Surname Saturday: Gress

Each Saturday this year I am posting one of my surnames, going in alphabetical order.  This weeks surname is Gress.  The names in red are my direct line ancestors.

1-Joseph GRESS
b: about 1806, , , , Germany
d: 1860, Eden, Erie, New York, USA
+Caroline
b: about 1810, , , Baden, Germany
d: 1870, Eden, Erie, New York, USA
. . . . 2-Margaretha GRESS
        b: about 1834, , , , Germany
. . . . 2-Georg GRESS
        b: about 1837, , , , Germany
. . . . 2-Michael GRESS
        b: about 1841, , , , Germany
. . . . 2-Joseph GRESS
        b: calculated 9 August 1841, , , , Germany
        d: 18 February 1899, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
. . . . +Sophia PASSEL
        b: January 1846, , , Mecklenburg, Germany
        d: 27 May 1928, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
. . . . . . . . 3-Louisa GRESS
                b: February 1867, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
. . . . . . . . +Theodore SCHOULTZ
                b: December 1863, , , New York, USA
. . . . . . . . 3-Jacob J. GRESS
                b: 26 January 1869, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
                d: 11 August 1932, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
. . . . . . . . +Elizabeth L. FINK
                b: 6 July 1867, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
                m: Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
                d: 24 April 1957, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Chester E. GRESS
                        b: June 1888
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-May GRESS
                        b: 19 September 1890
                        d: 11 June 1970, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Walter L. GRESS
                        b: 6 December 1891, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Elsie GRESS
                        b: 13 May 1894
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Howard J. GRESS
                        b: 18 March 1896, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Beulah GRESS
                        b: 27 January 1898, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
                        d: 7 May 1968, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Vera Julia GRESS
                        b: 11 January 1900, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
                        d: 2 February 1976, Cheektowaga, Erie, New York, USA
. . . . . . . . 3-Carolyn M. GRESS
                b: about 1871
. . . . . . . . +Ralph WILLIAMS
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Ethelyn WILLIAMS
. . . . . . . . 3-John GRESS
                b: about 1873
. . . . . . . . 3-Eli GRESS
                b: about 1875
. . . . 2-Jacob GRESS
        b: about 1845, , , , Germany
. . . . 2-Barbara GRESS
        b: about 1848, , , , Germany
. . . . 2-Johann GRESS
        b: about 1850, , , , Germany
. . . . 2-George GRESS
        b: about February 1852, , , , Germany