Betty married CONFER, Donald F [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married BARS, Dorothy Amelia on 14 Jun 1924 in Town of Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Dorothy (daughter of BARS, John and ALTRO, Elizabeth) was born on 10 Jan 1903 in New York; died in Mar 1980 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/22/1923

Mr. and Mrs. John Bars of the
town of Lockport announce the engagement
of their daughter, Dorothy
Amelia to Robert H Bell of
the Town of Lockport

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 6/16/1924

The marriage of Dorothy
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Bars of the Town of Lockport to
Robert H. Bell of Pendleton was
solemnized Saturday afternoon at
4 o'clock at the home of the bride.
Rev. J. D, Livingstone officiating.
Attendants were Lucy and Walter
Bell, sister and brother of the
groom and the flower girl was
Doris Bars, sister of the bride.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 6/19/1924

The home of Mr. snd Mrs. John
Bars was the scene of a pretty wedding
Saturday afternoon, June 14.
when at 4 o'clock, Rev. J. D. Llvingstone
united in marriage their
daughter, Dorothy Amelia and Robert
H. Bell.
Tha house was profusely decorated
with white and purple lilacs. The
ceremony waa performed before a
bank of ferns and underneath a beau,
tiful arch of snowballs white and
purple French lilacs, with a large
wedding bell of white and purple
Lohengrin's wedding march was
played on the graphanola.
The bride was gowned in white
crepe de chine with pearly trimmings
and carried a shower bouquet of
roses snd sweet peas.
Miss Doris Bars, sister of the bride
was maid of honor and w a s gowned
in yellow organdie carrying a large
yellow rose, bearing the wedding ring.
The bridesmaid waa Miss Lucy
Bell, sister of the groom. Her gown
was of whim organdie with lavender
trimmings. She carried a bouquet of
white and purple lilacs.
Walter Bell, brother of the groom
acted as best man. The groom's gift
to his bride was a string of pearls,
and to his best man. cuff links To
the maid of honor, the bride presented
a ring, and to her bridesmaid, a
bracelet.
Covers were laid for sixty guests
at the wedding dinner which followed,
eleven of whom were seated at
the bride's table, which was centered
with a bouquet of roses and
sweet peas. The bride received many
useful gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell left for a motor
trip to Silver Lake, where they
will spend a fortnight. The bride'e
traveling gown was of tan. with hat
to match.
After July 1 they will be at home
on South Transit road.
Among the pre-nuptlal entertainments
for Miss Bars, was a variety
shower given last Wednesday afternoon
by Mrs. Frank Bowen.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/3/1919

Lewis T. Bell died at his home on
the South Transit road Wednesday
morning, December 3, 1919.
He Is survived by his wife, three
children, Robert H., Walter L., and
Lucy Rachel all at home, his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bell of this city
two brothers, William C. Bell in Africa,
and Jesse M. Bell of this city.
Funeral services will be held from
the home Friday afternoon, December
6th at 2.30 o'clock. Interment in Cold
Springs Cemetery.
Rochester and Tonawanda papers
please copy.

Lewis married PIERSON, Ellizabeth H on 12 May 1898. Ellizabeth (daughter of PIERSON, James V and STRANG, Rachel) was born on 28 Oct 1874 in Town of Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 31 Oct 1963 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 11/1/1963

