1787: year of birth as per gravestone.
2 Dec 1787: date of birth as per General Church and Baptism Book, Reformed Dutch Church (Katskill and Kockshockie), parents named; Catskill, Albany Co. (Greene Co. aft. 25 March 1800), New York
24 Dec 1805: married Aerent Graft (abt. 1780-abt. 1850); Salem (later New Salem), Albany Co., New York, he "son of Jacob", she "daughter of Matthew"; by The Rev. Harmanus van Huysen, Minister of the United Dutch Reformed Congregations of Helderberg (Guilderland), Jerusalem (Feura Bush) and Salem (New Salem), Albany County, New York. (1)
22 October 1820: "Hannah and Aaron Graff" admitted on this date to the First Presbyterian Church, Preble, Cortland Co., NY, as revealed in the registration of new memberships discovered in a search of early New York church records at Cornell University Library. (2)
06 Jul 1839: dismissed from the same church, together with daughter Hannah Rebecca Graff. (2)
14 Sep 1840: named in Albany, NY deed to Catherine Hendrickson Lot 16, S. side of State St. (deeded by all children & their spouses of Matthew Hendrickson and wife Maria Van Loon except Rebecca [spouse surname unknown], Mary [Hendrickson] Young, living, and Henry Hendrickson, deceased). (3)
10 August 1850: living in boarding house of daughter, Sarah (Graff) Crooker; Buffalo, Erie Co., New York.
24 April 1861: died 10 days after the marriage of daughter Sarah to Edward Streiber; Phoenix Hotel, 361 Main Street, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York. (4)
25 Apr 1861, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York: obituary; "DIED: On the 24th April, at the Phoenix Hotel, Mrs HANNAH GRAFF, mother of Mrs Sarah Streiber, aged 74 years and 6 months. Albany, Chicago and Milwaukee papers please copy." (4)
Aft. 12 February 1889, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York: reinterred at Forest Lawn Cemetery; Plot: Section N, Lot 38, Grave 1. Lot purchased 12 Feb 1889 for the burial of her grandson, Rudolph Striber by Edward Striber, his father. At that time, Edward's previous wife (Rudolph's mother and Hannah's daughter), Sarah Graff (1809-1868) was also reinterred here from another location. Cemetery records and online search data show her surname as "STRIBER" - but their records are incorrect.
Sources:
1. Keefer, Donald A., Marriages by The Rev. Harmanus van Huysen, Minister of the United Dutch Reformed Congregations of Helderberg (Guilderland), Jerusalem (Feura Bush) and Salem (New Salem), Albany County, New York, from 1794 to 1825; Kinship, West Glenville, New York, 1993; p. 19.
2. First Presbyterian Church, Preble, New York; Records: 1827-1875; Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York; Accession # 6256; Volume 1, p.121.
3. Melius, Wheeler B., Index to the Public Records of County of Albany, State of New York: 1630 - 1894 (Vols. 1-14), Vol. 6, p. 3221.
4. The Buffalo Daily Republic, Buffalo, New York, 25 Apr 1861, Thursday; p. 2, col.7 of 8.
1787: year of birth as per gravestone.
2 Dec 1787: date of birth as per General Church and Baptism Book, Reformed Dutch Church (Katskill and Kockshockie), parents named; Catskill, Albany Co. (Greene Co. aft. 25 March 1800), New York
24 Dec 1805: married Aerent Graft (abt. 1780-abt. 1850); Salem (later New Salem), Albany Co., New York, he "son of Jacob", she "daughter of Matthew"; by The Rev. Harmanus van Huysen, Minister of the United Dutch Reformed Congregations of Helderberg (Guilderland), Jerusalem (Feura Bush) and Salem (New Salem), Albany County, New York. (1)
22 October 1820: "Hannah and Aaron Graff" admitted on this date to the First Presbyterian Church, Preble, Cortland Co., NY, as revealed in the registration of new memberships discovered in a search of early New York church records at Cornell University Library. (2)
06 Jul 1839: dismissed from the same church, together with daughter Hannah Rebecca Graff. (2)
14 Sep 1840: named in Albany, NY deed to Catherine Hendrickson Lot 16, S. side of State St. (deeded by all children & their spouses of Matthew Hendrickson and wife Maria Van Loon except Rebecca [spouse surname unknown], Mary [Hendrickson] Young, living, and Henry Hendrickson, deceased). (3)
10 August 1850: living in boarding house of daughter, Sarah (Graff) Crooker; Buffalo, Erie Co., New York.
24 April 1861: died 10 days after the marriage of daughter Sarah to Edward Streiber; Phoenix Hotel, 361 Main Street, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York. (4)
25 Apr 1861, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York: obituary; "DIED: On the 24th April, at the Phoenix Hotel, Mrs HANNAH GRAFF, mother of Mrs Sarah Streiber, aged 74 years and 6 months. Albany, Chicago and Milwaukee papers please copy." (4)
Aft. 12 February 1889, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York: reinterred at Forest Lawn Cemetery; Plot: Section N, Lot 38, Grave 1. Lot purchased 12 Feb 1889 for the burial of her grandson, Rudolph Striber by Edward Striber, his father. At that time, Edward's previous wife (Rudolph's mother and Hannah's daughter), Sarah Graff (1809-1868) was also reinterred here from another location. Cemetery records and online search data show her surname as "STRIBER" - but their records are incorrect.
Sources:
1. Keefer, Donald A., Marriages by The Rev. Harmanus van Huysen, Minister of the United Dutch Reformed Congregations of Helderberg (Guilderland), Jerusalem (Feura Bush) and Salem (New Salem), Albany County, New York, from 1794 to 1825; Kinship, West Glenville, New York, 1993; p. 19.
2. First Presbyterian Church, Preble, New York; Records: 1827-1875; Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York; Accession # 6256; Volume 1, p.121.
3. Melius, Wheeler B., Index to the Public Records of County of Albany, State of New York: 1630 - 1894 (Vols. 1-14), Vol. 6, p. 3221.
4. The Buffalo Daily Republic, Buffalo, New York, 25 Apr 1861, Thursday; p. 2, col.7 of 8.
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HANNAH GRAFF
1787 - 1861
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