Christian married MAASS, Christina about 1867. Christina was born in Sep 1842 in Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HOFERT, William F. William died on 28 Oct 1944 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married PLESS, Fredericke Wilhelmine Emilie in 1896. Fredericke was born on 4 Jun 1871; died on 11 Sep 1955 in Clarence Center, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married PLASTER, Johannes Albert Wilhelm on 23 Nov 1907 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Johannes (son of PLASTER, Paul Heinrich and HENNING, Caroline Albertine) was born on 26 Jan 1869 in New York; died on 11 Aug 1956 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married BOWER, Mary H about 1895. Mary (daughter of BOWER, Nicholas and Caroline) was born in Apr 1876 in New York; died on 27 Nov 1958 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: LANDOW, Augusta Wilhelmine Christine. Augusta (daughter of LANDOW, John and HERING, Fredericka Luise Wilhelmine) was born on 7 Oct 1879 in Wolcottsburg, Town of Clarence, Erie County, NY; died on 8 Apr 1942 in Town of Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DEAHN, Ora. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Falls Gazette, Thursday,June 9, 1966
Albert C. Claude
Gazette Lockport Bureau
ROYALTON - Albert C. Claude, 84, of 6707 Riddle Road, a farmer here for 47 years, who retired six months ago, died today (June 9. 1966) at home after a long illness. He was born Aug. 15, 1881 in the Town of Royalton to Christian and Christine Claude. He was an exempt member of Rapids Volunteer Fire Co. and a member of St. Michael's Lutheran Church. Wolcottsville. Surviving are his widow, Bertha J. Claude; a daughter. Mrs. Ruth Steblein, Lockport, a son. Alvin C. Claude, Royalton; a sister, Mrs. Augusta Bruning Lockport: six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Services will beheld at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Michael's Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.

Albert married MAASS, Bertha J on 13 Dec 1905 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Bertha was born in 1885 in New York; died on 31 Jan 1978 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buffalo NY Courier Express - 4/26/1968

BRUNING-Augusta, In Lockport, NY.,
April 25, 1968; wife of the late Henry
G.; mother of Mrs. Charles (Lydia) Tabone,
Tonawanda, Miss Elva Bruning
and Luther, Lockport, Claude, WoP
cotlsville, Kenneth of Oakfleld; also
survived by five grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews. Friends may
call Friday and Saturday from 2-5 and
7-9 p.m. at Prudden and Kandt Funeral
Home, 242 Genesee St., Lockport. Funeral
services will be held at St. Michael's
Lutheran Church, Wolcottsvllle,
Sunday aflemoon at 2 o'clock. Inter-
ment in St. Michael's Cemetery.

Augusta married BRUNING, Henry Gustav Julius on 4 May 1910 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Henry (son of BRUENING, Augustus F and HARTWIG, Charlotte F) was born on 10 Jul 1866 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 1 Mar 1946 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SATTLER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Bessie in 1918 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Bessie was born in 1898 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MCDONALD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: LOESWICK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married ALEXANDER, Lulu on 16 May 1918 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Lulu (daughter of ALEXANDER, Beacher and BIXBY, Lorna) was born on 24 May 1900 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died in Jan 1985 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BOLTON, Clarence F. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amelia married WALER, Herbert L on 14 Feb 1924 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SLATTERY, Roger L. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Katherine married SLATTERY, Roger Leon on 7 Jul 1926 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Roger (son of SLATTERY, Thomas and GILLECK, Emma) was born in 1905 in Somerville, Middlesex County, MA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HOEHMAN, David. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martin married HILLMAN, Melvina Rose on 16 May 1943 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Melvina (daughter of HILLMAN, Rudolph Albert Herman and KNEEPPEL, Ella Anna Florena) was born on 20 May 1915 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 Jun 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/15/1958

