Family/Spouse: JOHNSTON, Gary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HARTZ, Allen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Patricia married BRAWN, Gerald Arthur on 18 Jul 1959 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Gerald (son of BRAWN, Sidney and MATHEWS, Margaret) was born on 1 Sep 1934 in New York; died on 21 Jul 2013 in Lexington, Lexington County, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 7/28/1959

NORTH RIDGE-A reception
at the Cambria Community
Center followed the
wedding on July 18, 1959, of
Patricia Elizabeth Williams
and Gerald Arthur Brawn.
The Rev. Carl Oldach officiated
at a double-ring
ceremony at St. Peter's
Church.
The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Williams,
Ransdmville. The
bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Brawn
of Orlando; Fla.
"The new Mrs. Brawn was
attended by her sister, Miss
Nancy Williams. Bridesmaids
were Mrs. Fredericks Lampman,
Mrs. Thomas Williams,
Mrs. Richard Gorhan, Betsy
Williams,'sister of the bride,
and Miss Marci Beth Warblow.
James Brawn was his brother's
best man. Arnold
Drewes, cousin of the groom;
Douglas Williams and Thomas
Williams, brothers of the
bride, ushered guests to
their seats.
The newlyweds will make
their home in Orlando following
an Ontario honeymoon.

1. BRAWN, Barbara E
2. BRAWN, Robert A
3. BRAWN, Brenda Leigh was born on 21 Mar 1963 in New York; died on 30 Mar 2000 in New York.
4. BRAWN, Bethany Ellen

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NF Gazette
WILLIAMS - Melvin, at his home 3903 Daniels Rd., Wilson, Friday, Dec. 30th, 1977. Surviving are his wife Elizabeth; 3 sons, Douglas M. of Torrance, California, Thomas D, of Ransomville, and Timothy E. of Lockport, 3 daughters, Patricia Hartz of Lockport, Nancy Volls and Elizabeth Bodie, both of Ransomville, 1 brother Rev. Walter Williams of Bradenton, Florida; 4 sisters, Alice Beutel of Sanborn, Josephine Buerger of Bergholtz, Esther Holliday of Charlottsville, Va., and Martha DeVantier of Sanborn, and 18 grandchildren. He was predeceased by a brother Arthur Williams. Friends may call at THE HAMILTON & CLARK Funeral Chapel, Wilson, where the family will be present Saturday and Sunday 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. Funeral services at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Northridge, Monday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. David Musall officiating. Interment in the Lutheran Cemetery at Northridge. Memorials to the St. Peter Lutheran Church Building fund gratefully accepted.

Melvin married JAGOW, Elizabeth Louise on 4 Sep 1934 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Elizabeth (daughter of JAGOW, Friedrich Wilhelm and HOFFMEISTER, Lydia Magdalena) was born on 3 Oct 1915 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 May 2015 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth "Betty" J. Williams of Lockport, NY was called to be home with the Lord on May 23, 2015. She was 99 years old. Born on October 3, 1915 in the Town of Wheatfield, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Magdelena Hoffmeister Jagow. Elizabeth was a retired Elementary School Teacher and taught at St. Andrews, Pekin, Trinity Lutheran and St. Peter, North Ridge. She loved to teach children to read and sing. She was Co-owner and Marketer of Williams' Acres Dairy & "Own-Grown" Produce Farm in Ransomville. She was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church, North Ridge, where she taught Sunday school and sang in the choir. She was also a friend of Concordia Lutheran Church. Elizabeth was a Literacy Volunteer and enjoyed wood carving, gardening, sewing, fishing, and hunting, and loved to cook and bake. Her greatest passion was Bible Study, prayer, and sharing her Christian Faith. In 1977, Elizabeth was predeceased by her husband, Melvin C. Williams. She was also predeceased by her son Thomas (Lorena) Williams, and two granddaughters, Brenda Brawn (Tom) Cervi and Lauries Volls (Mike) Fournier. She is survived by her children, Douglas (Nancy) Williams, Patricia (Gary) Johnston, Nancy (Richard) Reak, Timothy (Donna) Williams and Elizabeth "Betsy" (Carl) Bodie; 17 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; her brother, Victor (Betty) Jagow and sister, Marilyn (Robert) Winter and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by seven brothers and two sisters. Friends may call on Thursday, May 28 from 3-8PM at LANGE FUNERAL HOME, INC, 186 East Ave., Lockport, NY. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 29 at 11AM at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 4169 Church Road, Lockport, NY. Interment in St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Peter Lutheran Church or Concordia Lutheran Church. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.langefuneralhomeinc.com.

