Aylsworth family papers

Collection — Carton: A01

Identifier: 2025-046

Content Description

Consists of a tintype of Norman Aylsworth, Bryant and Straton scholarship, receipts, recipes, and plot deeds for Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Dates

Creation: 1847-1928

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is held by the Rochester Public Library. Copyright of the papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors’ heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder[s] of copyright and the Local History and Genealogy Division before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library’s usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Biographical / Historical

Norman Aylsworth Jr. [often spelled Aylesworth] was born in 1849 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York to Norman and Mary Aylsworth. He attended Byant and Stratton Business College. He was a shoe cutter by profession and at the time of his premature death he worked for Reed and Weaver. He was a member of Assembly 1707. He died August 11, 1882 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Alice M. Aylsworth Richardson was born April 1857 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. She was the sister of Norman Aylsworth Jr. Not much is known about her life. She died March 1943 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.