Family/Spouse: THERRIER, Vincent. Vincent (son of THERRIER, Francois) was born in Apr 1652 in Hanau, Hesse, Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married SENECHAL, Samuel on 9 Apr 1673 in Mannheim, Pfalz, Germany. Samuel (son of SENECHAL, Michael and DEFIEF, Esther) was born about 1645 in Calais, Flandern, France; died on 12 Jul 1708 in Ploewen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married SCABEL, Jeanne on 9 Dec 1706 in Battin, Brandenburg, Germany. Jeanne was born about 1687 in Crassow, Palatinate, Germany; died on 19 Dec 1742 in Ploewen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married LEMAITRE, Sara on 8 Jul 1712 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Sara (daughter of LEMAITRE, Abraham and MEINTZ, Judith) was born about 1688 in Friesenheim, Palatinate, Germany; died on 12 Feb 1723 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married BOCCARD, Elisabeth on 28 May 1723 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Elisabeth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GRANGE, Marie. Marie was born in Boock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 23 Apr 1749 in Ploewen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susanne married LEMAITRE, Abraham on 23 Apr 1716 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Abraham died on 6 Dec 1754 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married TOURBIER, Marie on 2 Jun 1731 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Marie (daughter of TOURBIER, Jean and BOCARD, Marie) was born on 15 Oct 1711 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 2 Jul 1758 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: RABOUR, Marie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SY, Marie. Marie was born in Bagemuehl, Battin, Uckermark, Prussia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married WILLIAM, Jaques Antoine on 3 Jun 1760 in Battin, Brandenburg, Germany. Jaques (son of WILLIAM, Jaques Antoine and BECCUE, Judith) was born on 6 Nov 1737 in Zerrenthien, Pomerania, Prussia; died on 4 Apr 1769 in Battin, Brandenburg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married BECCUE, Abraham on 28 Mar 1759 in Meichow, Brandenburg, Germany. Abraham died on 18 Oct 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married MILLEVILLE, Esther on 10 Nov 1785. Esther (daughter of MILLEVILLE, Jaques and SY, Judith) was born on 20 May 1747 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 29 Aug 1798. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married WILLIAM, Marie on 15 Nov 1798. Marie (daughter of WILLIAM, Daniel and SY, Jean) was born in 1779 in Rossow, Brandenburg, Germany; died in 1853 in Rossow, Brandenburg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married WILLIAM, Phillip on 20 Apr 1806. Phillip was born about 1785; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BETTAC, Jean. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: KERSTEN, F W. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married WILLIAM, Marie in Nov 1833. Marie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: L'ARAME, Jean. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: VOLKER, Tobias. Tobias was born on 1 May 1813; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note - all of the children changed their name from "William" to "Williams"

Jean married SCHULTZ, Friedericke Wilhelmine on 1 Apr 1841 in Rossow, Brandenburg, Germany. Friedericke (daughter of SCHULTZ, Christian and ZIMMERMAN, Louise) was born on 1 Apr 1813 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 15 Nov 1898 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/22/1900

John Williams of Creek Road Died
Monday at Age of 93 Years.
John Williams aged 96 years on
of the oldest residents of Niagara
County died during the past week at
his home on the Creek Road between
here and Bergholz and was buried
yesterday.
The deceased was a wealthy farmer
having come to this country over
sixty years ago, settling on the farm
where he died. He leaves three children
John and August of Bergholz and
Mrs. Kent of Lockport .
Mr. Williams in his younger days
took a prominent part In the affairs
of the county and is well known to
the older inhabitants of Western
New York.

Johann married ANDRE, Marie in 1832 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Marie was born on 21 Jan 1811 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 25 Feb 1890 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phillip married SUCKOW, Friedericke about 1833 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Friedericke was born on 31 Jul 1808 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 16 Jul 1878 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married L'ARAME, Judith in 1835 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Judith was born in 1814 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: BETTAC, Jean. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buffalo Courier Express

FUNERAL TODAY FOR PIONEER, G. H. WILLIAMS
Sanborn man long had been associated with development of his (sic) area
Courier-Express Niagara Falls Bureau.
Sanborn, Jan. 2 - For the last Civil War soldier of this area, Gustave Herman Williams, 98, funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Williams, formerly an active farmer on the Lockport Road in the Walmore area, lived here in retirement several years. An immigrant from Stettin, Germany, Mr. Williams was active in work of the old Buffalo Synod, now a part of the American Lutheran Church. He came to Walmore in 1857, following the second migration from Prussia of a large number of dissenters from the religious program of King Frederick Wilhelm III. Mr. Williams' parents belonged to a group led by J. A. A. Grabau, militant pastor, who defied the king's attempt to consolidate two religious groups in the Prussian kingdom. He was the last of the immigrant group.
Niagara County was a comparative wilderness when he came to the Walmore-Bergholtz area, he was wont to recall. Two-wheeled carts, oxen, Indian trail roads were some of the factors he spoke of to his grandchildren, numbering eighteen, and to his 24 great-grandchildren. Pioneers made their livelihood by cutting cord wood piled in huge stacks along the rail way, which is now the Falls road of the New York Central. Joined Sixth Cavalry
Hardly had the newcomer cut himself a farm out of the hardwood district, when he was to heed the call of Lincoln for troops. Having fled religious persecution in which hordes of their kin were cast into dungeons. the German pioneers felt keen sympathy for the oppressed in the South. Mr. Williams entered Company K, Sixth Cavalry, early in the Civil War and was mustered out honorably in 1865. .He was the last of the Boys in Blue from this area.
The year afterward, he married Christine Walck. To them were born William F., Albert P., Hugo F., Robert G. Williams, proprietors of Williams Brothers' Lockport department store, all of the Lock City, Edward H., of the Ward, Road, and two daughters, both deceased, Emma A., and Mrs. Edward L. Haseley. Susan Elizabeth Milleville, arrived to become his 24th great grandchild on December 30th. Fond of children, the nonagenarian kept his interest in them despite loss of sight. Recollections of hardships in Niagara County always impressed his visitors. He was renowned for a remarkable memory, being able to describe scenes and locations in his native Prussia more accurately than recently returned travelers.
He was an elder of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Walmore for eighteen years.
The Rev. Edward A. Grabau, pastor of St. Peter's, will preside at last rites in the family home in Franklin Street at 1 o'clock, and at St. Peter's at 2. Burial will be in the Walmore Cemetery.
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Niagara Falls Gazette

Gustave Williams' Death Recalls
Pioneer Days in Niagara County
His life Closely Associated with Walmore and Bergholtz Districts.
Tales that Father Gustave H. Williams, Sanborn nonagenarian, who died at his home in that village last week, told of early rural life in Niagara County were being pieced together in many a Walmore-Bergholtz home this week. Though a veil came over the eyes of the old resident, blotting the sight of several modern inventions from his eyes, nevertheless his kin and acquaintances found the pioneer farmer the source of many an engaging narrative on the development of the Niagara region.
The death on New Year's Day, 1940, of Mr. Williams, 98, reunited a pioneer couple who had seen and told of the changes in Niagara, county in the course of nearly a century. Born in Prussia on December 14. 1841, Mr. Williams came to the Walmore-Bergholtz district, near the Municipal airport, from Bergholtz, Germany, in June, 1857. He married Christine Walck on November 8, 1866, and together the pair saw the present suburban area emerge from a hardwood forest sparsely populated.
Lewiston Busy Place
When Father Williams first came to Niagara county in June, 1857, Lewiston, not Lockport, and Suspension Bridge, Manchester, or Niagara Falls, was the seat of activity - despite the earlier opening of the
Erie canal The river village with its wide streets was the main seat of learning. The famous old Union school in Lockport was yet to become famous as a Niagara Academy. Wind blown vessels still came to the docks at Lewiston, and Father Williams came thence from Bergholtz, Prussia, to locate on a farm near the Ward and Niagara road. Later he shifted his farming operations to what is now known as the old Williams farm on the Lockport road, near the Tuscarora road in the Walmore district. Walmore and Bergholtz in America shared with Milwaukee, Wis., the distinction of being a haven for two major migrations from Germany, the Germany of earldoms, dukedoms, and duchys (sic), the first in 1839, the second in 1845.
Comes to U. S.
King Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia attempted to force the Reformed and the Lutheran churches into one body, but a militant body of the latter, led by the Rev. J. A. A. Grabau assisted by Pastor Van Rohr of the Bergholz-Walmow region in Prussia, stubbornly resisted. Pastor Grabau and many of his fellow leaders were imprisoned. This early Prussian treatment failed to quench the spirit of the dissenters, so the Rev. Grabau finally obtained permission for his people to emigrate to America.
For the fugitives, the trip across the Atlantic had its share of terrors and thrills. Lightning hit the main mast of one of the first barks loaded with Germans en route to the United Sates, and at times it seemed that the band would never see land again. It took the William family more than six weeks to cross.
What is now Suspension Bridge, Father Williams recalled, held only a handful of homes, modest Irish dwellings. At what is now the site of the Zion Lutheran church, at Tenth street and Michigan avenue, was a huge grove of hickory nut trees which provided quite a feast for the strangers.
Built Crude Homes
The homes on the Indian reservation were located more to the north of the present settlement, many being without stairs and some with only high slit open windows. The farm of Chief John Mt. Pleasant was one of the attractions of the Niagara area, being a huge affair where he grew corn in abundance. Numerous Indian workers and travelers-the stages stopped at the place, as one of the sights of Niagara-had their quarters there.
The Tuscarora road, winding trail from La Salle, was but on oxen trail leading from the Indian fishing grounds along Cayuga creek through a thick swamp to the reservation. Not far away, near the municipal airport, was an Indian pit-fall which early German settlers continued to use for bear while breaking home lands out of the woods.
News Spreads
Even in Prussia, word of Niagara County's famous hardwoods, hickory, oaks and elms, had spread. An old Prussian belief was that wheat would thrive in grounds where hard wood abounded.
The first plantings grew rapidly in what is now the Town of Wheatfield where Father Williams and his bride, Christine Walck, first made their home. The Williams family saw the Civil War break out right on the heels of their arrival. From that period till his retirement, decades ago, Father William noted the rural happenings and progress of Niagara county. His death last week removed a living encyclopedia (sic) of Niagara history from the local scene.

Niagara Gazette - 12/16/1936

SANBORN, Dec. 16.-Gust&ve H.
Williams, of Franklin street, celebrated
his ninety-fifth birthday at his
home on Dec. 14. Mr. Williams has
five'sons, Willam P., Albert P., Hugo
and Robert Williams, of Lockport,
and Edward Williams, of Lockport
road. A daughter, Miss Emma Williams,
died in 1928. Mrs.' Edward L.
Haseley, another daughter, died in
February of this year.-His wife, Christine
Walck, died in 1920. There are
also 18 grandchildren and 16 great
grandchildren. Ferdinand Williams,' a
brother, lives at Niagara Falls.
At the age of 15, Mr. Williams came
with his, parents from Germany and
lived to the Ward road until his marriage
when they moved to the present
homestead where he was a successful
farmer. Twenty five years ago he
moved to his present home in franklin
street, where his granddaughter,
Miss Martha Williams, cares for him.
He is in good health, except for
failing eyesight, and enjoys listening
to the radio. Mr. William's is'one of
the two veterans of the Civil War to
this community. His sons and families
and many friend's visited him during
the weekend and on his birthday

Gustave married WALK, Christine on 8 Nov 1866 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Christine (daughter of WALK, Gottfried and SCHULZ, Christine Friedericke Louise) was born on 11 May 1846 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Apr 1920 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

18 March 1929 Evening News of The Tonawandas
Mrs. Maria Haseley Dies At Her Home In Sanborn
Mrs. Maria Haseley, 85 years old, died Saturday at her home in Sanborn. She was the widow of the late William F. Haseley. She was the mother of William F., Albert and Paul Haseley, Sanborn; Mrs. Fred Haseley, Mrs. Gust Lavenduskey, North Tonawanda, Gustuf Haseley and Mrs. George Hartman, Niagara Falls, Mrs. Martha Quandt, Lockport; Mrs. Otto Miller and Mrs. Edwin Wurl, Martinsville; John Haseley, LaSalle, and Mrs. John Ferchen, Bergholz, and sister of Gustave Williams, Sanborn; William and Albert Williams, Lockport, and Ferdinand Williams, Bergholz. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late residence and half an hour later from the St. Peters church, Walmore. Interment will be at Walmore.
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NF Gazette

Haseley-At Sanborn, N. Y., Saturday, March 16, 1929, Maria Haseley, 85 years of age, wife of the late William P. Haseley. Mrs. Haseley is survived by the following sons and daughters: William P., Jr., Albert and Paul all of Sanborn, Mrs. Fred Haseley and Mrs. Gustus (sic) Lavanduskey (sic), both of North Tonawanda, Gustus (sic) and Mrs. George Hartman, both of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Martha Quandt of Lockport, Mrs. Otto Miller (sic) and Mrs. Edward Wurl, both of Martinsville, John, of Niagara Falls, and Mrs. John Ferchen of Bergholtz, and four brothers, Gustave Williams, of Sanborn, William and Albert Williams of Lockport, and Ferdinand of Bergholtz. Funeral services will be held from the home on Wednesday afternoon at 2 0'clock and from St. Peter's Lutheran church at Walmore at 2:30. The Rev. Edward Graubau (sic)will officiate. Interment will be in the Walmore cemetery.