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Niagara Gazette - 9/17/1934

The marriage of Miss Elizabeth
Jagow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Jagow, of tho Jagow road, to M. Williams,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Williams, of the Lockport road, has
been announced

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Niagara Falls Gazette Oct 18, 1945
Edward H. Williams, 53, Lockport Road, Dies
SANBORN, N Y., Oct. 18. - Edward H. Williams. 53, of the Lockport road, died yesterday at the, Buffalo General hospital. Mr Williams was a son of the late Gustave and Christine Williams. He was born In the Lockport road and had resided on the same farm all his, life. For the last 15 years he had conducted a gasoline service station at the corner of the Lockport and Ward roads. He was a lifelong member of St. Peter's church at Walmore. N. Y. Mr. Williams U survived by the following children: Mrs Edwin Beutel and Mrs. Alfred DeVantier of Sanborn. N. Y., Mrs. William Buerger, of Bergholz, N. Y.: Mrs James Holladay, of Dariem. Conn., Arthur and Melvin Williams, of Sanborn, and the Rev. Walter F Williams, of Defiance, Ohio; one stepson, John Weingartner of North Tonawanda. and three brothers, Albert. Hugo and Robert Williams, all of Lockport He is also survived by 23 grandchildren and several nephews and nieces. Funeral services will be held at the home of the daughter. Mrs William Buerger. Bergholz, Saturday, October 20, at 2 pm., and at 2:30 o'clock at St. Peter's church. Walmore. The Rev. Edward H Grabau will officiate. Interment will be In Walmore cemetery.

Rudolph married SCHULZ, Auguste Wilhelmine on 24 Apr 1901 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Auguste (daughter of SCHULZ, Ferdinand William and HASELEY, Justine Wilhelmine) was born on 25 Oct 1875 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Mar 1917 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 9/17/1934

The marriage of Miss Elizabeth
Jagow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Jagow, of the Jagow road, to M. Williams,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Williams, of the Lockport road, has
been announced

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NORTH TONAWANDA-Fred W. Jagow, 79, of 2350 Jagow Road, Town of Wheatfield, died Tuesday (May 30, 1967) at his home after a long illness. He was a lifelong resident of the Town of Wheatfield and a member of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church in Bergholtz. Surviving are four sons, Howard A. and Erwin D. Jagow of the Town of Wheatfield. Victor Jagow, Thurmont, Md., and Rev. Frederick Jagow of Warren, Mich.; four daughters. Mrs. Hugo (Evelyn) Gade of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Melvin (Betty) Williams of North Ridge, Miss Elfreda Jagow,Town of Wheatfield and Mrs. Marilyn Warblow of North Tonawanda; 27 grandchildren and 19 great .grandchildren. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fretthold Funeral Home and until 10 a.m. Friday. Services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Rev. Albert Bahr officiating. Burial will be in Holy Ghost Lutheran Cemetery.