A lifelong resident of the Town
of Lockport, Mrs. Elizabeth H.
Bell Fraser of 5858 S. Transit
Road, died Thursday (Oct 31,
1963) at Mount View Hospital
following a long illness.
Mrs. Fraser had celebrated
her 89th birthday Thursday. She
was born in Lockport Township
on Oct. 28, 1874, the daughter of
James V. Person and Rachel
Strang Pierson.
She attended Cobblestone District
12 schoolhouse and later
taught there for two years before
her marriage to Lewis T.
Bell on May 12, 1898. Mr. Bell
died in December, 1919.
On June 2, 1934 she married
Char'es Fraser who died in August
1938.
Mrs. Fraser was a member
of the South Lockport Volunteer
Fire Co. Auxiliary and served
as auditor of the organization for
several terms.
For many years she was
school tax collector for the Town
of Lockport.
She also taught Sunday School
at the First English Lutheran
Church of Lockport of which
she was a member for 45 years.
She belonged to Lockport Rebekah
Lodge 290.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. James A. Leonard, Town
of Lockport; two sons, Robert
H. Bell, Town of Pendleton and
Walter L. Bell. Clarence Center,
one granddaugher, Mrs. Donald
Confer, Town of Lockport; two
great - grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews. A'so,
three step children Mrs. Earl
Belair of Washington, D. C,
Mrs. James Wilson and Elton
Fraser. both of Newfane.
Friends may call at their convenience
at the Lange Funeral
Home, 186 East Ave., where the
Rev. Ivan L. Lange pastor
emeritus of the First English Lutheran
Church, will officiate at
a funeral service at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday. The family will be present
at the funeral home from 2
to 4:30 and 7 to 9:30 p.m. Burial
will be in Co'd Spring Cemetery

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/30/1956

John Bars, 86, formerly of Beat-
tie Rd , Raymond Hill. died Saturday
afternoon (April 28, 1956) at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Robert H. Bell, S. Transit Rd.
He was born Oct. 5, 1869. in
the Town of Newstead, Erie County,
son of Charles and Rachael
Bars. He was a trustee of Raymond
Hill Community Church.
A week ago on Sunday he and
his wife, the former Elisabeth Al
tro, observed their 60th wedding
anniversary.
Besides his wife and daughter,
Mrs. Bell, he leaves another
daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Hall of
Cincinnati, O , four sons, Roy L.,
Lockport, Warren F.. Hartland.
Lester C, Clarence Center and
John Jr., Raymond Hill; three sisters,
Mrs. Anna Cable, Lockport;
Mrs. William Siegler, New fane and
Mrs. Emma Klutts, Middleport; 13
grandchildren and 15 great-grand
children.
Services will be held Wednes
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
home of the son; John Jr., Beattie
Ave . Raymond Hill. The Rev.
Everett Davis of Raymond Community
Church, will officiate. Burial
wdl be in Hartland Central
Cemetery.

John married ALTRO, Elizabeth on 22 Apr 1896. Elizabeth (daughter of ALTRO, Fred and Amelia) was born in Aug 1877 in Town of Clarence, Erie County, NY; died on 11 Apr 1959 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/11/1959

BARS - Elizabeth M. of S. Transit
Rd., passed away Saturday.
April 11, at Lockport Memorial
Hospital. She leaves to daughters.
Mrs. Robert H. Bell, of Lockport,
and Mrs. Kenneth Hal!. Cincinnati.
Ohio; four sons, Roy L., of
Lockport, Warren F., Hartland,
N. Y., Lester C, of Clarence
Center, N. Y., and John Jr., of
Raymond Hill; 13 grandchildren,
and 18 great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the home of
John Bars Jr., Beattie Ave., Raymond
Hill beginning Sunday from
2 to S and 7 to 10 p.m. where
funeral Services will be held
Tuesday, April 14, at 2 p.m. In-
terment in Hartland Central
Cemetery. Arrangements by
Bream and Lange Funeral Home.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/25/1946

