The home of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Vanderburgh, 123 West Main street, was the scene of a pretty wedding ceremony on Wednesday, when Norman Cameron, counsellor-at- law, Boston, Mass., and Carrie Adelia Vanderburgh, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vanderburgh of this place, were united in marriage. The interior was beautifully trimmed with flowers in which roses and hydrangeas took a leading part. The ceremony took place at promptly 2 p.m., D.S. Houck of Picton, Ontario tying the nuptial knot and Bessie Burgar playing the wedding music. The bride wore a lovely dress of white India silk and carried white roses. Miss Carrie Misener of Humberstone, bridesmaid, was also becomingly attired in white and carried pink roses. The groom was supported by Chas. P. Page of Buffalo. The guests numbered about twenty; all intimate friends and some very handsome gifts were presented to the charming bride. Prominent among these was a silver cake knife from the teachers and officers of the Methodist Sunday school where Miss Vanderburgh has been a zealous worker in several Christian societies, and her presence will be missed in the church and the social circle. Mr. Cameron is a rising young barrister of Boston. He is accompanied here by his mother, Mary, Mrs. Robert (Dr.) Cameron. Congratulations were followed by the prophetic showers of rice, and at 4.52 the M.C.R. express carried away the wedding party for a trip east and along the Atlantic Coast. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron will of course reside in the aesthetic Hub where they will be followed by the hearty good speeds of a legion of sincere friends. The couple will be at home to friends at 1026 Boyleston Street after Oct. 8th.
Welland Tribune
27 August 1897
Married: 25 August 1897
The death occurred at the family home corner East Main and Burgar Street, Welland, on Saturday, July 19, 1919 of Mary Susanna, dearly beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Cronmiller. She had been in poor health for the past year with heart trouble, but was able to be around, and her death came as a great shock to her relatives and friends. She leaves to mourn, her aged father and mother, three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Suess of Niagara Falls, Ont., Miss Carrie at home, and Mrs. W.M. Hill of Welland. The funeral will take place on Tuesday, July 22 at 2.30 p.m. Burial at Doans’s Ridge cemetery. Kindly omit flowers.
People’s Press
22 July 1912
Died: 19 July 1912
Doan’s Ridge Cemetery
-19 July 1912
Heart Disease
Father: George Cronmiller
Mother: Susanna Weaver
In Welland, on Sunday March 4, Ida Martha, infant daughter of Mr. George Cronmiller, aged 11 months and 27 days.
Welland Tribune
9 March 1877
Died: 4 March 1877
Doan’s Ridge Cemetery
7 March 1876-4 March 1877
Scarlet Fever
Father: George Cronmiller
Mother: Susanna Weaver
One of Welland’s oldest residents was called by death on Monday, Dec. 25th, at her home on East Main street in the person of Susanna Cronmiller, widow of the late George Cronmiller in her 87th year. In the past year she had been failing in health due to the debilities of old age. Deceased was a faithful member of the Lutheran Church. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Seuss of Niagara Falls, Ont., Caroline at home and Mrs. W.M. Hill of Welland (2 daughters and one son have predeceased her), five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. She was born in Willoughby, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Weaver, one of the early settlers along the Sodom road in Willoughby. She had six sisters and five brothers of whom one sister, Mrs. Margaret Grey of West Lorne and one brother David Weaver of Niagara Falls south, survive. Funeral will be held at her late residence on Wednesday, Dec. 27th at 2.20, burial at Doan’s Ridge cemetery. Her husband predeceased her 13 months ago.
The Welland Tribune and Telegraph
26 December 1922
Died: 25 December 1922
Doan’s Ridge Cemetery
11 November 1836-25 December 1922
Sarcoma of the breast
Father: George Weaver
Mother: Catharine Detenbeck
George C. Cronmiller Died Tuesday in 86th Year
OLDEST BUSINESS MAN
Came to This Town in 1874-Born in Willoughby
George C. Cronmiller died at his home at the corner of East Main and Burgar streets, on Tuesday. By his death Welland has lost one of its oldest citizens, and its oldest business man. Large number of friends and acquaintances mourn the loss of a pioneer who led a blameless life, who directed his efforts along constructive lines, who took a deep and active interest in the public affairs of the town and county. George Cronmiller has left behind him a name without a stain.
Up to a week ago Wednesday, Mr. Cronmiller was leading a healthy, active life, in spite of the fact that he was eighty-five years of age. He began to suffer from bronchial trouble. He retained a remarkable memory and a keen interest in every day life to the last.
His birthplace is a farm on the Sodom road in Willoughby Township. He was born there on the 30th of May 1836. His father and mother were Michael and Dorothy who came from Alsace and settled in Bertie Township in 1828.
George was brought up on the farm and worked on it for some time-until 1868, when he set up an undertaking establishment in Willoughby township in 1868.
He moved to the town of Welland in 1874, after selling his property in Willoughby. Here he set up a new business, and two years after, had the very best hearse in the County at that time.
He married Susanna Weaver, one of a family of twelve, early settlers along the Sodom Road, and as a result of this union, six children were born; Susanna, George and Ida died. Elizabeth, widow of the late H.D. Suess, Caroline, and Clara, wife of W.M. Hill, and his widow survive. Five grandchildren and six great grandchildren also survive.
He had two brothers and one sister. Henry was of the firm of Cronmiller and White at Port Colborne; Michael died at an early age and his sister was the first wife of the late Daniel Near.
An evidence of the interest he took in municipal and educational affairs is shown in his record of office. For nine years, Mr. Cronmiller was a member of the school board in S.S. No. 6, Willoughby. In 1872 and 1873 he was a member of the township council of Willoughby. In the year following the incorporation of the Welland as a town he was a member of the Welland Council.
During these years he continued to build up a splendid business opposite the Registry Office on East Main Street. When he sold out to J.J. Patterson in February 1911, he was then recognized as the oldest business man in the town, as the only man who had been doing business in the same stand continuously in Welland for 37 years.
He was a strong member of the Lutheran Church, but belonged to no lodges. He was a great home man. Mrs. Cronmiller reached her 85th birthday last week
The Welland Tribune and Telegraph
24 November 1921
Died: 22 November 1921
Doan’s Ridge Cemetery
30 May 1836- 22 November 1921
Bronchial Pneumonia
Father: Michael Cronmiller
Mother: Dorothy Cronmiller
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