Wilbur Sebastian Rieger

b. 28 November 1892, d. April 1974
  • Wilbur Sebastian Rieger was born on 28 November 1892 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
  • He was baptized/christened on 28 January 1893 in Niagara Falls, New York.
  • Sebastian Rieger and Frances A. Rieger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Cambria, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Wilbur Sebastian Rieger, Caroline I. Rieger, May Margaret Rieger, Clarence Herman Rieger and Ada C. Rieger. Also in the household was one young male farm laborer.
  • Sebastian Rieger and Frances A. Rieger appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1905 in Cambria, Niagara County, New York, at Lockport Road. Other members of the household included Wilbur Sebastian Rieger, Caroline I. Rieger, Elmer Turner, Clarence Herman Rieger and Ada C. Rieger.
  • Sebastian Rieger and Frances A. Rieger appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Cambria, New York, at Lockport Road. Other members of the household included Wilbur Sebastian Rieger, Caroline I. Rieger, Agnes Ann Rieger, Clarence Herman Rieger and Ada C. Rieger.
  • He was attending school and working on the farm, according to the 1910 census.
  • Sebastian Rieger and Frances A. Rieger appeared in the 1915 New Jersey state census in Cambria, Niagara County, New York, at Lockport & Shawnee Road. Other members of the household included Wilbur Sebastian Rieger, Caroline I. Rieger, Clarence Herman Rieger and Ada C. Rieger.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1915 census.
  • Wilbur Sebastian Rieger registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Niagara County, New York, while single and living in Lockport, self-empoloyed as a farmer in Cambria.
  • Sebastian Rieger and Frances A. Rieger appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, at Washburn Street. Other members of the household included Wilbur Sebastian Rieger, Caroline I. Rieger and Ada C. Rieger.
  • He was employed as an assembler by an automobile radiator company, according to the 1920 census.
  • The following appeared on 30 October 1964 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Agnes Rieger Mayer, a native of this city, died Thursday (Oct. 29, 1964) in St. Mary's Hospital, West Palm Beach, Fla., after a short illness.
         Mrs. Mayer lived at 3800 Boutwell Road, Lake Worth, Fla.
         Mrs. Mayer, a registered nurse, had been employed at hospitals in Lockport and Rochester in past years. She had lived in Florida for the last several years.
         She formerly was a member of the Rosary Altar Society of Sacred Heart Church here.
          Mrs. Mayer is survived by her husband, Oscar Mayer; two sisters, Miss Caroline Rieger, this city, Mrs. William E. Gallagher, Akron, Ohio; one brother, Wilbur Rieger, this city.
          Another sister, Miss Frances Rieger, died in 1963.
         Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Monday at the Rhoney Funeral Home and at 9:15 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church.
          Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
          Friends may call 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
  • Wilbur Sebastian Rieger died in April 1974 at age 81.
  • Last Edited: 12 Jun 2015