5. | MURPHY, Mary L was born on 25 Jan 1899 in Town of Cayuga, Ontario, Canada (daughter of MURPHY, James and MORGAN, Rachael); died on 15 Nov 1972 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Notes:
Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 11/16/1972
BRITTIN - Mary L. of 5308
Mapleton Road, Wednesday,
Nov. 15, 1972. Wife of Alan G.;
mother of Miss .Marian E., Alan
G. Jr., Arthur R., of Lockport,
Mrs. Eldred H. Collins of
Maryland Heights, Mo., Mrs.
George F. Knaisch of Orchard
Park; sister of Mrs. Robert
Smith and John B. Murphy of
Dunnville, Ontario; also survived
by 11 grandchildren.
Friends received at the Joseph
M. Kennedy Funeral Home Inc.,
122 Walnut St. Thursday 7-9
p.m. and Friday 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. at Emmauel Methodist
[J.in. at ^
Church. Interment in Glenwood
Cemetery. Memorials may be
made to the Memorial Fund of
Emmanuel United .Methodist
Church.
ALSO
Same date and paper
Mrs. Mary L. Brittin, 73.
5308 Mapleton Road, Town
Pendleton, wife of Alan '
Brittin, died Wednesday after a
seven - week illness.
She was born Jan. 25, 1899
in the Town of Cayuga, Ontario,
Canada, a daughter of James
and Rachael (Morgan) Murphy.
She had lived in this area since
1919.
Mrs. Brittin was a member
of Emmanuel United Methodist
Church.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by two sons and three
daughters, Miss Marion E
Brittin, Alan G. Brittin Jr. and
Arthur R. Brittin, all of Lock
port, Mrs. Eldred H. Collins of
Maryland Heights, Mo. and
Mrs. George F. Kanisch of
Orchard Park; 11 grand
children; also a sister and
brother, Mrs. Robert Smith and
John B. Murphy, both of
Dunville, Ont.
Friends may call today from
7 to 9 p.. and from 2 to
and 7 to 9 tomorrow at the
Joseph M. Kennedy Funeral
Home Inc., 122 Walnut St
where services will be held at
2:30 p.m. Saturday. The Rev
Norman C. McLean will officiate.
Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.
Contributions to the Emanuel
United M e t h o d i st
Church Memorial Fund would
be appreciated by the family
Notes:
Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 9/30/1969
Mr. and Mrs Alan G.
Brittin Sr. of 5308 Mapleton
Road, Lockport, were entertained
at a dinner party
Saturday given by their children.
The occasion marked
the 50th wedding anniversary
of Mr. and Mrs. Brittin
who have made their home
at the Mapleton Road address
for the past 49 years.
The couple was married
Sept. 24, 1919 at the home
of the bride in the Township
of Cayuga, Ontario,
Canada, by the Rev. William
J. Fiddes of Wesley
Methodist Church.
Their golden anniversary
was celebrated at the Fieldstone
Inn, Lockport. A tiered
anniversary cake topped
by three golden bells centered
the table. This was
flanked by candelabra, holding
gold tapers and arrangements
of snapdragons and
mums in white and yellow.
Mrs. Alan Brittin Jr. made
and decorated the cake.
A retired printer, Mr.
Brittin was employed by
the former Buffalo Times
until 1939 when he joined the
'Buffalo Courier - Express.
He retired from the Courier
on Oct. 1 of 1960.
Born Sept. 13, 1895 at
Woolton, England, Mr. Brittin's
parents were Edward
and Marian Driver Brittin
of Woolton. In 1899 the family
came from England to
Buffalo.
Mrs. Brittin is the former
Mary L. Murphy and
was born in the Township
of Cayuga, Ontario, where
her family were early settlers.
She is the daughter of
James and Rachel Morgan
Murphy.
For the golden anniversary
party, Mrs. Brittin was
attired in a blue lace sheath
dress with matching jacket.
Her corsage was of yellow
sweetheart roses.
Attending from out - oftown
were Mr. and Mrs.
George Knaisch and sons of
Orchard Park and Miss
Mary Jane Brittin, a student
at the State University
at Potsdam, their eldest
granddaughter.
The couple has five children
and 11 grandchildren.
Hosts for die anniversary
celebration were their children,
Mrs. Eldred H. (Gertrude)
Collins of Bridgeton,
Mo.; Alan G. Brittin
Jr., Town of Lockport; Miss
Martha E. Brittin**, at home;
Arthur R. Brittin of Lockport;
and Mrs. George F.
(Dorothy) Knaisch, Orchard
Park.
NOTE: ** Later corrected to Marian
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