Family/Spouse: PIEPER, Doris R. Doris (daughter of PIEPER, Arthur August and GRAWE, Ruth Ann Ernestine) was born in 1922 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 28 Jul 1983 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BARNES, Kenneth H
2. BARNES, Dolores A
3. BARNES, Barbara

James married WANKASKY, Amelia on 6 Mar 1914 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Amelia (daughter of WANKASKY, Gustav and WERTH, Auguste H) was born in Aug 1890 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Jan 1972 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1/12/1972

NORTH TONAWANDA -
Mrs. Amelia Barnes, 80, of 229
. Miller St., died Tuesday (Jan.
11,1972) in DeGraff Memorial
Hospital.
She was a lifelong resident of
this city and a member of
Payne Avenue Christian
Church. Her husband, James.
C. Barnes, predeceased her.
She is survived by three sons,
Robert L. Barnes, Kenneth
Barnes and William J. Barnes,
all of the Tonawandas; 'two
brothers, Edwin Wankowsky of
Buffalo and William
Wankowsky of Osteen, Fla.,
and a sister, Mrs. Herbert
Ensminger of Tonawanda; five
grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the
Wattengel Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Lyle V. Newman
officiating. Burial will be in
Sweeney Cemetery.
Friends may call at the
funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7
to 9 p.m. today.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/2/1914

At the parsonage of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, Thursday
evening, March 6, Mr. James C.
Barnes of Tonawanda and Miss Amelia
A. Wankasky of North Tonawanda
were united in marriage by the Reverend
Horace Alonzo Crane. They were
attended by Mr. and Mrs. Will'.am J.
Doyle of Miller street who were married
at the parsonage by Mr. Crane on
February 15. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes
will make their future home at 70
Prospect avenue, Buffalo

Henry + Emma. Emma was born in Dec 1849 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gustav married WERTH, Auguste H about 1888. Auguste (daughter of WERTH, August and NEDELL, Henriette) was born in Mar 1869 in Pomerania, Germany; died on 4 Mar 1937 in Sanford, Seminole County, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/6/1937

The body of Mrs. Augusta Karkau,
70 years old, a former resident of
North Tonawanda. will arrive here this
evening from Sanford, Fla., where she
d i e d Thursday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. William J. Doyle, where
she had been living the past year.
Rites will be held Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock from the home of an-
other daughter, Mrs. Amelia Baker,
2 2 5 Miller street. Burial will be in
St. Matthew's cemetery. Mrs. Karkau
was bom in Germany. For 40 years
she resided in North Tonawanda. Besides
the two daughters named she
leaves a third daughter, Mrs. Herbert
Ensminger, Tonawanda; three sons,
Paul, William and Edwin Wankasky,
all of North Tonawanda, and 12
grandchildren survive.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/18/1915

North Tonawanda, June 18.- August
C. Werth. 80 years old, a resident
the town of Wheatfield for the, last ??
years, is dead in his home on the Nash
road, a f t e r a brief illness. He was
born in Germany and had been a far-
mer in Wheatfield for many years

August married NEDELL, Henriette about 1868. Henriette was born in Jun 1848 in Pomerania, Nipperwiese, Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News

Mra. Henrietta Werth. 71 years
old, died yesterday morning at the
home of her son. Henry Werth. on
the Nash road in the town of Wheat
field, after a long illness. Besides
Henry Werth, two sons, Ernest snd
Werth of North Tonawanda;
three daughers. Mrs. Gustsve Karkow
and Mrs. William Werth of North
Tonawanda. and Mrs. Ernest Kurkow
of Rochester; two brothers. Au-
gust Nedell of Reid City. Mich . and
Frank Nedell of North Tonawanda;
grandchildren snd seven great
grandchildren survive. The funeral
will be held Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock from the late residence and a
half hour later from St. John's church
at St. Johnsburg. Re v . WilIiam Al-
brecht officiating. Burial will be in
St. John's cemetery.