Elias married SHAFER, Catherine M on 30 Mar 1888 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Catherine (daughter of SHAFER, William Eugene and VOGT, Christianna) was born on 12 Oct 1865 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Feb 1953 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; was buried in Cold Spring Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 2/23/1953

Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Brandt of Lockport-Olcott
Road Burt, announce the
marriage of their daughter,
Deborah Lee, to Douglas
Lennon, son of Mrs. Helen
Hovey of Barker, and Carl
Lennon of Newfane. The
ceremony will be Friday,
Oct. 16.
Following the ceremony, a
reception will be held at
Olcott Fire Hall, at 7:30
p.m.
Friends and relatives are
invited.

ALSO

Same date and paper

A resident of Lockport for 59
years, Mrs. Catherine M. Brandt,
87, died Sunday evening at her
home, 70 Benwood St.,, Buffalo.
Mrs. Brandt, who had been ill for
approximately 15 years moved to
Buffalo following the death of her
husband, Rudolph J. Brandt, a real
estate broker and former proprie-
tor of a meat market at 16 Locust
St. Mr. Brandt also served as alder-
man of the third ward. Their last
Lockport residence was at 123
Spalding St.
Born in the Town of Niagara,,
Oct. 12,, 1965, Mrs. Brandt was the
daughter of William and Chris-
tiana Vogt Shafer..
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Frank M. Burlingame of
Buffalo.
Services will be held Wednesday
at 2 o'clock at Kennedy Funerall
Home,, 122 Walnut St., the Rev..
Darrell J. Westlake,, Minister of
PlymouthCongregational Church,
officiating. Burial will be in Cold
Spring Cemetery.

Notes:

Living in Niagara, NY at the time of his brother Tobias's death in 1897

Joseph married KAUFFMAN, Catharine on 24 Sep 1846 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Catharine (daughter of KAUFFMAN, Michael and NEWCOMMER, Elizabeth) was born on 2 Aug 1825 in Lancaster County, PA; died on 23 Jul 1907 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; was buried in WItmer Memorial Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Stone at cemetery says son died 4/5/1869

William married VOGT, Christianna about 1859 in Jefferson County, NY. Christianna (daughter of VOGT, Jacob J and BIEBER, Catherine) was born in Feb 1837 in PA; died in 1906 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Abraham Witmer was a pioneer settler from Lancaster County, PA, who settled on a farm of several hundred acres about one mile northeasterly from the old suspension bridge in the town of Niagara., NY


Tonawanda News - 7/18/1970

By WILLARD DITTM AR
President
Historical Society
of the Tonawandas
Witmer Road, connecting
Niagara Falls Boulevard
and River Road in North
Tonawanda, was named for
a family of early frontier
settlers.
In 1810, John Witmer and
his family, consisting of his
wife and eight children, left
Lancaster, Pa., and settled
on a 100-acre farm on
Military Road, which he had
purchased from one Isaac
Swain. At that time there
was only one other clearing
on Military Road.
Abram Witmer, a brother
of John, came to the Niagara
Frontier in 1811 from the
same place in Pennsylvania
with his wife and four children.
They settled on a tract
of land purchased from the
Holland Land Co. on
Saunders Settlement Road.
When the War of 1812 broke
out, Abram took his family,
which had grown larger,
back to Pennsylvania. The
Witmer brothers were
Mennonites and had
religious scruples against
war.
Tobias Witmer, one of
Abram's seven sons, was
born in 1816 at Bellevue
(Suspension Bridge) and
became one of the first
surveyors of the region. He
made several maps of early
Tonawanda which are still
the main reliance for lot
lines and street boundaries.
On an 1852 map of Niagara
County there are shown
nine families of Witmers
living at different points in
the Town of Niagara. The
two first Witmers. John and
Abram. reared 17 children,
most of whom survived and
married.

Abraham married HABECKER, Barbara on 8 Oct 1804 in Columbia, Lancaster County, PA. Barbara (daughter of HABECKER, Christian and HERR, Esther) was born on 23 Oct 1782 in Manor Township, Lancaster County, PA; died on 6 Jul 1859 in Witmer Homestead, Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; was buried in WItmer Memorial Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Michael married NEWCOMMER, Elizabeth on 14 Sep 1816. Elizabeth was born on 4 Dec 1795; died on 27 Oct 1838 in Hempfield, Lancaster County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He Purchased a farm in 1833 and lived there until his death. He had 4 sons and 4 daughters. His wife survived him and was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

William married HAILFINGER, Margaretha on 9 Feb 1833 in Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY. Margaretha (daughter of HAILFINGER, Michael and MERZ, Maria Agnes) was born on 6 Feb 1815 in Nehren, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died on 31 Dec 1896 in Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Cape Vincent, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to Western New York area from Philadelphia in 1828.

Jacob married BIEBER, Catherine on 17 Apr 1834 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. Catherine was born about 1816 in France; died about 1884 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to Tonawanda, Erie County, NY in 1826 from France.