one of the Hy's settled in the area you speak of ,towards nyc, all Hy's in my family were in erie county in the beginning in fact record earilier than 1906 were in buffalo then known as new amsterdam earlier than that. Hy's german-austria decent.nickolas Hy my grandfather married in tonawanda in 1906. owned land there. recorded in "Buffalo original Lot Holders. by Holland land co..also recorded there is the change buffalo from New amsterdam.Nick had son named charles born in tonawada in the 195-1920 range.