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Genealogy of the Laur, Lauer, Soos families together with information on cities in Germany including Laichingen, Feldstetten and Machtolsheim.

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LICHT, Franklin

Male 1896 - 1911  (15 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  LICHT, Franklin was born in 1896 (son of LICHT, Herman Charles and BAUER, Louise Clara); died in 1911.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  LICHT, Herman Charles was born on 4 Jun 1868 in Germany (son of LICHT, Adolph Friedrich Wilhelm and BOCK, Ernestine Wilhelmine Friederike); died on 20 Oct 1932 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.

    Notes:

    TONAWANDA, Oct. 21 - Herman C. Licht, 64 years old, died suddenly yesterday at his home, 38 North Niagara street. He was removed from the DeGraff Memorial Hospital to his home Wednesday night, apparently well on the road to recovery from an operation. Stricken with a heart attack during the night, he succumbed a few hours later. Surviving are four sons, Reuben, Edward, Clarence, and Harold, all of Tonawanda; two daughters, Mrs. John Crowley, Zolfo, Fla., and Mrs. Henry Rebman, Tonawanda; three brothers, Otto, Sanborn, and Albert and Frank, Tonawanda and 30 grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home. The Rev. Robert J. Noble, Cowlesville, and the Rev. Harold O. Clark, pastor of the Broad Street Baptist Church, will officiate and burial will be in Elmlawn.

    Herman + BAUER, Louise Clara. Louise was born on 9 Dec 1867 in New York; died on 13 Oct 1925 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  BAUER, Louise Clara was born on 9 Dec 1867 in New York; died on 13 Oct 1925 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
    Children:
    1. LICHT, Reuben A was born in 1891; died in 1957.
    2. LICHT, Harold Andrew was born in 1892; died in 1947.
    3. LICHT, Gertrude was born in 1894; died in 1968.
    4. 1. LICHT, Franklin was born in 1896; died in 1911.
    5. LICHT, Ruth Clara was born in 1899; died in 1976.
    6. LICHT, Edward Donald was born in 1901; died in 1962.
    7. LICHT, Clarence Herman was born on 26 Jun 1903 in New York; died on 21 Mar 1995 in Niagara County, NY.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  LICHT, Adolph Friedrich Wilhelm was born on 26 Sep 1843 in Germany; died on 19 Nov 1924 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.

    Notes:

    Adolph Licht immigrated to the United States from Prussia in 1881 along with his wife Ernestine and his four sons and daughter (another daughter was born in the U.S.). The family traveled from Breman, Germany on the S.S. Main, arriving in New York City on December 12, 1881. Adolph seems to have worked at various jobs relating to the lumber industry in Tonawanda, including working at H.M. Loud's Sons lumber yard. There is no record of his vocation or trade in Prussia.
    His obituary:
    Adolph Licht, eighty-one years old, died this morning at the home of his son, Herman C. Licht, No. 196 Niagara street, after a brief illness. Mr. Licht was born in Germany. He had been a resident of Tonawanda for the past forty-three years. He was a staunch Democrat. Four sons, Herman, Albert and Frank Licht of Tonawanda and Adolph Licht of Sanborn; a daughter, Esther, nineteen grandchildren and twenty-seven great grandchildren survive. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Chester W. Willis of the Broad street Baptist church officiating. Burial will be in Elmlawn. 

    Adolph married BOCK, Ernestine Wilhelmine Friederike about 1867 in Germany. Ernestine was born on 15 Jun 1841 in Germany; died on 24 Jun 1903 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  BOCK, Ernestine Wilhelmine Friederike was born on 15 Jun 1841 in Germany; died on 24 Jun 1903 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
    Children:
    1. LICHT, Otto Adolph was born in Jan 1872 in Prussia; died on 1 Aug 1943 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY.
    2. LICHT, Albert August was born on 23 Apr 1874 in Germany; died on 20 Apr 1960 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
    3. 2. LICHT, Herman Charles was born on 4 Jun 1868 in Germany; died on 20 Oct 1932 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
    4. LICHT, Frank A C was born on 1 Mar 1878 in Germany; died on 28 Dec 1953 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY.
    5. LICHT, Augusta was born in Mar 1880 in Germany; died on 5 Jul 1912 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY.
    6. LICHT, Esther was born in Germany; and died.



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