Marie married HASELEY, Friedrich Wilhelm on 22 Nov 1860 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Friedrich (son of HASELEY, Johann David and KRUMBACH, Christine Justine) was born on 27 Sep 1839 in Wallmow, Brandenburg, Prussia; died on 26 Aug 1912 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Williams, William A., a native of Germany, was born December 19. 1845, and came to this country with his parents in 1857, settling in Niagara county, N. Y., where he attended the public schools and the Lockport Union School. His first business experience was as a clerk in the hat store of Howard Strong, where he remained for three years. He then entered the service of Jason Collier & Sons, dry goods merchants, and continued with this firm until 1868. when he engaged in business on his own account, in company with Messrs. Lerch & Van Dusen, under the firm name of Lerch, Williams & Van Dusen, and after the death of Mr. Van Dusen, in 1869, the business was conducted by Lerch & Williams for ten years. In 1878 the firm of Williams Bros. was organized, which is now one of the largest wholesale and retail dry goods houses in the city. April 5, 1867, he married Miss Emilie Hutzel of Niagara Falls, N. Y., and they have two children, a son, Eric Johann Williams, and a daughter, Katherine Hutzel Williams.




From:
Landmarks of Niagara County, NY
Edited by William Pool
D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1897

Wilhelm married HUTZEL, Emilie on 5 Apr 1867. Emilie was born in 1854; died on 16 Mar 1899 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette

WALCK-At Bergholtz, N. Y., Albertlna A.,widow of the late Albert Walck; mother of Albert C, Mrs. Wm. Gombert and William Walck of Bergholtz. N ,Y., Gotthold A. Walck of Niagara Falls. N, Y. Mrs. Ella Mavis at home. Funeral from the family home. Tuesday. Nov. 17th at 2 p.m. and at the Bergholtz Lutheran church at 2.30 p. m. Burial in Bergholtz cemetery.

Albertine married WALCK, Albert Christoph on 27 Nov 1873 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Albert (son of WALK, Christoph Friedrich and WENDT, Frederike Wilhelmine) was born on 24 Apr 1848 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 13 Feb 1925 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BERGHOLTZ, March 7 - Ferdinand August Williams, 86 years old a resident of the Town of Wheatfield for the past 81 years, died vesterday afternoon at the home of his daughter. Mrs. John Proefrock. 9 Fremont street, North Tonawanda where he had been making his home for the past few months. Born in Bergholtz, Germany Mr. Williams came to this country when five years old with his parents. Since then he had made his home in Bergholtz and vicinity operating an extensive farm. He is survived by three sons. John and Ferdinand, of Lockport, and Philip A., of Niagara Falls, three daughters, Mrs. Proefrock, of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Fred W. Lindke. of Medina, and Mrs. Rudolph Mlllevllle, of Niagara Falls; 19 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a brother, Gustav Williams, of Sanborn. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Proefroc.k home and at 2:30 at St. James' church in this village, The Rev. Otto Bruss will officiate and interment will be in St. James' cemetery, Bergholtz.

Ferdinand married WALK, Eldice Lydia Magdalene on 27 Nov 1873 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Eldice (daughter of WALK, Christoph Friedrich and WENDT, Frederike Wilhelmine) was born on 2 Feb 1850 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Oct 1923 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette

Aged Lockport Merchant Dies
Albert E. Williams Founded Store in 1857
LOCKPORT, June I6.-Albert E. Williams, 81, who with his late brother, William A. Williams, founded the mercantile firm of Williams Brothers company in 1857, died at 9 o'clock this morning at his home at 327 High street. He had been ill for several years and was forced to retire in 1928 because of poor health.
Born in Speppin (sic), Germany, Mr. Williams and his brothers came to this country with their parents when but small boys. The family settled near Sanborn, coming to this city a few years later. He was an extensive traveler.
A Republican in politics, Mr. Williams for many years gave liberally of his time and money for the Y. M. C. A. and Grace Episcopal church of which he was an active member. He was a member of the Town and Country club and the Tuscarora club.
Surviving are the widow, Emily Dameron Williams, of this city, and two brothers, Gustave H., of Sanborn, and Ferdinand W., of Niagara Falls. The funeral services have not been arranged for.

Family/Spouse: DAMEROW, Emma Amanda Elisabeth. Emma (daughter of DAMEROW, Wilhelm Georg and PLASTER, Martha Elisabeth) was born on 14 Mar 1869 in Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Aug 1942. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda Evening News - 3/30/1915

John Williams died at his residence
on the Boulevard one mile west of
Bergholz, Sunday afternoon at the age
of 81 years. He emigrated with his
parents and numerous other German
families in 1843 locating near the
west end of the county which they
named Bergholz where at that time
t h e r e was nothing but wilderness and
uncultivated lands.
He leaves his wife to whom he was
married in 1858, they having celebrated
their golden wedding seven years ago;
two sons, August at home and E. H.
Williams, at Lockport, two daughters,
Mrs. John Reitzlaff, of Los Agneles,
Cal., and Mrs. Chas. A. Kandt, of Lock-
port, twelve grand children and one
great grand child.
The funeral will be held on Thurs-
day afternoon at the house at 1:30 and
at 2:30 from the Lutheran church at
Bergholz, Rev. Stark officiating. Inter-
ment will be in the German Lutheran
cemetery at Bergholz.

Johann married HAMMEL, Anna Maria Charlotte on 27 Dec 1858 in MI. Anna was born on 10 May 1839 in Goleniow, Zachodniopomorskle, Poland; died in Dec 1935 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Johann married WOLF, Auguste Maria Wilhelmine on 23 Apr 1856 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Auguste (daughter of WOLF, Christian S and SCHULZ, Wilhelmine Christine) was born on 14 Nov 1839 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 1 Dec 1915 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wilhelmine married WALK, Friedrich on 21 Apr 1853 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Friedrich (son of WALK, Christian and KLEINSCHMIDT, Wilhelmine Euphrosine) was born on 11 Jun 1824 in Wallmow, Brandenburg, Prussia; died on 28 Nov 1873 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gustav married WENDT, Magdeline Coelestine in Oct 1868 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Magdeline (daughter of WENDT, Christian Friedrich and MAILLEFERT, Wilhelmine Caroline Maria) was born on 17 Jul 1851 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Mar 1915 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette

Emma A. Williams, of Sanborn, Dies
Funeral Services from St. Peter's Church on Sunday.
SANBORN, Aug. 17.-Miss Emma A. Williams, daughter of Gustave H. Williams, died at the family home here today after long illness. Funeral services will be held from the home on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 and from St. Peter's church. Walmore, at 3 o'clock standard time. Interment will in the church cemetery.
Miss Williams was one of the best known residents of this village and her will be mourned by a. wide circle friends. Besides her father she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Edward L. Hasely (sic), of the Saunders Settlement Road, and five brothers. William, Albert, Hugo and Robert. all of Lockport and Edward of the Lockport Road.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 4/3/1943

In Memoriam •

William F. Williams, Niagara
Native, Merchant,
Banker, Industrialist and
Churchman; Was Member
of the Niagara County
Pioneers' Association.

BY EDWARD T. WILLIAMS
Niagara Historian
The hand of death was laid heavily,
demonstrating that death loves
a shining mark, in the sudden passing
of William F. Williams of Lockport.
For three-quarters of a century
the mercantile house of Williams
Brothers has been a household
word, particularly in the city
of Lockport and in the towns in
the eastern half of Niagara county.
For more than half a century William
F. Williams has been a major
factor in this establishment, and
for the last 15 years he was the
president. Not only in the mercantile
buslnes but in banking, industrial,
educational, health giving,
church and social circles Mr. Williams
was a leader. Native of Niagara
county, the firm of Williams
Brothers was probably the oldest
and most substantial mercantile
house in the county, doing business
under one name for 75 years, except
the men's clothing house of Sllberbergs
in Niagara Falls, founded in
Lewiston in 1852 by Marcus Silberberg,
91 years ago, and in the
then vilage of Niagara City, by Mr.
Silberberg In 1860, 83 years ago, the
name of the place later changed
to Suspension Bridge, after the
completion of the great bridge In
1855, to become March 17, 1892, the
city of Niagara Falls. Succeeding
Mr. Silberberg were his four sons,
two of whe I., Louis S. and Gustave
J., are still conducting' the House
of Silberberg, the largest of its
kind and the oldest mercantile establishment
in Niagara county doing
business for 91 years continuously
under the Silberberg name.
Like the Williams Brothers department
store in Lockport, the Silberberg
clothing store in Niagara Falls
is a household word, in the city
where It operates and In all of the
adjoining towns.
With all of the business activities
with which his name was connected
William F. Williams still found time
to be Interested in the higher things
of life, educational, religious and in
the history of his native county of
Niagara, one of the greatest reservoirs
of historic lore in America,
and he lived three-quarters of a
century to see Niagara countv become
not only the site of the most
sublime spectacle of nature's handi-
work; the site of the production of
1,500,000 hydroelectric horse power,
greatest on the globel its fertile
fields the garden spot of America,
its millions of fruit trees sending
their products through the civilized
word; and, finally, Niagara county
has become the No. 1 area for the
wining of the greatest war in history,
as it was an important factor
in winning World War No. 1,
it having been said then that if
the Kaiser, had owned Niagara,
Palls he might have won that war.
In the past few years William
P. Williams became officially connected
" with the Niagara County
Pioneers Association, oldest historical
organization in his native
county, and one of the most outstanding
in the state of New York.
At the time of his death he was a
member of the executive committee.
He attended the meeting nearly
a year ago now in the Tuscarora
club in Lockport, where the grim
reaper claimed him while attending
another meeting this week, at which
it was decided that on account of
the war emergency the annual
gathering of the Niagara County
Pioneers Association, held at Olcot
for 65 years, should be deferred
in 1943.
During the pust six months the
association, always composed of the
leading citizens of Niagara county,
has suffered severe losses, George S.
Gooding and George C. Lewis, of
Lockport, past presldents; Arch O.
Scobey, of North Tonawanda, treasurer,
and now William P. Williams,
of Lockport, member of the executive
committee. '

William married CHAPMAN, Lizzie B on 18 Oct 1899. Lizzie was born on 2 May 1868; died on 20 May 1948 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Falls Gazette Oct 18, 1945
Edward H. Williams, 53, Lockport Road, Dies
SANBORN, N Y., Oct. 18. - Edward H. Williams. 53, of the Lockport road, died yesterday at the, Buffalo General hospital. Mr Williams was a son of the late Gustave and Christine Williams. He was born In the Lockport road and had resided on the same farm all his, life. For the last 15 years he had conducted a gasoline service station at the corner of the Lockport and Ward roads. He was a lifelong member of St. Peter's church at Walmore. N. Y. Mr. Williams U survived by the following children: Mrs Edwin Beutel and Mrs. Alfred DeVantier of Sanborn. N. Y., Mrs. William Buerger, of Bergholz, N. Y.: Mrs James Holladay, of Dariem. Conn., Arthur and Melvin Williams, of Sanborn, and the Rev. Walter F Williams, of Defiance, Ohio; one stepson, John Weingartner of North Tonawanda. and three brothers, Albert. Hugo and Robert Williams, all of Lockport He is also survived by 23 grandchildren and several nephews and nieces. Funeral services will be held at the home of the daughter. Mrs William Buerger. Bergholz, Saturday, October 20, at 2 pm., and at 2:30 o'clock at St. Peter's church. Walmore. The Rev. Edward H Grabau will officiate. Interment will be In Walmore cemetery.

