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Richard John Lawrence Fargo

Richard John Lawrence Fargo

Male 1912 - 1958  (45 years)


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  • Name Richard John Lawrence Fargo  [1] 
    Birth 29 Nov 1912  Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 Mar 1958  Henderson, Jefferson, New York, USA (suicide) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I75473  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Louis Patrick Fargo,   b. 29 Aug 1880, Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1968, Mercy Hospital - Watertown, New York - Interred in Glenwood Cemetery, Watertown, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anna Mary Bolton,   b. 18 Feb 1884, Wolfe Island,Frontenac,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1973, Mercy Hospital Watertown,Jefferson,New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 19 Oct 1903  Sacred Heart Church - Marysville, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F25361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Erma Eleanor Green,   b. 13 May 1915, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1994 (Age 79 years) 
    Children 
     1. Gloria M Fargo,   b. 19 Mar 1937, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1989 (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Richard John Fargo,   b. 15 Dec 1938, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1999 (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Louis E Fargo
     4. Joanne Elaine Fargo
     5. Raymond R Fargo,   b. 6 Apr 1946   d. 2 Sep 2025 (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Jane Delores Fargo
     7. Mary Anna Fargo
     8. Dale Marie Fargo
     9. Gale Ann Fargo,   b. 18 Dec 1951   d. 17 May 1952 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Ronald James Fargo
    Family ID F25340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - March 10, 1958 Syracuse Herald Journal - Father of 9, Jobless, Ends Life, Henderson Harbor - Richard John Fargo, 44, unemployed at the Watertown plant of the New York Air Brake Company since last October, ended his life in the kitchen of his home with a shotgun Saturday night at 8:45 while members of his family were in nearby rooms. The Fargo home is on the military road, a quarter of a mile west of Aspinwall Corners. Members of the family said that Fargo had been despondent. An inquest is pending but no autopsy will be held. Mr. Fargo was born on Wolfe Island, Ont., son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fargo, now of East Hills apartments, Watertown. When he was four years of age he came to Dry Hill with his parents. For the past 26 years he had lived in the Henderson Harbor area. For seven years he worked at the New York Air Brake and prior to that time was employed on the Gaylore Montaague Farm. He and his wife, the former Erma Greene of Henderson were married in 1933. He is survived by his wife, his parents, nine children, Mrs. Earl Lennox, 19, of Sodus, Richard J., 18, with the Air Force of Duluth, Minn; Louis E., 17, Joan Alaine, 15; Raymond B., 11; Jane Delores, nine; Mary Anna, seven; Dale Marie, six; and Donald James, 4. He also leaves five sisters, Mrs. Charles Hammond of Adams Center, Mrs. Edward Arkles of Watertown, Miss Mary Fargo of Washington, Mrs. Kenneth Hall of Canton and Mrs. Donald Morehouse of Watertown and Lawrence of San Francisco, Calif. The funeral will be tomorrow at 9 a.m. from St. Andrews Church at Sackets Harbor with burial at Roberts Corners in the spring.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1304] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Henderson, Jefferson, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02544; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 23-30.