Bonnie married HOFFMEISTER, Carl John on 7 Nov 1959 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News

In a double ring ceremony
Nov. 7 in St. Mark's
E v a n g e l i c a l Lutheran
Church, Miss Bonnie Jane
Wittkop became the bride
of Carl John Hoffmeister.
The Rev. Loren J. Shiley officiated
for the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Wittkop, 227 Linwood
Ave., and the son of Mrs.
Bernhardt C. Hoffmeister, 192
Fredericka St., and the late Mr.
Hoffmeister.
The bride wore a gown of Chantilly
lace over blush pink tulle designed
with a sweetheart neckline
and long sleeves. A pearl-trimmed
tiara held her blush pink veil and
she carried a prayer book covered
with a white orchid and snowdrift
pompons.
Miss Carol Voelker, maid of
honor, wore a forest green ballerina
length dress made with a
velvet bodice and taffeta skirt.
She carried a bouquet of yellow
chrysanthemums and pompons.
The bridesmaid, Miss Faye Wittkop,
wore an identical costume in
dusty rose and carried y e l l ow
chrysanthemums and b r o n ze
pompons.
Lyle Hoffmeister was best man.
David Werth and Mark Hoffmeister
were ushers.
The bride's mother wore a beige
lace over taffeta dress. The
bridegroom's mother chose a navy
blue over light blue silk chiffon
dress with matching accessories.
Both wore pink cymbidium orchid
corsages.
White chrysanthemums and
pompons with pink accents decorated
the bride's table for the reception
in Nashville Fire Hall.
Traveling to Florida, the bride
wore a navy blue suit and match-
ing accessories.
Pre-nuptial parties for the
bride were given by Miss Faye
and Miss Pamela Wittkop, Miss
Voelker, Mesdames Donald Schim-
schack, Howard Gath, Kenneth
Stange, Arthur Duerr and Christ
Hoffmeister.

1. HOFFMEISTER, Robert Carl
2. HOFFMEISTER, Randall Paul
3. HOFFMEISTER, Sandra Lynn
4. HOFFMEISTER, Richard Mark
5. HOFFMEISTER, Kristine Sue

Notes:

Verified spelling with SS Death Index for Hilda Wittkop in Hamburg, Erie County, NY - perhaps Clarence

Clarence married GOERSS, Hilda Anna on 12 Jun 1938 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Hilda (daughter of GOERSS, August Friedrich Wilhelm and RUNGE, Louisa Amelia Auguste) was born on 3 Apr 1913 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 May 2003 in Hamburg, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Notes:

Henry Edward Wittcopp b. 5 Feb 1885 niagara county, 1917 laborer in the brass dept at Rudolph wurliter mfg co
WW I Draft card reads & signed Witkop

Niagara Gazette - 4/20/1961

WITTKOP-Henry, suddenly April 18th.
1961, at his home 1753 Forbes St.,
North Tonawanda, surviving are his
wife Lydia, 2 sons, Clarence and
Ralph, both of North Tonawanda; 3
grandchildren, one great grandchild, a
brother, Phillip Wittkop ol the Town
of Niagara. Friends may call at the
Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver
St. at Ward Rd., where services will
be held Friday at 2 p.m. The Rev.
Robert Jaeger officiating. Interment
in Holy Ghost Lutheran Cemetery. Mr.
Wittkop was a member of The Holy
Ghost Lutheran Church and The Lutheran
Layman's League.

Heinrich married GRASSMANN, Lydia Maria Caroline on 14 Nov 1909 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Lydia (daughter of GRASSMANN, Christian Friedrich Wilhelm and RUBBERT, Wilhelmine Caroline) was born in Nov 1885 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 18 Sep 1969 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 9/19/1969

WITTKOP-Lydia W., age 83,
of 1753 Forbes St., North Tonawanda,
Friday, September 19, 1969. after a
lengthy illness. She was a lifelong
member of Holy Ghost Lutheron Church.
Wife of the late Henry Wittkop. Mother
ol Clarence G. and Ralph H. Wlttkop,
both of North Tonawanda. 4 grandchildren,
5 great grandchildren. Several
nephews. Friends may call at
The Frettheld Funeral Home Inc, 1441
Oliver St. of Ward Rd., North Tonawanda.
Time of service to be Announced.
Rev. Albert W. Bahr will
offlciate. Interment in Holy Ghost Lutheran
Cemetery

