Robert married HILTS, Donna M [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. SCHUL, Marlo Marie

Robert married BLAIR, Peggy [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. SCHUL, Brian Lawrence

Robert married CODY, Mary [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. SCHUL, Christopher Xavier

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 12/22/2008
Raymond K. Schul, of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY, passed away on December 5, 2008, at the age of 89. He was born on June 22, 1919 to August Schul and Flora Lauer. Raymond served in the Army during WWII and was stationed in Australia. After the service, he worked for many years as maintenance worker for Hooker Chemical Corp., and retired in 1979. He was also the proprietor of the Fairlane Motel, 9050 Pine Avenue, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY, for 30 years. After retirement he moved to Tavares, FL and together with his wife, Ruth, enjoyed many years there. Raymond was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Ruth Alice (Townsend) Schul; two brothers and two sisters. He is survived by his children, Susan (Schul) Pillow of Tavares, FL, Robert Schul of Pembroke Pines, FL, Richard Schul of Tucson, AZ and Christie (Schul) Michaelides of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Also survived by two sisters; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Raymond was a member of the Union Congregation Church in Tavares, FL, where funeral services were held on December 10, 2008. Visit www.legacy.com/niagara-gazette for on-line guest register.

Raymond married TOWNSEND, Ruth Alice on 21 Jun 1945 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Ruth (daughter of TOWNSEND, Clarence Morris and WILLIAMS, Martha) was born on 14 Aug 1922 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Mar 2001 in Waterman Hospital, Eustis, Lake County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 8/20/1945

RECENTLY WED—Private First Class and Mrs. Raymond K.
Schul, whose marriage took place at the Church of. Christ. Mrs.
Schul was formerly Miss Ruth Townsend, daughter of Mr. Clarence
Townsend, of the Town of Niagara. Private First Class Schul is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. August Schul, also of the Town of Niagara,
and has recently been discharged from the armed forces.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 6/29/1945

Schul-Townsend
The marriage of Miss Ruth Townsend,
daughter of Mr. Clarence
Townsend, of the Town of Niagara,
and Private First Class Raymond
K. SchuL son of Mr. and Mrs.
August Schul. also of. the Town of
Niagara, took place recently in the
Church of Christ, with the Rev.
William F Saye officiating.
The bride, who entered the
church on the arm of her father.
was lovely in » street-length dress
of aqua with matching accessories,
and corsage of gardenias.
Mrs. Earl Armagost, who was her
matron of honor, wore a
rose, street-length dress with white
accessories' and gardenia corsage.
The bridegroom'was attended, by
his brother, Mr. Gordon SchuL
After the ceremony a reception
for.the Immediate families was held,
at the Samovar...
After a short trip Private Schul
will return to Fort Dix to await
further assignment. Mrs. Schul is
residing with her sister.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 5/9/1970

August Schul

Funeral Set

On Monday

Funeral services .will be held

Monday for August L. Schul, 85,

of 5913 Ward Road, Sanborn,

who died Thursday (May 7,

1970) in Memorial Medical Center.

Born in Elmwood, Ont., Mr.

Schul moved, to Niagara County

with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Schul, in 1897 and had

resided here'ever since.

He was a thresher and a .former

superintendent of.highways

in the Town of Niagara. He was

a 1rti«nber of hte First Baptist

Church in Sanborn.

He is survived by his widow,

Lily Schul; there sons, Gordon;

Raymond and Paul Schul, all of

Niagara Falls; five daughters,

Mrs. George (Esther) Shepherd,

Niagara Falls; Mrs, John

(Doris) O'Connor, North Tonawanda;

Mrs. Robert (Miriam)

Bower, Sanborn; Mrs. Roger

(Ruth) Reedy, Rockford, 111.,

and Mrs. Aubrey (Anita) Ward,

Burt; two brothers, Ernest

Schul, Town of Niagara, and

William Schul, Niagara Falls;

25 grandchildren, 21 greatgrandchildren

and s e v e r al

niece sand nephews.

His wife, Flora Laur Schul,

died in 1949.

Funeral services will be held

Monday at 11 a.m. at the

Grimes Funeral Home with the

Rev. James P. Kenyon of First

Baptist Church, Sanborn, officiating.

Burial will be in Memorial

Park Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to

the Memorial Fund at First

Baptist Church.

Friends may call at the funeral

home today and Sunday from

2 to 9 p.m.

