Religion -
Roman Catholic

Burial - [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY in Forest Lawn Cemetery]

Event Funeral - [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY at Bury Funeral Home]

3070 Delaware Avenue

Birth Note

1880 Census: lists age as 11 yrs. (1869) and birthplace as ENGLAND
1900 Census: lists age as 28 yrs with a birth of August, 1877

Death Note

December 12, 1931: Obituary of her sister, Rose Mailer, lists Elizabeth Watkins as surviving her (and still single).

Death Certificate (on file) lists her birth date as August 6, 1876. If she was truly born in 1876 (or even 1877 as the 1900 Census states) it means that in the 1880 census, someone would have had to mistake her for being 11 years old when in fact she was only 3 or 4 years old - a highly unlikely mistake. The 1869 birth date is probably correct and she probably changed her age, as being unmarried at the turn of the century was not considered a worthy position to be in, so she tried to make herself younger.

Information for her death certificate was supplied by Ruth Haggerty (Grandniece) of 45 Sunnydale Drive, Town of Tonawanda, NY

Cause of death was lobar pneumonia with contributory conditions of arteriosclerotic heart disease and congestive heart failure. She died at E. J. Meyer Memorial Hospital.

Address at time of death was 80 Whitney Place, Apt. 2; Buffalo, NY

Burial - [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY at Holy Cross Cemetery]

Lot 398, Sec AA, Marker 1.

Birth Note

1880 Census: lists age as 8 yrs. (1872) and birthplace as England.
1900 Census: lists age as 25 yrs with a birth of March 1876.

Death Note

December 12, 1931: Obituary of her sister, Rose Mailer, lists Mrs. Harry T. Smith as a survivor living in Los Angeles, CA. July 13, 1939: Obituary of her brother, George, lists her address as Pomano, (sic: Pamona?) CA.

He never married.

Occupation -
Grain Dealer

Burial - [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY in Forest Lawn Cemetery]

Retirement - [date: 1932]

His retirement information was listed on his death certificate.

Birth Note

1900 Census: lists age as 35 with a birth of March 1865 and a birthplace of ENGLAND.

Death Note

July 13, 1939: His obituary lists funeral from the Roberts & Smith Funeral Home, 2293 Delaware Avenue on Sunday at 2 o'clock.
Death Certificate on file: Cause of death was General Arterio-Sclerosis of 5 years duration. Death occurred at 9:50 AM. Information provided by Edna Fallon, 265 Sterling Avenue; Buffalo, NY.

Religion -
Anglican

Census - [date: 1880] [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY at 646 Carroll]

Census - [date: 1900] [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY at 270 Prospect]

Birth Note

Notes from Frank E. Gerace, Jr: The Census of 1841 from Monmouth Wales, Waybridge Lane, Watkins Building, show James as being 13 in 1841, giving him a year of birth of 1828. The US Census of 1880 show his age as 46 giving him a year of birth 1834. His death certificate, information provided by his son, George, show him born in 1840.

Notes from Paul J. Caito (b. 1953): Since people tend to get less accurate on year of birth as one gets further and further from the birth year, and since people are often in a state of stress when giving information for death certificates, it is probably more likely that the birth year from the 1841 census was more accurate. If the 1900 Census or 1905 death certificate were more accurate it would mean that in the 1841 census, James would have been one (1) or two (2) years old, depending on whether you believed 1840 or 1839. If 1828 was the correct year, he would have been 13 during the 1841 census. I think it would have been difficult for someone to have mistaken his age during the 1841 census and mixed up a two year old with a 13 year old. As a result, I would tend to go with 1828.

Occupation - [place: Medina, Orleans Co, NY]
Plant supervisor at ABEK

Occupation -
Engineer at Curtis-Wright

Religion -
Roman Catholic

Religion -
Roman Catholic

Baptism - [date: 31 JUL 1916] [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY at St Teresa's RC Church]

Occupation -
Homemaker

Burial - [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at Mt Olivet Cemetery]

Death Note

Joseph Patrick was born prematurely as a result of early labor secondary to a severe viral infection occurring in his mother. He lived only four hours.

Education - [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY from Canisius College]

Occupation - [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY at Milliken]
Controller

Religion -
Roman Catholic

Event Funeral - [date: 5 MAY 1994] [place: Beverly Hills, Citrus Co, FL at Memorial Gardens]

Services on May 5, 1994 from Blessed Sacrament Church; Kenmore, NY

She never married.

