Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara?read=198 Surname: ROY ------------------------- I am look for: Looking for the ancestors, siblings of John Hampton ROY b1900, NY. He married Lottie Belle BLOOMINSHINE. John died in Ohio after 1951, buriel in Niagra Falls, NY. Could he have been from Niagra Falls, NY? He divorced Lottie Belle and remarried unknown. This is all I know at this time. Hope to have more soon. Could John have been born in Niagra Falls, NY? Are there any ROY in the area? Any help would be appreciated.

Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara?read=196 Surname: Hopkins, Buell, Hughes, Williams ------------------------- Looking for any information on Henry Kellogg Hopkins b.1807 married Juliette E. Buell b. 1815 Bergen, Genesee Co. N.Y. she was dau.of Daniel Buell and Melinda Richardson. Henry was a prominent lawyer in Lockport about 1830. His brother Mark Hopkins worked in Henry's office for a couple of years and then Mark was, at 20 years old head of the Lockport country store firm of Hopkins and Hughes. This was succeeded by the firm of Williams & Hopkins which dealt in farm implements in New York State and Ohio. Henry and Mark Hopkins mother Anastasia Lukens (Kellogg) Hopkins came to live with Henry after her husband died in St. Clair, Mi. we believe she died at Lockport in 1837... Would greatly appreciate any information that anyone could help with...If any of the names or business's sound familiar any little bit would help... Thanks, Bonnie

Hello all, A few weeks ago I posted a message regarding Jacob Frantz of Akron Road, Lockport, who took up arms against the British in the Caroline incident during the Canadian Patriot War. Vee kindly gave us the history of that fascinating affair. I had received the quote, which evidently was written years ago, from the Niagara County Historian's Office, I was recently at the office in Lockport and found the exact article. This shows that Jacob Frantz was not the man involved; it was a matter of mis-interpretation of the quaint writing, an easy thing to do. Here is the gist of the article: Excerpts from a clipping "Our Travelers", unnamed newspaper dated September 30, 1902 (Frantz file, Niagara Co. Historian, photocopy difficult to read) "Jacob Frantz of Akron Road who has one of the finest farms...in Niagara County...(is) building a large and well-appointed pig sty... Mrs. Frantz (Jacob's wife) was born on the farm in 1840...daughter of Daniel Bosserman. (My note: the rest of the article refers to pioneer Daniel Bosserman, whose farm was now Jacob's.) In 1837 he (Daniel) with others hereabouts was called out to take up arms and go to Niagara Falls to repel the British who set the steamer Caroline on fire on Niagara River, an account of which appears in the Pioneer Souvenier History issued by the Lockport Journal." I hope that sets the record straight. I enjoyed my too-brief two-day visit to Lockport--found some old family sites, visited the Historian's Office, the library and the Genealogy Society--(all were extremely helpful) and enjoyed seeing the locks. Suzanne Frantz St. Clair, Michigan

Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara?read=194 Surname: Windisch ------------------------- I am looking for any information on Fredrich Windisch. He was a photographer in Niagra Co. NY in the late 1800's. If you have any leads/suggestions please email me at dah@lor.net

Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara?read=193 Surname: Mentz, Krauss, Spinnel, Fischer, Kittell, Langendorfer, Berner, Bender ------------------------- Would appreciate someone looking up an Obituary of WILLIAM P MENTZ. DOD 6 May 1899

Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara?read=192 Surname: ------------------------- Verbal family history says that Adam Ziegeweid and Mary McWeeny married and moved to South Dakota. They seperated and he became a rancher in Canada and she settled in Kaycee, Wyoming. At some point she and her children; Edward, Elmay and Gertrude returned to the Arcadia area. In her father's obiturary in 1900 it says that she was living in Arcadia, Wisconsin. In her mother's obiturary in 1921 she is listed with the relatives who came to the funeral from Chicago. This is all that we have found on the Zeigeweid branch of the family.

