Vorwerk & Wilson Families

Emma Hammer

b. 1874, d. 1962

Emma Hammer was born in 1874 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
She married Louis C. F. Dresing on 8 April 1896 in Buffalo, New York.
The following appeared on 6 April 1946 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. F. Dresing, 503 East Ferry St., will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with a dinner given by friends and relatives today at Hotel Markeen. Mr. Dresing and his wife, the former Emma Hammer, were married on April 8, 1896, in Buffalo, where both were born. They have two daughter,s Miss Charlotte M. Dresing and Mrs. Howard Lommer.
Mr. and Mrs. Dresing attend Grace Lutheran Church, Rose and Carlton. He worked as a machinist for the Buffalo Pitts Co. and Howard Iron Works, and was an attendant at the Erie County home at Alden until his retirement. In 1906, he was a member of the State Assembly and in 1917 was on the Erie County Board of Supervision.
Emma Hammer became a widow at the 1951 death of her husband Louis C. F. Dresing.
Emma Hammer died in 1962.
She was interred at Buffalo Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York.