Esther Helberg Lederer

Esther Helberg Lederer

• Father: Frederick J. Lederer b. December 1865, d. 26 March 1929
• Mother: Minnie Witt b. April 1866, d. 18 September 1944

• Esther Helberg Lederer was born in August 1893 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• Frederick J. Lederer and Minnie Witt appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 400 Guilford Street. Other members of the household included Esther Helberg Lederer, Albert A. Lederer and Granger C. Lederer. Also in the household was was Minnie's unmarried sister Lorraine? Witt (age 26).
• She married Julius Claus Anderson in 1911.
• Esther Helberg Lederer became a widow at the circa 1915 death of her husband.
• She married Stillman George Stacye circa 1919, and after a few years divorced.
• The following appeared on 3 November 1922 in The Daily News: (East Pembroke) Mrs. Fred Lederer has returned to Buffalo after spending a week with her daughter, Mrs. Esther Stacye.
• Esther Helberg Lederer appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1925 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York, at 19 Liberty. Other members of the household included Royal Clinton Anderson.
• She was part owner and assisting in office of bus line, according to the 1925 census.
• Esther Helberg Lederer appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, Erie County, Wisconsin, at 1050 Elmwood Avenue. Other members of the household included Minnie Witt and Royal Clinton Anderson. Also in the household were five roomers and a housekeeper.
• The following was published online by the Buffalo Currier-Express: Royal C. Anderson, seaman first class, has completed training at the Navy Submarine School, New London, Conn. The 29-year-old sailor is the son of Mrs. Esther S. Anderson and husband of Marion E., both of 107 East Delavan Ave.
• The following appeared on 20 September 1944 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: [Died] Minnie Witt Lederer, September 18, 1944, formerly of 400 Guilford St., wife of the late Fred; beloved mother of Mrs. Esther Anderson Stacye, Albert A. and Granger C. of Rochester, N. Y; sister of Mrs. Charles Ihrig Sr; grandmother of S 1/C Royal C. Anderson, QM, Doris and Mrs. Edwin Maher. Funeral from her late residence, 109 East Delavan Ave., Thursday afternoon at 2:30.
• The following appeared on 16 February 1947 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Wednesday, February 12, 1947, Granger C. Lederer, 242 Long Acre Rd., Rochester, N. Y. He is survived by his wife, Claire M. Lederer; his daughter, Mrs. George Knapp; his brother, Albert Lederer, and his sister, Mrs. Esther Anderson, both of Buffalo. Friends are invited to acall at the Hedges Memorial Chapel, University Ave., Rochester, N. Y., where funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a. m.
• Esther Helberg Lederer died on 3 November 1958 at age 65 in Eggertsville, Erie County, New York, at 1250 Windermere Boulevard at the home of her son Royal Anderson.
• The following appeared on 4 November 1958 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: [Died] Esther H. Stacye Anderson of 130 Windermere Blvd., Eggertsville, Nov 3, 1958; wife of the late Claus Julius Anderson; mother of Royal Anderson; grandmother of Lois, Janis and Eric Anderson. Friends may call at the Harry A. Wederkindt Funeral Home, 280 Grover Cleveland Hwy., at North Bailey, where funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. Friends invited.
• The following appeared on 4 November 1958 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Mrs. Esther Anderson Stacye, 65, a pioneer business woman in Genesee County, died yesterday at the home of her son, Royal Anderson of 1250 Windermere Blvd, Eggertsville.
       She was born Esther Helberg Lederer in Buffalo and grew up here. She and Claus Julius Anderson were married here in 1911. He died four years later.
       Mrs. Anderson was married during World War I to Stillman G. Stacye, whose family operated Stacye's Corner Store in East Pembroke. The couple was divorced in the early 1920s but not before Mrs.Stacye had taken over operation of the store, which served as ticket office and waiting room for the earliest Buffalo-Batavia bus line.
       In 1923, Mrs. Stacye sold the store and used the procesds to buy an interest in the Western New York State Bus Line, forerunner of the Blue Bus Co. She moved to Batavia and acted as office manager for the company there.
       Mrs. Stacye sold out her interest in 1927, about the time she was stricken with a crippling illness. She had been confined to her bed 30 years at the time of her death.
       Besides her son, she is survived by three grandchildren. Services will be conducted at 2 Thursday afternoon at the home.

• Last Edited: 18 Jun 2017