Allan Joseph Grauer was a graduate of the Rangers School, Wanakena, NY, a division of Syracuse University, and worked as a lumberjack in the Adirondacks lumber camps until about 1916. According to his obituary in the Niagara Falls Gazette, when he was employed by New York State Parks, he contributed to the planning and development of Whirlpool State Park, Niagara Falls.
Allan Joseph Grauer and Ada Estelle Smith were married April 16, 1917 in Niagara Falls, NY (Niagara County Marriage Record).
He was a self-employed dairy farmer for 65 years. The Grauer farmhouse, which was built by his great-grandfather and is still inhabited, is located at 1398 Saunders Settlement Rd (Rte 31), about 0.2 miles west of the intersection with Miller Rd., Town of Lewiston. He maintained a small herd of ponies, said to be in memory of his late daughter Muriel, and petting the ponies was a favorite recess-time activity of the children at the adjacent Colonial Village School. He retired in 1981, but continued to live in the farmhouse with a large number of resident cats for some time thereafter.
Allan Grauer was a thirty-second degree Mason, and for over 50 years he was a member of the Niagara Falls Lodge #81 of the International Order of Odd Fellows. He died in the Fairchild Manor Nursing Home, Lewiston, NY.
Allan Joseph Grauer and Ada Estelle Smith were married April 16, 1917 in Niagara Falls, NY (Niagara County Marriage Record).
He was a self-employed dairy farmer for 65 years. The Grauer farmhouse, which was built by his great-grandfather and is still inhabited, is located at 1398 Saunders Settlement Rd (Rte 31), about 0.2 miles west of the intersection with Miller Rd., Town of Lewiston. He maintained a small herd of ponies, said to be in memory of his late daughter Muriel, and petting the ponies was a favorite recess-time activity of the children at the adjacent Colonial Village School. He retired in 1981, but continued to live in the farmhouse with a large number of resident cats for some time thereafter.
Allan Grauer was a thirty-second degree Mason, and for over 50 years he was a member of the Niagara Falls Lodge #81 of the International Order of Odd Fellows. He died in the Fairchild Manor Nursing Home, Lewiston, NY.
Allan Joseph Grauer was a graduate of the Rangers School, Wanakena, NY, a division of Syracuse University, and worked as a lumberjack in the Adirondacks lumber camps until about 1916. According to his obituary in the Niagara Falls Gazette, when he was employed by New York State Parks, he contributed to the planning and development of Whirlpool State Park, Niagara Falls.
Allan Joseph Grauer and Ada Estelle Smith were married April 16, 1917 in Niagara Falls, NY (Niagara County Marriage Record).
He was a self-employed dairy farmer for 65 years. The Grauer farmhouse, which was built by his great-grandfather and is still inhabited, is located at 1398 Saunders Settlement Rd (Rte 31), about 0.2 miles west of the intersection with Miller Rd., Town of Lewiston. He maintained a small herd of ponies, said to be in memory of his late daughter Muriel, and petting the ponies was a favorite recess-time activity of the children at the adjacent Colonial Village School. He retired in 1981, but continued to live in the farmhouse with a large number of resident cats for some time thereafter.
Allan Grauer was a thirty-second degree Mason, and for over 50 years he was a member of the Niagara Falls Lodge #81 of the International Order of Odd Fellows. He died in the Fairchild Manor Nursing Home, Lewiston, NY.
Allan Joseph Grauer and Ada Estelle Smith were married April 16, 1917 in Niagara Falls, NY (Niagara County Marriage Record).
He was a self-employed dairy farmer for 65 years. The Grauer farmhouse, which was built by his great-grandfather and is still inhabited, is located at 1398 Saunders Settlement Rd (Rte 31), about 0.2 miles west of the intersection with Miller Rd., Town of Lewiston. He maintained a small herd of ponies, said to be in memory of his late daughter Muriel, and petting the ponies was a favorite recess-time activity of the children at the adjacent Colonial Village School. He retired in 1981, but continued to live in the farmhouse with a large number of resident cats for some time thereafter.
Allan Grauer was a thirty-second degree Mason, and for over 50 years he was a member of the Niagara Falls Lodge #81 of the International Order of Odd Fellows. He died in the Fairchild Manor Nursing Home, Lewiston, NY.
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Allan J. Grauer
Jan. 7, 1897
Dec. 2, 1987
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