Family/Spouse: EATON, Linda J. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. CAMANN, Joel Dean
2. CAMANN, Mark David
3. CAMANN, Brent Edward
4. CAMANN, Amy Lynn

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CAMANN - Eugene W., historian accountant NF Gazette 4/24/2006

BERGHOLZ - Eugene W. Camann, an author, historian and former accountant for Carborundum County, died Sunday in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a brief illness. He was 84.
Born in Wheatfield, Mr.
Camann was a longtime resident of the hamlet of Bergholz. He graduated from Holy Ghost Lutheran School in Bergholz, LaSalle High School and Harvard Business School.
Mr. Camann worked at Carborundum for 32 years, retiring as a cost accountant. He was also an office manager for 10 years with the Eastern District office of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
In 1975, he founded the Historical Society of North German Settlements in Western New York. He also served as curator of its Heritage Museum in Bergholz, co-founded the Bergholz German Band and was a member of the Bergholz Fire Company Band.
Mr. Camann wrote two books - "Uprooted From Prussia, Transplanted in America" and "More Prussian Transplantings in Wheatfield" - as well as numerous historical pamphlets. He took numerous trips to Germany to do research for his books.
Mr. Camann was a lifelong member of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church in Bergholz, where he served as an elder, chairman of the congregation, Sunday school superintendent, choir member and on the youth and stewardship boards. He also researched and spoke on Lutheran Church history in Western New York.
His wife of 45 years, Janice R. Wienke Camann, died in 1988.
Survivors include four sons, David of San Antonio, TX,
Michael of Germantown, Stephen of Waldorf, MD., and Timothy of Unadilla; four daughters, Ruth Voelker, Lois Wiseman, Mary Fuerch and Deborah Feick, all of Bergholz; two brothers, Waldemar and Roland, both of Wheatfield; 19 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday in Holy Ghost Church, 6630 Luther St. at Niagara Road, Bergholz. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Eugene married WIENKE, Janice Ruth on 28 Jun 1943 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Janice (daughter of WIENKE, Reinhard Edwin Edward and VOELKER, Gertrude Apollonia Veronica) was born on 26 Mar 1923 in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Apr 1988 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette
Janice R. Camann Long-time resident of Bergholz
BERGHOLZ - Janice R. (Wienke) Camann, 65, of Luther Street, died Thursday (April 7, 1988) at her home. She was born in Niagara Falls and was a long-time resident of Bergholz. She was an active member of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church Ladies Aid, Lutheran Women's Missonary (sic) League, Altar Guild and the Quilting Group. She was also active in the Historical Society of the North German Settlement in Western New York. Mrs. Camann is survived by her husband, Eugene W. Camann of Bergholz; sons, David Camann of Texas, Michael Camann of Massachusetts, Stephen Camann of Maryland and Timothy Camann of Pulaski, N.Y.; daughters, Ruth Voelker, Lois Wiseman and Mary Fuerch all of Bergholz, Deborah Camann of Cambridge, Ont.; a brother, Harold Wienke of Bergholz; and 18 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the DuBois Funeral Home, 2436 Niagara Road. Services conducted by the Rev. Stephen P. Roehrs will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Holy Ghost Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials to the Holy Ghost Lutheran Church Youth with a Mission or the North German Historical Society are acceptable as tribute.

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Niagara Gazette - 7/22/1943

CHARMING JUNE BRIDE-
Before her marriage on June 28,
1943, Mrs. Eugene C a m a n n
(above) was Miss Janice Ruth
Wienke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Relnhard E. Wienke, of Bergholtz,
N. Y. The bridegroom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Camann,
also of Bergholtz.

