Family/Spouse: Sophia Anna. Sophia was born in 1784 in Plowen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died on 9 Nov 1857 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WITTKOPF, Christian. Christian was born on 3 Mar 1811 in Prussia; died on 22 Sep 1882 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1860 Census - in Royalton with parents as Witcop
1870 Census - in Wheatfield as Christa Witcap
1900 Census - lived next door to Puckelwaldt

Niagara Gazette - 2/19/1929

CHRISTIAN WITKOP DIES
Was 82 Years Old: Funeral Will Be
Held Thursday, Burial In Mount View.
SANBORN. Feb. 19.—Christian F.
Witkop, aged 82, died at the home of
his son. August Witkop. on the Moun-
tain road late yesterday of apoplexy.
He Is survived by one daughter. Mrs.
Emma Strasburg, of North Tonawanda.
three sons, August C. Witkop of' Pekin.
William and Albert Witkop of North
Tonawanda. one brother. Henrv Wlt-
kop. of Pekln. Funeral will be held
from the home of his son, August, on
Thursday at 2 p.m. and 2:30 from St.
Andrews church. Rev. Schmidt will
offlclate. Burial will be at Mountain
View cemetery at Pekln, N. Y,

Christian married BLUHM, Wilhelmine Fredericka on 23 Nov 1869 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelmine (daughter of BLUHM, Christoph and MITTZLAFF, Dorothea Louise) was born in Jan 1848 in Menkin, Brandenburg, Germany; died in Oct 1928 in Pekin, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married KRULL, Christian August on 18 Apr 1872 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Christian (son of KRULL, Friedrich) was born on 16 Dec 1846; died on 7 Oct 1908. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 10/24/1928

PEKIN, Oct. 24 - A double funeral
that of Mrs. Fredericka Witkop and
that of Mrs. Augusta Bruce, was held
at the St. Andrew's Evangelical Luth-
eran Church of Pekin, yesterday af-
ternoon. Rev. Charles a. Schmidt of-
ficiated. The services were held for
Mrs. Bruce at 2 o'clock from the home
of her son, Bertram Bruce and at 2:30
o'clock for Mrs. Witkop from the home
of her son, Augustus Witkop. The ser-
vices at the church were conducted
jointly at 3 o'clock.
Friends and relatives had gathered
in great numbers to pay the last re-
spects to the deceased. Floral offer-
ings were many and beautiful.
Mrs. Witkop was ill only three weeks
and succumbed to heart disease and
old age. She was 80 years of age.
She is survived by her husband, three
sons and a daughter.
Mrs. Bruce died Sunday afternoon
after a lingering illness. She was 76
years old. She is survived by two sons
and two daughters.
Mrs. Witkop and Mrs. Bruce were
sisters-in-law and died within 20 hours
of each other.
Interment was in the Lutheran
cemetery of Pekin.

Family/Spouse: BRUCE, Leonard. Leonard was born about 1838 in Cattaraugus County, NY; died on 26 Jan 1911 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christina married RUBBERT, Johann on 28 Sep 1876 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Johann (son of RUBBERT, Charles and GALOW, Dorothea) was born on 6 Mar 1853 in Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died in 1897 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Teresa married WITTKOPF, Wilhelm Carl on 27 Jan 1876 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Wilhelm was born on 18 May 1852 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1860 Census with parents in Royalton
1870 Census with parents in Royalton - Witcap/Witcup
1880 Census with wife, son and father in Wheatfield - Wittkopf
1900 Census with wife and children in Cambria - Wittkopf
1910 Census with wife and Benjamin in Cambria - Witkop
1920 Census with wife on Upper Mountain Road in Cambria - Witkop
1930 Census with wife on Upper Mountain Road in Cambria - Witkop