Occupation -
"House Duties" as listed in her Death Certificate

Burial - [date: 2 AUG 1920] [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY in Forest Lawn Cemetery]

Obituary on file. At time of death her home was listed as 59 Kensington Avenue.

Event Funeral - [date: 2 AUG 1920] [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY at her home]

The funeral took place at 59 Kensington Avenue.

Religion -
Roman Catholic

Religion -
Roman Catholic

Religion -
Roman Catholic

Occupation -
Homemaker

Burial - [place: Magoffin Co, KY at Half Mountain Cemetery]

Mary is buried next to her husband John SALYER. A double tombstone still exists. (1998-L.McK)

Marriage Note

The marriage bond and license are dated 1 Nov 1821 and state that Thomas Wadkins gave his oral consent for the marriage. John Salyer was not a resident of Floyd County at this time. William Salyer, Sr. and his sons were living in the newly formed county of Perry. Either the clerk who issued the marriage license did not know that John Salyer was under age or John added a few years to his age. There is also the possibility that a permission from John's father was exhibited to the clerk and is no longer extant. All of the permissions included with the marriage bonds are written on small scraps of paper and could easily be lost.

Religion -
Roman Catholic

She never married

Occupation - [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY at Colonial Latex Cushion]
Filing Clerk

Religion -
Roman Catholic

Burial - [date: 13 MAY 1983] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at Mt Olivet Cemetery]

Event Funeral - [date: 13 MAY 1983] [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY at George J Roberts & Sons Funeral Home]

2400 Main Street

Birth Note

1900 Census: lists her age as 5 yrs. with a birth of November, 1894 in New York.

Death Note

Death Certificate on file: lists her SS# as 062-18-5880
Primary Cause of death was Myocardial Infarction which she had suffered just one (1) hour previously and died in the Emergency Room of Meyer Memorial Hospital. She had contributory cause of death as Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease for 10 year duration.
Information for Death Certificate supplied by Jerry Sawyer of 130 Bird Avenue; Buffalo, NY 14213.

Religion -
Roman Catholic

Education - [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY from D'Youville College]

plus other degrees

Occupation -
Psychologist

Occupation - [date: 24 AUG 1954] [place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA]
Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart

Religion -
Roman Catholic

Occupation -
Buyer for Twin Fair Stores

July 31, 1920: Obituary of her sister, Katherine, lists Mrs. William Mailer as living in Melbourne, Australia
Death Certificate lists address at time of death as 129 Kensington Avenue
Cause of death was paralytic (unreadable) with contributory cause of gastroenteritis.

Burial - [date: 15 DEC 1931] [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY in Forest Lawn Cemetery]

Occupation -
Homemaker

Religion -
Roman Catholic

July 8, 1937
Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery
Buffalo, NY

Event Military -

Thomas was a Revolutionary War soldier.

Religion -
Roman Catholic

Occupation -
Machinist, as listed on his death certificate

Religion -
Roman Catholic

Burial - [date: 27 SEP 1930] [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY at Holy Cross Cemetery]

His death certificate is on file with Paul Caito.

Emigration - [date: 1884 to the USA]

Retirement - [date: MAR 1930]

Birth Note

1880 Census: list age as 14 yrs. giving him a birth year of July 1865 (Census day was June 1, 1880) 1900 Census: lists age as 33 yrs. with a birth of July 1866. (Census day was June 1, 1900).

The 1900 Census was probably the more accurate as HE was probably the one filling it out. The 1880 census was filled out by his parents who could easily have made a one year error in his birth year. It's probably less likely that whoever Ruth Muller is, would have known his birth year better that William would have when he was about 33 years old.

Death Note

Address listed as 336 Elk; Buffalo, NY Death Certificate on file: lists birth of July 6, 1873, info supplied by Ruth Muller, 462 Grider Street which made him 57 years old at the time of his death? Address at time of death listed as 123 Kensington Avenue; Gardenville, NY. Primary cause of death was General Arteriosclerosis with contributory causes of Chronic myocarditis, bronchiectasis and bronchial asthma.