Rudolph married SCHULZ, Auguste Wilhelmine on 24 Apr 1901 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Auguste (daughter of SCHULZ, Ferdinand William and HASELEY, Justine Wilhelmine) was born on 25 Oct 1875 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Mar 1917 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SCHEE, Friedericke. Friedericke was born on 15 Jul 1870 in Prussia; died on 5 Jul 1938 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

WILLIAMS-Albert P., of 714 East Ave.,
Lockport, N.Y. Past away July 13,
1962 at Mount View Hospital. Survived
by 2 sons, Karl D. Williams,
Ernest A. Williams, both of Lockport,
N.Y., 2 brothers- Hugo F. Williams
and Robert A. Williams, both
of Lockport; one granddaughter and
several nieces and nephews. Friends
may call at the Lange Funeral Home,
186 East Ave., Lockport, NY., where
funeral services will be held on Monday,
Jury 16, 1962 at 11:00 a.m. Interment
In Cold Spring Cemetery,
Lockport.

Family/Spouse: DAMEROW, Eleanore Henriette. Eleanore was born on 24 Dec 1874 in New York; died on 11 May 1955 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ella Haseley
Haseley-In Memorial Hospital, February 12, 1936, Ella Haseley, wife of Edward; mother of Christine Ereln (sic) and Elizabeth Haseley: sister of William, Albert, Hugo, Robert Williams of Lockport. Edward Williams of Sanborn; daughter of G. H. Williams of Sanborn. She is also survived by two grandchildren. Funeral from the home on Saunders Settlement Road, near Walmore, Saturday at 2 and 2:30 from St. Peter's church, Walmore. Rev. Edward Graubau (sic) officiating. Interment in Walmore.
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NF Gazette

MRS. HASELEY DIES
Saunders Settlement Road Woman, Active Church Worker, Passes
Mrs. Ella Haseley, wife of Edward L. Haseley, of the Saunders Settlement road, near Walmore, died in Memorial hospital at 7:10 o'clock this morning, following a brief illness. Death resulted from a heavy head cold which caused a brain disturbance. She was 57 years old. Mrs. Hasley (sic) was a native of Sanborn and had lived in this vicinity all her life. She was prominent in the affairs of St. Peter's Lutheran church; of Walmore, and was an active member of the Ladies Aid society of that church. She was widely known and had a host of friends. Besides hero, husband, she is survived by two daughters and a son, Christine, Erein (sic) and Elizabeth Haseley; five brothers, William, Albert, Hugo and Robert Williams of Lockport, and Edward Williams, of Sanborn; her father, G. H. Williams, of Sanborn, and two grandchildren. Plans for the funeral were being completed today.

Ella married HASELEY, Edward Lebrecht on 24 Nov 1904 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Edward (son of HASELEY, Carl Wilhelm and HELLERT, Caroline Elizabeth) was born on 4 Oct 1873 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Sep 1937 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette
Hugo F. Williams
Gazette Lockport Bureau
LOCKPORT - Hugo F. 90, of 238 Windermere Road, retired partner and former vice president of the Williams Brothers Department Store here, died at Lockport Memorial Hospital Wednesday (Jan. 6, 1971) after a brief illness. A native of Sanborn, he was born Jan. 4, 1881, the son of Gustave and Christine Walck Williams. He was a partner and officer of the Williams Brothers Co. for 48 years and retired as vice president 15 years ago. He was a former member of the Lockport Kiwanis Club and was active in church work at Mount Olive and formerly of Trinity Lutheran Church. He is survived by his widow Martha A Williams; a daughter, Mrs. Paul (Elizabeth) Voigt of Brockport; a son., Dr. Frederick W. Williams of New York City; a brother, Robert A. Williams of this city; four grandchildren, six great - grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Lange Funeral Home where the family will be present from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held at Mount Olive Lutheran Church at 1 p.m. Saturday by Rev. David Albertine. Burial will be in Cold Spring Cemetery. Contributions to the Lutheran Hour or to the building improvement fund will be acceptable as tribute, the family said.

Hugo married WEBBER, Martha Friedricke Auguste on 6 Jun 1906 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Martha (daughter of WEBBER, August F and DOEBLER, Wilhelmina) was born on 11 Jan 1886 in Germany; died on 3 Sep 1971 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette
Robert Williams Dies; Lockport Store Head
LOCKPORT - Robert A. Williams, 85, president of the Williams Bros. Department Store, died Sunday at Lockport Memorial Hospital where he was a patient for three days. He lived at 28 Waterman St. He had been in ill health for some time but continued to visit regularly at the 104 year old store at 78 Main St. The store is one of the city's oldest firms. He was born in Sanborn, a son of the late Gustav A. Williams and Christine Walck Williams. The department store was founded in 1868 by two uncles, the late William A. and Albert E. Williams.
Joined Firm in 1904.
Robert Williams joined the firm in 1904 as a salesman in the yard goods department. He marked 67 years with the firm last December. He worked in the floor covering department for many years and became known as the "dean of the profession" to customers and by those in the floor covering industry. He was the last of the second generation management of the firm. A son, James R. Williams continues the family tradition as vice president and general manager.
Church Treasurer
Robert Williams was a long, time member of Trinity Lutheran Church where he had been a council member and treasurer for many years, In 1966, he was honored on retirement after 22 years of service on the board or directors of the Lockport Savings & Loan, Assn., since merged. with the Niagara Permanent Savings & Loan Assn. Mr. Williams until 1971 was a member of the board of directors of the Cold Springs Cemetery Assn. He was a former exempt fireman, and had been a member of the Lockport Area Chamber of Commerce and the Niagara County Historical Society. Services Tuesday Survivors besides his wife, Ella Rennick Williams, and son, James R.; include two daughters, Mrs. Harry Dickinson of here and Mrs. David L. Russell of Athens. Ohio; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Lange Funeral Home, 136 East Ave. here. The Rev. Ernest Heuer will officiate at services at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Cold Spring Cemetery.

Robert married RENNICK, Ella Mary Louise on 19 Aug 1913 in Morristown, NJ. Ella (daughter of RENNICK, James and Meta) was born on 14 Jul 1886 in NJ; died in Nov 1980 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette, mar 26, 1942
Retired Farmer Called by Death
SANBORN - William P. Haseley, 80 years old. a life long resident of this vicinity, died yesterday at the family, home, In the Town Line road. Mr. Haseley had been in failing health for some time but was critically ill only a few days. He was born in the Town of Lewiston, a son of the late William P. Haseley and Marie Williams. In former years he had taken a keen interest in town affairs and was a successful farmer. Mr. Haseley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fredericke Rieman Haseley at home; one daughter. Mrs. Edward Allard. of North Tonawanda; one son, Rinehard Haseley, at home: three brothers, Gustave and John Haseley, of Niagara Falls, and Paul Haseley, of Bergholz; seven sisters. Mrs. Frederick Haseley. Mrs. Otto Miller and Mrs, Edward Wurl, all of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Martha Quandt, of Lockport, Mrs. George Hartman and Mrs. Lizzie Levenduski of Niagara Falls, and Mrs. John Ferchen. of Bergholz, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, war time and at 3:30 at St Andrew's Lutheran Church at Pekin. The Rev. Mr. Schmidt win officiate and interment will be in St. Andrew's cemetery.

Wilhelm married RIEMANN, Frederika Wilhelmine Louise on 20 Apr 1899 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Frederika (daughter of RIEMANN and BEHM, Dorothea Louise) was born on 22 Mar 1864 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 25 Dec 1942 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette Nov 26, 1920
At Walmore,. N.Y., Nov. 26th 1920, Maria Walck, aged 57 years wife of Philip Walck Sr. She leaves besides her husband, three daughters. Agatha Walck, Mrs. Edward W. Haseley. Mrs. Herbert Haseley, three sons, Felix, Philip Jr.,and Paul, all of Walmore, N.Y. Funeral from her late home Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Burial Walmore. N. Y.

Maria married WALK, Philipp Samuel on 21 Jan 1886 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Philipp (son of WALK, Christoph Friedrich and HASENBANK, Ernestine Christine Wilhelmine) was born on 27 Jan 1862 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 Jul 1929 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Mathilda Haseley, North Tonawanda, Dies
NORTH TONAWANDA, Dec. 4 - Mrs. Mathilda Haseley. 84. life long resident of Niagara County, died yesterday at DeGraff Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness. She was born in the Town of Lewiston. April 13, 1864. In 1888 she was married to the late Frederick L. Haseley and moved to the Town of Porter where they operated a farm for three years, before moving to the present home on 307 Bryant street, at that time the Village of North Tonawanda She is survived by one daughter Lydia E. Haseley, at home; two sons, Walter G. Haseley, North Tonawanda, and Paul F. Haseley, Niagara Falls. four sisters, Mrs Hulda Hartman, Niagara Falls, Mrs Otto Mueller and Mrs. Edward Wurl, North Tonawanda, Mrs John Ferchen, Town of Wheatfield, and two grandchildren. She was an active member of St Matthews Lutheran Church. The Rev Paul H. Gassmann will officiate at funeral services at the home at 2 p. m.. Monday and at 2:30 p. m.. at St. Matthew's Lutheran church. Bryant and Wheatfield streets. Interment will be in St. Matthew's cemetery.

Mathilda married HASELEY, Friedrich Lebrecht on 12 Jan 1889 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Friedrich (son of HASELEY, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor and WENDT, Johanna Elisabeth) was born on 9 Feb 1861 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Aug 1928 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette, May 9, 1947
Church Founder, Long Time Falls Resident. Dies
Gustav W. Haseley. 81. one of the founders of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church here and a descendant of a pioneer Town of Wheatfield family, died last night at his home. 1657 Cleveland avenue. His wife. Mrs. Hulda Mueller Haseley died last March 13. The church was founded at a meeting held at the Haseley home in October. 1898, when the family resided in Ashland avenue. The services were also held there until the small parish, of which the Haseley's were the only married couple, built Its first church. While Mr. Haseley was born at Walmore, June 14. 1865. his father, the late William Haseley was one of the original settlers of the Town or Wheatfield. His mother was ihe late Mrs. Marie Williams Haseley. However. Mr. Haseley resided in the LaSalle section of this city most of his life, operating a small farm for some time. He retired two years ago after being employed as a maintenance workman at the Mathieson Alkali Works. Inc.. for 45 years. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs Fred Loge. Mrs. Raymond G. Allen. Mrs. Arthur Rlckert, Mrs. Elmer Luick and Mrs. Carl Luick; two sons. Benjamin G., and Myron H. Haseley: a brother, John Haseley, all of this city; six sisters. Mrs. Matilda Haseley; Tonawanda; Mrs. Otto Miller and Mrs. Edward Wurl, Martinsville: Mrs. John Ferchen, Town of Wheatfield; Mrs. Martha Quandt. Lockport. and Mrs. Hulda Hartman. this city; 23 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the home at 2:15 p. m. Monday and 15 minutes later at the church, Eighteenth street and Cleveland avenue. Interment will be made in Riverdale cemetery.