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/21/1947

Henry A. Wittkopf, 86, died
Sunday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. William Eggert on the
Upper Mountain road, town of
Cambria. He is survived by his
wife, two daughters, Mrs. Eggert
and Mrs. William Stolting of North
Tonawanda; two sons, George
Wittkopf of North Tonawanda and
Benjamin Wittkopf of Sanborn;
22 grandchildren and 34 great
grandchildren. Funeral services
will be held Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock from the
Eggert home. Interment will be
in St. Andrew's cemetery, Pekin,

Heinrich married GRASSMAN, Lydia Marie Auguste on 17 Oct 1878 in Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, Bergholz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Lydia (daughter of GRASSMAN, Wilhelm and ZABEL, Helena Magdalene) was born on 27 Jul 1858 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Jun 1951 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

26 December 1951 Tonawanda News
Mrs. Emma Strassburg
Mrs. Emma Strassburg, 81, died this morning in her home, 63 Stenzil St., after a long illness. Mrs. Strassburg was a lifelong resident of the Tonawandas. She was the mother of Edward, Albert and August Strassburg, Mrs. Arthur Ostwald and Mrs. Edward Berndt, nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren also survive. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. The Rev. Paul E. Fretthold will officiate and burial will be in the Elmlawn Cemetery.

Emma married STRASSBURG, August Friedrich William on 22 Sep 1892 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. August (son of STRASSBURG, Friedrich Wilhelm and WOLF, Caroline Friederike Wilhelmine) was born on 30 Dec 1863 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 May 1927 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1920 Census in NT - Witkof
1930 Census in NT - Witkop

People Finders for William, Jr in 2009 - shows Witkop

William August J. Witkop, 4 Jul 1874, driver for White, G, & Mitchell in North Tonawanda
1918 WW I draft card

8 December 1949 Tonawanda News

William J. Witkop

William J. Witkop, 75, died suddenly in his home, 27 Stenzel St., after suffering a heart attack. Mr. Witkop, a native of Tonawanda, had lived in North Tonawanda 40 years. Survivors include his widow, Julia, nee Heuer; two daughters, Mrs. Bernhardt Moll and Mrs. Albert Jendrian; two sons, Frederick and William J. Jr.; 10 grandchildren, all of North Tonawanda; two brothers, Albert of Tonawanda, August of Pekin, and a sister, Mrs. Emma Strassburg, North Tonawanda. Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St., and at 2:30 p.m. in the St. Marks’s Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul Fretthold will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mark’s Lutheran Cemetery.

William married HEUER, Julia Elizabeth about Dec 1899 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Julia (daughter of HEUER, Heinrich Georg and HOFFMEISTER, Christine Wilhelmine Johanna) was born in Sep 1879 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 Apr 1957 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1900 Census - Albert in Cambria as hired help with the Gould family

Niagara Gazette - 1/20/1965

TONAWANDA-Albert H.
Witkop, 86, died today (Jan.
20, 1965) at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Mildred
Lorenz, at 170 Ellicott Creek
Road.
He was a member of St.
Mark's Lutheran Church and
the Luther Laymen's League.
His wife, Mrs. Anna Grefrath
Witkop died 24 years ago.
Besides Mrs. Lorenz, he is
survived by another daughter,
Mrs. Clarence (Pearl) Moel-
ler, North Tonawanda; four
sons, Walter a., and Edwin
H., both of Wilson, N.Y., How-
ard H. and Martin E. Witkop
both of the Town of Tona-
wanda; 12 grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
Friends may call until 10
a.m. Friday at the Frethold
Funeral Home where services
will be conducted at St.
Mark's Lutheran Church at
2:30 p.m. by Rev. Loren
Shiley. Burial will be in St.
Mathew's Lutheran Cemetery.

