>I am researching my maternal Great Grandparents. They were Frank and Pauline >Grylewicz / Grelewicz. Pauline was Paulina Gabski. They resided for most of >three lives on Gittere St. I have traced all of their children and >grandchildren. > >I know they came to Buffalo as children in 1883. They were naturalized in 189 >1. I was told many years ago that they grew up in Buffalo. I have not been >able to find any record of their families in Buffalo. I also haven't >been able >to figure out how they got to the United States. Does anyone have any idea >where I might be able to learn more? > >I live in Florida and visit Buffalo in the summer. I am thinking that next >summer I have to go somewhere in Buffalo and look for marriage & birth >certificates. I know my grandmother, their daughter Eleanora was >born in Buffalo. The "somewhere" to go first in Buffalo is the Grosvenor Room at the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, downtown on Lafayette Square. There you will find microfilm of St. Stan's Baptisms (1874-1903), Marriages (1874-1917), Deaths (1874-1927). The next stop should be St. Stanislaus Cemetery, on Pune Ridge Road in Cheektowaga. The people there are very helpful. George

Hi, This is my first posting to this list. I live in Australia and have mostly been searching for my Newell and Glasse families in London, England. I have found that quite a number of them went to Buffalo and hope that someone here may be able to assist me with my research of the Buffalo links. I will list the people in order of apparent arrival in Buffalo. The first was JOSIAH EDWARD GLASSE (born London 1825 - died ?). He married Janet Yuill in London in 1848 and some time between that date and 1853 they may have lived in the US. Their first child, Thomas, stated on various census forms in England that he was born in 1851 in NY, USA. I do not know if it was NY City or NY State. They were back in London by 1853 as my GGrandmother, AMY MARY GLASSE was born there in 1853. 2 more daughters followed, Isabella Ada and Jessie. Jessie died in childhood and their mother, Janet died in 1859. The next piece of information I have on Josiah is that he married Jessie Simpson in Glasgow, Scotland in 1871. Sometime between this date and 1880 they travelled to Buffalo as they were there in 1880 in the US census. (Source Information: Census Place Buffalo, Erie, New York Family History Library Film 1254831 NA Film Number T9-0831 Page Number 135C ). He was a gasfitter. The next members of the family I have found in Buffalo are SARAH GRACE GLASSE (Josiah's sister) and ISABELLA ADA GLASSE (Josiah's daughter). They travelled together in 1896 to Buffalo. I found them on the Ellis Island site. I have not found them back in England yet so I guess they must have stayed there. They were both spinsters. in 1881 they were living together in London. The next member of the family who may have been in Buffalo (although I could not find her on the Ellis Island site) was AMY ISABEL NEWELL. She was Josiah's granddaughter. In 1915 her mother, AMY MARY (GLASSE) NEWELL travelled to visit her in hospital in Buffalo according to the ships manifest I found on Ellis Island site. I have recently found that another Newell family travelled to Buffalo to visit relatives but I can't read the name of the relative. This family consisted of HENRY NEWELL and his children, Bertha, Nellie, Harry (9) and Charles (8) arrived in New York on way to Buffalo on 31 Jan 1906. This family was not related to the Glasse family at all, Henry was Amy Newell's brother-in-law. The final member of the family was JOHN GLASSE NEWELL, my Great Uncle, who was Josiah's grandson and Amy's son. I found him returning in 1919 on the Ellis Island site. He stated that he lived in Buffalo and his wife, Bertha was there. He said he had lived there for 13 years but I can not find his first entry. I have not found his marriage yet or any children. He died in 1982 aged 102. I sent for his social security form and it is definitely the correct person. My grandfather, his brother, died when my father was a child so my father had no contact with his paternal family at all. JOHN GLASSE NEWELL did send my grandmother some money for the children for a while after my grandfather died and when it stopped coming they assumed he had died. As I now know he died in 1982 I think the money stopped because of the depression. I am sorry this is a long posting and I hope there may be some other listers there who are researching these names. Thank you for reading this, Pauline Newell

