Individual Details

1940 Census. Arcadia, Wayne, NY, Hh 238
Living at 111 Bartle Ave
Richard W. Comstock, 32, b. NY, lived in the same place in 1935, Executive, Canning Co
Winifred H., wife, 23, b. NY, lived in Syracuse, Onondaga Co, NY in 1935
Marcia H., daughter, age 1
Viola E. Hatch, maid, 32, divorced, b. NY, lived in rural Wayne Co in 1935, works in private home.

Both Richard and his father were involved in the canning business. Found an ad in The Herald Mail, newspaper of Fairport, NY, dated Thursday, 20 Jul 1944
"MEN and WOMEN for regular canning factory work. No experience necessary. Our own bus picks you up at regular points in both Fairport and East Rochester. Cannig foods IS an essential industry. You contribute your very best to the war efford when you help to feed the man behind the gun. Here is your chance to do it. Phone us direct -- Fairport 334.
Comstock Canning Corp.
Egypt Plant
Note: Fairport & East Rochester are in Monroe Co which neighbors Wayne Co to the west. I believe this may well be the parent company of Comstock pie fillings, etc.

Several men of the Christopher Comstock line were interested in writing books on the Comstock family. The book, The Comstock-Thomas Ancestry of Richard Wilmot Comstock, by H. Minot Pitman is especially interesting because it was prepared in part by Danold Lines Jacobus, FASG.

The book not only contains information about the Comstock family, but also Chad Brown, Vincent Meigs, Gerard Spencer, William Chamberlain, and the Griswold family - all ancestral families of my own.

From Wikipedia:
Donald Lines Jacobus (1887-1970) of New Haven, Connecticut, was widely regarded among genealogists as the dean of American genealogy during his lifetime. He established the New Haven Genealogical Magazine in 1922, which became The American Genealogist (TAG) ten years later. He served as the periodical's editor until 1960.
Jacobus was a prolific writer. Besides his numerous magazine articles, he is perhaps best known for two publications:
Genealogy as Pastime and Profession, published in 1930.
History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, a three-volume work sponsored by the local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter in Fairfield, Connecticut, from 1930 to 1932.
In recognition of his tremendous contributions and elevation of genealogy to the status of a social science, Jacobus was the first person inducted into the National Genealogy Hall of Fame.
The Donald Lines Jacobus Award was established in 1972 by the American Society of Genealogists to encourage sound scholarship in genealogical writing.

Birth	27 Jan 1908	Arcadia, Wayne County, New York
Death	3 Mar 1991	Wayne County, New York

Father	Stephen Estes Comstock (1876 - )
Mother	Martha Adelia Thomas (1876 - )