Albert married GREFRATH, Anna C on 27 Nov 1901 in Niagara County, NY. Anna (daughter of GREFRATH, William J and KINGZLY, Irene) was born in 1880 in Napoleon, Henry County, OH; died on 7 Nov 1940 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also shown as August Wittkopp

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/3/1962

WITKOP - August C. Witkop,
formerly of Pekin, N.Y., died
Sunday (July 1,1962) at his home,
Tampa, Fla. He is survived by
his wife, Ina, of Tampa; two
sons, George A. of Middleport
N.Y., and Robert R. of Lockport;
a daughter, Mrs. Chester (Carolyn)
Cook of Wilson, N.Y.; a
brother, Albert of Tonawanda; 12
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren,
and several nieces and
nephews. Friends may call Friday
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
at Wallace and Heath Funeral
Home Inc., 38 State St., Middleport,
and Saturday from 2 to 3
p.m. at St. Paul L u t h e r an
Church, 453 Old Falls Blvd.,
North Tonawanda, where funeral
services will be conducted at 3
p.m. Saturday, with the Rev.
Enno A. Schmoock officiating.
Buril in St. Paul Lutheran Cem-
etery.

August married WERTH, Bertha E about 1910. Bertha (daughter of WERTH, William Carl Friedrich and SCHULZ, Bertha Auguste Wilhelmine) was born in Sep 1889 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 23 Jan 1937 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport Union Sun & Journal, Aug. 9, 1937
Louise A., widow of the late Herman Brauer, died suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Klein, Beach Ridge Road, Town of Pendleton, Sunday morning, August 8, 1837. She is survived by three sons, five daughters, Mrs. Minnie Leavy of Buffalo, Mrs. Ernestine Meyer of Wrights Station. Mrs. Augusta Smith of Lockport, Christian Brauer of Norwood, Mass., Miss Marie Brauer of Buffalo, Mrs. Louise Klein, Town of Pendleton, Albert Brauer of Lockport, Herman Brauer of Gettsville, eight grandchildren, also four brothers, three sisters. Funeral services will be held from the Klein residence Wednesday afternoon, August 11th, at 2:15 and from Trinity Lutheran church at three o'clock. Burial in Trinity Lutheran Cold Springs Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: BRAUER, Herman August Carl. Herman (son of BRAUER, Carl Friedrich and CHRISTOPH, Wilhelmine Friedericke Charlotte) was born on 14 Feb 1866 in Barciany, Poland; died on 25 Jun 1909 in Town of Pendleton, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette Feb 13, 1961
Mrs. Schultz Is Dead at 84
PENDLETON - Mrs. Albertine Schultz, 84, of 7357 Townline Road, died Sunday (Feb. 12, 1961) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, after a brief illness. Born in the Town of Wheatfield, Mrs. Schultz resided in the Town of Pendleton for 30 years. She was a member of St. Martin's Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda. Surviving are her husband, Ernest Schultz; three brothers, Henry Krull, North Tonawanda, Chris Krull, Lockport; and Philip Krull, Clarence Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the John O. Roth Funeral Home, Tonawanda, by Rev. Luther Knauff. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Park.

Family/Spouse: SCHULTZ, Ernest. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Heinrich married BLUHM, Rose F about 1903. Rose (daughter of BLUHM, August and SCHULZ, Auguste Alvine Florentine) was born in 1881 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 24 Jun 1967 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married MEHLS, Wanda Hermine on 20 Nov 1904 in Niagara County, NY. Wanda (daughter of MEHLS, Friedrich Carl Wilhelm and BUERGER, Anna E) was born on 21 Oct 1886 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 15 Feb 1966 in Town of Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married SCHENDEL, Emma on 25 Mar 1910 in Niagara County, NY. Emma (daughter of SCHENDEL, Gustav and PROEFROCK, Auguste Wilhelmine) was born on 5 Jul 1892 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Mar 1962 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 2/10/1969

