In regards to my previous posts about the history of Kitchel Bay’s name, a number of people responded with fascinating information.
Mr. Larry Hansen of Lands End Road was kind enough to provide some very valuable genealogical information.
Regarding Kitchel Bay’s name, my mother was adopted in her teens by Dr. James Pedersen, owner of Whileaway. Dr. James Pedersen’s brother, Professor Frederick M. Pedersen, married Gertrude Kitchel. Her parents I believe were one of the first families to summer on the bay now named for them, in the late nineteenth century. Their house was the one that Bob Nephew bought a few years ago from Grace Iijima, next to the Covinos (originally the Kemps, then later the Newels). The Kitchel family geneology is given in detail, I believe, in Hamlet Summers which my mother edited/wrote in 1953 (reprinted by the Washington County Historical Society about 1980). I will try to find my copy. The Washington County Historical Society has a copy in their Fort Edward library.
Best regards,
Larry
Additionally, Mark Stanton provided the many interesting links below, which include information on the tragic death of a young Kitchel.
George,
I did some googling and found some info on the Kitchels. It might be enough to help Douglas find out if his wife is related.
G.H is Gertrude H. Kitchel. I found mention of her here.
There is also mention of a James Kitchel on page 119 of your book, Huletts Landing on Lake George.
There is also more about the Kitchels from Huletts Landing here.
It looks like Dr. Edwin M. Kitchel, the only son of James Kitchel, was killed at Huletts during a game of blind man’s bluff. I found this in the Georgia Journal of Medicine and Surgery, July 1897. (Right side column of link.)
Here is a copy of his obituary (you may have to scroll down the page a bit).
Here’s a final write-up about the death of Dr. Edwin M. Kitchel from the NY Times.
Mark
Last but not least, Lane DeMuro forwarded an interesting newspaper mention from 1892 which coincidentally also mentions a former occupant of his family’s home.
George
Here is a digital copy of the Saturday July 2, 1892 edition of the Lake George Mirror. The owner of the Lake George Mirror was kind enough to grant permission for me to copy it and put it on the internet.
Huletts is mentioned several times throughout, but on page 13, a mention is made of “James T. Kitchell.” (Near the bottom of the center column.) So the Kitchell name can be traced back to 1892. Of special interest to me is the name, Admiral A.C. Rhind, right next to the Kitchell name. I believe Admiral Rhind rented the cottage from Mrs. Marsh or owned the cottage before her. The Marsh cottage is my family home. The cottage was torn town and Mrs. Marsh built the present one there around 1903.
It’s a good read on a snowy morning!
Regards,
Lane
Many thanks go out to all of the “history detectives” mentioned above for going out of their way to answer Douglas Gallant’s original question.