WILLIAMS, Johannes Ferdinand August
1874 - 1946 (72 years)-
Name WILLIAMS, Johannes Ferdinand August Birth 22 Aug 1874 Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY 
Gender Male Death 3 Nov 1946 Lockport, Niagara County, NY Person ID I53978 Laur from Germany Last Modified 29 Jul 2020
Father WILLIAMS, Ferdinand August, b. 11 Dec 1851, Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany d. 6 Mar 1938, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 86 years) Mother WALK, Eldice Lydia Magdalene, b. 2 Feb 1850, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 22 Oct 1923, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (Age 73 years) Marriage 27 Nov 1873 Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY Family ID F17111 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 BALDWIN, Edith M, b. Abt 1877, New York d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Abt 1903 Children 1. WILLIAMS, Herbert B 2. WILLIAMS, May E d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F19413 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Nov 2025
Family 2 MCNEIL, Caroline R Family ID F19414 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Nov 2025
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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.
- Niagara Gazette - 11/4/1946