Notes written by Eva HEITMAN LUSS (my paternal grandmother and lifelong resident of South Wales),
from approximately 1914 -1957 in a "Good Wishes Birthday Book".
Most items are handwritten, but some are newspaper clippings.
If there is no year after the date it either means that there was no date listed or that the person was born after 1930.
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Handwritten Notes

Fred KRATT moved on their farm Feb. 28-March 1st, 1900

Mr. & Mrs. John PICKETT married March 20, 1901

May H. HEITMAN & John N. HOLMES, married March 31, 1928 4:30 P.M. Saturday @ 28 Washington St. Bradford, Pa. by Alderman Foley. (Justice of peace)

Timmy & David GOW married June 25, 1947

Vesta & Norm HOWARD June 26, 1937

Oscar & Florence (VOLPE) married April 4, 1934 Wednesday (Note: Eva's brother Oscar HEITMAN)

Harry & Zelda married June 28, 1922 (Note: Eva's brother Harry HEITMAN)

Floyd's baby died Sept. 6, 1918 Buried Sept. 9, 1918 - aged 2 mos. 3 days Born July 3rd 1918 (Note: Floyd was another HEITMAN brother)

Eugene HOLMES died March 21, 1919

Hebert CARPENTER was found killed on the R.R. Sunday A.M. June 12, 1921 and was buried Tues. June 14, 1921 Age 32

Carrie & Clyde TROUST married Nov. 16, 1909

Mr. & Mrs. Henry TROUST married June 29, 1872

Florence (SUTTELL) & Clifford MERLAU married Nov. 17, 1934

Janet FARMS & Buddy HOWARD married May 1956

David FARMS Feb. 28, 1956

Louise (HEITMAN) & Ray (PRENTICE) married Feb. 18, 1956

Mrs. Chas. E. CLEARY married June 26, 1920

Jeanette HALL married Sat. A.M. Aug. 26, 1933

Mr. & Mrs. Peter GOW married Sept. 15, 1908

Minnie (LUSS) & Fred MERLAU married Nov. 12, 1902

Fredy KRATT & Hazel KRAFT married Nov. 28, 1930

Mr. & Mrs. Fred KRATT married Aug. 6, 1899

Mr. & Mrs. Wilmont CORNELL Aug. 4, 1898

Norma & Ralph WHITING married Dec. 6, 1922

Lucy & Wellman TIFFANY married Oct. 10, 1921

Kathryn & Chester STUMPF married March 23, 1922

Mae & Fred WUEST married June 10, 1916

Mrs. TROUST died Friday A.M. 4:45 Jan 29, 1937

South Wales (from newspaper)

Miss May HEITMAN is spending two weeks with her sister, Mrs. Merrill A. LUSS.

Buffalo Specialists, Dr. POTTER and JOHNSON were called to South Wales, February 13th, to care for Mrs. Merrill LUSS, who has been very ill.

Born-To Mr. and Mrs. Merrill LUSS, February 13th, 1924, a son, Merrill Robert. (Note: his name was really Robert Merrill)

 

Newspaper Article - May 17, 1931
Java-Marriages: Miss Eva BAYER, Holland, and Arthur BRODBECK, South Wales; Mrs. O'LEARY, Carrolton, and Milo MADISON, Delevan

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Freddie KRATT born January 1, 1907

Mabel BALTZ BRABOW born January 1, 1895

Billie CORNELL born January 2, 1930

Dora ACKLEY RICKITTSON born January 3, 1891

Kenneth MERLAU born January 3, 1929

Ralph WHITING born January 3, 1897

Emma HEITMAN BOLDT born January 6, 1877

Dante GREEN born January 7, 1900

Marie EVANS born January 7, ?

Alice MAJOR born January 9, ?

Myrtle B. ACKLEY born January 13, 1881

Loren KILGOUR born January 13, 1907

Harriet Louise HOLMES born January 13, 1935

Alexander NOVEN? born January 16, 1915

Albert & Carl LUSS (twins) born January 18, 1950

Sandy BOWARSOX born January 19, 1893

Beatrice HILBERG born January 19, 1897

Genevieve HOLMES born January 20, 1910

Esther CORNWALL born January 21, ?

Alson DUSTIN born January 21, 1889

Julia RINGUEL? born January 21, ?

Cornelia FUNK born January 22, 1908

Nozel KRATT born January 22, 1912

Irwin WEINHEIMER born January 22, 1930

Kathyrn STUMPF born January 23, ?