CLARENCE - Philip H.
Krull, 80, of 8930 Tonawanda
Creek Road, Town of Clarence,
died Sunday (Feb. 9, 1969) at
Doctor's Hospital, Tonawanda,
after a long illness.
He was born July 31, 1888
in the Town of Wheatfield, the
son of August and Mary Witkop
Krull. He farmed at the
Tonawanda Creek Road address
for over 50 years and was a
member of the First English
Lutheran Church of Lockport,
and for half a century, was
a member of the Fruit and
Vegetable Growers Association
of Erie County. He was married
to Rosa Schenkel Krull who
died in 1961, shortly after.the
couple had celebrated their 50th
wedding annuversary.
He Is survived by three sons,
Clarence G. Krull of Lockport,
Harold H. Krull-of Sanborn and
George W. Krull of Columbus,
Ohio; six daughters, Mrs. Floyd
(Lydia) Fiegel of Getzville,
Mrs. Harry ( F r a n c e s)
Bachman, Mrs. Herbert (Gertrude)
Matheis and Mrs. Frank'
(Helen) Loiars, all of Lockport,
Mrs. Dorothy Bald of Clarence
Center, and Mrs. Robert (Alice)
Bugenhagen of Gasport; 18
grandchildren, 14 g r e a t -
grandchildren and- s e v e r a l
nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at their
convenience at the L a n g e
Funeral Home, Lockport, from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services
will be held there at 11 a.m.
Wednesday .with the Rev. Dr.
Harry D. Hawthorne officiating.
Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.
The family said donations to
the American Cancer Society
would be acceptable as tributes.

Philip married SCHENDEL, Rosa Alvina on 25 Apr 1909 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Rosa (daughter of SCHENDEL, Gustav and PROEFROCK, Auguste Wilhelmine) was born on 11 Nov 1889 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Apr 1961 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette

NORTH TONAWANDA -
George C. Wittkop, 87; of
Stoelting Road, Cambria, died
Thursday (March 23, 1967) at
DeGraff Memorial Hospital
after a long illness.
Mr. Wittkop, a retired coal
yard operator was a member
of St. Mark's, L u t h e r an
Church.
He is survived by a son Edward
A. Wittkop, of Cambria
and two grandchildren and
four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
conducted at- 2:30 p.m. Saturday
in the Fretthold Funeral
Home, the Rev. Albert W.
Bahr, officiating. Burial will
be in White Chapel Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral
home.

George married WERTH, Emma P on 6 Feb 1902 in Pekin, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Emma (daughter of WERTH, William Carl Friedrich and SCHULZ, Bertha Auguste Wilhelmine) was born in Sep 1881 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Jan 1958 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/5/1932

WITKOP-At Cambria. N. Y. M a r c h 4, 1932.
Edward C. Witkop. husband of Ida; f a t h e r
of Mrs. A l e x a n d e r Goth of Cambria and
Leo and M e l v i n Witkop at home. Funeral
s e r v i c e s will be held from the family resi-
dence Monday, March 7th. at 1 30 and
2 :30 f r om St. Paul's church. Martinsville.
I n t e r m e n t in M a r t i n s v i l l e , N. Y.

Edward married WERTH, Ida M on 21 Apr 1904 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Ida (daughter of WERTH, William Carl Friedrich and SCHULZ, Bertha Auguste Wilhelmine) was born in Feb 1883 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Nov 1952 in Basom, Genesee County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1900 Census with parents in Cambria - Wittkopf
Can't find in later census records

Emilie married RUSS, Friedrich Wilhelm on 16 Sep 1903 in St Andrew Lutheran Church, Pekin, Niagara County, NY. Friedrich (son of RUSS, Johannes and BOHNACKER, Barbara) was born on 12 Aug 1879 in Cullman County, AL; died on 22 Dec 1937 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NORTH TONAWANDA
Mrs. Lydia H. A. Eggert, 79,
of 3716 Moyer Road, Town of
Wheatfield, died today (Feb.
23, 1965) in her home after a
long illness.

She was a life long resident
of the Town of Wheatfield
and a member of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church. She is survived
by her husband, William
J. H. Eggert; a daughter,
Mrs. Raymond (Helen) Forth,
Town of Wheatfield; two sons,
Lester H. Eggert, Mlddleport,
Herbert P. Eggert, Sanborn;
a brother, George Wltkop,
Sanborn.

