Violet Amy Harlow

b. 26 January 1885
  • Violet Amy Harlow was born on 26 January 1885 in Bobcaygeon, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.
  • The following appeared on 11 December 1891 in The Buffalo Courier: Erie County Board of Supervisors, Nov. 10, 1891. . . . The Chair presented the following which was received and ordered printed and filed, and referred to the Committee on Charitable Institutions:
         County of Erie, N. Y., Debtor to the Buffalo Orphan Asylum.
         County charges from October 1, 1890, to October 1, 1891: . . . #268, Violet Harlow, Oct. 1 to March 26, 25 weeks; #267 Edward Harlow, Oct. 1 to Mar. 26, 25 weeks. . . .
  • Gibson Edward Harlow and Violet Amy Harlow appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at Buffalo Orphan Asylum.
  • Gottlieb Weiler and Kate Robinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 389 Walnut Street. Other members of the household included Violet Amy Harlow, Frederick Weiler and Amelia Weiler. Violet was Kate's daughter by her earlier marriage.
  • The following appeared on 4 February 1903 in the Buffalo Courier: [Died] In this city, February 3, 1903, Kate, wife of Charles Weiler and mother of John, Gibson and Violet Harlow, [step-mother of] Mrs. Herman Oelheim, Charles, Anna, Clara, Fred and Amelia Weiler, and sister of Mrs. Edward Williams, Mrs. Louis Williams of St. Louis, Mo; William and Mathew Robinson of Petersburg, Ont., aged 49 years, 7 months and 16 days. The funeral will be held from the family residence, No. 806 Michigan Street, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend. Toronto papers please copy.
  • It is possible that Kate's daughter Violet was enumerated in 1905 as a Violet Harlow, age 20, a domestic servant in the household of publisher George Sillsbee, in Avoca, Steuben County.
  • Last Edited: 11 Dec 2014