I am researching my maternal Great Grandparents. They were Frank and Pauline Grylewicz / Grelewicz. Pauline was Paulina Gabski. They resided for most of three lives on Gittere St. I have traced all of their children and grandchildren. I know they came to Buffalo as children in 1883. They were naturalized in 189 1. I was told many years ago that they grew up in Buffalo. I have not been able to find any record of their families in Buffalo. I also haven't been able to figure out how they got to the United States. Does anyone have any idea where I might be able to learn more? I live in Florida and visit Buffalo in the summer. I am thinking that next summer I have to go somewhere in Buffalo and look for marriage & birth certificates. I know my grandmother, their daughter Eleanora was born in Buffalo. I am sure they were St Stanislaus parishioners.

Thank you.

ST. STANISLAUS CHURCH BUFFALO, NEW YORK St. Stanislaus was the first church, for the people of Polish nationality, organized in the Diocese of Buffalo. As far back as 1870, Poles began to arrive in Buffalo; and the prospects of business and future growth offered a favorable field for future prosperity, and a small band of this nationality established homes in the eastern section of the city. These Poles were earnest and faithful Catholics; and shortly after they decided to establish permanent homes in Buffalo, they considered the possibility of having a church of their own, or at least services by a priest of their own nationality. Joseph Kujawski was one of the earliest Polish settlers in Buffalo, and for many years he was the guiding spirit of the Polish population of that section of the city. A meeting was called, at which Mr. Kujawski presided, and a society was formed called St. Stanislaus Society, and they obtained from the Jesuits the privilege of having a special Mass for the Poles in the chapel connec! ted with St. Michael's Church. This was the beginning of the St. Stanislaus congregation. The Rev. John Pitass, recently ordained, was sent by Bishop Ryan in June, 1878, to look after the interests of the Polish people who had settled in eastern Buffalo. He secured property at the corner of Peckham and Townsend Streets, and immediately erected a frame building in which to hold services. The first trustees of the new parish were Joseph Kujawski and J. Hordick. The congregation grew rapidly; a great number of Poles settled in Buffalo, and nearly all of them established their homes in the district in which the people of their own nationality dwelt. The Polish church building was soon too small to accommodate the souls who came there for service on Sundays, and plans were prepared for a magnificent new stone church building. The corner-stone of the new church was laid on the 27th day of May, 1883; and the building was rushed to completion, and was ready for services the following year. The old church building was converted from a school house, and was used for ! this purpose until a magnificent new school building was erected some years later. St. Stanislaus is one of the largest congregations in the United States, and contains about 20,000 souls. There are about 2,000 children attending the school, which is taught by twenty-four nuns and five lay teachers. Father Pitass presided over the destinies of this congregation for nearly a third of a century, and during all that period he was not only a guide to his own people but also leader of the vast Polish population in Buffalo. The prosperity of many Polish institutions was due to his direction and advice. At the synod held in October, 1901, he was made an irremovable rector. The Rev. John Pitass, first resident pastor and founder of St. Stanislaus Church, died December 11, 1913, and the great Polish population of the East Side mourned the loss of their great leader. The Rev. Dr. Alexander Pitass was appointed pastor of St. Stanislaus, January 12, 1914. The two towers of the church were completed in 1908, and a clock was installed. Dr. Pitass built the fine rectory of cut stone in 1916, and two years later he built the handsome and commodious convent on Fillmore Avenue. In 1920 he purchased a large building on Peckham Street, which he converted into a hall and club rooms for the societies. Fire in the school, December 19, 1923, caused a loss of $40,000. As the representative Polish parish of Buffalo, St. Stanislaus has been the scene of many important celebrations of Polish national and religious interests. The church was consecrated by Bishop Dougherty, November 12, 1916. In November, 1923, the parish celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation. On September 7, 1925, Father Pitass was made a Domestic Prelate by His Holiness Pius XI and the ceremony of investiture conducted by Bishop Turner, was held in St. Stanislaus on Labor Day, 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rev. Thomas Donohue, D.D., History of the Diocese of Buffalo (Buffalo, New York: The Buffalo Catholic Publication Co., Inc., 1929), pp. 223-225. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to Buffalo Parishes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holly Timm Cheektowaga, New York erie@nygenweb.com

Does anyone know the year this parish was formed? Also are any of their records on LDS film?

