Note conflict in death date. 1880 census implies he is alive 1880.
res. Wheatfield, Niagara Co., NY24
Also listed Daniel E. Treichler 1878 Sanborn (Lewiston) lot 34, range 8, 3 acres. 37

HISTORICAL UPDATE AND SKETCH OF THE JOHN TREICHLER FAMILY RECORD (TREICHLER, GERALD E., History and family record of John Treichler 1730-1978, the author in Sanborn, NY, 1978.)

[Obtained from History and Family Record of John Treichler 1730-1978 John Treichler of York County, Pennsylvania and Lineal Descent from his Son Daniel Treichler to the Present Time Compiled, Arranged & Published by Gerald E. Treichler 1978 Sanborn, New York. Copies of original history and supplements are registered in Grosvenor Library, buffalo, NY

Historically, the emigration from Germany of John Treichler's father and two uncles in 1730 and his settling near York, Pennsylvania, coincides with the time of arrival of thousands of persecuted Protestant refugees from Palatine, Germany to this frontier. Many of the refugees had fled Switzerland to this location of Palatine for the same reason at an earlier date. (Today there are many Treichlers listed in the Berne, Geneva, and Zurich telephone books.) In 1710, the Rev. Hans Herr and other leaders of the Mennonite Religion purchased 10,000 acres of land from William Penn in what Is now the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, area. A genealogical record published of the Herr family in 1908 lists over 13,000 names, some of whom married Treichlers. These are truly Pennsylvania Dutch (corruption of the German word Duetsch) and the earliest pioneers of this part of the United States.

John Treichler was 12 years old when he and his father (first name is unknown) were provisioning the British during the French and Indian War in 1755 and his father became ill and died. He returned to the farm which he ran with the aid of his mother and sisters. There is no record of any living brothers. John's marriage in 1760 to Elizabeth Leupsin and his subsequent marriage to the widow Neiswanger resulted in 12 children, 5 sons and 7 daughters (one of the sons died early).

Three children from the first marriage with their own families came and helped settle the New York State Niagara Frontier.

The first to move was Mary, who married John Miller in 1796. They had three children, Henry, Magdalena and Dinah, born in York County, Pennsylvania. After their move to Chippewa, Ontario, Canada in 1802, they had another daughter named Elizabeth. It is assumed that Mary's sister Magdalena, known as "Aunt Molly," went along as she is present in an incident during the War of 1812. A decree of the King was issued that true and loyal subjects should erect a pole in front of their residences and fly a silk handkerchief as a sign of loyalty. These two women hoisted a tablecloth resulting in the seizure of John Miller by soldiers passing the house. He explained that he had nothing to do with the matter and was freed. It was supposed that the innocent Intentions of the women was that "the Iarger the flag, the better.”

It should be noted that the City of Buffalo existed as Buffalo Creek In 1805 with a total population of 300 people, and later as the village of Buffalo in 1810 with a population of 500 people. (An attempt by the Holland Land Co. promoters to rename It New Amsterdam was rejected.)

The record of Mary and John Miller is reported with the Original John Treichler History compiled by Melissa J. Snearly In 1906 and has not been updated since. For senior Daniel and his descendants there is a complete family record as updated in this book. When Daniel was 7 years old, his father John remarried to the widow Neiswinger about two years after his mother Elizabeth's death in about 1780. It is assumed that Daniel learned his knowledge of farming at home and at a young age set out on his own and acquired the millers trade. He spent most of his long and active life (88 years) In that occupation. That he was enterprising Is shown by his Involvement in other areas and his migration to the Niagara Frontier in 1833 at the age of 58. He married In York County, Pennsylvania, to Catherine Schroll in 1811 at the age of 36 years. As recorded in the 1906 history, their first two children, Elizabeth and Polly, were born In Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1812 and 1813. That they moved to Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania is evidenced by two known licenses issued to Daniel Treichler for retail of spirits and wines for the years 1813 and 1814. Each license notes that it was required because of a law passed by the U. S. Congress in 1813. A permit was issued by the Judges of York County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the year 1817 recommending that "Daniel because of his good and just character and his wife be allowed to use the house in which he dwells in Manchester Township for a public house of entertainment and to serve spirits by the small measure as long as gambling or other unlawful acts were not permitted." They had 6 sons between the years 1814 to 1829.