The James J Landen farm.
scene of Saturday's fire played an
important part in a tragic fire
that took the lives of five persons
two years ago in November 1956,
just one-quarter of a mile east of
the Landen farm.
It was to the Whitehaven Nur-
ing home that a woman ran to
telephone for aid in the fire that
took the lives of Mr. and Mrs.
Linus Ball and their three sons.
Two other children, sisters, es-
caped the tragic fire.
The Ball fire happened Nov. 19,
1956. Mrs. Ball was a part-time
employe at the Whitehaven Nurs-
ing Home. it was to the home that
Mrs. Ben Licata, next-door neigh-
for to the Balls, raced for help.
The Ball's frame farmhouse was
located on the north side of the
road.
There had been four major fires
in 46 years on the Ball farm.
The Landen barn fire was the
first fire in the area since the
Ball fire.
Three volunteer companies an-
swered both alarms. They were
Wright's Corners, Terrys Corners
and South Lockport.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/19/1956

Five members of one
family perished in a fire today
which swept their two story
frame home in the
High St. extension, one-half
mile east of Lockport city
line.
Two other members of the family
were treated at Lockport Memorial
Hospital for injuries suffered
when they escaped from their
burning home.
Dead are Linus Ball, his wife,
Hilda, and three of their five children:
Dennis, 9; Frank, 4, and Arthur,
9 months.
Suffering from shock are Elaine,
15, and Karen, 6. Elaine also suffered
leg injuries when she jumped
from a second floor porch. Karen
suffered-burns about her head.
She was dropped to the ground
from the porch by her older sister.
.A wakened by Father
Elaine told Sheriff's Deputy Rudolph
Ziehm that her father awakened
her about 6 a.m. and told
her the house was on fire. She
said her father rushed down stairs,
where the *est of the family was
sleeping.
Elaine said she ran to the home
started to follow her father, but
that she grabbed her and pulled
her to the second floor porch,
dropped her to the ground, and
then jumped.
Elaine said she ran to the tome
of Benjamin Licata, a next-door
neighbor, and told him to summon
firemen. Mrs. Licata, found her
telephone was out of order and
had to run to another neighbor's
house to call help.
Heat Intense
Mr. Ziehm said that by the time
firemen and sheriff's deputies arrived,
the fire was so intense that
they couldn't get withm 50 feet of
the burning home.
Firefighters from Lockport,
South Lockport, Rapids, Wright's
Corners and Terry's Corners were
unable to save the structure. Two
badly charred bodies were taken
from the rubble by the volunteer
firemen. They were not immediately
identified.
The bodies of the other three
victims were recovered from the
ruins shortly before 10 a.m.
Firemen and neighbors said
Elaine was a real heroine. They
said she saved her sister and herself
by smashing an upstairs window,
severely cutting her right
arm. Both leaped to the ground
where she beat out flames which
were picking at both her clothing
and that of her sister. Then Elaine
sprinted to a neighbor's house to
sound the alarm.
When she had recovered sufficiently,
Elaine told authorities
that the last time she saw her
father he was at the foot of the
stairs shouting that he was "going
back to get the other children."

Hilda married BALL, Linus on 12 Oct 1940 in Wolcottsburg, Town of Clarence, Erie County, NY. Linus was born about 1913 in New York; died on 19 Nov 1956 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hazel married DIETZ, Oliver on 2 Feb 1929 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. Oliver (son of DIETZ, Michael and DIETZ, Sophia) was born on 7 Jul 1903 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 May 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married LAKE, Harold on 5 Sep 1936 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Harold was born on 20 Jun 1911; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: STEBLEIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GENET. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport Union Sun & Journal, June 6, 1912
Alvin Carl Claude of Lockport, passed away on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at Eastern Niagara Hospital, Lockport Site. Mr. Claude was born in Lockport, NY, on September 30, 1917, son of the late Albert and Bertha (Maass) Claude. He has lived in the Lockport area all of his life and had worked at Harrison Radiator Division as a tool designer retiring in 1980. He was a member of St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Wolcottsville, a former member and past President of the Rapids Fire Company and he enjoyed his family and loved animals and had owned horses. He was predeceased by his wife, Ruth Claude in 1978; and by a sister, Ruth Genet. He is survived by his three children, Albert (Carolyn) Claude of Lockport, Cordell Claude of Rochester and Terri (Dan) Scungio of Virginia; four granddaughters, Suann Mathews, Julie Shine, Kristin Ulicky and Sara Scungio. Also surviving are eight great-grandchildren. There will be no prior visitation. A graveside service will be held on Friday at 11:00 AM at St. Michael's Cemetery, Wolcottsville, NY. Memorials to St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Wolcottsville or the charity of one's choice would be appreciated by the Claude family. Arrangements by the Bates, Wallace & Heath Funeral Home, 38 State St., Middleport, NY.