August married LAUR, Flora Katherina on 8 Feb 1912 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY. Flora (daughter of LAUR, Andrew Russ and WITMER, Esther Nancy) was born on 24 Jan 1891 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Dec 1949 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Left Center. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette

TOWNSEND—In Ft. Lauderdale, F l a .
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1967, Clarence..
Husband of Frances, Ft. Lauderdale,
Flo . and formerly of Liberty Ave.,
Town of Nlogaro. Father of Russell
Townsend, of Toledo, Ohio; Glenn
Townsend, Costa Mesa, Colli.. Clarence
Townsend, ot Ft. Lauderdale, Flo.,
Gordon Townsend, U.S.N.. Oaklond,
Calif., Gerald Townsend of this city,
Robert L. Townsend. USAF, Germany,
and Earl Miller, of Depew, N.Y., 6
daughters. Mrs. Elmer (Frances) Honsberger,
of Clarence Center, N.Y., Mrs.
Lowson (Mory) Kooelev, of Dallas,
Texas, Mrs. Raymond (Ruth) Schul,
Mrs. June Armogost, both of this city,
Mrs. Audrey Goodenough, of Conakry,
Guinea. Mrs. Frank (Marilyn) Rlchel,
of this city. Brother of Wllllom Townsend,
Mrs. William (Marlon) Williams.
Mrs. Edward (Berta) Slmoklns. all of
this citv, and Mrs. Otto (Florence)
Hemline, of Darlen Center. Also survived
bv 40 grandchildren ond 15 gfeot
grandchildren. Time of funeral to be
announced. Arrangements by Grldley
Funeral Home, Inc.

Clarence married WILLIAMS, Martha between 1916 and 1919 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Martha (daughter of WILLIAMS, Samuel S and Ellen S) was born in Jun 1899 in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, PA; died on 17 Apr 1942 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in North Ridge Cemetery, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 4/17/1942

Mrs. Mary Townsend. 42. of Liberty
avenue, Town of Niagara, died
this morning af 5:55 o'clock in
Memorial hospital as the result of
burns which she suffered on April
6 In the yard of her home. The case
is being investigated by Dr. Harry
R. Ernes, coroner.
Mrs. Townsend had been burning
some waste material in the yard and
the bottom of her skirt came in
contact with the flames. In a few
seconds her clothing was ablaze.
Mrs. Mary Kateley, her daughter,
ran to her aid and beat out the
flames but not before her mother
had been severely burned on the legs
and lower part of her body. First
aid treatment was administered and
Mrs. Townsend was rushed to the
hospital In an automobile.
A native of Wilkesbarre, Pa., Mrs.
Townsend had lived In the Town of
Niagara, for four years. She Is survived
by her husband, Clarence
Townsend; four daughters, Mrs.
Lawson Kateley and Mrs. Earl Armagost,
of this city; Mrs. Elmer
Horuberger, of Clarence Center, N.
Y, and Miss Ruth Townsend, of the
Town of Niagara; six sons. Private
Russell Townsend, of the United
States Air Force, now stationed at the
Cataract Rouse here; Seaman Second
Class Gordon Townsend. of the Unlted States Navy, station at San
Diego, Calif., and Glen, Clarence,
Jerald and Robert Townsend, of the
Town of Niagara: a brother, William
T. Williams, of this city, and three
sisters, Mrs. John Jones, of this city;
Mrs. Simon Flory, of Harrlsburg, Pa
and Mrs. Edward Bolton, of Detroit,
Four grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at
the Orldley funeral home at 2 pin.
Sunday with the Rev. James B. Mc-
Oaffin officiating. Burial will be
in North Ridge cemetery.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 4/20/1942

Townsend Rites Held
TOWN -OF NIAGARA—Funeral
services for Mrs. Martha Townsend,
wife of Clarence Townsend,
Liberty avenue, were largely attended
yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Gridley Funeral home, Niagara
Falls. There were many lovely
floral tributes. The bearers were
Sanford Brownlee, George Dingwall,
William Weld, Melvln King. Alfred
Lange and George Higley. The
Ladies' auxiliary of Fire Company
No. 1 Inc., formed a guard of honor.
Interment was in North Ridge cemetery,
the Rev. James B. McGaffln
officiating

Charles married HILDEBRANDT, Mary on 8 Feb 1880 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Mary was born on 28 Feb 1857 in Heidelberg, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Oct 1929 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Far Left. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gazette Death notice
SCHUL—Died in this city, Oct 6, 1929, Mary Schul, age 72, beloved wife of Charles, mother of Henry August. Mrs. Christ Laur, Mrs. Pauline Becker, Charles, Jr., Ernest and William Schul, all of this city. sister of John Hildebrandt of Model City, Mrs. Philip Neubauer of Canada.
Funeral services from family home, 1819 Ontario avenue, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and 2:30 from St. Paul's Evangelical church, 18th street and Cleveland avenue, Rev. Edward Nemeschy officiating. Burial in Memorial Park cemetery.

