McKownville Improvement Association
- deeds for lands of Christian P LaGrange in Great Lots 16, 17


property transactions of Jeanette and Christian P LaGrange for Great Lots 16 and 17, 1846-1863
Deed book, pages property Grantors grantee date date recorded
118; 149-50   great lots 16 & 17 each 57.4 acres William P & Sarah Van Rensselaer Jeanette LaGrange 1846-01-17 1852-11-13
157; 462-4 
great lots 16 & 17 each 57.4 acres Julianne Lagrange et al
 Christian P LaGrange 1857-09-18 1859-07-21
157; 464-5 
great lots 16 & 17 each 57.4 acres Peter & Rachael LaGrange Christian P LaGrange 1858-04-01 1859-07-21
157; 456-8 
Gt lots 16 and 17, (for taxes owing)
 Adam Van Allen (Albany County Treasurer) Christian P LaGrange 1859-06-24 1859-07-21
157; 460-2 
Gt lots 16 and 17 (for taxes owing)
 Sanford E Church (NY State Comptroller) Christian P LaGrange 1859-06-27 1859-07-21
183; 206-7   73 acres adjacent  Lydius St Christian P LaGrange John Artcher 1863-12-12 1863-12-14

distribution to heirs of Christian P LaGrange of remaining 42 acres (divided into 8 equal 5.23 acre lots) of southern part of lots 16 & 17, 1877-1881
Deed book, pages property Grantors grantee date date recorded
not registered
 lot 1
 J LaGrange et al Peter LaGrange [1877-01-01] xx
332; 91-4 
lot 2
 John B LaGrange et al
 Sarah A Van Patten
 1877-01-01 1881-04-06
301; 58-61
lot 3
 John B LaGrange et al Susan Barkhuff 1877-01-01 1877-03-31
301; 61-3 
lot 4
 John B LaGrange et al Julia A LaGrange 1877-01-01 1877-03-31
301; 63-6
lot 5
 Julia Ann LaGrange et al Lucretia Ogsbury
 1877-01-01 1877-03-31
301; 66-8 
lots 6 and 7
 Julia Ann LaGrange et al
 John B LaGrange
 1877-01-01
 1877-03-31
301; 69-70 
lot 8
 Julia Ann LaGrange et al Cynthia A LaGrange
 1877-01-01 1877-03-31

