1. | WANKASKY, Amelia was born in Aug 1890 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (daughter of WANKASKY, Gustav and WERTH, Auguste H); died on 11 Jan 1972 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Notes:
Niagara Gazette - 1/12/1972
NORTH TONAWANDA -
Mrs. Amelia Barnes, 80, of 229
. Miller St., died Tuesday (Jan.
11,1972) in DeGraff Memorial
Hospital.
She was a lifelong resident of
this city and a member of
Payne Avenue Christian
Church. Her husband, James.
C. Barnes, predeceased her.
She is survived by three sons,
Robert L. Barnes, Kenneth
Barnes and William J. Barnes,
all of the Tonawandas; 'two
brothers, Edwin Wankowsky of
Buffalo and William
Wankowsky of Osteen, Fla.,
and a sister, Mrs. Herbert
Ensminger of Tonawanda; five
grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the
Wattengel Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Lyle V. Newman
officiating. Burial will be in
Sweeney Cemetery.
Friends may call at the
funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. today.
Amelia married BARNES, James C on 6 Mar 1914 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. James (son of BARNES, Henry and Emma) was born in Jul 1885 in New York; died on 2 Dec 1934 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/2/1914
At the parsonage of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, Thursday
evening, March 6, Mr. James C.
Barnes of Tonawanda and Miss Amelia
A. Wankasky of North Tonawanda
were united in marriage by the Reverend
Horace Alonzo Crane. They were
attended by Mr. and Mrs. Will'.am J.
Doyle of Miller street who were married
at the parsonage by Mr. Crane on
February 15. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes
will make their future home at 70
Prospect avenue, Buffalo
Children:
- BARNES, Robert L was born on 25 Mar 1914 in New York; died on 21 May 1997 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
- BARNES, Kenneth H was born on 28 Jul 1916 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY; died on 17 Jun 1984 in Niagara County, NY.
- BARNES, William J was born on 9 Mar 1934 in New York; died on 15 Apr 2001 in Alden, Erie County, NY.
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