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Protected: (V45, N2) People of Niagara County: Angela (Nan) Hennegan by Carol DiPirro-Stipkovits

Protected: (V45, N2) People of Niagara County: Angela (Nan) Hennegan by Carol DiPirro-Stipkovits

  • Post Author:Carol DiPirro-Stipkovits
  • Post published:September 12, 2023
  • Post Category:Digital Newsletter

On May 14, 1923, Angela Alice Hennegan was born to Dennis and Annie (nee McDougall) Hennegan in St Catherine’s Island, Canada.   The youngest of 13 siblings, Nan as she…

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1927 Map of Niagara Falls

1927 Map of Niagara Falls

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:February 8, 2022
  • Post Category:Niagara County

Part of the Digital Collections of the New York Heritage website is a Map of Niagara Falls and Vicinity made by the Niagara Falls Power Company in 1927. This map…

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People of Niagara County: Dr. Wm. B. Rice

People of Niagara County: Dr. Wm. B. Rice

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:August 20, 2021
  • Post Category:Niagara County / People

Found on the Old Fulton Postcards website (https://www.fultonhistory.com) is the following article about a new doctor in Niagara Falls. This article was published within the Niagara Falls Gazette on Wednesday,…

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Online Resource: Pauls’ Dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and Vicinity (1896)

Online Resource: Pauls’ Dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and Vicinity (1896)

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:May 24, 2021
  • Post Category:Niagara County / Online Resources

One of the books that has been added to Archive.org is Pauls' Dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and Vicinity (1896) published by the Peter Paul Book Company in Buffalo,…

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Cemetery Saturday: St. Michael the Archangel

Cemetery Saturday: St. Michael the Archangel

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:April 10, 2021
  • Post Category:Cemeteries / Niagara County

St. Michael the Archangel's cemetery is located on Rt. 31 (Saunders Settlement Rd.) in the Town of Lewiston. The Dorothy Rolling & Donald R. Jerge (members of Niagara County Genealogical…

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Cemetery Saturday: St. Joseph Cemetery

Cemetery Saturday: St. Joseph Cemetery

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:March 13, 2021
  • Post Category:Cemeteries / Niagara County

St. Joseph Cemetery is located on Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls, NY. The St. Joseph Church has a website that includes a page about the cemetery: https://www.holyfamilyrcchurch.org/st-joseph-cemetery. According to that website,…

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Seeing Niagara Falls in 1804

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:March 7, 2021
  • Post Category:Niagara County

Take a moment to imagine what seeing Niagara Falls for the first time would have been for a person in 1804. This was before Niagara County was established (still being…

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Cemetery Saturdays: St. Mary’s Cemetery

Cemetery Saturdays: St. Mary’s Cemetery

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:February 6, 2021
  • Post Category:Cemeteries / Niagara County

St. Mary's CemeteryEst. 1861 Also known as Sacred Heart Cemetery, St. Mary's Cemetery is located on Portage Ave. in Niagara Falls right next to Oakwood Cemetery. According to the information…

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Online Resource: Anthology and Bibliography of Niagara Falls by Charles Mason Dow (1921)

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:January 24, 2021
  • Post Category:Online Resources

One of the books that has been added to Archive.org is the Anthology and Bibliography of Niagara Falls by Charles Mason Dow. Dow was born 1 August 1854 in Randolph,…

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Cemetery Saturday: Oakwood Cemetery

Cemetery Saturday: Oakwood Cemetery

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:January 9, 2021
  • Post Category:Cemeteries

Oakwood Cemetery in located on Portage Ave. in Niagara Falls, NY. According to the cemetery's website, they were established in 1852 and have over 22,000 burials within their 18.5 acres.…

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