subsequent sales of lots 1-8 of heirs of Christian P LaGrange, 1881-1951 (before subdivisions)
Deed book, pages property Grantors grantee date date recorded
310; 265-7 
lot 1 Peter & Rachel LaGrange
 Shubel Kelly 1878-07-06
 1878-07-15
330; 323-5 
lot 1
 Shubel & Hannah Kelly
 Julia Ann LaGrange 1881-03-12
 1881-03-12
418; 361-3 
lot 1
 Julia Ann LaGrange
 Johanna Bloomingdale 1890-08-12
 1890-08-13
739; 52-3
 lot 1 (ex 3 plots)
 Johanna Bloomingdale
 Elias & John H Bloomingdale
 1923-02-13
 1923-12-14
739; 185-6
lot 1 (ex 3 plots) Elias, John H & Emma Bloomingdale William H & Harriet L House
 1924-10-01
 1924-10-01
774; 343-4
lot 1 (ex 3 plots) William H House Charles H & Lora M Hodges
 1927-03-25
 1927-03-25
917; 266-7
lot 1 (ex 6 plots) Charles H & Lora M Hodges William W Farley
 1940-07-11
 1940-09-17
567; 501-2
 lot 2 Sarah A Van Patten John H Bloomingdale 1910-05-13 1910-10-21
603; 508-9 
lot 2 John H & Emma Bloomingdale Herbert A Parsons
 1913-08-15
 1913-08-16
630; 178-9 
lot 2* Herbert A & Florence W Parsons Charles W Parsons & Bertrand B Hoag
 1914-07-28
 [1914-08-01]
421; 351-3 
lot 3 & lot 4
 Susan Barkhuff & Joanna Bloomingdale
 Jane LaGrange
 1890-11-03
 1890-11-03
971; 403-4
 lot 3
 Nicholas LaGrange (from Jane LaGr will) Augustus C & Katherine P LaGrange 1945-08-23
 1945-08-27
1267; 369-70 
lot 3
 Augustus C & Katherine P LaGrange
 Philip & Jean Wogel 1951-05-31 1951-05-31
1155; 421-4 
lot 4
 Anna LaGrange Friebel (from Jane LaGr will)
 Philip & Jean Wogel, & Carol Buher
 1949-02-17
 1949-02-17
603; 286-7
 lot 5 Elias & Joanna Bloomingdale
 James S & Mary Treanor 1912-07-29
 1912-08-27
963; 232
 lot 5
 James S Treanor
 Catherine M Smith
 1944-09-15 1944-09-18
1191; 145-9
 4 ft strip E side lot 5
 Catherine M Smith Charles & Isabel Tracey 1949-11-16 1949-11-17
321; 499-501 
lots 6 and 7 John B LaGrange Dr. James F McKown
 1879-11-20
 1880-02-20
516; 466-7 
lots 6 and 7 Kate A & Ella V McKown (executors)
 Thomas H Bloomingdale
 1903-05-08
 1903-05-09
603; 531-2 lot 6 quit claim Kate A McKown et al Thomas H Bloomingdale 1913-10-13 1913-10-14
705; 207-8 
lot 6
 Thomas H & Theresa A Bloomingdale Benjamin F Witbeck
 1921-09-01
 1922-04-10
739; 53-4
 lot 6¤ Benjamin F & Caroline L Witbeck Charles & Isabel S Tracey
 1923-12-15
 1923-12-15
567; 250   
lot 7
 Thomas H & Theresa A Bloomingdale William Barnes Jr
 1909-01-22
 1909-01-30
567; 246
 lot 7 quit claim
 Kate A McKown et al
 William Barnes Jr 1909-01-25 1909-01-25
651; 332-3 
lot 7 William & Grace Davis Barnes
 Albany Journal Building Corporation
 1917-05-23
 1917-06-06
679; 356-7
 lot 7 Albany Journal Building Corporation Horace D Haight
 1920-05-27 1920-05-27
679; 535-6 
lot 7¤ Horace D & Anna L Haight Katherine L Perkins
 1923-10-03
 1923-10-03
567; 100
 lot 8
 Cynthia A LaGrange Susan Barkhuff 1907-11-20
 1907-11-20
630; 227-8
 lot 8§ Susan Barkhuff Thomas F Woods 1914-11-10
 1914-11-24
* later deeds before final subdivision of lot 2 are listed separately below
¤ later deeds for lots 6 & 7 (1948 on) listed on separate page [Holt-Harris property history]
§ later deeds for lot 8 (1954 on) listed on separate page [LaGrange lot8 property history]

Deeds for LaGrange lot 2 from 1929 up to 1954 sale to J J Smith (before Parkwood Homes subdivision)
Deed book, pages property Grantors grantee date date recorded
805; 436-7 west ½ lot 2
 Charles W Parsons et al
 Bertrand B & Emma M Hoag
 1929-08-09
 1929-08-22
805; 438-9 east ½ lot 2 Charles W Parsons et al Charles W & Edith M Parsons
 1929-08-09 1929-08-22
1427; 197-209 lot 2 west boundary agreement
 Emma M Hoag
 Frank R & Edith L Wade et al
 1954-10-06
 1954-11-26
1427; 141-2 east ½ lot 2 Charles W & Edith M Parsons Emma M Hoag 1954-11-24
 1954-11-26
1427; 146-8 lot 2 except 30W Parkwood lot
 Emma M Hoag James J Smith
 1954-11-24 1954-11-26

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