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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/20/1935

Wilbert Ziehm, 28 years old, Errick
road, town of Wheatfield, died
early this morning at the DeGraff
Memorial hospital after a brief
illness. He is survived by his wife;
Ruth, nee Witkop; two sons, Donald
and Eugene; a daughter, Shirley,
at home; parents, residents of
St. Johnsburg; six brothers, Herman,
Ernest, Charles and Walter,
North Tonawanda, and William
and Albert, Detroit; and two sisters,
Mrs. Elroy Kline and Mrs.
Arthur Shamrock, North Tonawanda.
Mr. Ziehm was a mem-
ber of the St. Johnsburg Fire
Company and Drum Corps. The
funeral will be held Sunday after-
noon at 2 o'clock from the resi-
dence and half an hour later from
the St. John's church. Rev. Wal-
ter Thiemecke will officiate. Bur-
ial will be in St. John's cemeter.

Wilbert married WITKOP, Ruth Bernice on 10 Oct 1931 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Ruth (daughter of WITKOP, William August Johann and HEUER, Julia Elizabeth) was born on 16 Mar 1911 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Jan 1997 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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31 March 1937 Tonawanda News
Gustave Ziehm, 77 years old, died yesterday at the home of his son, Walter, Ward road, St. Johnsburg. Born in Germany, Mr. Ziehm came to America 46 years ago and had resided in the town of Wheatfield since. He leaves a wife, Helen, nee Balzer; six sons, Herman and Ernest, North Tonawanda; William and Charles, Detroit; Albert, Cleveland, and Walter; two daughters, Mrs. Elroy Kline and Mrs. Arthur Shamrock, North Tonawanda; and 28 grandchildren. Rites will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence and at 2:30 o'clock from the St. John's church. Rev. Walter Thiemecke will officiate and burial will be in St. John's cemetery.
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Niagara Falls Gazette
GUSTAVE ZIEHM DIES
Town of Wheatfield Resident Had Lived Here for Past 46 Years
Gustave Ziehm, a resident of the town of Wheatfield for 46 years, died yesterday afternoon in the home of his son, Walter Ziehm, Ward road, St. Johnsburg. He was 77 years old and was born in Germany, coming to this country and to Wheatfield 46 years ago.
Surviving Mr. Ziehm are his wife, Mrs. Helen Ziehm, Wheatfield; six sons, Herman and Ernest, North Tonawanda, William and Charles. both of Detroit, Mich., Albert, of Cleveland, and Walter of St. Johnsburg, and two daughters, Mrs. Elroy Kline and Mrs. Arthur Shamrock, both of North Tonawanda. Twenty-eight grandchildren also survive. The funeral will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the home of his son, Walter Ziehm, St. Johnsburg, and at 2:30 o'clock in St John's church, St. Johnsburg, with the Rev. Walter Thiemeck (sic) officiating Burial will be in St. John's cemetery

Gustav married BALZER, Helen Amelia about 1885 in Prussia. Helen was born in May 1865 in Prussia; died on 18 Feb 1938 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/19/1938

Mrs. Helen Ziehm, 72 years old,
died last night at her home on the
Ward road, town of Wheatfield.
She was born in Germany and
had resided in the town for the
past 46 years. She leaves six sons,
Herman, North Tonawanda, Ernest
and Walter, town of Wheatfield.
William and Charles, Detroit, arul
Albert, Cleveland; two daughters,
Mrs. LeRoy Kline and Mrs. Arthur
Shamrock, North Tonawanda;
27 grandchildren and one
Rreat. grandchild. Rites will be
held Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock from the home of her son,
Walter, Ward road, and at 2:30
o'clock from the St. John's church,
in St. Johnsburg, Rev. Walter
Thlemecke officialing. Interment
will be in the St. John's cemetery.

Notes:

1920 Census in NT - Witkof
1930 Census in NT - Witkop

People Finders for William, Jr in 2009 - shows Witkop

William August J. Witkop, 4 Jul 1874, driver for White, G, & Mitchell in North Tonawanda
1918 WW I draft card

8 December 1949 Tonawanda News

William J. Witkop

William J. Witkop, 75, died suddenly in his home, 27 Stenzel St., after suffering a heart attack. Mr. Witkop, a native of Tonawanda, had lived in North Tonawanda 40 years. Survivors include his widow, Julia, nee Heuer; two daughters, Mrs. Bernhardt Moll and Mrs. Albert Jendrian; two sons, Frederick and William J. Jr.; 10 grandchildren, all of North Tonawanda; two brothers, Albert of Tonawanda, August of Pekin, and a sister, Mrs. Emma Strassburg, North Tonawanda. Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St., and at 2:30 p.m. in the St. Marks’s Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul Fretthold will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mark’s Lutheran Cemetery.

