Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/19/1966

Mrs. Lewis,
City Native,
Dies at 81
Mrs. Mabel E.- Lewis, 5623
Buffalo Ave., the member of a
pioneer family in Niagara Falls,
died al home Monday (March
28. 1966) after a short illness.
She, was 81.
She was born in Niagara
Falls, daughter of Carolina
Strieker and Adam Esslie. The
family operated a farm on land
now the site of the Hooker
Chemical Corp. plant in Buffalo
Avenue.
Mrs. Lewis was a charter
member of the Niagara Falls
v\VCA in Niagara Falls and a
Mfe-long member of First Presbyterian
Church and the Circle
1 group of the church.
She was (he widow of William
R. tawis, who died in 1941.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. F r e d e r i c k (Marjorie)
Downing, Erie., Pa., and Irene
Lewis, Niagara Falls; a son,
John L., this city; a brother,
Arthur L. Esslie, Niagara Falls;
six grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
Services will be held at 11
a.m. Thursday at the Cornell &
Daggett Funeral Chapel. Roy.
John B. Toay, pastor of First
Presbyterian Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Oakwood
Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: LEWIS, William R. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. LEWIS, Irene
2. LEWIS, Marjorie
3. LEWIS, John L died on 4 May 1971 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY.
4. LEWIS, William F was born about 1910; died about 1912.

Notes:

Esslie, Adam, deceased, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, April 23, 1831, and educated in the common schools of his native town. In 1854 he immigrated to America, settling at Niagara Falls, N. Y., where he took up the calling of farmer, and in 1868 bought fifty acres of fertile land in the town of Niagara, and established the present Esslie homestead farm. He was an industrious and highly respected farmer and esteemed by all his fellow citizens, and was deeply mourned upon his passing away, November 12, 1888. Since his decease Mrs. Esslie has continued to reside at the farm near the historic Schiosser's dock, a typical country home. Mrs. Esslie has reared a family of eleven children, six sons and five daughters, all of whom are still living. During the land boom in 1891 she sold half of her farm (twenty-four acres) at eight hundred and fifty dollars an acre, for which her husband had paid but eighty dollars an acre. Mrs. Esslie lives a quiet, retiring life, much esteemed by her neighbors and friends. Adam Esslie was married in January, 1861, to Caroline Stricker, a daughter of George Stricker of Niagara Falls. Mr. Esslie and family were members of the Lutheran church. In politics he was a Democrat.




From:
Landmarks of Niagara County, NY
Edited by William Pool
D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1897

Adam + STRICKER, Caroline. Caroline (daughter of STRICKER, George A and Caroline) was born on 18 Sep 1845 in New York; died on 25 Jun 1927 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/25/1927

Mrs. Caroline Esslie, 81, was
Lifelong Resident of the count;
Resided Here 76 Years

Mrs. Caroline E Esslie, one of the old-
est native born residents of Niagara
county, died at 4 o'clock this morn-
ing at her home. 8 c Street. She was
81 years old and was born in the old
Sweet Home settlement, which was
located between La Salle and North
Tonawanda. Moving to this city
when a child. Mrs. Esslie spent more
than 76 years of her life in Niagara
Falls.
One of the best known and most
highly respected residents of the com-
munity, Mrs. Esslie for many years
controlled large property interests in
the Buffalo avenue and River road
sections. She was a sister of Mrs.
Louise Ellenbaun and the late John
C. Stricker, Adam Esslie, her hus-
band, died several years ago. They
had .eleven children, six of whom sur-
vive. They are: Miss Rose Esslie
and Mrs. Williiam Lewis, this city;
Mrs. Edward g. Zeller, Buffalo;
George Esslle and Arthur Esslie, this
city; and Dr. Warren E. Esslie, Cleve-
land.
During her long residence in Nia-
gara Falls, Mrs. Esslie was a member
of the Zion Lutheran church. Fun-
oral services will be conducted at the
home Monday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. The Rev. Herman Brezing,
pastor of Zion Lutheran church, will
officiate. Burial will be in the fam-
ily plot In Oakwood cemetery.

George + Caroline. Caroline was born on 21 Aug 1818 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died on 27 Jul 1894 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]