one branch of my family is the Meyerses from Buffalo. some years ago i spoke to a very old lady in this family whose memories were dimming. she told me that some uncles, or perhaps great uncles, of hers had owned a hotel when she was a girl early in the century...she thought it was in Lockport, but it might have been in Olcott (my father's family, the Leonards, lived in Olcott, his mother was a Meyers.) the thing is, she didn't know if the uncles were on her father's side (Meyers) or her mother's (Ball). i'm giving what i know of both families, and wondering if someone out there has any memory of anyone of either name owning a hotel in niagara county (how's that for vague ;) ). i do not have first names for these uncles. my father, Charles Jackson Leonard his parents: Grover Cleveland Leonard and Irene Anna Meyers Irene's parents: Charles G. Meyers and Emma Jane Ball Charles's parents: Simon Meyers and Amelia Smith (perhaps originally Schmidt) Emma's parents: John L. Ball and Harriet Hollings i believe Charles (who was of German descent) and Emma (of English descent) were originally from Buffalo and later moved to Lockport, tho this is not certain. i have been told they are buried in a cemetery on the road from Lockport to Olcott. Emma was born in Logansport, Indiana, but don't know how long her family lived there. i was also told that 'Gramps' Meyers was Catholic and from Southern Germany, but the rest of the family was protestant. any help would be greatly appreciated, there is no more info to be gleaned from the remaining relatives...i've even found out things they didn't know (like Amelia's and Harriet's maiden names.) -- I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people." ~G. B. Shaw