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

Notes:

In Census 1860 in Royalton with parents
In Census 1870 in Royalton with Hollenbeck family
In 1880 Census with Frederike and 3 children as Wittcop
In 1900 Census as widow with 8 children in Town of Niagara as Wittkopp
In 1910 Census as Wittcof/Witteoh (Wittcop) with wife and 1 child
1920 Census in LaSalle with son, daughter, grandson and brother, Frank L as Christ F. Witcop - transcribed as Witcok - Per Bill Wittcopp on 2/22/09 - Christian wanted to serve in the Civil War but was deemed to be too young so he went to Canada and re-established himself with the change of name and new birth date in order to serve.

WITTCOPP-At La Salle, N. Y., Jan. 26th, Christian F., aged 81, father of Albert of Cambria, Henry of Bergholtz, Philip and Mrs. William Camann of La Salle, Mrs. Wm. Schultz of North Tonawanda and Esther at home. Funeral from the family residence Tuscarora Road, Tuesday, Jan 29th, at 2 p.m. Burial in Shawnee, N. Y. Mr. Wittcopp served through the Civil War as corporal in Co. H, 20th Regiment,. U. S. Infantry.
--
CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES AT FAMILY HOME IN TUSCARORA ROAD
Christian F. Wittcopp Changed Spelling of Name in Order to Enlist.
Christian F. Wittcopp, 81 years old, one of the few remaining Civil War veterans of the town of Niagara, died Saturday afternoon at the family home in the Tuscarora road. Funeral services will be held from the home on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Edward Graubau (sic), of the Walmore church, will officiate. Interment will be in Shawnee cemetery.
At the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Wittcopp tried to enlist on several occasions but each time was told that he was too young. He was a large boy for his age and finally decided to conceal his identity by changing the spelling of his name and his address. The name was originally spelled Wittkopp but he changed the "k" to a "c" and told the recruiting officer he came from Canada. He had retained the changed spelling of his name ever since. He enlisted in Company H. 20th, Regiment, U. S. Infantry, and soon became a corporal. He participated in many engagements and at the close of the war was given an honorable discharge. He is survived by three sons, Albert, of Cambria; Henry, of Bergholtz, and Philip, of the town of Niagara; and three daughters, Mrs. William Camann, of Niagara. Falls; Mrs. William Schultz, of North Tonawanda, and Miss Estelle Wittcopp, of the Tuscarora road, with whom he made his home.
--
NF Gazette

SERVICES FOR VETERAN
Last Rites for C. F. Wittcopp, Soldier in Civil War, Held at Home.
SANBORN, Jan. 30-Funeral services, for Christian F. Wittcopp, 81, one of the few remaining Civil war veterans of the town of Niagara, who died Saturday at the family home in the Tuscarora road, were held from the home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Edward Graubau (sic), of the Walmore church, officiated. Interment was in Shawnee cemetery. The bearers were Raymond Schultz, Norman Pockelwaldt, Arthur Wittcopp, Erwin Pockelwaldt, Clarence Wittcopp and Edward Pockelwaldt. Mr. Wittcopp served throughout the Civil war. His loss is mourned by a wide circle of friends and relatives

Christian married GIERKE, Hulda Alwine Anna Bertha on 1 May 1884 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Hulda (daughter of GIERKE, Wilhelm and GOERSS, Christina) was born on 25 Feb 1863; died on 9 Sep 1891 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married RUBBERT, Wilhelmine Caroline on 13 May 1875 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmine (daughter of RUBBERT, Charles and GALOW, Dorothea) was born in Mar 1849 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 8 Apr 1916 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda, April 8 - Mrs. Wilhelmina Graffman, 47 years old, wife of William Graffman of Bergholtz, died at her home yesterday. She was born in Bergholtz, Germany. She had lived at Bergholtz, Niagara county, for the last 32 (I think that's what it is) years. Besides her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Herman Strassburg and Mrs. George Eichborn of Buffalo and Mrs. Henry Witkopf of La Salle, and one sister, Mrs. John Kolbe of Bergholtz, survive. The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon.

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
???