She was the sister of Elsie
Stoelting who died in January.

Friends may call until 10
p.m. Wednesday at the Roth
Funeral Home. Services will
be conducted at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday In St. Paul's Lutheran
Church by Rev. Enno A.
Schmoock. Burial will be in
Acacia Park Cemetery.

Lydia married EGGERT, William J H about 1907. William was born on 27 Jan 1881 in SD; died in Nov 1980 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1/4/1965

NORTH TONAWANDA-
Mrs. Elsie F. Stoelting, 76, of
1724 Forbes St., died today
(Jan. 4, 1965) in Roswell Park
Memorial Institute, Buffalo,
after an illness of several
weeks.
She had been a lifelong
resident of the Town of
Wehatfield and a member of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
and its Ladies Aid Society.
Her husband, Herman W.
Stoelting, died in 1952.
Survivors I n c l u d e two
daughters, Mrs. Leo Scholz
and Mrs. Leo Peryea, both of
this city; two sons, Clarence
H. Stoelting, Sanborn, and
Allen R. Stoelting, this city;
a sister, Mrs. William Eggert,
and a brother, George Witkop,
both of this city; 15 grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
Friends may call until 10
p.m. Tuesday at the Roth Funeral
Home. Services will be
conducted at St. Paul's Lutheran
Church at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday. Burial will be ln
White Chapel Memorial Park.

Elsie married STOELTING, Herman Wilhelm Johann about 1907 in Niagara County, NY. Herman (son of STOELTING, Otto Leopond and RADLOFF, Auguste Wihelmine) was born on 10 Oct 1875 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 7 Nov 1952 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NF Gazette Dec 7, 1922
Mrs. Louise Wittkop Hasley, 33 years of age died at her home Monday, November
27. She had been ill and a great sufferer for the past two years. She is survived by her husband. Rudolph Hasley and three small children; also three brothers, Edward, George and Ben Wittkop and two sisters. The funeral was held Wednesday, November 29, at the Pekin German church.

Louise married HASELEY, Rudolph Emil on 1 Dec 1909 in Pekin, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Rudolph (son of HASELEY, August Andreas and HELLERT, Auguste Albertine Maria) was born on 10 Jul 1881 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 21 Feb 1956 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1900 Census with parents in Cambria - Wittkopf
1920 Census living next door to parents on Upper Mountain Road in Cambria with wife and children - Witkop
1930 Census living next door to parents on Upper Mountain Road in Cambria with wife and children - Witkop

NF Gazette Jun 12, 1964
B. A. Witkop
SANBORN - Benjamin A. Witkop, 71, of 3045 Upper Mountain Road, this community, died Thursday (June 11, 1964) in Mount View Hospital, Lockport, after a long illness. Born in the Town of Cambria, March 17, 1893, the son of Henry and Augusta Grossman Witkop, he lived all his life on the farm where he was born until the death of his wife, Veronica Gombert Witkop, two years ago. Since that time he made his home with his children. He was employed by the State Highway Department for 20 years and retired eight years ago. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda, and is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Philip Martin and Mrs. William Strothman. both of this community; six sons, Wilbert, Robert, Norman and Kenneth Witkop, this community. Erwin Witkop, Niagara Falls, and James Witkop, North Tonawanda, two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Stoelting and Mrs, Lydia Eggert and a brother George Witkop, all of North Tonawanda; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Pike and Jones Funeral Home,Hoover Road, this community, where services will be conducted at 4:30 p.m., Sunday by Rev. Enno Schmoock. Burial will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery. The family will be present from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Benjamin married GOMBERT, Veronica Alma about 5 Dec 1914 in Niagara County, NY. Veronica (daughter of GOMBERT, Ferdinand Wilhelm Carl and SCHIMSCHACK, Bertha Emilie Auguste) was born on 8 Aug 1894 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 9 Mar 1962 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]