Since 2012, Raymond Charles Faville, operated Chez Lin & Rays, a popular family restaurant in Essex, New York, with his wife, Linda Faville. Previously Ray and Linda owned and operated Lock 12 Marina and the Finch & Chubb Restaurant in Whitehall for 26 years. Ray's tragic death on July 17, 2017, left his family and friends mourning and his adopted community struggling with the loss. Some of the tributes that follow were shared during a July 22, 2017 memorial Chez Lin & Rays. We … [Read more...]
Essex People: Profiles of Essex, New York People
The following posts and profiles feature past and present Essex people including Essex, NY historic figures across two centuries. We hope that you enjoy reading about the individuals who shape the unique heritage of our community, and we welcome your recommendations for future profiles. If you would like to suggest (or submit) a profile to be featured on the Essex on Lake Champlain community blog please contact our People Editor, Olive Alexander. Thank you.
Community Raising Funds to Aid Family of Essex Restaurant Owner (THE SUN)
Donations are pouring in for the family of a local restaurant owner who died last week. As of Tuesday, the crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe has generated $7,585 for the family of Raymond Faville, who drowned in Lake Champlain on Monday. Faville operated Chez Lin & Rays with his wife, Linda, since 2012. Close friends set up the campaign to defray the costs of his burial and the “loss of revenue this seasonal restaurant will incur during these peak July days while the family takes time … [Read more...]
Memorial Fund for Owners’ Family of Chez Lin & Rays Restaurant
Raymond C Faville, age 60, was the owner of Lock 12 Marina and the Finch and Chubb Restaurant with his wife and business partner, Linda Faville for 26 memorable years. This Whitehall, NY community embraced and supported them during these years for which they were always grateful! Since 2012, Ray and Linda operated their family restaurant Chez Lin & Rays at 2270 Lake Shore Road on the shores of Lake Champlain in Essex, NY. Ray took great pride in providing a stellar menu, but more … [Read more...]
Florida Student Promotes Her STEM Passion Through CFES
Christina Dulal is more than just a brilliant student - she’s an outstanding teacher too. Christina has channeled her passion for science and engineering into college-style lectures and projects for sophomores in the College For Every Student (CFES) program at her school, Miramar High School. "I have a true passion," said Christina, "for encouraging others to pursue what I believe is the future: STEM." CFES engages students in three practices - mentorship, leadership through service, and … [Read more...]
Willsboro Boatbuilders: Frederick W. Rice and Fred M. Rice
I recently stumbled across a reference to local boatbuilders, Frederick W. Rice and Fred M. Rice. The mention, buried in museum notes about a Willsboro, NY Adirondack guideboat builder, was brief. Too brief. 55-year old guide and boatbuilder, Fred Rice... Fred M. Rice learned boatbuilding from his father, a builder of small sailboats from Willsboro. (Source: Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake) A small sailboat builder in Willsboro? What sort of vessels did the Rices build? … [Read more...]
Searching for Ancestors: John Call and Andrew Call
"I'm looking for a relative (John Call, 21 yrs old, born 1861) that came from Michigan and died in New York on 9-3-1882. I believe he had relatives: Joe Call, Jesse Call, or Sherman Call that lived in Essex and/or Onondaga, New York. Apparently John left home after his father, Andrew Call, remarried. I am postulating that he came there to work and had an accident or got sick. I can't seem to find him on ancestry or a find a grave either. Maybe there is an newspaper article that had a Obit or an … [Read more...]
Joseph Ramsdell: Progenitor of the Lighthouse Ramsdells
Joseph Ramsdell was born in 1779 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, where he learned maritime trades including barrel making. He left Massachusetts at about age 20, trekking north and west through New Hampshire and Vermont, probably using family connections as he went. In Vermont he met the Cutler Family in the area of St Albans. He would marry into the Cutlers and in the next generation Cutlers and Ramsdells would go west to pioneer in Iowa and Minnesota. He didn’t marry Sarah Cutler until 1825. … [Read more...]
R.R. Williams
The phone rings at the RR Williams General Store, Dick answers and a very tiny voice giggles and asks "Do you have Prince Albert in the can?" Yet another Essex youth has played the trick that has become a rite of passage for us all. Richard Williams was born in Wales in March of 1902 and immigrated to the United States in 1907, initially settling in Pennsylvania. By 1910 his family had moved to Poultney, VT. He and his wife, Caroline, moved to Essex in the 1920s and opened the RR Williams … [Read more...]
Mary Ellen Ellithorpe is Fort Ticonderoga’s Volunteer of the Year
Fort Ticonderoga recently announced that Mary Ellen Ellithorpe (Em) of Putnam, NY, has received the 2016 Fort Ticonderoga Volunteer of the Year award in recognition of her dedicated service to Fort Ticonderoga. Em gave tirelessly of her time and energy this past summer implementing a survey with guests. Collecting hundreds of surveys, Em logged in nearly 30 hours as part of this project and other volunteer activity. Her smiling face and pleasant approach encouraged our visitors to share their … [Read more...]
Dr. John Stafford & The Birth of Barbara Irish
On May 11, 1936, four sisters got off the school bus that afternoon to the sound of a baby's cries. Each of them had been born in the hospital, but the final child of the family was born at home, at Hillcrest Farms at Whallons Bay in Essex, NY. That child, Barbara, was born to parents Aden & Louie Irish, and her four sisters were Helen, Marion, Patricia, and Betty. Dr. John Stafford and his nurse Doris Albee assisted in Barbara's birth with the help of family friend Myrtle … [Read more...]
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