WITKOP, William August Johann

1874 - 1949  (75 years)

• Name	WITKOP, William August Johann
  Birth	4 Jul 1874	Tonawanda, Erie County, NY
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Dec 1949	North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY
  Person ID	I55288	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	WITKOP, Christian Friedrich,   b. 8 Feb 1847, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 18 Feb 1929, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY (Age 82 years)
  Mother	BLUHM, Wilhelmine Fredericka,   b. Jan 1848, Menkin, Brandenburg, Germany d. Oct 1928, Pekin, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY (Age ~ 80 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1869	Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY
  Family ID	F7588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HEUER, Julia Elizabeth,   b. Sep 1879, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 23 Apr 1957, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt Dec 1899	Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY
  Notes	North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/1/1939 Mr. and Mrs. William Witkop of 27 Stenzel Street were pleasantly surprised last evening by large number of relatives and friends the occasion being their fortieth wedding anniversary. The Rev. Louis Heuer of Bergholtz, brother of Mrs. Witkop, gave an appropriate talk appro priate to the occasion. The evening was spent in playing games. Four children and five grandchildren of the couple were present. The children are Mrs. Bernard Moll, Mrs. Ruth Ziehm, William Witkop and Fred Witkop. Mrs. Phillip Schultz of Niagara Falls, was one of the guests. She was a bridesmaid at the wedding which took place in St. Johns church, St. Johnsburg in 1899. Later In the evening luncheon was served to thirty-two guests.
  Children	1. WITKOP, Josephine Ema Elsie,   b. 14 Oct 1904, New York d. 12 Feb 1989 (Age 84 years)   2. WITKOP, Frederick W,   b. 6 Dec 1906, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY d. 27 Oct 1984, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 77 years)   3. WITKOP, William John,   b. 15 Dec 1908, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY d. Feb 1983, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 74 years)   4. WITKOP, Ruth Bernice,   b. 16 Mar 1911, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 30 Jan 1997, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F19971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• 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.