Edward + STRASSBURG, Dorothy E. Dorothy (daughter of STRASSBURG, August Friedrich William and WITKOP, Emma Rosine Helene) was born on 10 Mar 1908 in New York; died on 20 Aug 1991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emil married MELLENTHIN, Wilhelmine about 1896. Wilhelmine (daughter of MELLENTHEIN and BROECKER, Christine) was born in Jul 1874 in New York; died on 16 Sep 1961 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News

BERNDT - Wilhelmine Berndt,
of 180 Lincoln Ave., North Tonawanda,
died Saturday (Sept. 16,
1961) at her home after a long
illness. she was a lifelong resi-
dent of North Tonawanda and was
a member of St. Matthew Lu-
theran Church. she was the wife
of the late Emil Berndt. She is
survived by a son, Edward of
Kenmore; a daughter, Miss Agnes
of North Tonawanda, and a sister,
Mrs. Augusta Bach of North
tonawanda. Friends may call at
the Wtatengel Funeral Home, 307
Oliver St., North Tonawanda,
where the familly will be in at-
tendance from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9
p.m. Funeral services will be con-
ducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, the
Rev. A. w. Moldenhauer officiat-
ing. Burial in St. Matthew-s
Cemetery.

Notes:

12 May 1927 Tonawanda News
August S. Strassburg, 63 years old, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 63 Stenzel street. He suffered a stroke three months ago and had been in failing health since. Born in the town of Wheatfield, he had resided in North Tonawanda for the past 50 years. For 40 years he conducted a grocery and hardware business in the Gratwick section of North Tonawanda. He retired from business a year ago.
Surviving are a wife, Emma; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Ostwald and Miss Dorothy Strassburg; four sons, Edward, George, Albert and August Strassburg, Jr.; six grandchildren; two brothers, William S. Strassburg of Santa Monica, Calif., and Frederick Strassburg, and a sister, Mrs. Edward Stenzel. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home and half an hour later from the St. Mark's church on Washington street, Rev. Paul Fretthold officiating. Interment will be at Elmlawn.

August married WITKOP, Emma Rosine Helene on 22 Sep 1892 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Emma (daughter of WITKOP, Christian Friedrich and BLUHM, Wilhelmine Fredericka) was born on 10 Dec 1870 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY; died on 26 Dec 1951 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

26 December 1951 Tonawanda News
Mrs. Emma Strassburg
Mrs. Emma Strassburg, 81, died this morning in her home, 63 Stenzil St., after a long illness. Mrs. Strassburg was a lifelong resident of the Tonawandas. She was the mother of Edward, Albert and August Strassburg, Mrs. Arthur Ostwald and Mrs. Edward Berndt, nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren also survive. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. The Rev. Paul E. Fretthold will officiate and burial will be in the Elmlawn Cemetery.

Notes:

Buffalo NY Courier - 1/12/1894

Ferdinand Berndt, aged 58 years, died
his home at 3:45 o'clock this morning.
He is survived by a wife and eight children.
The funeral services will be held
Monday. The deceased was the father
of Ernest Berndt, who was recently arrested
in Chicago as an accomplice of
Goerke in the incendiary fire cases of the
East vear. and who is expected to arrive
ome"to-morrow. It is the prevailing opinion
that the young man's disgrace is the
cause of the father's death, but this is
denied by the family, who attribute the
cause to heart disease. Berndt was apparently
in good health yesterday and was
on the streets as usual. His death was
unexpected. He was a shoemaker and had
lived in North Tonawanda 14 years.

ALSO

Buffalo NY Evening News - 1/12/1895

Death of Ferdinand Berndt of Tonawanda
NORTH TONAWANDA, Jan. 12 (Special)
Ferdinand Berndt, 58 years old, died this
morning, the result of heart disease. He
Is survived by widow and family

Ferdinand + Wilhelmina. Wilhelmina was born in May 1843 in Germany; died on 15 May 1913 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 5/15/1913

Mrs. Wilhelmina Berndt. 7 0 years
i old. m o t h e r of Edward F. Berndt of
N i a g a r a Falls, is dead at the h o m e of
her daughter. Mrs. Frank Murch. No.
122 Fell street. North Tonawanda
T h e funeral will bo held there t o m o r -
r o w a f t e r n o o n . Mrs. Berndt was born
in Germany and came to America 36
years ago.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/14/1913

Mrs. Wilhelmina Berndt, 70 years
old, a well-known resident of North
Touawanda died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Murch at No.
122 Keil street, yesterday. She was
born in Germany and had lived in
North Tonawanda about 36 years.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Murch,
five sons. Paul Berndt of Cambria
Edward F. Berndt of Niagara Falls
and John W., William and Frank
Berndt of North Tonawanda, survive.
The funeral will be held from the
Murch home on Keil street at 2:30
o'clock on Friday afternoon, the Rev.
E. A. Schulz officiating. Burial will
be made in the Frieden's church cemetery
at Sawyers creek.

