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Niagara Gazette - 2/13/1928

NORTH TONAWANDA, Feb. 18.-
Gcorge F. Tessmer, 45 years old
former Buffalo mall carrier, died Fri-
day night at his home on the Ward
road following a brief Illness. Born
in Germany, Tessmer camo to Buffalo
at the age of five. He was employed
as a mall carrier In that city for fif-
teen years before removing to North
Tonawanda nine years ago. He still
retained his membership In Letter
Carriers' association in Buffalo.
Surviving are a wife. Matilda L.
a son. Raymond; a daughter. Evelyn,
two sisters, Mrs. Fred Nagel of North
Tonawanda and Mrs, George W.
Frary of Buffalo. The funeral.will be
held Monday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock from the residence, Rev. H. A.
Depfer of theThird Presbyterian
church officiating. Burial will be at
Elmlawn:

George + BARTEL, Mathilda L. Mathilda (daughter of BARTEL, August Ferdinand and MERCIER, Henrietta Dorothea) was born on 18 Feb 1885 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Apr 1978 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/26/1978

TESSMER - Mathilda
L. Tessmer, 93, of Ran
somville, N.Y., formerly
of North Tonawanda,
Wednesday (April 26,
1978) at DeVeaux Manor
Nursing Home after a
lengthy illness. Mrs.
Tessmer was a member
of the Dickersonville
Methodist Church.
She is survived by her
daughter, Mrs. Fred
(Evelyn) Trapp of
Ransomville; a son,
Raymond G. Tessmer of
Springfield, N.J.; two
grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren and
several nieces and
nephews.
The family will receive
friends at the Fretthold
Funeral Home, Inc., 1241
Oliver St., at Ward Rd.,
North Tonawanda this
evening from 7 to 9 and
Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Services will be held
at the funeral home
Friday at 11 a.m., the
Rev. Arthur O. Northrup
will officiate. Interment
Elmlawn Cemetery

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 1/14/1924

August Bartel. eighty-two years old
a veteran of three wars in Germany
died last night at his home on the Ruie
lead after a lingering illness. Mr.
Bartel was born In Germany. He
fought with the troops of that country
in the wars of 1864. 1866 and 1870. He
came to America and took up his rest
fence in North Tonawanda forty-one
years ago. He had lived here since.
Surviving are three sons, Fredinand
Bartel of Tonawanda. Gustav J. Bartel
of North Tonawanda and William F.
Bartel of Los Angeles: two daughters.
Mis. John Pankow of Buffalo and
Mrs. George Tessmer of North Tonawana
a; twenty-seven grandchildren,
ten gieat grandchildren and one'sis-
Mrs. Justine Demler ot North
Tonawanda. The funeral will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the late residence and half an hour
later at the St. Paul's church. Martinsville.
Rev. D. H. Steffens officiating
Burial will Be in the St. Paul's ceme
tary.

August married MERCIER, Henrietta Dorothea in 1866 in Prussia. Henrietta was born on 1 Mar 1843 in Prussia; died on 24 Aug 1915 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 8/36/1915

North T o n a w a n d a , ' Aug. 26. - Mrs.
H e n r i e t t a D. B a r t e l . 72 y e a r s old. wife
of A u g u s t B a r t e l of the Ruie road, is
d e a d a t t h e family .home, a f t e r a brief
i l l n e s s . She was born In G e r m a n y and
h a d lived h e r e a b o u t a half c e n t u ry.