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507 Fourth Street
and
498 Pawling Avenue
Troy, New York

A Multi Volume Index of Burials Transcribed
From the Records of the Styles Funeral Home

Styles Funeral Home – 507 Fourth Street, Troy, NY

The Styles Funeral Home at 507 Fourth Street in South Troy was opened by Thomas A. Styles in 1909. Thomas Augustus Styles was born in Troy on January 14, 1884 to William Styles and Kate Keyes. His father William was an Irish immigrant and a “puddler” in an iron foundry, and his mother Kate Keyes was the daughter of Irish immigrants.

William Styles died December 1, 1895 at the age of 45 when Thomas was age 11. Perhaps because of his father’s early death, Thomas left school after finishing eighth grade at St. Joseph’s Academy in 1898 to work at the Troy Laundry at the age of fourteen. In 1900, seventeen year old Thomas was an apprentice carpenter. At twenty years old in 1904 Thomas went to New York City to learn the undertaking profession which led to his opening his own Funeral Home in 1909.

Thomas Styles Sr. and his wife “Mamie” Fox Styles

On June 2, 1907, Thomas Styles married “Mamie” Mary Agnes Fox and they had four children, Marion Catherine, Thomas, Edward and William. Two of the sons, Thomas and William, follow their father into the funeral business.

Thomas Augustus Styles died in 1949, having operated the funeral home for 40 years. The following quotation from the book, Prominent Citizens of Troy and Rensselaer County, published in 1925, indicates how esteemed Mr. Styles was in the local community – In the duty of caring for the dead, Thomas Augustus Styles, of Troy, New York, serves the people of Rensselaer county in a professional way and through his genial spirit and deep appreciation of the ethics, as well as the responsibilities of his work, has won his way to a position of the highest esteem among people of this section.

The Styles Brothers – William and Thomas

The family incorporated the funeral home then as the Thomas A. Styles’ Sons, Inc. Funeral Home. Tommy Styles went on to become the Rensselaer County coroner, while William Styles primarily operated the funeral home. In 1960 the Styles family purchased a house on Pawling Avenue which they then had moved across the street and established as a second branch of the funeral home at 498 Pawling Avenue.

The Fourth Street Styles location closed in 1975 and the Pawling Avenue location closed in 2001.

After Thomas Styles died in 1974, his son also named Thomas, took over running the funeral homes for the next 26 years. A special thanks goes to Thomas, Jr., for bringing these interment books to the attention of the Troy Irish Genealogy Society and allowing us to transcribe the records and post them on the TIGS website.

Genealogy researchers will find lots of useful information in these records. Many of the individual records will show the following details:

Age and Date of Death.
Home Address & Occupation.
Place of Birth.
Names of Father, Mother, Spouse Along With Their Place of Birth.
Where the Services Were Held. May identify the Home Parish.
Names of Newspapers Where Obituary Was Published.
Date of Birth On Some Entries in Book 3.

Styles Records Book 1

wdt_ID	LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	ADDRESS	AGE-YRS	STATUS	OCCUPATION	BORN	FATHER & PLACE OF BIRTH	MOTHER & PLACE OF BIRTH	HUSBAND & PLACE OF BIRTH	DATE OF DEATH	DATE & PLACE OF BURIAL	SERVICES FROM	NEWSPAPER NOTICE	COMMENTS	PAGE
1	Abbott	Jane	2 Lincoln Avenue	68			Ireland	Thomas Corrigan, born in Ireland	Mother, born in Ireland		April 7, 1922	Buried in St. Peter's Cemetery on April 10, 1922	St. Joseph's Church	Record 2 times Times		203
2	Ahearn	Daniel	See: Cooley, Jennie
3	Ahearn	Emma	434 First St.	84			Ireland	John Smith, born in Ireland	Cathrine Kehoe, born in Ireland	James Ahearn	May 17, 1921	Buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada on May 20, 1921	St. Joseph's Church	Troy Times (1), Record (1)		188
4	Ahearn	James	See: Ahearn, Emma
5	Ahearn	Michael	See: Cafron, Mary Ahearn
6	Balthazur	Agnes	See: Purcell, Francis T.
7	Barnum	John B.	Spring Ave.	37	M	Water		William Barnum			October 27, 1920	Buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery on October 30, 1920		Record twice		173
8	Barnum	William	See: Barnum, John B.
9	Barran	John	541 2nd St.	30	M	Laborer	Poland	Sinan Barran, born in Poland			November 2, 1918	Buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery on November 5, 1918	Holy Trinity Church		Single Grave	138
10	Barran	Sinan	See: Barran, John