+ BROECKER, Christine. Christine (daughter of BROECKER, Daniel and ZUHL, Dorothy) was born in Jun 1838 in Prussia; died on 23 Feb 1923 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/23/1923

Mrs. Christine Hanneman, 84, died
yesterday afternoon at the home of!
her daughter, Mrs. Wilhelmina
Berndt, 180 Lincoln avenue. She had
not complained of any illness and,
when she sat down in a rocker early
in the afternoon, she suffered a
stroke dying suddenly.
She was born in Germany and came
to America 54 years ago. For the
past 24 years, she has made her home
in North Tonawanda. Surviving are
four daughters, Mrs. Alvina Schendel,
Mrs. Joseph Friedman, Mrs. Augusta
Bach and Mrs. W. Berndt, all of North
Tonawanda; two sons, Carl Mellenthein,
of North Tonawanda and William
Hanneman of Olcott, N. Y., sixteen
grandchildren and fourteen great
grandchildren.
Funeral will be held Sunday afternoon
from the home of Mrs. Berndt,
at 2 o'clock with services at St. Mathew's
Church at 2:30, where Rev. Carl
Frankenstein will officiate. Burial
will be made at St. Mathew's cemetery

Friedrich married WOLF, Caroline Friederike Wilhelmine on 6 Nov 1862 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Caroline (daughter of WOLF, Samuel and BRESSIN, Wilhelmine Elisabeth) was born on 21 Apr 1839 in Königreich, Prussia; died on 7 Dec 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1860 Census - in Royalton with parents as Witcop
1870 Census - in Wheatfield as Christa Witcap
1900 Census - lived next door to Puckelwaldt

Niagara Gazette - 2/19/1929

CHRISTIAN WITKOP DIES
Was 82 Years Old: Funeral Will Be
Held Thursday, Burial In Mount View.
SANBORN. Feb. 19.—Christian F.
Witkop, aged 82, died at the home of
his son. August Witkop. on the Moun-
tain road late yesterday of apoplexy.
He Is survived by one daughter. Mrs.
Emma Strasburg, of North Tonawanda.
three sons, August C. Witkop of' Pekin.
William and Albert Witkop of North
Tonawanda. one brother. Henrv Wlt-
kop. of Pekln. Funeral will be held
from the home of his son, August, on
Thursday at 2 p.m. and 2:30 from St.
Andrews church. Rev. Schmidt will
offlclate. Burial will be at Mountain
View cemetery at Pekln, N. Y,

Christian married BLUHM, Wilhelmine Fredericka on 23 Nov 1869 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmine (daughter of BLUHM, Christoph and MITTZLAFF, Dorothea Louise) was born in Jan 1848 in Menkin, Brandenburg, Germany; died in Oct 1928 in Pekin, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 10/24/1928

PEKIN, Oct. 24 - A double funeral
that of Mrs. Fredericka Witkop and
that of Mrs. Augusta Bruce, was held
at the St. Andrew's Evangelical Luth-
eran Church of Pekin, yesterday af-
ternoon. Rev. Charles a. Schmidt of-
ficiated. The services were held for
Mrs. Bruce at 2 o'clock from the home
of her son, Bertram Bruce and at 2:30
o'clock for Mrs. Witkop from the home
of her son, Augustus Witkop. The ser-
vices at the church were conducted
jointly at 3 o'clock.
Friends and relatives had gathered
in great numbers to pay the last re-
spects to the deceased. Floral offer-
ings were many and beautiful.
Mrs. Witkop was ill only three weeks
and succumbed to heart disease and
old age. She was 80 years of age.
She is survived by her husband, three
sons and a daughter.
Mrs. Bruce died Sunday afternoon
after a lingering illness. She was 76
years old. She is survived by two sons
and two daughters.
Mrs. Witkop and Mrs. Bruce were
sisters-in-law and died within 20 hours
of each other.
Interment was in the Lutheran
cemetery of Pekin.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/25/1919

Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Witkop celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary Sun-
day afternoon and evening at their.
home on Ward- Road. There were
forty present including four children.
eighteen grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. The afternoon was
merit In music, after which dinner
was served