Archive for the 'Cemeteries and Deaths' Category

More German Newspaper Excerpts

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Gary has been busy transcribing and I put almost 1000 names online from the German Newspapers, 1887 and 1888.

The surnames are as follows:

Ackenhausen, Ahlsvede, Ahrens, Albert, AleriaElis, Alexander, Allerding, Altenburg, Amsberg, Anderson, Andreas, Anger, Arndt, Arnold, Aschermann, Augr, Babille, Backhaus, Baffe, Bahnemann, Baldauf, Ball, Bangert, Barkow, Bartel, Bartels, Bartelt, (more…)

Banner und Volksfreund Name Extractions 1855-1857

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Gary sent in more names extracted from the Banner und Volksfreund, one of the Milwaukee German Newspapers Years 1855-1857

Names include:

Acker, Balbach, Baur, Bechtel, Bellack, Benn, Berlandt, Best, Beyer, Blatz, Boeser, Boldt, Bronen, Busack, Diederichsen, Dilg, Frankfurth, Fuldner, Gaitzich, Gaudlitz, Gipfel, Haertel, Heiselmann, Herzberg, Holtzuber, Kefelau
Kefelau, Klumb, Koepmann, Kopf, Krug, Kurz, Liginger, Longitzlen, Luening, Meyer, Moeller, Orban, Pfeil Dreis, Rasser, Rausch, Rosche, Ross, Rupp, Schenkberg, Schoeffler, Schofer, Schramm, Schultz, Steinmueller, Stoll Roebl, Tebel, Weise, Wendre, Wendte, Wright, Zimmermann

Newhall Fire related articles

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Obituary for Herman Stauss added to Forest Home (fireman in the fire saved 16 lives)

George Wells Biography in the marriage section.

A few additional articles on the Newhall House section.

St. Paul’s UCC Cemetery Menomonee Falls

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Yesterday I spent time on St. Paul’s UCC (formerly St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran) Cemetery . It started with adding a link to Lenora’s wonderful cemetery photos she has put online at find-a-grave.com, then adding obituaries for some of the burials in the cemetery. The cemetery is number 65.

In the process I came across an article on the circumstances of William Erdman and August Amend deaths.

Plugging away at Milwaukee Deaths

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

So to speak….

I added a few more deaths to the site.

Names include:

Cemetery X
Sanderson, Gove, Spaan, Burstalt

Holy Cross Cemetery #047
Meurer, Kronenberger, Kinzer, Harrison

Death Notices
No cemetery

January 11, 1882

Edward Frederick Theodore Oldenschlager age 3 months cause convulsions;
Emily Jackson Still-born;
August Orscher age 4 years cause enlanyina;
Louis Wolf age 13 days cause pertupia;
Joseph Deane Mullen age 6 years cause endocarditis;
Stato Kuslph age 53 years cause consumption;
Mamie Lydon age 7 years cause Pneumonia.

November 19, 1881

The following deaths were reported at the office of the commissioner of Health yesterday Hermann Kuetz 6 years diphtheria;
Frances La Blank 5 years, 10 months accident;
child of Michael Hopke still-born;
Michael Manning 62 years apoplexy.

Prairie Home Cemetery Photos

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Barb finished putting the photos for Prairie Home into the photo gallery.

Forest Hill Oak Creek

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Jackie sent in more burials for Forest Hill Memorial Park Oak Creek.

Milwaukee Obituaries

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Thanks to Gary and some other contributors I have added a few more obits to the Milwaukee Genealogy site. Thank you for your contributions.

Forest Home #043
Sleyster, Arnold

St. Adalberts Cemetery
Woellert, Balsamo

Wood Cemetery
Doncheck

Union Cemetery #070
Kammerling, Manthey. Marquardt

Graceland #
Cemetery X
Schanek

Buried Elsewhere
Mohrhusen, Meienbirg, Mulholland

Sgt Walter R. Battenberg Family

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

I recently received this inquiry.

Evergreen Cemetery Manitowoc

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Wednesday - April 9
Added lot numbers and d. dates in #44 for these people who died in 1942:

Clara Abel, Capt. William, Emma Acker, Mary Spencer Adams, Louise Adler, Georgina Alecksen Andrew Anderson, Christina Anderson, Carol Bailey, Katherine Baranowski, J.E. Barnstein William Barr, Emma Bartel, Adolf Bassmann, Walter Beduhn, Albert Behnke, Patricia Blondhein Charles Bollow, Louis Borst, Thomas Brezoni, Henry Brose, Richard Bruins, Gladys Campbell Mary Carl, Hans Carlson, (more…)