Family/Spouse: Ruth. Ruth was born on 1 Jan 1921 in New York; died in Mar 1978 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/17/1942

BRUNING - BUTLER - Mrs.
Edward Kniery of 33 William
street, announces the engagement
of her grandaughter, Margaret
Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur W. Butler of 12 Simson
street to Mr. Luther Bruning, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bruning
of Middleport, N. Y. The wedding
will take place in the near future.

Luther married BRETTLE, Margaret C about 1942. Margaret (daughter of BRETTLE, Arthur G and CLENCH, Margaret) was born on 11 Mar 1922 in New York; died on 26 Dec 1978 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luther married SPERDUTI, Laura A on 3 Aug 1963 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Laura (daughter of SPERDUTI, Thomas and Josephine) was born on 17 Feb 1920 in New York; died on 28 Feb 2007 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ethel M. Ethel was born on 11 Apr 1924; died in Mar 1986. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport Union Sun & Journal, Tuesday, June 9,1970
CLAUDE - Miss Frances D. Claude of 7800 Akron Road, Town of Royalton, passed away at Medina Memorial Hospital, Monday, June 8, 1970. She leaves her parents, George B. and Lula A.Claude, one sister, Mrs. Mildred LeSuer, all of the Town of Royalton two nephews, Ronald L. LeSuer of Middleport and George LeSuer of Gasport, also several aunts and uncles. Beginning Tuesday afternoon, friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 o'clock at Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee Street, where funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment in Chestnut Ridge Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: LESUER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/15/1958

The James J Landen farm.
scene of Saturday's fire played an
important part in a tragic fire
that took the lives of five persons
two years ago in November 1956,
just one-quarter of a mile east of
the Landen farm.
It was to the Whitehaven Nur-
ing home that a woman ran to
telephone for aid in the fire that
took the lives of Mr. and Mrs.
Linus Ball and their three sons.
Two other children, sisters, es-
caped the tragic fire.
The Ball fire happened Nov. 19,
1956. Mrs. Ball was a part-time
employe at the Whitehaven Nurs-
ing Home. it was to the home that
Mrs. Ben Licata, next-door neigh-
for to the Balls, raced for help.
The Ball's frame farmhouse was
located on the north side of the
road.
There had been four major fires
in 46 years on the Ball farm.
The Landen barn fire was the
first fire in the area since the
Ball fire.
Three volunteer companies an-
swered both alarms. They were
Wright's Corners, Terrys Corners
and South Lockport.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/19/1956

Five members of one
family perished in a fire today
which swept their two story
frame home in the
High St. extension, one-half
mile east of Lockport city
line.
Two other members of the family
were treated at Lockport Memorial
Hospital for injuries suffered
when they escaped from their
burning home.
Dead are Linus Ball, his wife,
Hilda, and three of their five children:
Dennis, 9; Frank, 4, and Arthur,
9 months.
Suffering from shock are Elaine,
15, and Karen, 6. Elaine also suffered
leg injuries when she jumped
from a second floor porch. Karen
suffered-burns about her head.
She was dropped to the ground
from the porch by her older sister.
.A wakened by Father
Elaine told Sheriff's Deputy Rudolph
Ziehm that her father awakened
her about 6 a.m. and told
her the house was on fire. She
said her father rushed down stairs,
where the *est of the family was
sleeping.
Elaine said she ran to the home
started to follow her father, but
that she grabbed her and pulled
her to the second floor porch,
dropped her to the ground, and
then jumped.
Elaine said she ran to the tome
of Benjamin Licata, a next-door
neighbor, and told him to summon
firemen. Mrs. Licata, found her
telephone was out of order and
had to run to another neighbor's
house to call help.
Heat Intense
Mr. Ziehm said that by the time
firemen and sheriff's deputies arrived,
the fire was so intense that
they couldn't get withm 50 feet of
the burning home.
Firefighters from Lockport,
South Lockport, Rapids, Wright's
Corners and Terry's Corners were
unable to save the structure. Two
badly charred bodies were taken
from the rubble by the volunteer
firemen. They were not immediately
identified.
The bodies of the other three
victims were recovered from the
ruins shortly before 10 a.m.
Firemen and neighbors said
Elaine was a real heroine. They
said she saved her sister and herself
by smashing an upstairs window,
severely cutting her right
arm. Both leaped to the ground
where she beat out flames which
were picking at both her clothing
and that of her sister. Then Elaine
sprinted to a neighbor's house to
sound the alarm.
When she had recovered sufficiently,
Elaine told authorities
that the last time she saw her
father he was at the foot of the
stairs shouting that he was "going
back to get the other children."