In a message dated 1/14/2005 12:38:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, dendsley@wic.net writes: I'm stuck! I have several relatives who came to the Buffalo, New York area from Hesse Darmstadt / Alsace Lorraine about 1860, but I can't locate their birthplace or how they got to the US. Hi Dixie, If they are Catholic and had children Baptized at St. Mary's RC Church on Broadway in Buffalo, you might want to check the church records. For a period of time in the mid 1800's the hometowns of the child's parents were recorded in the St. Mary's Baptismal record. This was how my cousin was able to find our Great Grandparent's hometowns in Germany. St. Mary's Parish Records were filmed by LDS; the baptisms are on Film # 0928696. Joe Endicott, NY

I'm researching the following Erie County, NY surnames: YOUNG, WOLF, RITZMANN, O'HEIR, McMINN, GISEL, HACKETT, SHEEHAN, SHEEHY

Looking for Jameson & Lester

These are the folks I'm trying to find now. MENGES (Adam John, b. c. 1830 Alsace Lorraine/Hesse Darmstadt, d. 1899, NY) m. Elizabeth VOLK ROTHLEDER (John/Ludwig, b. 1835 Bavaria?, d. 1889, Buffalo, NY) m. Maria Eva Hoffen/Hoffer VOLK (Elizabeth, b. c. 1834, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, d. NY) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Erickson" <wasieerick@milwpc.com> To: <NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Germany to Buffalo > What are their names? > > Dianne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dixie Endsley" <dendsley@wic.net> > To: <NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:37 AM > Subject: [NYERIE] Germany to Buffalo > > > > I'm stuck! I have several relatives who came to the Buffalo, New York > > area from Hesse Darmstadt / Alsace Lorraine about 1860, but I can't locate > > their birthplace or how they got to the US. I know that several other > > folks on this list have had relatives come from the same area(s) at about > > the same time. If you have any information about those areas at about > > that time or how/where/when your ancestors came over, I'd appreciate the > > help. > > > > Thanks for your time. > > > > Dixie

I haven't told this story in quite a few years. Maybe there are some new ears and eyes . My grandmother Doris Lillian DUNN was born 6 Jan 1906 in Colden, Erie County, NY. She died 13 Feb 1980 in Penn Valley, California. She married twice, first to Domenico Lachesi MARTELLO and second to William Henry STINSON. Her parents were William Edward DUNN and Alice Mary TOMPKINS (Alice had been married before to Earl Dean BERRY). William Edward DUNN was also born in Erie County, NY in the town of Lancaster on 6 Feb 1863. The 1930 census says that William was born in PA but I believe that he was only living there with his grandparents. He died on 13 Mar 1934 in Dolph, Arkansas according to my aunt but as yet I have no proof of that. William's parents were Martin DUNN and Susie KINNON/KINNEN/KINEN/McKINNON both are said to be born in Ireland, no surprises there. Anyway as the family story goes when William was about 3 or 4 years old his mother and sister became ill with small pox and died. I don't know his sisters name although I am lucky enough to have a picture of her. If! that wasn't bad enough when William was about 8 his father was kit by a train and killed. Since William is living with his grandparents William and Moriah KINEN in Fox, Elk, PA in the 1880 census I think he was younger then 8 when his father was killed. There is also a Charles DUNN listed as other living with them in 1880. I would very much like to know William DUNN'S sister's name and when she died. I also would like to know how Charles DUNN fits into the family. I am in CA and so can't do any hands on research for myself. Was there a small pox epidemic about 1866, 1867 that might narrow my search? Any direction would be great. Eileen Martello Gillette, Volunteer El Dorado County, CA Member, Friends of Pacheco Cemetery, Contra Costa County, CA Member, Contra Costa County Historical Society Researching, Beebe,Bixby, Brown, Da Lee, Daniels, Decker,Dunn, Gillette, Greer, Ingraham, Lamon, Martello, Pegler, Schneider, Sherman, Troy and Wentworth Burial lists for Pacheco Cemetery, Contra Costa County, CA Burials in Montezuma Township Cemeteries Rio Vista Odd Fellow and Masonic, Shiloh and Collinsville, Solano County, CA Books I own; San Jose High School Year Books 1918-1921 San Jose, CA 1923 State Teachers College of San Jose Abraham Lincoln High School, San Jose, CA Yearbooks 1943 and 1944 Chico High School Yearbook 1945 Watsonville Union High School, Watsonville, CA Yearbook 1948 Glenbrook Intermediate School, Concord, CA 1962 John F. Kennedy High School Sacramento, CA 1967-1971, 1973-1975, 1977-1984

