Birth Place: Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Parents:
Father: Martin Ahrens
Birth 1853 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death December 16, 1911 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
His Parents: John Ahrens and Margaret Richards

Mother: JOHANNA Schmidt
Birth August 14, 1857 in Altendorf, Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Death 1934 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Known Siblings:

1. Greta Ahrens
Birth in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death 1976 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

2. John Ahrens
Birth December 22, 1878 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death March 6, 1937 in Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York

3. William Ahrens
Birth in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Death in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

4. Martin Ahrens
Birth January 4, 1888 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death July 7, 1976 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
m. Mina Berkholtz
Birth 18 Jul 1898 in Altendorf, Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Death 19 Feb 1963 in Salamanca, Cattaraugus, New York, USA

5. Heinrich Ahrens
Birth November 30, 1891 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death October 16, 1975 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

6. Anna Ahrens
Birth July 22, 1896 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death February 19, 1963 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
m. Adolph Timm
Birth ?
Death 12 Apr 1969 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

7. Johanna Ahrens
Birth March 10, 1900 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death Aft. 1976 in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
m. Edmund Hoffmann
Birth ?
Death 01 Nov 1971

Married
1. Menna Frenz in 1905
2. Pauline Augusta Jonas December 02, 1923, at Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York

Occupations: Butcher, Farmer

He and Pauline were parents of another daughter still living in Salamanca.

ADOLPH S. AHRENS FUNERAL RITES HELD
The funeral of Adolph S. Ahrens was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the family home, 151 Parkway Dr. The Rev. Dwight J. Smith of the First Baptist church officiated . Burial was in the family plot in Wildwood Cemetery.

Members of Salamanca Lodge 105, B.P.O. Elks, who acted as bearers were Frederick Fitzgerald, Robert Patterson, Adam Ambusky, Leroy Smith, Arthur Carpenter, and John McCarthy.

The Dads of Foreign Service Veterans and Auxiliary visited the home Monday evening and conducted their services. The Builder Sunday School Class of the Baptist Church of Olean visited the home and held a prayer service Monday evening. Members of the Salamanca Elks Lodge visited the home to pay their respects.