Unknown Buchners - Death on a Street Car

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2020 Week 9 (DISASTER)


I found this newspaper article online at the Welland History Blog Archive one time while I was searching the BUCHNER name online. 

1905

This was definitely a disaster when Mrs. James A Buchner died from a fall on the street car in 1905 at the age of 32. Her daughter (12 year old Dora), sister, niece & nephew were present when the accident causing her death occurred. She was from Bridgeburg, Ontario. She is buried in Doan's Ridge Cemetery in Welland, Ontario.


In reading the newspaper clipping it became obvious there was misinformation spreading about the accident that must have caused much injury to the surviving relatives. 


Her sister was Mrs. J.W. Buchner from Niagara Falls, New York. Both sisters were married to Buchners. The accident happened in Buffalo.


All that I know about this disaster is what I gleaned from this article.


I have not yet figured out how these sisters fit into my husband's family tree. I don't yet know their names. I don't know where James A Buchner & J.W. Buchner fit into the tree.  The past practice of not including the given names of women when they were married makes researching unknowns difficult. 

**see below for an update on names  



I won't give up until they are nicely placed exactly where they belong in our BRAMBLE BUSH FAMILY TREE.


Collecting people while trying to figure out the relationship!


This is why I search - 



Cause ... 





You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!





****** Updated to add *******

Minnie Salome Niesz
born 14 Oct 1872, Humberstone, Ontario, Canada
daughter of George & Dorothea Niesz

married 14 Oct 1890
James Albert Buchner
born 15 May 1869, Crowland, Ontario, Canada
son of A (Allan, Alvin, Alom, etc...) & Nancy Buchner

their daughter
Dorothy B Buchner (known as Dora in article above)
born 19 Feb 1893, Ontario, Canada

**SOURCE: Ancestry records, 1901 census & marriage record

****** Still don't know how they fit in our tree *******












***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***






Sources:



Buchner 1905 death, Welland History - a project by S & B, retrieved February 28th 2020 from 
http://wellandhistory.ca/2018/12/buchner-1905-death-969-2/
http://wellandhistory.ca/2018/12/buchner-1905-death-970-2/
http://wellandhistory.ca/2018/12/buchner-1905-death-971-2/




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