Many thanks to everyone who has provided me with information about this place. My husband's ancestors were once lived in the Lockport/Wolcottsville area. The names I search in the area are: KOEHLER , DOHRING , and NEUMANN / NIEMANN. Leslie Bridges Kohler

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, .... valentine wrote: > if you click on the genweb for the county > you would find that niagara county was not always as it is now... > i am not saying that wolcottsville isnt in N cty, but depending on > WHEN the person is looking for a town in the county might mean that > they should consider also one or two or three other counties.... That is correct. The town/county database tells you only where a town is today and it does not include defunct towns, like Black Rock, which was annexed by Buffalo in 1853. Here's a site showing the evolution of county boundaries in NY State: http://olivercowdery.com/census/BurnEvlv.htm The only change for Niagara County since it was created in 1808 is that it once included what is now Erie County. Erie County was created in 1821. So if a town is still in Niagara County today, it has been there since 1808. Knowing the town's current location is still important for genealogists, because every attempt was made to transfer geographically appropriate records from the old county to the new, when new counties were formed. Thus it is that Erie County Hall has property transactions dating back to about 1800 even though Erie County didn't exist until 1821. -=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=- Webmaster: Cynthia Van Ness, MLS -- roots AT bfn DOT org Buffalo Roots: Genealogy & Family History in Buffalo, NY http://www.buffaloresearch.com/roots.html

What are their names? Dianne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dixie Endsley" <dendsley@wic.net> To: <NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:37 AM Subject: [NYERIE] Germany to Buffalo > I'm stuck! I have several relatives who came to the Buffalo, New York > area from Hesse Darmstadt / Alsace Lorraine about 1860, but I can't locate > their birthplace or how they got to the US. I know that several other > folks on this list have had relatives come from the same area(s) at about > the same time. If you have any information about those areas at about > that time or how/where/when your ancestors came over, I'd appreciate the > help. > > Thanks for your time. > > Dixie > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

when was the last time that this was checked for BADER? http://www.deathindexes.com/newyork/index.html

Searching for some Diemert family members.

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Linda wrote: > Does anyone know if there was a girls home in Albany Ny in 1860? My > ggrandmother is on a census list of 40 girls in albany, she was in PA by > 1870. Thank You Linda Dougan Might also have been a school. Try this: http://www.nycitydirectories.com/Albany/1859/ -=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=- Webmaster: Cynthia Van Ness, MLS -- roots AT bfn DOT org Buffalo Roots: Genealogy & Family History in Buffalo, NY http://www.buffaloresearch.com/roots.html