Notes:

Town of Niagara Supervisor, Election Commissioner. Lived and farmed Joseph Witmer's homestead.
Baptism indicates he was born in 1867

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 1/15/1943

IN MEMORIAM
A Tribute to the Late Andrew Laur
By EDWARD T. WILLIAMS
Niagara Historian

The dictionaries define a pioneer
as "one who goes before, as into the
wilderness, preparing a way for
others to follow," and that descrip-
tion exactly portrays Niagara
county's earliest settlers. Except
John Stedman and his brothers, at
Schlosser in 1760 there were few
residents of Niagara county, other
then the Red Man, before 1800.
Stedman left for Canada in 1796
after the evacuation of Fort Nia-
gara, and early settlers began to
arrive. The primary pioneer settlers
of Niagara county have been defined
as those who settled here or were
born here previous to the War of
1812. By the same token the secondary
pioneers were those who
wre residents previous to 1940. The
latter date is over 100 years in the
past. the Niagara County Pioneers
Association was organized 57 years
ago next September, and the title
of pioneer has in that time been
extended to embrace not only the
first few settlers but the subsequent
many.
Into this latter class falls Andrew
R. Laur. native and resident for
j more than three-quarters of a ceni
tury. With the rapid increase In
population there are not a large
number of persons in the class of
Mr. Laur, native and resident for
more than three-quarters of a cen-
tury. We are speaking in the sense
of time rather than regarding
character and attainments, but An-
drew R. Laur was an unusual person
in both respects. Vitus Laur, his
father, whose memory old residents
respect was born 100 years ago and
settled in the town of Niagara in
1866. Mrs. Laur, who recently pre-
deceased Mr. Laur was a descend-
ant of a primary pioneer family of
Niagara county. The Wltmer and
Young families. Mrs. Laur was a
Wltmer. were among the earliest
settlers of the Niagara Frontier, in
the locality where their descendants
have ever since lived. Both
the Witmer and Young families
came by wagon and horses from
Lancaster. Pa., In 1810. and were
credited with being the earliest permanent settlers in the town of
Niagara remote from the river. Both
families removed to Livingston
county at the time of the devasta
tion of the Niagara Frontier in
1813. and remained there until after
the ending of the War of 1913,
men coming back during the sum-
mer months to attend to their
farming interests, and going away
again after the harvest.
About the first employment that
Andrew R. Laur had was as a bell
hop in the Monteagle Hotel, the
picturesque hostelry that was con-
temporary with the John A. Roeb-
ling suspension bridge.
One of the enterprises of the
Bellevue Land Company, which was
organized in 1845 by Col. John Fisk,
a prominent railroad man of Roch-
ester; General Charles B. Stuary,
a prominent civil engineer of
Schenectady; J. V. Vedder of
Geneva, and Roswell G. Benedict,
of Saratoga, which bought most of
the land that was the site of the
village of Bellevue was the
construction of the Monteagle Hotel
which WAS first in charge of General
Stuart, who secured the capital to
build ft. Of course, it was some
time afterwards that.Andrew R
Laur, in the 70's, was employed At
the hotel as a bell hop.
Previous to the establishment of
the Niagara Reservation In 1885,
when Prospect Park along the American rapids was lined with various
buildings housing manufacturing
and business enterprises Mr. Laur
was employed in one of these mills
He has related to the writer
boyhood experiences of the real vil-
lage of 60 and more years ago. He
has witnessed a great transforma-
tlon in the Industrial Niagara Falls
of today.
The details of his long and in-
terestlng life have been related.
Some incidents could be emphased.
Only recently one of these was
called by the sale of the car
which he had owned .for years in
which President McKinley rode on his
visit to Niagara Falls Just prior
to his assassination at the Pan-Am-
erican Exposition in Buffalo in
September. 1901. The coach in
which President McKinley rode,
which was recently sold by
Laur to Sanford Morden, Jr,|
engaged in the transportation t
ness, was one of those owned by
the Miller & Brundage Coach Co-
pany. Frank H. Zeiger, for many
years connected with the
Brundage Coach Company and
successor, the Niagara
Company, headed by John C. I
says that this coach was one of
about a dozen purchased by the
former company of a manufactur-
ing company In Connecticut, the
coaches were very substantial
character and cost about $1300
apiece. They were used exclusively
for weddings, funerals and for spe-
cial occasions like the visit of
President McKinley.
On the occasion of the
entertainment of Mr. and Mrs.
of Philadelphia, the winners
of the Niagara honey mooner's
test, conducted by the Niagara Falls
Chamber of Commerce, they were
driven around the Niagara Reserva-
tion and to the center of the
Rainbow Bridge by Mr. Laur and
photographed. Later Mr. and Mrs.
Laur, Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Reichert, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Ford, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael
McGray, 50 year Niagara Falls
honeymooners, with Mr. and Mrs.
David Edwards, longest married of
all of the party, attended the re-
ception to Mr. and Mrs. Fraul
the Hotel Niagara. Now both Mr.
and Mrs. Fraul and Mr. and Mrs.
Laur have crossed the river.
Andrew R. Laur took a deep in-
terest in the history of the ??
Niagara county of which he and his
family were worth citizens and
was president of the Niagara County
Pioneers Association in 1938, he
an active interest in the organization
for years before and has been
actively as a member of the execu-
tive committee since.

