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Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Rensselaer County, New York. Official Website The area that is now Rensselaer County was inhabited by the Algonquian-speaking Mohican Indian tribe at the time of European encounter. Kiliaen van Rensselaer, a Dutch jeweler and merchant, purchased the area in 1630 and incorporated it in his patroonship Rensselaerswyck. (It was part o...
This cemetery is located on 51 Belle Avenue, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. Find a Grave
Historic Oakwood Cemetery, located in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, was designed in the 1840s by architect John C. Sidney. In the late 1880s, Hannah and William S. Gardner, wealthy citizens of Troy, constructed The Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel and Crematorium as a memorial to their only son, who had died tragically young. They spared no expense, using rare materials and top artisans of the...
This project is for those buried in Larkin Cemetery, Rensselaer County, New York. Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in Saint Nicholas Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. The cemetery is located on 64 Vandenburgh Avenue and is also called St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church Cemetery . Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. St. Joseph Church (dedicated in 1847) purchased the land for the St. Joseph Cemetery in 1860. St. Joseph Cemetery is open daily, year-round during daylight hours. The cemetery provides many services, including year-round Perpetual Care of the grounds, monuments, and graves. Find a Grave
The Troy Trojans were a Major League Baseball team in the National League for four seasons from 1879 to 1882. Their home games were played at Putnam Grounds (1879) and Haymakers' Grounds (1880-1881) in the upstate New York city of Troy, and at Troy Ball Clubs Grounds (1882) across the Hudson in Watervliet, or "West Troy" as it was known at the time.*