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William H[enry] Gratwick (1839-1899) Martha Weare Gratwick (1839-1916) - wife Her gift funded the Gratwick Research Laboratory of the University of Buffalo See Gratwick Memorial, Forest Lawn Cemetery In the late 1870s, 414 Delaware Avenue became the residence of lumber baron William H. Gratwick who did not stay long there. In the early '80s he hired architect H. H. Richardson to design a more spectacular mansion at 776 Delaware. (Source: Buffalo's Delaware Avenue: Mansions and Families, by Edward T. Dunn. Pub. by Canisius College Press, 2003, p. 198)
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W. H. Gratwick Jr. Builder of Linwood Gardens in Pavilion, New York
Office at 881 Ellicott Square Emilie Mitchell Gratwick - wifeLetter to Roswell Park re: His mother's funding the Gratwick Research Laboratory of the University of Buffalo ..... History Her father was Rev. Dr. S. S. Mitchell (1839-1919), eighth pastor of First Presbyterian Church 1880-1904; he oversaw the building of the church on Symphony Circle and the Welcome Hall
Their children:
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Frederick Coleman Gratwick (1873-1937) - second son of William H. Gratwick Frederick Gratwick: see Gratwick Memorial, Forest Lawn Cemetery Dotha Dart - wife Daughter of Joseph Dart who invented the grain elevator.
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W. H. Gratwick III - Third child of W. H. Gratwick Jr. Avid horticulturist who brought the tree peony to Linwood Gardens and developed new hybrids; pursued a career as an artist.
Harriet Lee Saltonstall - wife Directed the Linwood Music School from 1947-1963 and founded and involved with the York Opera from 1949-1961
Their four children:
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Davies Gratwick - second child of five of Frederick G. Gratwick |
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Lee Gratwick - daughter of W. H. Gratwick III Lives at Linwood Gardens
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