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Robert Cook Standish

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Robert Cook Standish

Birth
Death
1923 (aged 56–57)
Burial
Naples, Ontario County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Robert was the son of William Russell and Love Mary Holcomb Standish. He was a farmer and married Ida M. Grisea. They had no children.

"STANDISH - GRIESA

Parties from Canandaigua, Kanona, Cohocton, South Bristol, Dansville, Bath, Italy and 100 or more from Naples, attended the wedding of Robert C. Standish and Ida M. Griesa on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 19, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Griesa. Many other invited friends of the families in New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Elmira, Philadelphia and other places sent pleasant words of congratulation. The bride was attended by Miss Dora Standish, of South Bristol, and Miss Minnie Sabin, of Naples. The groom's best men were John Granger, of the lake, and Will J. Lewis, of Naples. Rev. B. F. Millard was the officiating clergyman. The whole affair was very successfully planned and happily consummated. Mr. and Mrs. Standish will very soon begin housekeeping in his new house, one-fourth mile south of the head of Canandaigua

In 1923, a Bert Struble sued Robert and Ida for slander in the Ontario County Supreme Court. Source: Ontario County Journal, 1/31/1923 "Bert M. STRUBLE against Ida STANDISH, slander; Bert M. STRUBLE against Robert C. STANDISH, slander: ( Another article stated that Struble sued both Ida and Robert for $1000 each. They supposedly reported that Struble was starving his horses.) source: Daily Messenger 2//15/1923. They were reprsented by attorney John Colmey. The case was eventually settled out of court.

Obituary: Robert C. Standish
"Naples, July 25, Funeral services for Robert C. Standish, aged 56 years, who died at his home on the lake road after a long illness were held from the residence this afternoon. Rev. Joseph France of the Naples Presbyterian church officiating. Burial was in Rose Ridge Cemetery. Deceased was a son of Russel and Love Holcomb Standish and was born in Woodville, South Bristol on Aug. 22, 1866. He had resided nearly all of his life on a farm at the head of Canandaigua lake engaged in grape and berry culture. For some years, he and his late brother, George T. Standish, who died late last month were pilots on the lake boats between Woodville and Canandaigua, during the summer, being nephews of the late Captain Henry Standish, prominent for many years in Canandaigua lake navigation. He leaves his wife and one brother, Frank S. Standish of Bristol Springs." (Daily Messenger, 7/25/1923)
Robert was the son of William Russell and Love Mary Holcomb Standish. He was a farmer and married Ida M. Grisea. They had no children.

"STANDISH - GRIESA

Parties from Canandaigua, Kanona, Cohocton, South Bristol, Dansville, Bath, Italy and 100 or more from Naples, attended the wedding of Robert C. Standish and Ida M. Griesa on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 19, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Griesa. Many other invited friends of the families in New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Elmira, Philadelphia and other places sent pleasant words of congratulation. The bride was attended by Miss Dora Standish, of South Bristol, and Miss Minnie Sabin, of Naples. The groom's best men were John Granger, of the lake, and Will J. Lewis, of Naples. Rev. B. F. Millard was the officiating clergyman. The whole affair was very successfully planned and happily consummated. Mr. and Mrs. Standish will very soon begin housekeeping in his new house, one-fourth mile south of the head of Canandaigua

In 1923, a Bert Struble sued Robert and Ida for slander in the Ontario County Supreme Court. Source: Ontario County Journal, 1/31/1923 "Bert M. STRUBLE against Ida STANDISH, slander; Bert M. STRUBLE against Robert C. STANDISH, slander: ( Another article stated that Struble sued both Ida and Robert for $1000 each. They supposedly reported that Struble was starving his horses.) source: Daily Messenger 2//15/1923. They were reprsented by attorney John Colmey. The case was eventually settled out of court.

Obituary: Robert C. Standish
"Naples, July 25, Funeral services for Robert C. Standish, aged 56 years, who died at his home on the lake road after a long illness were held from the residence this afternoon. Rev. Joseph France of the Naples Presbyterian church officiating. Burial was in Rose Ridge Cemetery. Deceased was a son of Russel and Love Holcomb Standish and was born in Woodville, South Bristol on Aug. 22, 1866. He had resided nearly all of his life on a farm at the head of Canandaigua lake engaged in grape and berry culture. For some years, he and his late brother, George T. Standish, who died late last month were pilots on the lake boats between Woodville and Canandaigua, during the summer, being nephews of the late Captain Henry Standish, prominent for many years in Canandaigua lake navigation. He leaves his wife and one brother, Frank S. Standish of Bristol Springs." (Daily Messenger, 7/25/1923)


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