William married HEUER, Julia Elizabeth about Dec 1899 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Julia (daughter of HEUER, Heinrich Georg and HOFFMEISTER, Christine Wilhelmine Johanna) was born in Sep 1879 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 Apr 1957 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/24/1957

WITKOP - Julia Elizabeth Witkop.
77, formerly of 27 Stenzil St.,
North Tonawanda died today after
a long illness. Wife of the late Wil-
liam J. Witkop; mother of Mrs.
Bernard Moll, Fred, William, and
Mrs. Albert Jendrian, all of North
Tonawanda; sister of Henry and
John Heuer of the Town of Wheatfield,
the Rev. Louis Heuer of Illinois,
Mrs. John Gombert, Mrs.
Louis Voelker and Mrs. Fred Dinger
all of Niagara Falls. Ten
g r a n d c h i l d r e n also survive.
Friends may call at the Fretthold,
Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St. at
Ward Rd., where services will be
at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Rev.
Paul H. Fretthold officiating. In-
terment in St. Mark's Lutheran'
Cemetery.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/1/1939

Mr. and Mrs. William Witkop
of 27 Stenzel Street were pleasantly
surprised last evening by
large number of relatives and
friends the occasion being their
fortieth wedding anniversary.
The Rev. Louis Heuer of Bergholtz,
brother of Mrs. Witkop,
gave an appropriate talk appro
priate to the occasion. The evening
was spent in playing games.
Four children and five grandchildren
of the couple were present.
The children are Mrs. Bernard
Moll, Mrs. Ruth Ziehm, William
Witkop and Fred Witkop.
Mrs. Phillip Schultz of Niagara
Falls, was one of the guests. She
was a bridesmaid at the wedding
which took place in St. Johns
church, St. Johnsburg in 1899.
Later In the evening luncheon
was served to thirty-two guests.

Notes:

1860 Census - in Royalton with parents as Witcop
1870 Census - in Wheatfield as Christa Witcap
1900 Census - lived next door to Puckelwaldt

Niagara Gazette - 2/19/1929

CHRISTIAN WITKOP DIES
Was 82 Years Old: Funeral Will Be
Held Thursday, Burial In Mount View.
SANBORN. Feb. 19.—Christian F.
Witkop, aged 82, died at the home of
his son. August Witkop. on the Moun-
tain road late yesterday of apoplexy.
He Is survived by one daughter. Mrs.
Emma Strasburg, of North Tonawanda.
three sons, August C. Witkop of' Pekin.
William and Albert Witkop of North
Tonawanda. one brother. Henrv Wlt-
kop. of Pekln. Funeral will be held
from the home of his son, August, on
Thursday at 2 p.m. and 2:30 from St.
Andrews church. Rev. Schmidt will
offlclate. Burial will be at Mountain
View cemetery at Pekln, N. Y,

Christian married BLUHM, Wilhelmine Fredericka on 23 Nov 1869 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmine (daughter of BLUHM, Christoph and MITTZLAFF, Dorothea Louise) was born in Jan 1848 in Menkin, Brandenburg, Germany; died in Oct 1928 in Pekin, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 10/24/1928

PEKIN, Oct. 24 - A double funeral
that of Mrs. Fredericka Witkop and
that of Mrs. Augusta Bruce, was held
at the St. Andrew's Evangelical Luth-
eran Church of Pekin, yesterday af-
ternoon. Rev. Charles a. Schmidt of-
ficiated. The services were held for
Mrs. Bruce at 2 o'clock from the home
of her son, Bertram Bruce and at 2:30
o'clock for Mrs. Witkop from the home
of her son, Augustus Witkop. The ser-
vices at the church were conducted
jointly at 3 o'clock.
Friends and relatives had gathered
in great numbers to pay the last re-
spects to the deceased. Floral offer-
ings were many and beautiful.
Mrs. Witkop was ill only three weeks
and succumbed to heart disease and
old age. She was 80 years of age.
She is survived by her husband, three
sons and a daughter.
Mrs. Bruce died Sunday afternoon
after a lingering illness. She was 76
years old. She is survived by two sons
and two daughters.
Mrs. Witkop and Mrs. Bruce were
sisters-in-law and died within 20 hours
of each other.
Interment was in the Lutheran
cemetery of Pekin.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/25/1919

Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Witkop celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary Sun-
day afternoon and evening at their.
home on Ward- Road. There were
forty present including four children.
eighteen grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. The afternoon was
merit In music, after which dinner
was served

Notes:

2 March 1929 Tonawanda News
Henry Heuer, Sr., 73 years old, died last night at his home in Bergholz. He was an old resident of that place. Surviving are a wife, Christine; six sons, Fred C., Niagara Falls; David C., George M., Henry, Jr., and John, Bergholz, and Rev. Louis E. Heuer, Akron, N. Y.; four daughters, Mrs. William Witkopf, North Tonawanda; Mrs. George Gombert and Mrs. Carl Voelker, Niagara Falls, and Mrs. Fred Dinger, Bergholz, and 26 grandchildren. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at o'clock from the residence and half an hour later from St. Jacob's church. Rev. Otto Bruss will conduct the service and interment will be at St. Jacob's cemetery.
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NF Gazette

HEUER-At Bergholtz, N. Y. March 1, 1929. Henry Heuer, Jr.. aged 73 years. beloved husband of Christine; father of Fred. Niagara Fa1ls, N. Y., David C., George M., Henry Jr., and .John A., Buffalo, N. Y., Rev, Louis E. Heuer, Akron. N. Y., Mrs. Wm. Wittkop, North Tonawanda, N. Y., Mrs. John Gombert and Carl Voelker, Niagara Falls, N. Y., Mrs. Fred Dinger. Bergholtz, N. Y. Funeral from his late home, Bergholtz, Monday March 4, at 2 p. m. and at the James (sic) Lutheran church at 2:30 p. m. Rev. O. Bruss will officiate.
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NF Gazette

Henry Heuer Dies at Bergholtz Home
Born in Wheatfield; Funeral. Services Monday Afternoon.
BERGHOLTZ, March 2.-Henry Heuer, 73 years old, lifelong resident and farmer of Niagara county, died yesterday at his home in Bergholtz following a brief illness.
The deceased was born in the town of Wheatfield and spent all of his life, with the exception of seven years on the same farm. Seven years ago he retired and has lived in Bcrgholtz since that time.
He is survived by his wife, Christine; six sons, Fred C. of Niagara Falls, David C., George M., Henry Jr., and John A., of Bergholtz, and the Rev. Louis E. Heuer, of Akron, N. Y. Four daughters, Mrs. William Wittkop, North Tonawanda, Mrs. John Gombert and Mrs. Carl Voelker, Niagara Falls, and Mrs. Fred Dinger, of Bergholtz,
Funeral services will be held at the home in Bergholtz, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock and at 2:30 o'clock from St. Jacob's Church, the Rev. 0. Bruss officiating, Interment will be in Bergholtz cemetery.

Heinrich married HOFFMEISTER, Christine Wilhelmine Johanna on 31 Oct 1878 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Christine (daughter of HOFFMEISTER, Christian Friedrich and KORF, Maria Dorothea) was born on 26 Dec 1855 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Feb 1941 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 2/28/1941

Mrs. Christine Heuer, for many
years a resident of Bergholtz, died
this morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Charles Voelker,
1831 Michigan avenue, this city.
Mrs. Heuer, who was 85 years old,
had been In poor health for some
time but was seriously ill only a
few days. She was the widow of
Henry Heuer, who until his death
several years ago was one of the
most prominent of the older residents
of Bergholts.
Mrs. Heuer is survived by five
sons and four daughters, David.
George, Henry and John Heuer, of
Bergholtz. the Rev. Louis Heuer,
of Holllday's Cove. W. Va., Mrs
William Witkop, of North Tonawanda.
and Mrs. John Oombert,
Mrs. Charles Voelker and Mrs. Fred
Dinger, of this city. She is also survived
by 27 grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
Mrs. Voelker's home 8unday at 2
o'clock at St. Jacobi church, Bergholtz.
at 3:30 pm., the Rev. O.
Bruss officiating. Interment will be
In St. Jacobl cemetery, Bergholtz