The Family of George Faulring and Alice Needham
Third Generation
George and Alice, 1909
Both George and
Alice were born in Erie County, New York, where they were married on November 17
19094. They
settled in Boston, New York, occupying a house on the Boston State Road
close to the center of town. There, on about five acres of land, they raised their two
children:
Fourth Generation
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i. |
Ethel Barbara Faulring
| Ethel was born on December 8, 1914 and died on March 6, 2008.
She married Lyle Zahler.
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ii. |
Herold Needham Faulring
| Herold was born on April 27, 1919 and died on November 18,
1974. He married Esther Ketterer.
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Ethel and Herold Faulring, about 1923
George Albert Faulring was born April 9,
18844, in the Town of
Concord, the son of Casper Faulring and
Barbara Forster. He was baptized on June 29, 1884 at St. John's Reform
Church in East Eden, New York. He grew up on the family farm on Emerling road, where
he undoubtedly helped with the farm labor. In 1900, he was living with his older brother
Christ on a rented farm near the family homestead and working as a farm
laborer27.
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George and
Family
early 1940s |
On November 17, 1909, George married Alice Needham in Hamburg, New
York22. They
settled in Boston, New York, initially in a rented house, where George worked as a
carpenter28. By
1920, George and Alice had purchased a house on the Boston State Road with about 5 acres of
land, near that of his brother William29. George
was still working as a carpenter out of his home. In 1918, however, George became a
partner in C&W Faulring & Company13, which operated
feed mills in Boston and Colden. Also, in 1918, C&W Faulring & Co. entered into an
agreement with the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad to operate shipping facilities in
Colden, New York13.
Subsequently, as his brothers became older, George became involved full-time in the operations
of the Mill30. Then in
1939 George entered into a new partnership with DeLee Owen and his son, Herold Faulring,
forming Faulring, Owen and Company13. This
new firm then leased the Feed Mill property from Christ and
William
Faulring13. The
new firm continued the Mill operations until 1945, when the partnership was dissolved and its
assets transferred to the firm of Owen and May13.
In his later years, George Faulring suffered from Paget's Disease20, which is a
chronic bone disorder due to irregular breakdown and formation of bone tissue. It can
cause weakness of the bones and may result in bone pain, arthritis, bone deformity and
fractures. Indeed, there was a noticeable increase in the size of George's head by the
1940's. Paget's disease likely contributed to the dissolution of the Faulring, Owen and Co.
partnership in 194520. George
died March 22, 1947, of congestive heart failure020.
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Alice Faulring |
Alice Needham was born March 20, 1887, the daughter
of O. Warren Needham and Alice E. Hale. At the time, Alice was
suffering from TB and succumbed to the disease September 10, 1887. Alice likely gave
birth in Collins, New York, where her parents were taking care of her. However, baby
Alice grew up with her two siblings in Boston, New York, under the care of her father.
We
know little of these formative years, except that her father was a farmer. Presumably, she
often visited her Aunt Eliza and spent time with her cousins.
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Alice (left) with sister Jessie
and brother
Mason |
Following her marriage in 1909, Alice lived as a housewife and mother. The family lived
on
a few acres in the hamlet of Boston, which allowed plenty of opportunity for gardening, an
important activity in her life. Alice and George made use of their small acreage to grow
crops and raise animals. Alice also helped with the day-to-day operation of the family
Feed
Mill business, particularly the keeping the books.
After the death of George, Alice continued to live in the family home. As a livelihood,
she
raised chickens in the barn and brooder house, selling eggs at the Buffalo produce market and at
a road side stand. Chicken feed in the winter included grass clippings cut and dried in the
summer and stored in the loft of the barn. In addition, Alice was an avid gardener,
growing
vegetables and strawberries for food and flowers for decoration. Behind the chicken yard
she had a raspberry patch with several productive varieties. She was frequently visited by
grandchildren who helped in the yard and garden, and enjoyed her cooking. One favorite
was home-made doughnuts, freshly made while you waited. Alice lived in the Boston
home until about 1970, when a series of small strokes sapped her abilities. She died
November 5, 1974, at the age of 87.
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