however, if you click on the genweb for the county you would find that niagara county was not always as it is now... i am not saying that wolcottsville isnt in N cty, but depending on WHEN the person is looking for a town in the county might mean that they should consider also one or two or three other counties.... too, you might like to look at this map 1895 http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/ where you will find that 922 people lived in the town noted in niagara cty where there was a post office... when you look at TOWN names, do be sure to confirm or at least consider that they might mean TOWNship not just TOWN as in village.... In some placs there is both a town and a township with the same name... If you are getting the info from a census sheet, read that line that is filled in as a sentence... you might actually be looking for a cross roads which is a location for a postoffice and that alone... and then there is this nice map... click on the part of the world you are interested in exploring... http://www.terraserver.com/ and this is a nice place which you fill out with the city name... (i would leave the state empty to cover for those possible overlapping counties until it is asked of you to enter a state.... http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form and then explore ALL the links that are provided....each offering a slightyly different take on the result... On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:42:41 -0500 (EST), Roots Webmaster <roots@bfn.org> wrote: > > Don't forget that Rootsweb has a comprehensive town/county database that > helps resolve these tricky map issues. You type in a town and state and > it tells you what county it's in. See: > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi > > It confirms that Wolcottsville is in Niagara County. > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, ~~Leslie~~ wrote: > > > Sorry, Ed, I was not intentionally moving Wolcottsville anywhere. But, other > > people who know the area had indicated that parts of it might be located in > > more than 1 county. I live in Glendale, Arizona and have never even been to > > New York, so I appreciate your insight that Wolcottsville is indeed totally > > within Niagara County. My husband has KÖHLER & NEUMANN / NIEMANN Prussian > > ancestors who were in the Wolcottsville-Lockport area roughly 1850-1868. > > > > Leslie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ed Winkley" <ewinkley@rochester.rr.com> > > > Please stop moving Wolcottsville all around. I have visited it and both > > > Lutheran Cemeteries many times and dealt with their records. > > > Wolcottsville is in the Town of Royalton and in NIAGARA County. It has > > > been home to the many Germans that moved there in the mid to late 1800's. > > > Many of my German ancestors are buried there in both St. Michaels and > > > Trinity Lutheran Churches. > > > > > > Ed......................... in Orleans County > > > > > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > > -=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=- > Webmaster: Cynthia Van Ness, MLS -- roots AT bfn DOT org > Buffalo Roots: Genealogy & Family History in Buffalo, NY > http://www.buffaloresearch.com/roots.html > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Don't forget that Rootsweb has a comprehensive town/county database that helps resolve these tricky map issues. You type in a town and state and it tells you what county it's in. See: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi It confirms that Wolcottsville is in Niagara County. On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, ~~Leslie~~ wrote: > Sorry, Ed, I was not intentionally moving Wolcottsville anywhere. But, other > people who know the area had indicated that parts of it might be located in > more than 1 county. I live in Glendale, Arizona and have never even been to > New York, so I appreciate your insight that Wolcottsville is indeed totally > within Niagara County. My husband has K�HLER & NEUMANN / NIEMANN Prussian > ancestors who were in the Wolcottsville-Lockport area roughly 1850-1868. > > Leslie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Winkley" <ewinkley@rochester.rr.com> > > Please stop moving Wolcottsville all around. I have visited it and both > > Lutheran Cemeteries many times and dealt with their records. > > Wolcottsville is in the Town of Royalton and in NIAGARA County. It has > > been home to the many Germans that moved there in the mid to late 1800's. > > Many of my German ancestors are buried there in both St. Michaels and > > Trinity Lutheran Churches. > > > > Ed......................... in Orleans County > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > -=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=- Webmaster: Cynthia Van Ness, MLS -- roots AT bfn DOT org Buffalo Roots: Genealogy & Family History in Buffalo, NY http://www.buffaloresearch.com/roots.html

Searching: BARTSCHECK (Buffalo, NY/Gdansk, Pol.) CLOSE (Buffalo, NY/Belfast, Ireland) SCHRREINER (Batavia, NY) SMIERZCHALSKI (Buffalo, NY/Kiskowoo, Pol.) WANENMACHER (Buffalo, NY/Ger.) WEBER (Boston, NY) WEYLAND (Buffalo, NY/Baden Baden, Ger.) Frank Bartscheck, E. Amherst, NY