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/15/1958

The James J Landen farm.
scene of Saturday's fire played an
important part in a tragic fire
that took the lives of five persons
two years ago in November 1956,
just one-quarter of a mile east of
the Landen farm.
It was to the Whitehaven Nur-
ing home that a woman ran to
telephone for aid in the fire that
took the lives of Mr. and Mrs.
Linus Ball and their three sons.
Two other children, sisters, es-
caped the tragic fire.
The Ball fire happened Nov. 19,
1956. Mrs. Ball was a part-time
employe at the Whitehaven Nurs-
ing Home. it was to the home that
Mrs. Ben Licata, next-door neigh-
for to the Balls, raced for help.
The Ball's frame farmhouse was
located on the north side of the
road.
There had been four major fires
in 46 years on the Ball farm.
The Landen barn fire was the
first fire in the area since the
Ball fire.
Three volunteer companies an-
swered both alarms. They were
Wright's Corners, Terrys Corners
and South Lockport.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/19/1956

Five members of one
family perished in a fire today
which swept their two story
frame home in the
High St. extension, one-half
mile east of Lockport city
line.
Two other members of the family
were treated at Lockport Memorial
Hospital for injuries suffered
when they escaped from their
burning home.
Dead are Linus Ball, his wife,
Hilda, and three of their five children:
Dennis, 9; Frank, 4, and Arthur,
9 months.
Suffering from shock are Elaine,
15, and Karen, 6. Elaine also suffered
leg injuries when she jumped
from a second floor porch. Karen
suffered-burns about her head.
She was dropped to the ground
from the porch by her older sister.
.A wakened by Father
Elaine told Sheriff's Deputy Rudolph
Ziehm that her father awakened
her about 6 a.m. and told
her the house was on fire. She
said her father rushed down stairs,
where the *est of the family was
sleeping.
Elaine said she ran to the home
started to follow her father, but
that she grabbed her and pulled
her to the second floor porch,
dropped her to the ground, and
then jumped.
Elaine said she ran to the tome
of Benjamin Licata, a next-door
neighbor, and told him to summon
firemen. Mrs. Licata, found her
telephone was out of order and
had to run to another neighbor's
house to call help.
Heat Intense
Mr. Ziehm said that by the time
firemen and sheriff's deputies arrived,
the fire was so intense that
they couldn't get withm 50 feet of
the burning home.
Firefighters from Lockport,
South Lockport, Rapids, Wright's
Corners and Terry's Corners were
unable to save the structure. Two
badly charred bodies were taken
from the rubble by the volunteer
firemen. They were not immediately
identified.
The bodies of the other three
victims were recovered from the
ruins shortly before 10 a.m.
Firemen and neighbors said
Elaine was a real heroine. They
said she saved her sister and herself
by smashing an upstairs window,
severely cutting her right
arm. Both leaped to the ground
where she beat out flames which
were picking at both her clothing
and that of her sister. Then Elaine
sprinted to a neighbor's house to
sound the alarm.
When she had recovered sufficiently,
Elaine told authorities
that the last time she saw her
father he was at the foot of the
stairs shouting that he was "going
back to get the other children."

