, J. 374 Toll Gate West Bern Tompkins, E. 564 Tompson, S 485 Townsend, I. 393 Tubbs, H. 378 Tubbs, M. 471 Turner, G. 421 Turner, G. 422 Turner, J. & J.T. 490 Turner, J. & J.T. 468 Turner, R. Midway between West Bern and Bern Turney, L. 400 undescribed structure 385 undescribed structure 408 undescribed structure 419 undescribed structure 427 undescribed structure 495 undescribed structure 514 undescribed structure 521 undescribed structure 532 undescribed structure 538 undescribed structure 539 undescribed structure 574 undescribed structure 576 Van Dusen, A. 508 Van Dusen, D.S. 529 Van Dusen, J. 529 Van Schaak, A. 439 VanVranken, S. 602 Vincent, C. 411 Vincent, C. 411 Vincent, G. 572 Vincent, Mrs. 394 Vincent, W. 526 Wagner, G. 564 Wagonciser, J. 396 Ward, J. West Bern Warner, A. 603 Warner, C. 603 Warner, E. 548 Warner, D.P., Rev. 430 Warner, E. 548 Warner, H. 527 Warner, J.N. 586 Warner, P. 430 Watson, L. 448 Watson, L.H. West Bern Way, H. 581 Weidman, H. West Bern Weidman, J.E. 617 West, J. 534 Westcaiver, J[acob]. 383 White, L. 549 White, Mrs. 410 White, Mrs. H. 527 Wilcox, J.B. 544 Wilday, I. 557 Wilder, J. 579 Williams, T. 464 Willie, J. 538 Willoman, P. West Bern Willsey, A. 542 Willsey, A.S. 540 Willsey, J. 500 Willsey, J. 500 Wilsey, W.H. 409 Wilson, D. 449 Wilson, J. 379 Wilson, Mrs. 515 Wilson, Wm. 494 Winans, W. 511 Winans, W. 512 Winnie, P. 485 Wolford, H., store West Bern Wolford, J. West Bern Wood, A. 403 Wood, C. 402 Wood, J. 473 Wood, J., Jun. 442 Wood, P.H. 469 Wood, P.J. Berne Wood, P.J. Berne Wood, P.J. Berne Wright, A. 522 Wright, B. 543 Wright, E. 479 Wright, E.S. 539 Wright, H. 477 Wright, J. 502 Wright, J. 521 Wright, J. 523 Wright, J.J. 541 Wright, J.R. 476 Wright, M. 501 Wright, Mrs. 501 Wright, S. 434 Young, C.S. 402 Young, C.S. 402 Young, P. 438 Young, S. 416 Young, J.D. 561 Young, W. 404 Zeh, C. 564 Zeh, F. 582 Zeh, J. 599 Zeh, J.H. 583 Zeh, J.P. 583 Zeh, W. 581
View MAP 2 of the western 10% of the Town of Berne (lacks list of names).
View only the List of Property Owners.