Gustav married MUELLER, Hulda Wilhelmine Elisabeth on 26 Oct 1893 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Hulda (daughter of MUELLER, Johann and HELLERT, Wilhelmine Ernestine) was born on 21 Jan 1870 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 13 Mar 1947 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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HARTMAN - In this City, September 14, 1957. Hulda M. of 616 Walnut Ave., mother of Mrs. Gothold Walck. and Henry Sacht, Mrs. Frances King, all of this city; Mrs. Philip Jagow of Saskatoon. Saskatchewan; sister of Mrs. John Ferchen of Bergholtz; Mrs. Edward Whurl (sic), North Tonawanda; 11 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral from the Gridley Funeral Home. 750 Main St. Monday at 10 a.m. and at 10:30 from St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 18th and Cleveland Ave., Rev. Evan J. Bartell officiating. Interment in St Paul's Cemetery, Bergholtz. N. Y.
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Mrs. Hartman Dies at Age 90
Mrs; Hulda M. Hartman, 90, died this morning (Sept. 14, 1957) at her home at 616 Walnut Ave. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Gridley Funeral home and at 10:30 a.m. at St Paul's Lutheran Church, with the. Rev. Evan J. Bartell officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery, Bergholtz. Mrs. Hartman was born in Walmore and was a resident of Niagara Falls for 56 years. She had been a member of St. Paul's church since 1901 and was one of the chuches oldest members. She had been active in the Ladies Aid and other church activities in her
younger years. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Gothold Walck, and mrs. Frances King, and one son Henry Sacht, all of this city. Another daughter, Mrs. Philip Jagow, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, two sisters, Mrs John Ferchen, Bergholtz, and Mrs. Edward Hurl (sic), North Tonawanda. 11 grandchildren, and 12 Great grandchildren also survive.

Hulda married SACHT, Henrich August on 29 Jun 1890 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Henrich was born on 9 Jul 1867 in Gettorf, Prussia; died before Jun 1900 in Lake Erie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hulda married HARTMAN, George Norman on 4 Nov 1902 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. George (son of HARTMAN, Jerome and MAY, Helen) was born on 10 Nov 1880 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Dec 1945 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette
Albert P. Haseley Dies at 70 Years
SANBORN, Feb. 6-Albert P. Haseley, 70 years old, husband of Mrs. Anna Ferchen Haseley, died yesterday at the family home in the Saunders Settlement road.
Mr. Haseley was a farmer all his life and was actively engaged in operating his farm until ill health prevented about a year ago. Previous to this he had taken an active interest in Sanborn village affairs. He was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran church at Walmore and was formerly active in its organizations.
Besides his wife, Mr. Haseley is survived by seven sons, Norman, Marcus, Wallace, William, Richard, Benjamin and Albert, all of Sanborn: two daughters, Lydia Haseley and Mrs. Irwin Beutel, of Sanborn; three grandchildren, four brothers and seven sisters, all of this vicinity.
Funeral services will be held from the family home on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock and at 2:30 at St. Peter's Lutheran church at Walmore. The Rev. Edward A. Grabau will officiate and interment will be in the Walmore cemetery.

Albert married FERCHEN, Anna Auguste Elisabeth on 2 Feb 1905 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Anna (daughter of FERCHEN, Johann Friedrich August and VOELKER, Anna Dorothea) was born on 27 Mar 1882 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 1 Feb 1977 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette, Feb 5, 1948
Mrs. Martha Quandt, 77, Dies in Lockport
LOCKPORT. Feb. 5 - Mrs. Martha Quandt, 77, widow of Frank W. Quandt, died suddenly last night at her home, 416 Transit street. She was a native of Walmore and had lived In this city for many years. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran church. Surviving are three daughters and four sons, Mrs. George Hare and Mrs. Thomas Riley and George, Frederick and William Quandt, all of Lockport: Doris and Frank Quandt, Patterson, N. J. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p. m. at the Prudden Funeral home. 242 Genesee street, with burial In Trinity Lutheran Cold Springs cemetery.

Martha married QUANDT, Frank Herman Wilhelm on 5 Feb 1891 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Frank was born on 9 Jul 1872 in Rollwitz, Brandenburg, Prussia; died on 10 Dec 1945 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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17 November 1953 Tonawanda News
MUELLER - Mrs. Augusta Mueller, 82, died in her home, 60 Old Falls Blvd., this morning after a long illness. Mrs. Mueller was born in Walmore and was a resident of North Tonawanda for the past 54 years. Mrs. Mueller is survived by her husband Otto; two sons, Carl and George Mueller; three sisters, Mrs. Edward Mueller, Mrs. John Ferchen of Bergholz and Mrs. George Hartman of Niagara Falls. Three grandchildren also survive. Services will be at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd. The Rev. Theophilus Berner will officiate. Interment in St. Mark’s Lutheran Cemetery.

Auguste married MUELLER, Otto Friedrich on 12 Oct 1899 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Otto (son of MUELLER, Friedrich and SCHROEDER, Magdalena) was born in May 1871 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Sep 1954 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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7 February 1946 Evening News of the Tonawandas
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Lavendusky, 70, of 712 Falls boulevard, died last night in the DeGraff Memorial hospital after an illness of several weeks. Born in the town of Lewiston, she had resided in North Tonawanda the past 47 years. She is survived by six sisters, Mrs. Matilda Haseley, Mrs. Otto Mueller and Mrs. Edward Wurl of North Tonawanda, Mrs. John Ferchen of Bergholz, Mrs. Martha Quandt of Lockport and Mrs. Hulda Hartman of Niagara Falls, and two brothers, Gustav Haseley on John Haseley of Niagara Falls. Rites will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 from the late residence. The Rev. A. C. Kleiner will officiate. Burial will be in Elmlawn.

Minna married LEWANDOWSKI, August on 29 Jun 1898 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. August (son of LEWANDOWSKI, Christian and GROSCHINSKI, Maria) was born in Dec 1862 in Prussia; died on 27 Apr 1941 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lifelong Falls Resident Dies After Long Illness
John P. Haseley, 71, of 6803 Point avenue, a lifelong resident of this area, died today at Memorial hospital after an illness of five months. Born at Lewiston, Mr. Haseley had lived in this city for the last 59 years. Until stricken -ill in December he had been a stationary engineer at the Oldbury Electro Chemical, company for 26 years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Charlotte Haseley, and five sisters, Mrs. Albertine Fuerchen and Mrs. Hilda Hartman, both of this city, and Mrs. Mathilda Haseley, Mrs. Augusta Mueller and Mrs. Anna Wurl, all of North Tonawanda. The Rev. Arthur H Schmoyer,DD., will conduct funeral services on Thursday at 2 pm. at the Gridley Funeral home. Interment will be in Memorial Park cemetery

Johannes married WARNER, Charlotte Marion in 1905 in New York. Charlotte (daughter of WARNER, C Allen) was born on 21 Oct 1886 in Canada; died on 17 Jan 1984 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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FERCHEN - Mrs. Albertine R., age 83, of 2499 Ferchen St., Town of Wheatfield
died April 9, 1963 at the Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She is the wife of the late John F. Ferchen who died June 2, 1958. Survivors are 6 daughters, Mrs. Grover Ziehm, Mrs. Rudolph Zimmerman, Mrs. Alfred Gensler, Mrs. Walter Thiemecke, all of the Town of Wheatfield, Mrs. Walter Wienke of Sanborn and Mrs. William Clayton of Ft. Erie, Ontario, 3 sons, Hubert, Walter and Fremont, all of the Town of Wheatfield. Also surviving are 22 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd. North Tonawanda, where services will be held Friday at 1:45 and in St. James Lutheran Church, Bergholtz at 2:30. The Rev. Robert Lehman will officiate. Interment in St. James Lutheran Cemetery. Mrs. Ferchen was a member of St. James Lutheran Church.

Albertine married FERCHEN, Johannes Friedrich August on 10 Oct 1901 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Johannes (son of FERCHEN, Johann Friedrich August and VOELKER, Anna Dorothea) was born on 5 May 1876 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Jun 1958 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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28 January 1963 Tonawanda News

WURL – Anna C. Wurl, 79, of 248 Old Falls Blvd., North Tonawanda, died Saturday (Jan. 26, 1963) in her residence. She was born in Walmore, N.Y. and had lived in North Tonawanda 50 years. She was a member of St. Martin Lutheran Church. Survivors include her husband, Edward M.; a daughter, Mrs. Melvin Pierce of North Tonawanda; two sons, Kermit E. of Alexandria, Va., and Edward W. of Long Beach, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. John Ferchen of Bergholtz; also six grandchildren. Friends may call at the Wattengel Funeral Home, 307 Oliver St., where services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Luther Knauff will officiate. Burial in White Chapel Memorial park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the St. Martin Building Fund.

Anna married WURL, Edward Martin Carl on 9 Feb 1916 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Edward (son of WURL, Martin Karl August and BELLING, Maria Louise Henrietta) was born on 25 Dec 1886 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Jan 1968 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Paul Christian Haseley, 56, died early yesterday morning at his home on the Niagara road, Bergholtz. He was born in the town of Lewiston, and had resided there and in the town of Niagara all his life. He was a member of the St. James Lutheran church in Bergholtz. Surviving are his wife, Ruth, nee Wolf; a stepson, William Loeschke; a daughter, Pauline Haseley; three step-daughters, Alice, Helen and Norma Loeschke, all of Bergholtz; two brothers, Gustave and John Haseley of Niagara Falls, and seven sisters, Mrs. Matilda Haseley, Mrs. Otto Mueller, Mrs. Elizabeth Lavendusky and Mrs. Edward Wurl of North Tonawanda, Mrs. George Hartman of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Martha Quandt of Lockport and Mrs. John Ferchen of the Town of Wheatfield. Rites will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock from the residence and at 2:30 from the St. James church. The Rev. Otto Bruss will officiate and burial will be in St. James cemetery.

Paul married WOLF, Ruth Lydia Emma on 1 Oct 1938 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Ruth (daughter of WOLF, Christian Gottlieb George and PFUHL, Auguste Maria Ulricke) was born on 29 Sep 1894 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Dec 1971 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette

Dies in Calirofnia (sic)
LOCKPORT, Oct. 8.-Mrs. Katherine Williams Hall, wife of E. Stewart Hall and a former resident of this city. died yesterday at the family home in South Pasedena (sic), Calif. The funeral plans have not been completed.
Mrs. Hall was born in this city a daughter of William A. Williams of Williams Brothers department store here. She went to California in 1902 and in 1918 was married to Mr. Hall also a Lockport man. Besides the husband and father she is survived by one daughter, Katherine S. Hall

Katherine married HALL, Edward Stewart in 1918. Edward was born about 1887; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 10/1/1963

WALCK-Albert C, suddenly September
29th, 1963, at his home 6362
Ward Rd„ Town of Wheatfield. Mr.
Walck was a charter member of the
???????????????, Bergholtz a
member of the Holy Ghost Lutheran
Church and a retired employee of the
Niagara Co. Highway Dept. He is
survived by a .son Eric A, Walck;
2 daughters, Mrs. Esther Devantler
and Miss Louise Walck all of the
Town of Wheatfleld; 7 grandchildren
and 20 great-grandchildren; a broth-
er -Gotholt Walck, of Niagara Falls,
and a sister Mrs. Ella Mavis of the
town of Wheatfleld.. Friends way
call at the Fretthold Funeral Home,
1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd„ North
Tonawanda until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Services will be, held Wednesday
a f 2 p.m. In Holy Ghost Lutheran
Church, the Rev. Clarence W. Rabe
will officiate. Interment In Holy
Ghost Lutheran Cemetery.