Occupation - [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY]
Controller at Hewitt Robins Rubber Company

William started work at age 18 as a tire stacker for Hewitt Rubber and went to school at night. He became controller and the company became Hewitt Robins. He was also president of the Controller's Association. He was a strict Roman Catholic who went to Mass daily and twice on Sundays (once to fulfill his Sunday obligation and once out of gratitude). He also did regular Monday night Novena's and the Five First Saturdays. In the 1950's he became a member of St. Amelia's RC Church on Eggert Road in Tonawanda. He was founder of the First Friday Club of Buffalo.

Burial - [date: 11 JAN 1969] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at Mt Olivet Cemetery]

Shrine of the Resurrection, Lot 199, Grave #2.

Census - [date: 1900] [place: Buffalo, Erie Co, NY]

1900 Census lists his age as 7 yrs with a birth of May, 1893 in New York. 1920: Address was 36 Roanoke Avenue; Buffalo, NY. 1930's: Address was Liberty Terrace Other addresses: Windemere Road (near Hyman Blvd), he then lived in New Rochelle, NY 1954: 335 Wynwood Avenue, Tonawanda, NY.

Death Note

He often sang around the house while his children were growing up and said his voice and love of music came from being Welsh, as the Welsh had beautiful voices.

Died: Wednesday January 8, 1969 of Myocardial Infarction; Services on Saturday Jan. 11, 1969 St. Amelia's Church; Town of Tonawanda, NY; Wm A. Rolling Funeral Home; 3000 Delaware Avenue; Kenmore, NY

Religion -
Roman Catholic

Marriage Note

The ceremony was performed by John Bailey, H.B.C. Witnesses were W.M. Watson and Edward Frazier.

Marriage Note

28 May 1869 ? - date from Dena Kurtz [DKur8029@aol.com] 25 Aug 1999.

Catherine and Frank are buried in unmarked graves on the Watson Cemetery on Puncheon Creek above Royalton, KY.

Hi Dena, [DKur8029@aol.com]

I don't know who the parents of Frank Watson were, but according to "Head Of Lickin' And There Abouts" by C E Shepard, "....Fank Watson and Sarah Catherine Allen were married in Magoffin Co 28 May 1869 at the home of John Allen. JM Adams officiated. The witnesses were Wiley Howard and Wesley Whitaker. Frank Watson was born in KY in 1847. Katie Allen was born in April 1847 in Floyd Co, the daughter of John Allen and Celia Slusher." I hope this is helpful.

Mary Murphy Green [murphy@waveone.net]

Death Note

Date is from DKur8029@aol.com 25 Aug 1999.

Residence - [date: December thru April] [place: New Smyrna Beach, Volusia Co, FL 32169]
4849 Saxon Dr. #A212

Ocean Club South.Ph: (904) 427-1599

Residence - [date: June thru Nov] [place: Branson, Taney Co, MO]
Village at Indian Point

Ph: (417) 338-1840 Possibly the address: H Cl Box 1158 Rd., Apt 804.

Christening - [date: MAR 1931] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at St Theresa]

(8666 Quincy Ave.) Godparent - Elmer Klebba (Uncle - Sister's husband)

Marriage - Buchman's, Warren Road, Detroit, Michigan

Reception - Belle Isle Casino, Detroit, Michigan

Divorce - [date: 31 OCT 1977]

Wedding - Neal's House, Rochester, Michigan

Burial - [date: 1928] [place: Royal Oak, Oakland Co, MI at Roseland Park Cemetery (Mausoleum)]

Death Note

Edwin died at, or shortly after, birth - probably when around 18 months old.

Christening - [date: MAR 1897] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at St Josephat]

Burial - [date: 31 DEC 1972] [place: Royal Oak, Oakland Co, MI at Roseland Park Cemetery (Mausoleum)]

Edwin was a sailor; he was in a band; he played the violin and he was a printer. His violin teacher was Pasquale Brilla (Brillia?) Detroit Symphony. Edwin was a very talented violinist - it was his first love. He played some with the symphony. He taught ten students - if they were showing signs of talent, he would pass them on to Brilla.

Christening - [date: AFT MAY 1958] [place: Warren, Macomb Co, MI at St Sylvester]

Divorce - [date: ?]

Occupation - [date: 30 NOV 1945] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at Swedish Gage Co. of America and earned $50.00 a week.]
worker

Residence - [date: FROM 1960 TO 1997] [place: Southfield, Oakland Co, MI]
27265 Berkshire

Residence - [date: 1935] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI]
5003 Whitfield Ave.

Residence - [date: 1942] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI]
8500 Northlawn St.

