Hilda married WITTKOP, Clarence G on 12 Jun 1938 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Clarence (son of WITTKOP, Heinrich Eduard and GRASSMANN, Lydia Maria Caroline) was born on 25 Jun 1911 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Aug 1997 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/13/1938

The wedding of Miss Hilda
Goerss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
August Goerss of Ward road, town
of Wheatfield ,to Clarence Witkop,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Witkop, of Bergholtz, was solemnized
Sunday afternoon, June 12th
at 4.30, in St. John's Evangelical
Lutheran church, the Rev. W. J.
Thiemecke, officiating.
The church was decorated with
palms and baskets of peonies, and
an archway over the front pews,
was beautifully decorated with
roses and beauty bush. Mrs. Thiemecke
sang, "We at Thine Altar
Stand," by DeKoven and "Wedding
Hymn," by N. J. Hong with
August Huebner at the organ.
The bride wore a white satin
gown, fashioned with a lace yoke
and the fitted bodice was trimmed
with tiny white satin buttons.
The sleeves were long, extending
to a point at the wrist, and the
skirt flowed into a long train. Her
long tulle veil fell from a halo
of pearls and she carried a shower
bouquet of bridal roses.
The maid of honor. Miss Pearl
Durow, of Niagara Falls, cousin
of the bride, wore a peach colored
chiffon dress, made with a shirred
bodice. She wore blue flowers in
her hair and carried a bouquet of
delphinium and talisman roses.
The bridesmaids were Miss Beatrice
Stenzel, cousin of the bride
and Miss Margaret Durow of Niagara
Falls, also a cousin of the
°ride. They wore blue chiffon
dreSsea, with peach colored flowers
In their hair and carried bouquets
of talisman roses and delphinium.
Joyce Millville, niece of the
bride was flower girl, and wore
a long pink taffeta dress and carried
a basket of sweet peas. Howard
Strassburg, cousin of the groom
wtis ring bearer and wore a
white satin suit.
Robert Eichorn, of Buffalo, was1
best man. The ushers were Norman
and Carl Goerss. brothers
of the bride and Frederick and
Arthur Witkop, cousins of the
groom.
The mother of the bride was
attired in a blue printed crepe
dress, and the groom's mother a
black lace gown with bolero. Each
wore a corsage of roses and sweet
peas.
Following the ceremony, a dinner
and reception for seventy-five
guests was held in the Holy Ghost
school hall, Bergholtz. The hall
and tables were decorated in a
color scheme of yellow and white.
The bride's table, with covers laid
for sixteen, was centered mith a
wedding cake.
Mr. and Mrs. Witkop left for
a motor trip to Michigan. After
July 1st, they will take up their
residence in their new home in
Niagara road, Bergholtz.

1. WITTKOP, Pamela
2. WITTKOP, Bonnie Jane was born on 12 Sep 1942 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Sep 2010 in Hickory, Catawba County, CA.
3. WITTKOP, Faye Karen

Notes:

NF Gazette, Dec 29 1957
A. F. Goerss Rites Slated
N 0 R T H TONAWANDA - Services for August F. Goerss, 86. of 44 Ransom St. who died Friday (Dec. 27, 1957) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital, will be conducted by the Rev. J. Walter Thiemecke at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Fretthold Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery. Mr Goerss was born in the Town of Wheatfield and lived the greater part of his life in this city. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and was a carpenter. He retired 15 years ago. Surviving are his wife Mrs. Louis Rung Goerss, three daughters, Mrs. Theodore Jagow, Niagara Falls, Mrs. Herbert A. Milleville and Mrs. Clarence Witkop, both of this city, two sons, Carl A. Goerss, and Norman W. Goerss of Lockport, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

August married RUNGE, Louisa Amelia Auguste on 13 Sep 1896 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Louisa (daughter of RUNGE, August Heinrich Albert Erdmann and WERTH, Ernestine) was born in 1877 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 25 Mar 1962 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GOERSS - Louise, age 85, March 25, 1962 in a Lockport Hospital after a long Illness. Wife of the late August Goerss; mother of Mrs. Herbert Milleville and Mrs. Clarence Wittkop, both of North Tonawanda, Carl of Sanborn and Norman of Lockport, and the late Mrs. Theodore Jagow, 7 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren; sister of. Mrs. Theodore Durow of Florida.; Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Road, where services will be held, Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Clarence W. Rabe will officiate. Interment In St. John's Lutheran Cemetery

August married WERTH, Wilhelmina on 1 May 1867 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmina (daughter of WERTH, Christian and VOGEL, Caroline Sophie Marie) was born on 30 Dec 1828 in Boock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

August married WERTH, Ernestine in 1876 in New York. Ernestine (daughter of WERTH, Johann and KRIENKE, Dorothea Louise) was born in Nov 1854 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 28 Jun 1942 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/29/1942

RUNGE - Ernestine, nee Werth, wife of the
late Albert Runge, mother of Hulda of
Niagara Falls, N.Y. Mrs. August Goerss
of St. Johnsburg, Mrs. Charles Scheskck
of Niagara Falls, N.Y., Mrs. Theodore
???of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and
Charles Runge of St. Johnsburg; sister
of Mrs. Catherine Gombert of Niagara
Falls, N.Y. Funeral Tuesday afternoon
??? p.m. from the residence, 1904
??? street and at 3:15 p.m. from St.
??? Church, St. Johnsburg. Friends
???

Christian married VOGEL, Caroline Sophie Marie about 1826 in Prussia. Caroline (daughter of VOGEL, Heinrich and MOLL, Anna Sophie) was born in 1804 in Boock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 22 Nov 1883 in Boock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Karl married WERTH, Caroline Friedericke Wilhelmine on 5 May 1853 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Caroline (daughter of WERTH, Johann) was born in Jan 1835 in Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married KRIENKE, Dorothea Louise about 1830 in Prussia. Dorothea (daughter of KRIENKE) was born on 22 Jul 1811 in Mewegen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 18 Jan 1878 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]