Norman JESTER born January 24, 1925

Alonzo WHITE born January 25, 1883

Lester BRAGG, Jr. born January 25, 1934

Nellie WHITE born January 27, 1884

Clyde BRIGNALL born January 28, ?

William "Billie" LUSS born January 28, 1917

Roger DEAN born January 30, 1927

Gertie JESTER born January 31, 1902

Grace HALL MEYERS born January 31, 1892

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Janet BROADBACK born February 1, 1932

Henry HINAMAN born February 1, 1894

Kirkland Downing WHITE born February 1, 1910

Wilma KLOCK born February 1, 1906

H.R. SERGEL born February 6, 1875

Jean Marie KRATT born Tuesday night, February 7, 1933

George Kenneth CORNELL Jr. born February 8, 1932

Eleanor JONES born February 8, 1918

Bobby OLHEISER born February 10, 1928

Lorretta TIFFANY born February 10, 1924

Robert MARTIN born February 10, 1923

Harry HEITMAN born February 11, 1885

Albert SERGEL born February 12, 1866

Nora MOORE born February 12, 1890

Bobby LUSS born Wednesday, February 13, 1924 at 1:30 P.M.

Minnie LUSS MERLAU born February 13, 1881

Doris BRAYTON born February 14, 1923

Ada ACKLEY born February 15, 1895; died March 1950

Robinson BUTLER born February 15, ?

Dward DUSTIN born February 16, 1912

Ella HILBERG born February 16, 1900

Florence Elizabeth (Betty) HEITMAN born at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, NY on Friday, February 18, 1938

Alice ACKLEY NELSON born February 19, 1894

 

From newspaper clipping taped in book:

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. REIMERS of East Emery road, South Wales,
announce the birth of a daughter, Barbara Lynn, Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo. (1954)

 

Madeline ROBINSON born February 22, 1919

Florence TROUST born February 22, 1911

Clyde TROUST born February 23, ?

Barbara Lynn REIMERS born February 23, 1954

Edward GILBERT born February 24, 1924

Ray WEEKS born February 28, 1890

Mrs. Fred KRATT born February 29, 1873

Louisa Alice HEITMAN born Saturday A.M., February 29, 1936

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Johnny MacDERMID born March 1, 1933

Clarence BRAGG born March 3, 1877

Louise CARBERRY born March 4, 1932

Donald MERLAU born March 4, 1935

Esther SMITH born March 7

Frankie ROBINSON born March 7, 1923

Gordon FERM, Sr. born March 7, 1917

Brayton SERALL born March 8, 1906

David Charles HAWLEY born March 8, 1941

Gloria TIFFANY born March 8, 1932

Raymond ZITTLE born March 8, 1941

Bill LUSS born March 8, 1891

Winifred HOLMES born March 11, 1928

Evelyn OLHEISER born March 13, 1916

Donald SUGNET born March 14

Joyce ZITTLE born March 14, 1931

Freda BOLDT born March 14, 1945

Charles BUNNELL born March 15, 1875

Wilmont CORNELL born March 16, 1872; died December 13, 1934

Helen ROBINSON born March 16, 1922

Joan ZITTLE born March 17, 1946

Ellen SUTTON born March 18, 1897

Seth Holmes BRAGG born March 19, 1891

Florence LINK born March 20, 1912

Blossom BRIGNALL born March 23, 1899

Wm. BUNNELL born March 24, 1881

Barbara Jean LUSS born Thursday, March 24, 1949 at 7 P.M.

Walter E. HOLMES born March 25, 1896, taken sick July 23, 1932, hospital, Friday, August 12, 1932, died August 16, 1932,