Vee, Thanks so very much for the Bio. I had not seen this one. This is great. I would like to pass on that I am also researching Eliza Douglass' siblings who could have been married before the family left for Michigan about 1835. John B. Douglass b. 10/20/1797 who married a Huldah Newman possibly in Wilson/Newfane. Children are still unknown. I was unable to determine if John was married on the 1830 census. Mary M. Douglass b. 2/28/1808 who married a Nathan Towne possibly as early as 1825. Children known, Wellington b. abt 1828 and Edgar b. abt 1835, both born in NY per the 1850 census records. The entire family except Eliza and Alexander go on to Washtenaw County, Michigan and then on to McHenry County, Illinois by 1842. From Illinois 3 sisters (Jane, Ellen & Ruth) and their families move on to the gold fields of California by 1853. There were 9 of 12 siblings - John, Eliza, Jane, Mary, Ellen, Emily, Ruth, Elvira, Edwin who live on to adulthood. It was just in the last 2 years that I found Eliza. I descend from Edwin. Any information on this family is very much appreciated. I would like someday to find Alexander's grave and his birthplace in Scotland. Rosemary Delavan, WI

Dear Group, I just typed up the biography of A. Douglas PEASE for Rosemary who is researching her PEASE/DOUGLAS family and since there are other surnames in it, I thought it might be of interest to some of you. I sure do hope so. vee in youngstown A. DOUGLAS PEASE (From Landmarks of Niagara County, New York by William Pool, 1897, pg. 63) Pease, A. Douglas, was born in Newfane, N. Y., December 30, 1834, a son of Enoch and Eliza (Douglas) Pease. Enoch Pease was born in Maine, January 12, 1795, and came to Newfane with his parents, where he was reared and educated. He was in the war of 1812 and his house was threatened to be burned, but owing to his kind treatment they were not molested; he was taken prisoner, but was released on account of the kindness of his mother. In 1835 he came to Wilson, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1887 at the age of ninety-two years. His wife was born in New Jersey in 1800 and died in 1849. A. D. Pease was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and Wilson Collegiate Institute and Lima Seminary, graduating from the scientific course in 1855. He is a farmer and owns 535 acres, 400 where he resides. He is a large fruit grower, having about 125 acres in fruit. September 29, 1859, he married Abigail Sayer (born in Wilson April 26, 1842), daughter of Jonathan Sayer, who came to Wilson and practiced medicine until his death in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Pease are the parents of seven children: Arthur D., of Wilson; Frances M., wife of Landon M. Bostwick, a lumberman of St. Louis, Mo.; Florence A., deceased; Mary E., wife of Edward Hall, of Youngstown, N. Y.; Howard Enoch, born September 19, 1875, at home; Harvey, deceased; and Edith G., at home. Mr. Pease is a Republican and was supervisor in 1882 and 1883, and served as a member of the Board of Education nine years and president five years. He was for six years trustee of Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Pease died February 3, 1897.

Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara?read=188 Surname: FRASEE MURPHY VEDDER FRAZEE ------------------------- Searching for descendants of Bernard FRASEE, was a stone mason in Lockport, NIAGARA COUNTY, NY, died ca. 1874. Married Mary Caroline MURPHY (nee VEDDER) ca. 1853.

Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara?read=187 Surname: White ------------------------- Looking for Christine White. She was born in 1958 in Lockport N.Y.;Niagara County. Mother was Katie White. She worked at Harrisons. Father was Frank White. He was a Postman. If you have any info on Christine please contact me by e-mail. brighteyes561@excite.com. THANKS

Dear Bunch, Those of you local people who subscribe to the Niagara Gazette newspaper already know it, today I made the headlines!! OK, so it wasn't on the front page, it was in the Sunday Gazette, Section A, page 4 and it was only the headlines of Don Glynn's column. However, the headline read, "Writer Recalls German POWs Arriving in the Falls." But oh WOW!! You see, when I posted my memories to the list about the German POWs at Fort Niagara about a month ago, I forwarded my message to Don Glynn "for whatever the story was worth." Just last week he replied to my message and let me know that he took my story seriously and let me know that he would like to quote me in his next article. Of course I fired off an email letting him know that he had my permission. Well, in this morning's newspaper he told the whole nine yards. No he didn' t cut and paste my entire email message. Instead he took it for what it was worth, quoted me (by name) extensively (giggle, giggle!) and concentrated on the subject at hand-that being the importance of recording the fading memories that the local people still have of those war years and of their personal recollections of the Fort Niagara POWs who had worked on their farms. Granted, many of those old farmers are no longer alive. Nonetheless, their kids are still alive and even if they don't remember the POWs personally, they certainly must remember the stories that their parents have been telling them over these years. The point that Don Glynn and I were making was that if you have stories about your family history or about your area history, write them down or at least tell them to someone about your memories. That's what eventually ends up as recorded history. And you know how us genealogists are. We would kill for such stories!!!! vee in youngstown

Vee, My Mother just turned 89 and she still keeps a spoon holder on the kitchen table. We have always had some sort of spoon holder on the table as I grew up. I never thought that other people did the same as none of my friends had such a thing on their tables. I keep a mason jar on little turn table on my counter full of spoons. Thanks, Rosemary Delavan, WI