Albert married DUBOIS, Auguste Marie in 1900 in New York. Auguste (daughter of DUBOIS, Gottfried and BEHM, Dorothea Louise) was born on 22 Jan 1871 in Prussia; died on 3 Jul 1933 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 7/23/1952

TOWN OF WHEATFIELD, July
23-Mrs. Albertine Gombert, 74, of
the Niagara Falls boulevard,died yesterday
in the DeGraff Memorial hospital,
North Tonawanda, after a long
illness,
She was a lifelong resident here
and a member of St John's Lutheran
church, St Johnsburg. .Her husband,
the late William F. Gombert,
died July 5 of this year.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Albert Zastrow. Town of.Wheatfield,
and Mrs. Irwin Maerten. North
Tonawanda; a son, Norman, Town
pof Wheatfield, 11 grandchildren; a
sister, Mrs. Ella Mavis; three broth-
ers. AIbert and William Walck, Town
of Wheatfield,. and Gothold Walck,
Niagara Falls
The body is at the Hamp Funeral
home;,37 Adams street, Tonawanda,
where funeral services will be held
Friday at 2:30 p. m. The Rev Wal-
ter J.Thiemecke; of St John's
church, will officiate. Burial will be
in St John's cemetery.

Anna married GOMBERT, William Friedrich August on 19 Feb 1903 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. William (son of GOMBERT, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig and BUROW, Auguste Wilhelmine) was born on 25 Jun 1878 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Jul 1952 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 1/7/1959

NORTH TONAWANDA -
William A. Walck, 78, of Ward
Rd., Town of Wheatfield, a
retired farmer, died today
(Jan. 7, 1959) after a long illness.
He was a life-long resident
of Wheatfield and a member
of Holy Ghost Church, Bergholtz.
He is survived by his wife,
Mildred Amis Walck; a daughter,
Mrs. Walter Beutel, and
two sons, Edward and Ralph
Walck, all of Town of Wheatfield.
Two brothers, Gottald
Walck, of Niagara Falls, and
Albert Walck, and a sister,
Mrs. Ella Mavis, both of the
Town of Wheatfield, 11 grandchildren
and one great grandchild
also survive.
The Rev. John Jaeger will
conduct the funeral service at
2 p. m. Friday at the Fretthold
Funeral Home. Burial will be
in Holy Ghost Lutheran Cemetery,
Bcrgholtz.

Family/Spouse: MAVIS, Mabel M. Mabel (daughter of MAVIS, William F and DEGLOW, Rosalie) was born on 5 Apr 1884 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died in May 1973 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NF Gazette May 9, 1966
Gothold A. Walck, 83, of 611 Sixth St., a retired carpenter, died Sunday (May 8, 1966) in Memorial Hospital. Born in the Town of Wheatfield, he lived most of his life In this area. He formerly worked for Wright & Kremers' Inc. and Treadwell Construction Co., Niagara Falls, retiring from the latter company in 1957. Mr. Walck held a life membership in the carpenters union here. He was a 40-year member of Grace Lutheran Church, Cayuga Drive. In addition to his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Walck, he is survived by a son, Donald Walck, Lewiston; two daughters, Mrs. William (Geraldine) Orr, Lewiston Heights, and Mrs. Everett (Emily) Wilson, Elmira; a sister, Mrs. William (Ella) Mavis, North Tonawanda, and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, with Rev W a l t e r Schultz officiating. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Park, Tonawanda. Friends may call at the Cobler Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday

Gotthold married SACHT, Elizabeth Ottilie on 29 Jan 1913 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Elizabeth (daughter of SACHT, Henrich August and HASELEY, Hulda Auguste Magdalene) was born on 30 Mar 1893 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died in Oct 1980 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HARTMAN, Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 6/1/1967

MAVIS-Ella. ot 3291 Niagara Falls
Blvd., Town of Wheatfield, NY., Wednesday,
Mov 31st, 1967. In the Ransomville
Nursing Home after a lengthy
Illness. Mrs. Mavis was a member
of St. John Lutheran Church. Surviving
are two sons, Erwin, W. and Elmer
M.. bom of Norm Tonawanda,
N.Y. Also surviving ore 4 grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Fretthold
Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St, at Ward
Rd., North Tonawanda, N.Y., where
services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m.
The family will be In attendance from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The Rev. Clarence
W. Rabe will officiate.

Ella married MAVIS, William G on 3 Feb 1910. William was born on 18 Mar 1887 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Jan 1914 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 11/4/1946

LOCKPORT. Nov. 4 - John F.
Williams. 72, second vice president
of the Williams Brothers company
department store. died yesterday at
his home. 32 Maple street, after a
long illness.
A native of Bergholtz. Mr. Williams
had been a member of the
Williams Brothers firm for 50
years. Before his health failed
about two years ago, he was president.
He was a member of St.
Andrews' Lutheran church and the
Klwanis club.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs
Caroline McNeil Williams; a son,
Herbert B Williams of Niagara
Falls, a daughter. Mrs, Wallace T.
Ward of Lockport; two brothers.
Philip of Niagara Falls and Ferdinand
B. of Lockport. and three sisters
Mrs. John Profrock of North
Tonawanda, Mra. Fred Kindke of
Buflalo and Mrs. Rudolph Milleville
of Niagara Falls.
Services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Prudden funeral parlor. 242 Gen-
esee street. Burial will be In Cold
Springs cemetery.

Johannes married BALDWIN, Edith M about 1903. Edith was born about 1877 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MCNEIL, Caroline R. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette

DE VANTIER-At DeGraff's hospital, Tonawanda N.Y. , March 22, 1928. Alma E. De Vantier, aged 50 years. Beloved wife of Albert F. De Vantier. mother of Mrs. John Voelker, Buffalo, N. Y., Mrs. Herbert Stenzel, Mrs. Wm. Kroening, Mrs. Edw. Miller, Miss Erma, Harold, John and Alfred, at home, Hugo, Edward and Bernard; daughter of Ferdinand Williams. She also leaves three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services Sunday at the home, Bergholtz, N. Y., at 2 p. m. and at St. James Lutheran church at 2:30 p. m. Interment, Bergholtz cemetery.

Niagara Falls Gazette, Mar 24, 1928
NORTH TONAWANDA, March 24. Mrs. Alma DeVantier, 50 years old, of tho Niagara Falls boulevard, Bergholz, died Thursday afternoon at the DeGraff Memorial Hospital following an operation for appendicitis. She was a life-long resident of the Town of Wheatfield. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence and half an hour later at St Martin's Church, Bergholz. Rev. Otto Bruss will -conduct the services and interment will be in St Martin's cemetery. Surviving are her husband, Albert F. DeVantier; five daughters. Miss Irene DeVantier and Mrs. Herbert Stenzel of Bergholz, Mrs. John Voelker of Buffalo, Mrs. "William Kroening of Sanborn and Mrs. Edward Mueller of LaSalle; six sons, Hugo, John and Alfred of Bergholz, Bernard of Niagara Falls and Edward of LaSalle; seven grandchildren; her father, Ferdinand A. Williams of Bergholz; three sisters, Mrs. John Proefrock of Tonawanda. Mrs. Fred Lindke of Medina, and Mrs. Rudolph Milleville of Niagara Falls, and three brothers. John Williams and Ferdinand A. Williams, Jr.,of Lockport and Philip Williams of Niagara Falls.

Alma married DEVANTIER, Albert Ferdinand on 24 Nov 1898 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Albert (son of DEVANTIER, F Wilhelm Johann and GOERSS, Charlotte) was born on 26 Mar 1862 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Dec 1939 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 8/26/1955

A retired carpenter for the Carborundum
Co., where he was employed
30 years, Philip A; Williams,
75, of 1631 Weston Ave., died yesterday
(Aug. 25, 1955) at Memorial
Hospital after a lengthy illness.
Born in Sanborn, be came to this
city 48 years ago. He had been
retired for about 10 years. He and
his wife, Mrs. Hedwig Williams,
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary last May.
He was a member of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church and a charter
member of the brotherhood of that
church.
In addition to his wife, he is
survived by a son and a daughter,
Clarence R. Williams and Mrs. Arthur
T. Schultz, both of this city;
a brother, Ferdinand Williams,
Lockport, and three sisters, Mrs.
plans to arrange within the next John Proefrock, Tonawanda; Mrs.
Helena Lindke, Buffalo, and Mrs.
Rudolph Milleville, this city. Two
grandchildren, Joan and Marcia.
Williams, also survive.
Funeral services will be held Sunday-
at 2:30 p.m. at the Cornell
and Daggett Funeral Chapel and
at 3 p.m. at St. Paul's Church. The
Rev. Evan J. Bartell will officiate.
Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery,
Bergholtz.

Phillip married MANTE, Hedwig Emilie Albertine on 11 May 1905 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Hedwig (daughter of MANTE, Julius Friedrich Wilhelm and MEHLS, Albertine) was born on 27 Aug 1882 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died in 1968 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Proefrock - Agatha A (nee William) Proefrock, 93, formerly of Tonawanda, Friday (May 4, 1973) at Kenmore Mercy Hospital, after a brief illness.

Born in the Town of Wheatfield, she had been a resident of Tonawanda for more than 70 yers, and was the wife of John W. Proefrock, who died in 1967, and mother of Vera H. Fischle, who died in 1955.

Mrs. Proefrock was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and the Dorcas Society of the church.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs Carl (Frances) Kaufmann of Kenmore and Mrs. Howard (Viola) Wein of Tonawanda, a sister, Mrs. Lydia Milleville of Niagara Falls, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 this evening and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at John O. Roth Funeral Home, Morgan and William Streets, Tonawanda, where services willbe conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday by the Rev. Paul W. Czamanske. Burial will be in Elmlawn Cemetery. If desired, memorials may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Agatha married PROEFROCK, Johann Wilhelm Christian on 6 Oct 1904 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Johann (son of PROEFROCK, Christian Friedrich and SEEFELDT, Wilhelmine Therese) was born on 3 Feb 1879 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 9 Mar 1967 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette, Jan 3, 1961
Store Head Dies at 76
Lockport - A retired president of a department store here, Ferdinand B. Williams, 76, of 23 Spruce St., died today (Jan. 3, 1961) at Lockport Memorial Hospital. Mr. Williams had been president of Williams Bros.vDepartment Store until his retirement about 10 years ago, He was born Sept. 15,v1884, in the town of Wheatfield,vson of the late Ferdinand A. and Lydia Williams. After education in rural schools there, Mr. Williams came to Lockport and entered the store business. He built up a general dry goods store in Main Street to a large department store. Mr. Williams was a member of Emmanuel Methodist Church and the Lockport Rotary Club. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lotta E. Williams; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Bergen of Williamsville and Mrs. Joseph E. Genewich, of Lockport; three sisters, Mrs. John Proefrock, of Tonawanda, Mrs. Fred Lindke, of Buffalo,and Mrs. Rudolph Milleville, of Niagara Falls, five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at he Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home by Rev. Robert C. Root of Emmanuel Methodist Church. Burial will be in Cold Springs Cemetery.The family said donations to the heart Fund are acceptable as tributes

Ferdinand married SEARLES, Bernice Valeria about 1938 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Bernice (daughter of SEARLES, John and FEURY, Katherine) was born in Oct 1888 in Jeddo, Orleans County, NY; died on 21 Oct 1950 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ferdinand married WILLIAMS, Lotta Estelle on 17 Sep 1951. Lotta (daughter of WILLIAMS, Nathaniel Valentine and STECKLEY, Nancy Jane) was born on 25 Jun 1889 in New York; died in Nov 1984 in Getzville, Town of Amherst, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ferdinand married KOEHN, Annie Auguste on 3 Jun 1910 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Annie (daughter of KOEHN, Henry) was born in Sep 1883 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 29 Mar 1939 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/2/1965

Mss. Helena L. Lindke, 78,
of 2305 Niagara Falls Boulevard,
Town of Wheatfield,
died today (March 2, 1965) in
Millard Fillmore H o s p i t a l,
Buffalo, after an illness of 10
days.
She was born in the Town
of Wheatfield, lived in Medina
for 20 years prior to moving
back to Wheatfield.
Mrs Lindke is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. John Proefrock,
Tonawanda, and Mrs.
Rudolph MiMeviMe, this city,
and several nieces and neph-
ews.
Funeral services will be held
at the Lane Funeral Home
Friday at 1:30 pjm. and at St.
James. Lutheran Church in
Bergholtz at 2 p.m. .
Rev. Robert Lehman will offiiiate.
Burial will be in Mount
Pleasant Cemetery, West Shelby,
N.Y.
Friends may call from. 2
p.m.-5 p.m, and 7-9 p.m. beginning
Wednesday.
Contributions at St James
Lutheran Church will be acceptable
as tribute the family
said.