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 12/15/1958

The James J Landen farm.
scene of Saturday's fire played an
important part in a tragic fire
that took the lives of five persons
two years ago in November 1956,
just one-quarter of a mile east of
the Landen farm.
It was to the Whitehaven Nur-
ing home that a woman ran to
telephone for aid in the fire that
took the lives of Mr. and Mrs.
Linus Ball and their three sons.
Two other children, sisters, es-
caped the tragic fire.
The Ball fire happened Nov. 19,
1956. Mrs. Ball was a part-time
employe at the Whitehaven Nurs-
ing Home. it was to the home that
Mrs. Ben Licata, next-door neigh-
for to the Balls, raced for help.
The Ball's frame farmhouse was
located on the north side of the
road.
There had been four major fires
in 46 years on the Ball farm.
The Landen barn fire was the
first fire in the area since the
Ball fire.
Three volunteer companies an-
swered both alarms. They were
Wright's Corners, Terrys Corners
and South Lockport.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/19/1956

Five members of one
family perished in a fire today
which swept their two story
frame home in the
High St. extension, one-half
mile east of Lockport city
line.
Two other members of the family
were treated at Lockport Memorial
Hospital for injuries suffered
when they escaped from their
burning home.
Dead are Linus Ball, his wife,
Hilda, and three of their five children:
Dennis, 9; Frank, 4, and Arthur,
9 months.
Suffering from shock are Elaine,
15, and Karen, 6. Elaine also suffered
leg injuries when she jumped
from a second floor porch. Karen
suffered-burns about her head.
She was dropped to the ground
from the porch by her older sister.
.A wakened by Father
Elaine told Sheriff's Deputy Rudolph
Ziehm that her father awakened
her about 6 a.m. and told
her the house was on fire. She
said her father rushed down stairs,
where the *est of the family was
sleeping.
Elaine said she ran to the home
started to follow her father, but
that she grabbed her and pulled
her to the second floor porch,
dropped her to the ground, and
then jumped.
Elaine said she ran to the tome
of Benjamin Licata, a next-door
neighbor, and told him to summon
firemen. Mrs. Licata, found her
telephone was out of order and
had to run to another neighbor's
house to call help.
Heat Intense
Mr. Ziehm said that by the time
firemen and sheriff's deputies arrived,
the fire was so intense that
they couldn't get withm 50 feet of
the burning home.
Firefighters from Lockport,
South Lockport, Rapids, Wright's
Corners and Terry's Corners were
unable to save the structure. Two
badly charred bodies were taken
from the rubble by the volunteer
firemen. They were not immediately
identified.
The bodies of the other three
victims were recovered from the
ruins shortly before 10 a.m.
Firemen and neighbors said
Elaine was a real heroine. They
said she saved her sister and herself
by smashing an upstairs window,
severely cutting her right
arm. Both leaped to the ground
where she beat out flames which
were picking at both her clothing
and that of her sister. Then Elaine
sprinted to a neighbor's house to
sound the alarm.
When she had recovered sufficiently,
Elaine told authorities
that the last time she saw her
father he was at the foot of the
stairs shouting that he was "going
back to get the other children."

Notes:

Claude O. "Bud" Dietz passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2020. Born in Lockport on July 7, 1929, he was the son of the late Oliver and Hazel Claude Dietz. Bud served in the US Army in 1951 during the Korean Conflict. He retired from GM Powertrain in Tonawanda in 1989, after working for 35 years in security. Bud is predeceased by his wife, Suzanne (Easton) Dietz, who passed away on May 26, 2014; and his sons, Michael and Christopher; his daughter, Cynthia; and his sister, Gloria Chaffee. Bud is survived by his daughters, Paula (Barry) Jones and Sheryl (Peter) Underhill; nine grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister, Carol Gamble; and several nieces and nephews. Interment will be in Cold Spring Cemetery on Friday, July 31st at 11 AM. Online condolences at pruddenandkandt.com. Published on July 28, 2020

Claude married EASTON, Suzanne in 1953. Suzanne was born in Sep 1931; died on 26 May 2014 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CHAFFEE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GLENA, Carolyn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SCUNGIO, Dan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married ILES, Mary F [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ARNOLD, Vicki R. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married DOEL, Diana Elaine [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FISHER, David. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: JONES, Barry S. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: UNDERHILL, Peter Alan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]