burial August 19, 1932

Larry Jack WHITING born March 28, 1924

Jean GABRIEL born March 30, 1927

Margaret DOWNING born March 30, 1899

Lincoln BRAGG born March 31, 1936

Herbert DuBOIS born April 1

Mable BUNNELL born April 1, 1882

Ernest BOLDT, Jr. born April 2, 1897

Doris BUTCHER born April 5, 1915

Howard SUGNET born April 6

Florence EVANS born April 7, 1933, married April 27, 1957

Henrietta JONES born April 8, 1895

Edna ELDERMAYER (EVENDEN) born April 8, 1895

David NELSON born April 9, 1933

Merton HOWES born April 10

Clarence L. HEITMAN born April 10, 1934

Larry SCHEIKLER born April 10, 1940

Earl MERLAU born April 11, 1904

Peter GOW II born April 11, 1950

Debbie HOLMES born April 11, 1953

Elizabeth NOWALL born April 13, 1897

Elmer JONES born April 13, 1921

Eunice(?) MARALA born April 13, 1932

Myrtra HOWES born April 14

Mrs. L. SERGEL born April 15, 1836

Carol OLHEISER born April 15, 1930

Helen KLOCK born April 16, 1910

Josephine FISHER born April 17, 1902

Florence VOLPE HEITMAN born April 17, 1913

Wallis MOREY born April 17, 1884

(Tom) Wm. J. MILLER born April 18, 1854

Normah BARBER born April 18, 1937

Jerry TRANSKI born April 18, 1930

Sueann KESSLER born April 20, 1953

Edna MOREY born April 24, 1883

Morris TIFFANY born April 24, 1899

Violet MARSHALL born April 24, 1900

Fred MERLAU born April 25, 1881

Richard HEITMAN born April 25, 1889, went to hospital March 1, 1925, operated on March 2, 1925, died March 4, 1925, buried March 6, 1925

Arthur BOLAND born April 25

Ralph N. SMITH born April 27, 1920

Johny ROSTEN born Saturday, April 27 at 2:30 P.M.

Nelson BARTON born April 30, 1910, died February 3, 1932 Wednesday, A.M. 4 o'clock

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Harry ARMADING born May 1, 1902

Gertrude ACKLEY born May 4, 1900

Clara RYAN born May 7

Grace WARNER born May 7, 1890

Dorothy Ruth DUSTIN born May 13, 1914

Myrtia HOWES born May 14

Edith Ann EHRENBERG born May 14, 1933

Bruce HOLMES born May 14, 1939

Normah KRATT born May 15, 1902

Marylen HOLMES HEITMAN born May 15, 1936

Fred HEITMAN born May 16, 1880, died September 4, 1945

Sophia M. McNEAL born May 17

Mammie McNEAL born May 17

Carlton COLBY born May 18, 1924

Jerome ARMADING born May 19, 1900

Ruth DUSTIN born May 20, 1891

Wendy HOWARD born May 20, 1943

Wayne WEEKS born May 21, 1921

James CHALMERS born May 22, 1831

John N. HOLMES born May 22, 1912

Clarence GERSTING born May 23

J.H. McNEAL born May 23

Edith CAVELLE HOLMES born May 23, 1920

Queen CHALMERS born May 24, 1884

Effie CURTIS born May 26, 1891

Hillery CORNWALL born May 26, 1935

Florence LaRUE MILLER born May 28, 1917

May HEITMAN born May 29, 1898

Helen CHURCHILL born May 30, 1892

Leland BRIGNALL born June 1, 1895

Maude SERGEL born June 1, 1889

Mabel DuBOIS born June 4

Marg TIFFANY born June 7, 1904

Linda Carol FERM born June 7, 1947

Freeman FISHER born June 8, 1909

Sherm BRIGNALL born June 8, 1904

Rose HOCHDELL born June 8, 1933

Frankie HOCKADELL born June 8, 1934

Mrs. G.A. JAMESON born June 10, 1858

Julia SUTTON TIFFANY born June 11

 

Obit clipped from newspaper and slipped between pages:

BUSH-Mabel HEISLEY BUSH, in Orchard Park, N.Y., June 11, 1954, wife of Archie E. BUSH;
mother of Pierce D. PISLE of Orchard Park, Russell I. PISLE of Chicago and
Mrs. G. Kenneth CORNELL of South Wales, N.Y.; stepmother of Marvin R. BUSH, Orchard Park, N.Y.,

and Merlin G. BUSH of Green Bay, Wis.; sister of Mrs. Margaret Lee McKINNON of Columbus O.

Funeral from the family residence, 376 South Buffalo St.,
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends are invited .
Mrs. BUSH was a member of Orchard Park Presbyterian Church, Zion Chapter, O.E.S.,
and Priscilla Rebekah Lodge I.O.O.F. Member of Ladies Auxiliary Orchard Park Post American Legion.