Helene married LINDKE, Friedrich Wilhelm on 31 Dec 1924 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Friedrich (son of LINDKE, William and DORING, Fredericka) was born on 2 Feb 1880 in Town of Barre, Orleans County, NY; died on 22 Sep 1943 in Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married MILLEVILLE, Rudolph William on 29 Nov 1916 in Niagara County, NY. Rudolph (son of MILLEVILLE, Wilhelm Ferdinand and DEVANTIER, Emma Magdalene Rebecca) was born on 23 Oct 1890 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 24 Mar 1969 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SY, Bertha Justine Caroline. Bertha (daughter of SY, Daniel and LANGE, Justine Sophia) was born on 22 Oct 1865 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 16 Nov 1946 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette

Funeral of Retired Farmer Will Be Held on Tuesday.
BERGHOLTZ, Jan. 24.-Albert(?) Williams, 69 years old, retired farmer and one of the best known residents of the Bergholtz district, died late yesterday afternoon at the family home on the Falls-Buffalo boulevard. Mr. Williams, was seized with a heart attack and was ill only a few hours. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home and at 2:30 from the Holy Ghost church, Bergholtz, of which he was a member. Interment will he in Holy Ghost cemetery.
Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Mrs. Auguste Mueller Williams; one daughter, Mrs. Henry Siegman, of St. Johnsburg; one son Arthur, of this village; three grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Mary Williams, of Niagara Falls; one brother, Edward, of Lockport, and two sisters, Mrs. Louise Kandt, of Lockport, and Mrs. Helena Retzlaff, of California.
--
NF Gazette

The funeral services for August H. Williams, 69, which were held Tuesday afternoon, was one of the largest funerals ever held in this village. The church was filled to its capacity, About 700 attended. Services were held from. the home on the Buffalo-Falls boulevard at 2 o'clock and at 2.30 from the Holy Ghost Lutheran church. Bearers were Paul Mueller, William Mueller, Edward Mueller, Edward Kandt, Arthur Dubois and William Williams. Flower bearers were Edward Walck, Ervin (sic) Walck, Alfred Walck and Edwin Dubois. Burial was in Holy Ghost cemetery on Binckley street.

Johannes married MUELLER, Auguste Caroline on 2 Nov 1890 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Auguste (daughter of MUELLER, Johann and HELLERT, Wilhelmine Ernestine) was born on 11 Dec 1868 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Mar 1945 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette

Former Niagara Resident Passes
TOWN OF NIAGARA, Sept. 13-Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Helena Williams Retzlaff, in Los Angeles, Calif., on Thursday, September 7. She is survived by one daughter, Miss Lydia Williams; one son, Emil Williams, of Los Angeles; one brother, Edward H. Williams, of Lockport, and one sister, Mrs. Louise Williams Kandt, also of Lockport. She was a sister of the late August William J. Williams and the late William Williams, of the Niagara Fall (sic), boulevard, Town of Niagara.
Mrs. Retzlaff was 75 years old and was well known in Niagara county where she had resided for many years. She was a daughter of the late John Williams and Mary Williams. The latter died about four years ago at the age of 96 years.
Mrs. Louise Kandt and her daughter Mrs. Erna Kandt Hanning, of Lockport, visited the deceased last winter in California and returned home early this spring, They both left for California last Friday and will attend the funeral of Mrs. Kandt's sister, Mrs. Retzlaff.

Martha married WILLIAMS, Wilhelm Gustav Lebrecht on 12 Feb 1882 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelm (son of WILLIAM, Johann Wilhelm and WOLF, Auguste Maria Wilhelmine) was born on 10 Feb 1859; died on 7 Sep 1939 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married RETZLAFF, Johann on 7 Apr 1911 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA. Johann was born in 1861 in Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 8/7/1951

Louise Kandt
Two daughters and two sons are
heirs Under the will of Louise Kandt,
Lockport, which has been admitted
to probate. They are Erma Henning,
124 John street, and Agnes Meier.
229 Niagara street Otto W. Kandt,
236 Willow street, and Edward W.
Kandt, 256 Willow sreet. Letters testamentary
were issued to the son,
Otto. Mrs. Kandt died June 25 leaving
an estate listed as $1,000 and
upwards personal property

Louisa married KANDT, Carl August David on 17 Feb 1884 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Carl (son of KANDT, Karl Wilhelm Gottfried and LOGE, Wilhelmine Auguste Christine) was born on 30 Sep 1861 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Jun 1925 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 12/9/1940

LOCKPORT-A stepdaughter, Ila
D. Martin, town of Newfane, la
principal beneficiary under the will
ot-former Supervisor Edward H.
Williams, Lockport, which has been*
admitted to probate by Surrogate
Raymond A. Knowles.
Mr. Williams left $25 to a stepson,
William H. Williams, R. F. D.
1, Lockport. and a gold watch
which had belonged to his mother"
to a grandson. Daniel Robert Hennlng,
124 John street. Surrogate
Knowles issued letters testamentary
to the stepdaughter, who will
receive the balance.
Mr. Williams died Oct. 1, leaving
an estate listed as $1000 and upwards
realty and $500 and upwards
personal property.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/1/1922

John Williams, 65 years, old a lifelong
resident of the town of Wheatfield,
died yesterday. The funeral
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock from the late residence, Ward
road, and half an hour later from St.
John's church. Rev. Walter Thiemecke
officiating. Burial will be in the
Lutheran cemetary, Niagara Falls
boulevard. Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Charles Achterberg, Pickanls
Bridge; Mrs. Louis Holland and Mrs.
Louise Newman of North Tonawanda;
four sons, William F.. Alvin. Edmund
and Walter Williams of St. Johnsburg;
three sisters, Mrs. Christ Ziemendoif
ot St. Johnsburg. Mrs. Henry Bruning
of Royalton and Mrs. Herman Holland
of Erie, Pa. and four brothers. William
Williams of Portland Ore., Gustav
Williams of Royalton, Henry Williams
of Barker and Phillip Williams of
Shawnee.

Johannes married VOELKER, Augusta Wilhelmine Louise about 1905. Augusta (daughter of VOELKER, Philipp Johann and Caroline Katherine) was born on 28 May 1869 in Plowen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 10 Jun 1909 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married RUNGE, Bertha Louise Emilie on 11 Apr 1880. Bertha was born on 21 Jun 1860 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 25 Jul 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Former Resident Dies in Oregon
Word Is Received Here of Recent Death of William Williams
BERGHOLTZ. April 6.-Word has been received of the death of William Williams, who died in Oregon, recently. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Williams of St. Johnsburg. He is the father of Miss Lydia Williams of Niagara Falls, La Salle Section. and Emil Williams of California. He was well-known in this vicinity.

Wilhelm married WILLIAMS, Martha Maria Magdalena on 12 Feb 1882 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Martha (daughter of WILLIAMS, Johann Jr and HAMMEL, Anna Maria Charlotte) was born on 5 Apr 1864 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Sep 1939 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

30 April 1953 Tonawanda News
ZIEMENDORF - Mrs. Albertine Ziemendorf, 92, died early Wednesday morning,
April 29, 1953, in her home in Niagara Falls Blvd., Town of Wheatfield,
after a long illness. A lifelong resident of the Town of Wheatfield, she is
survived by two sons, Theodore of Niagara Falls and Alfred of Milwaukee,
Wisc.; 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.
Mathilda Bruening of Akron, N.Y., and Mrs. Amelia Holland of Philadelphia,
Pa. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Fretthold Funeral
Home, 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd., North Tonawanda, and at 2:30 p.m. in St.
John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev. J. Walter Thiemecke will
officiate. Interment will be in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery.

Albertine married ZIEMENDORF, Christian Peter Johannes on 31 Jan 1878 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Christian (son of ZIEMENDORF, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm and KRULL, Marie Ernestine) was born on 11 Aug 1854 in Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Sep 1923 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gustav married BRUNING, Hannah Louise Charlotte about 1898 in Niagara County, NY. Hannah (daughter of BRUENING, Augustus F and HARTWIG, Charlotte F) was born in Apr 1862 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Apr 1935 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amelia married HOLLAND, Herman L about 1906. Herman (son of HOLLAND, Ludwig Johannis and VAUGH, Louise Friedericke) was born in 1878 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 15 Dec 1971 in Royersford, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/6/1947

H. Henry Williams, 80, 165 Kohler
St. died suddenly last night in
his home. Husband of the late
Louise Roberts Williams, he had
worker 28 years for the District
Steam Co. from which he retired
last July because of poor health.
He was a member of Immanuel
Lutheran Church.
He is survived by three sons,
Edward Williams, Thielles, N. Y.;
Robert and Herbert of Tonawanda;
two daughters. Mrs. Esther
Burnett and Mrs. John Brown of
the Tonawandas; three sisters,
Mrs. Christ Ziemendorf. St.
Johnsburg; Mrs, Henry Bruening,
Wolcottsville, N. Y.; Mrs. Herman
Holland, Erie, Pa.; two brothers,
Gustave Williams, Wolcottsville;
Philip Williams, Shawnee;
two grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at 2 p. m. from the
residence and 2:30 from Immanuel
Church. Burial will be in St.
Matthew's cemetery, Falls Blvd.
Rev. Theo. Schroeder will officiate.

H married ROBERT, Louise M A about 1891 in New York. Louise was born about 1872 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 31 Oct 1944 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 7/24/1951

WILLIAMS-In Niagara Falls, July 23,
Philip E. Williams, age 81; husband
of the late Minnie Kline Williams,
father of Mrs. Henry Broeker, and
Mrs. John Benthin of Shawnee. Mrs.
Howard Carp of North Tonawanda..
Mrs, Milo Barber of Snyder. Also
survived by three sisters, Mrs. Christ
Ztemendorf of St. Johnsburg. N. Y.,
Mrs. Henry Bruning of Wolcottsville
Mrs. Herman Holland of Erie. Pa.. 11
grandchildren and several neices and
nephews. Funeral from the home of
his daughter. Mrs. Henry Broeker of
Shawnee, July 26. 2 p. m. Rev. Fred
Young officiating. Interment in Shawnee
cemetery.

Philip married KLINE, Wilhelmine E in 1900 in Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmine (daughter of KLINE, Henry and WEINHEIMER, Katherine) was born in Oct 1874 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 Jan 1931 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/12/1957

MIDDLEPORT-Mrs. Matilda
Williams Bruning, 82, widow of
Henry J. Bruning, Wolcottsville,
died Tuesday night (June 11, 1957)
in Medina Memorial Hospital.
She was born June 28, 1874, in
the Town of Whcatfield and was
married in 1898 and came to reside
in the Town of Royalton.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran
Church of Wolcottsville.
Survivors include four daughters,
Mrs. James Szmak, of Royalton,
Miss Edna Bruning of Wolcottsville,
Mrs. Charles Gillmeister and Mrs.
Elmer L e f f l e r , both of West
Shelby, a son, Edgar Bruning of
Wolcottsville, a sister, Mrs. Herman
Holland of Lansdale, Pa., 12
grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren,
and several nieces and
nephews.
Friends may call at the family
residence in Wolcottsville after
Thursday noon. Funeral services
will be conducted at 2 p.m Saturday
in the Trinity L u t h e r an
Church, the Rev. Herman Ewald
officiating. Burial will be in Royalton
Mountain Ridge Cemetery.

