"Good Wishes Birthday Book"
by my grandmother, Eva HEITMAN LUSS

Submitted by Sandra Luss slluss_AT_msn.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

 
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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