MESSING, Frederick

1834 - 1914  (80 years)

• Name	MESSING, Frederick
  Birth	Oct 1834	Prussia
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Nov 1914	North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY
  Person ID	I60806	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	MESSING, Theodore Sebastian,   b. 1810, Saxony, Sachsen, Germany d. 1878, New York (Age 68 years)
  Mother	KLEIN, Elisabetha Margaretha,   b. 11 Jan 1810, Saxony, Sachsen, Germany d. 6 Jul 1900, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	31 Mar 1835
  Family ID	F7694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PINGEL, Mary A,   b. 1840, Germany d. 30 Aug 1905, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (Age 65 years)
  Children	1. MESSING, Bertha,   b. 8 Aug 1863, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 26 Dec 1935, Ransomville, Niagara County, NY (Age 72 years)   2. MESSING, Cora,   b. Abt 1865, New York d. Yes, date unknown   3. MESSING, Caroline,   b. Abt 1868, New York d. Yes, date unknown   4. MESSING, Anna,   b. Apr 1870, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 21 Feb 1949, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 78 years)   5. MESSING, Gusty R,   b. Abt 1874, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F20118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary from Tonawanda News STROKE CAUSES DEATH OF FREDERICK MESSING Frederick Messing, eighty years old, died at the home of Supervisoe William H. Kinzly at No. 260 Payne avenue this morning. He sustained a stroke of paralysis last Thursday morning which caused his death. Mr. Messing was born in Germany. He came to America when he was eighteen years old and located in the Town of Wheatfield. That part of the town in which he lived later became a part of the city of North Tonawanda. Mr. Messing retired as a farmer many years ago and was making his home with his daughter, Mrs. William H. Kinzly, at the time of his death. He was a charter member of the St. Peter's church on Oliver St. Besides Mrs. Kinzley, the deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles Proefrock of North Tonawanda and Mrs. Henry Andrees of Ransomville, one sister, Mrs. William Schnell of Sawyer Creek, and one brother, Bernard Messing of Milwaukee, eleven grandchildren and five great grand children. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the late residence and at 2:30 from the St. Peter's church, Rev. Westerman officiating. Burial will be in the Messing cemetery at Sawyer's Creek.