Mina Thresa Engler

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Tabor Luth. Ch. Bflo. N.Y.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Tabor Luth German School Bflo. N.Y.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Buried, Forest Lawn Cemetary, Bflo. N.Y.; Fact 3

Mina married William Herman Carl Paeplow in Oct 1906 in Buffalo, Erie Co. New York. William was born on 1 May 1884 in Eggertsville, Erie Co. New York; died on 6 Dec 1940 in Buffalo, Erie Co. New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mildred Helena Marie Paeplow was born on 9 Apr 1907 in Buffalo, Erie Co. New York; died between 1943 and 1997 in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
2. Dorothy Margaret Eleanor Paeplow was born on 18 Nov 1908 in Buffalo, Erie Co. New York; died on 10 Jan 1991 in Buffalo, Erie Co. New York.
3. William Walter Frederick Paeplow was born on 30 Aug 1914 in Buffalo, Erie Co. New York; died on 30 Sep 1994 in Amherst, Erie Co. New York.
4. Undisclosed Paeplow

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Rope Maker, Quarry Worker, Elevator Operator; Fact 1

Notes:

Ludwig Engler Died in 1893. His wife's maden name was Rose (last name). they lived in the town of Berent in the Polish Corrador Southwest of Danzig, now Gdansk Poland. The town now is known as Koscierzyna Poland.
Otto Engler, Ludwig's son, was a netmaker by trade in Germany. He came to the United States twice, the first time by himself. The second time he brought his family. Wife Matilda Leffke Engler, a son Max, and daughter Mina. Mina was born in Stittin Germany, the port city of Berlin at that time; While they were waiting for transport to the U.S.
He settled in north Buffalo New York at 2829 Main Street in a duplex owned by his employer Lewis Bennett. Otto worked in Bennett's Quarry as a laborer. His other four children were born in Buffalo. The family at first attended the German Evangelical Church on Northhampton Street at Humboldt Pkwy. The trip to this church was a distance by streetcar so in 1892, Otto became one of the founders of Tabor Lutheran Church on Leroy Avenue. Otto laiter worked as an elevator operator at the Hewitt Rubber Co.
In the 1920s, he moved to a home at 6 Sanford Street in Buffalo which was purchased and moved for him by his son in law William Paeplow.
His son Gustav was married to Bertha Luchterhand of Eggertsville. Helena (Laney) his daughter was married to August Luchterhand (second marriage) , Bertha's brother. Bertha and August's father and Bill Lutz mother were brother and sister. Bill Lutz and family lived in Karl Paeplow's cottage at 164 Dewey Avenue when I grew up there.
Gustav and Bertha Engler lived on Sanford Street nextdoor to the Engler's home. In laiter years Charles and Lillian Engler lived in the house at 6 Sanford Street.
Walter Engler , Otto's youngest son married Helene Boguhn of Depew New York. Ethel Hurni, Aunt (Laney) Helena Engler Hurni Luchterhand's daughter married Helene Boguhn's brother's son LaVerne Boguhn.

Engler Documents

A letter from a lawyer in Berent Germany concerning the will of Ludwig Engler.

Berent, The 25th November 1893

In the will of your deceased father Ludwig Engler,I was appointed the executer (of the will) by the court, for the unknown heir. On November 2 the testament (will) was opened, which your named father wrote on 19 February 1892. He designated as beneficiaries (heirs) your brothers and sisters.

August Engler
Ludwig Christian Engler
Martha Engler - Married to Ferdinand Silbrandt
Marie Engler - Married to Julius Silbrandt

Since she (Marie Engler) had been given a settlement (compensated) before, of her inheritance, she was excluded from any inheritance

Achtungsvoll ( Yours truly - Respectfull)

Ergebener (Obedient - Humble)

Signature ( Unable to read)

Justigrath ( Justice Officer

A letter from Erick Falk a nephew of Otto Engler. All that is known of the Falks, is that they lived in Port Huron, Michigan, and they owned a Funeral Home.

Dear Uncle Otto, I will attempt to write a few lines. I havent much time because I am working in a printing shop. At present I am only earning $1.00 per week but soon I will get a raise from H.F. Krause.I think I am going to learn the business part of printing.
Dear Uncle we are all healthy and the father is working his business and mother is still pritty healthy.
I give you a few lines from my printing shop that means- like Adam present.
The best wishes from all of us and your (unable to read) Nephew.
Erick Falk

Otto married Matilda Leffke in May 1883 in Germany. Matilda (daughter of Ferdinand Friedrich Leffke and Luise Henriette Krüger) was born on 14 Apr 1860 in Germany; died on 21 Dec 1933 in Buffalo, Erie Co. New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: Hull (Nordamerika via Liverpool)
• Residence: Alt Kischau, Preußen
• _DEST: New York
• Residence: 1890, Alt Kischau, Preußen
• Arrival: 1891
• Departure: 8 Apr 1891, Hamburg
• Residence: 1900, Buffalo City, Erie, New York
• Residence: 1905, Buffalo Ward 18, Erie, New York, USA
• Residence: 1910, Buffalo Ward 12, Erie, New York
• Residence: 1920, Buffalo Ward 20, Erie, New York
• Residence: 1928, Buffalo, New York, USA
• Residence: 1930, Buffalo, Erie, New York

Ferdinand married Luise Henriette Krüger. Luise was born in 1840 in Germany; died in 1926 in Buffalo, New York, USA; was buried in Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1891
• Arrival: 1893
• Residence: 1900, Buffalo City, Erie, New York
• Residence: 1905, Buffalo Ward 18, Erie, New York, USA
• Residence: 1910, Buffalo Ward 12, Erie, New York
• Residence: 1920, Buffalo Ward 20, Erie, New York

Carl married Wilhelmine Henriette Remus on 2 Nov 1851 in Danzig-Westpr, Deutschland. Wilhelmine was born on 22 Jul 1826 in Czernickau, Kreis Berent, West Prussia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]