Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 8/3/1951

VOELKER - George F. Voelker, 36 years,
of Ridgewood road, Lockport; hus-
band of Alice Adams Voelker, enter-
ed into rest suddenly at his home
Thursday, August 3, 1951. Besides
his wife he leaves two sons and one
daughter, David, Donald and Joyce
all at home; his mother, Mrs. Adeline
Voelker of Medina: four brothers and
three sisters. Lewis Voelker. of Niagara
Falls, Alvln Voelker. Fred
Voelker and Mrs. Norma Gillmeifter.
all of Mlddleport. William Voelker of
Akron. N. Y.. Mrs. Francis Hellert
of Medina, Mrs. Franklin Sahm of
Newfane. Also several nieces and
nephews. Friends may call at the
Glenn H. Corwln Funeral Home, 27
North Main street. Newfane. where
services will be held Saturday afternoon
ai 3:30 p.m. Burial in Riverdale in
cemetery, Niagara Falls.

Family/Spouse: ADAMS, Alice B. Alice (daughter of ADAMS, George and BAKER, Amelia) was born about 1916 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. VOELKER, David G
2. VOELKER, Donald G
3. VOELKER, Joyce A

Notes:

MIDDLEPORT MAN DIES

Funeral Services for George Voelker to Be Held Sunday. MIDDLEPORT, Dec. I5—George F. Voelker, 68. died yesterday at his home on the Bartell road, Town of Royalton. He leaves his wife, Adeline Wittkopp Voelker, five sons and three daughters, Lewis, Alvin, George, Jr., Frederick and William and Mrs. Francis Hellert, Mrs. Norman Gillmeister and Miss Minnie Voelker; two brothers and four sisters. William and Frederick Voelker, Mrs. William Schweitzer, Mrs. Georgiana Sattelberg, Mrs. William Gindner and Miss Emma Voelker, and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home with burial in Riverdale cemetery, Niagara Falls. The Rev. Frederick Schleef will officiate.

George married WITTKOPP, Adeline Bertha about 1912. Adeline (daughter of WITCOP, August Ferdinand and WAGNER, Auguste Johanna Sophia) was born on 9 Oct 1885 in Town of Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 May 1960 in Medina, Orleans County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Section 7. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1900 Census in Town of Niagara with parents

Niagara Gazette - 5/2/1960

MIDDLEPORT--Mrs. Adeline
Wittcopp Voelker, 74,
widow of George S. Voelker,
died today (May 2, .1960) at the
home of her daughters, Mrs.
Frances' Hellert, 908 Orient
St., Medina, after a lingering
illness;
Born Oct; 9, 1885, in the
Town of. Lockport, she was
a daughter of August and
Augusta Wagner Wittcopp.
Her husband died in 1939.
They had resided in Barto
Rd., Town of Royalton, She
lived with her daughter for
the last nine years.
In addition to Mrs. Hellert
s u r v i v i n g are two other
daughters,. Mrs. Norman Gillmeister,
this village, and Mrs.
Franklin Sahm, Newfane; four
sons, Louis Voelker; Niagara
Falls, Alvin, Frederick and
William Voelker, all of this
village; 20 grandchildren; 5
great-grandchildren; a sister,
Mrs. Anna Hasley; and a
brother, Theodore Whittcopp,
both of G a s p o r t. Several
nieces and nephews also survive.
A son, George Voelker,
died in Ridgewood in 1951.
Friends may call from 2;5
and 7-9 p.m. at the Wallace
& Heath Funeral Home, 38
State St., where funeralserv-
Ices will be conducted at 1:30
Wednesday by the Rev. Otto
J. Strothmann of Holy Cross
Lutheran Church. Burial will
be in Riverdale Cemetery,
Lewiston. Donations to Holy
Cross Church are acceptable
as memorial tributes, the family
said.

August + MESSING, Johanna. Johanna (daughter of MESSING, Theodore Sebastian and KLEIN, Elisabetha Margaretha) was born on 1 Dec 1836 in Prussia; died on 14 Jul 1893 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Section 7. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1860 Census with parents in Royalton
1870 Census with parents in Royalton - Witcap/Witcup
1880 Census - Town of Royalton - age 28 at home with parents Christian and Wilhelmina - name listed as Wittkopf in census transcribed as Wittkohf
1900 Census - Town of Niagara - born August 1852 in New York - with wife Augusta and 4 children and brother Frank as Wittkopp
1920 Census - LaSalle age 69 - with brother - Christ F as Frank L (single)
NOT LISTED IN ANY FURTHER CENSUS

August married WAGNER, Auguste Johanna Sophia about 1885 in New York. Auguste (daughter of WAGNER, Christoph and ROGGOW, Caroline) was born on 3 Apr 1863 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 Jul 1934 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1910 Census showing as Fred Tryloff's wife in Royalton
1920 Census showing as Fred Tryloff's wife and Theodore Witcop's mother in Royalton

The following from Fred Haseley - 2/3/09:

Auguste D wife of August Ferdinand 1900 census - B Apr 1863, married for 15 yrs...about 1885

Johann + LINDE, Charlotte. Charlotte (daughter of LINDE, Daniel and GOTTSCHALK, Charlotte) was born on 11 Oct 1803 in Löcknitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 11 May 1880 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Theodore married KLEIN, Elisabetha Margaretha on 31 Mar 1835. Elisabetha was born on 11 Jan 1810 in Saxony, Sachsen, Germany; died on 6 Jul 1900 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1860 Census in Royalton as Wtcop
In 1870 Census in Royalton with 2 children Augusta and Henry as Witcup/Witcap
In 1880 Census in Royalton with August as Wittcopp
Nothing showing in 1900 Census

Christian + LEMKE, Wilhelmine. Wilhelmine was born on 14 Aug 1812 in Wallmow, Brandenburg, Prussia; died on 1 Jul 1885 in Neu Wallmow, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christoph married ROGGOW, Caroline on 9 Oct 1856 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Caroline (daughter of ROGGOW, Joachim Johann and WERTH, Willhelmine Regina) was born on 21 Oct 1839 in Boock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 27 Nov 1915 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]