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Niagara Gazette - 7/21/1951

LOCKPORT, July 21-Knowing
the active life she leads, makes it
hard to believe, but yesterday Mrs.
Margaret Meyer, better known as
"Gram," celebrated her eightyninth
birthday at Hillcrest, the home
of her grandson. Bruce J. Wclton
and family, RD 4, Lockport.
If there could be imagined a
meeting of the Auxiliary lo B. Leo
Dolan Unit 410, American Legion,
or Lockport Post 2535. Veterans of
Foreign Wars, or the Hartland Conservation
club, 'with just one member
attending-that member might well
be "Gram." She seldom has missed
one. She is also a Gold Star Mother.
So far this year, she has knit 35
pairs of mittens for Christmas gifts.
All of her grandchildren and great
grandchildren are well supplied with
quilts and comforters made by her
busy fingers. Crocheted bedspreads
are another of her specialties.
Active Helper
Mrs. Welton is an active helper
about the house and her grandson
delights in saying that "Gram's"
greatest enjoyment is found in "bossing
me around." He enjoys it just
as much as Mrs. Meyer does.
"Gram's" earlier years provides a
fund of interesting stories. Born
in the Town of Pendleton, July 20,
1862, daughter of Henry and Christine
Basenberg, her mother died
when she was just a little over a
year old.
As she tells it, "Grandma Basenberg
raised me until I was ten years
old. Then my father remarried. He
took me, his new wife and all the
household furnishings and loaded
us on a freight car. We went to
the Territory of Alabama, where we
took up a homestead site and improved it. This was located at
what is now Cullman, Ala.
Returns to Niagara
When she reached the age of 17,
Mrs. Meyer returned to Niagara
county. She worked as a dressmaker
until she met Jacob B. Meyer and
married him April 26. 1881.
The couple had four children:
Theresa Meyer Fierch, who died
at Oxford, N. Y., August 24, 1945;
Frank, who died at ,the age of three;
Jacob, who died in France, November
14. 1918, during World War 1,
and Cornelia, Mrs. Claude H.Welton,
of 105 Lewis street, the only
one still living.
Mrs. Meyer has three sister;, two
living in Birmingham, Ala., and one
in Maryland; three brothers, two in
Cullman and one in Birmingham;
three grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren.
On Mrs. Meyer's seventy-eighth
birthday, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Welton's
first child was born, Roanne
Dee Welton. Since then, they have
celebrated the event together and
this year their birthdays total 100
years

Margaret married MEYER, Jacob B on 26 Apr 1881 in Niagara County, NY. Jacob died in 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FIERCH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cornelia married WELTON, Claude H about Apr 1912. Claude (son of WELTON, Edgar E) was born in Aug 1885 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bruce married COOK, Alvera Etta on 27 Jan 1939 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Alvera (daughter of COOK, Walter and KRAUSE, Emma) was born on 17 Apr 1917 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Mar 2018 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Becky I. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HASELEY, David G. David (son of HASELEY, Mervin G and NOBLE, Lucille) was born on 16 Sep 1937 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 27 Apr 1995 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary of Carrol Zastrow

Carrol L. Zastrow passed away December 18, 2015 in Eastern Niagara Hospital, Lockport. Born in Lockport on December 12, 1941 she is the daughter of Alvera (Cook) Welton and the late Bruce J. Welton. Carrol worked as a school bus driver for Ridge Road Express in Lockport. She enjoyed Longaberger Baskets and Beanie Babies.


Besides her mother Carrol is also survived by her husband Marlin "Red" Zastrow of Gasport; mother of Mark Demeter of Cheektowaga, Debra (Michael) Palladino of Tonawanda, and Darcy Watson of Chicago; step-mother of Tammy (Rob) Flaherty of Croton-On-the-Hudson, NY, Sherrie (Dan) MacNeill of Cortland, NY, Kelly (Dale) Wick of Mendon, NY, and Paula (Brian LeBere) Zastrow of Englewood, FL; grandmother of Michael A. Palladino, Ashley (John) Hudson, Melissa (Zachary Banas) Watson, Ryan Flaherty, Erin Flaherty, Mikayla MacNeill, Maura MacNeill, Sara Wick, and Natalie Wick; great grandmother of Christian Palladino; sister of Robert (Becky) Welton of Lockport, Linda (Daniel) Roberts of Gasport, and late Roanne Haseley; several nieces and nephews.


Relatives and friends may call Sunday, Dec. 20th from 5-7 PM in Prudden & Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee St., Lockport where services will follow at 7 PM. In lieu of flowers donations Terry's Corners Fire Hall, 7801 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Gasport, NY 14067 would be appreciated. Visit www.pruddenandkandt.com.

Family/Spouse: ZASTROW, Marlin. Marlin (son of ZASTROW, Elmer Herman August and BOHNSTADT, Gertrude Anna) was born on 15 Mar 1939 in Town of Wilson, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Jan 2022 in Gasport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carrol married DEMETER, John Robert on 10 Sep 1960 in Royalton Center, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. John (son of DEMETER, Trayon Daniel and CAROSH, Mary Elizabeth) was born on 10 Jun 1938 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 18 Nov 1999 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ROBERTS, Daniel J. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BENSON, Scott Charles. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: PALLADINO, Michael. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WATSON, Mark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]