Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/24/1948

APPLICATION TO CHANGE NAME
At a Special Term of the County
Court, County of Niagara, at the
Courthouse, Lockport. New York,
on the 21st day of April. 1948.
Present: Hon. John S. Marsh.
Niagara County Judge.
l a the matter of the application for
the change of name of
NORMAN ROBERT BERNDT.
an infant
by Irene Berndt Dauphin, his mother,
Upon reading and filing the petition
of Irene Berndt Dauphin, duly
verified on the 13th day of April.
1948. praying for leave for a change
of name of Norman Robert Berndt it
being requested that he be permitted
to assume the name of Norman Robert
Dauphin, in the place and stead of
his present name, and the court being
satisfied that said petition is true and
It appearing from the said petition
and the court being satisfied that there
is no reasonable objection to the
change of the name proposed and it
appearing that the interests of the
said infant will be substantially promoted
by the change;
NOW, an motion of Catherine Rowley
Lautz, attorney for the said petitioner,
it is
ORDERED, that the said Norman
Robert Berndt be and he hereby is
authorized to assume the name of
Norman Robert Dauphin, in place and
stead of his present name, on the 31st
day of May, 1948, upon his complying
with the provisions of the Civil Rights
Law. Sections 60-64, namely that the
petitioner cause this order and the
papers upon which it was granted to
be filed in the office of the Clerk of
the County of Niagara, New York,
within 10 days from the date hereof,
and that, within 10 days from the date
of the entry of the said order, the petitioner
cause a copy thereof to be published
in the Evening NEWS and within
40 days after the making of this order,
proof of such publication by affidavit
be filed and recorded in the office
of the Clerk of the County of Niagara,
and after such requirements are complied
with, the said petitioner's son.
Norman Robert Berndt, shall on and
after the 31st day of May 1948. be
known as and by the name of NORMAN
ROBERT DAUPHIN. which he
is hereby authorized to assume; and
by no other name.
JOHN S. MARSH.
Niagara County Judge.
Apr. 24

Family/Spouse: Stella. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/26/1984

DAUPHIN - Irene A. (nee Berndt)
Dauphin, 74, of North Tonawanda,
Saturday (November M, 1PM) at
DeGraff Memorial Hospital. A lifelong
resident of the Tonawandas,
she was the sisiter of the late
Clarence and Ernest Berndt and
Mrs. Atlas Metcalf. Mrs. Dauphin
had formerly been employed at
DeGraff Memorial Hospital and was
a member of Salem United Church
of Christ.
She is survived by two sons,
Norman (Stella) Dauphin of North
Tonawanda and Morton (Theresa)
Dauphin of Tonawanda; a sisterin-
law, Selma Berndt of Amherst;
seven grandchildren, six greatgrandchildren
and several nieces
and nephews.
Friends may call Monday evening
from 7 to 9 and Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. at John O. Roth Funeral
Home, Inc., Morgan and William
Sts., Tonawanda where services will
be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday
by the Rev. Richard H. Trump.
Burial will be in City Cemetery. If
desired, memorial contributions
may be made to the Lions Club of the
Tonawandas

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/19/1948

Ernest F. Berndt, 83, died suddenly
last night of a heart attack
in his home, 19 Ganson St. Born
in Germany, he had resided in
North Tonawanda since he was
three years old. He was a member
of North Star Lodge, 337,
Knights of Pythias. He had been
in the employ of the R. T. Jones
Lumber Company since the company
began business on Tonawanda
Island 37 years ago. Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs.
Robert Metcalf and Mrs. Irene
Dauphin of the Tonawandas; two
sons, Ernest Jr. of Buffalo and
Clarence of Oswego; two brothers,
Edward of St. Catherines and
John of North Tonawanda. Friends
may call at the Wattengel Funeral
Home, 307 Oliver St., where
funeral services will be held Saturday
at 2 p.m. The Rev. Clarence
L. Braun will officiate. Burial
will be in the City Cemetery,
Tonawanda.

Ernest married Elizabeth about 1891. Elizabeth was born in Feb 1870 in New York; died in Sep 1917 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buffalo NY Morning Express - 9/1917

Mrs. Elisabeth Berndt, 41 years old,
wife of Ernest C Berndt died at her
home, No. 232 William street, this
morning after a lingering illness. Besides
her husband, two sons, Clarence
and Ernest Berndt and two daughters,
Atlas and Irene Berndt, all of Tonawanda,
survive. The funeral will be
held at the home next Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Berndt was a member of
Empire review, L, O. T. M., of Tonawursa.

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.