William married LICHT, Doris A on 26 Feb 1948 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Doris (daughter of LICHT, John H and CLARK, Rachel C) was born on 20 Feb 1931 in New York; died on 18 Apr 2004 in Lillington, Harnett County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/28/1948

Tonawanda's Mayor Eugene
Duffy today felt his initiation in
office was just about complete.
Saturday, just 52 days after he
began his first term as mayor, he
was called on to perform his first
marriage ceremony. With the
Mayor officiating, William Abbs
Jr. and Miss Dora A. Licht, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Licht,
Homeyer Rd., North Tonawanda,
were married in the home of the
groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Abbs Sr., 29 Linwood
Ave.
"It was a double ring ceremony,
too," Mayor Duffy remarked after
he had completed the service.

1. ABBS, William John was born on 28 Sep 1948; died on 28 Oct 2005.
2. ABBS, Cathleen Doris was born about 4 Feb 1950 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 25 Feb 1950 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
3. ABBS, Bonnie Lynn
4. ABBS, Cheryl Ann
5. ABBS, Jean

William married LEE, Helen F about 1928. Helen was born about 1912 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY; died on 22 Jun 1968 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/25/1968

ABBS - Helen F. Abbs, 56, of
80 Hird St.. Town of Wheatfield,
Saturday (June 22, 1968)
in DeGraff Memorial Hospital.
A lifelong resident of the Ton-
awandas, she was a member of
Ascension Church. She is
survived by her husband
William allen Abbs; a son,
William A. Jr., of Pompano
Beach, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs.
John Martell, Bremerton,
Wash.; a brother, Robert T.
Lee, of Cheektowaga, and sevel
grandchildren.
Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wattengel
Funeral Home, Inc., 307 Oliver
St., North Tonawanda, where
prayers will be said at 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday followed by a
Requiem Mass at 9 a.m. at
Ascension Church. The Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Julius A. Szabo will
officiate. Burial in Mt. Oliver
Cemetery.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/6/1966

ABBS - William George Abbs,
85, at South Waterloo Hospital
Gait, Out, on Sunday, (Sept
4, 1966). Husband of the late
Lydia Bryan and dear father of
William Allen Abbs of Niagara
Falls, N.Y., and Mrs. Wilfred
(Ella) Bailey of Gait; brother of
Mrs. Ella Ward of Brampton,
Ont Besting at Little's Funeral
Home, 39 Grand Ave., North
Gait Funeral services at 2 p.m.
Wednesday. Sept. 7. Interment
in Mount View Cemetery

William + BRYAN, Lydia. Lydia died before 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]