James C. Justin, Jr. 4 November 1894 – 24 July 1915 Emily Mary Manthey 15 October 1892 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into […]
Andrew “Andy” Schatz 22 March 1885 – 9 March 1930 This headstone is from the “select singles“ section of the cemetery which I believe means that instead of a lot, you’re literally just buying one plot. There are a few areas where there are several people from the same family close to each other, but […]
Irwin Nagel May 1895 – 24 July 1915 (aged 20) Margaret Nagel December 1897 – 24 July 1915 (aged 17) The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the […]
Corporal, Company A, 2nd Illinois Infantry, Spanish American War 8 September 1872 – 16 February 1914 This headstone is in Section C (near where Beulah Corley is buried) which I’ve learned since profiling Beulah was used for simple, time-limited term burials until just after World War II. The last burials you can find there date […]
Lauritz Carlsen 24 April 1824 – 13 August 1893 Ingeborg Olsdr Carlsen 18 June 1826 – September 1878 Ingemann Martinus “Martin” Carlsen 20 July 1855 – 4 September 1890 Frank Emil Carlsen 7 September 1857 – 1 September 1918 Dora Maria Lootz Carlsen 11 May 1859 – 24 June 1942 I wanted to revisit this […]
21 September 1897 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the Chicago River while still at dock, trapping hundreds inside its hull and leading […]
Julius E. Heidenreich 17 May 1840 – 30 June 1927 Anna Margaretha Geisler Heidenreich 1839 – 7 December 1896 Johann Carl Heidenreich 1810 – 12 June 1889 Maria Elizabeth Heidenreich dates unknown Ida Margaretha Heidenreich 15 September 1868 – 28 October 1964 (possibly) Though I found a record that seems to indicate that Julius and […]
6 April 1900 – 16 December 1927 Harry Green was the second son born to Fred Green and Mary Reinke Green Ebertshauser Lau. Both his parents were German immigrants who’d arrived in their early teens. Mary was only 16 when they married while Fred was 22. At the time of the 1900 census, they were […]
August Soeldner 29 September 1844 – 20 April 1929 Louise Soeldner 24 October 1849 – 19 May 1921 The Soeldners were German immigrants who came to the US as young people and met and married in Chicago. The couple had seven children, three suriving them. Two sons tragically died as young adults and two daughters […]
16 November 1898 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the Chicago River while still at dock, trapping hundreds inside its hull and leading […]