ZIEHL, Louis Anton Gottfried
1893 - 1981 (87 years)-
Name ZIEHL, Louis Anton Gottfried Birth 7 Sep 1893 Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY 
Gender Male Death 5 Sep 1981 North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY Person ID I62690 Laur from Germany Last Modified 10 Jul 2017
Father ZIEHL, Ferdinand Friedrich, b. 28 Aug 1867, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 4 Dec 1945, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 78 years) Mother GROSSKOPF, Augusta Louise, b. 21 May 1868, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 31 May 1930, Buffalo, Erie County, NY (Age 62 years) Marriage 1889 Family ID F21758 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WATERSTRAT, Margaret I, b. 17 Jul 1898, New York d. 1 Dec 1975, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 77 years) Marriage 21 Apr 1920 Tonawanda, Erie County, NY Notes - Niagara Gazette - 4/22/1970
NORTH TONAWANDA -
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Ziehl,
27 Jackson Ave., marked their
50th w e d d i n g anniversary
Tuesday.-
The former. Miss Margaret
Waterstrat and Mr. Ziehl
were married April 21, 1920,
in Emmanual L u t h e r an
Church, Tonawanda, by the
Rev. H. E. Jacobs.
They owned and operated
a grocery, meat and
hardware store in Niagara
Falls Boulevard (Martinsville
section) until 1945.
The couple has one
daughter, Mrs. Edwin
(Marion) Gau, this city, and
five grandchildren.
Among those attending a
dinner party at the Town Club
of the Tonawandas were
members of the couple's
bridal party.
ALSO
North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/22/1920
T h e m a r r i a g e of Miss Margaret
W a t e r s t r a t . d a u g h t e r of Mr. and Mrs.
N o r m a n W a t e r d t r a t of W i l l i am s t r e e t.
t o Mr Louis A. Ziehl took place last
e v e n i n g at eight o'clock at Emmanuel
L u t h e r a n church. Rev. Henry J a c o bs
of M a r t i n s v i l l e performed the ceremony
The a t t e n d a n t s were Miss
H e l e n a J a n k e and Mr. A r t h u r Waterstrat.
After the c e r e m o n y a wedding
s u p p e r was s e r v e d at t h e b r i d e s home
at 121 W i l l i am s t r e e t . Mr. and M r s .
Ziehl left for a short s t a y in New York
a n d will be at home in 121 William
street.
Children 1. ZIEHL, Marion, b. 9 Dec 1925, New York d. 6 Dec 2010, Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY (Age 84 years)Family ID F29760 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
- Niagara Gazette - 4/22/1970
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Notes - North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/7/1981
Funeral services are scheduled
Tuesday for Louis A. Ziehl, a
lifelong North Tonawanda resident
who would have celebrated his 88th
birthday today.
Ziehl died Saturday at DeGraff
Memorial Hospital after an apparent
heart attack.
A recipient of the Purple Heart in
World War I, he was a past
commander of the 78th Division,
Veteran, Association of Western
New York.
A member of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church. Ziehl operated Ziehl's
Grocery and Hardware Store in the
Martinsville area of North Tonawanda
from 1919 to 1945, when he
sold the business.
Ziehl also was a 59-year member
of American Legion Post 264 of
Tonawanda and was a life member
of Rescue Volunteer Fire Company
No 5.
Ziehl lived in his home until the
day he was stricken.
The husband of the late Margaret
Waterstrat Ziehl, he is survived by
a daughter. Marion Gau. He was
the brother of Rose Wright of
Grand Island, Mrs. Roman
(Matilda) Beiter of Niagara Falls,
Doris Hosmer of North Tonawanda,
Mrs Carl (Clara) Schoelles of
Wendelville, Mildred Ziehl of North
Tonawanda, the late Ida Ensm-
inger and the late Carl Ziehl. Ziehl
also had five grandchildren, several
nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends
today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
and from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday
at the Brunner Funeral Home, 156
Robinson St., North Tonawanda.
Services from St. Paul's Lutheran
Church are slated for 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday.
- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/7/1981