Louisa Best (Town LaDue)
1856 - 1909 (53 years)-
Name Louisa Best (Town LaDue) [2] - Her aunt is named Louisa and more than half the time her named is spelled Louisa, but on several occasions her named gets spelled with an e at the end. [1]
Born 1856 Constantia, Oswego, New York 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female Residence 1860 Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts [2] 
1860 United States Federal Census, p.31
State: Massachusetts; County: Lanesborough; Town: Berkshire; ED Date: 06/16/1860; Page: 31
Residence 1880 - 1900 Cleveland, Oswego, New York [3] Residence 1900 Ithaca, Tompkins, New York [3] Died 11 Aug 1909 [3] Buried Cleveland Village Cemetery, North Street, Cleveland, Oswego, New York [1] Person ID I1405 CHS Genealogy Last Modified 8 Feb 2021
Father Michael Louis Best, b. Abt. 1820, Bavaria, Germany , d. 7 Dec 1899, Cleveland, Oswego, New York (Age ~ 79 years) Mother Margret Bauer, b. Abt. 1820, Bavaria, Germany , d. 17 Dec 1889, Cleveland, Oswego, New York (Age ~ 69 years) Married Y [1, 5] Family ID F269 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Oliver Town, b. 1849, New Jersey Married 1872 Cleveland, Oswego, New York [3, 6] - By 1871, Oliver, a glass cutter like his father is in Cleveland NY where he is introduced to a beautiful young woman by a fellow glass worker. The woman?s name is Louisa Best. The two of them hit it off and are married in 1872 in Cleveland, NY. [3]
Divorced 14 Sep 1880 [3] Children + 1. Charles Henry Town, b. 22 Oct 1873, Bernhards Bay, Oswego, New York 2. Leona Daisy Town, b. Abt. 1876, Cleveland, Oswego, New York , d. 14 Apr 1933, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia (Age ~ 57 years)Last Modified 17 Oct 2015 Family ID F270 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Charles Edward Ladue, b. 1863, Bernhards Bay, Oswego, New York , d. 3 Apr 1940 (Age 77 years) Married 17 May 1883 [3] - On arrival I find Louisa has a suitor. She and he have known each other for a good long time, living next door to each other when she was a teenager on Center Street and he 8 years her junior. Well, well. Who is this, none other than Charles Edward Ladue? All grown up now, he is a long time Cleveland resident and another glass factory worker. [3]
- We learn that Charles Ladue and Mrs. Lousia Best were married yesterday. [7]
Children + 1. Frank V. Ladue, b. 30 Jun 1884, Cleveland, Oswego, New York , d. 23 Nov 1967, Bernhards Bay, Oswego, New York (Age 83 years)2. Floral Ladue, b. 1887, d. 1894 (Age 7 years) 3. Henry L. Ladue, b. 1893, d. 1894 (Age 1 years) + 4. Edith Ladue (Griesmyer), b. 13 Jan 1894, Cleveland, Oswego, New York , d. 23 Jun 1970, Oneida City Hospital, 321 Genesee Street, Oneida, Madison, New York (Age 76 years)Last Modified 8 Nov 2017 Family ID F392 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S84] Personal Correspondence (Reliability: 1), 21 Jul 2015.
Fr: Keith Schmidt
Re: Michael Louis Best - [S32] 1860 United States Federal Census, 31 (Reliability: 2), 16 Jun 1860.
State: Massachusetts; County: Lanesborough; Town: Berkshire; ED Date: 06/16/1860; Page: 31; Line: 27-35
- [S25] Northshore Notes, (Cleveland Historical Society), http://blog.clevelandhistoricalsociety.com/?p=1176 (Reliability: 1), 17 Oct 2015.
An Unknown Town
by Keith Schmidt - [S19] Find A Grave, findagrave.com., https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=521&GScid=2221626&GRid=29804661& (Reliability: 1), 14 Sep 2008.
Louisa Best LaDue - [S21] 1880 United States Federal Census, 24 (Reliability: 2), 15 Jun 1880.
State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; Village: Cleveland; ED: #231; ED Date: 06/15/1880; SD: #8; Sheet No: 24; Line No: 34-35 - [S21] 1880 United States Federal Census, 24 (Reliability: 2), 15 Jun 1880.
State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; Village: Cleveland; ED: #231; ED Date: 06/15/1880; SD: #8; Sheet No: 24; Line No: 38 - [S11] Cleveland Lakeside Press (Reliability: 1), 19 May 1883.
- [S84] Personal Correspondence (Reliability: 1), 21 Jul 2015.