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WHEATFIELD - Services for Christian W. Burow, 67, of 2257 Cayuga Drive Extension, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Otto Redanz Funeral Home, Niagara Falls, and at 2:30 p.m. at St. James Church, Wheatfield. Mr. Burow died at his home Saturday night (April 1, 1961) after a lengthy Illness. He was a moulder 35 years at the Carborundum Co. before retiring in 1958. Mr. Burow was a lifelong resident of Wheatfield. He was a member of St. James Lutheran Church and of the Bergholz Volunteer Fire Co. Surviving are his wife, Vera Burow; a son, James E. Burow, Wheatfield; four daughters, Mrs Ray DeVantier and Mrs, Glen Zimmerman, both of Wheatfield; Mrs. John Proksch, England, and Mrs. Gary Dalbey, Vacaville, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Harold Austin, Niagara Falls, and seven grandchildren. Burial will be in St. James Cemetery, Wheatfield. Members of the fire company will meet at the firehall at 8:30 o'clock tonight to go to the Redanz Funeral Home for a memorial service for Mr. Burow. Tonight's regularly scheduled meeting of the firemen has been postponed.

Christian married MILLEVILLE, Vera Ida Sophia on 26 Aug 1923 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Vera (daughter of MILLEVILLE, Albert Carl Abraham and LANGE, Anna Agathe Ernestine) was born on 29 May 1904 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Jul 1977 in Grand Island, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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WHEATFIELD - Mrs. Vera I. Milleville Ferchen, 73, a lifelong resident of this community, died Tuesday (July 5, 1977) in the Grand Island Manor Nursing Home after a long illness. She was a member of St. James Lutheran Church and Women of the Church. Her first husband, Christian Burrow, predeceased her in 1961. She is survived by her husband, Paul M. Ferchen; four daughters, Mrs., Ray (Eleanor) DeVantier, Mrs. Harriet Proksch. and Mrs. Glen (Marlene) Zimmerman, all of this community, and Mrs. May Carol Dalbey of California; a son, James E. Burrow, also of here; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Richard (Myrna) Beiter of Niagara Falls; two stepsons, Ronald Ferchen of this community and Raymond Ferchen of Niagara Falls: two brothers, Gerhard W. Milleville and Albert E. Milleville. both of here. and six sisters, Mrs. Elmer (Anna) Mill, Mrs. Arnold (Louise) Wendt, Mrs. Gerhard (Sophia) Schultz and Rose E. Milleville, all of this community; Mrs. Paul (Mable) Klemm of South Dakota, and Mrs. Howard (Judith) Stroble of Ohio. Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home in North Tonawanda today from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Services will be held Thurs. day at 11 a.m. at .St. James Lutheran Church with the Rev. John H. Crilley officiating. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery. Contributions to S1. James Lutheran Church or the Lutheran Vespers will be acceptable as tribute, the family said.

August married FERCHEN, Auguste Wilhelmina Charlotte in 1888. Auguste (daughter of FERCHEN, Christian Friedrich and VOELKER, Henriette Charlotte) was born on 3 Sep 1853 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 25 Jan 1929 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette

Augusta Burow Laid to Rest
Victim of Pneumonia, Prominent Bergholtz Resident Is Buried.
BERGHOLTZ. Jan. 30.-The funeral of Mrs. Auguste Burow (Ferchen) 75 years old, who died of pneumonia at her home, was well attended. Pallbearers were Albert De Vantier, Herman Schimshack (sic), Albert Dubois, Rudolf Kuhlman, John Ferchen and John Moll. Flower bearers were Rudolph Jagow, Philip Moll, Henry Voelker, Edward Schimsack (sic), Hugo Wienke and Philip Jagow.

Albert married LANGE, Anna Agathe Ernestine on 12 Jan 1899 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Anna was born on 20 Aug 1880 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 May 1906 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married VOELKER, Henriette Charlotte on 23 Oct 1850 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Henriette (daughter of VOELKER, Johann and LINDE, Charlotte) was born on 7 Dec 1826 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 2 May 1908 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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2 March 1912 Tonawanda News

John Milleville

John Milleville, 80 years old, one of the pioneer settlers of the town of
Wheatfield, dropped dead at his home in Bergholtz, a suburb of this city,
yesterday afternoon. Heart disease is attributed as the cause of death.
The deceased was born in Germany and came here 55 years ago, locating in
Wheatfield. Three daughters, Mrs. William Schmidt, Mrs. Christian Ferchen
and Mrs. Fred Devantier; three sons, John, William and Albert Milleville,
all of Bergholtz; three sisters, Mrs. Ferdinand Pfuhl, Mrs. William Haseley
and Mrs. Albert Walck and four brothers, August, William, Ferdinand and
Albert Williams all of the town of Wheatfield, survive. The funeral will be
held from the late home tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and a half hour
later from the Grabau Lutheran church at Bergholtz. Burial will be at
Bergholtz.

Johannes married KRULL, Albertine Elizabeth on 13 Aug 1857 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Albertine (daughter of KRULL, Christian and BECCUE, Marie) was born on 1 Nov 1841 in Fahrenwald bei Brussow, Prussia; died on 8 Sep 1905 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]