 

Jim ADAMS born June 12, 1877

LaMar EHRENBERG born June 14, 1926

Floyd FISHER born June 15, 1910

Barbara MOREY born June 15, 1948

Alton TIFFANY born June 20, 1904

Elmer GERSTING born June 21

Eleanor STUMPF PARTRIDGE born June 21, 1900

David CLEMENT born June 22

Nellie JONES born June 22

Thelma PICKET born June 22, 1906

Margaret MERLAU ZITTLE born June 24, 1907

C. HILBERG born June 25

Milton TROUST born June 25, 1912

Beverly EHRENBERG born June 25, 1928

Mildred SERGEL born June 27, 1904, died October 11, 1918

Fred WUEST born June 27, 1894

Floyd HEITMAN born June 30, 1888

Clara HILBERG born June 30, 1898

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Arthur SCHUSTER born July 1

Jean TIFFANY born July 2, 1922

William Richard HEITMAN (Floyd's son) born July 3, 1918

Helen May HOLMES born July 6

Fred GREEN born July 6, 1873

Russell David HOLMES born July 7

Nancy BRAYTON born July 8, 1916

Paul TRANSKI born July 10

A.D. POTTER born July 11, 1874

Junior ZITTLE born July 12, 1926

Frank MILLER born July 12, 1894

David Henry SCHWAB born July 15

Marjorie DuBOIS born July 16

Esther LOUNSBERRY HOLMES born July 16

Geo. DAVIS born July 18

Peggy Lou BUSH born July 19

Mrs. Jessie CORNELL born July 21, 1878

Lizzie NICHOLAS born July 21, 1880

Louise DAVIS born July 22, 1910

George LUSS born July 24, 1904

Kenneth CORNELL born July 26, 1899

C.C. FIELD born July 27, 1879

Virgil BARRON born July 27, 1890

Clarence MOHR born July 29, 1898

Victoria TRANSKI born July 30, 1916

Wayne ROBINSON born July 31, 1925

Irene KOHSMANN born July 31, 1925

Anna WIEDER born August 1

Bertha SELLECK born August 1, 1885

Tommy BARBER born August 4

Leah WARNER born August 5, 1932

Eva HEITMAN LUSS born August 5, 1892

Dorothy BRIGGS born August 5, 1911

Leonard SERGEL born August 5, 1908

Patsy BRODBACK born August 5

Robert ARMADING born August 6

Weldon BRAGG born August 7

George K. CORNELL, Jr. born August 8

Alffaretta SCHUSTER born August 10

Thomas LANGENDORFER born August 10, 1928

Pres. Herbert HOOVER born August 10, 1874

Jessie ROBINSON GOLLER born August 11, 1916

Alice HINEMAN born August 12, 1895

Cullen BENNING born August 12

Mrs. James CHALMERS born August 13, 1828

Baby Helen BRAYTON born August 13, 1917

Tommy Wm. HOLMES born August 16

Don WEEKS born August 17, 1929

Wayne POTTER born August 19, 1917

Mrs. Lester BRAGG born August 19, 1907

Albert LUSS born August 20, 1883

Wm. Henry LUSS born August 21, 1857

Cathy MOREY born August 23

Mrs. Senaca ACKLEY born August 25, 1848

Jessie STUMPF GRIMNELL born August 25

Elmer ARNDT born August 25, 1892

Clifford MERLAU born August 26, 1913

Maggie HOLBERG born August 27

Albert LUSS born August 27, 1883

Herb EVANS born August 27, 1905

Sue (HEITMAN) BRIGGS born August 28, 1882, died September 3, 1934

Aileen BRAYTON born August 28, 1889

Adella L. LAPP (BUTCHER) born August 29, 1883

Niles GREEN born August 29, 1897

Billie Oscar HOLMES born August 29, 1929

Gordon FERM, Jr. born August 29

Jennie HITCHINGS born August 30, 1879

Arthur GODFREY born August 31, 1903

Audrey Marie WHITING born September 2, 1927

Linda Kay BARBER born September 3

Alice Louise SCHRADER born September 4

Mrs. Mattie HALL born September 4, 1867

Lois EHRENBERG born September 5

Arthur MOREY born September 6, 1906

Sharon Lynn LANGENDORFER born September 6

Elwood EVANS born September 8

Pearl WIEDER born September 9, 1924

Robert & Bessie ROSENKRANZ born September 10, 1905

Mandana SHEAR born September 11

Mae ALLEN WUEST born September 12, 1887

Jan REIMERS born September 13

Effie SMITHSON HALL born September 15

Betty TIFFANY (BUS?) born September 15, 1924

Irene SUGNET born September 17, 1902, died February 15, 1928

Walter (Sonny) HOLMES born September 18, 1925

Donna Marie TRANSKI born September 18

Carrie KAISER TROUST born September 20

Tony KUHN born September 21

Mabel ALLEN (CORNWALL) born September 22, 1898

Mrs. Henry TROUST born September 22, 1852, died Monday, August 23, 1937 at 11:45 (noon), buried August 25, 1937