Mathilda married BRUNING, Heinrich Johann on 11 Apr 1898 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Heinrich (son of BRUNING, Henry Daniel Leopold and STAAEK, Mary Sophia Friedericke) was born on 24 Oct 1874 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 May 1929 in Wolcottsville, Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married PFUHL, Auguste Amelie on 18 Nov 1897 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Auguste (daughter of PFUHL, Friedrich Wilhelm and HASELEY, Auguste Ulricke) was born on 31 Jan 1875 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 31 Dec 1951 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emilie married PFUHL, Friedrich Wilhelm on 19 Nov 1896 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Friedrich (son of PFUHL, Friedrich Wilhelm and HASELEY, Auguste Ulricke) was born on 16 Jul 1867 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Jul 1952 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Matilda Pfohl

Dies at Wolcottsville
MIDDLEPORT, N. Y. - Matilda Pfohl, wife of Ferdinand Pfohl died yesterday at her home in the Hasely (sic) road. Wolcottville. She leaves, besides her husband, one daughter, Mrs. George Marks, of Wolcottsville, three grandchildren, one great grandchild, and two brothers, William and, Philippineslip Williams, of Wallmore (sic). Funeral Services will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at the home and at 2:30 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Wolcottsville. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran cemetery

Ottilie married PFUHL, Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand on 21 Jun 1894 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Friedrich (son of PFUHL, Ferdinand Wilhelm and MILLEVILLE, Marie Auguste) was born on 4 Dec 1868 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Nov 1951 in Town of Royalton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

WILLIAMS - In Buffalo, NY; October 23, Rudolph J. aged 65 years; brother to William and Phillip Williams of Walmore. N. Y„ and Mrs. Ferdinand Pfohl of Wolcottsville, N. Y. Funeral from the home of his brother. William Williams of Lockport Road. Sunday. October 23. at 2 p.m. and at 2.30 from St. Peter's Church in Walmore, the Rev. Edward Grabau officiating. Interment in Walmore cemetery.

Notes:

NF Gazette

Cambria Man Stricken Doing Farm Work Dies
SANBORN-Arthur E. G. Williams, 64, of 6048 Baer Road, died Monday (March 6, 1967) after suffering an apparent heart attack while at work on his Town of Cambria farm.
Mr. Williams was born in Sanborn and had operated a farm in the area most of his life. He also had been employed 15 years at Norton's Laboratory in Lockport. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lockport. He is survived by his widow, the former Alvina Wittcopp; three sons, Rev. Edwin Williams, Wall, S.D.; Roger Williams, Newfane, and Richard Williams, North Tonawanda; a daughter, Mrs. David (Kathryn) Rhoadhouse, Gasport, and two brothers, Rev. Walter Williams, Maumee, OH, and Melvin Williams, Ransomville. Mr. Williams is also survived by four sisters, Mrs. Edwin (Alice) Beutel, and Mrs. Alfred (Martha) DeVantier, both of Sanborn; Mrs. William (Josephine) Buerger, Bcrgholtz, and, Mrs. James (Esther) Holladay, Charlotteville, Va., five grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. in Trinity Lutheran Church, Lockport, Rev. Ernest E. Heuer officiating. Friends may call at Pike and Jones Funeral Home, Sanborn, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and noon until 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery. The family said contributions to the Organ Memorial Fund, Trinity Lutheran Church, Lockport, would be acceptable as tributes.

Arthur married WITTCOPP, Alvina Louise on 22 Nov 1928 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Alvina (daughter of WITTCOPP, Albert Christian and MEYERS, Louise Hulda Malvine) was born on 28 Aug 1907 in Niagara County, NY; died on 13 Dec 1972 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buffalo News, The (NY) - July 25, 1989
Alice R. Beutel, 85, formerly of Lockport Road, died Monday (July 24, 1989) in the Niagara Lutheran Home, Buffalo.
The former Alice R. Williams was a lifelong resident of Wheatfield until she moved to Buffalo four years ago. She was a member of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church of Walmore and the church Women's Circle. She was a former member of the Wheatfield Senior Citizens.
Her husband, Edwin W. Beutel, died in 1974.
Survivors include seven sons, Dr. Eugene of Camp Hill, Pa., Dr. Allen of LaJolla, Calif., Kenneth of North Tonawanda, the Rev. LeRoy of Arlington, Va., the Rev. Donald of Baltimore, Edwin W. Jr. and James; three daughters,Beatrice Lane of Albany, Audrey Matarrese of Rolling Meadows, ILl., and Jeannette Kroening; two sisters, Esther Holladay of Venice, Fla., and Martha DeVantier; a brother, the Rev. Walter F. Williams of Perrysburg, OH; 33 grandchildren, and 34 great-grandchildren.
Prayers will be said at 9 P.M. Wednesday in the Rhoney Funeral Home, 5893 Hoover Road. Services will be scheduled Thursday in St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church. Burial will be in St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery, Wheatfield

Alice married BEUTEL, Edwin William on 27 Nov 1926 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Edwin (son of BEUTEL, Wilhelm Herrmann and RETZLAFF, Amalie Elizabeth Louise) was born on 1 Feb 1900 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 9 Jul 1974 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette
Josephine E. Buerger St. James Church member.
WHEATFIELD - Josephine E. Buerger, 78, of the Town of Wheatfield, died Sunday (Sept. 30, 1984) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. A former resident of Bergholtz (sic), she was a member of St. James Lutheran Church and the Women of the Church. She was the wife of the late William H. Buerger, who died in 1982. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Lorraine) Taylor of Connecticut and Mrs. Gordon (Helen) Voelker of West Virginia; a son, William E. Buerger of the Town of Wheatfield; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Edwin (Alice) Beutel and Mrs. Alfred (Martha) DeVantier of Sanborn and Mrs. James (Esther) Holladay of Florida; and a brother, the Rev. Walter Williams of Ohio. She was the sister of the late Arthur and Melvin Williams. Friends may call at the Fretthold Funeral Home. 1241 Oliver St., North Tonawanda, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at St. James Lutheran Church. Bergholtz (sic), with burial at St. James Lutheran Cemetery.

Josephine married BUERGER, Wilhelm Albert Herman on 8 Feb 1927 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelm (son of BUERGER, William Friedrich and LANG, Emilie L) was born on 26 Oct 1905 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Apr 1982 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette
Esther W. Holladay
Former Niagara resident Esther W. Holladay, 92, of Venice, Florida, died on February 23, 2001 in Venice, Florida. She was born on April 1, 1908 in Sanborn, N.Y. and came to Venice, Fla. from Charlottesville, Virginia in 1978. She attended St. Peter's Lutheran Parochial School, Walmore Rd, Town of Niagara, N.Y. and public school in the Town of Wheatfield Sanborn, N.Y. and graduated from North Tonawanda high school. In 1926, she graduated as a Registered Nurse from Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and 1934 she attended Niagara University. She was also a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Venice, Fla. Survivors include her nephew, Rev. Dr. Eugene W. Beutel of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania; her two nieces, Lorraine Taylor of Portland, Connecticut and Helen Marie Voelker of Martinsburg, West Virginia; eighteen other nephews and eight nieces. She was preceded in death by her father, Edward H. Williams and her mother, Auguste Schultz. Funeral services Wednesday, February 28, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Other services and burial will be in Louisa, Virginia. Donations in her memory may be made to Emmanuel Lutheran Church at 800 South Tamiami Trail, Venice, Florida 34285. Arrangements by Farley Funeral Home.

Esther married HOLLADAY, James Albert on 28 Nov 1939 in New York. James was born in 1873; died in Oct 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rev. Walter F. Williams
Past Falls Man Was Lutheran Pastor
MAUMEE, Ohio - Services were held Nov. 16 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Maumee, Ohio, for the Rev. Walter F. Williams, 78, a former Niagara County resident. Burial was in Fort Meigs Cemetery, Ohio. Williams died Nov. 6, 1989, at St. Luke's Hospital, Perrysburg, Ohio. Born in Sanborn, he was the son of Edward and Augusta Schultz Williams. He held a B.A. from Capital University, Columbus, Ohio; M.A. from Niagara University; and B.D. from the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Ohio. Before entering the seminary, he worked as a cost accountant for Electro Metallurigical (sic-sp) Co. in Niagara Falls. Williams was pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church from 1953 to 1974 when he retired. He had also served as pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Berlin, Wisc., and St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Defiance, Ohio. Survivors include his wife, Ruth E. Schultz Williams; sons, the Rev. Philip Williams of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Stephen Williams of Cleveland, Ohio; four grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. James (Esther) Holladay of Florida and Mrs. Alfred (Martha) DeVantier of Sanborn. He was the brother of the late Arthur Williams, Melvin Williams, Mrs. Ed (Alice) Beutel Sr. and Mrs. William (Josephine) Buerger Sr.. all of Sanborn.

Walter married SCHULTZ, Ruth Eleonore on 14 Aug 1937 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Ruth (daughter of SCHULTZ, Phillip Johannes Eduard and MOLL, Elizabeth Martha Christine) was born on 5 Mar 1906 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 15 Aug 1999 in Gibsonia, Allegheny County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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WILLIAMS - Melvin, at his home 3903 Daniels Rd., Wilson, Friday, Dec. 30th, 1977. Surviving are his wife Elizabeth; 3 sons, Douglas M. of Torrance, California, Thomas D, of Ransomville, and Timothy E. of Lockport, 3 daughters, Patricia Hartz of Lockport, Nancy Volls and Elizabeth Bodie, both of Ransomville, 1 brother Rev. Walter Williams of Bradenton, Florida; 4 sisters, Alice Beutel of Sanborn, Josephine Buerger of Bergholtz, Esther Holliday of Charlottsville, Va., and Martha DeVantier of Sanborn, and 18 grandchildren. He was predeceased by a brother Arthur Williams. Friends may call at THE HAMILTON & CLARK Funeral Chapel, Wilson, where the family will be present Saturday and Sunday 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. Funeral services at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Northridge, Monday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. David Musall officiating. Interment in the Lutheran Cemetery at Northridge. Memorials to the St. Peter Lutheran Church Building fund gratefully accepted.

Melvin married JAGOW, Elizabeth Louise on 4 Sep 1934 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Elizabeth (daughter of JAGOW, Friedrich Wilhelm and HOFFMEISTER, Lydia Magdalena) was born on 3 Oct 1915 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 May 2015 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo News, The (NY) - July 8, 1998
Martha W. De Vantier of Franklin Street, a homemaker who had enjoyed raising African violets, died Tuesday (July 7, 1998) in CrestWood Health Care Center, Wheatfield, after a lengthy illness. She was 82.
The former Martha Williams was born in Wheatfield and was a 1934 graduate of Niagara Falls High School.
She was a member of St. James Lutheran Church in Bergholz.
Mrs. De Vantier enjoyed cooking, sewing and spending time with her grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Alfred A.; two sons, the Rev. Peter A. of Wellsboro, Pa., and Frederic; a sister, Esther Holiday of Venice, Fla.; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 A.M., Friday in St. James Lutheran Church, 2437 Niagara Road, Bergholz. Burial will be in St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Wheatfield.