Jim entered the service in 1943. This address was listed in the 44-I cadet yearbook, p. 23, while Jim was at Enid Army Air Field - Basic Flying School in Enid, OK. Jim took his Pre-flight training at Michigan State College. He completed his courses 16 Oct 1943. He was with the U.S. Army Air Forces - 310th College Training Detachment (Aircrew). His dogtag number was 2079887-T43-44-AB

Christening - [date: 8 MAR 1925] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at St Catherine's Catholic Church]

St. Catherine's was located at Sylvester between Maxwell and Seminole. His sponsors were Raymond J. Watt, his uncle, and Catherine Engstler, his great Grandmother.

Cremation - [date: 18 JUN 1997] [place: Auburn Hills, Oakland Co, MI at Suburban Crematory]

A Memorial Service was held at Crown of Life Lutheran Church in Rochester, MI on Friday, June 20, 1997.

Event Military - [date: MAR 1945] [place: Vernon, Wilbarger Co, TX]

Jim was in Flight School at Victory Field.

Event Misc - [date: BET 1936 AND 1937] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at Rothruff Elementary School]
was a Safety Patrol boy

He received a Certificate of Honor dated 28 Jan 1937.

Event Misc - [date: MAR 1935] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at Rothruff Elementary School]
granted (earned) a Certificate for penmanship

L. Lewandowsky was his teacher.

Event Misc - [date: 1965] [place: Southfield, Oakland Co, MI]
was a Communication Officer for Civil Defense Council

He was Major James Watt at this time.

Event Contest - [date: 3 NOV 1935] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at Rothruff Elementary School]
a writing contest

Ten year old Jimmy Watt's essay was: "Why I want a dog." As a result he was able to choose a thoroughbred dog at the dog show held at the State Fairgrounds.

Birth Note

At the time Jim's parents lived at 3045 Blaine in Detroit. He was born at 9:18 a.m., weighed 7 lbs 12-1/2 oz. He had Detroit Branch Reg #3919.

Death Note

Jim's death was the result of a perforated gastric ulcer. He also had cirrhosis of the liver.

Divorce - [date: ABT 1970] [place: Oakland Co, MI]

Joyce had two children, Kim and Sheree. After several miscarriages, the doctor told her that if she wanted her pregnancy to be full term she would have to stay in bed for the duration. This she did - twice. She was always concerned with the welfare of her children, so much in fact, that when she and Jim divorced, Joyce believed, rightly or not, that the best place for Kim and Sheree was with their father.

Death Note

James was a Liz on the harmonica - all sizes of them. All the kids played together often. He was also head or captain of Knights of St. Johns. Raymond followed in his footsteps. Edwin was a knight also, but refused to be captain. James was working for Kate Lines in Fort Hutchenson. He was a captain on a freighter in the Great Lakes. James had appendicitis, and died from it.

There were 2 other girls that died as small child.

All the children were married. Margaret has used piano, Raymond used
the drums,
piano & a wind instrument. Katherine - I don't know. Edwin used violin
and was
a printer by trade.

They had no children

Burial - [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at Mt Elliot Cemetery]

Katie died as a result of child birth, 9 days after Louise was born.

Christening - [place: Warren, Macomb Co, MI at St Sylvester]

Occupation - [date: BET 1990 AND 1999] [place: WI]
Computer Programmer

Kim is/was a computer programmer by trade and is responsible for putting all Family Tree information currently available on CD ROM. Included are photos, historically relevant documents and movies made from family videotapes, which themselves were taken from 8 mm films.

Residence - [date: 1990-present] [place: Menomonee Falls, Waukesha Co, WI 53051]
W142n5235 Thornhill Dr.

Kim Watt was a partner in the Delafield Brehaus in Delafield, WI from 1999 to 2001. As of Mar 2001, he is "semi-retired" and working on his Real Estate Broker license. Kim plans to buy and renovate homes before placing them for resale.

Divorce - [date: 7 OCT 1987] [place: Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI]

Burial - [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at Mt Elliot Cemetery]

Jeanette re-married after Raymond died.

Sheree and Gari and their two children lived in England from 1998 to 2000 - as part of Gari's job transfer. They returned to Rochester Hills where they sold their house, which they had rented out, and bought a new house which they are currently working on.

Christening - [place: Warren, Macomb Co, MI at St Sylvester]

Christening - [date: JUN 1956] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI at Buchmans]

Son of Jonathon Webb.