David TRANSKI born September 22

Ed OLHEISER born September 24

Margaret CORNELL born September 24

Lester BRAGG born September 24, 1906

Mrs. C. BRAYTON born September 25, 1854

Jean FIELD born September 25, 1905

Josephine PIKE born September 26

Francis RAIBER born September 27, 1901

(twins)

Frank RAIBER born September 27, 1901

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Sally Jean GRINSELL born Saturday October 2

Norman TRANSKI born October 3, 1912

Larry FIRM born October 3

Faye TIFFANY born October 6

Henry MAJOR born October 8, 1890

Allen BRIGGS born October 10, 1872, died June 15, 1946

John HOLMES born October 10, 1895

Grace HOLMES BARBER born October 12, 1904

Eva ROBINSON born October 12, 1920

Gary Holt STADEL born October 12

Jimmie MAJOR born October 12

Emma BOLDT born October 15

Thomas HOLMES, Sr. born October 16, 1882

John PICKETT born October 16, 1874

Mabel FISHER born October 17, 1898

Donald HOLMES born October 17, 1926

Melba Marie STUMPF born October 17, 1923

Margery Ann MERLAU born October 18

Chas. STADELL (Punk?) born October 18

Frances M. WIEDER LUSS born October 20, 1926

Diann FRAZER born October 20

Hazel MILLER born October 23, 1893

Chuck PAUL born October 23

Alice Eleanor PARTRIDGE born October 24

Mabel BOLAND born October 25, 1892, died October 16, 1918-age 25 yrs. 11 mos. 16 days

Eva Lydia PARTRIDGE born October 25, 1923

Frances BADGER born October 30, 1930

Judy WIEDER born October 30

Leora RICHARDSON born November 3

Robert TRANK born November 3

Wm. S. BENNING born November 4, 1888

Mrs. Louis STUMPF born November 5, 1862

Yvonne HOLLISTER born November 5

Marie & Paul LUSS born November 6

Viola RUPP born November 6, 1918

Warren REED born November 6, 1922

Mrs. John PICKETT born November 9, 1878

Dorothy SCHICKLER born November 10 (Thursday)

Mabel STANDARD DEAN born November 10, 1887

(Father) Fred HEITMAN born November 11, 1850

Grace LUSS WEINHEIMER born November 12, 1885, died November 3, 1918

Olive WATKINS born November 15

Oscar HEITMAN born November 17, 1894

Nelson STUMPF born November 17

Eugene AIPEE born November 18, 1870

Raymond BOLAND born November 19, 1914, died September 27, 1935

Lella MOORE born November 19, 1879

Steve ELLIS born November 19, 1887

Rhoda GRAVES born November 19, 1903

Kevin Kenneth KRATT born Monday November 19 at 8 o'clock P.M.

Cora FUNK born November 21, 1887

Beatrice PARTRIDGE born November 21, 1920

Ann DAVIS born November 21, married March 1

Myrtle MARSHALL born November 23

Ronny SMITH born November 24, 1927

Wm. KOSHMAN born November 25, 1924

James Richard HAWLEY (Joyce ZITTLE's 2nd son) born November 25

Earline Lucy MERLAU born November 26, 1930

(Mother) Louise HEITMAN born November 27, 1856, died Sunday, December 2, 1934 @ 3 P.M., buried Wednesday, December 5, 1934

Maude FIELD born November 30, 1880

Raymond SUTTON born December 1, 1900

Fred KRATT (Sr.) born December 2, 1873

Clara B. EMERY born December 2, 1860

Russell TRANK born December 3

Merrill A. LUSS born December 5, 1893

John Robert & Jane Louise LUSS born Sunday, December 7 @ Mercy Hospital, Buffalo, NY

Angeline & Anthony SCAVILLS? born December 7

Pearlie BOWTEN born December 9, 1912

DRUMB born December 11

Oliver GILBERT born December 12, 1909

Gladys PIKE born December 15

Annie MAJOR born December 17

Mrs. A.D. POTTER born December 20, 1882

Jimmy RUGG born December 20

George PICKET born December 21, 1901

Shirley Marie ARMADING born December 22

Jane STUMPF born December 24, 1927

Freddie ROSTEN III born December 26

Geo. LUSS born December 27, 1902

Ethel SCHUSTER born December 28

Joann MAJOR born December 29

Douglas RAIBER born December 30, 1927

Char. GRINSELL born December 31, 1903

 

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