Susan Anna Koelle

Susan Anna Koelle

• Father: Georg R. Kölle b. 12 July 1849, d. 4 August 1898
• Mother: Cäcelie Walter b. circa 3 December 1849, d. 28 June 1942

• Susan Anna Koelle was born on 8 July 1871 in New York.
• She was baptized/christened on 13 August 1871 at Zion Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, sponsored by George Seitz and Margaretha Walter.
• Her name was recorded as Anna Susanna in her baptismal record.
• Georg R. Kölle and Cäcelie Walter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Suspension Bridge, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Susan Anna Koelle, George Koelle, Dorothea Koelle and Katharine Scheck.
• Christian Fink and Barbara Wiedenmann appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Niagara, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Susan Anna Koelle, Ida May Fink, Emma Barbara Fink, Marguerite Fink and Walter C. Fink.
• She married Hugh F. Bates, son of William R. Bates and Mary (?), on 26 April 1894 in Niagara Falls, New York, at Zion Lutheran Church. Witnesses were Samuel Ward and Dora Koelle..
• Susan Anna Koelle died on 4 December 1939 at age 68 in Lewiston, Niagara County, New York.
• She was interred at Niagara Falls Memorial Park Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York.
• The following appeared on 5 December 1939 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Lewiston, Dec. 5 -- Mrs. Susan Bates, 68 years old, died yesterday afternoon at the family home in the Town of Lewiston. Mrs. Bates had been a resident of Lewiston for many years and was well known throughout the community. Her loss will be mourned by a wide circle of friends.
       She is survived by two sons, Norman C., of Pekin, China, and Kenneth, of this city; one daughter, Mrs. Everart Heath, of Lewiston; her mother, Mrs. Cecelia Koelle, and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Frank McKinnon, Mrs. Dempster Hardy, Mrs. William Zinter, Mrs. Bert McConnell, George, John and Christ Koelle, all of Niagara Falls.
       Funeral services will be held from the home of the daughter, Mrs. Everart Heath, Saunders Settlement road, Town of Lewiston, Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment will be in Memorial Park cemeter and the Rev. Arthur Schmoyer will officiate.

• Last Edited: 17 Oct 2013