Friedrich married HOFFMEISTER, Lydia Magdalena on 18 Jun 1909 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Lydia (daughter of HOFFMEISTER, Frederick Wilhelm and HEUER, Elisabeth Sarah Marie) was born on 2 Apr 1890 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Nov 1945 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo Courier Express

FUNERAL TODAY FOR PIONEER, G. H. WILLIAMS
Sanborn man long had been associated with development of his (sic) area
Courier-Express Niagara Falls Bureau.
Sanborn, Jan. 2 - For the last Civil War soldier of this area, Gustave Herman Williams, 98, funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Williams, formerly an active farmer on the Lockport Road in the Walmore area, lived here in retirement several years. An immigrant from Stettin, Germany, Mr. Williams was active in work of the old Buffalo Synod, now a part of the American Lutheran Church. He came to Walmore in 1857, following the second migration from Prussia of a large number of dissenters from the religious program of King Frederick Wilhelm III. Mr. Williams' parents belonged to a group led by J. A. A. Grabau, militant pastor, who defied the king's attempt to consolidate two religious groups in the Prussian kingdom. He was the last of the immigrant group.
Niagara County was a comparative wilderness when he came to the Walmore-Bergholtz area, he was wont to recall. Two-wheeled carts, oxen, Indian trail roads were some of the factors he spoke of to his grandchildren, numbering eighteen, and to his 24 great-grandchildren. Pioneers made their livelihood by cutting cord wood piled in huge stacks along the rail way, which is now the Falls road of the New York Central. Joined Sixth Cavalry
Hardly had the newcomer cut himself a farm out of the hardwood district, when he was to heed the call of Lincoln for troops. Having fled religious persecution in which hordes of their kin were cast into dungeons. the German pioneers felt keen sympathy for the oppressed in the South. Mr. Williams entered Company K, Sixth Cavalry, early in the Civil War and was mustered out honorably in 1865. .He was the last of the Boys in Blue from this area.
The year afterward, he married Christine Walck. To them were born William F., Albert P., Hugo F., Robert G. Williams, proprietors of Williams Brothers' Lockport department store, all of the Lock City, Edward H., of the Ward, Road, and two daughters, both deceased, Emma A., and Mrs. Edward L. Haseley. Susan Elizabeth Milleville, arrived to become his 24th great grandchild on December 30th. Fond of children, the nonagenarian kept his interest in them despite loss of sight. Recollections of hardships in Niagara County always impressed his visitors. He was renowned for a remarkable memory, being able to describe scenes and locations in his native Prussia more accurately than recently returned travelers.
He was an elder of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Walmore for eighteen years.
The Rev. Edward A. Grabau, pastor of St. Peter's, will preside at last rites in the family home in Franklin Street at 1 o'clock, and at St. Peter's at 2. Burial will be in the Walmore Cemetery.
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Niagara Falls Gazette

