− | [[Billiar St., Wooster, Ohio|Billiar Street]] and [[Billiar Alley, Wooster, Ohio|Billiar Alley]] bear the name of a French emigrant, Jacob [[Billiar (surname)|Billiar]] from Alsace-Lorraine. He met his wife, Anna Haftzger, in new York City and he brough her to Wooster where he built a home (703 Palmer Street). The couple raised seven children, one of whom, Frank Billiar, became chief miller at the Empire Milling Company plant at Soaptown, East of Wooster. | + | [[Billiar St., Wooster, Ohio|Billiar Street]] and [[Billiar Alley, Wooster, Ohio|Billiar Alley]] bear the name of a French emigrant, Jacob [[Billiar (surname)|Billiar]] from Alsace-Lorraine. He met his wife, Anna [[Haftzger (surname)|Haftzger]], in New York City and he brought her to [[Wooster, Ohio|Wooster]] where he built a home ([[703 Palmer St., Wooster, Ohio|703 Palmer Street]]). The couple raised seven children, one of whom, Frank Billiar, became chief miller at the [[Empire Milling Company]] plant at [[Soaptown, Ohio|Soaptown]], East of Wooster. |
− | billiar Street... runs only one block East from Palmer to Billiar Alley. When the ways were officially dedicated, a descendant of Jacob agreed to add a final "d" to the name which seemed incomplete. But subsequently the change was abandoned, and the signs reverted to the original spelling. <ref>The Streets of Wooster" by Richard Peter. Wooster, Ohio, 1985. p.8.</ref>
| + | Billiar Street... runs only one block East from [[Palmer St., Wooster, Ohio|Palmer]] to [[Billiar Alley, Wooster, Ohio|Billiar Alley]]. When the ways were officially dedicated, a descendant of Jacob agreed to add a final "d" to the name which seemed incomplete. But subsequently the change was abandoned, and the signs reverted to the original spelling. <ref>The Streets of Wooster" by Richard Peter. Wooster, Ohio, 1985. p.8.</ref> |