Two weeks ago in the NYS Archives I found two marriages for SHICKLUNA cousins that had taken place at Suspension Bridge. The Gazeteer available said only City of Niagara Falls when I looked up Suspension Bridge. Shickluna, Edward 2 Oct 1886 Shilkluna (sic), Joseph J. 31 May 1894 Thanks to Vee's posting on Photographer, I now know that Suspension Bridge was a village. Does anyone know where I can get more information about the village? Thanks for all your help. Anne Trabold Melbourne, Florida petact@cfl.rr.com

Dear Ann, et al, ----- Original Message ----- From: Anne Trabold <petact@cfl.rr.com> To: <NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 2:54 PM Subject: Suspension Bridge > Two weeks ago in the NYS Archives I found two marriages for SHICKLUNA cousins that had taken place at Suspension Bridge. The Gazeteer available said only City of Niagara Falls when I looked up Suspension Bridge. > > Shickluna, Edward 2 Oct 1886 > Shilkluna (sic), Joseph J. 31 May 1894 > > Thanks to Vee's posting on Photographer, I now know that Suspension Bridge was a village. Does anyone know where I can get more information about the village? > > Thanks for all your help. > > Anne Trabold > Melbourne, Florida > petact@cfl.rr.com Here's a brief history of Niagara Falls. The Village of Niagara Falls was incorporated in 1848. It had previously been referred to as Schlosser and/or Manchester. The Village of Suspension Bridge was a settlement about two miles down the river from the Falls. It was originally called Bellevue. In 1847 it was decided to build a bridge between Bellevue and Canada and by 1848 the new Suspension Bridge had been completed. By 1855 a second deck had been added above roadway of the bridge, a railroad track was laid on it and the railway suspension bridge was in use. Bellevue grew and by 1854 it was ready to be incorporated into a village. The name that was given it was Niagara City. It continued to grow and by the 1860s people were beginning to refer to it as Suspension Bridge. In 1874 its name was officially changed to Suspension Bridge. In 1892 the two villages were combined along with a portion of Town of Niagara and were incorporated as the City of Niagara Falls. Regarding the SHIKLUNA family, I know that they had an early shipbuilding business in both Youngstown and Niagara-on-the-Lake in the 1830s. I believe they lived in Niagara-o-t-Lake, Ontario, Canada. Hope this has been of help. vee of youngstown