Burial - [place: Royalton, Magoffin Co, KY at Harris Arnett Cemetery]

It is unclear who the mother of Donald's children are.

In the words of his sister: Brent is married with two adorable children.

Naturalization - [date: FEB 1999] [place: Charlotte, NC]

Stacy and her family have lived in the U.S. every winter since she was born. They would go wherever her dad's hockey took them. They would always go back to Niagara Falls for the summer. Their biggest stay in the U.S. came in 1989 when the family moved to Los Angeles. Since that year they have remained in the U.S.

Stacy holds a California State record for high school soccer. She had the most points in a soccer game (either 7 or 8 points, she can't remember which).

Graduation - [date: JUN 1993] [place: Dearborn, Wayne Co, MI from Dearborn High School]

Event Degree-BA - [date: MAY 1998] [place: Dearborn, Wayne Co, MI from University of Michigan]
Language Arts with a minor in Social Studies

Event Degree-MA - [date: MAY 2001] [place: Wayne Co, MI from Marygrove College]
the Art of Teaching

Event Baby Announce - [date: 31 MAY 2003]
announced they are expecting a baby near the end of January 2004

Congratulations you two! LJ said Stacy is almost out-eating him. Yeah, right! But she is taking her vitamins.

Marriage Note

The ceremony was held inside the Dearborn Country Club, rather than outside as planned due to rain. Stacy and L.J. were married by a Baptist minister under a floral arch decorated by Stacy's mother. The reception followed immediately. Mike Rusinski was "best man" and son of Bill Rusinski who graduated from Dearborn High School with LJ's aunt and uncle, Laurie Scarpace and Ed Levy.

<b>Tom Webster </b> Right Wing Born Oct 4 1948 -- Kirkland Lake, ONT Height 5.10 -- Weight 170 -- Shoots R Top of Form Bottom of Form
Selected by <b>Boston Bruins</b> round 4 #19 overall <b>1966 NHL Amateur Draft</b>

Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team Lge <b>GP G A Pts PIMGP G A Pts PIM
</b>
1965-66 <b>Niagara-Falls Flyers </b> OHA 43 16 17 33 16
1966-67 <b>Niagara-Falls Flyers </b> OHA 47 19 26 45 26
1967-68 <b>Niagara-Falls Flyers </b> OHA 54 50 64 114 55
1968-69 <b>Oklahoma City Blazers </b> CHL 44 29 42 71 31 12 10 8 18 19
1968-69 <b>Boston Bruins </b> NHL 9 0 2 2 9 1 0 0 0 0
1969-70 <b>Oklahoma City Blazers </b> CHL 49 29 35 64 49 -- -- -- -- --
1969-70 <b>Boston Bruins </b> NHL 2 0 1 1 2 -- -- -- -- --
1970-71 <b>Detroit Red Wings </b> NHL 78 30 37 67 40 -- -- -- -- --
1971-72 <b>Detroit Red Wings </b> NHL 5 1 1 2 4 -- -- -- -- --
1971-72 <b>California Golden Seals </b> NHL 7 2 1 3 6 -- -- -- -- --
1972-73 <b>New-England Whalers </b> WHA 77 53 50 103 89 15 12 14 26 6
1973-74 <b>New-England Whalers </b> WHA 64 43 27 70 28 3 5 0 5 7
1974-75 <b>New-England Whalers </b> WHA 66 40 24 64 52 3 0 2 2 0
1975-76 <b>New-England Whalers ></b> WHA 55 33 50 83 24 17 10 9 19 6
1976-77 <b>New-England Whalers </b> WHA 70 36 49 85 43 5 1 1 2 0
1977-78 <b>New-England Whalers </b> WHA 20 15 5 20 5 -- -- -- -- --
1979-80 <b>Adirondack Red Wings </b> AHL 12 4 5 9 2 -- -- -- -- --
1979-80 <b>Detroit Red Wings </b> NHL 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
WHA Totals 352 220 205 425 241 43 28 26 54 19
NHL Totals 102 33 42 75 61 1 0 0 0 0