Martha married DEVANTIER, Alfred A on 14 May 1938 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Alfred (son of DEVANTIER, Albert Ferdinand and WILLIAMS, Alma Elisabeth Wilhelmine) was born on 7 Nov 1913 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Nov 2002 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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LOCKPORT - An officer in the Henry Hubbs Hotels Inc., Karl D. Williams, 54, of 714 East Ave., died Sunday. (Feb. 13, 1966) at Mount View Hospital after a long illness. Mr. Williams was born Aug. 28, 1911 in Lockport, son of Albert and Eleanor Williams. He was a graduate of Lockport High School and Union College. He served as vice president and treasurer of the hotel corporation which operates Henry Hubbs Hotel in Niagara Falls. Mr. Williams also was associated with Williams Bros. Department Store here for many years. He was in the U.S. Army transportation corps during World War II and served two years in England. He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, Lockport, Town and Country Club, Lockport Elks Club and Olcott Yacht Club. Survivors include his widow, the former Elsie Fraser; a brother, Ernst A. Williams, of Lockport. and a niece. Services will be held at 10a.m. Wednesday at Prudden and Kandt Funeral Bros. Home. Very Rev. L. Russell Foster, of Grace Episcopal Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Cold Springs Cemetery.
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Karl D. Williams of Lockport, NY Sunday, Feb 13, 1966. Husband of Elsie, brother of Ernst A. and uncle of Ann F. Williams, all of Lockport. Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 o'clock at the Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee St., Lockport, where funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment in Cold Springs Cemetery, Lockport
Niagara Gazette - 2/14/1966

WILLIAMS-Karl D. Williams of Lockport,
N.Y., Sunday, Feb. 10, 1966.
Husband of Elsie, brother of Ernst A.
and uncle of Ann F. Williams, all of
Lockport. Friends may call from 2-4
and 7-9 o'clock at the Prudden and
Kandt Funeral Home, .242 Genesee St.,
. Lockport, where funeral services will
be held Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock. Interment In Cold Springs
Cemetery, Lockport

Family/Spouse: FRASER, Elsie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Christine F. Pfohl
Lewiston native worked on the family farm
WHEATFIELD-Christine F. (Haseley) Pfohl, 92, of Lockport Road, died Friday (Oct. 17, 1997) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston. She was born Oct. 6, 1905, in the Town of Lewiston, the daughter of Eduard and Ella (Williams) Haseley. She attended Niagara Falls High School and graduated from the Kelly Business Institute. She married Sigmund J. Pfohl on May 16, 1937. He died in 1968. She worked on the family fruit and dairy farm in the Town of Lewiston, where she packed apples in barrels that were shipped to England. Mrs. Pfohl was a lifelong active member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church and a charter member and past president of the Historical Society of North German Settlements in Western New York. She is survived by a daughter, Sylvia Dobbertean of Niagara Falls; a son, Edgar Pfohl of Littleton, Colo.; a sister, Elizabeth Milleville of Niagara Falls; seven grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews. She was the mother of the late Ellen Pfohl and the sister of the late Erwin Haseley and Ruth Haseley. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the DuBois Funeral Home, 2436 Niagara Road, Bergholz. The Rev. Allen Griep will conduct services at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Walmore Road. Internment will be in the church cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter's Lutheran Church Entrance Fund or to the Historical Society.

Buffalo News, The (NY) - October 18, 1997
Christine F. Pfohl, 92, died Friday (Oct. 17, 1997) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a brief illness. The former Christine Haseley was born in Lewiston. She commuted by train to attend Niagara Falls High School, and also graduated from Kelley Business Institute. She worked on her family's fruit and dairy farm in Lewiston. She helped pack apples into barrels for shipment to England. She married Sigmund J. Pfohl May 16, 1937. He died in 1968. Mrs. Pfohl was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, and a charter member and past president of the Historical Society of North German Settlements in Western New York. Survivors include a son, Edgar of Littleton, CO.; a daughter, Sylvia Dobbertean of Niagara Falls; a sister, Elizabeth Milleville of Niagara Falls; seven grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. Services are scheduled for 11 A.M. Monday in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 6168 Walmore Road. Burial will be in the church cemetery

Christine married PFOHL, Sigmund Johannes Nathaniel on 20 May 1937 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Sigmund (son of PFUHL, Johannes Benjamin and FAHRENWALD, Eleonore Henriette) was born on 5 Nov 1901 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 May 1968 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Haseley-Suddenly in Ransomville, N. Y., Oct. 20. 1962. Erwin J. Haseley of 2000 Saunders Settlement Road, Town of Lewiston. Husband of Edna Kroening Haseley. Father of Ernest E. Haseley and Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Grose, all of the Town of Lewiston and Mrs. James (Gretchen) Plough of Batavia; Brother of Mrs. Sigmund Pfohl and Mrs. Martin Milleville of Town of Lewiston. Friends may call at the Pike & Jones Funeral Home Inc., Hoover Road, Sanborn, after 7 p.m. today. Rev. Donald G. Rehkopf will conduct services on Monday in the funeral Home at 2 p.m. and at 2:30 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Walmore Road. Interment in St. Peter's Cemetery. Memorials donations may be made to St. Peter's Lutheran Church.
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Farmer fatally Stricken
SANBORN-Erwin G. Haseley, 55, of 2000 Saunders Settlement Rd., well known Niagara County farmer, died today (Oct. 20, 1962) at Ransomville General Hospital about an hour after suffering a heart attack at his home.
A lifelong resident here, Mr. Haseley was a son of Edward L. and Ella Williams Haseley. He was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Walmore and an active worker in the church brotherhood. He was a member of the Niagara County Farm Bureau and of the Extension Service. He was an exempt member of Sanborn Volunteer Fire Co.
Surviving are his widow, Edna Kroening Haseley; 1 son, Ernest E. Haseley, who lives next door; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Grose who also lives in Saunders Settlement Road, and, Mrs. James (Gretchen) Plough, Batavia; and two sisters, Mrs. Sigmund Pfohl and Mrs. Martin Milleville, both Town of Lewiston.
Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the Pike and Jones Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, followed by another service at 2:30 p.m. at St. Peter's Church by Rev. Donald G. Rehkopf. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery.

Erwin married KROENING, Edna Augusta Louise on 12 May 1932 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Edna (daughter of KROENING, William Carl August and PFUHL, Bertha Elizabeth) was born on 25 Aug 1906 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Aug 2002 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo News, The (NY) - March 22, 2001
Services for Elizabeth C. Milleville, a longtime homemaker, will be held at 11 A.M. Friday in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 6168 Walmore Road, Wheatfield. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Milleville, 88, died Tuesday (March 20, 2001) in CrestWood Health Care Center.
Born Elizabeth Haseley in Lewiston, she attended local schools. She was a homemaker much of her adult life and enjoyed making quilts for Lutheran World Relief.
Her husband, Martin G., died in 1998.
Survivors include a son, James of Plymouth, Mich.; three daughters, Susan Dunbar of Aurora, OH, Marilyn Ruppel of Kenmore and Carol Moll of Bergholz; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren

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Niagara Gazette
Elizabeth C. Milleville Quilter for Lutheran World Relief
Elizabeth C. (Haseley) Milleville, 88, of the Town of Lewiston, died March 20, 2001, in Crestwood Health Care Center. Born in Lewiston on May 13, 1912, to Edward and Ella (Williams) Haseley. Predeceased by husband Martin G. Milleville on February 6, 1998. Lifelong member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Walmore, were she enjoyed making quilts for Lutheran World Relief. She was a homemaker for her adult life. Survivors include four children: James (Anne) Milleville of Plymouth, Michigan; Susan (Delbert) Dunbar of Aurora, Ohio; Marilyn (Irv) Ruppel of Kenmore; Carol (Len) Moll of Bergholz; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was also predeceased by a brother, Erwin Haseley, and a sister, Christine Pfohl. Friends may call Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the DuBois Funeral Home, 2436 Niagara Road, Bergholz in Wheatfield. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Bruce Gamaché on Friday at 11 a.m. in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Walmore Rd., Wheatfield. Interment in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Peter's Lutheran Church or to Lutheran World Relief.

Elizabeth married MILLEVILLE, Martin Gerhard on 10 Oct 1936 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Martin (son of MILLEVILLE, Johannes Wilhelm and MILLEVILLE, Helene Elizabeth) was born on 7 Nov 1907 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 Feb 1998 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Falls Gazette, Oct 12, 1940
RUTH HASELEY, 7 old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Haseley, of the Saunders Settlement road, met a tragic death 15 years ago today when she was run over by an automobile in front of her home. The child and her small sister. Elizabeth, had ridden home from school on a motor truck driven by their uncle, Chris Haseley. When they reached home, Ruth jumped from the truck into the path of a car driven by Professor J B. Dandeno. of Toronto, Ont.. and was instantly killed before the horrified eyes of her sister and her uncle. Besides her parents and sister, she was survived by a brother Edwin.

Elizabeth married VOIGHT, Rev Paul Gerhardt on 10 Nov 1937 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Paul was born on 25 May 1908 in New York; died on 29 Sep 1997 in Holley, Orleans County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BACHMAN, Rosica. Rosica was born on 3 Oct 1906; died in Nov 1973 in New York, New York County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ZEISEL, Ilse. Ilse (daughter of ZEISEL, John and Annie) was born on 21 Aug 1909 in NJ; died on 6 May 1999 in Trenton, Mercer County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Margaret (Peggy) Joy (Williams) Dickinson, age 92, of Darien, IL, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at St Patrick's Residence in Naperville, IL, where she had resided for the last two years. Born in Lockport, NY on November 28, 1916, she was the eldest daughter of Robert A. and Ella R. Williams of the Lockport department store, Williams Brothers.She was a lifelong resident of Lockport, only moving to the Chicago area in her later years. In 1940, she married Harry M. Dickinson, also a lifelong resident of Lockport. She graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a major in retailing. Peggy worked for many years as a buyer of women's accessories and notions for Williams Brothers, the family-owned store. During her career, Peggy worked for three major department stores in the Lockport/Buffalo area, retiring at the age of 74.An active member of Grace Episcopal Church, she was a member of the altar guild and a volunteer in the thrift shop. While attending Lockport High School, she and her friends formed a bridge club and played monthly bridge games for over 70 years. An avid reader, she read five or more books each week. She was a devoted mother to her daughter, Pamela.She is survived by her daughter, Pamela Quinlan of Darien, IL; a grandson, George A. Quinlan III of Elmhurst, IL; two granddaughters, Amy Centeno of Jolliet, IL, and Dana LaVoie of Chicago, IL; a grandson and five great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Harry M. Dickinson; sisters, Nancy G. Williams and Jean W. Russell; and brothers, Robert Williams and James Williams. A Memorial Service was held on April 25, 2009 at St. Patrick's Residence in Naperville, IL

Margaret married DICKINSON, Harry M in 1940. Harry was born on 28 Oct 1915; died in Nov 1979 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: RUSSELL, David Lawson. David was born on 1 Apr 1921; died on 15 May 1996 in Athens, Athens County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: KRACKE, William. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 25, 2001
James Rennick Williams, president of Williams Brothers department store in downtown Lockport, died Thursday (Sept. 20, 2001) in his Lockport home after a brief illness. He was 77.
Williams was born in Lockport and lived most of his life here and in New York City.
A Marine Corps veteran of World War II, he graduated from Princeton University in 1947.
He began his career in retailing at B. Altman & Co. in New York City, where he met and married Joan P. Pettit.
Upon his return to Lockport in 1949, he and his father, Robert, acquired Williams Brothers County, the family department store on Main Street founded in 1868.
Williams served as president of the company until 1974, when the store closed.
He was active in civic affairs and organizations in Lockport, serving as president of the Eastern Niagara Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club.
In 1971, Williams was elected president of the National Retail Merchants Association in New York City. He served in that office until 1990. During his tenure, he was successful in expanding the association's membership nationally and internationally. He presided over major retailing world conferences in London, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Sydney and over the association's annual conventions in New York City.
Williams testified frequently on behalf of the retail industry before committees of Congress. He was also active in the development of the Princeton University campus store.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two sons, James R. of Cloverdale, Calif., and Robert M. of Buffalo; a sister, Margaret W. Dickinson of Chicago; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services are private

Family/Spouse: PETTIT, Joan P. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married ALLARD, Edward Floyd on 10 Dec 1920 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Edward (son of ALLARD, Silas J and DUBOIS, Ernestine F) was born on 29 Feb 1892 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 6 May 1944 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]