Dear Bunch, Late last night I remembered what a spoon holder was. I remembered the Christmas dinner at my house a couple of years ago when we all sat around my kitchen table-me, my niece Deb and her three kids. I had set the table real formal with a linen table cloth and napkins, my best china and best silverware and I included a few fancy glass serving dishes that I had inherited from my/our grandmothers and great-grandmothers. I told the kids about those serving dishes, where they came from and what I remembered about them when I was a kid. And then I asked them if they knew what a spoon holder was. Well of course, they all knew. A spoon holder is one of those flat shallow things that Mom keeps near the stove-the thing that she rests her stirring spoon on while she cooks. Well, you know Auntie Vee, she was just setting them up! No, that isn't what a spoon holder was in Grandma's day. I can still picture Grandma's dinner table. A big round table where I sat in the 1930s with my sister and our parents, our aunts and uncles and Grandma and Grandpa where we enjoyed Grandma's ordinary cooking on an ordinary day. And in the middle of the table was the spoon holder. It was a inexpensive fancy "cut glass" container about the size of a regular drinking glass and its only purpose was to put extra teaspoons in it in case someone needed a fresh teaspoon for dessert or whatever. That's all that a spoon holder was. But on my Grandma's table there were also other fancy sorts of glass dishes and many of them were used on a daily basis. OK, maybe she used some of them only on special occasions. But I can still remember when she set the table with a "salt dip" in front of each person's place. Salt dips were little fancy glass containers about the size of a box of matches and she filled each one with salt. The reason I remember them so well is that I recall the first time I dipped into one with my fingers and then sprinkled the salt over my dessert. I thought it was SUGAR!!! Oh Yuckk! What the salt dips were made for, I guess, was for dipping celery sticks into or maybe, even, to have your own "salt shaker" at hand. Nonetheless, salt dips were pretty little things on the table. Not everything on Grandma's table was all that fancy. There was Grandpa's little vinegar jug about three inches tall made of crockery. Mother told me that he poured vinegar on everything! He was born in 1878 and I inherited his little vinegar jug. Such a precious heirloom! I remember Grandpa even though he died when I was only 7 years old. He called me his Strawberry Wee Wee. That didn't embarrass me-he was Pennsylvania Dutch and my name is Vee. So if you have any spoon holders or vinegar jugs from your grandparents or even some things that Grandma might have picked up at a yard sale that she enjoyed using and put on her table when you sat down at it, tell your kids about your memories. Whether it was made of cut glass or aluminum or plastic, tell them the history of your "heirlooms." vee in youngstown

Dolores Gunn, I see on your signature that you are looking for Wilson's. I am looking for William Perry Wilson who married Lovina Shipman abt 1833. If you happen across either of these names would appreciate any information... Thanks, Pat Wilson Scott > > > Dolores Gunn from Niagara Falls, NY. > > > > > > Surnames - Lockport area: CHASE, MANDAVILLE, CUSHMAN, RANDALL, ALLEN, > > HUIE, > > > BEECH, WHEELOCK, EDDY, BAILEY, MCMASTER, CRONCK, WILSON. > > > > > > > > > P.S. To Vee - I appreciate your stories. > > > > > > > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > > > Check the GenConnect boards for Niagara County! Stop by > > > <http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/indx/NY.html> for links to all seven. > > > > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > > The New York State Archives and Records Administration is at > > <http://www.sara.nysed.gov/>. > > > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > > >

Dear Rosemary, When your Alexander DOUGLASS was elected Excise Commissioner in 1819 he was actually in the Town of Wilson. In 1824 Town of Newfane was taken partly from the east part of Wilson and from the Towns of Hartland and Sommerset. One of the pioneers of Town of Wilson was Benjamin DOUGLAS who settled in 1817. In "Landmarks of Niagara Co., NY," William Poole, 1897, it says, "Benjamin Douglas is said to have set up the first ashery in the town in 1817 and opened a small store on Twelve-mile Creek near the grist mill site. He died soon afterward . . ." I have a biographical sketch of Arthur Douglas PEASE, son of Enoch and Eliza (DOUGLAS) PEASE that mentions both his PEASE parents' and grandparent's origins. Glancing over it apparently the SAYER family is on his wife[?]'s side. If you want any of that information, let me know. Vee in youngstown ----- Original Message ----- From: Rosemary Alewine <rca3102@idcnet.com> To: <NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 10:48 PM Subject: Re: Town of Newfane's history > Delores, > > I am interested in the publications. Please do list them. I descend from a > family that lived in the Newfane area between 1815 and 1835 before moving on > to Michigan. I descend from an Alexander Douglass who was an excise > commissioner in 1819 and he dies in 1829. I would like to know more about > the history of the Newfane area. The eldest daughter, Eliz Douglass marries > Enoch Pease of Wilson. > > Rosemary > Delavan, WI > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > I have family who went to Newfane. They are enumerated in the 1840 Census > > and stayed in area. > > > > The town Historian may not be aware of the Publications of the Niagara > County > > Historical Society. Pub. No.3 "THE HISTORY OF NEWFANE, N.Y." by Roy A. > > Newell 1950. It is out of print [naturally]. I am interested in this > > book, also. > > > > There were 13 Publications, and copies must be somewhere. They have > approx. > > 50 pages each. > > > > I was fortunate enough to purchase "NIAGARA COUNTY and ITS TOWNS, by L. L. > > Pechuman; No. 13. Pub. by the Niagara Co. Historical society, Lockport, > NY > > July, 1958. > > > > The only thing mentioned about "NEW FANE" [gives the boundries] Passed > March > > 20, 1824; effective at once. The first town meeting was to be held at the > > house of James Van Horne. > > > > If the list is interested - I will list all of the titles. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Dolores Gunn from Niagara Falls, NY. > > > > Surnames - Lockport area: CHASE, MANDAVILLE, CUSHMAN, RANDALL, ALLEN, > HUIE, > > BEECH, WHEELOCK, EDDY, BAILEY, MCMASTER, CRONCK, WILSON. > > > > > > P.S. To Vee - I appreciate your stories. > > > > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > > Check the GenConnect boards for Niagara County! Stop by > > <http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/indx/NY.html> for links to all seven. > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > The New York State Archives and Records Administration is at > <http://www.sara.nysed.gov/>. >

Is there a published history of the Town of Hartland? Cheers, Ron Kyser

Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara?read=186 Surname: COLLINS, KILBORN ------------------------- I am searching for the family that Frances Jeanette Kilborn-Wagner married into. She married Leonard Collins prior to 1936, probably in Niagara Falls area. Is that one of your family?

To Mary Jo, Debbie and the list: According to the Family History Library Catalog, "Notes from Niagara" is a newsletter published by the Niagara Peninsula branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. It was usually published quarterly. The Niagara Peninsula includes Lincoln and Welland counties. Just an FYI - If you ever find an article listed in PERSI and can't find it anywhere else, you can order it from the Allen County Public Library. They will copy it for you for a small charge. Instructions are at their website or in PERSI. Hope this helps, Bev

Delores, I am interested in the publications. Please do list them. I descend from a family that lived in the Newfane area between 1815 and 1835 before moving on to Michigan. I descend from an Alexander Douglass who was an excise commissioner in 1819 and he dies in 1829. I would like to know more about the history of the Newfane area. The eldest daughter, Eliz Douglass marries Enoch Pease of Wilson. Rosemary Delavan, WI ----- Original Message ----- > I have family who went to Newfane. They are enumerated in the 1840 Census > and stayed in area. > > The town Historian may not be aware of the Publications of the Niagara County > Historical Society. Pub. No.3 "THE HISTORY OF NEWFANE, N.Y." by Roy A. > Newell 1950. It is out of print [naturally]. I am interested in this > book, also. > > There were 13 Publications, and copies must be somewhere. They have approx. > 50 pages each. > > I was fortunate enough to purchase "NIAGARA COUNTY and ITS TOWNS, by L. L. > Pechuman; No. 13. Pub. by the Niagara Co. Historical society, Lockport, NY > July, 1958. > > The only thing mentioned about "NEW FANE" [gives the boundries] Passed March > 20, 1824; effective at once. The first town meeting was to be held at the > house of James Van Horne. > > If the list is interested - I will list all of the titles. > > Hope this helps. > > Dolores Gunn from Niagara Falls, NY. > > Surnames - Lockport area: CHASE, MANDAVILLE, CUSHMAN, RANDALL, ALLEN, HUIE, > BEECH, WHEELOCK, EDDY, BAILEY, MCMASTER, CRONCK, WILSON. > > > P.S. To Vee - I appreciate your stories. > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > Check the GenConnect boards for Niagara County! Stop by > <http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/indx/NY.html> for links to all seven.

Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara?read=184 Surname: Gamble ------------------------- Looking for William Gamble who was living in Lewiston in 1805. A difficult character to find. From the States, to Canada in 1797, perhaps a UEL, then back to New York by May 1805. Owned and operated a distillery in Ontario (Queenston and Ancaster). Any help -- any info about any Gamble in Lewiston -- much appreciated.