Mr. and Mrs. John Bars, RD 3 Lockport,^who spent their
childhoods in log cabins in Western New York. Monday marked
the 50th anniversary of their wedding. In honor ol the occa-
sion, they were entertained at a surprise iamily dinner party at
Park Hotel Saturday evening attended by 32 persons
This is the third golden wedding
observed in recent years in Mr
Bars' family.
For the past quarter of a cen-
tury the oouple has resided at
their 196-acre farm at Raymond
Hill.
Mrs. Bars, the former Elizabeth
Altro. daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Fred Altro, was born in the Town
of Clarence. When she was six
months old, she moved to a log
cabin in the Kinne Road.
At the age of 13, Mrs. bars fam-
ily settled on a neighboring farm
and she remained there until her
marriage by the Rev. S. E. Way.
Erie County Native
Mr. Bars was born in a log cab.n
in the Town of Newstead.- Erie
County, and moved to Niagara
County at the age of nine, where
he attended a district school. He
is still active as a successful
farmer.
"The log cabin was town down
shortly after we moved," Mrs. Bars
said, as she vividly recalled the
crowded conditions in the two -room
hut for the family fo four, and her
daily two-mile hike to the district
school.
"The most noticeable change I
have seen through the years is in
farm machinery. When I was a
child, I remember my father work-
ing the land with wooden imple-
ments, drawn by horses."
Farming Family
Both Mr. and Mrs. Bars parents
were lifelong farmers. Their grand-
parents were natives of Germany.
After their marriage, the couple
moved to the Town of Royalton.
They have six children: Mrs.
Robert Bell, Transit Road; Mrs.
Edward Wartman, Cincinnati, O.;
Roy and John Bars, Town of Lock-
port; Warren Bars, Gasport RD 1;
Lester Bars, Clarence Center.
Mrs. Bars had a brother, Clarence
Altro, living at Gasport RD. Her
husband has four sisters:
Mrs. William Dietz, Newstead;
Mrs. Fred Cable, 127 Spalding St.;
Mrs. William Seigler, Newfane;
Mrs. DeForest Klutts, Middleport.

William married LEWIS, Lucy M on 21 Sep 1869. Lucy (daughter of LEWIS, Merrit B and Elvira M) was born in Jul 1851 in New York; died on 19 Aug 1928 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 8/20/1928

Mrs. Lucy M. Bell, widow of William
H. Bell, active for years in
the First Baptist church, died last
night at her home, 129 Pine street,
after a brief illness. Funeral servlces
will be held Wednesday afternoon
at 8:30 o'clock at the home
with burial in Cold Springs cemetery.
Daughter of the late Merrit B,
and Elvira M. Lewis, Mrs. Bell was
born at North Java, Wyoming
county. In 1854, the family moved
to Niagara county and settled
on a farm about two and one-half
mlies south of the city, on the
Robison road. Later they moved
to a place on the Transit road.
Mrs. Bell attended the Old Union
School under the princlpalshlp of
Asher B. Evans. On September
21, 1869, she was married to William
H. Bell, and resided on the
Bell farm south of the city on the
Transit road, until 1905, when they
moved to 129 Pine street, where
Mr Bell died in 1924. Three sons
were born to them, Lewis T., deceased;
Rev. William C. of Africa,
now of Auburndale, Mass., and
Jesse M. Bell of this city.
Mrs. Bell was an active member
of the First Baptist church, being
identified with its various societies
for many years, serving as president
of the Ladies' Aid for several
terms. She was also a deaconess
and a member of Judson Class.
She was a member of the Buffalo
Chapter D. A. R., being a direct descendent
of Eleazer Lewis.
While Mrs. Bell took little part
in club activities, she was always
interested in the welfare of Lockport.
Several weeKs ago, she contracted
a cold which at first seemed
to yield to treatment, but com-
plications set in proving fatal.
Surviving, besides her two sons,
are seven grandchildren, one great
granddaughter and several nephews
and nieces.

James + STRANG, Rachel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles + KORLMINN, Rachel. Rachel (daughter of KORLMINN, John and Rachel) was born about 1838 in Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fred + Amelia. Amelia died on 2 Feb 1928 in Raymond Hill, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 2/3/1928

Amelia Altro passed away at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. John
Bars, at Raymond Hill Thursday.
February 2, 1928.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. John Bars, and one son, Clarence
B. Altro, seven grand children
and five great grandchildren, also
one sister, Mrs. Peter Shafer of
Corfu, N. Y., and one niece, Mrs.
Arthur Kinney of Royalton.
Funeral services will be held from
the home of her daughter, Sunday
afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock, and two
o'clock from St. Stephan Church at
Millersport, N. Y. Interment will
be In St. stephan cemetery.