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Niagara Gazette - 2/9/1932

Death has laid a heavy hand on the
Ellman and Crotty families, this clty,
the last six months. Yesterday,
Mrs. Anna S. Ellman, 31 year
old, wife of Harold J. Ellman and
mother of year-old John H. Ellman,
609 Elmwood avenue, died in Mt. St.
Mary's hospital, after an illness of 12
days.
Mrs. Ellman was a member of the
lady Trainmen, an auxiliary of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
Until recently, when she and her husband
moved from the north end of the
city to the Elmwood avenue house, she
was a member of the Sacred Heart
church; at the time of her death she
was enrolled as a member of St. Mary's
of the Cataract church. She and her
husband were extraordinarily devoted to
one another and her death has come
as a particularly cruel blows.
Mrs. Ellman's mother, Mrs. Catherine
Crotty, was killed In an automobile
collision on the Niagara Falls-Buffalo
boulevard on August 5. She died within
a few hours of the accident.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellman will
be held from the family home on
Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock and
from St. Mary's church at 9 o'clock.
Interment will be in St. Mary's cemetery.
She Is survived by her husband,
Harold J. Ellman; a son, John H.;
two brothers, Timothy J. and Peter J.
Crotty, of this city; three sisters, Mrs.
Frank Benzel and Mrs. Burry. of Buf-
Ifalo, and Mrs. Joseph S. Amann, of
Youngstown, Ohio.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal

A county court Jury this morning
upheld the will of Katherine G.
Crotty, Niagara Falls, who died
August 9 in Buffalo, leaving the bulk
of an estate of $4,300 real and
$222.84 personal property, to a
daughter, Helen V. Curry, Buffalo.
Although other children had
sought to break the will on the
grounds that Mrs. Curry exerted undue
influence on her mother, no
one appeared in court this morning
to contest it. The action went
by default and the jurors were Instructed
by County Judge Gold as
to what their verdict should be.
Immediately after the trial the
court admitted the will to probate
and Issued letters testamentary to
Mrs. Curry and Gervase Rhoney,
the latter a Niagara Falls attorney.
The will left $100 to a son, Timothy
J. Crotty, Niagara Falls and $1 each
to three daughters and a son, Anna
Ellman and Peter J. Crotty, Niagara
Palls, Elizabeth Amann of
Youngstown, Ohio, and Mary
Benzel, Buffalo. The residue was
bequeathed to Mrs. Curry.

Katherine married CROTTY, John C about 1883. John was born about 1864 in Ireland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. CROTTY, May F was born about 1888 in New York; and died.
2. CROTTY, Timothy J was born about 1889 in New York; and died.
3. CROTTY, Elizabeth A was born on 10 Jul 1891 in New York; died in Apr 1973 in Marion, Marion County, OH.
4. CROTTY, Peter J was born about 1896 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 28 Jun 1957 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY.
5. CROTTY, Anna S was born about 1901; died on 8 Feb 1932 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY.
6. CROTTY, Helen V was born about 1904 in New York; died on 16 Sep 1937 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY.