Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 11/7/1941

Herman-Briggs
The marriage of Miss Lorlnda
Briggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Kempton Briggs of 67 Fletcher
street, Tonawanda, to Loren Herman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Herman of 84 Walter avenue, Tonawanda,
was solemnized Saturday
afternoon, Oct. 25, at 4 o'clock In
the parsonage of Immanuel Lutheran
church, the Rev. F. O. Schol*
officiating.
The bride wore a gown of pale
blue taffeta with a lace yoke and
tiny buttons down the back, a corsage
of white pompons and pink
rosebuds tied with silver ribbon
and a tiara of pink rosebuds.
Miss Dorothy Forth, cousin of the
bride, was maid of honor, wearing a
pink taffeta gown fashioned with a
sweetheart neckline, a corsage of
white pompons and pink roses tied
with pink and a tiara. Roswell
Herman, brother of the groom, acted
as best man.
The bride's mother chose a blue
gown and the mother of toe groom,
wine color. Each wore a corsage of
red roses.
A wedding dinner was served In
Oeltz tea room with covers for 55
juesta at two long tables decorated
with pink and white pompons, and
pink and blue candles In crystal
holders. A four-tiered wedding
cake- adorned with the ornament
used at Mrs. Briggs' wedding was
placetUwfore the bride and groom.
Severfl bouquets of vari-colored
pompons were placed about the
room and a large white wedding
bell was suspended above the center
of the tables.
After the dinner, a reception was
held at the home of the bride for
100 guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman left for a
wedding trip, the bride wearing for
traveling a plaid suit with Dubonnet
accessories.

Lorinda married HERMAN, Loren on 25 Oct 1941 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. HERMAN, Dennis Lynn

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/1/1983

BRIGGS Kempton F
Briggs. 87 of Tonawanda,
entered into rest on Wed
nesday (August 31, 1983) at
DeGraff Memorial Hospi
tal Mr Briggs was a
member of Salem United
Church of Christ and was a
veteran of World War 1
Beloved husband of the
late Mabel (nee Forth)
Briggs. father of Mrs
Ijoren (Lorinda) Herman
of Tonawanda and Mrs
Earl i Shirley I Zuch ol
North Tonawanda grand
father ol Dennis (Linda)
Herman and Thomas
(Evelyn) Herman also
survived by three great
grandchildren
F r i e n d s m a y call
Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m
and Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p m at the Creasey Me
morial Chapel, inc . 138
Delaware St Tonawanda
where services will be
conducted Saturday at 1
p.m. Pastor Norbert (Bob)
Wasiewicz officiating Interment
Wheatfield Cemetery
.

Kempton + FORTH, Mabel E. Mabel (daughter of FORTH, Wilhelm Carl and ULRICH, Caroline Hannah) was born in Dec 1897 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 8 Apr 1947 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/9/1947

Mrs. Mabel A. Briggs, nee
Forth, 49, died last night at her
home, 20 Loretta street, after a
prolonged illness. Born in the
town of Wheatfield she had re-
sided in Tonawanda the past 25
years. She was a member of the
Salem Evangeical and Reformed
church and the Women's Guild of
the church. She is survived by her
husband, Kempton F.; two daugh-
ters, Mrs Loren Herman of Ton-
awanda and Shirley at home; a
grandson, Dennis Lynn Herman,
and four brothers, Edward Forst
of Tonawanda, Herbert and Ray-
mond Forth of the town of Wheat-
field and Elmer Forth of North
Tonawanda. Rites will be held
Sataurday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the Hamp Funeral Home, 37
Adam street, and half an hour
later from the Salem church. The
Rev. Walter F. Hetzel will offi-
ciate. Burial will be in the Wheat-
field cemetery.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/91940

HENRY BRIGGS
Henry Briggs, 73, a former resident
of Tonawanda, died early
today at his home. Town Line
road, town of Wilson. Born in East
Saginaw, Mich., he had resided
in Tonawanda many years before
removing to the town of Wilson
several years ago, He was a
member of the Grace Evangelical
Lutheran church and the Protective
Home circle of the Tonawandas.
He leaves a wife, Frances,
nee Vandre; a son, Kempton C.
F, of Tonawanda; a daughter, Mrs.
Edna D. Schurr of Wilson, and a
brother, Frank of Buffalo. Funeral
sen-ices will be held Wednesday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at
the home of his son, 29 Fletcher
street. Rev. Clarence L, Braun
will officiate. Burial will be in
Elmlawn

Henry married Frances F about 1888. Frances was born about 1871 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY; died on 6 Mar 1965 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/6/1965

TONAWANDA-Mrs. Frances
F. Briggs, 94, of 520 Morgan
St.- died today (March 6,
1965) in her home after a
long illness.
She was a life long resident
of this city and a charter
member of Grace Lutheran
Ohurch "where she taught Sunday-
School for~25 years- -
She was a member and past
president of the Ladies Aid
Society of the church and a
member and past president of
Twin City Council 37, Daughters
of America.
She was the widow of Henry
Briggs, who died in 1940.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Robert Schurr, Wilson;
a son, Kempton F. Briggs, this
city;; and three grandchildren
and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted
at 2 p.m. Tuesday in
the Creasey Memorial Chapel
by Rev. Howard EJ. Funk. Burial
will be in Elmlawn Cemetery.

Notes:

EXPIRES SUDDENLY
Cerebral Hemorrhage Proved Fatal to Town of Wheatfield Farmer
NORTH TONAWANDA. Feb. 23. - William Forth, 68 years old, died suddenly yesterday at his home on the Schultz road, town of Wheatfield. Coroner J. E. Helwig gave the cause of death as cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. Forth was apparently in the best of health when he retired. He had been chopping wood on his farm yesterday. Mrs. Forth heard her husband gasping for breath but he died before a physician could be summoned. Born in Germany. Mr. Forth had resided in Wheatfield for th« last 53 years. He is survived by his wife, Anna; four sons, Edward. Tonawanda; Herbert and Raymond, Wheatfield, and Elmer. North Tonawanda; a daughter, Mrs. Kempton Briggs, Tonawanda; nine grandchildren and. two sisters, Mrs. Fred Rockwood. Cambria. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 3:10 o'clock at the home. Burial will be in the Wheatfield cemetery.

Wilhelm married ULRICH, Caroline Hannah on 17 Dec 1884 in North Ridge, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Caroline (daughter of Caroline) was born on 1 Feb 1864 in Grammentin, Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 7 Jun 1933 in Town of Wilson, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Hannah Forth Rites Are Held
Had Spent Most of Her Life on Farm at Shawnee.
SHAWNEE, July 12. - The funeral of Mrs. Hannah Forth, widow of William Forth, was held Saturday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Kempton Briggs, of Tonawanda. Mrs. Forth had been in good health and suffered a heart attack while at her nephew's home in Wilson. She had spent most of her life on a farm here. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Briggs, and four sons, Edward, of Tonawanda, Herbert, of the Shawnee road, Elmer, of North Tonawanda. and Raymond, of Pekin, and twelve grandchildren. Burial was in Shawnee cemetery.

Notes:

Mr. Carl Forth, aged 83 years of age, died this morning at his home in the Shawnee road. The deceased is survived by one son, William Forth and two daughters, Mrs. Fred Rockwood of Wilson, N. Y., and Mrs. James Riley of Martinsville. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the late residence and at 2:30 o'clock, from the Baptist Church at Shawnee. Interment will be made in the Shawnee cemetery.

Carl + ALPORT, Caroline. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]