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Name: Roger Henry Foltz ^{1 2 3}
Sex: M
Birth: 9 Jan 1897 in Lockport, Niagara Co., New York ^{5 6 7 8}
Death: 4 Feb 1980 in Lockport, Niagara Co., New York ^{2 9}
Burial: Cold Spring Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara Co., New York. ^{2 10}
Person Id: I3163
Tree Id: 163188

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Parents

Father:

William Michael Foltz: Birth: 27 Jan 1858 in Lockport, Niagara Co., New York. Death: 19 Apr 1923 in Lockport, Niagara Co., New York

Mother:

Anna Louise O'Connell: Birth: 6 Mar 1864 in Lockport, Niagara Co., New York. Death: 14 Dec 1917 in Lockport, Niagara Co., New York

Family
Marriage:

Married: Florence Margaret Bell on 20 Feb 1924 at St. Louis Church, Washburn, Bayfield Co.. Wisconsin.^{1 5 11 12 13 14}
Florence Margaret Bell: Birth: 28 Jan 1901 in Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin. Death: 8 Jul 1988 in Lockport, Niagara Co., New York

Children:

John Frederick Foltz: Birth: 16 Feb 1928 in Gibbstown, Gloucester Co., New Jersey. Death: 1 Sep 2007 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma
Thomas Richard Foltz: Birth: 17 Sep 1929 in Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin. Death: 17 Dec 2007 in Gasport, Niagara Co., New York
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Sources

1.	Title: License and Certificate of Marriage, Roger H. Foltz and Florence Margaret Bell Author: Ludwig Tranmal, County Clerk; Rev. A. A. Borucki, St. Louis Church Publication: Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin, 4 and 20 Feb 1924
2.	Title: Death Certificate, Roger Henry Foltz Author: State of New York, Dept. of Health Publication: Lockport, Niagara Co., New York, 7 Feb 1980
3.	Title: Foltz family history in Lockport Author: Thomas R. Foltz (tape); Frances F. Kane (transcription) Publication: Lockport, Niagara Co., New York, Aug-Sep 1999; Washington, DC, Jan. 2000
4.	Title: 1910 US Census for Niagara Co., New York Publication: www.Ancestry.com
5.	Title: Excerpts from "Catholic Family Bible," 1869, originally owned by William O'Connell Publication: Lockport, Niagara Co., New York, 1863-cir 1940
6.	Title: Baptisms 1859-1917, St. Mary's Church, Lockport, New York Publication: LDS Microfilm No. 1324469, Filmed 1983 at Lockport, Niagara Co., New York. Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
7.	Title: WWI Draft Registrations Cards Publication: www.Ancestry.com
8.	Title: 1910 US Census for Niagara Co., New York Publication: www.Ancestry.com
9.	Title: Obituary for Roger Henry Foltz Publication: Union Sun and Journal, Lockport, Niagara Co., New York, Tues, 5 Feb 1980
10.	Title: Photos of Family Plot and Tomb Stones for Roger and Florence Bell Foltz, Cold Spring Cemetery Author: Thomas R. Foltz, Photographer Publication: Lockport, Niagara Co., New York, cir 2000
11.	Title: Marriage announcement - Florence Margaret Bell and Roger Henry Foltz Publication: Washburn, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin, 20 Feb 1924
12.	Title: Certificate of Marriage of Florence Margaret Bell and Roger H. Foltz on 20 Feb 1924 Publication: Issued by Rev. Paul C. Boshold, St. Louis Church, Washburn, Wisconsin, 7 May 1959
13.	Title: Family Bible of the Upson, Marsh, Bell, and Wilhelm families Publication: From photocopy of original, Towson, Maryland, Dec 2001
14.	Title: The Upson Family in America Author: Upson Family Association of America Publication: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven, Connecticut, 1940.

Notes

Note: In 1922, Roger earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering at the University of Michigan. His educational expenses were paid for by a family benefactor, John J. Raskob. Roger's father, William, had learned the cigar-making trade in the shop of John J. Raskob's father, John Raskob, in Lockport. Following Mr. Raskob's death, William continued the business and assisted Mrs. Raskob, who was left with a young family.
While at the University of Michigan, Roger was enrolled in 1917 in the U.S. Army Engineer Enlisted Reserve Corps. The inductees lived in a common dormitory and underwent basic training while continuing their education. When the war ended in the fall of 1917, they were quickly discharged.
After college, Roger was employed by the DuPont Corporation in their explosives division. He worked at the Barksdale plant in Washburn, Wisconsin, where he met Florence Bell, a secretary in the plant, and married her in 1924. From there they were transferred to Gibbstown, New Jersey, and then to Louviers, Colorado. He was discharged by DuPont in the depths of the depression in 1931 and returned with his young family to Lockport, where he found employment as chief operating officer of the city's new water filtration plant. In the last few years of his employment before retiring in 1960, Roger was Superintendant of the Water and Sewer Department.
Florence was a descendant of New England Yankees who moved gradually during the 19th century from Vermont to Ohio, on her father's side, and from Connecticut to New York to Wisconsin and then Dakota Territory, on her mother's side. Her father, Frederick Albert Bell came from Ohio to Lisbon, Dakota Territory, where he met and married her mother Florence Ellen Marsh. The family later migrated back to Wisconsin where Florence was born and raised. Florence worked as a secretary at DuPont before her marriage and, after her children were raised, again worked as a secretary for Ferguson Oil Company in Lockport.

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