Christian married TANSLEY, Hattie A on 6 Jan 1909 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Hattie (daughter of TANSLEY, John A and Mae) was born in May 1888 in Canada; died on 19 Oct 1960 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1/7/1909

WITMER-TANSLEY
In the presence of a number of relatives
and Intimate friends. Miss Hattie
A. Tansley, only daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Tansley yesterday afternoon
becamo the wife of Christian Wltmer,
son of John M. "Witmer, of this city.
The ceremony was performed at tho home
of the bride's parents, No. 435 Second
street, by the Rev. Albert S. Bacon, pas-
tor of the First Presbyterian church.
The bride, looking charming in her
gown of hard-embroidered net over
cream messaline satin, trimmed with
baby Irish insertion, and carrying a show-
er bouquet of bridal roses, entered the
parlot, which had been prettily decorated
with roses and evergreens, leaning on the
arm of her father. She was attended
by her cousin, Miss Maude robbins, of
Lockport, who wore an Alice blue silk
gown and carried pink carnations. Miss
Edith Witmer, a sister of the groom,
played the Mendelssohn wedding march.
Charles Van Duser, Jr., was the best
man. the general color scheme carried
out in the decorations was pink and
white.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Wit-
mer received the hearty congratulations of
all present for a long and happy married
life. A bountiful supper was served. Mr.
and Mrs. Witmer left on the 11 o'clock
train for Buffalo and this morning de-
parted for Washington, D.C. where they
will spend a week.
Those present included S.E. Tansley of
Hamilton, Ont., grandfather of the bride'
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tansley, John M.
Witmer, Howard, Jacob M., Edith M.,
Jennie A. and Emma Witmer, Mrs. J.A.
Tansley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Baker,
Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Rise, Charles Hohler,
and daughter, Miss Helen Hohler, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Warrington, Mr. and Mrs.
Adam Scott, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Blan-
chard, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Frier, Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Frier, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Van
Duser, Fred W. Van Duser, Loren C.
Frier, Miss Mamie Pfetsch and George H
Calligan of this city; the Misses Sweet M.
and Maude Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. W.
Overend and daughter, Miss Ethel Over-
end and Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson of
Lockport; Mr. and Mrs. George Wolter
of Buffalo and Mrs. R. Brick of Depew.

John married BAER, Julia A on 6 Jun 1872 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Julia (daughter of BAER, Jonas and HOUSE, Sarah Ann) was born on 14 Nov 1848 in New York; died on 10 Jan 1926 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Section 5. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1/11/1926

In the death of Mrs. Julia Wltmer.
widow of John M. Wltmer. yesterday,
the city loses another pioneer resident
Mrs. Wltmer passed away at
tho family home. No. 1600 Cleveland
avenue at tho age of 75 years, exactly
seven months after the death of her
husband. Funeral will be held from
the residence at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. Rev. Z. E. Bates
officiating, burial to be in Riverdale.
Mrs. Witmer is survived by five
daughters and two sons, Dr. Francis
M. Witmer, Emma a., Edith M., Mrs.
W. G. Hotchkiss and Christian H.
and Howard A. Witmer.
Mrs. Witmer was a member of a
well known Niagara county family
and for many years lived beyond the
city limits. Four years ago she
moved with her family to Cleveland.

John married Mae about 1887. Mae was born in Apr 1868 in Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Drowned in Niagara River at foot of his mill. Body found at Lewiston October 26, 1859.

Buffalo NY Daily Courier - 10/27/1859

The BODY OF M R . W I T M E R F O U N D ,-
The Niagara Falls Gazette says: " The body of our
late townsman, Christian H. Witmer, was found a
short distance below Lewiston on Friday. It was
lying in the edge of the water, partly on shore
where It had evidently been driven within a day
or two by the wind! The body was In a very good
state of preservation. The relatives were at once
notified. and readily recognized it. The clothing
was nearly all gone- necktie, one wristband and shoes and stocking being
all that was left.
It will be recollected that Mr. Witmer was
drowned by falling into the river, near Suspension Bridge, on the 17th of September.

Christian married MANN, Maria Schneider on 31 May 1831. Maria was born on 11 Jan 1808 in Columbia, Lancaster County, PA; died on 30 May 1885 in WItmer Rd. near Hyde Park Blvd., Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in WItmer Memorial Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

About a week ago-Mrs. Witmer, widow
of the late Christian Witmer, received,
a stroke of paralysis, followed by a
seooud Sunday morning, from which
she did not rally, dying the same evening,
aged 77 years.
Her late husband came to .Niagara
with his parents, from Pennsylvania, in
1811. Miss Mann was from Manor
township, Lancaster, Pa., and after her
marriage with Mr. Witmer settled on
the homestead where her death occurred,
a short distance from this village.
Her husband was engaged in the milling
business at this-place-and Suspension
Bridge, and was for many years
the owner of the Witmer mill, now being
torn dowu. In September, 1859, he
was drowned near his mill at Suspension
Bridge, Since that time_,until recently
the business has been carried on by the
Witmer Bros... The sons. J. M.,
Abraham, and John, and two daughter,
Elizabeth and Fannie, survive. Mrs,
Witmer was an earnest, christian wom-
an, beloved by all who knew her. The
funeral vwil be observed from her late
residence tomorrow afternoon at 2.30
o'clock.

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Niagara Gazette - 3/6/1937

The following from an article by
CLARENCE O. LEWIS
Niagara County Historian

The Bear, road running south
from the Ridge road to the Lock-.
port road is not named after the
bears that roamed the woods there
in the early days, but after an
old settler on the road named
Jonas Baer who settled there in
the 1830's. He married a 16-year-old
French girl who .could not
speak a word of. English. She
-went to school nearby to learn
English.. He was a weaver by
trade, raised his own flax arid
wove linens. He also wove woolen
carpets. The name on the road
sign is incorrectly spelled. Jonas
Baer lived near the south end
of the road.

Jonas + HOUSE, Sarah Ann. Sarah was born about 1824 in PA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]