Albert + BAARS, Emma Mathilda Elinore. Emma (daughter of BAARS, Christian Friedrich and BLUHM, Wilhelmina Maria) was born on 1 Nov 1892 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 15 Mar 1981 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 1/9/1985

Reinhard E Wienke, 92, an
electrical contractor in Wheatfield
for 50 years and the last charter
member of the Bergholz Volunteer
Fire Company, died Tuesday in
DeGraff Memorial Hospital
A lifelong Wheatfield resident and
member of St. James Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Mr Wienke is
survived by a daughter, Janice
Camann and a son, Harold Wienke;
a sister, Esther Moll; 10 grand
c h i l d r e n and 10 g r e at
grandchildren
Funeral services will be conducted
at 10:30 a.m. Friday in St
James Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Bergholtz. Burial will be in
St James Lutheran Cemetery
The DuBois Funeral Home, 8904 S
Military Road. Niagara Falls, is in
charge of arrangements

Reinhard married VOELKER, Gertrude Apollonia Veronica on 26 Jun 1921 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Gertrude (daughter of VOELKER, Heinrich Wilhelm and HOFFMEISTER, Auguste Maria) was born on 9 Feb 1896 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 3 Sep 1975 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death Notice Gazette
WIENKE - Gertrude V. age 79. of Bergholz, N.Y., Wednesday. September 3. 1975 in the- DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Wienke was a lifelong resident of the- Town of Wheatfield, a member of St. James Lutheran Church and former member of St. James Ladies Aide (sic) Society. She is survived by her husband Reinhard E. Wienke. A daughter, Mrs. Eugene (Junice (sic)) Camann and a son Harold R. Wienke. both of the Town of Wheatfield, 10 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the Fretthold Funeral Home Inc., 1241 Oliver at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda, this evening from 7-9, Friday 2-4 and 7-9 and until noon Saturday. The' body will lie in state in St. James Lutheran Church from 1 until 2 p.m. Saturday, the time of service. The Rev. Walter Williams will officiate. Interment in St. James Lutheran Cemetery. If so desired memorials may be made to the Lutheran Vespers or St. James Lutheran Church Development Fund. 9-4,5.

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Niagara Gazette

Mr. and Mrs. Reinhard
Wienke, Bergholtz will celebrate
their 50th wedding anniversary
Saturday, at a dinner
and reception given by
their children at the Holy
Ghost' Fellowship Hall,
Bergholtz.
"The couple was married
June 26, 1921, in St.' James
Lutheran Church. Both are
lifelong residents of this area.
Before his retirement Mr.
Wienke was an electrical
contractor and a p p l i a n c e
dealer and at one- time was
a barber. Mrs, Wienke
operated a general store for
more than 25 years. Both
have been active in St. James
Lutheran Church,
They have one son, Harold
Wienke and one daughter, .
Mrs. Eugene ( J a n i c e)
Camann, both of Bergholtz.
They have 10 grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Friends are invited to an
open house; following the
dinner, at the home of Mrs.
Camman, 6697 Luther St.
Two of the couples' att
e n d a n t s , . Mrs. Hugo
Greinert and Henry Voelker
will be present.

Charles married GRASSMAN, Helena Wilhelmina Emilie on 15 Apr 1875 in New York. Helena (daughter of GRASSMAN, Wilhelm and ZABEL, Helena Magdalene) was born on 9 Oct 1853 in Prussia; died on 12 Jan 1939 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bergholtz Woman Dies at 85 Years

BERGHOLTZ, Jan. 13 - Mrs. Emilie Camann, 85, died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Julius Stoelting. of this village. She was born in the town of Wheafield and had resided there all her life. Besides the daughter, she is survived by seven sons, Charles, of Tonawanda. William and John, of Niagara Falls, Frank. Albert. Edwin and Harry, all of this village; one sister, Mrs. Henry Witkop, of Pekin. 32 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 pm. from the Stoelting home and at 2:30 from the Holy Ghost Lutheran church. The Rev. John Kuchenbecker will officiate and interment will be in Holy Ghost cemetery.

Christian married BLUHM, Wilhelmina Maria on 30 Sep 1874 in Bagemuehl, Battin, Uckermark, Prussia. Wilhelmina (daughter of BLUHM, Ferdinand and RETZLAFF, Maria) was born in Jan 1848 in Prussia; died on 1 May 1922 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/28/1945

Albert F. Wienke, 86, of the
Falls bouelverd, Bergholtz, died
yesterday afternoon after a brief
illness. Born in Germany, he had
lived in the town of Wheatfield
the past 61 years. Mr. Wienke is
survived by four sons, Adolph
of Sanborn, John and Remhard
of Bergholtz and Albert F., Jr.,
of North Tonawanda; five daughters,
Mrs. Albert Schnemichel of
North Tonawanda, Mrs. Edward
Jagow of Niagara Falls, Mrs
Christ Haseley and Mrs. Esther
Moll of Bergholtz and Mrs. William
Eggert of Ransomville; 35
grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held Saturday at 2:30 p. m. from
the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Moll, Falls Blvd. and at 3 p. m from
St. James church The Rev
Otto Bruss will officiate. Burial
will be in St. James cemetery.

