Family/Spouse: WERTH, Edward Harold. Edward (son of WERTH, Wilhelm Carl Johannes and BLUHM, Augusta Albertine Maria) was born on 16 Feb 1905 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 24 Apr 1982 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. WERTH, Donald Edward
2. WERTH, Ann Louise

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NF Gazette
Edward H. Gath
NORTH TONAWANDA - Edward H. Gath, 82, of 21 E. Felton St., died Tuesday (June 14, 1966) at his home after a long illness. Born in Wolcottsburg, he lived in this citv for the last 75 years. Mr. Gath was a 4th Ward Alderman for two terms in the 1920's. He was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Gratwick Hose Co.. a past president of the fire company, North Tonawanda Firemen's Benevolent Association, director of the Frontier Cooperative Insurance Co., and a 25 Year Club member of the Remington Rand Sweeney Street plant. He was the husband of the late Louise Gath. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Edward (Gertrude) Werth and Miss Ruth Gath, both of this city, Mrs. Edward (Dorothy) Schimschack, Wheatfield; a son, Howard E. Gath; two sisters, Mrs. Edward Strassburg and Mrs. Edward Wienke, all of this city, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Frethold Funeral Home by Rev. Loren Shiley. Burial will be in St. Matthew's Lutheran Cemetery.

Edward married STRASSBURG, Louise about 1906 in Niagara County, NY. Louise (daughter of STRASSBURG, Heinrich Eduard and ROGGOW, Lydia Augusta Albertine) was born on 21 Feb 1885 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 27 Aug 1961 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

GATH—Mrs. Louise L. of 21 East Felton
St., North Tonawanda, August 27,
1961. Beloved wile of Edward H.
Gath; mother of Mrs. Edward Werth,
North Tonawanda, Mrs. Raymond
Maerten and Mrs. Edward Shlmschack,
both of the Town of Wheatfleld MYS
Miss Ruth Cath, at home and a son
Howard E. Gath; sister of Albert,
Georse, Walter, Harold and Benlamln
Strasburg, all of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Also surviving are 2 grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Fretthold
Funeral Home. 1241 Oliver St. at
Ward Rd., North Tonawanda where
services will be held Wednesday at
2 P.m. The Rev. Loren J. Shlley will
officiate. Interment In St. Mathew's
Lutheran Cemetery. Mrs. Gath was a
member of St. Mark's Lutheran
Church and an honorary member of
the Gratwlck Hose Women's Auxiliary.

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Tonawanda News
Dec 18, 1914
LOUIS GATH
Louis Gath, sixty-seven years old, a well-known Gratwlck resident, died at the General hospital in Buffalo last night, where he underwent an operation ten days ago. He was born in Germany and came to America, locating in North Tonawanda, some fiftyfive years ago. He was a wagon maker by occupation. Surviving are three sons, Fred, Louis and Edward Gath; four daughters, Mrs. John Doebler, Mrs. John Hermann and the Misses Jessie and Grace Gath and one brother, Fred Gath, of Michigan. The body was brought to the family home at No. 46 Felton Street this morning where the funeral will be held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock and a half hour later from the St. Mark's church, on Washington street, the Rev. Martin Hemann officiating. Buiral will be made in Elmlawn.

Louis married KROENING, Augusta in 1870 in Niagara County, NY. Augusta was born in Aug 1849 in Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Heinrich married ROGGOW, Lydia Augusta Albertine on 22 Jan 1880 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Lydia (daughter of ROGGOW, Wilhelm Friedrich and HELLERT, Frederike Dorothea) was born on 16 Jun 1859 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Jul 1936 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 7/27/1936

Mrs. Lydla Augusta Strasburg, 77
years old, wife of Henry E, Strasburg
and a lifelong resident of this city,
died at her home, 1119 Eighty-ninth
street, last night, after an illness of
six months. Funeral services will be
held from the family residence at 2
p. m. Wednesday and from the Zlon
Lutheran church, Cayuga drive, at
2:30 p. m., with the Rev. George
Hoyer oflfclating. Interment will be
In St. Matthew's cemetery in Martinsville,
N. Y,
Surviving her. besides her husband,
are six sons and three daughters. Edward
C, George K., Albert F.. Walter
E., Harold S. Benjamlng Strasburg,
Mrs. Albert A. Holland and Mrs. Frank
Phillips, all of this city, and Mrs, Edward
Gath, of North Tonawanda; one
sister and three brothers, Mrs. Frank
Foster, Louis Roggow, Albert Roggow
and August Roggow, all of North
Tonawanda. She is also survived by
33 grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.

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Niagara Gazette - 1/31/1930

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strassburg celebrated their golden wedding at the
parish house of the Zlon Lutheran church. La Salle. About 100 persons, members
of the congregation and friends, of the couple-partook of a dinner which
was the feature of the celebration. The interior of the parish house was attractively
decorated in white and gold and yellow roses were on the tables.
Mr. and Mrs. Strassburg were married on January 22, 1880, in Bergholtz. by
the Rev. Mr. Welnbach, and resided for a short time on the Niagara Falls
boulevard. For the last 35 years they have lived in the La Salle section. Their
descendants number six sons, three daughters, 27 grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
At the dinner guests were present from this city, Lcckport, the Tonawandas,
Town Line and Buffalo. The Rev. Mr. Hoyer briefly addressed, the assemblage
after which a hymn was sung. A large bouquet of daffodils was presented to Mr.
and Mrs. Strassburg by the Ladles Aid society of the church.

Gottfried married REGLING, Maria Christine about 1834 in Wallmow, Brandenburg, Prussia. Maria was born on 17 Oct 1818 in Wallmow, Brandenburg, Prussia; died on 14 Feb 1888 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/10/1914

W i l l i am Roggow. eighty years old
died at his home at North Jackson
a v e n u e last night. His death follow-
ed a linge r i n g illness. Mr. Roggow
was born in Germany. He came to
A m e r i c a with his parents when nine
y e a r s old a n d l o c a t e d on a farm near
B e r g h o l t z . where he continued to live
u n t i l t a k i n g up his residence in North
T o n a w a n d a ninet e e n years ago. He
has lived here since. Fifty -six years
ago Mr. Roggow was m a r r i e d to M i s s
F r e d e r i c k a Hillet of LaSalle. Besides
his wife, the d e c e a s e d is s u r v i v e d by
five sons. August, William and Albert
Roggow of North T o n a w a n d a : Henry
Roggow of Milwaukee a n d L e w i s R
Roggow of - BALANCE UNREADABLE

Wilhelm married HELLERT, Frederike Dorothea on 7 Oct 1858 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Frederike (daughter of HELLERT, Johann Friedrich and SCHULZ, Friederike) was born on 26 Feb 1842 in Ploewen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died in 1915 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]