SY, John Friedrich

1843 - 1912  (68 years)

• Name	SY, John Friedrich
  Birth	11 Dec 1843	Plowen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Aug 1912	Effingham County, IL
  Person ID	I79986	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family	WURL, Maria Elisabeth,   b. 20 Aug 1847, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 16 Feb 1920, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1869
  Children	1. SY, Anna,   b. Abt 1870, Mound Township, Effingham County, IL d. Yes, date unknown   2. SY, Celeste,   b. May 1872, Mound Township, Effingham County, IL d. Yes, date unknown   3. SY, Martin J,   b. Feb 1874, Mound Township, Effingham County, IL d. Yes, date unknown   4. SY, Alma Auguste Wilhelmina,   b. Mar 1877, Altamont, Effingham County, IL d. 1 Nov 1950, Katonah, Westchester County, NY (Age 73 years)   5. SY, Martha E,   b. Jun 1879, Mound Township, Effingham County, IL d. 24 Jun 1948, Rochester, Monroe County, NY (Age 69 years)   6. SY, Dorothea Elizabeth,   b. Mar 1884, Mound Township, Effingham County, IL d. 29 Aug 1937, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F17231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Niagara Gazette - 8/24/1912 FUNERAL OF JOHN SY WILL BE HELD MONDAY AFTERNOON Arrangements have been made to hold the funeral of John Sy. the aged man who disappeared from his home, No. 2209 Pierce avenue on August 9 on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family home and later from the German St. Paul's Lutheran church at Cleveland avenue artel Eigh- teenth street. The family Mr. Sy are of the opinion that he committed suicide by jumping into the Niagara river and that his body was washed out into the lalce whe-re it was found. Wit- nesses have been found who say that they saw the aged man on the street walking about in an aimless way and asking the whereabouts of his home. It Is believed that in a fit of temporary aberration he wandered down to the river and jumped in.