Albert married RETZLAFF, Mathilda Bertha Auguste on 4 Feb 1879 in Stolzenburg, Prussia. Mathilda (daughter of RETZLAFF, Christian and LEMKE, Maria Dorothea) was born on 20 Oct 1860 in Pampow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 17 Apr 1935 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette - 4/1935

Aged Bergholtz Resident Passes
BERGHOLTZ, April 17,-Mrs. Matilda Wienke, nee Retzlaff, 74 years old, wife of Albert Wienke, died today at her home, in Cayuga road after a brief illness. She was stricken with paralysis Sunday. She was born in Campow (sic), Germany, and had resided in this village for the past 51 years. She was a member of St. James Lutheran church and the Ladies' Aid society.
Besides her husband, she is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Edward Jagow and Mrs. William Eggert, both of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Albert Schmeichel, of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Christ (sic) Haseley, of Sanborn, and Mrs. Gustav Moll, of Bergholtz; five sons, Adolph, of Sanborn, John, Hugo and Reinhard, all of Bergholtz. and Albert, of North Tonawanda; 34 grandchildren; seven great granchildren (sic); two brothers, Fred, of Grand Haven, Mich., and Edward, of Sanborn. The funeral will be Friday at 2 p. m. from the home and at 2:30 from St. James church. The Rev. Otto Bruss will officiate. Interment will be in St. James cemetery.

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22 July 1927 Tonawanda News
Henry Voelker, 70 years old, a lifelong resident of Bergholz, died yesterday at his home on the Niagara road. He had been in ill health for the past eleven years but it was not until Tuesday, when he was stricken with paralysis, that his condition became serious. For the past 30 years Mr. Voelker had been proprietor of a general store at Bergholz. Surviving are a wife, Augusta; three sons, John Voelker of Buffalo, Charles Voelker of Niagara Falls and Henry Voelker, Jr., of Bergholz; seven daughters, the Misses Louise and Esther Voelker of Los Angeles, Mrs. Lebrecht Schultz and Mrs. Albert Grobengieser of Niagara Falls and Mrs. George Heuer, Mrs. Valerius Ferchen and Mrs. Remhard Wienke of Bergholz, and 20 grandchildren. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence and half an hour later, standard time, from the St. Jacob's church. Rev. Otto Bruss officiating. Interment will be in the St. Jacob's cemetery.
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NF Gazette

Funeral of Henry Voelker Is Held
Was Born in Bergholtz; Had Lived There 70 Years.
BERGHOLTZ, July 28.-Henry Voelker, Sr., of Niagara street, who died at his home, removes one of the best known residents of Niagara county. Born in this village 70 years ago, he lived here all his life. For the past 30 years he had been proprietor of a general store on Niagara. street. Last week Tuesday he was stricken with paralysis from which he died Thursday morning. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the family home, and the St. Jacob's church, the Rev. Otto Bruss officiating. Burial was in St. Jacob's cemetery. The floral tributes were many And beautiful. He leaves a wide circle of friends, and is survived by his wife, Augusta. three sons, John of Buffalo, Charles, Niagara Falls, and Henry Jr. of this village, seven daughters, the Misses Louise and Esther Voelker, of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Leberecht Schultz and Mrs. Albert Grobengieser, of Niagara Falls, and Mrs. George Heuer, Mrs. Valerius Ferchen and Mrs. Reinhard Wienke, of this village, and 20 grandchildren.

Heinrich married HOFFMEISTER, Auguste Maria in 1879 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Auguste (daughter of HOFFMEISTER, Karl Wilhelm and FERCHEN, Christine Frederike) was born on 15 Jan 1861 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Jun 1948 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]