Ontario County Journal
Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York.
November 7, 1879

DIED - In this village Oct. 31, 1879, Carrie F. Merkley, granddaughter of Mrs. Nancy McCormick, aged 3 years, 9 months and 6 days.

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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
Thursday, August 22, 1901

Mrs, Nancy McCormick, for many years Canandaigua's leading dealer in Ice, has sold out to her son, William J. McCormick.

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Ontario County Journal
Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York.
Friday, December 29, 1916

The death of Mrs. Nancy McCormack, widow of Francis McCormack, occurred at the home of her son, William J. McCormack, at Rochester on Wednesday, aged 91 years. Deceased was for many years a resident of Canandaigua and was known as the pioneer business woman of Canandaigua, having conducted the ice distributing business for 33 years following the death of her husband in1868. When help was scarce she frequently did a man's work in the cutting and harvesting of ice. When the pier was built into the lake, Mrs. McCormack was made toll collector, a fee being exacted from all vehicles that drove on the pier and from the boats which landed there. Mrs. McCormack had 13 children, six of whom are living; two sons, John H. McCormack, of Canandaigua, and William J. McCormack of Rochester; four daughters, Mrs. Patrick Meath and Mrs. David Gentner of Canandaigua, and Mrs. Owen Doyle and Mrs. Laura Koons, of Rochester. The funeral services will be held at St. Mary's church at 10:30 o'clock this morning and interment will be at Calvary cemetery.

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McCormack- At Rochester, Dec. 27 1916, Mrs. Nancy McCormack aged 91 years. Interment at Canandaigua.

MRS. NANCY McCORMACK

Mrs. Nancy McCormack, widow of Francis McCormack, and well known business woman of Canandaigua, died at the home of her son William J. McCormack, in Rochester, on Wednesday, at the great age of 91 years.

Mrs. McCormack was born at Middlebury Vermont, on August 1, 1825, but a few years latter became a resident of Franklin
County, this state, where her parents made their home. She was united in marriage in 1840 to Francis McCormack, the ceremony being performed at Sackett's Harbour, were the family had settled, following an effort to reach Rochester by means of a lake boat. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. McAdam, were so badly upset by the rough weather encountered that the captain insisted upon their debarkation at Sackett's Harbour.

Settling in Canandaigua Mr. McCormack established an ice business and boat livery at the lake, the first enterprise of the kind conducted in the place and upon her husbands death in 1868, Mrs. McCormack assumed it's management, a business that she followed with success for a succeeding thirty three years. When the village built a pier
into the lake for the accommodation of the steamboats, she was made the piermistress and toll collector, fees being exacted for all vehicles that drove on the wooden structure and from the boats which landed passengers and fright thereon. She was faithful in the performance of this public
services she was in looking after her own private business and made the acquaintance and gained the respect of almost the entire population of the village.

Mrs. McCormack was a woman of large stature and in her prime of vigorous physique, giving the harvesting and storing of ice and it's distribution to customers her personal supervision. Notwithstanding her great age, she continued active and mentally alert to very near the end. Her memory was excellent and she recalled with interest her experiences as the pioneer business woman of Canandaigua, where she is remembered as a most interesting character.

She had thirteen children, six of whom survive, as follows; John H. McCormack of Canandaigua; William J. McCormack of Rochester; Mrs. Patrick Meath and Mrs. David Gentner, of Canandaigua, and Mrs. Laura Koons of Rochester.

The funeral service was held at St. Mary's church in this city, Friday morning with interment in Calvery cemetery.

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