Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 7/23/1906

Lawrence Weber, a -well-known
young man of this city, was drowned
while boating on the Tuscarora
river at Wilson, late Saturday after-
noon. The body was recovered, at 6,
o'clock Saturday evening and brought
to this city.
The funeral will bo held
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock from
the church of the. Sacred Heart.
Lawrence ,Weber with a party of
friends, was enjoying_cottage life, at
Wilson. About 3 o'clock Saturday,
afternoon be entered a flat-bottomed
skiff for the purpose'of t a k i n g a ride
on the river. The skiff was towed by
a launch owned„.by Charles Wilson,
Sullivan was seated in one end of
trboat and Weber in the other.
The person who was in t h e stern walked
to the front of the boat and the
combined weight brought the bow of
the boat under water. The occupants
of the boat became frightened and in
some manner they were precipitated
Into the river. Weber could not
swim ahd.despite the fact t h a t the
boat did not sink he drowned within
sight of his friends. Sullivan made
an-effort to save him but was unsuccessful.
Tlie body of the deceased was recovered
at 6 o'clock and was brought
to the home of the deceased at No.
720 Pierce avenue. Besides his mother,
two brothers survive, they being
Fire Commissioner Joseph Weber
and Augustus Weber.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 7/24/1906

The funeral of Lawrence. Weber, who
was drow-ned on Saturday afternoor
a t Wilson, was held this morning from
the family home, No. 20 Willow avenue,
at 8:30 o'clock, and from the Church of
the Sacred Heart at 9 o'clock, the Rev.
J.. J. Roche officiating. When the ser-
vices at the church began, there was
not a vacant pew, the relatives and
friends of the deveased crowding the
edifice to the doors. It was one of the
largest funerals in point of attendance
ever held at the north end of the city.
Great banks of flowers nearly hid the
casket from view. The bearers were:
Frank Long, Michael Kane, Benjamin
Spoor and Melch Kelberger. Inter-
ment was in St. Mary's cemetery.

August married GLASER, Anna about 1870. Anna was born in May 1837 in Germany; died on 15 Mar 1928 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/15/1928

WEBER-In this city, March 15, 1928. Mrs.
Anna Weber. aged 91 years, widow of the
late August Weber. Beloved mother of
August J. and Charles A., Mrs. J. F,
O'Connell and Miss Agnes Weber, this
city, also several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
Funeral Saturday morning
from the family home. 720 Willow avenue at 9:30 o'clock annd at 10 o'clock at
Sacred Heart church where a requiem
solemn high mass will be sung for the
repose of her soul. Interment in St.
Mary's cemetery.