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Styles Record Book 2

wdt_ID	LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	LAST PLACE OF RESIDENCE	AGE- YRS	AGE- DAYS	STATUS	BIRTH PLACE	FATHER & PLACE OF BIRTH	MOTHER & PLACE OF BIRTH	DATE OF DEATH	PLACE OF DEATH	PLACE OF FUNERAL	DATE & PLACE OF INTERMENT	NEWSPAPER NOTICE	NOTES	PAGE
1	Abbott	Andrew	See: Abbott, Patrick	0	0											0
2	Abbott	Patrick	64 Lincoln Avenue	73	0	M	Ireland	Andrew Abbott born in Ireland	Mother born in Ireland	28 Jan 1929	Troy Hospital	St. Joseph's	Buried in St. Peter's Cemetery on January 31, 1929	Record twice, Times twice	Flower Pillows marked "Father" and "Husband".	55
3	Able	John	See: Able, John C.	0	0											0
4	Able	John C.	Carolina Ave.	70	16	M	NY	John Able born in Germany	Mary Klopzbach born in Germany	17 Mar 1931	Caroline Ave.	Sacred Heart Church	Buried in St. Henry's Cemetery Averill Pk. on March 20, 1931	Record 3 times Times 3 times	Remains Removed from Leonard Hospital	107
5	Allen	James	See: Ryan, Hannah	0	0											0
6	Arcineaux	Hazel Congdon		27	0	W	Albany, NY	Elmer Congdon born in New York	Jennings Evins born in Albany, NY	02 Feb 1933	St. Joseph's Hospital	182 First Street	Buried in Albany Rural Cemetery on February 5, 1933	Record - twice,Times		154
7	Arcineaux	Lynn	See: Arcineaux, Hazel Congdon	0	0											0
8	Backaus	Anna, Miss	412 6th Ave.	51	0	S	Germany	Henry Backaus born in Germany	Mary Pool born in Germany	15 Oct 1937	Samaritan Hospital	384 2nd St.	Buried in Oakwood Cemetery on October 17, 1937	Record 1 time	Autopsy - Renss. Co. coroner; [from fultonhistory.com -she died in auto accident]	269
9	Backaus	Henry	See: Backaus, Anna, Miss	0	0											0
10	Backus	Henry	See: Backus, Philip Jacob	0	0											0

Styles Record Book 3

wdt_ID	LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	LAST PLACE OF RESIDENCE	AGE- YRS	AGE- MOS	AGE -DYS	STATUS	OCCUPATION	DATE OF BIRTH & BIRTHPLACE	FATHER & PLACE OF BIRTH	MOTHER & PLACE OF BIRTH	SPOUSE	DATE OF DEATH	PLACE OF DEATH	DATE & PLACE OF INTERMENT	NEWSPAPER NOTICE	NOTES	PAGE
1	Adams	Eugene F.	See: Adams, Helen Berney, Mrs.	0	0	0												0
2	Adams	Helen Berney, Mrs.	Marion Ave, Wyantskill, NY	62	5	27	M	Housekeeper	Born in Waterford, NY on June 18, 1886	Patrick Berney born in Ireland	Mother born in Ireland	Eugene F Adams	15 Dec 1948	Church Street, Wyantskill, NY	Buried in St, Mary's Cemetery, Waterford on December 18, 1948	Record Times, evening 2 times, morning 1 time	Funeral form Sacred Heart Church - Door Crepe Basket of Chrysanthemum- Was a housekeeper.	191
3	Allen	Alonzo W.		66	7	7	M	Farmer	Born in Vermont on May 14, 1879	Arthur Allen born in Vermont	Harriett Mellon born in Vermont	Rose Dolan	21 Dec 1946	Brunswick, NY RFD 3, Troy, N.Y.	Buried in St. Jean's Cemetery Troy NY on December 24, 1946	Record one time; Observer	Flower Pillow marked "Father"	163
4	Allen	Alonzo, Mrs.	See: Gaunay, Jennie	0	0	0												0
5	Allen	Arthur	See: Allen, Alonzo W.	0	0	0												0
6	Bailey	Mary	See: Bounds, Anna DeLee	0	0	0												0
7	Balski	Joseph, Mrs.	See: Solman, Charles J.	0	0	0												0
8	Bara	Rejiny	See: Locusky, Joseph	0	0	0												0
9	Behr Manning Co.		See: Wentzel, Joseph F.	0	0	0												0
10	Belton	Mary	See: Kennedy, Mary R., Mrs.	0	0	0												0