Hello everyone, I will shortly be spending a couple days in Niagara County. I am researching the family of Jacob Christ Frantz, who was living on Akron Road, Lockport, around 1837, likely with his father Jacob and brother John C. Frantz. About 1842 Jacob C. married Maria Singer, whose father Simon Singer also lived in the Lockport area. Jacob and Maria had a farm in Royalton and the following children: Ezra, a soldier in the Civil War; Betsey Ann, who died in Royalton at age 16; William, who also died young; Abraham; George; Frank; Jesse and Mary. In 1866 Ezra relocated in St. Clair County, Michigan; his brothers and parents eventually followed (in stages) and were living in St. Clair County by 1880. All except for Mary. I assume she married in Niagara County and remained there. (She is not in the family burial plot in Dysinger Cemetery, Lockport.) Can anyone tell me where the best place would be to look for her marriage record or perhaps church record? Jacob Frantz was also connected with the Patriot War in Canada in 1837, where he was involved in setting fire to the steamer Caroline and sending it over the Falls. Can anyone shed any light on this incident? Thank you, Suzanne Frantz St. Clair MI

Suzanne wrote: . . . >About 1842 Jacob C. married Maria Singer, . . . Can anyone tell me where the best place would be to look for her marriage > record or perhaps church record? Suzanne, that may be nearly impossible to find; however, your best bet would be to go to the Niagara County Historian's office and see what early church records they have or know about. >Jacob Frantz was also connected with the > Patriot War in Canada in 1837, where he was involved in setting fire to the > steamer Caroline and sending it over the Falls. Can anyone shed any light > on this incident? Just for you--and everyone else on the list--I transcribed what has been written about the Patriots' War in the old history books that I have and I'll follow this message with a brief description of what the whole situation was about. It was an obscure incident; however, it could have easily gotten out of hand to the point where we could have found our entire country again embroiled in a war against the British, not that many years after the War of 1812. vee.