Gustave Williams' Death Recalls
Pioneer Days in Niagara County
His life Closely Associated with Walmore and Bergholtz Districts.
Tales that Father Gustave H. Williams, Sanborn nonagenarian, who died at his home in that village last week, told of early rural life in Niagara County were being pieced together in many a Walmore-Bergholtz home this week. Though a veil came over the eyes of the old resident, blotting the sight of several modern inventions from his eyes, nevertheless his kin and acquaintances found the pioneer farmer the source of many an engaging narrative on the development of the Niagara region.
The death on New Year's Day, 1940, of Mr. Williams, 98, reunited a pioneer couple who had seen and told of the changes in Niagara, county in the course of nearly a century. Born in Prussia on December 14. 1841, Mr. Williams came to the Walmore-Bergholtz district, near the Municipal airport, from Bergholtz, Germany, in June, 1857. He married Christine Walck on November 8, 1866, and together the pair saw the present suburban area emerge from a hardwood forest sparsely populated.
Lewiston Busy Place
When Father Williams first came to Niagara county in June, 1857, Lewiston, not Lockport, and Suspension Bridge, Manchester, or Niagara Falls, was the seat of activity - despite the earlier opening of the
Erie canal The river village with its wide streets was the main seat of learning. The famous old Union school in Lockport was yet to become famous as a Niagara Academy. Wind blown vessels still came to the docks at Lewiston, and Father Williams came thence from Bergholtz, Prussia, to locate on a farm near the Ward and Niagara road. Later he shifted his farming operations to what is now known as the old Williams farm on the Lockport road, near the Tuscarora road in the Walmore district. Walmore and Bergholtz in America shared with Milwaukee, Wis., the distinction of being a haven for two major migrations from Germany, the Germany of earldoms, dukedoms, and duchys (sic), the first in 1839, the second in 1845.
Comes to U. S.
King Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia attempted to force the Reformed and the Lutheran churches into one body, but a militant body of the latter, led by the Rev. J. A. A. Grabau assisted by Pastor Van Rohr of the Bergholz-Walmow region in Prussia, stubbornly resisted. Pastor Grabau and many of his fellow leaders were imprisoned. This early Prussian treatment failed to quench the spirit of the dissenters, so the Rev. Grabau finally obtained permission for his people to emigrate to America.
For the fugitives, the trip across the Atlantic had its share of terrors and thrills. Lightning hit the main mast of one of the first barks loaded with Germans en route to the United Sates, and at times it seemed that the band would never see land again. It took the William family more than six weeks to cross.
What is now Suspension Bridge, Father Williams recalled, held only a handful of homes, modest Irish dwellings. At what is now the site of the Zion Lutheran church, at Tenth street and Michigan avenue, was a huge grove of hickory nut trees which provided quite a feast for the strangers.
Built Crude Homes
The homes on the Indian reservation were located more to the north of the present settlement, many being without stairs and some with only high slit open windows. The farm of Chief John Mt. Pleasant was one of the attractions of the Niagara area, being a huge affair where he grew corn in abundance. Numerous Indian workers and travelers-the stages stopped at the place, as one of the sights of Niagara-had their quarters there.
The Tuscarora road, winding trail from La Salle, was but on oxen trail leading from the Indian fishing grounds along Cayuga creek through a thick swamp to the reservation. Not far away, near the municipal airport, was an Indian pit-fall which early German settlers continued to use for bear while breaking home lands out of the woods.
News Spreads
Even in Prussia, word of Niagara County's famous hardwoods, hickory, oaks and elms, had spread. An old Prussian belief was that wheat would thrive in grounds where hard wood abounded.
The first plantings grew rapidly in what is now the Town of Wheatfield where Father Williams and his bride, Christine Walck, first made their home. The Williams family saw the Civil War break out right on the heels of their arrival. From that period till his retirement, decades ago, Father William noted the rural happenings and progress of Niagara county. His death last week removed a living encyclopedia (sic) of Niagara history from the local scene.

Niagara Gazette - 12/16/1936

SANBORN, Dec. 16.-Gust&ve H.
Williams, of Franklin street, celebrated
his ninety-fifth birthday at his
home on Dec. 14. Mr. Williams has
five'sons, Willam P., Albert P., Hugo
and Robert Williams, of Lockport,
and Edward Williams, of Lockport
road. A daughter, Miss Emma Williams,
died in 1928. Mrs.' Edward L.
Haseley, another daughter, died in
February of this year.-His wife, Christine
Walck, died in 1920. There are
also 18 grandchildren and 16 great
grandchildren. Ferdinand Williams,' a
brother, lives at Niagara Falls.
At the age of 15, Mr. Williams came
with his, parents from Germany and
lived to the Ward road until his marriage
when they moved to the present
homestead where he was a successful
farmer. Twenty five years ago he
moved to his present home in franklin
street, where his granddaughter,
Miss Martha Williams, cares for him.
He is in good health, except for
failing eyesight, and enjoys listening
to the radio. Mr. William's is'one of
the two veterans of the Civil War to
this community. His sons and families
and many friend's visited him during
the weekend and on his birthday

Gustave married WALK, Christine on 8 Nov 1866 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Christine (daughter of WALK, Gottfried and SCHULZ, Christine Friedericke Louise) was born on 11 May 1846 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Apr 1920 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette
SCHULTZ-in Detroit, MI, Sept. 5th, 1932, William Schultz, husband of the late Justina (sic) Schultz, father of William of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Fay Osterhout (sic), Mrs. George P. Ansteth, Miss Matilda Schultz of Buffalo, Mrs. Fred Rinz of Detroit, Henry Schultz of Sanborn. Funeral from the home of his son, Henry Schultz, Saunders Settlement road, Thursday, Sept. 8th at 2 p. m. and 2.30 from St. Peter's church, Walmore, standard time, Interment in Walmore, N. Y.

