Family/Spouse: SCHWEITZER, Helen Moira. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/10/1969

Dr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Schweitzer of 437
Niagara St., Tonawanda, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Helen Moira, to
Richard Arthur Sahr Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard A. Sahr Sr. of 13 Sharon Drive,
Tonawanda. The future bride is a 1967
graduate of Tonawanda High School and
attended Erie County Technical Institute. Her
fiance, a 1966 graduate of Tonawanda High
School, attended State University College at
Brockport, and is a recent graduate of
Programming and Systems Institute. A June
wedding is planned.

1. SAHR, James
2. SAHR, Karen

Richard + FORTMAN, Mary E. Mary (daughter of FORTMAN, Elmer and BONISH, Anna) was born on 30 Jun 1926 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Jun 2003 in Williamsville, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary E. Sahr
Lifelong Tonawanda Resident
Mary (nee Fortman) Sahr, age 76, of Tonawanda, entered into rest Friday, June 27, 2003, at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital. Born June 30, 1926, in Hamilton, Ontario, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Anna (nee Bonish) Fortman. A lifelong resident of Tonawanda, Mrs. Sahr was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in North Tonawanda. She was the wife of the late Richard A. Sahr, Sr., who died in 2001. She is survived by three children, Richard (Helen) Sahr, Jr., Nancy A. Sahr and Douglas E. Sahr; and two grandchildren, James (Rebecca) Sahr and Karen (Jeffrey) Dole. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews. Services were cared for privately at the convenience of the family, followed by interment at Elmlawn Cemetery. If desired, memorials to St. Paul Lutheran Church, 453 Old Falls Blvd, North Tonawanda, NY 14120, are preferred by the family. Arrangements by the Hamp Funeral Home, Inc., Adam and Seymour Streets, Tonawanda

Gustav married KUHN, Henriette Wilhelmine Caroline on 25 Apr 1923 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Henriette (daughter of KUHN, Christian Friedrich and FRITZ, Maria Anna Emilie) was born on 23 Jul 1889 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Mar 1964 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/4/1923

Christ Kuhn of the Niagara Falls
boulevard arnounces the marriage
of his daughter, Henrietta, to Gustav
Sahr of North Tonawanda, Wednesday,
April 25, at St. Paul's Lutheran
church parsonage, Rev. D. H. Steffens
officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Sahr
will make their residence on the Niagara
Falls boulevard.

Elmer + BONISH, Anna. Anna and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Medina NY Daily Register Journal - 12/3/1930

Frederick Sahr, 87, the last Civil
War veteran of the Tonawandas,
died at his home in North Tonawanda
yesterday

ALSO


LAST SURVIVOR OF CIVIL WAR EXPIRES IN THE TONAWANDAS
Frederick Sahr, 87, Served with Distinction with Union Army Cavalry
NORTH TONAWANDA. Dec. 1.- Frederick Sahr, 87 years old, the last Civil War veteran in the Tonawandas, died Sunday at his home, Niagara Falls boulevard and Sweeney street, North Tonawanda. Born in Germany, Mr. Sahr left that country when three days old, coming to America with his parents and locating in the Martinsville section of North Tonawanda, residing there until his death. During the Civil War he served with distinction in the Union Army as a cavalryman. He was an organizer of W. B. Scott post, G. A. R. Ten years after the war Mr. Sahr began boating on the Erie Canal. He was the owner of a fleet of three boats, which he operated until the close of 1915. He then retired. He is survived by his wife, Ida; three sons, Frederick, Jr., Gustav and Christian Sahr; four daughters, Mrs. Louis Newman, Mrs. Otto Neumann and Miss Eleanor Sahr, all of the Tonawandas, and Mrs. Edward Rosseau,. Barker,. N. Y.; seven grandchildren, three brothers, Martin and Philip Sahr of the Tonawandas and Louis Sahr, New York City, and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Peters, North Tonawanda, and Mrs. Charles Sattelberg, Detroit, Mich. The funeral will be.held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence and a half-hour later at St. Paul's church, North Tonawanda, the Rev. F. A. Hinners officiating.

Friedrich married RICHERT, Ida Ulricke Rosalia on 1 May 1870 in Niagara County, NY. Ida (daughter of RICHERT, Christopher and HAECKER, Ulricke Maria) was born on 18 Dec 1849 in Penkum, Prussia; died on 28 May 1931 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/28/1931

Mrs. Ida R. Sahr, 81 years old,
widow of Frederick Sahr.Civil War
veteran, who died last summer, pass
ed away at her home, on the Niagara
Falls boulevard, this city,
this morning. Born in Germany,
she came to America at the age
of one and with her parents came
to North Tonawanda immediately
to reside, continuing her residence
here until death.
Mrs. Sahr was a member of St.
Paul's church and a pioneer resi-
dent of the Martinsville section
of North Tonawanda, having seen
the suburb rise from a small log
house settlement to a thriving res-
idential and industrial center.
Mrs. Sahr is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. Edward Rosseau,
Barker; Miss Eleanor Sahr, Mrs.
Louis Newman and Mrs. Otto Neumann;
three sons, Frederick, Gustave
and Christopher, all of North
Tonawanda; seven grandchildren,
four great grandchildren and . a
brother, Aaron Richert, Stillwater,
Minn.
The funeral will be held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
residence and half an hour later.
daylight saving time, at the St.
Paul's church. Rev. F. A. Hinner;
will officiate and burial will be
in St. Paul's cemetery.

Notes:

Tonawanda News Jan 3, 1928
Christian F. Kuhn
The funeral of Christian F. Kuhn, 82 years old, a lifelong resident of the Martinsville section of North Tonawanda, was held this afternoon at 2 oclock at the home of his daughter Mrs. Gustav Sahr, 1772 Lincoln Ave. and at the St Martin's Church, Rev Theo. Berner officiating. Interment was in the St. Paul's cemetery. Surviving are five sons, Edward, Fred, and Leonard Kuhn, North Tonawanda, Louis Kuhn, Buffalo, and William Kuhn, Lockport; six daughters, Mrs. Louis Chamot, Buffalo, Mrs. Jacob Steiger, Bridgeport, Conn., Mrs. Andrew Martin, Niagara Falls, and Mrs. William Miller, Mrs. Sahr and Mrs. Walter Gilman, all of North Tonawanda, 27 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

Christian married FRITZ, Maria Anna Emilie on 9 Nov 1871 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Maria (daughter of FRITZ, Christian Friedrich and DEURRENFELD, Henriette Caroline) was born on 19 Oct 1853 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died in 1922 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]