Andrew married WITMER, Esther Nancy on 1 May 1890 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY. Esther (daughter of WITMER, Joseph and KAUFFMAN, Catharine) was born on 5 Mar 1863 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Sep 1942 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Left Center. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived all her life on father's homestead which was on Lockport Road, Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY

Niagara Gazette

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 5/2/1940

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. Laur, descendants
ol pioneer residents of
Niagara county, yesterday observed
their fiftieth wedding anniversary
at their home in the Lockport
road, four miles east of this city.
Few persons are better known
throughout Niagara county than
Mr. Laur, A farmer since he--was
14 years old, he has served the
town of Niagara and the county in
several official capacities. He has
been a justice of the peace and an
assessor in the town .of Niagara.
For 10 years be was a member .of
the Board of Supervisors. Since
January l he has been a member of
the two-man bi-partisan Board of
Elections. •
Mrs. Laur is a daughter of one of
Niagara county's first settlers. Fifty
years ago today she married Mr.
Laur in the old Witmer homestead,
where she was bom and where she
has always resided. As Esther Witmer
and later as Mrs. Laur, she
has never resided in any- other
home.
'Andy" Laur is widely known for
his ready wit, his ability to relate
a humorous story and his knack
with-wood-turning tools. He has
made and presented to several city
and —county officials the gavels
which have rapped for order in
many a town, city and county
meeting.
To Mr, and Mrs. Laur were bom
four daughters, Mrs. August Schul
and Mrs. Alan Hewitt, of Niagara
Falls, Mrs. Ralph Kenneda, of the
Upper Mountain road, town of
Cambria, and Mrs. Russell Depew,
of tbe Slayton Settlement road,
town of Lockport, all of whom are
living, There are 19 grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.
A reception was held yesterday
afternoon end evening at the home
of Mr. and Mrs, Laur for friends
and relatives.

Niagara Gazette - 4/30/1935

Supervisor and Mrs. Andrew R.
Laur, of the Town of Niagara, will
quietly observe their forty-fifth wedding
anniversary tomorrow on their
farm, where they were married and
have since lived.
No special celebration Is planned
but during the day friends will stop
in and offer congratulations. Mr.
Laur expects to put in his usual 14
hours, which he says is the average
working day of a farmer.
Mrs. Laur. formerly Miss Esther
Witmer. was born on the farm where
she new lives and Mr. Laur was born
in the town nearby. Both are members
of the Church of Christ, this city.
Supervisor Laur is completing his
third term on the Board of Supervsors.
Before that he was justice
of the peace and assessor In the
town.
There are four daughters. 19 grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
The daughters are Mrs. August Schul
of this city: Mrs. Alan Hewitt, of
Lewiston; Mrs. Russell S. Depew. of
the Town of Lockport, and Mrs.
Ralph Kennedy (sic), of Orangeport

Morris married STUART, Emily Florence Wallace about 1887. Emily was born on 1 Jan 1863 in Isle of Man, England; was christened on 8 Jan 1865 in Saint John the Baptist, Kirk German, Isle of Man, England; died on 10 Jul 1940 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; was buried in North Ridge Cemetery, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Ellen S about 1885. Ellen was born in May 1866 in Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]