Coaching

Season Team Lge Type <b>GP W L T OTL Pct </b>Result
1979-80 <b>Adirondack Red Wings</b> AHL Head Coach‡
1980-81 <b>Adirondack Red Wings</b> AHL Co-Coach‡
1981-82 <b>Springfield Indians</b> AHL Head Coach 80 32 43 5 0 0.431 <b>Out of Playoffs</b>
1982-83 <b>Tulsa Oilers</b> CHL Head Coach 80 32 47 1 0 0.406
1983-84 <b>Tulsa Oilers</b> CHL Head Coach 68 36 27 5 0 0.566
1984-85 <b>Salt-Lake Golden Eagles</b> IHL Head Coach 82 35 39 8 0 0.476
1985-86 <b>Windsor Compuware Spitfires</b> OHL Head Coach 66 34 26 6 00.561
1986-87 <b>Windsor Compuware Spitfires</b> OHL Head Coach† 24 16 7 1 00.688
1986-87 <b>New-York Rangers</b> NHL Head Coach‡ 14 5 7 2 0 0.429 Lost in round 1
1987-88 <b>Windsor Compuware Spitfires</b> OHL Head Coach 66 50 14 2 00.773
1988-89 <b>Windsor Compuware Spitfires</b> OHL Head Coach 66 25 37 4 00.409
1989-90 <b>Los-Angeles Kings</b> NHL Head Coach 80 34 39 7 0 0.469 Lost in round 2
1990-91 <b>Los-Angeles Kings</b> NHL Head Coach 80 46 24 10 0 0.637 Lost in round 2
1991-92 <b>Los-Angeles Kings</b> NHL Head Coach 80 35 31 14 0 0.525 Lost in round 1
1992-93 <b>Detroit Jr. Red Wings</b> OHL Head Coach 66 37 22 7 0 0.614
1994-95 <b>Philadelphia Flyers</b> NHL Assistant Coach
1995-96 <b>Philadelphia Flyers</b> NHL Assistant Coach
1996-97 <b>Hartford Whalers</b> NHL Assistant Coach
1997-98 <b>Carolina Hurricanes</b> NHL Assistant Coach
1998-99 <b>Carolina Hurricanes</b> NHL Assistant Coach
1999-00 <b>Windsor Spitfires</b> OHL Head Coach 68 35 30 2 1 0.529
2002-03 <b>Windsor Spitfires</b> OHL Head Coach 68 37 25 5 1 0.581

Marriage Note

Adrienne and Michael are residing in Lake Orion, Oakland Co, MI as of 2005.

Residence - [date: 1935] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI]
10026 Cascade with Bertha

Residence - [date: 1934] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI]
957 Gladstone Ave. with Bertha

Residence - [date: 1929/30] [place: Detroit, Wayne Co, MI]
3042 W. Warren with Bertha

Burial - [date: 5 NOV 1935]

Death Note

This information is based on a letter written by Bertha to her sister, Grace - 2 Nov 1935. On February 25, 1998, Laurie McKenzie purchased the certified copy of a death certificate which shows a Frank Weiss of 1007 West Brown St died Dec. 13, 1935. Perhaps this certificate is not for the Frank Weiss who was married to Bertha. His date of birth is shown as Sep 19, 1880 in Austria. The informant is only listed as Mrs. Frank Weiss. It is not known at this time if Frank and Bertha, in fact, lived in Iron Mountain. The death certificate lists Frank's kind of work as "laborer." More work needs to be done.

Marriage Note

After divorcing Tony POYE, Bertha married Frank WEISS, her third husband. Patricia POYE Irvin remembers him as "Grandpa Frank." The marriage date was originally based on pictures of Frank at Bertha's daughter Orval's, grave. Orval passed away in 1926. Bertha and her husband, Frank, reportedly lived in the flat above her second husband, Anton (Tony) on Brandon Street. After 3 trips to the Detroit City-County Building, and many hours of pouring over the original books of marriages in Wayne County, on 29 Sep 1997 Laurie McKenzie found the marriage license of Frank WEISS and Bertha POJE, so one more mystery is solved! There are numerous mis- or alternate spellings on the license. (Book 54, Page 323) For example, Bertha's father is listed as Sebastien SANDERS, her mother's maiden name was listed as Janette ALLEN. The license also states that Bertha and Frank had each been married only one time. Their ages were listed as 39; Bertha was actually 42.

Burial - [place: Racine, Racine Co, WI at Holy Cross Cemetery]

Birth Note

This Child may not be a son of Mary Alice (Moore) WELLS. He is listed in 1880 Palo Pinto Co, TX Census with family and shown to have been born in Illinois. My Aunt did NOT include him in family history, but he was included in DB's Will.