Barbara E. Fink

Barbara E. Fink

• Father: Jacob Fink b. 16 January 1846, d. 1 May 1912
• Mother: Maria Prinzing b. 19 August 1847, d. 24 May 1916

• Barbara E. Fink was born in April 1878 in New York.
• Jacob Fink appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Suspension Bridge, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Barbara E. Fink, Jacob Johann Fink, Gottleib Fink and Konrad Fink.
• Jacob Fink and Maria Prinzing appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Barbara E. Fink, Jacob Johann Fink, Gottleib Fink and Anna M. Fink. Also in the household were four boarders.
• She was a stenographer, according to the 1900 census.
• She married John Joseph DeShinsky on 29 August 1906 in Niagara County, New York.
• The following appeared on 31 August 1906 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Cards were issued today announcing the marriage of Miss Barbara E. Fink and Mr. John D. De Shinsky on Wednesday night at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Fink, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Herman Brezing, pastor of the German Evangelical church. Mr. and Mrs. De Shinsky will be at home at No. 1608 Main street after Sept. 1st.
• Jacob Fink and Maria Prinzing appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1608 Main Street. Other members of the household included Barbara E. Fink, Jacob Johann Fink, Gottleib Fink, John Joseph DeShinsky and Jack Princing DeShinsky.
• John Joseph DeShinsky and Barbara E. Fink appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1618 Eighth Street. Other members of the household included Jack Princing DeShinsky and Gottleib Fink.
• She officially witnessed the death of Maria Prinzing on 24 May 1916 in Denfield, London Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
• The following appeared on 26 May 1916 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: [Died] At Denfield, Ont., May 24, 1916, after a brief illness, Mrs. Mary Fink, aged 68 years; widow of the late Jacob Fink; she leaves two daughters, Mrs. John Deshinsky and Mrs. Samuel Barton, one son, Gottlieb, all of this city, two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Feister of this city, and Mrs. David Matthews of London, Ont. Funeral will be held from the family home 1608 Main street, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Herman Brezing officiating; burial Oakwood cemetery.
• John Joseph DeShinsky and Barbara E. Fink appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at Eighth Street. Other members of the household included Jack Princing DeShinsky and Gottleib Fink.
• The following appeared on 12 July 1920 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: [Died] Gottlieb (Sunny) Fink, aged 46 years, suddenly at Lockport, N. Y., July 11th, 1920, son of the late Jacob and Mary Fink, brother of the late Jacob J., brother of Mrs. Samuel Barton and Mrs. John J. DeShensky. Funeral services at the home of the sister, Mrs. DeShinsky, 1618 Eighth St., Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. Rev. H. Brezing officiating. Burial at the convenience of the family, in Oakwood Cemetery.
• Samuel Royal Barton and Anna M. Fink appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 608 Chestnut Avenue. Other members of the household included Barbara E. Fink, Morris W. Barton, John Joseph DeShinsky and Jack Princing DeShinsky.
• The following appeared on 15 February 1936 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: Funeral services for Mrs. Anna M. Barton, of 370 Prospect street, a lifelong resident of Niagara Falls, who died in Memorial hospital Thursday evening, following a week's illness with pneumonia, will be held at the Dykstra funeral chaptl, 1619 Main street at 2 p.m. tomorrow. The Rev. David Henry Weeks, rector of Epiphany Episcopal church, will officiate. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery.
       Mrs. Barton, who was the wife of Samuel R. Barton, was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Fink. She is survived by a son, Morris W. Barton, and a sister, Mrs. John de Shinsky, both of this city.
• Barbara E. Fink became a widow at the 4 August 1957 death of her husband John Joseph DeShinsky.
• The following appeared on 6 September 1957 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: (Estates Probated) John J. DeShinsky, who died Aug. 4, 1957, left a nominal $1,000. By will of June 5, 1957, he named his widow, Barbara E. DeShinsky of 559 Memorial Pkwy., beneficiary and executrix.
• Barbara E. Fink appeared in the _'1958 & 1959 Niagara Falls, New York, City Directory at 559 Memorial Parkway listed as widow of John DeShinsky..
• Barbara E. Fink died on 2 July 1960 at age 82 in Niagara Falls, New York.
• She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
• The following appeared on 2 July 1960 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: [Died] In this city, July 2, 1960, Barbara E., wife of the late John J. DeShinsky, mother of Jack P. DeShinsky, New Orleans, La. Funeral service at the chapel of Cornell and Daggett, Inc., 1517 Main St., Tuesday, July 5, 1960 at 2 p.m., Rev. Alvin H. Butz Jr. officiating. Interment Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 2 p.m. Sunday.

• Last Edited: 4 Apr 2014