In the year 1833 (April), Daniel age 58 with his wife Catherine (46) started out with their family, Elizabeth (22), (Polly had died young), John (18), Daniel (16), Henry (13), Jacob (10), Samuel (7) and Benjamin (4). They made the 414 mile trip to the Niagara Frontier spending 16 days on the road in wagons. A hand-drawn map (in the possession of Melvin, grandson of Samuel) shows the trip starting from York, Pennsylvania (25 miles south of Harrisburg, Pa.) with its destination "Millers" marked across a river channel (Niagara River). This was shown 22 miles from “Boffleoe” (Buffalo) and on the river towards Buffalo from the Falls of Niagara. Why Daniel did not arrive there but settled on what is now Ward Road about 1-1/2 miles south of Sanborn is not known; however, at this time the War of 1812 was not forgotten, and Canadian and United States relations were not as they are today. Also, no bridges connected the U.S. with Canada and ferrying was the only means of crossing the river In April with lee floes, etc., making crossing extremely hazardous. With the aid of his sons, they soon had land cleared and under cultivation, and had built a two-story log house covered with clapboards and with a two-story veranda at the front of the south wing. The final payment for this property was made to the Holland Land Co. in August 1836, a little more than three years after arrival. No record is available that a mill was built there but the property has a small stream that Is a tributary to the Niagara River. (The Town of Wheatfield was established as a separate town in 1836, and the Village of Niagara (Niagara Falls) became an incorporated village in 1848.) Sons John, Daniel, Henry and Jacob married and moved to farms of their own. The two younger sons, Benjamin and Samuel, with their father sold the homestead on Ward Road In 1857 and in the same year purchased 188 acres of sandy loam on Townline Road, north of Sanborn, in the Town of Lewiston (west of the present Niagara County Community College campus). Here, senior Daniel, his wife Catherine and his sister "Aunt Molly" (Magdalena who lived in Canada with the Millers until 1838 when she moved back with brother Daniel) lived with Benjamin (who never married) and Samuel until they died at ages 87, 75 and 93. Samuel married in 1866 and raised his family on this homestead. Benjamin's untimely death at age 32 made it necessary to sell the property (about 42 acres) adjoining the Saunders Settlement Road.

That Daniel's sons selected productive farm sites (sandy loam and glacial moraine) is evidenced by the fact that three of these homesteads (John's, Henry's, and Samuel's) have remained productive farms for over 100 years and portions of these are owned by their descendants and farmed today. The first Treichler family reunion was held in 1907 at the home of Henry Treichler and his wife Mary Herr (west of Henry A. Treichler and Sons farm on the Saunders Settlement Road). Treichler reunions have been held yearly since that date.
Source: TREICHLER, GERALD E., History and family record of John Treichler 1730-1978, the author in Sanborn, NY, 1978.

Daniel TREICHLER Self M Male W 63 PA Farmer PA PA
Salome TREICHLER Wife M Female W 63 PA Keeping House PA PA
Sarah TREICHLER Dau S Female W 34 NY At Home PA PA
Maria FLOOD Dau W Female W 30 NY At Home PA PA
Albert H. FLOOD GSon S Male W 7 NY NY NY
Emma Saloma FLOOD GDau S Female W 5 NY NY NY
Edith Maria FLOOD GDau S Female W 2 NY NY NY

Source Information:
1880 Census Place Wheatfield, Niagara, New York
Family History Library Film 1254901
NA Film Number T9-0901
Page Number 383A