From Landmarks of Niagara County (1897):
James Armitage was born in England, March 9, 1843, and came to America in 1864. He learned his trade of machinist in the old country and followed it in Buffalo and Williamsville, until he became a member of…
From History of Niagara County 1821-1878 (1878):
James Carney was a pioneer in the town as early as 1819, locating with his father, Edward Carney, who was one of the earliest settlers in Avon, Livingston county, in 1791 on Tonawanda Island (for many…
One of the most prominent early residents of North Tonawanda, Felton is born in Massachusetts in 1827. Early on he is involved in the manufacture of leather goods and stationary in Buffalo. For the next 15 years he was involved in the news business,…
From Buffalo as an Architectural Museum:
[William H.] Gratwick was born in Albany, NY. After he learned the lumber trade, he came to Buffalo in 1877 and founded the lumber firm of Gratwick, Smith & Fryer Lumber Co. with offices in Buffalo,…
"Herschell, Allan, vice-president of the house of Armitage-Herschell Co., was born in Scotland, Apr 27, 1851*, a son of John and Jessie Herschell, and came to America in 1870. He learned the trade of moulder…
One of the earliest residents of present-day North Tonawanda. Lived near the Niagara River at present-day Wheatfield Street. Operated a public house? Gave his name to Pettit Creek which formerly ran through the Avenues. Builds a log house in 1809…
Attorney Garwood L. Judd has an impressive residence at the southwest corner of Goundry and Oliver in 1875. From History of Niagara County 1821-1878 (1878):
Garwood L. Judd was born at Augusta Centre, Oneida county, N. Y., July 4th, 1823. He studied…
From Landmarks of Niagara County (1897):
Col. Lewis S. Payne was born in the town of Riga, Monroe county, N. Y., January 21, 1819, the son of Stephen and Ruth A. (Smith) Payne. The Payne family is of honorable New England ancestry and its founder in…
William "Pop" Ramsay may be familiar to current residents as the gentleman after whom Walck Road's "Ramsay Field" is named. Mr. Ramsay serves in the U. S. Navy during WWI, and by 1919 is the "physical director" of the North Tonawanda YMCA. That same…
Founder of the Richardson Boat Company in 1909.
B. 19 December 1879
D. 17 February 1937
Full bio in The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1939 volume 27 , pg 479.
Taken from the Am-Pol Eagle:
Stephen Sikora holds a special place in the hearts of the people of North Tonawanda. Besides the Post, the city of North Tonawanda named a street after the war hero, Stephen J. Sikora Drive.Stephen was born to Frank and…
From History of Niagara County 1821-1878 (1878):
James Sweeney located first in Buffalo in 1811. As one of the proprietors in the original purchase of the land upon which the village of North Tonawanda has been erected, he located on it in 1828, and…
Born August 21, 1786, in Carmel, New York, John Sweeney was residing in Buffalo in 1813, when he joined the Geneva Volunteers as a lieutenant. He served in the blockhouse that was built to protect Tonawanda during the War of 1812. Wounded at the…
From History of Niagara County, New York, 1821-1878 (1878):
William Vandervoote located in 1825, occupying a log house, the only one that then existed. He had in view the transaction of mercantile business, and the purchase of staves and oak timber…
(1831–1914) Rudolph Wurlitzer emigrates from Germany to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1853. Coming from a long line of instrument makers, he soon recognizes that with his family connections, he can provide instruments at a lower price and of higher…