Ferdinand married HASELEY, Justine Wilhelmine on 26 Oct 1871 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Justine (daughter of HASELEY, Johann David and KRUMBACH, Christine Justine) was born on 20 Apr 1845 in Wallmow, Brandenburg, Prussia; died on 18 Feb 1913 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette
Frederick William JAGOW-Died in Bergholtz, Oct, 28th, Frederick Jagow, age 87 years, father of Mrs. Albert Stoelting, Mrs. Edward Rubbert, Mrs. John Ferchen, all of Bergholtz, Mrs. Fred Goerss of Cattaraugus county, William and Herman of North Tonawanda, John and August of Saskatchewan, Canada, Fred and Henry of Bergholtz, Funeral announcement later.

ALSO

The Niagara Gazette, Oct 28th, 1930
FRED W. JAGOW
Fred W. Jagow, 87 years old, died this morning at his home on the Jagow road, town of Wheatfield. He was born in Germany. He had resided in Wheatfield since he was a year old. He is survived by six sons, William and Herman Jagow, North Tonawanda, Philip and John Jagow, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Fred and Henry Jagow, Wheatfield; four daughters, Mrs. Albert Stoelting, Mrs. Ernest Rubbert, Mrs. John Ferchen, Wheatfield and Mrs. Fred Goerss, Sardinia, N. Y.; 44 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence and half an hour later at the Holy Ghost church. Rev. John Kuchenbecker officiating. Burial will be at the Holy Ghost cemetery.

Friedrich married WITTKOPF, Caroline Auguste Juliana in 1869 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Caroline (daughter of WITTKOPF, Johannes Wilhelm Heinrich and KOEPPEN, Wilhelmina Marie) was born on 8 Aug 1850 in Rothenklempenow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 12 Mar 1907 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette

HOFFMEISTER FUNERAL
Loss of Witmer Road Resident Mourned by Many Relatives.
BERGHOLTZ, Jan. 16,-The funeral services for Frederick Hoffmeister, 73 years old, who died suddenly of heart disease at his home on the Witmer road last Sunday morning while getting ready to go to church, was held Tuesday afternoon from the home at 2 o'clock and a half hour later in the St. James church. Interment was in St. James cemetery, south of this village. He is survived by three sons, William, at home, Fred, of New York City. and John, of Buffalo; five daughters. Mrs. Alma Nablo and Mrs. Elizabeth Wrege, of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Christine De Vantier, of Walmore, Mrs. Ella Schroeder, of St. Johnsburg, and Mrs. Magdalena Jagow, south of this village; 25 grandchildren, three brothers and five sisters.

Frederick married HEUER, Elisabeth Sarah Marie on 13 Nov 1881 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Elisabeth (daughter of HEUER, Johann Friedrich and WITTKOPP, Wilhelmine) was born on 3 Jan 1858 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Oct 1927 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette
Mrs. Hoffmeister Dies
NORTH TONAWANDA, Oct. 11.- Mrs. El1zabeth Hoffmeister, 69 years old, died Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Regge (sic), 100 Washington street. She was born in the town of Wheatfield and until four weeks ago, when she came to North Tonawanda, she had resided in the township all her life. She is survived by a husband, Fred Hoffmeister; five daughters, Mrs. Regge (sic) and Mrs. Otto Nablo of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Fred Jagow of La Salle. Mrs. Albert Devantier of Walmore and Mrs. Edward Schroeder of St. Johnsburg; three sons, William Hoffmeister of St. Johnsburg, Fred Hoffmeister of Queen's Village, N. Y., and John Hoffmeister of Buffalo; a sister, Mrs. Charles Neubauer of Carlo, Mich., and a brother. Henry Homeyer (sic) of Bergholtz. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the St. Joheph's (sic) church. Bergholtz, Rev. Otto Bruss, officiating. Interment will be in the St. Jacob's cemetery